I Felt Like Dancing, After Many Many Years...Like I Did When I Was Small ...!
. This is a beautiful picture of Stuart Freedman. Thank you! I was very very small when I first saw this type of dance drama...'Yakshagaana' in our small village where I lived with my paternal...
View ArticleLord Ganesha Temple Car In Our Street!
. Gajaananam Bhoota, Ganaadhi Sevitam, Kapiththa Jumbhoo Phala Saara Bhakshitam, Umaa Sutam Shokha Vinaasha Kaaranam, Namaami Vighneshwara Paada Pankajam! I did a post on Ganesh Chathurti a couple of...
View ArticleUnexpected Trip To Azhagar Kovil, Noopura Gangai And Trees Where Hundreds Of...
.Kallazhagar temple, near Madurai As all my friends know by now that we go to Trichy to visit our family deity once every year. This time after visiting our Gunaseelam temple, we went to Madurai and...
View ArticleKeech...Keech...Beware...Parakeets Are Visiting....!
. As soon as I saw the picture of parakeets and so many of them in a small area in the city centre, in the Tamil magazine Aananda Vikatan, I decided to preserve the article in my blog. All of you...
View ArticleThe Only True Leader We Ever Had...Shastriji!
.We have to remember this great personality on his birthday, today, 2nd October, '13, along with the birthday of our Mahatma! Can we ever have a 'Patriotic Leader' like him? We need one very badly...
View ArticleI Agree With Modi In This Aspect!
.Make toilets before temples: Narendra Modi tells students in Delhi. (link)He and other politicians should have thought about this long back and taken action, not just giving speeches.When our current...
View ArticleWISHING ALL, A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL DEEPAWALI!
I AND MY FAMILY WISH YOU ALL A VERY VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, SAFE AND POLLUTIONLESS DEEPAWALI!LET US ALL PRAY FOR A PEACEFUL FUTURE TO ALL OF US!.
View ArticleI Shouted Loudly, 'Vande Maataram', 'Bhaarat Maata Ki Jai' After Many Many...
.I was wondering whether to do a post on our visit to 'Vaishnodevi temple' or the Wagah Border's Beating Retreat first...Wagah border won!We went on a group tour to North India recently with Nirmala...
View ArticleCelebrations! 300 posts Mark Crossed, Thanks To All My Friends!
. I had crossed the 300 posts mark with the previous 'Wagah Border' post and I didn't notice it, but my son did! That was my favourite post and I am happy that it became my 300th post! First I must...
View ArticleI Am A Changed Person Now... More Self-confidence...Jai Maataa Di!
.My sister in law had visited this temple long back, around 20 years back! She had said that the road to the temple was too tough and they had to go via a small cave to reach the garbha gruha of Ma...
View ArticleMovie Review - 'Zara Hatke' story...Vicky Donor!
.I watched three movies in these past 3 weeks and enjoyed them! I am always hesitant to watch movies since most of them are boring and once I start watching any movie, I have to watch it till the end....
View ArticleRock Garden/Nek Chand Sculpture Garden Of Chandigarh...Unexpected Surprises!
.I have heard about the Rock Garden of Chandigarh. I always love to watch greeneries/birds/animals etc. I thought rocks won't interest me...but I was wrong. I was into a happy surprise!I and my...
View ArticleDecember 2013 Music Festival In Chennai ...Pt.Venkatesh Kumar
.Pt. M.Venkatesh KumarI didn't attend many concerts this year like last year. But the first concert itself was overwhelming.Here, at Kalakshetra, Besant Nagar, an Annual art festival is going on now....
View ArticleHAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 TO ALL MY FRIENDS HERE!
.I would like to start the New Year with a happy post and with my favourite subject, BIRDS! Have a look at the beautiful birds first, then read about them!Vedanthangal bird sanctuary! The place where...
View ArticleDrishyam, A Thriller Movie Which Has An Unbelievably 'Believable' Story!
.A still from 'Drishyam' movie!I had watched the Malayalam superstar, Mohanlal in a Tamil movie, 'Iruvar' (a Manirathnam movie) many many years back. I can't follow Malayalam but can understand...
View ArticleWomen Who Influenced/Moulded Me - I
.I had been thinking of writing about my grand mother for a long time now! I had mentioned her in my post about our reading habits which was influenced by her when we were small!I grew up with my...
View ArticleWomen Who Influenced/Moulded Me - II
.First let me thank my friends who liked the first part of this post . I didn't have a plan to write about her, my maternal grand mother, in the second part. But when I spoke to my aunt, she gave me...
View ArticleThe Beating Retreat (The Closing Ceremony Of The Republic Day Celebrations)!
. I watched this ceremony of 'The Beating Retreat' in our Door Darshan channel just now! This year it was transmitted in HD and looked beautiful!Before the advent of Satellite channels, our whole...
View ArticleHaving Your Portrait On The Wall... Top Priority! How Many Of Us Will Have?!
I read this 'Chinese proverb' list recently! This one sounds good! Let me comment on each stage! 1. At one, YOU are the top priority Parents are there to take care of us! Enjoy their pampering without...
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