Good story. Pai has come up in life because he kn...
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Article : Humble roots
Commented Date: 5/24/2013 7:52:48 AM
Good story. Pai has come up in life because he knew to judge people. Hari was lucky to come across him.
The grass, the pebbles and the butterfly...beautif...
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Commented Date: 5/24/2013 6:49:08 AM
The grass, the pebbles and the butterfly...beautiful combination!
RAMA: Paarijatha doesn't grown that easily. O...
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Article : I Am Going To Miss These Things...I
Commented Date: 5/24/2013 4:21:58 AM
RAMA: Paarijatha doesn't grown that easily. Once it picks up it stays for many years and give us lovely flowers. I had kept in my earlier house. some 19 years back. It is still blooming. Our upstairs tenant used to pluck the flowers at 4 am itself and when I go for taking the flowers, very rarely I used to get some flowers. We were also tenants there. I had to plead him to leave some flowers for me, though I was the one who had planted it and watered it everyday!I will get (...)
BK CHOWLA: Yes, it is available in hotels with do...
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Article : Venagaaya Thogaiyal/Onion Chutney
Commented Date: 5/24/2013 1:01:40 AM
BK CHOWLA: Yes, it is available in hotels with dosa varieties and idly. But their chutney is like the first half of the recipe. They don't fry it in oil. That is also tasty in one way!
DESTINATION INFINITY: Now, in the morning I think,...
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Article : Venagaaya Thogaiyal/Onion Chutney
Commented Date: 5/23/2013 10:02:56 PM
DESTINATION INFINITY: Now, in the morning I think, I have done a good job by posting the 'swaadhisht' post in Maradhi manni. I have to postpone posting another flower post which I was doing yesterday! This is a tasty chutney. You can have it with bread slices too! Read more in my 'swaadhist' blog! This is fun!
ASHOK: I realised after seeing your comment that I...
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Article : Venagaaya Thogaiyal/Onion Chutney
Commented Date: 5/23/2013 2:48:06 PM
ASHOK: I realised after seeing your comment that I had posted this recipe in maradhi manni! Anyway, thanks for the compliment!RAMA: Yes, this is the favourite of everyone!VAI.GOPALAKRISHNAN: Thank you, Gopalakrishnan Sir!
TOBY IN INDIA; Thank you, Toby!
RAMESH: Thank yo...
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Article : I Am Going To Miss These Things...I
Commented Date: 5/23/2013 8:45:37 AM
TOBY IN INDIA; Thank you, Toby!RAMESH: Thank you, Ramesh!ANU: I had jaadhi malli and mullai also for sometime, but not now!If we pluck the pavazhamalli in bud stage and string it with a needle and thread...the mala would look beautiful! The colour combination of the stem and the petal of this flower is lovely, isn't it?USHA PISHRODY: Yes, I am planning to take just madurai malli in a pot to the flat. These posts are just for remembering them. One more is coming!Thank you, Usha!
My husband also always says that educating childre...
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Article : SOME NEWS
Commented Date: 5/23/2013 1:39:59 AM
My husband also always says that educating children and bringing them up well is our duty. Once they join a good job, we should not expect them to take care of them. If they do on their own, well and good. Then we should start taking care of ourselves without depending on them. In extreme circumstances they have to help us and we have to help them.
RENU: We get used to the new environment, mostly i...
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Article : I Am Going To Miss These Things...I
Commented Date: 5/22/2013 5:36:00 AM
RENU: We get used to the new environment, mostly in a month's time! We had been in a flat in Hosur, but it was a corner flat in ground floor. So we never felt like living in a flat! Others were like 1 + 1 houses. I blend with all types of environment fast. This is the only house and our own house which has such a nice garden. And this is our first own house! The flat has got its own advantages. It is good for us than this independent house. I might need just a couple of mon(...)
DESTINATIION INFINITY: Yes, they are paarijaatha/p...
