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Click, and it is given
On my way back from Auroville, as I was walking to the Pondicherry beach, a middle-aged couple approached me. They introduced themselves as residents of a small town in Karnataka. I soon came to know from the man that he had recently fought with his brother and left their house in a huff with his [...]
Read along with the music
Years ago, waking up early on a Sunday morning was purely for a single purpose – to watch Rangoli. A song compilation feature on Doordarshan (DD), Rangoli, apart from the legendary Chitrahar was the only way to catch up with Bollywood hits on TV in those days. Though many of us have moved onto 24×7 [...]
It’s Playback Time…
There are hundreds of NGOs working with thousands of volunteers and employees enabling millions of people in need. Physically, mentally challenged, destitute women, children, juvenile homes, old age homes and all those special places where the socially-different people are taken care of. They get their share of money, food and things they need to sustain [...]
And the leaves that are brown turn to green
Initially, when I was asked if I wanted to visit Sadhana Forest near Auroville, I was reluctant. I was on a holiday and it didn’t seem like a fun place. It definitely was not a holiday place. It was a bunch of serious people who really cared about the environment and were doing something about [...]
Sankara Eye Foundation
Most non-profit organizations I have seen here in the SF Bay are centered around promoting education or eradicating poverty in India, but Sankara Eye Foundation (SFE) is different. They concentrate on providing eye care to needy people in India. Most of us do not know that many forms of eye blindness are curable or preventable. Ailments like [...]
Two roads diverged in a wood
a continuation of City of Dawn… After some inquiring, we found out that we had to take a right, so we took the right, roamed around the place for half an hour, and then came back to the starting point. An elderly gentleman was on his morning walk. “Hi, would you happen to how I [...]
City of Dawn
I got off the bus, and looked at my watch. It was half past five in the morning. What an achievement it was, to be awake at that hour! The foremost thought on my mind was to find a way of going back to Bangalore. I walked over to the Ticket Counter at the Pondicherry Bus [...]