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  • 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…

  • soft and warm sandalwood.

    The other day I visited an aromatherapy centre, the healer had a vial of sandalwood oil. The soft warm woody and balsamic fragrance. Yet it is a standalone fragrance. It evokes mixed responses. A pleasant one as it reminds me of two important people in my life, my grandmother and my father. Remember the hitopadesha…

  • A city moans

    Just back from Mumbai, I left for Mumbai the day BalaSaheb passed away, being aware of the fact.  My daughters were a bit worried. My coach Gopal was very confident that people respected Balasaheb too much to misbehave and the town would be peaceful. The bus driver refused to enter the city Mumbai, I mean…

  • Julie Andrews

    This is really an internet forward, But I am a Julie Andrews, fan/ worshipper call it whatever. so here’s  sharing. Julie Andrews Turns 69, this is hysterical.   To commemorate her birthday , actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at  Manhattan ‘s Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of…

  • And the award goes to

    Sean Penn If there's one thing that actor’s know… other than that there weren’t any WMDs… (weapons of mass destruction) it's that there is no such thing as best in acting. Peters Oscar 1 Who should get the Oscar awards this year? The answer is I do not know, I don’t know who the nominees…

  • Dr.H.V.Hande, my inspiration

    Diverse talents are more appealing than focused ones. Plinky’s prompt of the day is who is my role model? Yet I think as we grow we tend to create newer finish lines and find newer models. Each role model teaches you some thing new. My father and grandmother taught me the power of versality and…