CHANDRAYAN made a historical discovery yesterday...its still clammering the news channels.....Moon has Water.We at home heard , discussed and chewed it but before we could digest and move to another story, my DS comes with his query, "If they have seen water , why are they just talking of it and not showing any pics?" Quite a valid question.

My hubby went on to tell him the difference between the water we use and the water that is on the moon . Also the fact that this...

Delhi came to a halt yesterday.It is the woe of all the people....in all the big cities. Mumbai too is in the same boat.
There are so many reasons to it.
If we forget the obvious non working of the municipal system, we will see that everywhere these cities are generally near some waterbody. All the settlers want a house , but when the area around these rivers etc. is taken up nobody cares, many of us buy these lands for houses. But water needs drainage and with just one rain then the...

Today when I called up my MOM, to wish her,she was travelling, gone to visit her MOM. It was a coincidence that she timed her visit today..as it was a sunday and as Nani stays about 300 KM away.
After talking to her I was remembering both of them...they who are the epitome of patience, soft spoken words and generosity. And the fact that I'm so very different, SO I realised how I hound my DS..this write up is for both my Ma ( even thinking of her makes me realize my mistakes)and My DS( read...

Buddham Sharman Gacchami
Buddham Sharman Gacchami
Buddham Sharman Gacchami
Buddham Sharman Gacchami

On the Buddhapurnima, I take the opportunity to bow my head in reverence to Lord Buddha - the Shakyamuni.
His parents named him Siddhartha...the one who acheives his AIM. And he did acheive it when he went searching for the truth of life.

His Father Siddodhana, feared him to become an ascetic , thus kept him away from all religious stuff.. but all...

I have heard and read about Rabindranath Tagore..........the writer, the poet, playwright, philosopher, composer, artist, the nobel Laureate,..since I must have been ten or so. But he was never a hero in my sense of the word.
It was my visit to the Jallianwalla Bagh in Amritsar , a few years back that I realised his heroic streak. It was after this incident that I tried to find more of this versatile personality.
Not many had the courage to defy the colnial English rulers, but not him....