This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Our everyday thoughts, opinions and whatever else !
She had found her purpose in life and was happily pursuing it till the fateful night of May 15, 2014. Someone violated her in the most heinous manner, someone raped her. This someone was not unknown to her. He was there to attend a function the next day organised by her. He was a powerful … Read more
I stayed away from blogging about the #MeToo movement that started in the US last October with sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, not because it didn’t resonate but because I felt it wouldn’t change anything in Hollywood.. some big names crashed from the pedestal but many others continue living their life like before. There … Read more
While Krishnan and I returned on the 20th from our vacation, I feel we are truly back only today. Here’s why – I stood in my nighty in the middle of the street and had a screaming row with a neighbour ! I had to sleep to cool off that’s how intense it got. This … Read more
Friday Sept 14, 2018 – Munich, Dachau We visited the Dachau concentration camp Memorial site on the 14th of Sept. We took the U-bahn to Hauptbahnhof and from there the S2 to Dachau station. From there bus no. 726 took us to the memorial site. The first thing that shocked us was how massive the … Read more
As we walked around Inverness today, Krishnan found this written on a building across the Ness bridge and I immediately took a picture. Even though we are teetotallers, we know that aged Whisky is something special, so this quote is so true!! And very apt for this time as this vacation is all about spending … Read more
In the last couple of weeks, it has been raining almost everyday. So Mom and I have had to find the window between two showers to do our morning walk. Sometimes the regular walking path inside our condominium complex has tiny pools of water which take a little while to drain out. One such day, … Read more
Does the name Shiva ring a bell ? I doubt it. Except that its a fairly common Indian name and its also the name of an important God for Hindus – the destroyer, Shiva. Does the name Sandeep ring a bell? Once again its a fairly common name in India and without a last name … Read more
Today is Kargil Vijay Diwas, the day when the Indian armed forces won the Kargil war emphatically ! While today social media is abuzz with celebrations I tried looking up some of the archives of TOI, HT and other newspapers from 2001, 2005 and then 2010 etc. Hardly a peep. Its as though the war … Read more
On Saturday, Krishnan and I attended the Q&A session on “Swadeshi Muslims” with Mr. Rajiv Malhotra at INTACH. This event was hosted by the Srijan Foundation. We attended because we find Mr. Rajiv Malhotra as a sane voice speaking about issues that matter to India without the rhetoric or vitriol that our paid media, pseudo seculars … Read more
Today I made the OPOS Brinji for lunch (will post the recipe in a different blog). Krishnan and Amma were watching the segments of the Tamil Super Singer finals that they had missed. I don’t watch that program except when someone is exceptionally gifted and sings well. Like all singing competitions this one also has … Read more