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 !
There are many adverts of Seagrams Imperial blue “Music CDs” that are funny and nice. Here’s the latest one that is currently being aired – Imperial Blue – Shoe Lace. Lovely, isn’t it ? Go on, give it a thumbs up and in your mind just replace the two men with your wife and her friend. … Read more
While some of us were waiting to wail it does seem that two women in their 40’s entered the Sabarimala temple today in the morning with police protection. Am also hearing that they were taken through the back door and everyone was told that they were transgenders. So the commies, Christian-conversion-junkies and other wonderful people … Read more
Does any reader recognise the above collage ? Chances are no one does. Here’s the story behind these pictures…. On Nov 7th 1966, there were 300,000 to 700,000 people on the streets of Delhi demanding a ban on cow slaughter which is provided for in the constitution of India. The then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira … Read more
My mother regularly watches all the music related programs on Tamil channels – like Super Singer, Sun Singer etc. Especially if the participants are little children, she enjoys the program even more. But there is one program on Zee Tamil that she refuses to watch – its the Sa Re Ga Ma Little Champs. Are … 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
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
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
I bought the book “The Missionary Position – Mother Teresa in theory and practice” by Christopher Hitchens almost two months back but kept putting off reading it. I knew that it would disturb me and well, it did. By the time Mother Teresa was made into a saint, my adulation had run its course and … Read more
My dear friend Javed shared this video on our WhatsApp group and it made many of us emotional… Do watch the video and wonder about the kind of world we are creating for our children – no trees, no colorful flowers plastic filled oceans, plastic flowers, plastic plates, plastic LIFE. As it is our children … Read more
Last night as we started to sleep we heard sounds of someone hammering away. We thought it might be somebody in the penthouse which is the very next floor above us. They sometimes shift furniture and we thought it might be that. Strangely enough Amma could not sleep at all as the sounds didn’t stop. … Read more