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A had a very heartfelt, touching, and wholesome conversation with the cleaning guy at the Airbnb she stayed at. When he visited the first time, she was busy talking with family so she did not pay much attention. Then he was gone the next day, due to some exam. On the third day when he…
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For whatever number (9) of books I read in 2023, here’s the round-up post. side note: This might be the last of the ‘year in books’ post on this site. Starting in 2024, moving to log all ‘read’ books in a physical ‘reading log’ notebook that a friend recently gifted. Salvation of a Saint by…
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Unfinished business. Starting this race report on a dramatic note may have piqued your interest already. Backstory: The रथी-महारथीs of our running group started running the various races at the Sinhaga-Rajgad-Torna (SRT) trail ultra marathon in 2019. What started with a couple of folks became a mass movement with most people from the group participating…
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Prescript Before I even begin to document the journey to the land of Buddha i.e. Nepal, let me first note down the technical basics. When I went to Nepal my website was up and running. When I came back the account was suspended. Of course, my hosting renewal was due and I forgot to renew…
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Another year gone by. So many books and so few read! But the ritual continues. Was reading through one last book on 31st so took time to compile this list and publishing it only now. In addition, I also read a few children’s books that I bought for M and H in Goa. Also few…
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Preamble: I took this up as a project for NaNoWriMo. Our writing community had a great setup for this. Carve out morning time to write-write-write. I had it all worked out. Of course, life happened. I could not complete heck even begin writing this. So I extended it saying ‘lets-try-to-finish-it-this-year-Y’ trying to meet the Dec…
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Baba (my father) mentioned the other day ‘Amitabh Bachchan is turning 80 this year!’ Because I was in my own world, I nodded — more like wow what an important piece of information to know — and forgot. And then I read about it yesterday (his actual birthday) in the newspaper. From getting my news…
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Where shall I start to try to capture this adventure? Let me begin at the beginning. As the popular version of the great battle of Pawankhind goes, Shivaji Raje was under siege at Panhala fort surrounded by Siddi Johar’s forces for months. They broke the siege and escaped the enemy forces on 12 July 1660.…
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Last week when the news of war in some other part of the world, away from where I live, was breaking out I was busy being part of a ‘kelvan’ for a cousin while placing an order for a birthday cake on the side for another friend. Both occasions of celebration and joy. First the…
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What started as a way of journaling the books I read in a calendar year has evolved into a safe ritual that I have been doing now for over a decade. Even I didn’t think I would stick to something like this for so long 🙂 Go figure! Guess that’s the thing about things one…