after a long while again

had not visited this blog since july 2009. considering that i plan to write regularly, and not only as a pastime, i really should be writing in this blog more often. i've realised that the problem is that i haven't decided who my target reader is - am now planning to write to someone exactly like me - surely what i have to say will be interesting to me at least :-)

once in a while

once in a while, i remember this blog i have. just spoke to a friend who's dying - such grace and dignity she had. spent the afternoon remembering the many ways she had touched my life over the years. have not seen her in years, but still am missing her already. hopefully she knows how much i valued her.

keeps reaffirming the fact that one should let people know they are appreciated and loved and valued, before it's too late.. for us.

quotable quotes

i've decided to use this blog for recording some wonderful quotes that move me:

LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE

INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND

WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN

SIDEWAYS, THOROUGHLY USED, TOTALLY WORN OUT

AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING

"WOW WHAT A RIDE"

Back again..

am again back after a loooong hiatus. still enjoying the work i am doing with this wonderful organisation working with deaf children and their families. expecting a lot of changes in my life so will continue blogging to pour out my thoughts, maybe.

today was such a perfect day - just sitting in the balcony watching the rain, and the sparrows which kept hopping around for the grain that i've kept for them in a tiny bowl. everyone i know healthy and fine, making decisions that they are happy with...... what else can one ask for? not much i think :-)

After a year..

I've realised that I haven't written to this blog for the past year. It's been such an eventful year. I started working at something that I'm enjoying thoroughly. Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle coming together, I found a job where all my knowledge (a little bit of accounts, a little bit of database systems, a lot of MS Office and all my fiddling around on the Net) is very useful to a wonderful group of people. Not too many lucky people find something almost tailor-made for them, and I can only thank the powers that be for making me so happy.

Here's wishing everyone who reads this blog similar happiness and luck and

the loss of a friend

today a very good friend died. she was in terrible pain towards the end, and i know she's better off gone but she's left a big hole in my heart. never knew a hole could hurt so much too... i did manage to spend some time with her. even though one never discussed such things, i think she knew exactly how i felt about her, and how much she meant to me.

how does one go about deleting her name from my mobile phone, from my contacts details in all my address books? she was the first one i would think of when i got some typical 'womanly' or kooky forwards; could almost hear her laugh while reading it. did she know how much she meant to me? how precious she was to me? i think she did. maybe i'll feel better knowing that she did. go in peace, sita. know you were loved; you'll be missed, but you'll always be there in that special place in my heart. now when i pray to the powers that be, i'll pray not for you, but to you.

A shameful furore

am so amazed by the furore over actress khushboo's statement that i just had to write and let off steam. i am presuming that no one but me reads this blog anyway. she said that premarital sex should be with protection. to have self-styled culture police gunning for her in such an unseemly manner is shocking. while no one says that it is recommended, every sane human being knows that premarital sex has always happened, almost always without societal approval. i am not a sociologist so cannot vouch for it, but i can definitely imagine that it is an accepted feature of everyday life in many cultures.

this is the same khushboo for whom temples have been constructed in tamil nadu. she was not a god then, and is definitely not one now. but she seems to be one sensible woman who was accepting facts and suggesting protection. to term it all as anti-tamilian is appalling. this is not what being tamilian means, and it is sad that a few bigots can have so much say in the matter of what is or is not 'tamil culture'