Category: Thoroughly Mundane
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Divine nourishment
Akshaya Trithiya celebrates abundance. This abundance is personified by DhanyaLakshmi. Food or what is refered to as “Anna” is one of them. The sacred texts say The hymn to Annapurneshwari talks about Anna being pratyeksha maheshwari. The visible divine. For food is the primary need of every living creature in the plant and animal world.…
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Badi Door Se Aaye Hain
Badi Door Se Aaye Hain Is the new sitcom launched from the makers of Sarabhai Vs.Sarabhai. Aired on SabTV . With Sumeet Raghavan and Tanaaz Curium we expected another Sarabhai Vs.Sarabhai or something very close. The first episode of the serial looked like it was made by the idiots…for the idiots and I respect Tanaaz and…
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Mam’s Day Gift.
May 11th the much touted Mother’s day, I even wondered if I should gift my mother Margarita after all I would have driven her to it if we were in another social context. But what intrigued me is May 10th, where uncle Sam’s land actually had dedicated a day to see that every mother gets…
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‘Oo Needs Buckshee Press Anyway?
May 3rd heralds the world free press day. The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist, the courage of a rat, the fairness of a prohibitionist boob-jumper, the information of a high school janitor, the taste of a designer of celluloid valentines and the honour of a police…
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Hotwatah and deep kip. Don’t you know?
Reborn each day with hot water There was CHAOS in my life, that is Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome. Then came the house-fairy, she weeded, prodded and brought me into routine. Hell with traditions and superstitions, but my housework happens in the evening at 6.30pm after I return from work. A warm cup of coffee…
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a sacred sanctuary.
What would my dream library look like? J you could not ask for a more perfect question. I was brought up in family where the study was a sanctuary where we went to sharpen our mind or lick our wounds. After all the perfect tranquillity in life, is found nowhere else but in a retreat,…
