Now several people in a major part of India are oblivious to the fact that south India is made up of five states (Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) with distinct languages, cultures and celebrations. While Ugadi marks the new lunisolar year in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the same is celebrated as…
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Vishu Kanni
Vishu Kanni is an important part of Vishu celebrations in all Mallu households. Being part Mallu (the one that comes from my father), Kanni is a part of the lunisolar new year celebration in my house too. Kanni literally means first view and is the first thing you open your eyes to on the auspicious…
Work Up Your Appetite
Breakfast for many of us has become a luxury; we seem to be in a perennial hurry to get somewhere. Lately though, the fad of cooking channels and blogs is on the rise, and the fantastic pictures and easy recipes make you want to fix yourself something. For several years, breakfast meant a toast…
Tea Time
Lately I have been struggling with a terrible migraine, which seems to hit me everyday, unfailingly, for a good two months now. Being from the maximum city (Bombay), which boasts of one season across the year (summers, mild summers and summers with rain), moving to Bangalore, where you experience three seasons in a day has…
All Geared Up
I hate to disappoint you but, my rubber lips are immune to your charms. ~Robin Life doesn’t give you purpose. We give life purpose. ~Flash You only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something. ~Batman You are much stronger than you think. Trust me. ~Superman Fear is the…
A Ray of Hope
Ray Of Light ~Madonna Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun She’s got herself a universe gone quickly For the call of thunder threatens everyone Faster than the speeding light she’s flying Trying to remember where it all began She’s got herself a little piece…
Glass Ceilings
Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. ~Publilius Syrus When you’re thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that’s faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that’s science. ~Anton Chekhov One glass of water doesn’t equal another. One may…
Pillar of Strength
I love pillars; the optical illusion through symmetry is so mesmerizing. This pillared corridor leads to what was once a bustling temple. History suggests that the Mughal rulers of India came in and destroyed several Hindu temples and godly artifacts. Yet, the government and archeological board of India has done a phenomenal job in ensuring…
Light It Up
Light is possibly one of the most amazing thing I have encountered. It cam cut through darkness and bring is wisdom. While the sun is the absolute and strongest source of light, to me it seems more like common sense, everyone needs to have it, and if one chooses, then can use it too. Artificial…
Close Encounters With No One
When you visit St. Mary’s Island off Malpe, Karnataka, you realize how connected the world truly was; in the physical sense. Popularly known as the Coconut Island and Thonsepar, these four small islands have been formed from columnar basaltic lava. It is said that the basalt was created by sub-aerial sub-volcanic activity, from Madagascar,…
Snapshots of my World 