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Nature vs Man and his worldly goods
The post title, inspired from one good book I am yet to read “Man and his Worldly goods”, suits best to describe the mindset of us humans, with respect to our frivolous perception of Mother Nature. The Japanese catastrophic natural … Continue reading
Tagged calamities, japan, nature
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The oblivion of the small and the beautiful
Hasn’t it been a while since a Postman knocked at your door? Or you went down and met your tailor to get your clothing stitched? Or that you’ve seen that bright entrepreneurial glee in the eyes of a small scale industrialist? What … Continue reading
Tagged change, decentralize, gandhi
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Cognizance of being better and above the system
I did try to come up with a smaller post title, but nothing could better encapsulate the idea I am trying to propose in this post. The severe reverence people have come to give to the systems each one is … Continue reading
From ponderous to wondrous!
It has been quite a while that I laid back and did what I love the most: To let my mind wander… Off late with all the tasks and corresponding completions timelines, there has been little opportunity at hand to … Continue reading
Hypocrisy as the Lifestyle syndrome
I meet many people; people who don’t enjoy what they do. They simply go through their lives, getting on with it. They got no great pleasure from what they do; They endure it, rather than enjoy it, and wait for … Continue reading
Tagged hypocrisy
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Bryan Adams and the Greatest Sing-along concert in Bangalore!
Bryan Adams in Bangalore (image from TOI, we weren’t allowed with our cams!) After the two hours of Bryan Adams in Bangalore, I was unable to make an audible sound, or even stand up straight; I was drenched in dust … Continue reading
Tagged 2011, bangalore, bryan adams
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ಕೋಪ ಬರಲೇಬೇಕು!
ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸರಕಾರೀ ಕಛೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸವಿದ್ದಿತು. ಒಂದೆರಡು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು , ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡಬೇಕಾದ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಷ. ಆ ಕಛೇರಿಯ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಮಯ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ೯:೦೦ ರಿಂದ ಸಾಯಂಕಾಲ ೫:೦೦ ರವರೆಗೆ ಎಂದು ಒಂದು ಫಲಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಚಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಈ ಕೆಲಸದ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಬರುವರೆಂದು ಅರಿತ ನಾನು, ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನಂತಹ ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವರು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಬೇಗನೆಯೇ … Continue reading
The Motorcycle Diaries
I knew not who this young man was, or what he had become later on when I watched The Motorcycle Diaries, intermittently in Zee Studio before a couple of years. I tried to read the book now, pretending to have … Continue reading
Working Class Hero
In the year 1984, in Shimshapura, a village not far away from the Silicon capital of India, Bangalore, there lived a rational man who was ahead of times, in relation to the circumstances he was brought up in. The story … Continue reading
Tagged hero
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Yearning to go rural….
The question of whether or not all the complexities we have drawn onto our daily lives, is worth or not has kept my mind boggled for quite sometime now. On the one hand, there is the incessant urge of us … Continue reading
Tagged adventure on road
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Ideas are Immortal 