Category: Catch-all

This would be my 200th post. The blog is officially retired, and I write elsewhere now. But what is strange is that I don’t feel at home anywhere else. This is the place where my words first made their way into the ether that is the internet, this is where I wrote with freedom and…

Darn. I forgot the blog’s 10 year birthday. It was on 26 Aug 2014. If I had time, would have posted the sequel to this Remembering a journey. Watch this space for the part II. Coming Soon.

I have a love-hate relationship with short stories. In fact, if you had asked me less than half a year ago, I would have probably told you that I don’t like them at all. But since then, I have read a few brilliant ones – the kind that makes you go ‘wow’ at the end….

The thoughts of a person who is writing are restrained by the speed of his own writing. It does not gallop like unreined wind. Instead it flows smoothly like a river flowing down a mountainside. It twists, turns and it follows different paths..but it never loses track of where it has been. Silent Eloquence was…

Here’s the new addition to my work wall (well, the wall behind my work chair) (image:gaping void) If I don’t reply to comments, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you..:)

Vishu, the harvest festival, the beginning of a brand new year. Konna, the beautiful yellow flowers that adorn every garden and every house. Kani – a platter  arranged with utmost care the previous night so it would be the first thing you see in the morning. Waking up to start the new year with gods…

I love doing things last minute – I just realized that today is the last day of the Indibloggies polls. Some of my fav blogs are in the running – do vote if you can spare the time. Nanopolitan for Best Topical IndiBlog Mridula for Best Travel Blog Varnam and Falstaff for Indiblog of the…

An interesting article in FT by Lucy Kellaway titled “Thrusting young careerists give the lie to ‘Generation Y‘” caught my attention – I disagree with several points that the author makes in the article, but it sure prompted me to think about what we look for in a job – after all the real war…

I wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season and a fabulous new year.