The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

March 10, 2010
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Sometimes, some things happen to your life when need it the most. The same thing happened to me. I was overworked, and things were not working perfectly for me and more I thought about it, the more it became worse. So, I took a break and read a few books. One of them was...
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A musical rendezvous with Manikanth Kadri

March 9, 2010
A musical rendezvous with Manikanth Kadri

Meet Manikanth Kadri, son of Padmashri Kadri Gopalnath – His father created magic in saxaphone while he is an upcomming music director who has to his credit many films in Telugu and Kannada.  Lakshmi Rajan finds the rhythm with the  young, dynamic music director from South for an exclusice musical interview for GingerChai 1. How did your music journey start? Though I...
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Papa – A 55F

March 6, 2010
Papa – A 55F

The thief tried to escape, but the guard was stronger. The guard overpowered and threw him to the ground. The packet dropped open, spilling out- A baby’s dress, doll, rattle and baby food. He froze… remembering his own baby. Silently he let the man go. They shared an inexplicable bond. The bond of parenthood. This ...
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Atithi tum kab jaoge – review

March 5, 2010
Atithi tum kab jaoge – review

What is positive about the movie? The pairing of Ajay Devgan and Konkana Sen. Unfortunately the good thing ends here. Ajay Devgan, Konkana Sen and their son makes a happy, nuclear family living in Mumbai. They have no guests visiting them and his son has no idea about Athithi (guest) in their life. So...
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Buried Alive By Roy Hallums

March 4, 2010
Buried Alive By Roy Hallums

Buried alive is a true story of kidnapping, captivity, and a dramatic rescue that spanned 311 days. Post occupation, Iraq is one of the most violent and dangerous zone and world has been terrorized with the videos of brutal beheading of hostages. Buried Alive gives you a chilling true account of the author Roy Hallums,...
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A movie date

March 2, 2010
A movie date

They met in a chat-room. He seemed  a decent fellow unlike those  creeps…. One  day he asked her out for a movie. She declined . But he was sweetly persistent, so she relented. “Thanks for coming. its difficult to watch movie alone with my three kids,”, handing the youngest kid to his shocked date. This  55 fiction format story...
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Aval Urundai /Poha Laddu – Visual Recipe

January 7, 2010
Aval Urundai /Poha Laddu – Visual Recipe

Aval Urundai (அவல் உருண்டை) or Poha laddu is an easy to make sweet dish. Believe me it just...
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Ada Paniyaram – Visual recipe

November 7, 2009
Ada Paniyaram – Visual recipe

Ada Paniyaram is a traditional sweet delicacy of southern parts of Tamil nadu. Ingredients: Raw rice: 1 measure Parboiled rice:...
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Instant Chocolate Mousse – Recipe

September 28, 2009
Instant Chocolate Mousse – Recipe

A lazy Sunday morning which boasts of not much to do was inspiration enough for me to make one...
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Dal Dosa – recipe with pictures

September 21, 2009
Dal Dosa – recipe with pictures

Ingredients: Rice Channa dal Urad dal Onion Curry leaves Green chilly Red chilly powder Salt Asafetida Step 1: Take Rice,...
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Simple Sweet Idli – Recipe ( with pictures)

September 11, 2009
Simple Sweet Idli – Recipe ( with pictures)

  It is a  simple but tasty variant of Idli right from our family kitchen. Let’s see the step by...
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The Perfect Ginger Chai

June 16, 2009
The Perfect Ginger Chai

Its official. My wife has crowned me the best Ginger tea maker . For a loving , dotting...
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Congee / Kanji for body and soul

November 26, 2008

Last one week I was down with cough, cold and fever thanks to unpredictable Bangalore weather! Blame it on...
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Soul Curry

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Main Topics of Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Main Topics of Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Main Topics of Srimad Bhagavad Gita In my previous article, I had concluded stating that if we want our understanding of the Bhagavad Gita to be perfect, one must understand it as Arjuna understood it. We now begin our journey through the vast ocean of knowledge that is the...

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Introduction to Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Introduction to Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Introduction to Srimad Bhagavad Gita If you ask anyone, ‘what is happiness?’ I am sure that the answers that you would get from most people would be similar. Good health, nice family, enough money, time to enjoy the little pleasures of this world, love, peace… it is not hard...

Understanding the concept of God – Part 12 (imprints of sins & its dissolution)

Understanding the concept of God – Part 12 (imprints of sins & its dissolution)

Imprints of sins & its dissolution You must be knowing by now that all our experiences through our 5 senses get recorded in the energy particles & get stored in the genetic centre. Already stored experiences before one’s birth is called sanchit karma. This karma makes one’s prarabtha karma from the day of...

Books , I read

Dragon Seed by Pearl S Buck

Pearl S Buck wrote this book after she had won the Nobel Prize...
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

  Angela’s Ashes, a Pulitzer prize winning book for biography or Autography category, about...
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May you be the mother of a hundred sons by Elisabeth Bumiller

The book is about Indian Women – by Elisabeth Bumiller, published in 1990. Being...
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The Wind’s twelve quarters by Ursula K LeGuin

This story, "The word of Unbinding", explores her fictional universe of "Earthsea". This universe...
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Binodini by Rabindranath Tagore

The Bengali Original – Chokerbali was written by Tagore. Its Translation is titled...
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Imperial Woman byPearl S. Buck

The story starts when Tzu Hsi is a child. Orchid is her childhood name....
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