February 24th, 2010 |
by Anita |
published in
Films, Living, Personal
I have a special place for Tibet in my heart — especially since one of my dearest friends is a Tibetan. And I think that it’s quite a struggle for Tibetans today trying to find their identity wherever they are in the world. It’s not easy when your homeland is no longer yours. Or that […]
February 3rd, 2010 |
by Anita |
published in
Internet, Personal, Rants
Had quite a bad experience with makemytrip.com today.
I booked a ticket online for a bus to Chennai in the morning. After the payment was done, the screen blanked out and I didn’t get a confirmation for my ticket.
Then I receive an SMS with my booking ID and a message that my credit card had been […]
October 17th, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Living, Personal
It’s the festival of lights — one I associate some great childhood memories.
Growing up, we had fun with our share of crackers and other noise creating diversions. The crackers fortunately no longer seem attractive and we stopped indulging in them quite long ago — besides being polluting (both air and noise) somehow it doesn’t seem […]
September 27th, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Hobbies, Living, Personal
The practice of the Surya Namaskar touches all aspects : body, mind and soul. I particularly like this exercise as it’s a great way to stretch parts of the body which normally don’t get much action. :-p
July 27th, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Living, Nature & Wildlife, Personal, Projects
The problem: Over the last 4 years, Janet and her volunteers at treesforfree have planted 12,896 trees across Bangalore City to restore the vanishing tree cover. All in an old Maruti car. Now the car has broken down. And the planting has stopped. But the tree felling continues… and with it, the global warming, failed […]
July 18th, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Eating, Food, Living, Personal
So it was only May end/beginning of June that I was down with a cold and got these useful home remedies. I’ve barely got over that bout (or so it seems!) and I am down with a cold again. Gosh, how I hate them!
I was going through a recent Deccan Herald where I found these useful […]
June 22nd, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Adventure, Cycling, Hobbies, Living, Personal
So a year or so ago, I was presented with a Hercules bicycle. It’s a really reliable cycle and stood me in good stead over quite a few long trips that I made. Of course, by the end of the trip, every muscle of mine would be strained, but at least I was getting some […]
June 14th, 2009 |
by Anita |
published in
Adventure, Humour, India, Living, Personal
Of course we all know what happens on Bangalore roads when it rains. But I was the least prepared for the events to unfold that night. After dinner with friends at Indiranagar I set off towards Koramangala. It had been raining for around an hour but I didn’t really realize how bad things were outside.
The […]