MaxEntropy_Man wrote:hmm... holly/bollywood handsome ramanujan and wife.

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi.

Kinnera wrote:

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi.

$75 for a mani and pedi?  I'm glad I don't have a daughter 

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi. Or 6-10 dollars bubble tea every frikking day. Not one cup, but two, because, 'I don't know which flavor i would like more. You can have this one, i didn't like it much'.

garam_kuta wrote:

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi. Or 6-10 dollars bubble tea every frikking day. Not one cup, but two, because, 'I don't know which flavor i would like more. You can have this one, i didn't like it much'.

AFAIK, left to Ramanujan himself, when he was awarded 20 pounds, he wrote to the vice Chancellor of Madras University to donate 15 every time, toward buying books and making them freely available to poor school children, and provide the rest 5 pounds for his parents, signing off as 'your humble/obedient servant'.

aside : we all are products of our times - that includes MILs. mainstream folks mostly uncritically accept, and are/were compelled to live by the culture of their times. it riles you only when the educated, and informed ones choose not to do the right things.

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

He fell sick soon after he set foot in England. Diet or the lack of it would not cause an illness like he had. He perhaps had something going. All that people know is about his diet and people are blaming on it. Perhaps, one should dig into his father/grandfather health to get a new line of thinking.

Those who went overseas in those days went alone for years (in ships mostly) and wives usually stayed back. I know of a person who went to Northwestern in the early 60s - by ship - leaving his wife behind with kids. He returned after 3 years. That was common.

MM's Mani Pedi: You have a thing coming. May the Force be with you.

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi.

$75 for a mani and pedi?  I'm glad I don't have a daughter 

i edited my comment above.. this is how the texting went this morning (excerpts):

Me: Your nails need 75 dollars service in 2 days? What the heck is that
she: mani and pedi. yeah i won't go to the mall any more, it's too expensive.
(the mall is my cheapest place btw)
Me: nail salon 1, 25 dollars. nail salon 2, 50 dollars. Why do you have to go twice in 2 days.
She: Why aren't you understanding? I don't get it. Pedi one day, and mani yesterday. The first one doesn't do good Manis.
Me: Mani is 50? I have never paid more than 30.
She: I don't get your type of Manis lol. I get acrylic and I had to get a new set. I get a new set 4 times a year so those visits cost more. Others are just refills.
Me: You need to stop being out so much and stop buying 5-6 dollars drinks every day
She: Fine you never had a problem before but okay. I guess I can't buy my face wash either?
Me: You never spent this much before. Can't you see the difference?
She: Actually I have cut down a lot. Now you're getting at me for small things.
Me: You needed that bubble tea yesterday? Really? 6 dollars for 2 sips?
She: I have to buy a season pass for 6 flags. Is that not allowed too?
Me: Stop your bloody sarcasm. We need to have a talk about money spendings. The wise kind. Or go read up yourself if buying so many drinks and ice creams is a good idea or not.
She: Money Spendings? I have cut down on clothes and make up. How does food count?
Me: All the food you buy in supposedly small amounts, firstly they add up and secondly a super bad health choice. taking in empty calories at the cost of healthy ones... 

and yet another lecture on diet and health ensued, that promptly fell on deaf ears. When we are both the same height, and she weighs just a little more than a feather, and i weigh just a little less than a truck. But that's not the point sigh.

Kinnera wrote:

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

Meghna Mathur wrote:

Kinnera wrote:If only Ramanujan's mom had allowed his wife to go along with him, he wouldn't have gotten so ill, so homesick and yearned so much for indian food. His wife would have cooked and taken good care of him and maybe he wouldn't have died so young! MILs!!!

and then they would have settled there, and had kids, who charged up their credit cards, or whatever they could charge up in those times, something like 75 dollars for frikking mani and pedi.

$75 for a mani and pedi?  I'm glad I don't have a daughter 

i edited my comment above.. this is how the texting went this morning (excerpts):

Me: Your nails need 75 dollars service in 2 days? What the heck is that
she: mani and pedi. yeah i won't go to the mall any more, it's too expensive.
(the mall is my cheapest place btw)
Me: nail salon 1, 25 dollars. nail salon 2, 50 dollars. Why do you have to go twice in 2 days.
She: Why aren't you understanding? I don't get it. Pedi one day, and mani yesterday. The first one doesn't do good Manis.
Me: Mani is 50? I have never paid more than 30.
She: I don't get your type of Manis lol. I get acrylic and I had to get a new set. I get a new set 4 times a year so those visits cost more. Others are just refills.
Me: You need to stop being out so much and stop buying 5-6 dollars drinks every day
She: Fine you never had a problem before but okay. I guess I can't buy my face wash either?
Me: You never spent this much before. Can't you see the difference?
She: Actually I have cut down a lot. Now you're getting at me for small things.
Me: You needed that bubble tea yesterday? Really? 6 dollars for 2 sips?
She: I have to buy a season pass for 6 flags. Is that not allowed too?
Me: Stop your bloody sarcasm. We need to have a talk about money spendings. The wise kind. Or go read up yourself if buying so many drinks and ice creams is a good idea or not.
She: Money Spendings? I have cut down on clothes and make up. How does food count?
Me: All the food you buy in supposedly small amounts, firstly they add up and secondly a super bad health choice. taking in empty calories at the cost of healthy ones... 

and yet another lecture on diet and health ensued, that promptly fell on deaf ears. When we are both the same height, and she weighs just a little more than a feather, and i weigh just a little less than a truck. But that's not the point sigh.

She reminds me of my barbie kid cousin here. The pampered ABD princess daughter of parents who earn well . Yeah...more is yet to come. My kid cousin wouldn't buy anything which doesn't have a brand name...michael kors, chanel, dolce and all that stuff. Be prepared 

Kinnera wrote:
She reminds me of my barbie kid cousin here. The pampered ABD princess daughter of parents who earn well . Yeah...more is yet to come. My kid cousin wouldn't buy anything which doesn't have a brand name...michael kors, chanel, dolce and all that stuff. Be prepared 

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:P.S. when I made that "secret-daughter" post I was near your home... Did not realize that until later.

Kinnera wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:P.S. when I made that "secret-daughter" post I was near your home... Did not realize that until later.

Are you saying that you were in ATL and you didn't tell me that? We could've met for coffee and gossiped, no?