Long ago when I was still active on Sulekha.com, I was to choreograph for the play Nagananda; I put my thoughts down and created a blog. After I published the blog, many of my fellow bloggers gave me their comments and inputs it was amazing. That was the time I discovered the power of blogging …
Gokarana
Yesterday being Ganesh Chaturthi, we decided to drive down to Gokarna. I have no pictures of either temple or the surrounding, for I was lost in memories of the two which visited years ago. The legend has it that Ravana the Lord of Lanka, carried the atma lingam of Shiva, fearing the consequences of this, …
Honoring the Father.
Gokarna Aunsi, Kushe Aunsi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmyx16PKSE The legend of Gokarna is something that every Kannada child is grown up with. We have heard the story of Shiva Bhakta Ravana promising to get Shiva’s atmalinga for his mother, when Shiva gives him the linga he tells him don’t put it on the ground. For it would take root …
Can We Be Mini’s father for a change?
My niece Saraswati and sister Shyamala are negotiating a sari, it costs 26.000Rs. And here I am standing beside them. I am reminded of Marie Antoinette, here is a debate on blowing up 26000/Rs. on a sari to be draped once in the life time, and on the other hand Saraswati Mandir, would be satisfied …