Yugantha : The end of an epoch.

Well,I been reading

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Irawati Karve,a well know researcher from Burma has written “Yugantha” which is a set of quality essays based on the well known tale of Mahabharatha. She has also written much about  other academic and general subjects.She is such a delight to read.

And this is all about ?

A set of essays retelling the epic,”Mahabharata”,in such a way that it does create a set of doubts on its authenticity!A thought provoking read,retold in such a way to create strong doubts about the tale.The book consists of essays which are critiques of different characters such as Gandhari, Kunti, Draupadi, Karna and Krishna etc which is based on the oldest available editions of Mahabharata,which itself helps us to wane of many side stories which might have been added later on as part of culture or traditions.

So, how was it ?

A must read for those who are interested in history and also for those with inquisitive minds,who would have had hundreds of questions while hearing the stories from their grand parents or parents.Once read through these essays,the author was able to cast a shadow of doubt in my mind about the authenticity of the characters presented.At some point of time,it did occur to me that the tale is not entirely fictious. A different set of thoughts bubbled up in me about the various characters in the tale,while reading through the essays which was certainly not what I had presumed or heard or told to me.

All the characters were stripped of their godliness only to be interpreted as humans with all the character flaws .The author did manage to dig deep into them and present the facts.

My personal favourite read from the lot was related with Bhisma and Draupadi.

Extra Notes : A more poetic and sensual read would be Randamoozham by MT,which is also retelling of the same tale  from “Bhima’s “point of view.

30 / 31 Birthday_Bucket_List

Hurray,I turned 30. And what a relief,I am still the same :D

Just that I was down with an ear-splitting cough[for neighbours] and undetectable fever[yess...,visible only on the doc's thermometer,alas!!].

Celebrated the day with a surprise outing planned by hubs in between his busy [boring] schedule,and the with movie "Deadpool".And then back to home,where I got to cut my  favourite cake,bought by my dearest,  Dad.

And as to keep up with the tradition, "29 / 30 List" I am hereby putting up my 30 / 31 : list of "30" things which I want to complete doing this year and capture the very essence of me stepping into my "Thirties" :)

And here comes the list,

1	Read a book every week and write a review on it. You can find my reviews on this blog,and the updates on Goodreads. Its sada to say that I could never be on time with my "how-i -felt" posts about the books,though I am almost through the challenge.
2	A huge makeover to my technical blog !
3	Bake an original 2 tier cake with icing  Wait for the picture !
4	Bring in a morning / night routine for making more benefits out of me.
5	Stitch at least 3 salwar.
6	Learn to drive car confidently.
7	Set up a beauty routine.Perks of stepping into 30's :) Another pending post!!
8	Show up at the gym,Do that workout, Run,Go breathless. Its safe to say that Gym has become a routine in my schedule  and I am so very happy about working out as well!!
9	Create three distinct paintings,for the very sheer of creating it.
10	Plan a lovely get away for a week :D . Went to Munnar.And yess,planning for yet another for New Year's!!
11	Switch off -Nonsense TV,Chattering FB,Intriguing Quora especially after evening. Yess...FB,Quora and TV and all those mindless stuff are off limits.I have made this rule to myself that if I have checked a site once in a day,I will no longer open it up again! And the time to check is after gym :)Well if no gym on a day,then there is no entertainment that day :P
12	Plan and sketch and make a high yielding ,self-sustaining vegetable garden - For amma
13	Plan and sketch and make an elegant outdoor garden - with pool,green turf,birds nest,potted plants.
14	Music is good,listen to them more often.  And a couple of songs does make me high!!
15	Learn something new which helps me with my work both technically and personal skills
16	Make some time and actually,start writing my novel - every day.Finish before Nov
17	Make a cute terrarium for living place   Post to follow up soon :)
18	Clear off my credit card loan - Payment in 6 months and Not to use it ever again.  Finally,I have locked up my credit card,though it was very helpful at times,but then locking it up was one of the best decisions I have made so far :)
19	Make cookies at home
20	Start and make an up to date - diary for N  Instead I got an email-id for my girl and send almost daily-weekly mails to her :)
21	Make a money making android app and publish it in google play :)
22	Make sketching with a routine.Try everything - Zentangle,Doodles,Simple Sketches anything,but keep sketching
23	Spend more time with family - especially with my little girl "N".She is growing up too fast :)
24	Bring on meditation into my life,even if it is for 5 minutes a day.
25	Blog more frequently and with more variety,connect to like-minded people,built a huge friendship network :)..what are the odds !
26	Write about all these projects :)
27	Travel at least to some nearby places :)   Explored near by tourist places like Thenmala, Dams, Kuttikanam :)
28	Being bold,patient and myself.To be able to do that shit which my faint little voice keeps telling :)
29	Blog every alternate day
30	To be decided

