I Got ink’d
Showed my tat to Vidu and he had just ONE question: ”will you have the tattoo until you die?” I was like, “uhh yes” and guess his response – “COOL […]
1 fuzzzzy sheep, 2 fuzzzzy sheep, 3 fuzzzzy sheep….
Yet another sleepless night/really wee hours in the morn……this despite my meds, i have tried everything from music, to reading a good book, to a warm bath, keeping my eyes […]
Jeep(ers) Creep(ers)!
Saw this jeep on a road trip…..couldn’t decide if the place gave the jeep its character or was it the other way round I drive a jeep. An old jeep, […]
AAA for FM(S)
Nah, i am not talking about the FM stations or the Auto club I am talking about LaNi’s approach towards tackling this invisible pain-in-everywhere Fibromyalgia - Acceptance, Awareness and finally Adaptiveness […]
Intricately Ink(d)!
Ink to paper is thoughtful Ink to flesh, hard-core. If Shakespeare were a tattooist We’d appreciate body art more. ~Carrie Latet
Fogg(y) Morn!
The fog was where I wanted to be. Halfway down the path you can’t see this house. You’d never know it was here. Or any of the other places down […]
I am thankful today for all that I have (and don’t)
It is very easy to lose focus and sight (and sometimes yourself) when invisible illnesses and invisible pain (and fog due to pain meds) takes over your life. You go […]
Through their eyes
It was one of those days again, dull and dragging despite the bright sun outside – maybe it was the pain, or the meds or maybe cos I was feeling […]
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Time-Out from Refereeing!
Having one kid makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee. Time-Out becomes your most used phrase and every time you try to be neutral (cos that’s what referees do, […]
Moonlight Perspectives
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night Become the touches […]
A Glorious Chennai…..oops :) Madras Sunset
With me and India it’s all about leaving and returning. Madras is home. It’s a very complicated relationship. When you are away too long you get homesick, and when you […]
Trust is like a piece of…
Trust is like a piece of paper, once it’s crumbled up it can never be in its original shape
~ Unknown
LOL!
I am sure all of us have heard that it takes lesser muscles to smile or laugh than it takes to frown…..exactly how many, no one knows for sure. There […]
Charmé(d)!
I was waiting at the doctor’s office for my follow-up, bored, waiting endlessly for my turn….and There She Was, There She Was Again – a toothless angel, capturing the attention […]
Being Grateful
Read this on my reader and had to repost! Guru and I are already on this path but it is a slow one Hoping to get there soon. The Luckiest […]
rEspect!
Flare(d) UP!
Who doesn’t like watching a Christmas tree with the twinkly little lights, going off and on? Now imagine the same inside your body, the twinkly lights being the aches and pains that […]
Surprise(d)!
SURPRISE!!!! who doesn’t love hearing these words when they walk into a room I have organized baby showers and b’days and I love to see (and capture) the look on […]
Hol(e)y!
Hol(e)y men (minus the holiness) of course
Straight from my Grandmom’s kitchen – பாட்டி கை மணம்
Literally translated to good smell of my grandmom’s hand, [பாட்டி = Grandmother, கை = Hand and மணம் = good smell], my paati’s cooking was out of the world, just like her […]
The lil’ dreamers
Amish, hold your bat like that! Hey Dude, lets have a race! What are you doing amma? eiiiiii Vidyuth, don’t bother me else i will tell amma Vishruth, Can you exchange your […]
HOPE
The light at the end of the tunnel is your life; it’s the tunnel that’s temporary. Hang On Pain Ends~ Michael Josephson
Step it up
“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs…….and REACH OUT to the sky” ~ […]
நாரதர் விஜயம் – ஒரு நகைச்சுவை நாடகம் (Naradhar’s Visit – A Tamil comedy play)
Someone said once that “The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him/her before they even open their mouth” and as is evident from the video, we […]
கந்தா கடம்பா கதிர்வேலா!
The Tamil community in Elan celebrated Pongal on Feb 9, 2013. The kids enacted a tamil dance-drama of the Kanda Puraanam, the story of the ஆறுபடை வீடு (Aarupadiveedu) – the six […]
Kai po che!
Literally translated as “I have Cut”, Kai Po Che is a Gujarathi word, used to proclaim victory while flying kites, that he/she has cut the other kite’s string and is […]
Dolls on a wall
“It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first […]
Beads anyone?
Red, green, yellow, some black, some blue, some gray, some mauve, silver, gold….and even multicolored, like our moods “Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and […]
Emotional Parenting!
Remember those days when you were elated at every single word (even if was Noooooo ) coming out of your lil one and you couldn’t wait for them to grow […]
Whispers in the Corridors!
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel […]
Up, up and away
“You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at […]
Introspective Much?
How often have we heard through various discourses, practices, books, people that we should Accept People As They Are and For What They Are? Let us pause for a moment […]
Surreal times!
“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.” ~ S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
Padharo Mhaare Desh – Drivelogues of a Travel Geek
Few shades darker, a few pounds lighter, hopefully (due to the inability to keep down food :p) and exhilarated nonetheless by the rich cultural experiences in one of the truly […]
Sands of Time
Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the […]
Season’s Greetings
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly!
This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened~ Ziggy […]
I am off to see the Wizard–wanna join me?
Who else, but The Wonderful Wizard of OZ? A wonderful classic that was re-enacted by the talented kids @ Elan. December 16, 2012 kickstarted the official Winter celebrations @ Elan […]
Contre-jour!
Tour to where you ask? French for against sunlight or daylight, Contre-jour is a technique where the camera points directly towards a lighting source, in this case the sun. I […]
Monochrome(d)!
What is it about B/W photos that make it stand out, really stand out – is it cos we no longer rely on colors to heighten the presentation but rather […]
Soul comforting food
No, this is not healthy, comfort food, but food that reminds you of childhood, of all the good memories associated with it, food that you make when it is a rainy […]
அத்தை மடி மெத்தையடி – Nostalgic Tune-Up! – 3
You are bursting with a whole lot of news (good and bad) to share, but you miss the one person who was a constant in your life….until she decided to […]
Sunset Paintings
I love taking photos at sunset. They create amazing hues in the sky, not to mention the golden/orangish aura that creates a mystic setting, a mood of sorts, a perfect […]
Dewdrops on Daisy!
First rain, first love, first kiss, firstborn—what is it about firsts that make it special? I guess its the freshness, the uniqueness that makes it special and unforgettable. Some people walk […]
Strut it like ya mean it!
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual […]
Be yourself!
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be. ― Henry David Thoreau
Metamorphose!
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~Maya Angelou
Continuous(ly) Shutter(d)!
Ever since I bought my Nikon D3100 DSLR, I have been experimenting with shutter modes and I really love the continuous shooting mode. First off, it allows me to click multiple […]
Swagatha, Suswagatha – Drivelogues of a Travel Geek
Wow…just WOW! No more words to describe this experience. Being the travel/roading geeks that we are, Guru and I have always wanted to do a road trip, just drive where […]
Pretty Woman
During my trip to the US last week, I had a late night arattai session with my friend Girija. She is a dear friend, someone who I really miss after […]
