Category: Ballads
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migrating Parashuramakshetra
An bitch report of the migrating Shivalli brahmins. Guthu mane – traditional homes of bunt community The resounding waves of the Arabian sea, the swaying palm, sounds romantic. Till recently the high of our life was the romance between the flower vendors daughter at the temple square and the young priest. Then came the great…
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The snake
a legend that links our family to snakes Snake God,Bhagamandalam,Coorg it was mid 1991, I was carrying my first child. we were new to the town and we had telephone. At about 12 midnight, I started feeling suffocated I was drifting on and off into sleep and dream state, when saw this beautiful golden snake,…
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The bicycle
an flash of romance from 1920 gateway to HERITAGE India in 1920, when bullock carts ruled the traffic, the man who rode a bicycle was considered a yuppie. Imagine, the man a young doctor, withthe british army, who went about from one state to another. Owning a bicylce. was indeed a prize catch. The familiies of…
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morning meditation
the usha suktam and the ratri suktam are two great hymns written on night and dawn.
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ides of march
ides of march.
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Tounshe
, Tounshe is the konkani word for cucumber. It is also the feast of St.Anna of Santana. This original fertility worship of the tribals got baptized when the missionaries came to Goa. Couples wanting children place their request to St. Anna, this was originally to the anthill goddess Satteri. When the wish is fulfilled…
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