Nirali at 2 and 4 months : she tells me at night, there are your "houljers". i say, "what?"
"your houljers".
"where are your houljers?"
she places her fingers on her shoulders.
I begin to laugh.
"why are you laughing, amma?" with the seriousness of an 8 year old examining a little animal.
on another occasion, she holds a little hotel shampoo travel pack. its her cell phone.
"amma, do you want happy baby face, sad baby face, or jongers or bongers?"
"i want jongers"
"ok, " she taps the shampoo bottle. "Click, click, checking...okay amma, here are jongers."
upon which jayanth comes up and says, " i dont want jongers, give me an e-card."

technology -- it insinuated its way into these kids' brains. its far more pervasive than i imagined!