09 Tuesday Sep 2014
Posted in Blog Eureka moments
Your 200th blog post got 96 likes and 77 comments in 48 hours flat! You have 2126 followers and a smug smile.
Now Rewind. 4th blog post, 2 followers, 1 like, no comment.
Those precious, heartfelt penned emotions. Raw. Voluble. Ignored.
Lost in the virtual flood of bloggers. 
So? Don’t mourn its death. Rejuvenate it! Why & How…Read on. Continue reading
26 Wednesday Mar 2014
Posted in Random Musings, Spirituality
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aroma, baby, bakery, coffee, corn, fragrance, grandma, maximum comments, memories, memory, nostalgia, orange, rain, sandalwood, scent, smell
Can you archive an aroma in the way you can store images as jpeg and bitmap? Yep, Mother Nature has created its own smell archives.
Folder: The amygdala and entorhinal cortex of Limbic system.
Password: A whiff…
Function key: Memory and Emotions. No wonder, an aroma has such strong connections with our emotions and vivid memories. Far, far stronger than vision or touch.
If I listed my favorite aromas: (in no particular order)
1. Everybody’s perennial list-topper. The crisp smell of Continue reading
08 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in World of Books & I
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Amar Chitra Katha, Anand Pai, books, Chandoba, childhood, comics, Kishor, memories, nostalgia, reading
Wednesday was my private Hell. The dentist visited our colony every Wednesday. I was a perennial victim to his drills . Martyred, bloodied and deeply wounded, I found joy and consolation in the colorful book my Father gently pushed into my hands. And I fell irrevocably in love!
Chandoba (little Moon). A delight filled with short stories, mythology, moral tales Continue reading
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