Look East, India.

The Luang Prabang palace and the museum it houses provide rich insight into Laos and the Laotian people, their past, their culture and the tradition they follow. While the palace museum showcases the history of Laos, a landmark located outside the palace helps one understand India’s: Phou si, a sacred hill that sits right across the palace, the climbing of which is mandatory for anyone who visits Laos and Luang Prabang. Phou si offers panoramic views of the Mekong River and the township around it, but I am more interested in the story.

The township of Luang Prabang started mushrooming around the palace centuries ago, and the Laotians believe the palace to have occupied the same spot right from the beginning of times for Luang Prabang. Centuries ago, Queen Sitadevi, who lived in the palace, craved for a meal of tiger-ear mushrooms. However, in the Northern Lao language, these mushrooms are known as monkey-ear mushrooms. While enlisting the help of her friend Lord Hanuman to find the mushrooms, Sitadevi didn’t quite specify this exact type of mushroom for fear of offending Hanumanji.

Hanumanji kept bringing basket after basket of mushroom varieties from the mountain, but none of them were monkey-ear mushrooms, and Sitadevi continued sending back Hanumanji. Hanumanji was puzzled, rightly so, and thought of an idea. He uprooted the mountain’s top, flew down to Luang Prabang and plop; he deposited it right outside Sitadevi’s palace. “There you go, Devi. Just pluck whichever mushroom your heart desires.”

The hill continues to stand there, even to this day, as a testament of Hanumanji’s bhakti to Phou Sita (Queen Sita). And thus the name Phou Si!

India and the Hindu culture has been holding its sway over entire South-East Asia for centuries together. 

In Cambodia, Hinduism’s manifestation is in the form of Angkor Wat, world’s largest religious structure, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The river bed of Stung Kbal Spean River is home to a vast set of Shiva Linga carvings, earning it the name ‘Valley of Lingas’. Ramayana is part of everyday Cambodian life, Sita the most popular name and some of the top TV shows are on Ramker (Ramayana). Heck, even Pol Pot named his daughter Sitha. 

The Vietnamese want to trace their Buddhism not to China but India. But Indians can’t see anything beyond Communism here.

The Indonesian island of Bali is predominantly Hindu and is the flag-bearer of Hinduism outside India. The numerous water temples are a testimony to this. The Tari Kecak, an elaborate dance drama, is based on Ramayana. It narrates the story of Lord Rama during Vanvas, the abduction of Sitadevi, Hanumanji’s efforts to find Sitadevi and the subsequent burning of Lanka. Besides, the Indonesian language is replete with Sanskrit words. 

Myanmar proudly owes its Buddhism to India. 

In Thailand, the kings from the current Chakri dynasty are anointed the name Rama upon coronation, and Hindu priests conduct this coronation. Thailand has more shrines dedicated to Lord Brahma than the whole of India put together. 

But what has independent India done to foster this influence? Zilch. We’ve squandered away our cultural power in this territory and decades of inaction has left a vacuum, which China has promptly occupied.

South-East Asia is abundant with cultural linkages to India, but we failed to act for over six decades. It is not a missed opportunity but a squandered one, one which we shot and buried six feet deep to ensure it’s dead.

Homosexuality and the Hindu society

Random Rants

As a Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice TS Thakur agreed to hear the curative petition filed by gay rights activists and NGO Naz Foundation against the very apex court’s December 11, 2013 judgment upholding validity of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and the January 2014 order, by which it had dismissed a bunch of review petitions, the homosexuality debate is back again. As ‘intellectuals’ of all sorts are rooting for repealing the controversial section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, it is imperative upon us to first understand what homosexuality is, and how differently has Hindu society viewed and treated it, before forming any views on homosexuality and also commenting on the section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Homosexuality:

Homosexuality (from Ancient Greek ὁμός, meaning “same”, and Latin sexus, meaning “sex”) is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same…

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The Prehistoric Copper Plate

When 65% of college students surveyed by CMCA come out in favour of prohibition of meeting between boys and girls belonging to different religions in public places, our Constitution hangs its head in shame. With only 10% of college students understanding the need for adherence to civic rules, all the ‘Laila loves Majnu’ scribblers at various ASI sites stand vindicated. And when 55% of college girls prefer to not dress ‘provocatively,’ dictionary makers take note to revise its meaning in the upcoming version. But when 71% of respondents agree that women can equal men in all professions, weights in the balance begin to tilt.

