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A simple, beautiful poem for every new father!!

I read this in a magazine recently, and it was so beautiful and so meaningful!! Thought I should share it with everyone. “Be careful where you go, young man, Be careful what you do. Two little eyes are watching you now — Two little feet will be following you.”

Some little known facts about sneakers!!

I was flipping through an issue of Reader’s Digest I got my uncles collection, and there was a new section called “who knew”. Maybe, this isn’t even that new as I haven’t read the Indian edition of RD in a long while. Anyway, this particular issue had a nice little article about sneakers, and here […]

Did Family Guy just Skewer some of America’s beloved classics??

I don’t need to tell you how funny and ruthlessly scathing Family Guy is when it comes to social commentary. They make crude and simplistic jokes about various aspects of our world, but also weave a brilliant and biting satire to make their point. To the uninitiated the show seems juvenile and their humor pedestrian,  […]

All we can do is just laugh and accept the fact that it’s going to be President Trump

My first book for sale on amazon

See larger image The man-eating tiger of Yeleswaram: and other tales from my Indian childhood By (author): Rajesh Valluri List Price: Price Not Listed Kindle Edition: Check Amazon for Pricing Digital Only When a man-eating tiger was on the prowl terrorising villagers in the area, the local landlord, or Zamindar as they are called in […]

Hillary Clinton Vs Trump, the great media miscarriage

Just because one candidate is slinging mud at the other, doesn’t make the second one dirty. This election has been an embarrassing expose on the timid American media, where they think they have to give equal credence to whatever non-sense Trump is spouting, just because he is a candidate. No fact-checking, no questioning him back, […]

Akshaya campaigning for Hillary Cinton

My Foray into Greek Mythology, Homer’s Illiad

Homer’s Illiad The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of […]