WELCOME THE NEW DECADE

Wish you all a very happy NEW YEAR !!! Life in the Chathakudam East end is so slow slow, that we are not aware of the new year. Every day is a repetition of the old day. The arrival of a new baby or the death of an old person who is any way unwanted [...]

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When my niece Suvarna designed this blog for me, I did not know how to post an item. I wondered how any one will notice it! Slowly I started writing. On September 11- 2009, when I returned to Delhi, the number of hits was 999 Then Suvarna told me to note the Clustr map. There [...]

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Today our bus was held up due to traffic jam for about ten minutes, which was equivalent to half an hour in normal circumstances, because we are all in a hurry as soon as we are in any moving vehicle. The reason for the traffic mess was road repairs. The vehicles have to navigate through [...]

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GSLV LAUNCH A FIASCO The satellite had to be burnt within seconds of its launch on 25-12-2010 This shows that our scientists are merely kidding with experiments done by Western men, fifty years ago. We must abandon all hopes of landing on the moon. The money can be saved.

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I wish all my viewers a boisterous, merry Christmas with plenty of cakes and wines. I envy the Christians. No other religion allows so much freedom to eat and drink on religious occasions. Hindus observe fasting and prayers which is very boring. I like Christians. Atal Bihari Vajpai, former Prime Minister, was born on 25 [...]

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Politics was in his gene. Had he been in Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, he could have easily become the Prime Minister. Born in the marar (drummer) caste, with only basic education in Malayalam, he was a Chanakyan: ruthless, master in manipulations, able administrator, very loving towards his fans and crudely opportunistic, who became a fast [...]

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There is a slight nip in the air at night, otherwise it is pleasantly cool. People are very polite and obliging to tourists, whether they are foreigners or Indians. Food is cheap. Now, all sorts of dishes are available, including Chinese. The whole country is green and from the sky it looks like a long [...]

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On 21/22 of December, the sun reaches the end of its journey to the south, and, begins going back. In the southern hemisphere, it is extreme summer! Students can mark the position of the sun, on a paper stuck on a plane surface, by drawing a line, along the shadow cast on a vertical rod. [...]

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Here it is pitch dark in the night. Some night bird may make sounds which remind me about death. And darkness can create ghosts. Even the moonlight coming through the branches of trees induce illusions. As a child of four, I was sleeping beside my Ma; when I suddenly woke in the night, I saw [...]

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Muslims are allowed to have four wives. I need all the four, One will do house keeping; Cooking, looking after the cows and hens, gardening etc. One will take my dictation, publish my blog etc. Yet another will accompany me always in my tour, carrying my bag etc. The fourth will officiate if any of [...]