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Article : I Am Going To Miss These Things...I
Commented Date: 5/22/2013 12:01:56 AM
DESTINATIION INFINITY: Yes, they are paarijaatha/pavazhamalli flowers. I love their colour combination!Yes, I am going to keep some pots with flowering plants. The flat is surrounded by decorative crotons, no flowering plants at all. So, I won't see any butterflies! But the next compound is full of trees!Waiting to see pictures of your home grown vegetables. I have done that when I was in Hosur...not in pots but in our garden there.BHAGYASHREE: Yes, we get used to all changes, (...)
RACHNA: Yes, people wanted to show that they were ...
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Article : A Day Of Positive News!
Commented Date: 5/20/2013 5:59:15 AM
RACHNA: Yes, people wanted to show that they were fed up with BJP's ministers! Now wants to check on Congress Ministers!!!
SAI CHARAN; Yes, they look like that, Sai!
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Article : Wordless Wednesday!
Commented Date: 5/20/2013 5:59:14 AM
SAI CHARAN; Yes, they look like that, Sai!
SAI CHARAN: This is not the only temple for this r...
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Article : India Is Really Unique - Here Is A Temple For People To Help Settle Down Abroad!
Commented Date: 5/20/2013 5:59:13 AM
SAI CHARAN: This is not the only temple for this reason...read the comments...many more temples are there, in Chennai and Hyderabad too!If you try for anything wholeheartedly, you will get it, Sai. Sincerity and hardwork is important. God is just a booster for our mind.The trend has already started changing...even IT people are coming out of it and are diverting their interests in other fields. Again, you have to work hard and be sincere in whatever you are doing...do whole hearte(...)
Kids....they know how to attract attention! Nice s...
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Article : The intruder
Commented Date: 5/18/2013 10:11:23 PM
Kids....they know how to attract attention! Nice shortest story, Partha Sir!
WELCOME YOUTH: Welcome to my blog, Welcome youth!
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Commented Date: 5/18/2013 9:56:26 PM
WELCOME YOUTH: Welcome to my blog, Welcome youth!Thanks for the appreciation!Anonymous: Welcome to my blog, anonymous! I would have been happy if you had a name to address! This went into spam!It is a happy feeling looking up these birds growing up and how their parents take care of them!Thank you!
My two sons are entirely different in nature...one...
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Article : Better said than done!
Commented Date: 5/17/2013 12:25:53 AM
My two sons are entirely different in nature...one acts after he is asked to and the other naturally knows what to do how to do. Both are brought up in the same atmosphere and have got the same gene. What prompts the difference?Your analysis is good, Susan. Just teenage is not the problem. Their nature is like that. It takes time and experience, good or bad, to change.
RAHUL BHATIA: Thank you, Rahulji!
SAI CHARAN: I ...
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Article : A Day Of Positive News!
Commented Date: 5/16/2013 10:58:13 PM
RAHUL BHATIA: Thank you, Rahulji!SAI CHARAN: I admire people like Mohan...they ignore the negative things in life and happy to do something positive...so many inventions! Great personality, I felt!AVADA KEDAVARA: Yes, his is the best news!DEEPS: They are from a single day's newspaper! Some days are good days, I think!MALINI: Thank you, Malini! Take care!
I don't use google+ at all! We already have so...
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Article : WHAT'S THAT?
Commented Date: 5/16/2013 7:59:59 PM
I don't use google+ at all! We already have so many social networks, why include one more. But I also get notifications from twitter often. I just ignore it.But a man who is no more is asking for friendship?! Somebody is misusing his id, I think!
I always love black & white pictures! Very imp...
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Article : The little girl...
Commented Date: 5/16/2013 10:38:01 AM
I always love black & white pictures! Very impressive, your daughter is, Ashok!
The background is also beautiful alongwith the chi...
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Article : in a pensive mood...
Commented Date: 5/15/2013 11:34:38 AM
The background is also beautiful alongwith the child!
Yes, it is a very touching ad. Kudos to whoever wh...
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Article : Share Your Dabba~
Commented Date: 5/14/2013 12:47:05 PM
Yes, it is a very touching ad. Kudos to whoever who came up with the idea of sharing the leftovers with the kids, who long to eat food.
