| The purpose of life varies from person to person..For some it is an entertainment,but for some it is a life long adventure..Chander Pahar (Moon mountain in English) is a Bengali novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay,the author renowned for his earlier work 'Pather Panchali'..Surprisingly,the author had never been to African forests,but he described them so well in this work..To live the life to the fullest,one should have strong bonding with nature..The best thing about the author's works is,he beautifully portraits the relationship between nature and man..The story set in the year of 1909,just 5 years before the world war I..I read the Telugu translation of the book..Th... |
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| We got an opportunity to bag some wonderful moments while visiting some nice places when we stayed at Coimbatore..Isha is the first one to recollect among them..Its just 30 km away and 1 hr drive from Coimbatore..The roads are very nice..Some misty mountains and coconut plantations on both sides give you a great experience of drive..Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,is a volunteer-run, international nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating human potential.It is operated by over 2 Million volunteers from more than 150 city-based centers spread worldwide. The headquarters,Isha Yoga Center,is located in the lush rain forest at the base of the Velliangiri mountains in sou... |
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| There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.-Washington Irving,The Sketch Book.There is a sparkling fire in Binodini's heart too..But with that fire,she tried to destroy a happy household .. But when she realized that she also destroying her feminine virtues and ethics in that fire,she couldn't stand it anymore..The literal meaning of Choker Bali is "a grain of sand"..The title is very opt as the protagonist Binodini is like "a mote in the eye" in the pleasant family life of Mahendra and Asha..It is the story of love, lust and passion...An irate... |
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| A caged bird strives for freedom..To fly is it's identity..If it may have any opportunity to fly away in to the blue sky,it won't do any analysis but straight away rushes in to the sky..Isn't it ?The moment all the little bird needs is nothing but "Freedom to Fly"..Here is one more pearl added to the garland...The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens..It is considered as the greatest work ever in the Dicken's literary journey..Starving in an unhealthy environment Pip feels miserable with his own life..One day,all of a sudden,a great fortune has been bestowed upon him which provides him with wings to fly,to fulfill his dreams..The story was set in the year 1860 which depicts the life experie... |
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| “A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” ― Marcus AureliusMan and Ambition are always inseparable..Being ambitious by nature he always strives to be successful in his career..He is a social animal and he needs to prove himself in the society's terms..Either a businessman or a fisherman..a young man or an old man,To acquire an honorable position in the society,he must be successful in what he do.Success plays most prominent and precious role in a man's life..The story is about an Old man,Santiago and his struggle to prove himself ...'The Old Man and the Sea' is a Pulitzer winning novel written by Ernest Hemingway..The work also contributed in wi... |
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February 19, 2013, 11:31 am |
| After visiting Sangla valley our next point was Chitkul,the untouched and remote village of Himachal Pradesh...Chitkul is the last inhabited village of India and situated at the Indo-Tibetan border..It is just 28km from Sangla valley..The quite and calm village is situated on the banks of Baspa river in Kinnaur dt...The place is wide spread with beautiful snow mountains and landscapes....We reached Chitkul around 11 am and we spent there till evening...We choose to stay at Sangla,because of the lower end facilities in Chitkul..Also the hotels are a bit expensive here..Extremely cold climate is the primary reason for less population here (around 500)..From Sangla to Chitkul (via Rakcham) ... |
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February 5, 2013, 9:05 am |
| To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance...This is the most phenomenal and striking definition I've ever read about ideal living...Who else can define it in such a beautiful way...Yes Oscar Wilde again..:-) Though he is a versatile writer,most of his works are plays only..'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is the only novel in his writing career..His capability in framing dialogues in a quite natural way shows his hold on human behavior and mentalities..Coming to the book,'An Ideal Husband' is a good comedy..The play is written in the backdrop of aristocratic society of London..As usual The Irish writer targeted the London high class society..One more tim... |
