soldier blues

I cannot precisely remember my earliest visit to this temple but I do remember my mother used to insist that we go there whenever we visit Kerala. Earliest memories are when I used to live in my mother's ancestral village, a place called Manisseri near Ottapalam in Palghat district. Me & my Mother used to walk up the way to get to a bus stop which was about two & a half KM uphill to reach the Main road. To get to Guruvayur from my mother village was a good 3 1/2 hours if we get a straight bus. Usually we hop on to the 8 am bus that goes pretty fast to take us to Guruvayur. If we are lucky we get a place to sit which makes it quite a pleasurable ride, sitting close to your mother with your eyes flying along the way staring deeply at the trees & the various sceneries. During the Summer vacation it is customary for us to do that trip. I always remember visiting this temple with my Mother. My Father was around only during the later part of our life when we all used to vi...

Need to take every day by the day, there is a mystical journey about every travel you take from one point to the other. Let the mystery be there as is, it is not going to harm you nor is it going to help you. Only if the mystery needs to revealed does it become reality, so let it be let it be....

back in India in the thick of things in the city I used to love but I am not sure I still do. I keep telling my friends that I am re-discovering this place. Something about this place, somewhat electric. The 2 odd hours of travel in the suburban trains continues to be a survival . My resistance to get off from home and get on to speed had a catalytic effect the moment I enter that train and I know I am on my way to take on the day by the ballz!

and i resumed this, hell everybody else is, i just cannot get to do this and just imagine then finding ways to monetize it (with some heavy duty luck to help), I did not know the meaning of this until such time I started to write a business plan for a media business!, the learned men told me that the decision taking step is when intelligence is manifested until then the intelligence remains coded in the form of a figment of imagination so you must learn how to monetize your figment of imagination to get on to the winning side...

This is a brilliant idea about the bloggers. I must thank Raj. Let me see how much I can write and see if it is all making sense.