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God’s Own Country’s Trip – part 2
This is where we came in.(Itinerary: Guruvayoor---->Cochin, 21st May 2006)We were scheduled to visit the temple at Guruvayoor and then proceed to the elephant sanctuary nearby, before heading to Kutty's home at Cochin.Certain Hindu temples in South India have this particular rule that men are supposed to enter the temple bare-chested, and should [...]
God’s Own Country’s Trip – part 1
(Itinerary: Mysore ----> Thrissur----> Guruvayoor, 20th - 21st May 2006)The past weekend, along with a couple of days taken off during the working week, saw five of us undertaking a trip to Cochin, Kerala, in God's Own Country. The trip was planned after a careful deliberation that lasted for 2.5 minutes, during which the first of the five - [...]
When Train Engines put Jai !!
This was a post which started off as a parody of the Polar Express, but was reduced to shambles because I got blogger's block.Funny, you say, considering every other post I write makes you wish I had it more, but alas, that is not to be. The irony of life in general is that, unless its a pseud book like the Alchemist, things do not usually turn [...]
A royal pain in my gluteal region
(caution: blood and gore and injections involved, not recommended as a read for heart patients and pregnant women, and you can kindly go to Esselworld or your friendly next door amusement park to be insulted further about your condition. Also, extremely long post, I think!)Ogden Nash, (who I remember, not because I am some poetry fanatic, but [...]
I had a dream….
.....not in the Martin Luther King Jr.'s revisitation of the emancipation proclamation for civil rights for African Americans in the mid 1960's in the US sort of way, but more like a badly produced episode of MAD TV, shown in flashback.I woke up (in my dream, as I was obviously sleeping, or, maybe pretending to work at my desk, can't remember [...]
The Ten Plagues of the Modern World
In the ancient times, in some BC, according to the Bible (and more recently, according to the Prince of Egypt), Moses freed his people from the clutches of Pharoah Ramases II, and ensured that the Hebrew race got freedom.A direct consequence of this was the creation of the Ten Commandments, the legend of Mount Sinai and that of Jericho, the origin [...]
What a Wonderful World….
This was something I wrote at the end of 2004, when I had come newly to Bangalore, and was not really sure if it was worthwhile enough to rant about the overtly-hyped up life of a 'software professional' (the most frequently used oxymoronic malaprop in the English language) [...]
Instinct, basically!
Instinct:"Inborn pattern of behaviour often responsive to specific stimuli"Basic:"Of Primary Importance"There are many meanings of the word, but this one is the one used in most contexts.However, when basic is allied with 'ally', it throws in a while new term into the picture. One which infuses dread into the minds of all those people with a [...]
