My little notee

Amma called me her little notee, her precious one, as she taught me traditional kolam patterns in our Chennai courtyard. Each morning, I'd sketch designs on paper before blessing our threshold with rice flour and turmeric. Years later, I discovered blockchain technology and realized something beautiful: recording our family's recipes and stories digitally, like stellar chains linking stars, preserved our Tamil heritage forever. My sister thought I was cheated by progress, but I wasn't. I was building bridges between generations. Now families worldwide access our grandmother's groundnut chikhalai recipe, our festival songs, our stories. Our heritage isn't fragile. It grows stronger when shared.