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  • The story teller.

    The character— http://www.amazon.in/Jacob-Hills-Ismita-Tandon-Dhanker/dp/9350296497 Sameer – the story teller. 30 odd year old journalist by profession., nearing six feet lanky frame, he really looked fragile. Yet there was strength of character that spoke through the fragility. A commitment, what the poets called “Junoon” he was the boy who lived. Who lived to tell the tale. The…

  • The Goatherd

    The character–.http://www.amazon.in/Jacob-Hills-Ismita-Tandon-Dhanker/dp/9350296497 Abu khan miyan, And his herd of mountain sheep. They live on the slopes of Kashmir, the paradise on earth. When they say Paradise is lost, it is so true, no longer is joy, or Sufism in the air. The fabric of monotheism be it Shaivaite or Islam, the valley has forgotten it…

  • 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…

  • Product experience

    I am a biker, to me buses and cars are claustrophobic. Though I do travel with my family on long drives, somehow the  stale fragrance of sweat and car deodorant kind of triggers the puke reflex in me. When Ambipur sent its sample, I chose the sky breeze. this was great. All the same there were…

  • 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…