I am returning from Kerala today (1/16/2018), I have been swimming in nostalgia for the past two weeks but before I go I want to share the main news in the paper today…. some thoughts that tore through my nostalgia… Read More ›
Kerala
Finale to Farewell
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
OK to piss but not OK to Kiss in Public? Indian Moral policing Issues
A Youth group in Kerala has called in Nov 2 Sunday as ‘Kiss Day’ protesting the recent Moral Policing incidents where the Hindu groups opposed couples kissing in a Café in Calicut (My hometown)….. They have a FB group and… Read More ›