Yes, it is a very touching ad. Kudos to whoever wh...
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Article : Share Your Dabba~
Commented Date: 5/14/2013 12:47:05 PM
Yes, it is a very touching ad. Kudos to whoever who came up with the idea of sharing the leftovers with the kids, who long to eat food.
I used to give the sprout to my children when they...
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Article : Coconuts
Commented Date: 5/14/2013 5:41:54 AM
I used to give the sprout to my children when they were small because it is nutritious! Very good information about coconut and its uses! I use a lot of coconut in my cooking!Here, in Chennai, you can see Biharis and Rajasthanis everywhere nowadays, even sweet shops like Adyar Ananda Bhavan and Saravana Bhavan. Yes it is because of the reason you said!
Very well written! Kudos to Viv, Xena and you for ...
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Article : My two cents
Commented Date: 5/13/2013 10:43:31 PM
Very well written! Kudos to Viv, Xena and you for tiding through the tough times with grit and determination. Here is wishing Xena good health and lots of happiness at all times. I am a mother of a 6 yr old. I was able to manage the terrible-two phase well because just like you I had set routines and I was very firm when it came to saying 'no'. Parents tend to give in easily when children throw tantrums. So, at two, kids learn that they can get what they want if they throw t(...)
RENU: Even Congress must be knowing it!
BK CHOWL...
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Article : A Day Of Positive News!
Commented Date: 5/13/2013 10:41:55 AM
RENU: Even Congress must be knowing it!BK CHOWLA: Thank you, Chowlaji! I have just collected news!
BHAGYASHREE: Nothing! Our 'maang' becomes ...
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Article : India Is Really Unique - Here Is A Temple For People To Help Settle Down Abroad!
Commented Date: 5/13/2013 10:41:55 AM
BHAGYASHREE: Nothing! Our 'maang' becomes more and more!DEEPS: Yes, Deeps! If we are obsessed with something, people know how to use it! After writing about this temple, we seem to know about more temples in this genre in many cities!AVADA KEDAVARA: Balaji temple in Hyderabad! We are unique people, you know!ASHWINI SRIRAM: Yes, Ashwini, ours is a quirky nation! Even Chennai has got some temples for visa etc. I didn't know about it, before! Anu wrote in the comment sectio(...)
Caste based vote bank is going to be here always. ...
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Article : 80:20
Commented Date: 5/13/2013 7:26:48 AM
Caste based vote bank is going to be here always. Did you read about the PMK party's latest rowdyism here in Tamilnadu? They are burning buses, torch other communities/dalit's huts, torch ration shops etc. just for the Vanniar caste vote. All states are doing this. Do you think we will ever get united? But in Pakistan, even Muslims have sub sects and fight within themselves! The only solution is inter-caste marriages at least inside/within Hindus and inside muslims. Lan(...)
It is going to be the same for the daughters or so...
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Article : MOTHER'S DAY
Commented Date: 5/12/2013 3:04:57 AM
It is going to be the same for the daughters or sons when they become old! If they remember this, they would be better persons!'it shouldnt be like you are making them miserable round the year, and salvage your guilt by celebrating this one day...' Very well said, Renu!
This is really scary! Nobody would dare to give a ...
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Article : The suckers
Commented Date: 5/11/2013 9:45:18 PM
This is really scary! Nobody would dare to give a lift to anyone in their car now, anywhere, esp. after reading this! Yes, it happens on the highways often, I have read!
Beautiful!
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Article : Caught in flight...
Commented Date: 5/11/2013 8:49:58 PM
Beautiful!
DESTINATION INFINITY: I had completely forgotten t...
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Commented Date: 5/10/2013 9:07:27 PM
DESTINATION INFINITY: I had completely forgotten this post. I had written it in 2004...my son started this blog for me and compelled me to write. I didn't know what to write. So I copied this from some book, I think. Now, it is popping up in the popular list!Yes, we are not particular about documenting events, quotes by our famous people etc. Though the trend is catching up slowly now. Our court dialogues must be funnier, I agree!Thanks for the comment for the oldest post, (...)
