The finale was almost half the event…. Last few days found us traveling and meeting more friends and family and attending the marriage of my cousin….. for me it’s been the four F words Family, Friends, Fun and Food followed by one… Read More ›
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My Malabar – Traveling through my Home Town
When I tell people I am in Kerala I am often reminded of the greatness and beauty of the houseboats and the experience of it…. but though I am a keralite I have not gone on a houseboat… this might… Read More ›
Circles of Life – Visiting my Home Town
Wordsworth’s poem used the proverb ‘The child is the father of the man’. For many it denotes the unchanged man, about habits of childhood shaping the adult. For me it always reminds me of the little circles of life we… Read More ›
Through the Land of Nirmalyam
Time stands still even in the leaves; they still fall from those old trees that stand tall bearing the memories of moments stuck in time. As a kid my vacations were spend mostly with my maternal grand parents in a… Read More ›
Bengaluru I will be Back…. soon….
‘This is a city that always has an air-condition on’ my friend said as we embarked on our trip to Bangalore in 1994… Getting down at Kalasipalayam before dawn I did agree with him and felt bad that I did… Read More ›
The Ambassador – From My India Trip
There is a 1829 book by Xavier de Maistre called ‘Journey round my room’…. it’s about a young officer who gets locked in his room and travels around the room using his imagination rather lavishly and in the process becomes… Read More ›
The Morning Walk – Excerpt from My India Trip
As the sun gets ready for it’s shift; a moon retiring by collating the images of moonlight marches and moon lit secrets… As the neon lights converse with the moonlight we take walk…. People going to temples for their routine… Read More ›
Carpe Diem!!! Rhea – Seize the Day
Today Rhea started her new Journey in College and commuting from home. Though I have always loved my SF commute with that refreshing time to all by myself, I wanted to feel how it is 6 years later. Rahi joined… Read More ›
Dard ki dawa naa ho toh dard ko hi dawa samajh lena chahiye – Remembering Vinod Khanna
Bollywood has never had a dearth of handsome villains; but among them on the top is a name; that of Vinod Khanna the star who came as a villain and then became a lead hero in several movies. ‘Dard ki… Read More ›
Happy 18th Birthday Rhea!!!
There are many landmarks in life and over time these landmarks keep shifting. Some of the Landmarks are for you but some are for others. When you were born, When you first smiled, when you first rolled over on your… Read More ›