The above findings are from a survey report recently released by CMCA titled Yuva Nagarik Meter, a telling report that summarizes a survey of boys and girls from high schools and colleges across 11 states in India. While some aspects of the report can be overlooked as a reflection of the hormone-havoced age group of respondents, some aspects make one sit back and review the evolution of India’s youth. You can access the full report here.

A survey can help create better understanding of the changing behavioural trends among the country’s youth but there is a medium that is more telling than a survey – looking around and observing. The basic amenities that are available for today’s school and college students were luxuries for people of even my age. At least some of you would recall how the phone calls to your classmate, regardless of it being a he or she, used to get redirected through multiple family members present in the house at that particular movement. LP kids sport smartphones these days. Albeit being only a decade or so older, many people of my age has felt like there is a generational gap. Such is the pace at which the youth of this country is progressing. But this progress is more so on the physical aspects and less on the intellectual aspect.

It was fortunate that that top-seeded Russian tennis player didn’t know Malayalam when she expressed her ignorance of Tendulkar and a misfortune that another top-anchor from Kerala is well versed in her mother tongue. A quick glance at either of their Facebook profiles will help you understand why. When did cussing someone become fashionable? Maybe Roadies and AIB can tell us. Better yet, let’s hear what Virat Kohli has to say about this.

Such are the tolerance levels that even an exam invigilator, whose duty it is to prevent any malpractices, invites scorn and muted abuses when she pauses by a student to take a closer look at the piece of paper he was holding. She walks by, convinced of the student’s innocence, without having to hear the choicest abuse he had for her while rest of the class suppresses a giggle. When did being disrespectful become fashionable? Perhaps the new-generation teleserials can answer.

Cussing and being insensitive to someone is easy boy, try shutting up when required. The former is a sign of immaturity, in case you thought otherwise. Maturity is being respectful. Maturity is being tolerant. And maturity is something others think of you more than what you think of yourself, your parents, teachers, elders etc.

But, but, what about the parents who increase their kid’s pocket money allowance without enquiring about their modes of spending? What about the mother who falls for her daughter’s whimsical fancies of a new gown every week? When will she teach the kid the happiness of being content with what you have?

When did keeping track of Facebook likes and comments become a hobby? Or when did one’s choice of art end up as yet another ‘First Name Last Name Photography’ page? Aren’t there at least a thousand other arts or hobbies to choose from?

Let’s get things straight fellas, just because your parents let you choose the style of your hairdo doesn’t mean you can pour over copious amounts of hair gel and make weird shapes out of your hair and then call yourself a ‘freak.’ Frankenstein was a freak, just so you know. Don’t know who Frankenstein was? See, this is what I’m talking about. Coming back to the hairdo, is this original or are you sporting because you saw someone else sporting it? Where is your creation? Monkeys imitate.

Don’t get me wrong when I point to emerging reports of youngsters taking to prostitution, drug abuse and peddling, organized crime rackets etc.– shut that dropping jaw of denial and acknowledge. It also points to the way we as a community has failed to take care of our young ones. I would be last one to be surprised if an abused kid grows up to become a rapist.

As much as these findings, observations and experiences are disturbing, let me recall the story of a prehistoric copper plate engraving that is translated below:

“The youth of today has lost their minds. They have absolutely no regard for themselves, their family, society or the King. It gives me nightmares to think how long before our civilization perishes because of the callousness of today’s youth.”

Generations have come and gone and thousands of years have passed since the discovery of this engraving but humanity still continues to progress, with a few downfalls. But, till when? That is for us, as a community, to decide collectively. Till how long will we pretend that our little ones are perfect and refuse to attempt any course correction? And how equipped are we to cause a course correction? That is for you to find out.

With inputs from @Coz_Im_Batman and Vishnu.

Kuttimaa – Self Explanatory!

Why would you pay to watch a short-film when you know that you can watch thousands of them for free in YouTube? The answer is Kuttimaa! A brilliant work of art, I still believe that is what cinema is, by Ganesh Kumar Mohan in his distinctive narrative and directional style is what sets Kuttimaa apart from hundreds of short films that gets made every day. What distinctive style? I’ll get to that.

