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Adding dignity and grace to old age
We had a gardener couple working in our condominium. They were senior citizens who went about their work diligently. Recently, the maintenance was outsourced to a different company and so many changes...
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373 years and counting.......
Happy Birthday Madras!! (Aug 22)An Historical city which has beautifully evolved over 373years deserves to be celebrated. For those of you in...
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Tulasankramana at Talacauvery - a travel tale from my past
It took this longfor me to reach here.After the break down, the company whose car we hired in Mysore arranged for a jeep for us to travel uphill to Bhagamandala. The driver had meanwhile arranged for a...
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Poompuhar - India's lost Atlantis
Some years ago, If anybody asked me about an ancient land swallowed by the sea only the mythical Atlantis would be the answer. I can remember this well because I’ve played the computer animated...
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Memories of my good friend's birthday
The air in my city is getting festive. We are just out of the Ramzan festivities and now we are gearing up for the socio cultural and religious Ganesh Utsav. The huge eco friendly ganesha are being...
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That's an arduous journey, ISRO. Congratulations!!
During their initial days when infrastructure was not available they have made use of cycles to ferry their rockets. They converted a church into control room, the bishop’s house as office, a bicycle...
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A tiny dose of culture, a little temple,a short travel tale and a mini...
We were driving past the old Begumpet airport in Hyderabad. This is one of the busiest roads in Hyderabad where we have bumper to bumper traffic during peak hours and racing cars at other times but...
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My first online shopping experience - memorable and special
We as a family enjoy shopping. For us shopping has been an exploration, education and an experience . When my children were small, we took them to supermarkets to expose them to those exotic fruits...
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Ashwin Sanghi's The Krishna key
When I received this book for review, I thought I did a mistake of picking up a thriller for I am no fan of thrillers or mysteries. Despite some dampeners, this book kept me...
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A mail from an author
I was delighted to receive this mail in my inbox today morning. I had left the link of my previous post (book review) on Ashwin Sanghi's website. The krishna key's author mailed to me back and...
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Blessings and luck in a ziplock pouch
Every time there is a festival, my multicultural, multi storeyed community brings vibrancy to our life by celebrating occassions starting with New year to Christmas through Diwali, Ramzan etc.,.And...
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Some mommy moments - 1
I tried to avoid this post but the mom in me surfed and won over and so this post had to be published.Alert: A Pompous postAfter touring and shopping around the lifestyle exhibition at HITEX, we...
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English Vinglish and more.....not a review.
English Vinglish was the most awaited movie in recent times, the comeback movie of the yesteryear actor Sridevi. The storyline of the movie which reflects reality is ably directed by Gauri shinde and...
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The red sanders dolls unique to navaratri
Like a stuck record, I can keep writing about certain things that are dear to me. One such thing dear to me is the navaratri festival. I have fond memories of this festival in my childhood, perhaps...
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Students blessed at Basar
That time of the year when the whole country wears a festive look be it the Durgapuja of the East, The ramlila/ ravan dahan / kulu dussehra in the north, the garba dandiya navratras of the west or down...
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A gift to show gratitude and hospitality
When I saw the latest prompt for the contest from Blogadda, i thought i have already written about this a couple of years back and so did not give much of a thought. I was enjoying the vacation...
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Junkar and Vallom - An unique way to commute
The Hyderabad traffic police were craning the scooty’s and bikes parked in the no parking zone. The vehicles were lifted with a hook onto the back of the truck. The vehicles inside the truck reminded...
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Our 'Homestay' Vacation
Our travel plans grounded this Dussehra Vacation and we also had no official celebrations this year at home but all these did not deter the spirit. We celebrated our 'home stay' vacation in a...
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Heaving a huge sigh of relief!
I let a huge sigh of relief today early morning at 3 and thanked god for all the emotional help, i was just waiting for the call. It was a great relief when i heard my hubby from Hyderabad airport.I...
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"The Bankster" by Ravi Subramanian
I have not studied and don't understand economics or finance but I have interest in the field of economics and banking. This made me pick up Ravi subramanian’s ‘The bankster’ for review. I had...
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