It is hard for me to write legibly about the quiet legend of Gokuldas Sadanand Shenoy. I did not know him personally and yet I feel I know him in a way that is instinctive, beyond the realms of academics and art history. While soaking and absorbing the book,Shenoy-Footprints (put together with painstaking passion and insightful […]
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Month: May 2013
What Is Freedom?
Freedom. That ‘apparently’ ever elusive feeling that many of us are after. All our lives we think, feel or believe that someone or something is constantly taking it away or keeping it away from us. That it is controlled externally, and we have to fight for it. Usually, it is our parents who we blame […]
Lessons From The Kitchen…
#1 – A sink full of vessels will not wash itself… even if u wait for two days! And even if you pray for it to grow a pair of hands! * #2 – Making chapatis is a lesson in Acceptance (of whatever shape emerges)… Letting go (of over-emphasis on perfection).. and Gratitude (for what […]
Inside Correa’s Mind
“When an architect builds a glass tower in the middle of the Arabian desert, he justifies his design with a 100 different reasons-except possibly the real one, viz., that he is trying to (unconsciously) recreate for his clients, the mythic imagery of what to them is the quintessential city of the 20th century: Houston, Texas,” […]
Love Beyond Gender
Society in India is coming of age. It has begun to openly acknowledge the word ‘gay,’ before kids and in movies etc. Unfortunately our minds are not open enough to accommodate and treat the gay community with the same respect that we accord to heterosexuals. There is a subtle stigma attached to this word which […]
Recipe:Tomato Rasam Upma
In every home, upma is made differently. After staying in south India for a long time, I have learnt the upma recipe which is very simple but delicious and is very different from the way upma is made in other parts of India. This recipe uses tomato rasam as a base instead of plain water – […]
Recipe: Instant Raagi Idli (Finger-Millet Steamed Cake)
I have been thinking of making raagi Idlis for a while now. We get ready-to-make raagi Idli mixture in the market. I see it in the supermarket every time I visit, so instead of buying the ready-to-make packet, I thought of making it at home with raagi flour. It turned out quite soft, fluffy […]
To Life..
Say it. when the shining silence smiles when all fits all is at peace all swims flows sings dances is one with everything ** Give that joy back to the world to all of life just say simply clearly I love. I love. I. Love.
Again..
Fear is the outer layer that sheath we cower under hiding our scars living half lives afraid of anything that comes too close.. sunlight thorns rain laughter pain ** Afraid, we will lose our way if we let go of all that we know and recognise and cling to ** We watch life through half-shut […]
Closure..
Time’s overreaching as life murmurs to a close, A dialogue left incomplete before the season’s changed, Forced shut before the year drew out. Stripped of age and run dry of an era, An element of emptiness dripping down On those left behind. And the firmament sends waves like whispers up To fill your open […]
When The Clock Stops..
(Author’s note: This is not a work of fiction. But then, who can define reality anyway?)I was eating a cheesecake and a banoffee pie with my husband when one of the most important people in my life was on the verge of suffering a massive stroke. I was making one of my favourite sambars when […]
The Answer..
I don’t seem to know any more I wake up in the morning And stare blankly at the door. Trapped in a body wracked with limitation, Every breath is an act of suffocation. Am I the sum total of my successes, Or the product of my failures? Everything is a lie and illusion is […]