Entries from June 2009

June 26, 2009

Living in the Serengeti

I picked up a book called “Serengeti – Natural Order on the African Plain” by Mitsuaki Iwago from my office library without even knowing what “Serengeti” meant.
Serengeti means an “endless plain” in the language of the Masai people a semi-nomadic tribe that live in these plains which are situated in the Tanzania-Kenya border.
The [...]

June 24, 2009

Bharathiar in Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a city of rich history. Bharathiar is one of them who makes it all the more interesting.
He moved to Pondicherry in theĀ  year 1908 to escape his arrest. He took a house in Pondicherry which has been turned into The Bharathiar Museum now. I visited this museum last Sunday.
What an experience it has [...]

June 22, 2009

Sunday Musings about love…

I sit in my 3rd floor apartment alone in the hall. The room is humid. The only solace is the fresh breeze from the balcony.
My thoughts wander. I want to write about Romance.
A person who is struck by this bolt once in their life will tell tales of how romance can change your life. You [...]

June 13, 2009

Thoughts

There are two thoughts I want to put in my blog today.
~ We read a lot of books, listen to a lot of people, visit places, have various experiences. How far do we actually “implement” the good things we learn in the process? Like suppose I read the Tirukkural or even a book on conserving [...]