Unveil the Other Side

The month of January coming to a close marks the birth [12 January, 1863] of a legend [ Swami Vivekananda ] and the death [30 January 1948] of a legend[ Mahatma Gandhi ]. Last week of December I was in Kanyakumari and here is the beauty of the town - it has a Vivekananda Memmorial and Gandhi Bhavan.Sheer co-incidence or was it right there only for this post? Vivekananda Rock memmorial captured at night in the lights. The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. ~ Swami Vivekananda Gandhi Bhavan with the symbolised charaka! Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ~ Mahatma Gandhi I am not a follower of either but thought of sharing some gyan!!

The flower show at the Botanical garden in Bangalore[Lal Bagh] is an event that puts me into a world of imagination. I love the creations and the thoughts that are poured in every year. As a part of the Republic day celebrations this year the glass house is filled with various creative flower arrangements. This show happens to be the 100th exhibition event since Dept of Horticulture started the flower show. On a pleasant saturday evening, I started off my stroll from the west gate and stopped at the lake which had floating floral boats. It was indeed an amazing view. South Korean Buddha Stupa is the show stopper this year which is housed in the centre of the Glass house. Made of roses, carnations, Orchids and foliages - a total of over 4 Lakh flowers are used to build this massive 30 feet tall structure. Alstromeria and Carnations are used to build yet another beautiful Floral flow structure - "Flower Pouring Out of a Pot". The concept in itself is a wow factor. I had only ...

The new team in office is getting crazy day by day. If you are a part of a team that keeps you smiling and happy, then I guess there is no room for any tension. The task gets done smoothly, with no chaos. Each of them are unique in their behaviours and traits. However I would like to write about this one " GUY ". This GUY falls short on his English vocabulary skills. Well this is not the same guy about whom I had posted last year, but yet another funny sportive fella. Exactly speaking, his problem goes like this: While he talks in English, his mind frames sentences in Hindi and the final outcome - funny statements and of course roaring laughter. I am not sure if people call this syndrome a kind of dyslexia or some other complex name from the medical dictionary. However the best part of all this is that - he joins the smiles, giggles and innocently says " galti se hogaya yaar!! ". Poor chap! Rock and Roll over these incidents: 1) It was a hectic day at work and the...

Last weekend I had to make a visit to the flour mill. Hmmm we at home have been following the tradition of sun drying the grains and pulses even to this day. Then have it taken to the mill in order to get a flour that is completely free from adulteration is followed. It was a bright sunny afternoon.While me and mom wait for our turn, a lady (Oops! a Granny) dropped by with a box full of Ragi(a pulse). I was taken aback by her enthusiasm at her age. Mom and me were amazed to see her attire. She was plain and simple, yet charming. The following lines in kannada describes granny at the mill and the zest of her life. ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಗಿರಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಳಿ ವಯಸ ತರುಣಿ ಗಟ್ಟಿತನದ ವರ್ಚಸ್ಸು ನೋಡಿರಿ ವಯ್ಯಾರದಿ ನುಲಿಯುತಿಹ ಈ ಸುಂದರಿ ರಾಗಿಯ ಬೀಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗ ಬಂದಿಹಳು ತನ್ನ ಸರದಿಗೆ ಕಾಯುತ ನಿಂತಿಹಳು ವಯಸಿಗೆ ಮಿತಿಯಿಲ್ಲ ಸಿ೦ಗಾರಕೆ ಕಮ್ಮಿ ಇಲ್ಲ ಮುತ್ತೈದೆಯ ಭಾಗ್ಯವಿದೆ ದೇಹದಲಿ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಇದೆ ಮನದಲಿ ಸಂತಸ ಮೊಗದಲಿ ಮಂದಹಾಸ ಪುಟ್ಟದಾದ ತುಟಿಗಳರಳಿ ನುಡಿಮುತ್ತುಗಳುರುಳಿ "ಮಗಳೇ , ನಾ ಮೊದಲು ಹಾಕಲೇ " - ಎಂದಾಗ , ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಗೆದ್ದಿದ್ದ ನನ್ನ ಮನ, ಕರಗಿತಾಗ For the Non-Kannada Read...

I had a post on this festival last year : Sankranti 2011 So I thought I would not post anything about the significance of the festival. But then why do we have another post with the title Sankranti? Somethings cooking!! yeah really.... Yes Indeed. Sankranti Special this year at home - Rice flour sukha roti and 3 layered kaju katli/Barfi. Rice flour sukha roti : Ayyo! the recipie is not as complicated as the name goes.It is plain and simple. A dough made from rice flour mixed in boiling water with a pinch of salt. Make small ball of them by smearing a few drops of oil on your palms.Roll them softly and gently after a tap on rice flour. Put the roti on the tawa kept on a medium flame for about a minute on one side . Turn it on the other side.Using a spatula hold the roti right over the flame without the tawa so that the roti pops out nice and fluffy. 3 layered Kaju Katli/Barfi: For those of you who had watched the Masterchef India episodes of season 2 the name of the dish may sound fami...

ಕನ್ಯಾಕುಮಾರಿ! ಭಾರತ ದೇಶದ ತುತ್ತ ತುದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತು ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತ ಅಥವಾ ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯವನ್ನು ನೋಡುವುದು ಒಂದು ಅನರ್ಘ್ಯ ಅನುಭವ. ಈ ಅವಕಾಶ ೨೦೧೧ ರ ಕಡೆಯ ವಾರ ನನಗೆ ದೊರೆಯಿತು. ಆ ಕಡಲ ತೀರದಲಿ ನಿಂತು ನನ್ನ ನಾ ಮರೆತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮನದಲಿ ಮೂಡಿದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಸಾಲುಗಳು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕೆಂಪಾದ ಆಗಸದಿ ತಕದಿಮಿ ಕೇಳುತಿರಲು ಕಲ್ಲು-ನೀರ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶದಿ, ಸಂಗೀತ ಸ್ವರವು ಮೂಡಿ ಕಡಲ ಅಲೆಯ ನಾದಕೆ ಸಂಜೆಯ ರವಿ ನಲಿಯುತಿರಲು ಬಲು ಚೆಂದ ನೋಡಲು ಮುತ್ತಿಟ್ಟ ಆ ಕಡಲರವಿಯ ಜೋಡಿ - ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ Note: I have described the lines that lingered in my mind as I stood watching the sunset at Kanyakumari.

Welcome 2012! The sun rise depicts a new start and so this picture captures the serenity behind the fresh year start. Happy new year all. Hope all of you had a wonderful time. This time I thought I will let the forum open to write in the unique information of the month January. So what do you know about January. Please do share ..