A Memoir to Remember
There are times, when only the well-thumbed, favourite book languishing quietly in the bookshelf will suffice to brighten a day, light a mood or even an entire weekend! And Vir Sanghvi’s memoir, A Rude Life did just that! An unexpected bonus was it rekindled my “josh” to write a review – something that I had thought of when I first received and read the signed copy! I certainly remain a little intimidated; but plunged right in fortified by the fact, that as reader, I did qualify!
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Make Haste Slowly
A contradiction in terms, an oxymoron that that demands a story, or more to the point, sums up my scraggly progress at blogging! Ideas are a dime a dozen, but then so are tomorrows, and I never seem to reach today, even when I am making haste at less than the proverbial snail’s pace!
Compare this, with my more active and focussed neighbours. They sweep the darkness out with clock-work regularity the first thing every morning, while I just about put together my tea and tray. Therefore,
SPRING NOTES!
Imagine winter sublimating into summer without the preamble of spring! Almost every festival in the first quarter of the twelve month year celebrates the sun moving north, increasing day light hours, and the renewal of a 365 day solar contract. Life is incomplete without spring even in the tropics- it stands between cold (or cool) and heat (or hot) like a true diva who never prepares you for the unexpected. It is her birthright to create an illusion of slipping back into winter or that summer
TWO WOODPECKERS, TWO NATURALISTS AND A GOVERNOR GENERAL
Out walking one beautiful golden, crisp morning in the bracing Assam winter, I looked up into a sal tree (Bombax ceiba) in full glorious bloom to spy a smaller version of the golden backed woodpecker. Its frenetic activity did not allow a full uninterrupted view, but its size, colours and habit were good indicators. Further on, the among the branches of a large rain tree (Albizia saman), I spotted the less flamboyant, much smaller but equally perky, grey capped pygmy woodpecker.
WORLDS APART- APOLLO 11
"I was on the moon!" replied Edwin Buzz Aldrin @TheRealBuzz, when asked , "where were you 49 years today.." by @linn_LeBlancon on twitter. @maitra_gaurangi was delighted to join the conversation "I was eight years old and following the entire journey on our Grundig radio with my father. Today I am on Twitter with @TheRealBuzz!!Thank you for a two way ticket to the moon!"
July, in my dictionary is connected with the Apollo 11 Mission. The memories of listening to Neil Armstrong's voice f