Caleidoscope-Blog
Jan
17
2012
Takes sides in Beverage War
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Wars have been fought over these two beverages and countries identify their culture with them elevating them as their national drinks. so they can’t not dumb, right?
As a kid I used to hate both the beverages and kept away from them all through my college days. I was an
When the winter fog envelopes, when the chill gets to our bones, Nothing beats a hot cup of … pardon me… is it tea or coffee? How can you have such doubts… it is coffee obviously! It's the drink the world wakes up to every morning, right? Hello excuse me, it is tea! My parents and their grandparents have had tea all through their lives! This coffee thing has just been around for the last decades. How can anyone even think of a competition to tea!?! Are you bewildered by this silly argument about two dumb beverages? ...Oct
17
2011
Grass is green
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One extraordinary girl Nelly across the seven seas and another ordinary girl next door, Rakshita have some wonderful insights worth reading...
"Oh, I once had something
Something that was so good
Better than the last thing I touched
Then I turned right around on that
May
21
2011
A Fable Revisited
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Sometimes age is no bar to courage, and within the simple are intertwined strands of wisdom. Several versions of this fable have been created and persist in riveting our attention to it. Here is my version.
Little Green Riding Hood
Once upon a time, in a deep
Invigorating our lives with their depth and infiltering our thoughts and feelings with their encoded, allusive messages, some fables become legendary. “The Little Red Riding Hood” is one such fable. The strong fabric of this story is its interminable moral message of inner strength, which underlies layers of mesh-like innocence and naivety. ...May
07
2011
What is free about freelancing?
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They were not bonded to work for just one particular army, so they could be hired by foreign armies too. Freelancers were often given serious assignments that normal soldiers could not do. In current times, freelance means “To work independently rather than as a long-term employee.” However, sometimes I find myself
According to history, freelancers were knights whose lances could be hired. ...Apr
14
2011
Why should we have hope in this ever-changing world?
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The world is a moving sphere, slowly and sometimes rapidly changing speed, absorbed in a Kaleidoscope of colourful (Happiness, joy and other synonyms) and sometimes not so colourful emotions and feelings (sometimes referred to as depression or melancholy). “Hope” is an anti-dote to this depression, it helps individuals living within
Why should we have hope in this ever-changing world? ...Mar
29
2011
Nostalgia
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Nostalgia is everything that pertains to a time gone by; recent or not so recent; something that elicits memories, good or not so good. Anything that engenders any sort of longing; could be yearning for the freedom of our childhood, or could be wanting to listen to a particular kind
What is nostalgia and what is not? ...Mar
09
2011
ಕವಿಶೈಲ, ಕುಪ್ಪಳ್ಳಿ (kavishaila) a panoramic view
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Kavishaila is a rock monument made of megalithic rocks and dedicated to Kuvempu. It is on the top of a small hill in Kuppali. Arranged in a circular fashion, the rocks have been placed to resemble the Stonehenge in England. At the centre of this rock monument is the place
ಕವಿಶೈಲ, ಕುಪ್ಪಳ್ಳಿ (kavishaila) a panoramic view Since my college days in Shimoga, I have visited this place several times. I always wanted to shoot a panoramic shot of this place to cover as much as I could. Recently I visited this place and took the photograph. ...Jan
03
2011
Multicultural Caleidoscope
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The word ‘Culture’ evokes strong emotions among people. Particularly in India, the debate on what is Indian and what is imported culture, rages on forever. It has been 20 years since our country liberalised its economy and allowed outside influences. So have we changed… it would be interesting to know
Have we changed culturally in the past twenty years... how different are we in our cultural identity today... ...Dec
22
2010
Unfair and Lovely
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While watching the movie, 'Cheeni Kum', I saw an ad on ‘Fair & Lovely Menz Active’ launched recently! That made an instant connection for me and I was nostalgic about an encounter I had with the movie's director, 'adman Balky' during my early days of journalism...
As a business journalist,
Oct
05
2010
Eco friendly poster
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Recently we did a poster for an NGO which promotes the eco-friendly life here we are sharing it with you.



- Coffee flavoured honey 08/04/2010 16:53:00
- From scrap to showcase 09/04/2010 17:39:00
- Attaining Nirvana in Nepal 11/04/2010 14:58:00
- Discovering a folk art form 10/04/2010 13:36:00
- Packaging Heritage Museum 10/04/2010 14:04:00

- Hum Aiseich Bolte! 31/05/2010 10:31:00
- Glorious journey through Western Ghats 30/04/2010 11:41:00
- Defining Nostalgiphilia 31/05/2010 09:27:00
- Terrarium – the magical miniature earth 14/04/2010 18:14:00
- Ber or Bore or Jujube 10/04/2010 13:05:00






