Short stories about the bad, the sad and the plainly mad. Other writings, too, as the mood strikes. These are a few of my favorite blogs. A Jolt of Jalsa and Jilpa. Encounters with Birds and Others. My Favorite Food Blog! The Hills are Alive. Most people are uncertain about what becomes of her as the story moves on.

Memories and Musings II - Life in Pondicherry. Sunday, July 29, 2012. The tree after the fruits were gone. Then there are are palm trees, peepul trees and a large rain tree. Two of the palm trees have money plants creeping over their trunks, with leaves as big as elephants ears. Tall the palm trees may be, but because of this, they look dwarfed when compared to other trees. Friday, March 9, 2012. A month back Raja and mysel.

Birding, nature and history - my diary. Monday, July 20, 2015. The Rao Jodha Desert Rock park. In 1890 or thereabouts, this was how the rocky outcrop appeared. Whose roots go deep into the stone. After many failed methods, they finally got a set of sa.

Sunday, November 6, 2016. I want to ask you what you think about cats. I really, really, believe that people belong to cats. Please read on, and I think you will see what I mean. Lives in our compound! The night watchman lives with her and she allows him to pretend it is his house.

Song of the waves - Parayil A. Thursday, September 18, 2014. He often quoted Appan, his father, who had told him before he died, that change and adaptation was crucial to progress. And so, he changed with the times. From Olavaipe in the Kingdom of Travancore to Ernakulam in Cochin,.

After a wait of five years, I got to catch this tree in full bloom today, with its soft cloud of yellow. I had tried to capture the way it bloomed for just a day, followed it day by day here. Saturday, 11 January 2014. I wrote this last year when my granddaughters came for a holiday with their parents, and left. This year my other grandchildren came and stayed, and left a couple of days ago.

Tales from the life of a palindrome. Personal Blog of Viji Venkatesh. Viji who? Well, read on, to find out. Monday, January 5, 2015. And found some relief? However low our spirits sink , there is always something that we can do . That is the life force that takes us ahead. Something else is niggling at my mind . why is it that when we talk of cancer , it is always in martial metaphors? And therefore lost the war? Why do we use these metaphors of war only for cancer? Is it because it is .

Saturday, September 21, 2013. Three pictures taken at sunset on September 20, 2013. With the Equinox just two days away, sunsets are creeping closer to 5. 20 pm Sunrise is still before 5. 15 am so the husband is happy that the tea gets a little over the prescribed eleven hours and fifteen minutes of daylight. We had a very wet start to September, but a hot and dry fortnight followed. If only we had some moderation - regular rainfall and not too many ups and downs in temperature! Twent.