Swarna
blogs from Coimbatore
Latest posts by SwarnaGrow out of my arms Grow out of my arms - my son - my baby, Grow up a man well loved to be, Go out into the arms of the wide-wide world Grow out of my arms - my son - my baby. Stride ahead with firmness of step, Put forth your hand to aid and help, Be it a friend, be it a foe, Jus' remember - goodwi...
Posted on 6 February 2026 | 4:59 pm
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Posted on 22 March 2022 | 4:08 pm
Read postA transferable job is a boon and a bane. One gets to live in different places, but it also means ever-changing neighbourhood and schools, besides repeated establishment of home infrastructure. As part of a sixth move (this time to the great NCR) in a period of 11 years , I just started on the job of...
Posted on 8 June 2021 | 6:44 pm
Read postHave a look at some views from the dilapidated Valiyathura Pier at Trivandrum. Beach at Valiyathura pier Arabian Sea from Valiyathura Pier View from dilapidated Valiyathura pier "Oh! I would love to sail the seas again" catamaran and drifting boat 'Greenery' at the pier Green Piece! I like the top v...
Posted on 31 August 2012 | 6:00 pm
Read postHere are images from a fair at Thiruvananthapuram. The items on sale originate from the North-Eastern states of India (called Seven sisters).
Posted on 30 November 2011 | 12:01 pm
Read postA 22 hour cruise by houseboat is something like what the doctors don't order these days. No TV. Simply ruminate while looking around at water, breeze, greenery and permanent lake-residents. I would prescribe it freely to anyone who considers time as being ever more valuable than money. It was a two-...
Posted on 8 August 2011 | 9:17 am
Read postConversation at the table at lunch between grandson and grandmother: [Grandmother visiting daughter's family and spending some useful sessions with grandson, reading stories from MahAbhArata]Grandson: See pAtti, you have spilt rice on the table.Grandmother: Oh sorry, dear. (laughing)...I must have l...
Posted on 31 January 2008 | 8:51 am
Read postI got my son to read aloud a well-written article about global warming, in a children's newspaper. There was mention of transportation then and now - bicycles vs bikes, bullock carts vs automobiles. I explained pollution that results from engines, and was going to mention methane emissions, when he...
Posted on 4 September 2007 | 9:55 am
Read postIn India there is no dearth of occasions to observe in Government establishments: the birthday of some famous figure, the 'natural death' day of another, someone's 'assassinated death' day, a fourth 'samadhi day' etc. On many of these days, in these establishments a siren goes off at a certain time...
Posted on 20 August 2007 | 2:10 pm
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