Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 43

Caught Red Handed: Doggone it!!

Who's been selling our household items on the streets without our knowledge?

Who's been using our garden as his personal toothpick collection?  Who's been stealing food from the kitchen and blaming it on the doberman?

Who's been pretending to be a ninja and trying to blend in with his surroundings?
Who's been watching 'Keeping up with the Kardashians' after bedtime?
Who is trying doggy hypnosis to get the matriarch to serve him his food ahead of time?


Who's been deriving inspiration from horro...

Heimlich maneuver - for adults, children, infants, pregnant women, yourself & your pets

2 months ago, a young doctor died in Trissur when she choked on a piece of food while at the mall food court. What was really tragic was that she was not alone -  there were hundreds of people in the mall at that time. And yet,  none could help dislodge the piece of food that went down her airway. Residing in India, you all would have read this news article,  I assume. You would have lamented the tragic loss and shook your head, I am sure.
Here's my question to you - did yo...

You never know where your journey in life will take you...

You do know that they are some of the biggest movie and music stars of their generation. What you don't know is where the magic all began. 

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) was a high school gym teacher. To earn extra money, he used to dress up as a clown for parties for $50 per show.

Boy. Clowns sure have changed since the days of Stephen King's "IT"

Kanye West (Mr Kim Kardashian) was a sales assistant at a Gap showroom.Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) flipped burgers at Mc Donalds for 3 years.A...

The curious case of the dog that barked

Lord Muthappan is a local deity worshiped mostly in the Malabar regions of Kerala. Considered a manifestation of the duo of Lord Vishnu and Shiva, he is peculiar for many things not least of which is the fact that he was always a rebel. 
Anybody can enter the famous Parassini kadavu temple, irrespective of caste or religion which is in keeping with the mindset of the God back when he was a child and fought against such oppressive concepts. Toddy (and even fish) are served to both the...

Recipe - Spicy Watermelon Salad

This week, we had some lovely guests over for lunch. Part of the 'online to real life friends' category, they, like us, are food lovers. And so, we had an assortment of dishes ready for them when they arrived.There was idiyappam (string hoppers) and prawn curry, biryani, chicken curry and stew besides a bunch of the regular accompaniments. One of those accompaniments was something I had never had at home before. It was a lovely spicy watermelon salad.


Sure, we have all had some variations of w...

Ten to One : Get to Know Me Better

Back when I started blogging in 2005, an easy way to find something to write on was to take up tags featuring questions you needed to answer. In addition to getting you back into 'writing mode', it also helped you open up about what was weighing on your mind.For me today, that would be via Shalini's tag of "Ten to One in My Life"  where we answer 55 questions about ourselves as we count down from 10 to 1.  
Ten How’s!How did you get one of your scars?

As a kid, I was fielding in a sil...

Take a step outward or inward and look - really look - at me.

Stay still where you are and look at yourself.You are you and that is truer than true. You are your shade, your nationality and religion & in your mind, it defines you. It is your pride and differentiates you from the others - the ones of a different race & religion; from different mothers.
Now take one step outward and look from above. Soar with the birds and stay still in the winds. Use a telescope if need be but look at yourselves. You are you and that...

Featured in the Doctors Day Special of Manorama Arogyam

Yes, I know. I have been away from the blog for awhile. What can I say? Life...
Anyway, as it has in the past, when I find myself unable to carry the blog, it takes a life of its own and carries me. I have been struggling to find the words through a tumultuous month and lo!and behold! My words wake up and appear on print even without me typing them. 
What I mean to say is, I ended up getting featured prominently in the 'Doctors Day Special' feature of the popular Kerala based Health Magazi...

Words on My Door #1LinerWeds

This plaque has been on the door of my bedroom for over 21 years now.
I've passed by it easily more than five thousand times, thus heaping blasphemy upon the first and last lines; the three in between I follow religiously though.
Authors note: This post is based on prompts by Hugh's Weekly Photo Challenge (This week's theme: something Vintage) & Linda Hill's One Liner Wednesday)

My Moments of #Gratitude in April & May #MondayMusings

After the highs of dancing in the streets of Delhi in January and getting my first published articles (plural!) in Huffington Post in February, the last couple of months have had a lot to live up to if it wanted to match the start of the year.
So did it? Here are the moments that I am grateful for... moments made me smile in April & May
Winning the #WRITEINDIA contestWhen the Write India contest was announced by Times of India, I found myself intrigued.Every month for 11 consecutive ones, o...