PN SUBRAMANIAN: You are in Chennai during the peak...
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Article : A Day Of Positive News!
Commented Date: 5/10/2013 9:07:27 PM
PN SUBRAMANIAN: You are in Chennai during the peak summer, Subramanian Sir! But they say it is going to rain here too like Bengaluru in a couple of days!Yes, the mangrove forest here, in the middle of the city, must be interesting!Please quote the post on masala dosa. I don't remember if I had read it!ANU: Very rarely we come across positive news nowadays. I was a bit surprised to read so many on one day! So, wanted to document some!Yes, the engg.student looks so paavam but is(...)
VAI. GOPALAKRISHNAN: Thank you, Gopu Sir!
Have ...
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Article : A Day Of Positive News!
Commented Date: 5/10/2013 4:50:48 AM
VAI. GOPALAKRISHNAN: Thank you, Gopu Sir! Have already visited your blog!RAMA: Thank you, Rama!
Nice one! She must have been very happy!
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Article : Mc Masala
Commented Date: 5/9/2013 10:09:54 PM
Nice one! She must have been very happy!
BK CHOWLA: Yes, Chowlaji, thank you!
RAMA: Yes, ...
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Article : Wordless Wednesday!
Commented Date: 5/9/2013 1:20:27 PM
BK CHOWLA: Yes, Chowlaji, thank you!RAMA: Yes, we can keep on watching them!DESTINATION INFINITY: Yes, I took it from our terrace. I have got some more pictures of the clouds...all are good! I too like star and moon watching at night! Sometimes we sit there and have dinner...Our first cat Koyla used to love sitting with us when we had dinner there. She loved to eat chapaathis with us!
V.GANESH: Yes, he was very good. My brother in la...
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Article : Our Interesting Trip To Rameshwaram And Dhanushkodi - I
Commented Date: 5/9/2013 10:27:49 AM
V.GANESH: Yes, he was very good. My brother in law knows him, that might have been an advantage also. Tell him Mr.Sathyamurthy's name. He might not remember my name. You can tell him that you read about him in the blog post. He might remember that. Good to know that your wife is a swimmer! I think you would enjoy Dhanushkodi. It is beautiful! Never expected it to be so beautiful! I skipped mentioning about the temples and wrote about the other interesting things in my post!
USHA PISHARODY: Yes, looks like cotton balls/candi...
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Article : Wordless Wednesday!
Commented Date: 5/8/2013 10:07:28 PM
USHA PISHARODY: Yes, looks like cotton balls/candies! It would have looked better if the background of the page is a bit dark, I think! It looks better in the picasa! Thank you, Usha!SG: I think it should be 'kulir kaala meghangal', since I took it last month! Nowadays summer sets in late here, in Chennai! It was quite a sunny day, though! Thank you, SG!
Lovely!
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Article : a beautiful visitor...
Commented Date: 5/8/2013 9:15:35 PM
Lovely!
TRIPINONLIFE: Welcome to my space! Please visit, t...
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Article : Our Interesting Trip To Rameshwaram And Dhanushkodi - I
Commented Date: 5/8/2013 11:42:00 AM
TRIPINONLIFE: Welcome to my space! Please visit, this is an interesting place! Thank you!V.GANESH: Welcome to my space, Ganeshji!I don't know how they calculate the charges. I think the avritis plus the no. of brahmins are taken into consideration. The person who did for us did very nicely.If he said that he had booked a room for you, he must have done so. They work like professionals. So, you need not worry, I think. Thank you!Because you were 'anonymus' your comme(...)
DEEPS: Thanks Deeps! I have got some good pictures...
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Article : Wordless Wednesday!
Commented Date: 5/8/2013 5:45:22 AM
DEEPS: Thanks Deeps! I have got some good pictures of clouds. This is the first one! No, this is the best...! I will post them in Face book, I think! I too love watching them!