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Nishita's Rants and Raves

A Sunny Afternoon at South Bank - In London, the South Bank generally refers to the area that runs along the south bank of the River Thames between Lambeth and Blackfriars... The post A Su...
3 hours ago
Insights of a Catalyst in Alignment & Innovation

My key takeaways from Ronald Purser’s McMindfulness - Ronald Purser feels that the current mindfulness fad is the entrepreneurial equivalent of McDonald’s. Spiritual salesmen are commoditizing mindfulness an...
5 days ago
My Travelogue

The Terminal Movie (kinda) happened to me! - This article first appeared in My Travelogue by Bhushavali Like my, once-in-a-while, unusual articles, about absolute personal experiences (like giving b...
1 week ago
cribb.in : for a social cause | India

India and the legacy of Kalonji: The global rise of black seed oil - Black seed oil, also known as Kalonji oil, has long been revered in traditional medicine for its healing properties. Extracted from the seeds of Nigella sa...
1 week ago
Abhijit Bhaduri

UpGrad: What Professionals Want - Half of India’s workforce didn’t participate in formal skilling last year—not due to lack of interest, but due to poor access (66%) and irrelevant content ...
1 week ago
Soulful

The healing of my mother heart - As I spoke about my little one's June birthday celebrations, with joy in my voice and twinkle in my eyes, my colleague looked impressed. He first checked...
4 weeks ago
Aalayam Kanden

Temples of Assam - Maa Kamakhya - Part II - This is the second part of the article on Maa Kamakhya temple in Assam. You can find the first part here. The temple of Maa Kamakhya PC: Mr Suresh N S K...
2 months ago
Trying to Learn Music (Karnatic)

R Ratipriya, Nada Inbam - R Ratipriya - Usha Rajagopalan - Kumbakonam Swaminathan Nada Inbam, Ragasudha Hall TA Narayanan birthday concert 4 Nov 2024, 6:15 pm Pankajakshi varnam ...
7 months ago
This Is My Truth

Gender and Public Space in London - Recently, I visited the United Kingdom including the cities of London, Oxford, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne. As I travelled around, I constantly looke...
8 months ago
The Compulsive Confessor

The Internet Personified: The Best Books I Read In 2023 - My beloved bookworms! It is here! My annual “these are the best things I read all year.” I’d like to do a little ceremony around each one, because really...
1 year ago
Scrambled Egg

Sands of time - The scorching sun follows me Hot dunes burn my feet I know you are waiting for me As I leave the last oasis. A grain of sand tears my skin The mi...
2 years ago
Modern Gypsy

Book review: In A Deep Dark Wood by Tina Pritchard - What she saw in the wood would change her life forever... While walking her dog Buddy in the woods behind her house, Fran stumbles upon a scene that will c...
4 years ago
Anindita Sengupta

Poems online - Hi. Here are some poems of mine published in journals and available to read online. Please click on the links to read. In most cases,…
4 years ago
typos, gravity and other mishaps

'As Popular As Pin-Up Girls' - First published in *Scroll*. *By definition, world-changing events change the world, but we don’t necessarily see the shape of these changes until we are e...
5 years ago
Wilderness

Cambodia - A collision of the Ancient and the Modern World - While traveling for 10 days in Cambodia, we felt like we were constantly smiling. There is a certain sense of calmness which is almost second nature to...
5 years ago
Death Ends Fun

That awful moment of parity between the religions - I've covered the ground in this essay before, but two things: 1) It bears repeating, it bears repeating, because the myth it seeks to debunk keeps getting...
5 years ago
Ultra Violet (Feminism)

Hello world - Welcome to wiki This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
5 years ago
Silverine - poomanam

Work life balancing act - Sometimes in the 1990’s Employee one: Whine whine whine whine Employee two: Gnash, Gnash, Gnash Employee three: Sob, Sob, wail, whimper, wails of despair… ...
5 years ago
theindiaphile

Discover Exquisite Attaritative Girls For You - You will find beautiful Attaritative girls suitable for you online. Web based Deliver Buy Wedding brides is very simple to get. Actually it is typically ...
5 years ago
Reuters: Bollywood News

Movie Review: Chhichhore - “Chhichhore” opens with a group of men running to playfully douse each other with water in what is supposed to be an initiation ritual of sorts. The men lo...
5 years ago
Miss_teerious

Adventure in The Chemistry Lab: Playing With Acid! - I was mostly a disciplined and studious kind of kid in school. So I hardly ever got into trouble in the chemistry lab (or anywhere else in school, for that...
6 years ago
Just a little Something!

