A great loneliness sits upon me ( Read more... )

Was sitting at my laptop, feeling uncharacteristically blue...missing daughter, grand-daughter, and the lovely feeling of being able to care for them actively (instead of seeing them passively on Skype, which I must say is the next best substitute) ....it was lovely to get a ping on Gtalk from Chandan ....just a few words, chatting with him about ( Read more... )

It's a great honour, when friends repose confidence in one, and share their troubles...and this has the added benefit of showing one that what one considers one's own difficulties are often far less in magnitude than that of one's friends, which they often face with so much courage and determination ( Read more... )

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Jayanagar, near the Ashoka Pillar, has an avenue (an avenue, by definition, is a tree-lined street), filled with, among other trees, Sausage Trees .

This is the time when the tree bears both flowers and fruits, and incredibly striking they are, too.

Here's a flower and a bud:


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With regard to the tree-felling and road-widening that is happening now.....we are against *indiscriminate* use of this facility, that's all. The point is, that cutting down trees is irreversible, so what we are saying is, involve the citizens in this decision-making process, and let us cut down trees ONLY when there is no other solution ( Read more... )

Though I don't really celebrate birthdays (we believe that every day one is alive, happy, and in good health is a day to celebrate), it WAS nice today...anushsh put up a post wishing me, and several people called up...and I got some affectionate calls from expected, and completely unexpected, people! The cockles of my heart are so warmed that it is ( Read more... )

Nothing brings on a demonstration of affection like a proposed departure I think, especially for a longish time ( Read more... )

Drove down to Chennai by the new road...except for a stretch near Vaniyambadi which seems to be caught up in litigation, the rest of it is excellent...since it was a Sunday, we made it in --yes--four and a half hours! And this when both of us were doing never more than a steady 120 kph in the CR-V. Now if only we could find a way to navigate ( Read more... )

This morning, I decided to do the Lal Bagh walk, as I have always felt I should know more about the beautiful garden that is one of the lungspaces of Bangalore. The three hours I spent there just flew by ( Read more... )