Tag Archives: Life

A Day In Vellankondagaram

When was the last time I saw so many stars in the sky? I can’t remember. Continue reading

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Cartoon Therapy

For the child inside every adult… Continue reading

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Welcome to the Hotel California

Living in a new city can sometimes be overwhelming. Especially, if you don’t know the local language. Things as simple as getting a ticket in the bus could be complicated. Ultimately, it takes a LOT of gestures and broken words to make yourself understood. You may go through a dozen crappy experiences before you end up with the right thing. But at the end of the day you have an awesome story to tell and a treasure trove of experience to share. That being said, don’t expect an awesome story from this post. πŸ˜› Continue reading

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Honey, someone shrunk our house !

We were going back after 15 years and of course we were bubbling with excitement. My sister and I grew up in that house. I took my first steps there, spoke my first words and rode my first bicycle (with balance wheel of course πŸ˜› ). Continue reading

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Miracles do happen

People talked to Gods all the time. Sudama’s humble hut miraculously turned into a palace. Rishis gave boons. The list goes on. I wondered how miracles happened all the time in the previous Yugas. Continue reading

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Change …

when you look back in time and review all your problems it will look so obscure and pointless. Continue reading

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Life under the wheels…

In the blink of an eye a speeding bus runs over the animal. The air is filled with an agonizing howl followed by a dreadful silence. Continue reading

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When you lose yourself in a book…

The blog’s actually about Prison Book Programme which brings solace to prisoners through books. I was so moved by this particular post by a Prisoner about how some books changed his life. Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Wrong

The bird looking through the bars somehow conveyed a sense of their freedom being snatched away Continue reading

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A Treasure for twenty…

E-readers may provide innumerable facilities compared to a normal tattered old book but it is nothing compared to the satisfaction of holding a book filled with ink-and-paper, taking you back to memories that stay for eternity in your mind. Continue reading

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