Coping with life changes and enjoying the seasons - My initial emotions when contemplating yet another life changing shift was equal parts anticipation and depression/anxiety. And probably, now that I think ...
6 years ago
Life in Technicolor

Hues - *A new painting everyday,* *Hues of orange, yellow and gold,* *On the same vast blue canvas,* *As dusk falls.* [image: Related image]
6 years ago
Fit As Fiddle

Indian Lifestyle Blog: Ariel, Share The Load - Indian Lifestyle Blog: Ariel, Share The Load Hey guys, how are you all doing? Last week I attended a panel discussion at the Ariel #ShareTheLoad launch eve...
6 years ago
Alka Dwivedi

Senorita! - I can’t help smiling whenever I hear this word, senorita. Last year, I was in Rome along with my sister. We had to catch a flight back to saadi Dilli in ...
6 years ago
Clearing the clutter in the attic...

What's in a name ? - The alarm goes off and I sleepily try to snooze, when I notice that its 6:30 already and jump out of bed. I have to be out the door at 7:30. 30 minutes la...
6 years ago
~A Moment Please~

The FIFA Football World Cup 2018 - The FIFA World Cup 2018 is finally here. The biggest sporting event in the world, held once in 4 years, will be held in Russia across multiple cities. T...
7 years ago
Indian food, Andhra recipes

Masala sevai recipe with instant rice noodles - Masala sevai recipe, a quick, South Indian breakfast made with instant sevai (idiyappam) or rice noodles, spices & vegetables A gem among sevai varieties...
7 years ago
Life Unlimited

Stop. - You tell me to stop So instead I type Because to stop would mean That this world is fine And it’s okay to accept it Just the way it is. But there, you s...
7 years ago
Piccolo Posts

Madhya Pradesh: A Hearty Affair - This post might be the happiest thing in the world today because this post was in draft mode for more than an year now. But I didn’t give up on it because...
7 years ago
Akshiva's Blog

CT2017 - Ind v/s Pak - Pak wins match, loses respect - A snapshot from my Facebook post :Last night the hype got better of me & I ended up paying a very large amount (by my standards) for a ticket to watch toda...
8 years ago
The Yogi Zone

Water, water, everywhere... - *…. and I don’t know how to fucking swim!* I am sure it’s quite normal to have nightmares of dying a gruesome death. I am not sure, though, if such night...
8 years ago
Notes from wherever I happen to be...

A house in Gola - The wall art - fabulous to me, mundane, routine at Gola. Don't miss the happy (drunk I think) elephant!
8 years ago
John P Matthew on Writing and Life!

An Analysis of Trump - Now that Trump has become a jaded subject, at least, in the world community, I think an analysis can be made of his style and life thus far. I write this ...
8 years ago
I Like कला

Christmas Ornament Cards - [image: Handmade, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards, Greeting cards, Blank Christmas Cards set, Christmas Ornament Cards, with Envelopes - SET OF 4] On my Ets...
8 years ago
Amreekandesi.com

Open Letter to PM Modi - Dear Modiji, Back in 2014 when India overwhelmingly voted for you, we voted in the belief that the aspirations of modern India would now be met. That we wo...
8 years ago
C'est La Vie

Happy Friendship Day..... - मै यादों का किस्सा खोलूँ तो,कुछ दोस्त बहुत याद आते हैं. मै...
8 years ago
Wannabauthor's Stories

Night-time - He kicked me. Over and over again. Every night, it was the same. I had tried to make things different between us. But he wouldn’t listen. Come morning, an...
9 years ago
The New Age Bard

Budowa balaski z plastiku na plot i furtkę sztachetowa nie zada pozwolenia na budowę ani raportowania tego faktu gminie oprócz wyjątkowych przypadków. - Stawianie sztachetki z PCV na ogrodzenie i bramkę sztachetowa nie potrzebuje zezwolenia na to oraz sygnalizowania tego faktu gminie wyjąwszy wyjątkowe wypa...
9 years ago
Sentimientos

