When you are dominated by men folk in your family, that too all engineers breathing technology, one is bound to imbibe and adopt, lest one remains an “Uncivilized Barbarian” to borrow my own phrase, that I so commonly use to scold my sons while young. Life does come full circle and now […]
I never knew the design and pattern that my thumb created had so much worth until the day I was asked to swipe in with the biometric system. Probably I was one of the first to report to work and feeling elated at that achievement, was at the machine that simply looked alien and repulsive. […]
“I am blogging about my luxury stay experience for an activity at BlogAdda in association with MakeMyTrip“ The sublime and serene Janardhana Swamy temple at Varkala near Thiruvanathapuram in Kerala known as Daksin Kashi, is a temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu and believed to date to 12th century AD. A temple that is permeated with […]
“I’m blogging about my #MagicOfWarmth moment at BlogAdda in association with Parachute Advansed Hot Oil” The warmth of any relationship has powerful manifestations in joy and good health and this relationship could be with anyone – spouse, sibling, pet, family, friends…During life’s troughs, these relationships blossom bringing that zest back into our lives. […]
http://hexa.tatamotors.com/ Our Hexa moments captured on the off road track … I was feeling rather down in the dumps after I did not make it to the final sixty sponsored by IB for the grand Hexa Hyderabad affair and did express my discontentment on IB’s forum, little realizing that the Bengaluru […]
Short clip done by Jeri I am still raving and ranting, as my son put it, even after two days, resurrected and feeling forever young after our TSM reunion. For those who missed out on the run ups, you can still get the background here and of course part 2 is posted here . The reconnect […]
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Drama and skits are out of bounds for me and definitely not the romantic Romeo and Juliet but I invite William Shakespeare to resurrect in India and apply for the myriad applications for various identities, right from […]
By the time, my readers read this post, the brouhaha on the withdrawal of our Indian currency in the denomination of 500 and 1000 would have tapered off, but for the political class who do a double take with their dropped jaws will remain locked with the bombshell. Not to be left behind in this […]
‘You are behaving like Swamy’s grandmother’, said my son irritatingly, for the umpteenth time. For the uninitiated, Swaminathan aka Swami is the adorable character in the first of the trilogy written by R K Narayan called as “Swamy and friends”….you can read the excerpts of the glorious conversation between the two at the end of […]
“I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda”. https://youtu.be/5DkO7ksXY8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DkO7ksXY8E&authuser=0 Dear Zindagi, Zindagi na milegi dobara, (will not get chance to live life again) for there is no reset button but only rewind and fast forward to past and present, and so I feel it is appropriate that I express […]
It took me 47 years to ride the pale green monster of the Chennai suburban transport, one of the excesses of the Colonial Raj, launched in the 1930s, that has stood the test of time and ravages of people and retained its old world charm amidst the swanky metro rapid rail that dot most […]
