Wednesday, March 11, 2009
A trip to the nursery
I love nurseries. I don't know much about plants. But, I love being among them - in nurseries, other people's homes and mine, in public places such as parks and gardens. Yesterday, my sister Saroj and I visited Masjid nursery - a place I am rather fond of. Most plants in my home are from there....
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Gardener's Grace
Just before the beginning of winter every year, Ramu the gardener begins to pester me to get pots for the flowers he wants to plant. This season it was no different. In October he started. I told him that the back yard was being dug up (it already was) and that I didn't want to get a whole lot of...
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Wedding Date
It's set. The wedding date. Its to be Sunday, November 22, 2009. My niece, Nomita, is getting married on that date. She's the daughter of my sister Saroj and brother in law Jasbir. She's 32 (actually 33 this month), an architect, like her parents, lives in Delhi, is a part of their architectural...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Seasonal Changes
Its March, and who thought it would come so fast. I don't know about you, but I don't know where January and February went. Pooof....just like that. In the first two months of the year we were wearing woolens, sleeping under quilts and blankets, wearing socks and switching on heaters. Windows and...
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Book Release and Reading
I had written earlier about my fondness for book releases. I went to one last night. The release was at the British Council. The current head of Penguin, who published the book, is a Brit, so it was a natural. The theatre in which such functions are held is poorly designed with very uncomfortable...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Working From Home
Today I went to my Ragini's home for a meeting and lunch. When I arrived at 11.30, Ragini and her husband Prashant were finishing their toast breakfast. I declined an offer of tea of coffee, opting for a glass of water. A little while later Vidhur arrived. Prashant introduced him as a photographer...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Village Knowledge Centres
These days I live, eat and breathe Telecentres. They are also known as Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs), like the one in the photograph below. I took this photograph when I was visiting this Centre in 2006. I had been there in 2003. The VKC serves as a gathering point for the local community - a...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Therapy, meditation and a movie
Saturday was a full day with different activities. I saw clients in the clinic from 10 AM to 4 PM and then went to my meditation group. After seeing 4 clients - all quite troubled - it was good to spend 90 minutes breathing, visualising, walking and drinking tea, mostly in silence. One of the...
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Earth's Goodness
I love vegetables. It starts by looking at them. In the photograph below you will see various kinds of vegetables. This is a vegetable stand in the mountains where my sister's house is. But, all over India, you will see stalls like this. It delights my heart. So here, you have a range of vegetables...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Goal Update
Some of you may remember that a month ago I posted that I have a weight goal for this year: 60 at 60. That is 60 kgs (132 lbs) on my 60th birthday - which is in December 2009. Yes, I gave myself a whole year - not just for the weight loss - but to change many things in my life. I went back to the...
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