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2022-09-21 16:30
As I can't think of any more things, I will try to briefly summarise each day's thought since the time I started this exercise:2 days to 40 - How much of my identity is my nationality?3 days… Read More
0 DAYS — I AM FORTY!
2022-09-21 16:15
I am very glad I did this '40 DAYS TO 40' exercise. Earlier this year, the thought of turning 40 left me constantly cloudy-headed and I didn't know what was bothering me - was this the notor… Read More
2022-09-19 15:48
"Congratulations, you are now Australian citizens!" rang the voice of the Mayor, burgeoning my insides with overwhelmment. The national anthem was next, and we were encouraged to sing along… Read More
2022-09-19 14:49
I spent a great amount of time in my teenage years reading about God and religion - different philosophies, interpretations, visualisations, symbolisms... I tried to grasp, experience and da… Read More
2022-09-18 23:12
Twenty one years with my girl who continues to make me attempt to derive joy from this life. She has changed in so many ways, yet unchanged in the love she makes me feel. My polar opposite i… Read More
2022-09-18 15:12
At carnivals/fairs, it always seems like everyone else is winning giant teddy bears except you. I have tried to dispel this notion by pointing out that we don't notice the hundred others who… Read More
2022-09-18 14:21
Some people don't understand the hoo-ha about age. Age is a number - how is 40 different from 39, they ask. Well, it's a multiple of 5 and also a multiple of 10, and these are milestones or… Read More
2022-09-13 15:55
I've always abhorred the words 'bucket list' or lists titled "...to do before you die". The thought of death shouldn't drive one to do things; for that matter, the thought of death shouldn't… Read More
2022-09-13 15:51
Some people have friends that stick with them from school. Some have cousins they are close to. Some have siblings who never fall out of their life's boundaries even if there are ups and dow… Read More
2022-09-13 15:50
Marrying the love of my life ignited the excitement of exploring the world with her. I made lists of places I wanted to visit - locally, internationally and everything in geographic proximit… Read More
2022-09-13 15:49
Growing up in a country where manual labour was inexpensive, I never knew what it was like to do household chores or fix broken things. Now, having moved to a country where everyone is expec… Read More
2022-09-13 15:48
I discovered my first grey hair in my early 20s and remember wondering if that was the beginning; turned out to be a false alarm. I wonder how I will accept a head full of grey hair, though… Read More
2022-09-13 15:47
As a teenager, I wasn’t sure I would ever have children, but here I am today, a father of two. Never wanted to own a pet (that lived outside a fish tank), but everyone seems to th… Read More
2022-09-13 15:46
Why do I not taste the juice in love poems and songs anymore? Why do romantic movies feel superficial and frivolous? Where has that tingling feeling gone, that was so prevalent in my younger… Read More
2022-09-13 15:45
When questioned whether he felt annoyed about being asked to do something he didn't want to do, my ten-year-old son defensively replied, "Most children my age would feel this way." Some mont… Read More
2022-09-13 15:43
Despite knowing the workings of life, the gradual process of watching loved ones (who are older than me) grow older is a helpless, heart-wringing feeling. To see the hands that caressed me (… Read More
2022-09-13 15:43
When I started working (in my early 20s) and started financial planning, my planner asked me what age I wanted to retire. He used his most non-judgemental straight face (bless the man) and m… Read More
2022-09-13 15:42
I learnt the importance of saving money early in my life, but am only still learning the importance of spending that money. There is the future, but there is also the now. Beautiful nows mak… Read More
2022-09-13 15:41
How do some relentlessly go after their passion with financial stability at stake? I say that in an awe-filled way.As someone who became fearful of diving headlong into their passion with ze… Read More
2022-09-13 15:40
I recall a couple of years as a teenager when I was vegetarian - it was driven by spiritual pursuits, and the entire time, I never felt the slightest twinge of temptation. In my 20s, I had t… Read More
2022-09-13 15:39
One of the most humbling life lessons has been the realisation that a person’s brilliance is not necessarily an indicator of how well they do in life. As a child, I was conditioned to… Read More
2022-09-13 15:38
If I could time travel within my own life, I would like to go back to before the internet and smartphones became easily accessible. I simply can’t seem to recall the different things I… Read More
2022-09-13 15:37
I saw a quote today that triggered a longstanding thought - When in doubt, do it.I have been acquainted with many who are so confident about things they are so wrong about. The authoritative… Read More
2022-09-13 15:36
I close my eyes and lean back to think about the legacy I would like to leave behind, and how I would want people to remember me. It is hard because I can’t think of a single sphere I… Read More
2022-09-13 15:35
