My walk around the driveway of the apartment building this morning. Fragrances spilling from the jasmine on someone's balcony, and from the Frangipani blooms; much milder, from the Parijata tree. An orchid spray holding its own for the past few days, in spite of the heat.


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I love my morning cryptic crossword. It's a very Brit thing...I am hopelessly addicted. I do the Deccan Herald every day; the compiler of the Eco Times crossword changed a while ago, and I am just getting to grips with the compiler's mentality ( Read more... )

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I do try to learn new things, and recently, when

Garima gave me a few clues to the Business Standard crossword, I decided to try my hand at that, too ( Read more... )

Another confession, another "uncool" thing about me...I am a cryptic crossword fanatic ( Read more... )

I love cryptic crosswords; I adore the Deccan Herald Saturday one, which is very witty; like the DH daily and the IE daily and the Eco Times daily ones; don't like the Hindu one but will do it if there is nothing else. I was told that the cryptic crossword is an essentially "British" pastime...is it, I wonder ( Read more... )