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A Winter-Olympian in the making from sunny Mangalore
It is 5.45am, and I am huffing and puffing my way to the concrete road near Thannirbhavi beach in Mangalore on a bicycle. I am to meet a s..
Notes on Certifications: Udacity, Symbiosis
Over the past year or so, I have been trying to get some formal training on areas that may not be directly related to work I do; but have ..
The Guitar
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier
Sonny boy (my son) has been at it for more than 3 y..
Granny
I’ve been a collector all my life; not the administrative kind, but the accumulator of things kind. I love collecting old stuff (‘antiques..
Ezhikkara: Of lagoons, paddy fields and greenery
Ezhikkara is where my Tharavad (ancestral home) is. As kids, this is where we got together and spent most of our school vacations. A small..
Happy Vishu!
Today is Vishu – the Malayalam new year. Have a blessed year.
Li’l John
One Sunday afternoon. He sees his mother recording a script for a game that my company had developed. He hovers around her as she is worki..
That trip to Murudeshwar
It was noon by the time we (wifey, sonny and I) pulled into the parking lot of Naveen Beach resort in Murudeshwar. The 150 km drive from M..
In and out of Pondi
“Gooood moooorniiiiing Pondi!!!!”: cried out the message on my mobile as the train pulled into Puducherry railway station.
That was my ..
Life’s a beach!
I meant that in the positive sense of the phrase – past couple of weeks have been interesting and fun. It has been travel, travel, and mor..
As the days go by …
Phew! Can’t believe it is mid of August already! It has been such a happening month for me, and I hope it has been a fulfilling month for ..
Fate, travels and festivities
It is late Thursday night as I write this. That movie I wanted to watch – The Great Gatsby – is playing on TV. I will probably miss a good..
My TV woes
Finally after serving us for close to 10 years, our TV died on us last week.
This one was from the generation that did not require ..
The dawn will come. That, and some flowers.
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch..
Shhhh….The party begins in 10!
“‘We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet.
‘Even longer’, Pooh answered.“
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
“shhhh…be qui..