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Onam Vannallo
It is that time of the year – joyful frenzy all over ‘God’s own country’ and its diaspora over the globe. Mahabali Thampuran is due to visit every Malayali household today and everyone scampers about to put on their best show as they gear up to receive one of the best rulers of Kerala. Banished to the depths of the earth by a simple touch of the Divine feet, King Mahabali was granted the boon to visit his citizens (or netizens) once a year on this day of Thiruvonam. It is not an easy task, albeit the fact that he is a mighty king, given the presence of Malayalis (fondly…
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The new BC : Before Corona… Lock Down Jitters
I sat near the window sipping my favourite cuppa looking out at the deserted streets on a scorching summer afternoon, my heart soared thinking of the evening outing I was soon to have in a few hours. It has been 4 months since the Coronavirus struck wreaking havoc over everyone in the world. Cooped up at home, and the social distancing has made me look a shadow of my pre-coronavirus self, the social butterfly that I was. I yearned to fly again, soar, flit about from person to person, breathe in the fresh air. And today, that’s just what I intended to do just in two hours from now. The…
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Ahh …The Pleasures of Flight Travel..Reminiscences during the lockdown
Seated in the aircraft, my soul lifts up in gratitude to the Almighty for relieving me from the misery of crouching my legs to a near foetal position and for providing me ample leg space. Well, bizarre does it sound??…try travelling in the budget flight options of late, to sample the misery and the reason for this heart felt gratitude. Wonder how it actually feels? Let me paint a picture for you as u settle into the comfortable seats you are seated on.As one finally arrives at the boarding gate, there is a certain serenity in the air. A no pretense peace and calm after the frantic flurry through the check-in, baggage…
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The Lockdown – Broken into bite-sized pieces
The need of the hour to ensure lockdown would be supply chain management to the doorstep. How can one expect a home-maker to stay at home knowing there may not be enough grains in the house to feed her family after five days? How can we expect a head of the family to not step out knowing his aged parents suffering from chronic illness need their daily dose of medicines which they have stocked up for just a week more? Where income sources are cut, how can one stock up on supplies for a month plus.? The possible solution would lie in the management of supplies and other essential commodities…
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Human beings – Infecting Nature?
As I sat watching Godzilla with my little ones, religiously following the Janta curfew, a scene caught my attention and my neural network sprung to action. The character of Dr.Russel while justifying her action of freeing the monstrous titans who wreak havoc on earth said something which struck a chord in the current Coronavirus situation. She says that it is imperative to unleash the titans on earth since we – the humans, are infecting earth ever since we became the dominant species. We have been polluting nature and damaging resources by war and other dastardly deeds only done by this superior species of homo sapiens. When the situation goes out…