Music, Background Score, Sound Mixing and Editing:  Don’t know how many of you have watched Ganesh’s 536, because that is when you notice his brilliance in choosing the right soundtrack for every scene. Yes, yes; that very scene when the movie’s title starts rolling along with the drumbeats. Then came O4P and those well-placed Goundamani dialogues. Kuttimaa is no different, and things get better because the scores here are original. Sharavan, the film’s music composer, has done full justice to the theme. How do I know that? Frankly, I have no idea but guess that is how movie reviews are supposed to be written and that such words are part of the standard movie-review template! The songs from the movie, though short, have been constantly ringing in the ears, which is proof enough. Gunasekaran and Shravan, who have lent their voices for the songs complements the tunes. Vairabarathi’s lyrics have ameliorated them, way the words rhyme beautifully. A special mention for sound mixing, to Abhinav Sunder Nayak and Raj Kumar who captured them all – people chattering, the train whistling, temple bells ringing etc., the very ordinary sounds of a village, the cacophony of a village and turned them an artful resonance called Kuttimaa. Abhinav dons the editor’s cap with equal finesse. Subash’s end-credits title animation ensures that the scenes from the movie stay in your heart for some more time.

Cinematography, Camera and Location:  The camera rests safe in the hands of KB Prabhu, who has done his best to capture the beauty of Pollachi and Trichy to the viewer’s delight. As the crane rises up, capturing Kuttimaa, Krish and the entire maize fields in the frame, you can’t help but trail along the pathway into their beautiful home situated amidst the fields. Looking through KB’s eyes, just another village transforms into something irresistibly beautiful. A pat on the back of those who found these beautiful locations for KB to aim his lenses at.

Casting and Dubbing:  KR Rangamma (Kuttimaa) makes the protagonist and his lady interest look like what they exactly are – kids; kids before her acting prowess and her effortless style of dialogue delivery. Yes Kay Durai and Shweta Gupta (Krish and Sruthi) make sure that they don’t shy away before the ‘old lady’, by putting their best feet forward. You can’t miss the innocent look Yes Kay manages to carry along as much as you can’t miss Shweta’s attempt to fit in as a Tamil girl, which they both do convincingly well. That Shweta looks gorgeous is anybody’s guess and so does her voice, which in this movie belongs to Tanuja Babu. (YesKay should wait till some girl writes a review, to get his due!) For now, let me give the due credit to Ganesh, for bringing along the right cast – the seemingly mean ‘Kannadi Periyappa’, the caring doctor Vinod etc., all fitting perfectly into the script.

Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction: This is where things become a one-man show, the Ganesh Kumar stamp visible across the frame of every shot. Like any other director, he might disagree but we all know who calls the final shots. When our society is fast becoming nuclear and the grandparents are being discarded as excess baggage, Ganesh does his part by highlighting few points. Ganesh’s Brindavan treads similar path and it shows how much the director is committed for a cause. The dialogues never miss to hit the right note in the viewer’s mind; like when Kuttiamma asks Krish why he seems to have time to talk to everyone in the whole wide world but not her. That is when you realize you need to make some phone calls too. Conveyed in jest, it doesn’t miss the target – all of us who are too busy with ostensible complexities of our lives that we hardly care to feel the palms of those who have been holding our hands all this while, making sure we don’t slip or fall down. It wets your eyes even though you find yourself smiling, that you immediately pick up the phone and make few calls to enquire when her medicines need refill. And the conversation continues, with her complaining about how there is very little water in the paddy fields or that there is too much water in the groundnut fields. The call gets disconnected, only for us to carry on with our presumably busy lives.

Dhaarunika Ambedkar, by entrusting her faith in Ganesh Kumar and team to make good use of her money unquestionably knows how to nurture talent. It is because of people like her that we get to see worthwhile movies like Kuttimaa.

Kuttimaa has now arrived at the comforts of your digital screens at a price which is only a fraction of what you might spent for a third decoction coffee at Cafe Coffee Day. Make it a point to watch it, by paying; because it is not every day that you get chance to support such talented people who deserve more just than a pat on their back.

Attention Recruiters:

I never knew resumes can be made this way too, until Sreenisha came up with this one here….

I would be pleased to tell my name if you ask…

Career Aspiration
To build a career in this organization as I strongly believe that your company can tap my potential to the fullest and be an extraordinary employee here by doing a little extra of my usual ordinary works and by applying a little extra of my skill and knowledge, if you kindly allow.

