Bindu & Krishnan
Uncomfortable questions
I was chatting with a friend that I have met online. I was asking her as to why she was missing from the group that we both had been part of and she said that she ended up asking a few uncomfortable questions to the group leaders and they threw her out! A simple and … Read more
The power of coaching
As many of you know, Krishnan and I are certified executive/life coaches. Coaching is a calling in our life because both of us love to transform people’s lives and have spent all our corporate years helping people unleash their potential. Yesterday, we were participating in the 11th session of our level 3 coaching training and … Read more
A few firsts
Today’s sari post is about three first time saris. The very first one is the first Silk cotton sari that I bought about 5 years back. I was at Kumaran stores with Kashiana and saw this sari. I bought a few others and left it thinking its some new fangled silk cotton that I don’t … Read more
Why should you buy handloom ?
One of the experts on the W3 group, Mr. Madhu Palaniyandi, had shared this a couple of weeks back. I have taken his permission to repost this verbatim. Please read and make sure that you make an effort to buy handloom always. Trendy clothes are also being made with handwoven cloth and you can always … Read more
VICE and Moviegasm … really ?
Am sitting at the car service centre in Hyderabad and there is this young mother and her utterly cute little daughter sitting across from me. The omnipresent television screen is set to “Gemini Music” and initially I didn’t notice the songs that came up. Suddenly I looked up from the work I was doing on … Read more
Three distinct weaves – 1000 buttas, A silk cotton and A Kota
We were in Dindigul and Chinnalampatti for our second meeting with the weavers’ children on July 10th and I decided to wear a sari that the Dindigul weavers had woven and Amma wore a sari that the Chinnalampatti weavers had woven. I wore this organic cotton that has a 1000 buttas. According to the experts … Read more
Narayana Narayana …
How many of you thought I was calling out to Maha Vishnu ? How many others thought I was trying to imitate Narada Muni ? Well, I was doing neither … Today morning I used Amma’s phone to call the tailor, a neighbor, who stitches my blouses and falls for my saris in Hyderabad. I … Read more
