Category: Thoroughly Mundane
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Healing the Mother on Mother’s day
Its mother’s day. What can I gift my mother for mother’s day. We have been fed with amazing stories of mothers, Kunti, Jijabhai’s and Kaikeyi’s. From our tradition. Coming to independent India we have the all we have that lady I forget her name, the abused sacrificing doormat mother. I think her name was Sulochana…
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Difficult Dialogues
The spoken word is kind of critical; it gives us an insight to the kind of person we are dealing with. The way the words are put together. This has been a major criteria for me when and where to put in the dialogue How much of the narrative should be in conversation. How do…
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A Pilgrims Progress
I am at Kumardhara at Subramanya in Dakhina Kannada district. My early memory of this place was thick forests; one would see snakes in abundance. Local families extended hospitality to the pilgrims. The temple in itself had been so rooted in the jungle it was dedicated to a live snake hill. It was considered auspicious…
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Three Litfest and Blogfest
“Mom this is my last year in Hyderabad,” She said, Jay has this effect on me she can get me to do anything. “Mom HLF is amazing and fun” Second input from her. Anyway as I could catch up with her I decided to attend the Hyderabad Literary festival believe me it was fun. There…
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Learning and Unlearning of 2017
Learning – unlearning #2017 With my 2018 schedule falling in place, I look back on 2016, and 2017 maybe the actual journey began with 2015. Looking back on 2017 it has been an amazing year. Balancing the fundementals of life, that power, love, freedom and fun. Somehow the balance never seemed to happen. But between…
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Are Purifiers a Luxury or Necessity
For all of us who thought indoor air pollution is an urban myth. Well here is an eye opener from WHO. Around 3 billion people use solid fuels like charcoal, dung, and wood, crop waste to cook and to stay warm. These create high levels of indoor air pollution. In the urban set up we…
