2023-12-28 05:55
Our life is measured by milestones and the majority of us cannot escape it's hold on us. When we are born, our parents count the milestones. Our first word, first steps, and it goes on until… Read More
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2023-09-17 07:50
My mind is foggy these days. It takes a long time to recall names of places and people. Maybe I should blame it on Covid or vaccines? There are so many blame games going on these days and it… Read More
2022-02-17 06:12
Realized it is more than a year since I wrote on these pages. Twitter stopped me from writing and now Netflix from reading. Yes.. silly justifications. But we are all human and prone to temp… Read More
2021-01-27 07:47
Today it is my mother's birthday... She is not her old self due to ill health and seldom speaks. She has always been an avid reader and this is the only habit which she has retained. A… Read More
2020-08-27 10:49
What is there to write about 2020? How is 2020 going to be remembered? It is one year that changed everything, everyone. 2020 changed the world. For many Corona may have taken awa… Read More
2019-11-10 10:00
Let me begin my thoughts by reaffirming that demolishing Babri Masjid was wrong especially in a secular and democratic nation like India. Those who did it ought to be punished so that such a… Read More
2019-10-10 08:32
If there is
heaven on earth they say it is in Kashmir.
Maybe it is because of this that
everyone is fighting for this piece of land. History tells us that Kashmir was
once ruled b… Read More
2019-10-03 08:53
A tweet took me back to Peerumade and the one day trip that we made to that place. Just like Munnar and Ooty, even Peerumade and Kuttikanam have changed. Since the tea estates no longer seem… Read More
2019-10-02 11:51
This vacation I realized that one can no longer ignore the fact my daughter is of marriageable age. She is now working and people have started to ask us if we are looking out for her. The so… Read More
2019-07-03 06:06
My Father and me have this daily sojourn early in the morning while I am preparing breakfast plus lunch while he would be on the lookout for the fish vendor or reading newspaper. Of course o… Read More
2019-07-02 11:57
We are all paradeshikals or wanderers.
Am yet to meet someone who has stayed put in one place all his/her life. For instance, my parents stayed at more than four places before they retired… Read More
2019-06-26 06:42
Landed on this page accidently and thought why not jot a few lines. Am sure just like me those who followed me too have abandoned this blog :).
Daughter is back with us and has now joined a… Read More
2018-12-17 07:34
Another
December and today my mind left Kuwait and went to Peerumade. The weather out
here is just like how it would have been at Peerumade. Chilly but not very
cold. But it is the howling w… Read More
2018-10-14 10:25
Wanted to
put this down somewhere and then left it but each time we go on a search for a
new car I remember the flood. We lost our car or it got burnt after the recent
flood. It was a 10 yea… Read More
2018-01-31 12:39
Yesterday
was the 70th death anniversary of Gandhiji, the father of my nation.
It was on January 30th 1948 that Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. Godse must have killled
Gandhii b… Read More
2017-10-12 11:53
Songs are always a source of comfort and music is a universally accepted media too. I think most of us were influenced during our growing up years by a few of them when...
[[ This is a conte… Read More
2017-08-08 11:51
Just thought I shall save the photos of our feline friends that I took on my mobile. They came into our lives and eventually left/died but gave us great happiness during their… Read More
2017-02-23 08:00
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2017-02-16 09:37
Came upon this book two decades late I think. Even though the setting is more than a century old, the writings are still relevant, if you can close your eyes to the social set up during the… Read More
2017-02-12 11:26
Yes..they are everywhere!
Recently a tweet from Sushma Swaraj made me look up Togo, one of Africa’s smallest country.
She tweeted:
The crew, who are employees… Read More
2016-11-23 10:17
Was supposed to finish this narration last week but something literally stopped my breath! What else but demonetisation? The initial reaction was shock and then the feeling that fi… Read More
2016-10-30 09:17
Bombay/Mumbai, for a newcomer is always a horror until you get used to it's liveliness and convenience. Aggressive drivers are more in Bombay than anywhere else in India am sure. The skill o… Read More
2016-10-16 09:30
Am back on these pages to reminisce another vacation and a crazy trip that we made. If I put it down here, can always return to savor those days once again.
Since the children are now… Read More
2016-05-03 07:27
I am on this pages once again for Jisha, a 29 year old who
tried hard to fight against all odds and would have succeeded, if it was not
cut short, in the most horrific manner. Those who foun… Read More
2016-04-30 07:00
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2016-04-21 07:52
Why did I ever leave this beautiful place? Where my thoughts could wander without any hindrance.
When can I return?
Will I ever return?
Maybe I should return..
My soul does seek this space… Read More
2015-10-19 09:35
Another kitten is missing and she was such a cute one.