The past is always pleasant for those with good memories. For others, it is something to forget and sometimes pretend never existed. In between the two lies nostalgia - where the past gets a… Read More
2022-09-13 15:34
Fond friendships I felt would stand the test of time flicker faintly in my mind. Ruins of relationships I once believed were eternal now stand relegated to ruminating nights. After year… Read More
2022-09-13 15:33
Perhaps losing a parent in my early teens familiarised me with the pain of forever losing a loved one, and absorbed the fear of death. It helped me realise that death is harder on those surv… Read More
2022-09-13 15:32
I still catch myself using the word 'recent' or 'new' to refer to movies/music that I eventually realise were released almost 20 years ago. Y2K was the biggest visual milestone in time when… Read More
2022-09-13 15:31
It is one thing to have different viewpoints on what happened but it is a whole other thing to debate whether it even happened. The ever-growing number of media outlets has made it incr… Read More
2022-09-13 15:30
As a teenager, I suppose I didn’t dwell much on what others’ beliefs were. As an adult, it has become very easy to develop a vigorous disdain for others based on their hateful be… Read More
2022-09-13 15:29
A well-wisher of mine I hadn’t spoken to in a good while asked yesterday why I wasn't doing anything to satiate my creative side, before warning: "Don't let your life become all about… Read More
2022-09-13 15:28
Aches and sprains seem ready to spring up - at the slightest hint of a careless stretch or the mildest degree of a thoughtless twist. And the body when you don’t listen to it is less f… Read More
2022-09-13 13:37
I have always found myself buying or borrowing books even if I suspected or knew fully well I wouldn't make the time to read them. Just found out there's actually a word for that, in Japanes… Read More
2022-09-13 12:55
One of my lasting memories from childhood is going to the Chennai Book Fair with Ma and Daddy.Used to take place every year around Pongal, at Quaid-e-Millath College for Women, in Chennai. T… Read More
2022-09-13 12:50
Turns out what they say “if you ignore something, it will go away” is balderdash. My 40th birthday is creeping up on me, so I’ve decided to not look away anymore, and inste… Read More
DELIGHTFUL BLYTON
2017-12-08 04:47
I read to my son every night, and it has become a ritual I have come to enjoy as much as he (hopefully) does. I have (gladly) crossed that stage of giant picture books with just three words… Read More
ONCE TASTED, TWICE SHY
2017-12-07 02:52
I wonder how people re-read books.As a consumer, there is so much available to me - books, music, food, movies... I look at 'Before You Die' lists on the internet, and even assuming I live t… Read More
2017-12-07 01:20
After the kids have gone to bedAnd a more tired partner has called it a dayAfter the bills are paid.That need to stay up longer(though my brain says go to sleep) -And read a bookOr watch You… Read More
2017-11-16 22:01
If I have to unintentionally bite into a piece of ginger or cardamom or chilli (that ruins my taste/tongue for the whole meal), why does it have to be in the very last morsel? Every. Single… Read More
FAMILIAR FLUFF
2017-11-13 02:59
There is a certain joy in seeing the old in the new.Amongst other simple joys of my childhood was that of eating soan-papdi from a newspaper cone. The ringing of a bell indicated a soan-papd… Read More
2017-11-06 05:49
The total gusto with which I respond "Ohhh.. it was gooood!" when the first person asks me on Monday morning: "How was your weekend?" and the UTTER AND COMPLETE brain fade when the follow-up… Read More
MO REASON TO GROW ONE
2017-11-03 20:01
I've always had mixed thoughts about whether I like my face with a moustache or without. I've received different responses from people each time I've tried to experiment with one. Mostly, I'… Read More
TO SEE MUST BE TO BELIEVE
2017-10-31 05:02
There are some who believe everything they see in a photo or video must be true - not realising how ridiculously easy it has become to doctor visuals. One need not even know how to use photo… Read More
FACEPALMED AS RECEIVED
2017-10-31 04:34
With social media making it easier than ever to share information, it has also made it really convenient to spread rumours and misinformation. I remember (in the early 1990s) receiving a pos… Read More
POKÉMON (CAN'T LET) GO
2017-10-27 01:06
When I installed Pokémon Go in July 2016 to check out what the hype was about, I didn't know anything about Pokémon other than the face of Pikachu. I thought Pikachu was&n&hell…Read More
FLASHES OF NOW. FLASHES OF THEN.
2017-10-26 06:28
Father and Mother debating a house issue... Father reading a book with Child... Children spending time with Grandparents... Mother chasing after Child to get work done... Father and Mother s… Read More
KURAL THOUGHTS: HERO OR ZERO?
2017-10-25 04:45
Hoping to introduce my son to திருக்குறள் (ThirukkuRaL), I have been using the opportunity to revisit the great work myself… Read More
A TIME FOR MUSIC
2017-10-24 05:49
I've never been able to understand how someone can listen to music and do something else at the same time. Like household chores, for example. Or even worse, studying. Music demands every ou… Read More
MELBOURNE MALAR POL...
