Brain Rot

The year is ending… just 48 hrs more…of reel watching, nonsense canned laughter and endless scrolling… I am stopping it all in 2025. Oxford University has identified Brain Rot as the word of the year! I can’t agree more… what with all that useless, senseless, meaningless “content” clogging the brain and driving youth and even […]

Mother Teresa

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? Yes, I got a chance to greet and meet Mother Teresa,the angel who worked tirelessly for the poor and the destitutes, and was beatified in the year 2003. She was awarded the Nobel prize for peace in the year 1979. She visited my […]

With a Cup of tea for my mind and soul…

How do you practice self-care? …yes, tea is my first step to self care, first thing in the morning. I actually start the tea and then do some exercises, right there in my kitchen 😄While the tea steeps in, I finish my lunges and toe touches, ready to face the day. That’s all I guess, […]

All I need is…

How do you relax? A good read…for example 👇 With a steaming cup of tea or coffee And… My favourite singer Kishore Kumar’s album playing in the background… attaching just one of the songs for the post https://youtu.be/cvQWzlNIjt8?si=TlJs1RNx0qMb1oId Pure Zen… 😌

Livin’ n leavin’ light

The Nizaams of Hyderabad (the line of rulers of the erstwhile princely state within India) were extremely wealthy; the last one was rumoured to be ensconced with most of his precious wealth of gems and gold surrounding him in his bedroom, even during his last days. He would keep touching the gold bars and diamonds […]

To Harry Belafonte

The party that we conjured up every weekend in the thick of strife and battle clouds… our music system was sure to croon out your songs dear Harry as the evening turned mellower and the spirits rose higher in the soul, and vanished from decanters…You know, it struck a chord with every forlorn soldier. Even […]

The luck of skin and bones…?

😀 I can give an arm or leg to have a handsome guy waiting it out with me, (whatever we are waiting for, a ticket or a burger!) Why just blame it on men! A thing of beauty is a joy forever n the snaking long queue becomes a breeze if it’s a pretty person( […]

One Year on…

Has anything changed? Other than the redrawing of maps, dear Putin and Zelenskyy? Other than taking away of precious lives…? The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. bbc.com Both Ukraine and Russia jealously guard their casualty numbers! What […]

Love in the time of Tesla

You know where I ripped the title from 📖 so no prizes for guessing.😊 A couple of years ago, I was a strong believer of this debilitating as well as uplifting sentiment… I too could write a few scores of words in it’s favour. But of late, some electronic and artificial stuff have got in […]

Hard boiled and deep fried religion

That’s what is on the menu these days. Everyone out to prove their own as the world’s best, oldest, most scientific, historically secular, closer to God, the religion of God etc. My God and Your God may or may not be the same but coincidentally, Heaven and Hell appear to be in the same place, […]