Food, glorious food! (er…well, except for one pudding)
on Nov 19, 2009 in T.V.Shows Food Ye good old days I like cooking and I like watching cookery shows. What impresses me most is the way all the ingredients are neatly chopped, peeled, ground, crushed and kept in in various bowls, so that the chef can, in a jiffy, and without getting so much as a sta...

Encounter Most Fowl!
on Nov 6, 2009Little D and her brother S liked where they lived. It was no big city but there were always abundant quantities of kids to play with and lots of open space to run around and play in. It also means that they got to spend a decent amount of quality...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASTERIX !!!
on Oct 29, 2009 in Comics Celebration Time Asterix Children's Books By Toutatis! 50 years of Asterix! Asterix! The well loved comic series written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo made it’s first appearance in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959. Originally published in French, A...

Neanderthal woman can beat Arnold Schwarzenegger in arm wrestling match - Oh no!
on Oct 23, 2009 in My take Story Time News Reports Neanderthal woman can beat Arnold Schwarzenegger in arm wrestling! This and even more such enlightening claims are detailed in a book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister entitled "Manthropology" and sub-titled "The Science of the Inadequat...

A for Amar Chitra Katha, B for Balrama, C for Chandamama….
on Oct 15, 2009 in Comics India Children's Books Ye good old days Kids My little girl is seriously hooked to Magic Pot, the Children's Magazine. To be honest, I myself cannot resist reading it occasionally. There is, after all, something weirdly endearing about life lessons and homilies when preached by farm animals an...

Sunny side up!
on Oct 12, 2009 in Story Story Time Kids This is an attempt to view an ordinary day's events through the eyes of a little boy.“So fruits are classified into…come on who can tell me?” asked the teacher. Sunny tried to hide a yawn and be invisible at the same time. He slouched in seat a...

Kerala wins Diamond State Awards for best state, second time in a row!!!
on Oct 9, 2009 in My take Kerala Only in God's Own Country News Reports Kerala has won the IBN Diamond States Awards Best Big State Award for the second time in a row. Kerala won the awards in the basic infrastructure, environment and healthcare categories. And similarly Goa won for the second time in a row the award fo...

Thekkady Boat Tragedy
on Oct 4, 2009 in Boat Accident My take Kerala Only in God's Own Country Thekkady News Reports Year 2002 - a boating accident in Kumarakom claims the lives of 29. Year 2007- 15 school children and 3 teachers die as boat capsizes at ThattekkadYear 2009 – boating mishap in Thekkady claims at least 44 lives. The key word in all three incidents...

Of Robbers, Inspirational Teachers and Folks who forced me to do this
on Oct 4, 2009 in hubby musings Ye good old days I must have been about ten or eleven years old when I made my first foray into the writing. Brought up on a steady diet of Enid Blyton, I was at that time inclined to dreaming about tea and scones, while nibbling on unniappams.If I remember right, my...

It’s That Time of the Year, My Dear
on Oct 4, 2009 in hubby Onam Family Life Only in God's Own Country As every little Malayalee worth his salted banana chip knows, Onam is celebrated by Malayalees in honour of King Mahabali, who loved his subjects so much that he wrangled a deal with Lord Vishnu so that he could leave Paathalam, the Netherworld and v...