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From terminal to terminal @ Changi
All good things come to an end and so this final post of my memory making (first international) vacation. It was the last day and time to return to reality called home.We decided to leave to the...
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A box/ tub full of delicious joy!!!
Neither do I have a large space of earth nor do i have a hoe, all i had was limited space where i threw in some earth, some seeds from my spice box and i turned the little earth with a broken fork,...
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God is a Gamer - a book review
Touted as the world’s first bitcoin thriller, Ravi Subramanian’s novel God is a gamer is woven around the lives of a few politicians,bankers,crooks, gamers with ‘Bitcoin’ and an anonymous online...
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Deepavali - From excitement to contentment
In Tam-Brahm households like mine, Deepavali is celebrated on the wee hours of Naraka Chaturdashi. Although ritually it is only for a couple of hours before the sunrise, the preparations would...
View ArticleMore Indian than you think
"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most...
View ArticleA healthy child makes a happy family
I live in a city where most homes have atleast one NRI in the family and also in this city most students from class 5 go to coaching institutes or tutorials for professional studies. Many even go...
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Blog to feed a child
The right to nourished food and education is a vital right for all children. Healthy educated children build an economic, social and culturally developed society.Our government and many NGO’s actively...
View ArticleEco-friendly toilets for Babli
If ever you get a chance of driving through villages on a road trip in India, one of the common sight that you come across is the problem of poor sanitation, especially widespread open defecation. It...
View ArticleOf stories,storytellers and storytelling
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.—Robert McKeeMany people will remember the time when they were told a story, not read to, but told- the oral art of story...
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Against all odds - e-book review
Against all odds by Jazz Singh is my first book on Indireads and i was a little skeptical about reading a full length book on a flickering screen, but when i finished the book in one go, i realized I...
View ArticleAmmavin aranmanai - A play with a social message
Every year in December we have a week long concert fest which is iced with two tamil plays on weekends at Keyes school ground. We have been regular to the plays if not on both days atleast one of the...
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A thrilling movie ride to drive out fear
I am not an adventurous person and so prefer to be comfortably placed in my safe cocoon. I don’t venture into any dare-devilry act or accept tough physical challenges. If I had to take any risk it...
View ArticleVacations - With children in tow
Nothing for me can be better than seeing the world with my family. Travel gives us new perspective and it’s my strong belief that it is the same with children. We have always wanted our children not to...
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A baking trip to winter wonderland!
Braving the wintry chill with a blazer & shawl, I stand in my balcony and find our condo twinkling with fairy lights for the festive season. The shrub trees are lit around the pool, there are...
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@ the TATA Bolt arena
Last evening, It was purely by chance that I landed at GVK One, a world class mall known for homing international brands . I went through the security check and was about to ascend to G+1 floor,...
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I feel like an urban farmer:)
Today at noon, I went to my patio to dig out the haldi saplings that i had sown in June last. It is a practice in tamil homes to tie haldi saplings around the pongal pot( i have already blogged about...
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Growing tomatoes - Some memories and life lessons
Growing tomatoes is a childhood memory, a memory that will last a lifetime for me, because, even if I want to forget, some of my older relatives remind me the tale often. Recently, when I harvested my...
View ArticleA mommy moment again!
I and my best half are early risers. Both of us are up before the sunrise, anywhere between 5 to 5.15( after a few snooze buttons). It is during these early morning hours most times, we get a call...
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My wish list
Progress in science and technology is conquering nature and who else, but we humans are responsible for vanquishing nature by misusing and overpowering it with our wasteful and materialstic lifestyle...
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Shattered dreams - a book review
Many a times we wonder, if age-old epics have relevance to our lives in today’s space age. Many dismiss them as myth, folk-lore and not relevant to today’s life. Shattered dreams is a 387 book which...
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