Tag: post2011

  • Check List for a great party.

    Let’s party, It’s party time, Plinky prompt of the day is the ideal number of guests for a party. But what goes into making a party a success? 3-4 weeks prior to the event • Decide the day and date • Create a guest list • Create a budget. • Pick a venue and book…

  • the speaker

    every speaker has three speechs on hand one that he prepared, the one he delivered and one that he wished he had delivered.

  • Rail-Tambige

      The British  gave India its railway. The travelling Indian lugged the rail-tambige, or the water carrier. It was made of brass, with a tumbler within. While leaving home most people carried their water. At various stations, relatives came to catch up with travelers with food for the rest of the journey and of course…

  • communication

    A conversation is an oral exchange of sentiments opinion, and ideas, It’s also an informal discussion of an issue between groups, governments or institutions. This makes it is interesting when was the last conversation I had. Ideally I should have said two days ago, with my brother, yet it is the conversation with my friend gayatri…

  • summer drink

    Summer in my childhood meant variety of coolers as drinks, starting with Panaka, tandai, cashew extract, raagi milk, rose milk. But my favourite has been the Mung bean drink. About a table-spoon of mung bean is ground with a pod of cardamom and a table-spoon of jaggery adding water gradually until it reaches the consistency of milk. If this…

  • growing up with friends

    Udupi was a small sleepy temple town. We lived in a joint family. So my cousin Ahalya was and is not only my sister but also best friend. It was strange that we had issues with our mother’s because of each other but between us it was not. She was of course all of a year and…