Last July when I started taking Kannada lessons on whatspp, I realized that the language is close to Sanskrit and not that hard to learn. I now know basic words and it’s fun learning from others when they correct my mistakes. The best part is feeling a sense of belonging with the city due to the language connection. Last … More #MicroblogMondays – Kannada Classes Have Begun
A sunset is not just beautiful. It tells you about life more than anything else could. How transient things are we think are ours and how nothing is truly ever ours. How everyone goes back home including the Sun after a long day. How the light falls on the Earth making it warm yet leaving … More Sunday Punch #53
I clearly remember reading about Blog Delurking last year and the idea sounded great. However, by the time I had a chance to read and plan a post, I had already missed the bus. So this time, when I read about International Blog Delurking Week on Alphabet Salad, I wanted to jump right in. The week ends on January … More International Blog Delurking Week – 2016
Edgar Degas once said, Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. When I spotted this in a store in Hong Kong, I wondered what it could mean. It was a store selling clothes and bags. What do you think? What was the artist trying to show?
I am a flower vendor. This pavement is my workplace and the chaos around my music. While I sit with these flowers, I don’t have many to talk to. Customers here and there but not the same everyday. They bargain and want flowers, sometimes for God or their vehicles. Sometimes for their hair. I sit alone … More #WomenAtWork – A flower vendor
Would you agree if I say nothing changes at the stroke of midnight? So what, if the night brings in a new calendar year? Why do people take annual vacations, plan parties and get together to welcome the start of a year? How I see is that people want to welcome new hopes and good times … More Stroke of Midnight in Hong Kong
I was confused – Gratitude List for December or 2015 round-up on this space like last year. Heart won over logic and here’s how my 2015 went by. In a jiffy, right? I feel that speed every year and I also think that the present is an exception. In reality, it is not. The pace … More Goodbye 2015
Event Horizon is the name of a large-scale public sculpture installation by the English artist Antony Gormley. This is an internationally renowned art project and it captures the particular time of a particular body: a subjective place. The project initially started in 2007 with installation of 31 life-size statues of anatomically correct male bodies. In 2010, the project … More Event Horizon – Naked man statues in Hong Kong
There is a lot to marriage beyond wedding ceremonies and most people know that simple truth in life. A grand party at a plush venue, hundreds of guests, good food, designer dresses and everything perfect to a tee is by no means an indicator of how the marriage will turn out to be. It’s the two people who … More #MicroblogMondays – Beyond wedding ceremonies
Christmas is over but the festivities aren’t. This Sunday Punch, I have got a short video for you from the History Channel on facts about Christmas that you did not know. A sneak peek before you get in to the video: Jesus Christ was born on December 25th some 2000 years ago There is no mention of … More Did you know this about Christmas?
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