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February 2, 2013, 9:57 am |
| We visited Rohtang pass in the first week of November...The fully snow covered pass on the Leh national high way is at 13,000 Ft. in Eastern Pir Panjal range of Himalayas...Easily reachable from Manali by road (52 kms)..You can hire a Cab to reach there,but make sure you start in the early hours lest there is a possibility of getting struck in the traffic on the dangerous Ghat road...We hired snow suits on the way to Rohtang pass...There are hundreds of shops in Manali on this purpose..We can choose them as per fitting..For kids also they have various suits depending on age...Rohtang pass is open from May-November depending upon the climatic conditions...Only Himachal vehicles are allowed h... |
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January 10, 2013, 11:56 am |
| Though I'm not a big fan of contemporary literature,I picked this book,only to learn about the author's style and considering its hype as a Pulitzer prize winning work..The interpreter of Maladies is a debut novel of Jhumpa Lahiri...It is a collection of 9 short stories..Interpreter of Maladies is a perfect blending of various shades of life....All the stories have one common thing,that every story has a Melancholic Feelas undercurrent...Not a single story had a "Happily ever after" ending....Except two ('The Real Durwan' and The Treatment of Bibi Haldar) rest of the stories are NRI related with unique and distinctive characters hailed from Bengali society...Th... |
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| After Dharamshala,our next destination was Amritsar...It is 200km away and 8 hrs journey by road..The city is famous for of Golden temple,The most sacred place for Sikhs...There are two more important places,one should not miss in Amritsar...The Jalianwala Bagh and The Wagah Border..Our stay was in the Gurudwara itself..If you go by a cab, they only allow the cabs inside the temple premises in between 10 pm -5 am.,because of traffic problems...The rooms are tidy and rent is very reasonable...The temple glitters like anything under the night time lighting..One should not miss the night time view of the temple... Copyright A Homemaker's UtopiaThe Entrance of GurudwaraCopyright A Homemake... |
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December 8, 2012, 10:57 am |
| This year our Dwali was so special...You know we celebrated this festival at Dharamshala,in the main streets of McLeod Ganj...The festival celebration among Tibetan monks,Foreigners and Indians was really a memorable one for us...It was lot of fun..At Diwali night we had our food at Mcllo restaurant...Dharamshala is situated in Kangra District,Himachal Pradesh..It is very famous for the Buddhist Monastery which is at MecLeod ganj area..It is the residence of Dalai Lama ..McLeod Ganj is engrossed with the exiled Tibetan population..Our travel was started from Manali via Palampur in a cab..It is 235 km away from Manali and 8hrs journey by road..You also cross Pathankot (5hrs.from Manali) while... |
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December 3, 2012, 11:43 am |
| The second half of 2012 turned out to be pretty good travelling season for us....Among many beautiful places on the visited list,the first one I would like to introduce to you all is Sangla Valley..The untouched,unpolluted & non-commercialized valley with its charming beauty...If you wanna grab the complete cultural beauty of Himachal Pradesh,no doubt this is the first and best destination to stop by...It comes under Kinnaur district and very close to Indo-Tibet border..We started from Shimla and our rout was via Narkanda and Rampur...Though we expected the snow fall during our visit,we were disappointed....We were there in the first week of November 2012...Here we go..:-)Copyright A H... |
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November 26, 2012, 6:13 pm |
| This is going to be the toughest review so far as the content is related to wisdom and enlightenment,in which I'm a naive person..:-) Siddhartha quotes 'The word wisdom is only to be experienced but can not be revealed'...Whats the purpose of life ?? What is knowledge ?? What is called enlightenment ?? The book Siddhartha gives beautiful and very convincing answers for all these questions..I was always thinking that this is the story of Buddha,but it is a different story."Knowledge can be conveyed but not wisdom.it can be found"Siddhartha is the story of a Brahman boy and his search for enlightenment...Siddhartha along with his friend Govinda leaves home and joins a group of ascetics (people... |
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September 14, 2012, 7:45 pm |
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September 12, 2012, 10:14 am |
