Archive for January, 2009

Frequently Asked Question: How do you get time for all this? Are you jobless, unemployed…

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Frequently Asked Question by some candid well wishers: How do you get time for all this? Are you jobless, unemployed, you have way too much free time to squander on your hands? Answer: several factors: I really enjoy my work – my professional work as well as housework (we’ve no maidservants and do everything like […]

what an idea!

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

BarackObama is asking you to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr by volunteering in your area. Visit http://USAservice.org or text SERVE to 56333 for info. – Obama’s twitter update Obama seems to be creating a revolution of sorts by by calling on Americans of all ages to step up and help their fellow citizens however […]

victimized by greed and stupidity!

Monday, January 19th, 2009

In the quest of a good DVD player – ended up with a bad one and somehow ended up wasting a lot of time and energy. Hard lesson (re)learnt was to be aware of the real intention behind any act without just looking at the superficial intention – in other words – the consequences of lack of awareness!

celebrating my dad's birthday

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Now, well after almost a decade after my dad died… this year of 2009 we decided to celebrate his birthday a little more significantly than just remembering him. So we went to this place called Samarthanam Trust in a quiet corner of Jayanagar, and asked them about any deserving candidate who was a good student […]

love is blind?

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Well known saying that “Love is blind” Today I came across a quote so uplifting that it simply took my breath away… Though I felt I should avoid writing about meditation any more as I’m too much of an irregular novice, I could not help sharing this quote here 🙂 (More about it the reader […]

art tutor for a day

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Very unexpectedly, I ended up teaching a couple of neighborhood kids how to paint. Here are some of the ideas. Assumed that there is already an initial outline picture on the paper which is to be filled in… only the tip of the paintbrush should be dipped in paint, not the entire brush. first paint […]

excerpt from seven laws #1

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

As a beginning to this year 2009 I would like to post one law a week from a simple, wonderful book I’d read a few years ago by Deepak Chopra. The radical ideas expressed in powerful words are pretty motivating. In fact I liked it so much that I gifted several people on many occasions […]

this should be easy to draw?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Finally I uploaded my photo from the previous Bangalore Weekend Shoot photographer’s club meet in Lalbagh… (Clicking on an image above takes you to a bigger version) I would like to invite you dear reader – can you send me a drawing of one of the above pictures…? A simple pencil sketch will do, unless […]

weekend exploration of srikalahasti

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Abhinav’s first trip within India, we planned on a one day weekend visit to a temple near Tirupati known as Srikalahasti. Conventional visits to such famous temples are like a formula – go in, perform some pooja/ritual, and leave – either to the next temple or back home. We had heard that there wasn’t much […]