Academics
– Life skills taught by the society and world around
– Special skills and knowledge of life showered on me by my spiritual Gurus and teachers at school
– Talents nurtured by another set of Gurus
– Rest learned by myself and taught to a great extent by the experiences in my life

Certifications
A huge bundle of them, ask and I’ll untie it!

Projects
Currently working on the project Job Hunt.

Experience Summary
Many, starting from learning to ride a bicycle to my first crush to the current experience as a teaching assistant in Chinmaya International Residential School.

Key Accomplishments
– Tried guiding the whole members of a house in school for 2 years.
– Holding the school Kalathilakam award on the stage in the year 2005 – ’06 and of course taking it home.
– People showed patience to accept me as the leader of the project team in college.
– Decision making is not so easy, at least for me; thanks to those members of the same committee in school for helping me develop this skill.
– Active member in organizing tea, snacks, travel and other necessary requirements for the college departmental association “ECHOS” in 2010, apart from presenting a paper.
– OK, now this is something I like. The role I continue to play in a social and educational project, called WINGS. We provide support to children from challenging financial and social backgrounds. (Feel free to ask me how you can be part of the project and help us!)
– Always enjoyed being the part of the organizing team for various classes and camps for the children and youngsters. This would be just another day at the Chinmaya Mission and Chinmaya Yuva Kendra.

Extra Curricular Activities
– Participated and won prizes in school and college level sports and cultural activities such as:

Music
Dance
Drama and
Mimicry

I swear I can actually demonstrate all of these given a chance.

Personal Information
Gender: +
Date of Birth: Seventh day of the seventh month in the year got by reordering 918 with biggest in the middle, lowest in the left and 2nd highest or 2nd lowest in the right and then placing 9 on the fourth digit of it.
Age: xy, where x + y =5, x*y = 6. I am below 30!
Nationality: Bharat humko jaan se bhi pyara hein…
Mother Tongue: It is in my mother’s mouth. Truth is my favorite language
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. Why don’t we converse in a mix of all these languages?!
Vision Statement
To live in a society which is devoid of illiteracy, where EVERY CHILD gets a fair chance and opportunity to acquire basic and quality school education, because with that, they will be equipped to learn further on their own (unlike me and many other braggarts!) and serve the country better.

Address
This world, this continent, this country, this state, this district, this city, this street, this house which can be anyone’s who is ready to accommodate me. I am ready to pay rent.

Phone
Residence: Yes, as I am, though seasonal, but a permanently seasonal resident of a particular house, 049x-xxxxxxx
Mobile: Will be ON till battery dies: +9198xxxxxxxx

E-mail: **********@gmail.com

 

Declaration
I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and practices. I hope you believe them as well.

 

Date: Today
Place: Here

Before her world ends… What can we do?

All these protests against the increasing incidents of rape, but what are the solutions we have?

Castration:  For this we need to get the rapists convicted first. This, for a country that has some of the world’s lowest conviction rates. According to National Crime Records Bureau, only less than 30 per cent of reported rape cases resulted in a conviction last year. Add to this, those rapes which never make it to the FIR, which never get reported by the victim.

Capital Punishment:  If we are to have capital punishment for the rapists, we’ll be looking at a long line of familiar faces; of uncles, neighbours, fathers, cousins etc. According to the records to NCRB, 94.2% of all rape cases reported in India in 2011 was committed by persons who’re close to the victim. Keeping aside the fact that capital punishment isn’t really a solution, but just an easy way out for the culprits, what happens when the rapists start trying to cover their tracks by killing the victim, witness etc.? More dead bodies?

Legalizing Prostitution:  To some extent this would reduce rapes, like a decrease of roughly 25 percent that was reported in the United States. Moreover, rape is about power and control *and* sex. It is that gratification which many men believe they get after exhibiting their masculinity, the reason why we have incidents where the prostitutes are brutally raped.  So even this doesn’t cut to a solution.

Moral/Sexual Education:  Mothers should start educating their sons, which is always easier said than done. When she advises her daughters to dress properly, she should also ask her sons to respect the woman, whatever be the situation, even if a woman is walking naked before him. We’ve got a problem here too, because we’re swiftly moving towards a society where couples are recruiting maids and babysitters even before they get pregnant. What about the mothers who’re supposed to educate their sons abandons them as soon as they’re born and run away from their responsibilities? I said mothers because a good share of rapists turns out to be the fathers themselves, sadly.