One Lovely Blog Award

Whoaaaaa..I am nominated for my first award and coincidently its the day when I gad completed a year of random musings about my journey,here!!.My heartfelt, thanks to "The Girl Behind the Glasses" for considering me for this Lovely award :).I wish Adhi,all the very best in her blogging journey.If you have not checked out her,do it now as its loaded with a lot of love.



7 Facts about me :

• I am a Software Engineer :),completing almost 8 years in the industry and I absolutely love it here!


• I love a rainy-cloudy-windy day.First the clouds gathering,then the winds blowing and the rain drops spluttering everywhere,all at once.Its heavenly!!


• I can fall asleep,anywhere, in matter of seconds,which is what my husband is most jealous about,haha..


• I hate coffee,cold drinks,soda,milk,tea but absolutely love drinking loads of water!!


• I kind of have a weird fascinations towards trees.I love trees all green and vibrant or all brown,dried and branched out.They tell me stories.Oh,I do love leaves and flowers as well.


• I still love watching Tom and Jerry,Donald Duck,The Duck Tales :D


• I am married to the most amazing person and I have a daughter,who is turning two this month!! :)

And my nominees are:

• Passionate Ambika


• Literature is my Porn


• The Chaos Within


• Some Thoughts,Many Words


• The Tea Cerebrations


• Worldly Words


• Love, Life and Whatever


• Udayology


• Life As A Potpourri


• The Learning Curve


• The Parashar's Palette


• Editions of Green Boochi


• The Glass Bangle


• TRANQUIL yet Alive


• Dew Drops

 

To accept:
1. Thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog.
2. List the rules and display the award.
3. Add 7 facts about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers and…
5. Leave a comment on one of their posts to let them know they have been nominated.

 

Love is...!!

Love is...when your husband,who has never entered a kitchen,except to eat,storms in there and cooks up a delicious dinner only to surprise you!! :D

Ours was an arranged marriage and it took my husband only about 30 mins of chat with me to say “Yesss!!!”. I,on the other hand was utterly confused and tensed if the decision was made in a haste .The only thing I was able to notice then,in my future-husband was his smile,which was beaming straight from heart,or so I felt.I am a very introvert person while my hubs is totally outgoing ,talkative,fun loving guy.And slowly he made me realise that he is the perfect partner for me.It took us 3 months after marriage to be together under the same roof.It was then, we found our love!

Setting up our new home and the start the new life,learning the likes and dislikes of each other,learning the small nuances of life together,buying things for home,or for kitchen,everything was a different and sometimes difficult.But,when ever I look at him,there he would be present with that smile and the solution to almost all my problems.The ease with which he made me slip to our life was something I can never understand.He too was in a new place,new state but he managed everything or was it his smile,that helped me relax ? I don’t know for sure!!

We both work in the IT sector and it was so difficult to reach home on time to cook the dinner.Almost every other day,I crib in my sleep about the traffic,dinner making and dish washing process.I was tired and just wanted a break.

And one day,I was very late and was hurrying to reach home,I was so surprised to see my hubby there.He had come in early.“Oops”,I was thinking what will I cook up something quick ? He used to be late every other day and today he had to come early ? Sigh!!

I told him that I will cook up something very quick and without even changing my clothes,I rushed to the kitchen,only to see a chaotic,messed up,war-zoned kitchen.I could see almost all the dishes,plates out of the cupboard.All the vegetables,dal,masalas, out of their boxes or the fridge.And even more soiled plates.I was aghast!!

And as I turned ,I saw my handsome husband,with his trademark smile,was all ready with an elaborate dinner of palak paneer, vegetable thoran, muringa-dal curry ,rice, chapati, omelette for us :D.I vent out such a huge sigh filled with laughter,both by the relief of not having to make dinner and being able to gorge on such a elaborate dinner.The tiredness vanished from my face and there I was laughing out so loud along with my husband,while all my thoughts were about him.He had noticed my cribbing,my tiredness,and came home early only to surprise me with a tasty dinner.And,yes,I cleaned up the kitchen while he washed the dishes.This event bring me tears of happiness every time I think about it.

