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  • Landmarks

    Birds migrate, their homing skills, using different techniques like smell, vibrations from the earth’s magnetic field and geographic clues. I never realized how much humans did it too, until we travelled down to Udupi for the week-end. When we left home for the anegudde temple, on the way would be smell of the drying fish,…

  • The story of the story teller.

    The story of the story teller. The buyer in posh air conditioned houses and offices worldwide, uses these art forms to create an ambiance of being earthy, sometimes exotic. The pieces carefully chosen by the interior decorators of the page 3 kinds.  But the artist who has created this unique artwork remains unsung and partially…

  • sati-parampara

    Like my standard refrain, the “sati” that seems to be the burning problem of India… so what is this all about… The Sati has come in honour of the goddess Sati, who jumped into the sacrificial fire as she could not bear her father insulting her husband Shiva. The word originally was used to mean…

  • In de ‘ot water.

    In hot water, I don’t know why everyone talks about a hot bath in the morning. An entire day of grime, and pollution. The body feels tired and abused. For me, it has been a hot water bath at night. When I was in medical college I would return at 5pm. Have a real hot…

  • what are women’s issues?

    An activist I am told emerges when a person’s butt is on fire. Mine is kind of getting warm. Do excuse me, for another day; I shall complain about intelligentsia and women’s day before tackling the issues. I remember a friend in travel and tours telling me that some destination, the survey was people travelled…

  • Travel lecht.

    Skyscanner Travel smart, …. http://www.skyscanner.co.in When someone asks a question that requires an answer the first challenge is what actually is the question. Then  comes the answer. Sometimes answering requires us to ponder how does this apply to me.. That brings me to what is travelling smart… What is smart? smart, well sitting in a…

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