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Category: Thoroughly Mundane

  • clock of fragrance.

    This was a very strange place for this smell. Not one expected at a three star hotels. The smell of a rice  granary. Most of the traditional houses along the west coast had this “agrashala” or store room. The smell of the days of long stretches of holidays that suddenly galloped to a finish. The…

  • Tale of the brothers– ramakatha

    Ramakatha. North Indian houses, believe that Ramayana should be read in the house, as it is a tale of brothers bonding but not Mahabharata. Ramayana is indeed a tale of brothers, Ravana–Kubera Ravana-Kumbhakarana Ravana- vibhishana Vali – sugriva Jatayu-Sampati Rama–Lakshmana Rama-Bharat. Somewhere in this annals poor shatrughna stays forgotten. The Ramayana of uttarkhand talks of…

  • Laurel’s Wreath sacrificed..?

    I have this little dog barking in my head, particularly when I hear the word sacrifice. There is so much of reverence and a laurel’s wreath bequeathed, I stand correct a halo drawn over this word sacrifice. We are being subjected to the great sacrifice of the Gandhi-Nehru amalgam, and the freedom struggle, well to…

  • Honey moon travels.

    A trip to the quiet, that is what I would gift to my soon to be married cousin. I would ensure, no civilization, no telephones, to television just a few weeks for the couple. It would be a great time, for her and her new husband to set new goals for their life, discuss their…

  • with Malice to ….

    People always talk don’t they? I think I shall start calling myself a witch. The wicked witch of the west.  I mean people have called me acrid, nasty, rude sarcastic whatever. so might as well have a blast and get benefited from it. And why not? Believe me it is orgasmic it liberates you from…

  • RIP–The Telegraph

    http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/telegram-stop-end-stop-392148 “Taar,” the moustached man  called out. Wearing an ill-fitting brown pant, and a shirt a cross bag and a brown cap a left over from the british civil services.  He was a must in every hindi movie. It created melodrama, the twist in the tale, sometimes even the key knowledge. I   remember as a…