Which brings me to your next question; “What do YOU propose?” And my answer would be, I don’t know. That’s the truth, we all don’t know.  Can you all think of one tangible solution to end this? Any laws that can be amended or any change in the procedures that would make the police handle rape cases a bit more sensitively and empathetically?

As we all often say, there isn’t any problem without a solution. This one too has, it just needs a bit more thought and action from our sides. Our worlds might not have ended yesterday, but it ends for hundreds of women/girls on a daily basis, when a miscreant violates her privacy. We need to stop this before it is too late. Whatever it may be, I’m in.

Plight of young girls – a survey analysis.

Presenting before you, findings from a recently conducted youth survey across Indian states between the age group of 18-29, which reveals the sorry state of affairs – and the findings speak for itself. It is distressing to find out that close to 47 percent of young women are either scared or unhappy on the day of their wedding.  It is not difficult to identify the reasons.  The survey reveals that:
–    35 percent of young men got married to girls who were below the legal age of 18.
–    40 percent of parents agreed that girls should not be allowed to decide about their own marriage.
–    54 percent of parents did not even ask for their son’s opinion about when to get married.
–    64 percent of young men were meeting their spouse for the first time on the day of the wedding.
–    81 percent of young men did not get the chance to meet or speak to their fiancee alone before the marriage.

The practice of dowry also makes the situation very uncomfortable for young women.  The youth survey revealed that almost 72 percent of young men and 78 percent of young women reported that they received or gave dowry – a practice that is banned under the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.

If you think is this is bad, let’s look at what the survey reveals about the attitude of young men towards girls, which is equally unnerving.
–    25 percent of young men admitted to having slapped their wives.
–    49 percent of young men agree that girls who dress provocatively deserve to be teased.
–    54 percent of young men believe that wife beating is justified at least in one of the four reasons – husband suspects that wife has been unfaithful, wife goes out without informing husband, and wife disagrees with husband’s opinion and with wife refusing to have sexual relations with husband.

This is the attitude of almost half of the men we have in our country. Unless there is a marked change in this attitude, we’ll only continue to see more cases of women abuse, in the forms of eve teasing, rape etc.

Can’t disagree that the signs of change for the betterment of lives of young women and girls are very much visible, but the sense of urgency is not.

Differentiating between blood, flesh and a girl’s dignity…

Penned by Sreenisha.

A Reaction: http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/13-year-old-girl-allegedly-raped-by-father-brother-uncle-in-kerala-298092

I cannot quite think about a situation where a child finds her own father who created her, who is actually the one to bring her up, under whose protection she has to grow, and who is that person to show her and guide her along the right paths of life looking at her with eyes full of lust and sensual fire. I am shocked even to think about the mental state of a child who sees her father coming towards her, wanting to satisfy his bodily desires with his own daughter. I shudder to think about the mental state of a person who has to witness her own body being torn apart by men whose mind is fouled to the core with lusty thoughts and looks filled with sultriness, people who cannot be considered as humans. And at that point I would not dare think about a girl who has to see her own father looking at her with such eyes! A father is someone who has to be the shade and support of the whole family, who has to foster his children and light up their future and impart to them the highest values in their life. Instead, a person trying to satisfy his flesh, and to add more to it, encourage his own son and the girl’s uncle to partake in this act of cannibalism.  I can only call this as the heights of mental ailment or animalism.

