• My SMI

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    Pre script : SMI = social media intervention. Lame as it may sound.Henceforth, I am going to curb the urge to google/facebook search/linkedin search anyone I meet online, unless of course, I have to engage with them in some kind of work (work-work, creative collaboration, guidance, etc etc).I am suffering from googling/linked in-ing any random…

  • Gulmohar

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    As we left the Bangalore railway station and hopped on the bus to mysore, my eyes started searching for something familiar. Not until we came outside the city and had crossed the famous ‘ramgarh of sholay’ did happen the first sighting. Of a full blossomed Gulmohar. Territories were no longer marked. I felt at ease.…

  • IF…

    IF you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,And…

  • I was reading some random article (as usual) between breaks at work. Came across this question ‘so why are you here for?’ in one of them. How can “I” of all the people avoid such an existential riddle.So I was thinking. What makes me feel alive? Hmm.Solving problems does give me kicks. Real. And it…

  • Pickled aaloo

    Stumbling upon recipes while reading chic-lit is most serendipitous! The Indian summer in its full glory does sap you out of a desire to eat a proper meal. And even adding zingy salads, to the menu has not been helping me.While reading her book I came across a very desi (Indian) aaloo (potato) dish. I got…

  • post a secret

    I saw a TED talk from the creator of this website. Inspired me to write my own. Of course I am not much for anonymity. So might as well share stuff openly.* As a kid I used to think that channel V VJ’s and MTV VJ’s were rivals like India-Pakistan. I used to think and…

  • I am a page 3 hoarder.If there was a contest, I would not only be the crowned queen, but also someone you take tips from. About hoarding.What do I have in my wallet.My very first traffic signal violation receipt (or ticket as they call in some countries).My Imagine cup gift card. All out of cash,…

  • Pre-script: Loooooong wordy post!The thing with some memories is once your mind enters their time zone, you have to write stuff down. Last night with an unwarranted power cut and trying to sleep to wake up earlier than usual, I went off to lala land. I was 14 then. Memories were spawning one after the…

  • I am generally the girl who asks her aai (mother) to pray for her.Well, it basically comes out of she being the nicer one, her prayers will get answered for sure, even if not sooner. So any big thing around the block, even something as lame as, going to collect the results of an exam,…

  • Happy New Year/Navreh/Nowruz/Ugadi etc etc to everyone 🙂Wonderful how different parts of the world welcome the new season (spring) during the same time of the year 🙂Maharashtrians erect a Gudi (as in the pictures) outside their homes, a symbol of prosperity, growth, one which wards off evil. Funny thing, I was giving sweets to the maid,…