My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~Maya Angelou I was at the Bangalore airport a few days back and the not so-new-Terminal (T2) has an amazing line up on trees inside the airport. I always … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 187
“The harder the work, the sweeter the fruits.” ~ Abhijit Naskar I have shared such Jackfruit laden trees before but every time I see one, I find them very cute and happy. I found this on my morning walk and there was also a sign warning people to not pluck these fruits. The lane was full … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 186
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald These are my morning walk finds. I am lucky to have a green neighbourhood. There are … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 185
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” ~ Thomas Jefferson I haven’t been able to write here and publish for over a month. I was just not able to manage time but today, I got a chance and here I am with this beautiful Gulmohar tree that I captured … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 184
As I type the next few words, I can smell tea brewing from the kitchen. It’s slightly windy outside and I can also hear the wind chimes in the balcony. Last couple of months have been busy. Work has begun to take up a lot of my time and I am also not able to … More Conversations over chai #8
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. I spotted another Yellow Tabebuia last week and this is the same tree from March 2023. I love the fact that this one too like the last one was captured on the go. The tree seems to be a … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 183
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”– Abraham Lincoln Over the weekend, I stepped out with VT to go watch a few matches of the Bengaluru Open. The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association is beautifully located at the center of the city and almost in between the Cubbon … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 182
Life is about perspective and how you look at something… ultimately, you have to zoom out. ~ Whitney Wolfe Herd This weekend I went on a run and I was trying to find the same Banyan tree from 4 years back when I first saw it (picture on the left). The tree, the aerial roots … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 181
Sitting on my table writing this post, I see that this is the first conversation with you all in 2025. It has been four months since we spoke last. As much as I want to share and talk, I am still not able to carve out time. But if you know me, you also know … More Conversations over chai #7
“When you’ve learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.”― Barbara Katz Rothman, Early in the month, my friend UM couldn’t join me for a walk. She had to step out and then she made the most of her day by walking in one of the most green patches of … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 180
happiness and food 