Thankful to God

Many of us complain about things that we don't have in life. There are a few who take a different view of difficult situations, so that those don't seem to be problems at all!

I am thankful to God-

          -for my pimpled face-

                   -for it made me look beyond the stereotype of skin- deep beauty.

          -for my twisted palm-

                   - for it is immaterial when I give something to someone.

Greying Gracefully

              For a change, and before going into the second part of my 2009 travelogue, I thought I should place some deep thought before you all.  Here's how it goes.....

Nowadays, with increased stress on well being, fitness, et al, the word grey has become unspeakable to such an extent that it means only infirmity and an absence of dynamism.  Of course, it could be ubiquitously used to display brain power or 'grey’ matter.

   While giving it that ‘looking young’ and ‘feeling young’ are calls individuals take, I simply want to present the other side of the coin which seems to be conspicuous by its rarity.

From the Heights of Akasa Ganga .........

              Yes, you got it right. This is a travelogue. What a weird title, you may wonder. I agree with it, but there is a reason. This is the first part of the write up on the places I visited in the month of April, 2009. There was some ‘unplanned element’ in each of the visits, so it made them all the more memorable. Now let’s move on to the travelogue proper.

Lord Hanuman who beckons if we were to reach Tirumala by foot

                If you thought that Akasa Ganga were the Milky Way and presumed I were an astronaut, please be prepared to stand/ sit corrected! I visited the Akasa Ganga falls on the Tirumala when I had been there. It happened like this. At a very short notice, I had to accompany a newly- wed couple and a couple of elders on a pilgrimage to the Tirumala. I’m not talking about the bottlenecks or travails in arranging for a cottage, shuttling around for food, etc, because these can be expected of any short- notice trip. I’ll write about other trivia which may interest you. 

O butterfly, butterfly

Recently, I was able to catch a monarch butterfly on the banks of the Mahanadi serendipitously..just have a look, friends!

Thee Monarch is unaware of me!