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PA280042 Originally uploaded by common man. …but take care as roses might have thorns… and spiders as well…

Though many friends have encouraged me to keep writing, I doubt how many people regularly read this site. Anyway assuming that there might be some, you might’ve noticed the slow updates to this site so I’m giving an explanation…

Recently I came across an article about a Police Inspector, who had received quite a few medals in his name from his office, had a family – wife and kids, and a nice big house. All signs of what we conventionally consider as success. The article said that after some altercation with his wife, he’d […]

baNNa… nanna olavina baNNa! Originally uploaded by common man. There’s a lovely Kannada song “ille swarga ille naraka, berenilla suLLu” (right here is heaven, right here is hell, anything else is a lie) …and one can really experience that in Malleswaram 8th Cross esp during any festival season.

DSC01449 Originally uploaded by Prashanth Reddy. There was a folk dance festival in Bangalore and though I missed the event, I’m glad I didn’t miss these brilliant photos by Prashanth Reddy (thanks to Veena for this link! 🙂 )

  (Btw a simply brilliant observation from a forwarded email long ago:We can see RAM in Ramzan, and ALI in Diwali). So wishing everyone a happy Ramzan as well! 🙂 An underlying theme on Deepawali is the second line of the Vedic hymn… Om Asatoma Sadhgamaya Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya Mrityoma Amritamgamaya that says “Lead us from […]

yoga: baddha koNaasana (butterfly pose) Originally uploaded by common man. It was inspiring to see so many people doing yoga in Lalbagh, esp a really really old man who was hardly able to walk, still doing sit-ups holding on too a rail… (what spirit!!) …and taking a long walk (we kept bumping into him again […]

feathered conference Originally uploaded by common man. Of course its not really possible to see them with this image resolution, or without a binoculars if you were actually at that place… but just take a guess… The following image has a closeup that makes it easier to count 8)

pelican-facetoface Originally uploaded by common man. [placeholder post]

PA140030 Originally uploaded by common man. This phenomenal event where a huge ball of fire rises across the horizon occurs at around 6 every morning… 😉