And I realised I have such a perfect gem with me and I am glad,he said "Yess...."!!

“This post is a part of #LoveAndLaughter activity at BlogAdda in association with Caratlane.”

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Black Tick Mark Socks!

"Son,are these your own socks ? They have some black tick marks."

Oh! That mama ?

Everyday at school,the richie rich Joe and his friends tease me for not having "the black tick mark socks".

So, "I made them on my own!"

Monday Blues!

 

How true is this quote ?This one quote is all needed to remind us that we need to wake up from the dream slumber we put ourselves in.All those things,we keep saying to ourselves we will do and then at some point of time,we are certain that we did it,and then wait for stellar results.

This quote is that one big kicka$$ reminder!! :D

 

Five-Friday-Finds

I have always felt that Fridays have a special soothing aroma which has the capacity to bring smiles to every alike,except those who gets to work on weekends for support(@ my office).As always here is the list of quick interesting reads,

1. Here's everything about our Milky way!


2. A eerie unsolved mystery that I happened to come across..


3. Yet another list of great books to be read!!How I wish ,I had all the time in the world for reading them!!


4. The longgg history of Butterflies


5. Why do we have chins ? :)

 

Wishing all a happy weekend! :)

A Bird, a Plane, You!

I have always wanted to travel and I am more than happy if I can travel through time.Well,I don’t want to alter the past or the future.

Let the things,the places,the events,the people be just the same.All I want is to witness some of the most important things of history happening right in front of me.Just like rewinding and watching a videotape,I would love to watch all the events happened in this world,of course with me in it :).Events that capture my curiosity would be,

• The Indus Valley civilisation,how they developed their script,what happened to them ?Were they attacked and wiped out ? Or did they manage to migrate else where ?

• Or may be if the great war -Mahabharatha really happen ? Can I get a seat at the arena to hear Lord Krishna delivering Bhagavad Gita ?


• How did they built the Great wall of China or the Great Pyramid built ? 

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• If only,I could,I would love to watch Susruta,conducting precise medical surgeries  ?
  
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• How blood-ish was the French revolution ? How agitated were the people ?How did people take the world by storm ?

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• I am getting all goosebumps while thinking about the one chance to listen to the revolutionising speeches of Gandhi or Hitler or Lenin or Churchill ?

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• May be walk along side Gandhi on Dhandi March ! And be a part of our freedom struggle.

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• What about a time travel to the atrocities committed by Nazis ? Inspired by E.M Night 


• Well,how about travelling to the time when Charles Darwin who wrote the Origin of Species and researched about evolution? Or even Copernicus proclaiming that "Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe"

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• I want to know all about the landing on moon by Neil Armstrong."That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

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Ha..there are so many !! :)

Closer home,I would love to go back to the time when my brother was born…I still love his pink feet :D and if I could re-live all the fun and innocence of my carefree childhood  days!

I would absolutely be on cloud nine,if I could only go on for a time travel on to the exact day my girl 'N' was born :).

Being a part of something historical,something mysterious,something important and finding out how it might have happened,I believe that is an experience in itself for a life time.!

In response to the Daily Post : A Bird, a Plane, You!

An Ode to January

January,this always reminded me of a bunch of buds of white roses,cuddled together,waiting to bloom.The air is still cold,but with a warmth of the awaiting seasons in due course of the year.The dreams which are yet to bloom,the worlds yet to visit.Its always nice to be remembered that there is till a year out! :).This month

• My girl started singing songs and even composes some all by herself.That little twist she adds to her singing is adorable!! :)


• Finally,I found a work schedule which is actually working for me.Throughout this month,I have put myself through a vigorous timetables of achieving some goals and I am so happy that its showing me results


• My brother visited us for a long vacation,which made me happy.We went for short and long trips :)


• And the trips were fantastic,got to visit places which I never knew existed in my small hometown.Such a long wait :)


• And,I started reading again,that was the highlight of this month :D.And the challenge is to read and review,a book every week.

 

Thanks January for being such a great month,and welcome February!! ;)