Book review – Seven years in Tibet
Like many of you, I have seen the movie based on this book and the movie fascinated me enough to read the book. I am so glad that I read this book because it’s detailed, written with a lot of love and gives an invaluable glimpse into Tibet’s culture and traditions. Once you read this … Read more
I wonder why …
I wanted to write this after the culprit in the Infosys employee Swathi’s murder case was caught, not before. He has been finally caught yesterday. The media circus has started with inane questions about the culprit’s food habits and why he did what he did and every channel has the breaking news about some small … Read more
Behind the gauge …. A horse’s behind
Today morning I received the following message on Whatsapp (God bless the creator). While its amusing to think of the fact that we haven’t progressed much beyond a horse’s ass, it’s also fascinating to think of how some of the modern implements, measurements and even social practices are because of a decision taken hundreds or … Read more
My first handloom Negamam
I didn’t know what a Negamam sari was till I became a part of the W3 group. I had bought three Negamam saris at Kumaran Stores many years back when I thought that all cottons were handloom :):). When I figured out the difference between handloom and power loom products, I wanted to get a … Read more
Handloom – Wearing art everyday !
When you wear a handloom product its like wearing art everyday because the same colour, same style of weaving will still result in a unique product since its handmade !! Co-optex’s MD Mr. Narasimhan is doing an amazing job of reviving old weaving techniques and sustaining the weaver families. He has also introduced newer contemporary … Read more
Did you know…
That there are more than 700,000 scholarships valued at ₹ 19000 crores available every year in India? Of the 19000 crores, 9000 crores are from government sources and the rest are from non government sources. If your answer is YES, welcome to the club. We also did not know until we met Ashutosh and Manasvi, … Read more