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Of Kites, kittens and a parade

 
Andre Miti Jessie

Last friday, I got a "Mom Andre's mom wants to come home, and she will follow your car" when I went to pick up Miti from school. So I waved and proceeded home with Miti. On the way he gently told me that the plan was to go to Andre's mom's house on the weekend and be back on Saturday morning.

Andre ...
 

Pop corn coke and movie love

 
oldagelove

Sometime during my MA years at Hyderabad, India my classmate Dhanalakshmi and I went to see a telugu movie called "Bava Bava Paneeru". We landed very early for the movie, and actually got seat numbers 1 & 2, which for me is the rarest of rare events, ever. So we had time to kill and landed at a shop called Iyengar’s bakery opposite the theatre and

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Was Krishna’s Gita a Rebellion of his times?

 

Lord Krishna has been known as the greatest Vedic philosopher of his time, probably of all times. Vedas - four as they are named in modern times - are said to be the scriptural authorities of the Hindus. They represent the eternal knowledge captured in words. These four are:

- Rig Ved - Yajur Ved - Sam Ved - Atharva Ved

Amazingly, Krishna mentions only the first three in Bhagwad Gita. It was quite strange

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I am truly humbled

 
Truly, poverty of the heart is what afflicts most of us.  I have never felt that as strongly, until I saw this video. Watching this video has definitely humbled me, and made me take a good strong look at myself.  For those who truly want to help, they help, inspite of all hardships.  For the rest, its ...
 

$4000 Giveaway - Creative Design’s Blog Anniversary

 
Exciting stuff happening this September. My friend David Airey has organized some exciting prizes for his blog "Creative Design's" anniversary celebration. I have enjoyed reading his blog for nearly a year now and am a big FAN of David Airey. I invite all my Chilligavva readers to actively participate for a chance at the freebies. Nothing like getting some much needed attention to your blog. I officially ...
 

Happy Indian Independence

 

Indian Flag

Wishing all my brothers and sisters spattered across the globe and at India, as well as friends of Indians, a Happy 60th Independence Day.  When we look back, its hard to think that it has been only sixty years, since the Independence.  Much has happened, some good, some bad.  Its hard to understand, but without our previous generations fighting for independence, I would not even be blogging about it.  So here's

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Why do I blog? In reply to Kim

 
My very talented friend Kim of Laketrees had tagged me a good while ago. The reply is long overdue, and my deepest apologies to you Kim for the delay. The only thing I have in my defense is that I have been incredibly busy and caught up. Without much ado, heres five reasons as to why I blog.... To express my thoughts and opinions To keep in touch with others Love meeting new people in different places across ...
 

Why Do I blog? The Interview Meme

 
Shantanu Ghosh of Traveller's Tales memed me [Alliterative so I like it..]. I visited Shantanu's blog Travellers Tales in one of my social networking prowls. I fell in love with his writing style and blog. I wanted to participate in the interview. So a couple of emails later, I got this set of questions. So here goes... Q1. People blog for various reasons, and I have heard many stories and anecdotes on how their lives were positively impacted by blogging. ...