Recently, on a conversation list that I belong to, udhay asked, "How do you respond to that most banal of opening remarks....'What do you do'?"

There were plenty of witty, clever and flip responses. Mine was as follows.

Here's a post from a friend of mine, Sanket Patil ( for all I know, he may be on this list too... I found him a Very Interesting ( Read more... )

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This isn't a scientific quiz about bird facts...it's just a fun quiz where you solve the clues to find the bird names. Very simple ( Read more... )

Find the various creatures from these funny clues ( Read more... )

My friend Uma Vaijnath posted a photo of a Grey-bellied Cuckoo, asking if it was, indeed the bird, as the tail appeared to be longer than usual. My response ( Read more... )

Me: Why do you want the volume on during the ads when we are watching episodes of the TV serial, Mahabharat? They are the same ads again and again.
K1: You have been reading and watching Mahabharat for so many years now, why do you want the volume on then?

Well, I needed the volume to translate for K1 and K2; but I didn't think of that quickly

Is it not an irony ( Read more... )

I am, personally, an agnostic. I do not know if there is a God, or not...and am of the opinion that I may never find out. But I enjoyed the lyrics of this song, with deep meaning, from the very old movie (1963) Ananda Jothi (Flame of Happiness...named after the names of the leading characters in the movie.)

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Here are the lyrics in Tamizh ( Read more... )

The Beatles

sang about unknown, everyday people in a song.

I travel with a lot of other people every day, and one thing that always worries me is, what happens when people fall asleep on the bus? What if they miss their stop, and wake up realizing that it's going to take quite a long time to get back to wherever they were going?


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Would you light up my life
In many glowing facets?
Would you turn bits of my days
To gold?
Or would being with you show me
The holes in the fabric of my existence,
The black doubts
That riddle my mind?
Would I shine
Or would I feel the shadows
When I'm with you?


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