Like earlier, the mother cat used our flat to give birth and as soon
as they were old enough she took them out with her… Read More
2015-08-27 12:03
This time we made another trip to Gavi. It was a decision
made at the spur of the moment between cousins. Too much planning can sometimes kill the plan itself. In year 2013 we wen… Read More
2015-08-23 12:48
Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it.. Right is
right even if no one is doing it.
As one grow older one realizes that the word integrity seems
to have no value in… Read More
2015-07-28 09:50
He maybe a vagabond, a rascal but he is a true gentleman and
his name is Kanis.
That was the first time I heard this name and FIL explained
that Kanis is a long forgotten football player… Read More
2015-07-26 12:30
As a kid or as an adult one may have experienced the
exciting feeling during a ride on a giant wheel or a roller coaster or even
plain sliding on a smooth floor, until it stops suddenly… Read More
2015-04-01 12:41
One day.. this is the small voice inside the head of each
expat in the Gulf region. This day may come for some unexpectedly, when only
their dead bodies reach their homeland.
A few oth… Read More
2014-09-24 12:06
This post has been sitting in draft mode from the day I read Maddy's tribute and realized that the world of blogging has changed for me yet again. To me, Abraham Tharakan belonged to a… Read More
2014-08-11 06:57
Majority of the tribe and scribes in the Middle East can identify with the passages from one book or collection of passages; a Christian like me calls it the Old Testament while the rest dif… Read More
2014-08-10 07:38
Am back after another vacation, hectic as usual. This time it was to admit our daughter for higher studies, a task which can be like climbing Mount Everest! Every parent who has admitted a w… Read More
2014-04-13 12:03
I went on a short trip to Kerala to leave our daughter, who is
planning to pursue her higher studies in India. Time is indeed flying and it
was with a pang that I saw girls in school uniform… Read More
2014-03-19 10:49
Thought I shall dedicate this post to Aham Bhumika. Have been seeing their tweets and the least I could do was an RT. Today I saw a request from them to re-post the following on blogs… Read More
2014-01-05 09:10
Addiction to twitter has kept me away from this space that I so loved. This was where I used to pen my thoughts which would seldom fit within 140 words. Twitter is different; there is more c… Read More
2013-10-08 09:27
We proudly call our nation multi-religious while forgetting the fact that this alone has killed many over the years! Why is that secularism does not work for India but it works for many othe… Read More
2013-09-24 07:59
I was fortunate to grow up with pets and there were times when our house could be pictured for the nursery rhyme "Old MacDonald had a farm"! There were ducks, hens, cows, goats, pigs, more t… Read More
2013-09-03 07:48
These are the pictures of the violets at my parent's place.
They were planted more than two decades back while they were in the tea estate and travelled all the way to Mavelikara. I… Read More
2013-09-02 08:46
These days I realize that we are returning to the good old days than anything new! The past few decades were fast paced and we embraced the new with no second thoughts while discarding the o… Read More
2013-06-30 05:48
Is
this nation teeming with 121,01,93422, and still counting by minutes, short of people to represent our esteemed Rajya
Sabha?
This must be the question
that went … Read More
2013-05-28 08:27
It was a casual remark: "One need to have a political and religious identity": set me thinking. Really? What purpose does it serve?
Let me look at both. Having a political identity means th… Read More
2013-05-05 08:21
History was boring only when one had to memorize events and dates to reproduce it during an exam. But later I have always loved looking up history. A few blogs have made it even more pleasur… Read More
2013-05-01 09:19
Realize now that I have more or less abandoned this blog. Sigh.. Shall blame it on twitter where I continue to rant and most of it are addressed immediately. Which means, the steam of the ra… Read More
2013-04-02 09:21
The UPA government’s final attempt to regain the lost trust
of the voters before the impending Lok Sabha election is through the much
acclaimed National Food Security Bill (NFSB)… Read More
2013-03-19 08:07
I read "The Fountainhead" while I was in college and the characters failed to leave my sub conscious mind. Those talking of self sacrifice and selfless life may never understand wh… Read More
2013-03-10 07:38
Justice Markandey Katju has concluded his blog post thus:
I, therefore appeal to the people of India, and particularly to the Media, to avoid doing anything which may fan or promote commu… Read More
2013-02-17 05:25
Today is a day of remembrance and a day for celebration.It is a day to remember Achayan (my FIL) who left us this day two years back. Achaya..you will always live in our memories.
It is a… Read More
2013-02-10 08:29
Had meant to keep away from the subject rape since I think I wrote too many posts on the same but yesterday's revelation by an "eminent" judge gave me a sleepless night and I had to vent my… Read More
1970-01-01 08:00
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