Photo courtesy: Maya Menon
I have visited the Chennai Central Prison twice (not as an inmate ).
These historic buildings are intrinsic to Chennai and I feel quite sad that they are going to be demolished.
My grandmother was also posted there as the medical superitendent; being a government DMO doctor. Since my mother learnt bharatanatyam, [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Chennai Central Prison
Posted in The Muses on February 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Dr E J Chandran Job – in memory
Posted in The Muses on February 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My grandfather E J Chandran Job died. There is a saying, one shouldn’t talk ill of the dead. So bowing to polite conventions, I spoke at the funeral service of various incidents in his life that showed him in a good light – his bravery in the three wars – Indo-Pak & Indo-China, his education [...]
Mournful
Posted in The Muses on February 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My grandfather – E J Chandran Job died. He died of a heart attack on Monday…pretty stressful…so many things to do – get the photographs, get the headstone, get the ad in the paper…
Well, it at least keeps me distracted from mourning
Love roses & cats
Posted in My family & other animals, tagged cats, kittens, roses on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
See, I’m not the only one finding roses irresistible. Actually I find even the little kitten irresistible. There’s nothing cozier than curling up on a large sofa with a nice book, next to a bowl of tidbits with a nice, furry cat on your lap. I love to scratch their soft underbelly and their ears…to [...]
Being good?
Posted in The Muses on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember John Wesley’s
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
Are people really animated by this thought? Well, I am not. When I was in school, I remember [...]
Sumaiya Mehreen & guest blogging
Posted in The Muses, tagged Aishwarya Rai, Chandra, Chandramuki, Devdas, dollhouse, dolls, flickr, minatures, miniature dollhouses, miniature dolls, minis, Parvati, Smehreen, Smehreen Dollhouse, Sumaiya Mehreen on February 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I thought I’d make an announcement. I’m guest blogging at Dollhouse Minis. I was invited by Smehreen or Sumaiya Mehreen, a talented artist, to guest blog along with some of her friends like Linda Cummings. I claim no expertise on the subject other than having created one dollhouse, but Sumaiya assures me the blog is [...]
Cyber wars: Firefox vs Internet Explorer
Posted in Writer's block, tagged Cyber wars, Firefox, Intenet Explorer, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox security page on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was checking out the Mozilla Firefox security page and was quite surprised to see them carrying a point by point analysis of why they were 100 times better than Internet Explorer. Isn’t this a bit unethical of Mozilla Corporation…hitting out at another company (Microsoft) and naming it so that no one can mistake whom [...]
I have been tagged!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged irritating things, chewing gum, draining the cup, Can I May I, tagged, tag on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend has tagged me!
And I am supposed to tell the www, the 10 most irritating things about me. I don’t pretend to be scrupulously fair or objective in recounting them
Ok, here goes:
In college, my friends wanted to beat me up when I prolonged class by asking inane questions.
I chat online (instant messaging) [...]
Gmail – change in template
Posted in Writer's block, tagged gmail, gmail format, gmail inbox on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now, why did gmail have to change its format? Today morning, I thought I’d accidently logged onto a website, when I saw the new button-type template they have got… By the way is template the right word to describe the change in format?
Doesn’t navigating your new gmail inbox make you feel like you were surfing [...]
