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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GingerChai – News letter March 1, 2010

March 1, 2010
GingerChai – News letter March 1, 2010

Dear Readers, Holi greetings. It is the day when we allow ourselves to be splashed in myriad of colors and become an united colors of humanity. Wish you,  your family and friends a colorful, prosperous, vibrant days ahead! At GingerChai, we too decided to have a vibrant, colorful cup for you, me and we. I am...
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Karthik calling Karthik – review

February 26, 2010
Karthik calling Karthik – review

Karthik calling Karthik is a psychological thriller, a genre we rarely come across in mainstream Bollywood movies. Karthik (Farhan Akthar) is a shy, timid, loner, introvert person with a low esteem and confidence. He lives a seemingly boring life has no friends and works in a construction company. He loves his colleague Shonali Mukherjiee (Deepika Padukone) but dares not...
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As far as I knew cancer meant death but…

February 25, 2010
As far as I knew cancer meant death but…

My name is Komal (name changed). I am an NO (nursing orderly) working in a government dispensary under Delhi Govt. I stay in the Government quarters and have been on my job since 14 years. My husband works as a driver on a contract basis and I have three children.  Other than occasional irritation due...
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Do you have a Phobia?

February 24, 2010
Do you have a Phobia?

  Recently I seem to have acquired microphone phobia. I reconfirmed it when I attended the Indiblogger meet. When given the mic, I was almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown that I quickly passed on the mic. This is quiet interesting considering the fact that I was a popular stage artist at school...
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How to avoid Blogger’s Block?

February 22, 2010
How to avoid Blogger’s Block?

Most bloggers start with a seemingly unlimited enthusiasm to write. After a while, some gets distracted to other activities and blogging looses the shine, I am not going to be overzealous and ask them to restart the blogging pursuit. To each his own decision. But then there are many who gets into writer’s...
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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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Jewel in the crown

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