| I was travelling here and there all this time and hence I'm away from blogosphere for a while..:-) I'm back but still not in a mood to read any thing..It may take another couple of days for me to catch the routine...May be my Gemini traits got a spell over me and at this moment I'm going to post some thing which is definitely not the regular stuff in my blog..:-)..Its been long time I shopped for all this stuff...Had great fun of roadside shopping while visiting Hyderabad and Shirdi...I always enjoy buying little things from little money rather than shopping for branded stuff.. Here are few tiny things I bought in the Regimental Bazaar in Secunderabad..:-)The very famous Hyderb... |
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| "The Home and the world" is tale of freedom and love against the backdrop of Indian freedom movement..The central character Bimala is a woman of high spirits but her common nature of an Indian housewife is against fulfilling her dreams.She is totally unaware of outer world and her husband Nikhil is a man from a noble society..Her existence is only confined to the household world and her husband bestowed her all the luxuries and comforts in life..The very moment Sandip (Nikhils' friend) arrives to stay with them,her sleeping passion and individuality takes shape..But Sandip is a man of selfish attitude which he tactfully hides in his fire of Idealism..Impressed by Sandip's idealism,Bimala sta... |
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| Its really long time I get in to reading...Now here I'm back to tell you about my recently read book,The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.After "The picture of Dorian Gray" ,this is my second book from the author,Hence I was prepared to taste one more serious psycological delight but you know what,it gave me an entirely different experience.Neither the traces of bitter truths of life nor any deep insights in to mind,its a great entertainer indeed..:-)Image courtesy googleThe funny play revolves mainly around the four characters Jack,Algernon,Gwendolen and Cecily..A young man from country side named Mr.Jack Worthing loves Gwendolen,a nephew of Algernon who lives in... |
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| I'm very happy to receive three consecutive blog awards this month...My dearest fellow bloggers Aswini,Ranjana and Riya gave me these awards..Thanks to them...:-) These awards are very special to me in a way, as they were passed to me by three wonderful bloggers who are very creative and having similar passions like me..:-)The first one is Liebster Blog award.This one I received from my dearest fellow blogger Ranjana of Ranjana's Craft Blog..She is very talented in crafts,painting and embroidery..I love her blog for the awesome creativity..:-) Thanks a lot Ranjana for giving me this award..:-)Now its time to pass this award to my fellow bloggers..Its a difficult task to choose only few ... |
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| As its summer vacation for the last couple of months,I couldn't find enough time for my books and blog..But my kiddu enjoyed doing few paintings with me...:-) This is one of my latest sketches.It is a resketch from google..:-)Copy right A Homemaker's UtopiaPluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust. I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of pain from thy hand and pluck it. I fear lest the day end before I am aware, and the time of offering go by. Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint, use this flower in thy service and pluck it while there is time. --- Flower by Rabindranath Tagore... |
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| Today I have come to share my reading experience with a French classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" By Voctor Hugo.The story is set in Paris in the 14th century..It is the dark times where the religious and political evolutions are playing crucial roles in human lives...This is the story of a beautiful Gypsee girl called Esmeralda..When she was an infant she got kidnapped by Gypsees from her loving mother..Esmeralda earns her bread by dancing in the streets along with her goat..She is a heartthrob of Paris people.Her extream beauty also fascinates Claude Frollo,an Archdeacon (a rank below Bishop) of Notre Dame church..He admires her beauty most ardently but struggles internally,to have her ... |
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| Hello friends this is my interview with Rahul Miglani..:-) Thanks to Rahul for giving me this opportunuity..:-)Desire v/s Destiny: A Homemaker's Utopia's Interview... |
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| Rajahmundry..A heaven called my hometown..:-) It is on the banks of the very famous river Godavari..The best things about this place are its cultural heritage,the plaint hearted people,the green fields,the traditions and the holy Godavari river.Here are the few pics of my place..I tried to capture Godavari in different moods.The best hangout place....:-) The sunset is the beautiful view from the riverIt seems to be very tired in the evening...The fishermen..A glance from the train that confirms we are very nearer to our hometown..:-) The early morning view..Time to go homeThe statue of Gowtham Maharshi at Iskon templeThe Godavari maatha..This is the statue of famous Telugu legendary comedi... |
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