Whenever my parents talked to each other in Kannada, it meant that I wasn’t supposed to know what they were talking about. I called it their ‘secret talk’. Perks of a multilingual environment, one might say. I’m not a very curious person by nature but the handicap of not knowing Kannada was kind of traumatic.… Continue reading I Didn’t Know Kannada
Month: September 2011
The Unsung Heroes
Last night I received an extraordinary compliment. We had a walk- in from TAPMI. Now walk-in in our jargon means a takeaway ordered by the customer by coming personally to the restaurant. This youngster, a young MBA aspirant was waiting for his order to be ready. Just then I noticed three youngsters taking there pictures… Continue reading The Unsung Heroes
The Legend That is Atticus Finch
I picked up a copy of ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird ‘ at a very young and impressionable age. I remember picking it up and hesitating a little. That moment of deliberation changed my life. I have since gone through the engrossing tale thousands of times and each time it brings in me a mingling… Continue reading The Legend That is Atticus Finch
The Spell Of The Rising
TROY: 23rd September 1999……23:30 HOURS It was half an hour before midnight. The Dark Lord felt elation as he stood at the most powerful magical location on the Earth. Snape stood to his right, and Bella to his left. They were standing in front of a circle of roughly shaped rocks which looked as if… Continue reading The Spell Of The Rising
Fears and Phobias: The Common,Not So Common and the Famous
7 Weird Phobias Nomatophobia: fear of names Phronemophobia: fear of thinking Pogonophobia: fear of beards Didaskaleinophobia: fear of school Chaetophobia: fear of hair Kathisophobia: fear of sitting down Barophobia: fear of gravity 6 Common Phobias Arachnophobia: fear of spiders Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces Claustrophobia: Fear of small spaces Acrophobia: fear of heights Brontophobia: fear… Continue reading Fears and Phobias: The Common,Not So Common and the Famous