Song of the Rain
Its raining and the drops patter on my windowsill. I smile in contentment, a hot brew keeping me company. At such times, the soul sings - and what better time than to savour Gibran's celebration of rain?
Happy Independence Day
The Independence Day is a day of celebration, a precious reminder to offer our gratitude to the generations gone by for teaching us the power of freedom and making this possible; and a day of hope – for what the future will bring. The right time in short for being enchanted by Tagore’s magical, visionary…
Navarathi – Celebration unlimited and some uncommon reasoning!
Today is dusshera, the 10th day of what is surely India’s longest festival and arguably the most fun of them all. As with all Indian festivals, there are many legends underpinning the “why” for the festival – the most popular being the slaying of Ravana, the 10 headed demon by Ram, India’s most gentlemanly god…
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Ten years of WordPress and interesting trivia from blogging history
Ten years and counting. Happy birthday WordPress. Quite an achievement this in today’s technology-fuelled world where a calendar year is in itself a very long time. The occasion merits a little investigation into the roots of WordPress. Here’s a gem of a blog which brings home the nostalgia in shovels – it’s an early blog…
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Pongal – a day of celebration and reflection
Every ending gives birth to a new begining. Let’s welcome Pongal, the harvest thanksgiving festival. Today we big adeau to winter and long nights. We thank nature, man and god for the year past. Our energies are renewed – as we welcome warmer, happier (hopefully!) times Hold a second though, should we also not reflect…
Christmas time
So we are alive and well! The Mayans’ it turns out were predicting quite something else ( loss of india’s cricketing dominance even on turning pitches home maybe?) and not the end of the world. We get therefore to celebrate Christmas 2012 – and celebrations and sparkling conversations are holding center stage around the world.…
A hero returns
Imagine you are a soldier, returning home after a long and hard battle. As you near home, your heart swells with anticipation, your strides get longer and bells go off in your head. You instinctively touch the gifts you bear for your loved ones and your heart aches for the comforts of home. At this…
Now its an ode to a very affable God…
Let’s start with an exercise, close your eyes and imagine (don’t ask me how you can read this sentence if your eyes are closed though!) a plumb largish figure seated on a small mouse (yes, you got that right!). Sweets of numerous kinds are placed at his feet (yes, it’s a he). You are surprised…