Category: Thoroughly Mundane
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Jarjara– the arbor Mundi
Great aunt Kittadoddamma had her favourite narration of the samudra manthan and how the vatavriskha and the Kalpataru came out of it. She would explain to us how the Kalpataru was bejewelled and rich. As usual Param-ajja would snort and he would tell us that the kalpataru was nothing but the coconut tree which contributed…
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dear diary
September 22nd.2011 Dear Diary, Today is the day that world honours you. You are the conscience keeper of most of us. We document out happiness, sorrow, our growing ache and our secret fears. Many of us have recorded within you our observation of nature and our growth into our careers. Dear Diary, incidentally today is…
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International talk like a pirate day
Ahoy matey and proud beauty come across a galley the day is international talk like a pirate day. Swill a pint or two of grog and stuff the salmagundi in the name of John Baur and Mark summen, who gifed the 19th day of September in 1995. Be that a no matey? Ye get to…
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Parijata
Adansona digitata is the botanical name of this flower. Parijata is what my grandmother called it. Prajukta, shefali, shagufta call it any name. Beautiful white with a coral orange stalk. I am seeing this after nearly twenty two years. When I set my eyes on this I am back to my child hood. Though then…
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Duel
split personality Janus Right now if I could be two people then I would write on my master novel and at the same time trek round the Himalaya. Dr, Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. Capt.Clegg and Dr.Syn. There are also the two faces of Janus. Infinite times we have been two people without realizing it. One…
