Noololyako chenni, noololyako the base voice of the singer was crooning. Asking his glamorous lady love, why doesn’t she spin? “ratiyillelo jaana ”she replies, that she needs a spinners wheel...the dialogue goes on in the nasal twang of the folk singers. Once upon a time these singers would never enter Durbar-e-khaas. But the song is …
A Crappy Affair
World toilet day The UN has declared Nov.19th as the world Toilet day. We have lived and grown up with toilets, of course during our younger days when we travelled we never used public toilets since we were worried about hygiene with the advent of pay toilets those are taken care off too. The impact …
world art day
April 15th is the world art day. The International association of Arts set up UNESCO in 1954 chose this day as it is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci. I am a little confused about this, what do they mean by art? Maybe anything that is not science. Or is focused on drawing, paintings …
world sibling day
Today is the world sibling day. So I am back to contemplating on the relationship. Once upon a prompt we were asked to mull over being without siblings. So I wondered how life would be if I had grown without sibling. Then I had a blog post where I grappled with siblings and the intricacies …
Unblocking the Writers Block
Was the last bit we dealt with in the Himalayan writing retreat. For me it was the weakest of the session. The resource person could have respected our time and intellect a little... this is my personal opinion and need not be generic. A writers block is a condition were where one is unable to …
Brahmaputra Baits
Assam or Prajyotishapura... the land on the banks of Brahmaputra to me has been romantic space. When I want to think exotic I used to try to visualize Guwahati. The transit zone from the mainstream to the mystic mysterious east. Guwahati on the Brahmaputra takes its name from Guwa or areca nut and Haat or …
Mine Ban Treaty
April 4th is the UN’s international day for mine awareness and assistance in mine action. This day is about raising awareness about landmines and progress towards its eradication. Landmines are explosive mines laid either on the land or just below the surface. This explodes by the presence, proximity or contact of a person causing incapacitation, …
Matrimama #BlogToPM
Shrunu Matrimama hey Pradhana Sevak Ballirenayyaa janapadake yaarendu...(would you know who is the leader of the republic) "jansamanyanendu keliruve"... I am told it is the common man, Iruvantha sthana --where does he dwell Bhoolokada, swatantra ganarajya Bharatavendu keliruve -- I hear that in the democratic republic of India, "avaralli obba naanu" --i am one of them, …