What I Feel…

The Hysteria (and atrocity) of Mob Justice

A few days ago, India was shocked to hear the news of a mob of 200-odd people in UP beating to death a man who was rumored to be consuming beef. While there are many different serious issues involved in this situation, including why the beef ban makes no sense, and how the temple was used for entirely ‘un-temple-like’ matters, Read more

October 3, 2015

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Amruta

Anti-beef law, Beef ban, Dadri, Dimapur, Insanity, Lynching, Mob Justice
My childhood rain memories

It is that time of the year, again (In India)! 🙂 Yes, the monsoon season, indeed. As my readers already know from several of my previous posts, I love the rain. Rain reminds me the most about treks, chai-pakodas, the ‘terrifying and soothing at the same time’ property of nature, and the romantic breeze, of course; Read more

July 30, 2014

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Amruta

Childhood, Children, Kagaz ki Kashti, Monsoons, Paper Boats, Play, Puddles, Rain, Raincoats
A Brand New (Mother of a) Role! :)

Literally! Yes, I am happy to announce that exactly a month ago, I assumed one of the most important roles I will ever play in my life. I gave birth to this sweet little girl that you can see in the accompanying photograph, Ananya. Her arrival was nothing short of a mini-tsunami of change in my life, Read more

June 23, 2014

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Amruta

Agony, Baby, Ecstasy, Mother, New motherhood, Responsibilities
Soothed by Thrills…

Have you ever felt thrilled and soothed at the same time? Well, I tried skydiving a few days ago. Although the experience merits a whole separate post, there is one thing I’d want to distinctively mention here. The skydiving experience was by far the most thrilling AND the most soothing experience that I’ve ever had! Why thrilling? That Read more

April 8, 2013

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Amruta

First Rain, Poetry, Respite from Heat, Sky-diving, Soothing, Thrills, Two sides of the same coin
My first snowy accident!

Yeah, so I have never before driven in snow. Yeah, so I should not be over-smart and offer to drive my husband to places… Yeah, so I should not try to swerve the car as soon as I see the turn for the destination. Yeah, so I should not brake hard when there is significant Read more

February 27, 2013

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Amruta

blizzard, cars, driving, skidding, Snow, Snow shower
My first blogging award! :-) :-) :-)

Thank you so much Alyssa @ castlesineurope for nominating me. It means so much to receive an award from someone you have never met, based only on what they read on your blog! Thanks, thanks, thanks, again! 🙂 The rules are that I must post the award on my blog, share seven random things about me, Read more

February 21, 2013

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Amruta

award nominations, crazy things, random things, The versatile blogger award
Crazy Dreams!

Got a really, really crazy dream last night! A boy says to Stewie (from Family Guy): “main tumhe markar tumhare tukde tukde kar dunga” (I will kill u and scramble u into pieces). Stewie replies: “You can’t… I am already in millions of pieces! In fact you are actually UNscrambling me right now… That’s how you can Read more

January 9, 2013

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Amruta

Crazy dreams, Dreams, Family Guy, Stewie, TV, TV reception
Where the mind is without fear!

Just remembered my school prayer..thought you all would appreciate it too… It is an extract from the great Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel-winning Geetanjali…Here it goes… Where The Mind is Without Fear WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into Read more

April 19, 2010

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Amruta

Geetanjali, Prayer, Rabindranath Tagore
Some questions about horoscopes….

One day, aise hi, a thought crossed my mind..Someone around was discussing horoscopes according to the Hindu calendar. According to the Hindu horoscope, a person’s zodiac sign depends on the janmatithi (birthdate according to the Hindu Calendar), and the positions of the stars in the sky at the time of birth. Could someone please tell me, Read more

March 14, 2010

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Amruta

Astrology, Horoscope, Zodiac
Thought for the day!

Do not devote too much of time thinking about how unfairly you are dealt with at work! There are many things to be done in life, and work, is just a means of getting the money to be able to do them! 🙂 😛 Read more

May 29, 2008

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Amruta

Life, Money, Work
A sadly funny situation?

A friend narrated to me an incident he happened to witness. He was approaching a red-light on his bike, and the signal had just turned yellow. When it did, a small boy, with crutches in his hands(mind it, he carried the crutches, and not the other way round…), ran as fast as he could towards Read more

May 20, 2008

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Amruta

Beggars, Children, Human Nature, Poverty
The life of an IT pro!!!!

A recent observation made by me and a few others, underlined the fact that more than 50% of the applicants to an HR specialty B-School were IT pros…. Software??? HR??? What’s the connection man??? Just shows that we guys want to get out of our field, in any way we can!! lol!!! Read more

April 18, 2008

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Amruta

FRUSTRATION, HR, IT
Ten Thousand!!!! :-)

So finally, my blog has been able to register 10000 hits!! 🙂 Whoa!!! Aren’t I glad! It’s been quite some time since I started it, so this event is very special to me! 🙂 So this is a big ‘Thank You’ note to all my readers, and a promise to myself to write more substantial Read more

March 30, 2008

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Amruta

Milestones, Thanks, Wishes
What is Success?

Another poem I came across and really liked!! Enjoy! What is Success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the Read more

February 25, 2008

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Amruta

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sucess
Yipppeeee!!!! 5000!!!

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September 17, 2007

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Amruta