The End - Ah. I was 20 when I started this blog. 4 years. It's hard to believe it's been that long because I feel the same old struggle when I come up here to expre...
9 years ago
Weakest Link

Let not be a fool - We were having lunch together last week when a colleague of mine said that he feels everyone in this world, knowingly or unknowingly, makes every other p...
9 years ago
Monologue

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Traveling - If Travel Was free, You'd Never See Me Again! - Anonymous, but could easily have been me. I did not travel much as a kid, but I loved the idea of going to ...
9 years ago
Priyashmita's Blog ...

Parenting…#7 - Catch my latest blog post at http://worldasisee.com/parenting7/
9 years ago
S&T in Developing Economies

ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for blogspot/BjjF - Your Source Feed, http://shurjo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss, is now working fine. Carry on! We will let you know if anything bad happens in ...
9 years ago
Otiose Opinions

How not to kill yourself? - When you're tired of everything and everyone around you, it is natural to seek a new means of entertainment...perhaps a new acquaintance if not a new anim...
9 years ago
Confessions Of The Chocolate Obsessed

verylaterealization - I guess I should probably have left a note over here as well. CoCO has moved, lovelies.
10 years ago
Blah..blah..blah...

He said yes. - It’s been a while since I wrote about the developments in my family, hasn't it? Well, here’s the gist. Cousin B got hitched a while back and it’s now Cousi...
10 years ago
Brown Penny

Zero Gravity - Standing at the same intersection of life, yet again, I see.. Hurtful memories come gushing back, weakening me in the knee. I am 7, I wake up with the soun...
10 years ago
Akshayapaatram

My DIY Spice Blend - Dear Foodies, Yet again its been a silent few months here though I most certainly promised myself it wouldn't be that way. I've still been cooking a lot fo...
10 years ago
Epicgrammatic

Mrs. Dalal from Yemen - One afternoon i met dear Mrs. Dalal, a jovial sexagenarian on a bus ride home from Dubai Internet City in Dubai. It isn't everyday you get to have a cheer...
10 years ago
2point6billion.com - Investment in Asia

Xiaomi Shipped 60 Million Smartphones in 2014 - Xiaomi’s rapid rise has recently been confirmed by the figures released by the company itself: it sold more than three times as many smartphones in 2014 as...
10 years ago
Roads

Quiet and Calm - Calm &Quiet Believe me my folks, I ll be calm and I ll be quiet, Like the air, so still, so pale; before the tides Ring some bells, show some might, for th...
10 years ago
Newsmericks

My Tryst with the Ice Bucket Challenge - "I've tagged you to pour on your head A bucket of ice," my pal said. I thought she was teasing, But --SPLASH-- I was freezing, And now I am laid up in bed!...
10 years ago
Chhaya Path

Gender Migration and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation - I find the commonly used term ‘migration’ highly political in nature. In humanitarian crisis parlance it refers to “the movements of refugees and internal...
11 years ago
Shwetal's Space

Standing the test of time - Colours of Love Pic Courtesy: Google Images He cradled me in his arms. I cooed. He threw me up in the air. I laughed. I knew he would catch me; never l...
11 years ago
Verbosity

Changes - One Mr. Narayan Shankar in a Bollywood blockbuster ‘Mohabattein’ emphatically declares – “I don’t like Changes” in 2001, I was a young 20-year-old guy then...
11 years ago
Aadab Hyderabad

Hazrat Syed Moosa Shah Qadri Dargah - Walking along the Hussaini Alam road, you will spot this huge gateway: Behind it, stands the beautiful dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Moosa Shah Qadri. ...
12 years ago
Within / Without

Thanks Madhu Menon! - A bad case of spam injection, and me unleashed on the ftp meant that pretty much everything in the blog was lost for a little bit. I struggled, read up thi...
13 years ago
Unruled Notebook

Madras Music Season Essay in The Hindu - The 2011 Madras Music Season throats; so does the reviews from critics. A breather on the light side of Carnatic music Of concert lists and rasikas’ quirks...
13 years ago
Sulmoz - Puja's Blog

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