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 complete before we get to a full circle… When I first wore my dad’s shoe and it perfectly fit me, it was one circle; when … Continue reading Circles of Life – Visiting my Home Town
The Art of being Lazy
When you stretch life between ‘There is nothing much you can do’ and ‘there a lot you have to do’; you will find that time and space kind of disappears and you are reduced into a single point from where you can go either ways. Throw it all in the ring and jump into it or just stop lean back and relax. Either way no … Continue reading The Art of being Lazy
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 place called mookkuthala…. the place where the iconic film nirmalyam was shot… my one and only film appearance…. a stop here is another ritual of my … Continue reading Through the Land of Nirmalyam
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 not take a jacket…. well I did not have one to be honest…. dressed in a buttonless white kurtha we head for Mathikere…. That was 24 … Continue reading Bengaluru I will be Back…. soon….
Satyapal Singh, Apes, Ganesha, Adam and Eve – Who has seen an Ape become a Man? Tell me?
What is the big issue… Satyapal is My hero…. The mythic Pundits who have become the ministers in Indian Government are very educated…. You cannot question then…. I agree with #Satyapal… I won’t call him an idiot…. a fool.. or a jerk… What is said is very True!!! No one saw the ape turn into a monkey 🙂 or man or human or satyapal or … Continue reading Satyapal Singh, Apes, Ganesha, Adam and Eve – Who has seen an Ape become a Man? Tell me?
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 both familiar and explores new things about the nook and corner of his little place… Traveling is about experience and it’s fun taking them through … Continue reading The Ambassador – From My India Trip
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 stack of faith…. tea shops opening traditional tea to morning risers and delicious steaming snacked stare at you from glass cupboards…. we stop by one…. … Continue reading The Morning Walk – Excerpt from My India Trip
On Group Thinking , Free Thinking & Misogyny – How I was removed from a Rationalist Group in Kerala
The initial title of the post was “How my Parvathy Support got me Booted out of a Rationalist Group in Kerala” but I had to change it because there are so many people in this world who debate/anger/take swords/confront just by reading the Title 🙂 And so I had to change it as the crux of my post is a lot more than the title. … Continue reading On Group Thinking , Free Thinking & Misogyny – How I was removed from a Rationalist Group in Kerala
As I complete my 50 Books in 2017 Goodreads Challenge
So I finally completed my Goodreads challenge to read 50 books in 2017 two weeks before the end date. And we have two more weeks to go. Before I give you a list of books I also want to tell you that as a kid I was dead against reading books. I watched TV day in day out and was in the world of movies … Continue reading As I complete my 50 Books in 2017 Goodreads Challenge
Favorite Species – #77 of 365 Poems
The night’s machinery with its countless pieces orbiting an egoistic man’s pale existence… And he thinks he is alive may be…. after all these years I am still waiting…. Waiting for a dream to be wiped out. brought to dust. It is just a facade; allowing the ink to drip through the nose before words can step out of the mouth. Today the bells are … Continue reading Favorite Species – #77 of 365 Poems
Vinod Narayan 