Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. ~Gautama Buddha
Tag: Miniatures
With Love
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. ~Melody Beattie
Welcome to the Party!
Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded. ~Jennifer Ellison
Don’t Stop the Music
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ~Bob Marley Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~Victor Hugo Where words fail, music speaks. ~Hans Christian Andersen Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of…
Take a Chance
If you want to see the world don’t be the fulcrum pin of the ferris wheel. Rather be a nail on one of the benches in one of the cars.” ~Vineet Raj Kapoor
Pop Goes The Weasel
I have loved merry-go-rounds right from my early childhood. It was the right kind of ‘calculated risk’, you get a ‘safe’ adventure ride, you get to ride a horse without the fear of falling off, and it’s a lot of fun. What is the title hinting at, you wonder? Well, it’s the second line of…
The Excitement!
Do you remember the last time you were at a fun fair? The fun foods the adventure rides? They didn’t seem rickety then, just a happy one-minute adventure. I miss those carefree days of life!
Watch Out!
As we saw celebrations of dusshera hit a crescendo, we in India woke up to the terrifying news of quite a lot of people being mowed down by a train. The burning of Ravaan is quite a sight, and in the northern states of the country is a symbol of the victory of good over…
Ram Leela
Ram Leela is a folk play that shows parts of Lord Rama’s life. The climax of the play ends with the legendary war between Good and Evil, Dussehra where effigies of King Ravana are burnt, typically with fireworks. Ram Leela is a part of Dusshera celebrations in North India, and typlically based on the 16th…
Marriages Made in Heaven
I enjoy the Durga Navratri, probably my second favorite festival after Diwali (that’s when I was born :-)). For nine nights, which culminates with Vijayadashami, we worship nine forms of shakti (Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati), who brings to us wisdom, fertility and strength. I have a smallish traditional golu setting this year. The lowest step celebrates…
Snapshots of my World 