This news I read few days ago just shattered me completely. I was absolutely churned up reading it. For once in my entire life, I literally felt my heart stop beating. There was absolutely no other feeling or emotion that I could make out at that point of time except to just go and grab the girl’s hand, take her to not just another place on this earth but to some other world where I could show her that what she saw was the hell that we hear in stories and myths and that there is this heaven which is real and filled with full of goodness, because there is nothing else that can be offered to her, for suffering and tolerating such levels of barbarity for the past two years. Nothing in this world, I think, would heal these deep wounds that has been created in her mind; nothing in this world would give back her life and liveliness. Nothing would ever be able to make her understand the meaning of a relationship nor can it ever teach her what ‘LOVE’ is, without which no one can survive in this world. Where is our society ebbing down to?! What would the future be when children of today, who are to run the world tomorrow, are undergoing these levels of atrocities which would just freeze their mind and block their intellectual development? Do we want a society where a father cannot distinguish between his blood and flesh? Do we want a world where we get up every day to hear one or the other of such brutalities? And who are the people responsible for all these debauched kerfuffles? It is a question that each of us ought to think. The agitations are all a result of our wrong attitude towards the society to which each and every one of us belongs. No one can just wash off their hands and go along when such things happen in our community, because tomorrow we might be the victim. It is hence our responsibility to amputate such infected minds from the world and also make it a point to channelize our inner thoughts in a way that benefits the whole world. Selfishness nutrifies ill thoughts and such a person is dangerous than a wild beast. Let us bump off those dirty thoughts and meliorate the thoughts of humanity. This would give out the divine radiance that would soothe not just you or your family, but the world as a whole. Let the evils thoughts in us not disturb the godliness and innocence in our children. Let us make way for our children, to learn to respect people and their emotions. Let their minds be filled with thoughts that manifest as actions which would spread out to the whole world as the fragrance and beauty of a freshly bloomed flower. Let each one of them grow up to be remembered and revered by all. That is when a parent’s life gets fulfilled!

Struck! Between my dreamland and the grim reality…

I wonder why they send these little angels to such faraway places. The beauty they display when they fly around and play is mind-bending. And the love they shower could be so evidently understood from their squeezing hug every time they see me. It is quite understandable when they send children of age above 15 or 16 to residential schools, but what reason can a parent give to keep a child of age below that away from them? If they cannot take care of their own children, till that age when they at least develop the sense of self-awareness, then what justification can one give for giving birth? How can they call themselves a mother and a father?! By just exchanging some biological fluid, that too when least expected or by mistake, and just carrying the result of that for the next few months, one does not become a father and a mother. It is the love and care and the feeling of protection the child enjoys under them that makes them real parents. It is when the child basks in the warmth of their cuddles that makes them real parents. Nothing else in this world can be compared to a mother’s embracement and a father’s mentorship. But for this, they themselves should be of that superior quality in all aspects. It is when they fail to hold this level of mental goodness that they fail in all other areas and even forget about their own children who are supposed to be an extension of themselves. The process of mending should start from the mental layer of the parents, right from the time they think of a family.

During earlier days a child was not the result of an accidental physical excitement as what is happening today. The birth of a child was a celebration, starting from the day the couple decides to have a child. They do days of penance and elusive sacrifice. Special prayers and rituals were always part of the life. And with all these preparations would only the mother conceive. She would be extremely aware to keep her mind filled with good thoughts and days spent with good deeds because, the child when is inside her womb is not a separate unit, but is one with the mother. And the father takes extra care to keep his wife happy at all times, as that keeps the child happy and healthy. Great souls like Lord Sri Rama, Hanumanji and Swami Vivekananda were all born to such parents of great values. When the parents of the modern world find it difficult to manage the kids, understand that it is no fault of the children but it is only parents themselves who are to be blamed and their unthoughtful actions too.

The mental attitude of people today is so sickening that they compare their children with the neighbour’s; in the same way they compare the size of their house and number of cars. Of course, children are our assets but are they something like a product that we buy at the shops and compare and exchange if found unsatisfactory? Unquestionably people would have tried exchanging kids too if that was allowed! But thank God madness has not reached such levels! Since such a day is yet to come, they spend the money and send the child to any netherworld, to make them achieve more than the neighbour’s son/daughter. Everything is business in today’s world, even bringing up a child!

Life in a residential school with all these cute and beautiful butterflies flying around me, spreading love and joy all around, is just beyond words. I am not a mother yet, but I know what a child needs as I have enjoyed the love and care of my father and mother in abundance. And for that is what moulded me as what I am now and made me strong, not just physically but mentally too. Though I am not yet a mother, per biological definitions, these 538 little angels here became mine from the day I stepped into this wonderful world!

This is what I do when I can’t write. I make her to. Guest post by Sreenisha

Audio Post – Malayalam Song Recording

Ennodenthinee Pinakkam from Kaliyatam. Stumbled across the recording by someone in family. Recording done in mobile, hence the poor clarity. Lotta feedbacks invited, so that I can pass it on to….