2017-10-23 02:59
"Telephone maNi-pol sirippavaL ivaLA?Melbourne malar-pol melliya magaLA?"Ever since I moved to Melbourne a couple of years ago, I have been trying to find out what this 'Melbourne malar' is… Read More
2017-10-20 05:36
Sometimes I want to blog about things I want all people to readAnd sometimes about things I want people to read, but only those who don't know meAnd other times about things I want people to… Read More
VOICE FADE
2017-10-13 04:29
One day (a couple of years ago), I realised I'd forgotten Daddy's voice. Yes, it had been (at that time) almost 20 years since I last heard him and I was 14 at that time - but how could I fo… Read More
2017-10-05 03:10
Electronic equipment at work always seems to have a way of making me look like a fool.All it takes for a software error to vanish or for a laptop to get connected to the office network is to… Read More
2017-09-28 02:00
Possibly the biggest change I've introduced into my life was my decision to start living in a new country. Leaving behind so much that was known, leaping into something completely unknown … Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Bro: La la laSis: What are you humming, bro?Bro: The song of lifeSis: La la la?Bro: Yes, la la la. That's the lyric.Sis: There must be more...Bro: No, that's it. La la la.Sis: What does that… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
ONE word that has changed the way I eat food, talk about food, and even think about food - ZOMATO! I have always been a food-lover, but Zomato made me sit up and take myself seriously as one… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Was surprised that I liked more Hindi and Malayalam songs than Tamil songs in 2011. My favourite overall album of the year was 'Rockstar'.TAMIL 01. Ayyayyo (Aadukalam)02. Yaathe Yaathe (Aadu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Though I don't listen to as much music as I used to before, I try and keep up with the latest Tamil and Hindi film music. To remember the songs that brought me much delight in 2010, I put to… Read More
2015-03-20 17:27
I am totally tickled by the global popularity achieved by Paul the Octopus and Mani the Parakeet. While the former is an international, death-threat-receiving celebrity, the latter is a rela… Read More
2015-03-20 17:27
I am constantly irritated by the use/abuse of the word "maadi" in the Kannada language by urban colloquial speakers. For those who don't know, 'maadi' means 'do'. It makes me feel sad everyt… Read More
2015-03-20 17:26
Totally made me smile, first thing in the morning! :-) Been a while since I saw something other than a girl or a baby and exclaimed, "Cute!"Click to see what: http://img.labnol.org/files/goo… Read More
2015-03-20 17:26
Have seen this billboard in several locations in Bangalore; this one near Silk Board Jn (Thanks for the pic, Raju). Pray, what would the logic be? That the person who CANNOT see the image of… Read More
2015-03-20 17:25
I read somewhere, this morning, that actress Meghna Naidu's e-mail account had been hacked into, and that the hacker has been e-mailing Meghna's contacts announcing she's pregnant! Poor Megh… Read More
2015-03-20 17:25
I was shocked to read that the President of Nigeria has banned the Nigerian national football team from playing in international tournaments for two years because of their dismal performance… Read More
2015-03-20 17:24
As I was walking home this evening, I was charmed by the sight of a little girl (about 6 years old) and an even littler girl (about 3 yrs old) holding hands and trudging along the walkway of… Read More
2015-03-20 17:23
Continuing with Bus Fun, this post is a list of the most popular games played in BMTC buses. The rules are fairly simple, but could be lethally confusing for the uninitiated.1.Secret NumberW… Read More
2015-03-20 17:22
Being a frequent BMTC (public transport bus service in Bangalore) commuter, I am compiling this lingo list for newbies. Thank me later.1.HoldeenPronunciation: whole-dean. preferably whole-de… Read More
2015-03-20 17:19
Had the worst papaya juice in my life!! NEVER try this brand, folks!       Read More
2015-03-20 17:19
Thanks, dB and Chhoto, for tagging me; I enjoyed this mental exercise ‪#‎toptenbookschallenge‬.MY TOP TWELVE BOOKS (in chronological order of impact on my life):1. AMELI… Read More
2015-03-20 17:18
I first saw you twenty years ago, and then you went away with no promise of return. You thrived in my thoughts, my words, and sometimes even in my actions. The world made wisecracks about my… Read More
2015-03-20 16:47
Swelling with positive reinforcement, to see that a common man without a political background (armed with honesty and intelligence) can rise above cynicism, hate, and negative propaganda - w… Read More
2015-03-20 16:42
Realised something about myself when I watched this ad, and the many memes after India defeated Pakistan yet again in a World Cup match. More than anything else, I connected with the father'… Read More
2015-03-20 16:24
I wish it didn't have to beThe deafening din of silenceTo teach me the valueOf your reassuring noise Read More
2010-12-19 17:35
Lost my mobile phone (again) today. Feeling desolate and inconsolable.What did I lose, apart from the money value of the phone...hmm..Almost every piece of information can somehow be retriev… Read More
2010-03-23 17:00
Axe ad: Guy 1 in an elevator spraying himself with Axe deodorant. When Guy 2 leaves, Guy 2 enters, followed by a girl. The girl whiffs the deodorant, and is so turned on, that she jams the e… Read More
2009-12-16 09:05
I am increasingly becoming aware of the silliness of the words, 'always', 'never', and 'forever' - especially when it comes to relationships. Embarrassed at my steadfast conviction in these… Read More
2009-12-16 06:52
Prior to this post, I have blogged only twice this year - my scarcest since I started Orange Juice for the Soul in 2005. To understand why this might be, I revisited my first post where I ha… Read More
2009-12-12 13:15
I have often wished navigating Bangalore were easier. My wish has been granted! A good friend from work shared this website (http://latlong.in/) with me. If you live in Bangalore, Latlong is… Read More

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