I feel Valentine's Day is overrated. St. Valentine must not have imagined that his act of getting young couples married would make way to his death anniversary to be celebrated worldwide as the way of love.People argue that why a day, 14th of February, needs to be singled out in the year as the day …
Guardian of Sentiments
I have often been ridiculed and criticized for insisting on careful usage of things and stuff. I get visibly upset when coffee mugs I hand-picked get broken or chipped, when people borrow my stuff and damage or lose them, when things are roughly used and the like. The following are snippets from different times of …
The Dragon Loyalty Award
The "Dragon Loyalty Award" is another of the many chain blog awards, which is bestowed by bloggers on fellow bloggers. My many thanks (once again) to my friend and fellow blogger at Dreamz and Clouds for passing on this award to my blog, Points to Ponder. "The Dragon Loyalty Award is awarded to writers/bloggers for consistently …
Book Review #5: Ajaya: Roll of the Dice (Book 1)
Name: Ajaya-Epic of the Kaurava Clan; Book 1-Roll of the DiceAuthor: Anand NeelakantanNo. of Pages: 455Genre: Fiction/EpicPublisher: Platinum Press (An imprint of Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.)Price: Rs. 299/-Published in: 2013The blurb of the book says: THE MAHABHARATA ENDURES AS THE GREAT EPIC OF INDIA. But …
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The Sunshine Award
The "Sunshine Award" is one of the many chain blog awards, which is bestowed by bloggers on fellow bloggers. It is a wonderful way to discover new blogs and spread the word. I am happy to share that my friend and fellow blogger at Dreamz and Clouds nominated my blog, Points to Ponder, for this …
The Bygone Year–2013
It has been a good year. A year of change. After five months of marriage, I relocated to be with Az (my husband). I quit my comfortable job. I left my home state and moved to Delhi.It has been a year of adjustments. Adjusting with my new family members, adjusting in a different house, adjusting …
Dream’s Mystery
Dreams (the ones we see while asleep) have always fascinated me. Wikipedia defines dreams as "Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep". I had read somewhere that if we maintain a dream journal, it can be interpreted to reveal hidden significance or …
People Stories
Have you ever considered how many people you meet or simply see everyday? There is one set of people we actually know. We know them on a personal level. We know about their lives, their stories and about their families. Such people are usually family, friends and colleagues . There is another set which are mere …
Memory Travel
As a kid, Namz (my sister) and I have traveled a lot with our Koka and Aita (our maternal grandparents). Deta and Koka served in the same university and so we got ample time to spend with them. Whenever Koka had to go any official tour and if we had our holidays then, we would …
Music in My Life
Most of the people who know me do not know that I had been briefly trained in Indian classical music. Well, it was only for a few years and I did not continue it further. It is a different story that no one actually believes this when they hear me sing!It was Aita (my maternal …