The Ramnagara Post

March 14, 2008

Some of us had been to Ramnagara last year, but after that, senior birders were concerned about the disturbance to the LONG-BILLED VULTURES, so birders have stopped going there now. But I think, after seeing 's post today, enough time has elapsed that I can post my bird photographs on my own blog at least.....

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The Maid

March 12, 2008

She is an inescapable part of the urban Indian’s life. She is, in general, underpaid in terms of just cash; but she gets her due in terms of other intangibles. Most people could not get through the day’s housework without her help. And (again this is a generalization) she is the strong bread-winner for the family, often managing a good-for-nothing, drunkard husband, trying to send the children to school, and trying to have a normal life as well…

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Andru vanthathum ithae nilA....and ThottAl poo malarum.....

March 11, 2008

I googled for the video of this lovely song, and I must say, whenever I get to old Tamizh film hits, they are always short of something…no lyrics, or I have to shuffle through dozens of other songs, or get shunted into other people’s conversations about them…

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Chandra.....

March 11, 2008

The moon Sets so soon Over my city…. Perhaps she waxes and wanes From the energy she loses and gains She looks lovely at the full… When she draws up tides with her pull… So thin she looks now…a pity That she can’t always be a full moon. But we don’t have the boon Of making the most of ourselves, and being the best. We wax and wane, too….sometimes being more, sometimes less.

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