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July 24, 2015
Quote Unquote 2: Sleep
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” ― Ernest Hemingway
Who doesn’t love sleep? All is well when one’s asleep. Wake up and you may discover there’s more to life than endless-entertainment-shopping-twitter-timepass-cappuccino-gourmet-brands-gossip-holidaying-more-more-more. Too much messy work. Who wants all that?
Waking up is serious work. All cherished notions of life, happiness, success, relationships, love, everything fall apart. Pain, di...
July 19, 2015
Quote UnQuote 1: Death
Rachna, the rachnakar (creator) of the popular blogs Rachnasays and Rachnacooks tagged me in the three-day quote challenge. I had been unsure how to do this because most of my posts already have some quote in them (often a long one, and sometimes a passage actually). To be honest, I would have probably skipped the challenge if it were not for the warm and affectionate Rachna!
Then I thought why not do something that I haven't done in a while. That is, be brief. And yet stay clos...
Quote Unquote 1: Death
Rachna, the rachnakar (creator) of the popular blogs Rachnasays and Rachnacooks tagged me in the three-day quote challenge. I had been unsure how to do this because most of my posts already have some quote in them (often a long one, and sometimes a passage actually). To be honest, I would have probably skipped the challenge if it were not for the warm and affectionate Rachna!
Then I thought why not do something that I haven't done in a while. That is, be brief. And yet stay clos...
July 13, 2015
Flowers, Home, Saris and More
She definitely has a way with words.
Regular readers of Dagny know what an inspiring and inspired writer she is. But there is also another side to the nature of her inspiration which I have recently experienced. Her words have the ability to quieten me down, making me ready to discover that deep and calm place within. A place from where emerge some ideas, thoughts, words and sentences carrying that 'feel' of calmness and quiet depth.
To what extent any composition expresses a sense of quie...
July 4, 2015
Current Events 11: A Note to the Perpetual Naysayers
A new post in the series -
Current Events
It has sort of become a norm, almost fashionable, in some sections of Indian educated classes and our media to simply oppose something because it is proposed by the present government, or more specifically by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM says -- share a picture of #IncredibleIndia. These naysayers say – but will that solve the problem of rural poverty?
PM says -- share a #SelfiewithDaughter. These naysayers say – but will...
It has sort of become a norm, almost fashionable, in some sections of Indian educated classes and our media to simply oppose something because it is proposed by the present government, or more specifically by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM says -- share a picture of #IncredibleIndia. These naysayers say – but will that solve the problem of rural poverty?
PM says -- share a #SelfiewithDaughter. These naysayers say – but will...
June 29, 2015
He and She: A Photo Essay
A new post in the series:
Things of Beauty
I found Her & Him - Them - hidden in the back in a dusty corner of a large shop in the temple town of Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. A Chola-style Ardhnarishvara, who now adorns a small corner in my home.
The Chola style of Ardhnarishvara form, often cast in bronze or panchaloha (an alloy of five metals -- copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver), is unique because of three arms, two on the Shiva side and one on the Shakti/Parvati side. However, in the majes...
I found Her & Him - Them - hidden in the back in a dusty corner of a large shop in the temple town of Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. A Chola-style Ardhnarishvara, who now adorns a small corner in my home.
The Chola style of Ardhnarishvara form, often cast in bronze or panchaloha (an alloy of five metals -- copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver), is unique because of three arms, two on the Shiva side and one on the Shakti/Parvati side. However, in the majes...
June 24, 2015
X is Ten, Ten Lessons Over A Fortnight
A new post in the series -
Reminders to self
Writing after a two-week-long break from this blog. Part of this break was because of being occupied with other things such as life and living. But part of it was also because I didn't want to write about things that were bothering me about some aspects of this whole thing called blogging.
When I started this blog I had promised myself that I will NOT use this space to rant or vent about things. There is a whole lot of that happening elsewhere...
Writing after a two-week-long break from this blog. Part of this break was because of being occupied with other things such as life and living. But part of it was also because I didn't want to write about things that were bothering me about some aspects of this whole thing called blogging.
When I started this blog I had promised myself that I will NOT use this space to rant or vent about things. There is a whole lot of that happening elsewhere...
June 11, 2015
Of Vibrations, Victories and Changing the World
A new post in the series - Satyam Shivam Sundaram
A series featuring inspiring words from various sources, words that speak of timeless truths, words that remind me of the deeper and hidden truth behind surface events and phenomena, words that shine light when all seems dark, words that are just what I need - for this moment and for all times to come.
Source
The world is full of innumerable problems. Anywhere we turn, we see suffering, wars, destruction, disease, disasters, environmental threats...
A series featuring inspiring words from various sources, words that speak of timeless truths, words that remind me of the deeper and hidden truth behind surface events and phenomena, words that shine light when all seems dark, words that are just what I need - for this moment and for all times to come.
SourceThe world is full of innumerable problems. Anywhere we turn, we see suffering, wars, destruction, disease, disasters, environmental threats...
June 5, 2015
Buy Less, Be an Environmentalist
A new post in the series -
Reminders to self
June 5, World Environment Day
Some people plant trees in their neighbourhoods. Some people go on nature walks. Some people clean up the local rivers and lakes. Some people start a campaign to make their cities greener. All noble efforts, all important initiatives.
World Environment Day is also a day when....
...we must question our consumption habits,
...we must reflect upon our purchasing patterns,
...we must ponder upon the impact of our consumerist li...
June 5, World Environment Day
Some people plant trees in their neighbourhoods. Some people go on nature walks. Some people clean up the local rivers and lakes. Some people start a campaign to make their cities greener. All noble efforts, all important initiatives.
World Environment Day is also a day when....
...we must question our consumption habits,
...we must reflect upon our purchasing patterns,
...we must ponder upon the impact of our consumerist li...
May 28, 2015
Troubling Scribbles
A new post in the series -
When a Picture Leads
Going through my old pictures I came across this. I don't know about you, but seeing something like this troubles me a lot.
A painting that is perhaps 800-1000-years-old
On display in the Thousand-Pillared Hall at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
I have seen such ugly and distasteful scribbles at so many places of deep cultural, historical and even ecological significance. On walls of ancient temples, murals, paintings, sculptures, caves, arch...
Going through my old pictures I came across this. I don't know about you, but seeing something like this troubles me a lot.
A painting that is perhaps 800-1000-years-old On display in the Thousand-Pillared Hall at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
I have seen such ugly and distasteful scribbles at so many places of deep cultural, historical and even ecological significance. On walls of ancient temples, murals, paintings, sculptures, caves, arch...
