Making Mosaics–Media and Tools–Part I

Per my current understanding, India doesn’t have an institute-conducted formal art course on mosaics. The country seems to have many traditional stained glass artists, and some teach as well, but glass mosaic-creation or teaching is still to gain visibility here. What I do see in parts of the country are wall murals in public spaces … Continue reading Making Mosaics–Media and Tools–Part I →

Mosaic Art and Me

I’ve believed in sharing useful facts and wherewithal on anything I’ve learned with determined efforts, and this new series of posts would reaffirm that compulsion 🙂 The next few posts will be on learning to mosaic in India from scratch (or the first ‘score’). Folks researching methods and ways of creating mosaics in India should … Continue reading Mosaic Art and Me →

Positivity = Happiness

Absolutely lots has happened since my last post and much of it has been dismal these 2 years…but I’m grateful in the realization that I still have interest in life, nature, its beings, and in learning new skills. There is much that still fascinates, intrigues or overwhelms me and I pray to God to help … Continue reading Positivity = Happiness →

Goodbye, Tools

There is so much to say about Atul that I can’t decide the extent to share. He was a friend whom I admired as also avoided. I loved to hear him sing as singing would soften his voice and show him as a guy with a lot of feeling; to watch him play guitar and … Continue reading Goodbye, Tools →

My gains and losses with the Kindle Paperwhite

I was only mildly curious about the added functionality of the new Kindle Paperwhite as I was happy enough with my Kindle Keyboard, that came encased in a rugged cover with an in-built reading light. The Paperwhite, however, came as a gift from the husband a few weeks ago and--after some weeks of use--removed all … Continue reading My gains and losses with the Kindle Paperwhite →

Garlic Bread Sticks using an Electric Breadmaker

Ever since we have had an electric breadmaker in our lives, I’ve been diligently baking bread at home and shunning commercial breads most of the time. The breadmaker breads tend to be a little dense but make for nice and chunky tawa-toasts that taste wonderful with toppings of tomato slices, melted gouda cheese and freshly … Continue reading Garlic Bread Sticks using an Electric Breadmaker →

In celebration of friendship, love and learning

On this day 25 years ago, Kishore and I’d got married. It feels like just the other day that we went out on our first date from our workplace for a pizza…not knowing that pizzas were going to become my favorite date food item for the next 2 years! Then we got married and being … Continue reading In celebration of friendship, love and learning →

Online Retail Therapy

I’ve been drawn to online shopping from pre-ecommerce days in India. The experience of buying gadgets from Bhphotovideo or Amazon and seeing them respectfully delivering to US addresses of friends and family, had helped overcome the fear of getting damaged materials or empty boxes--as rumored in the VPP delivery phase of my childhood. I’d been … Continue reading Online Retail Therapy →

3 Spiritual Reads-Autobiography of a Yogi

I was totally committed to finishing this book so somehow it got completed but if I was constantly looking for inspiration in its text, it’d have carried on a couple more weeks in view of its length and language. I should quickly add though that there were many enjoyable elements to the book--the writing style … Continue reading 3 Spiritual Reads-Autobiography of a Yogi →

3 Spiritual Reads-Advice on Dying

I had high expectations from this book. It was going to be the first book to tell me clearly what death was about--whether it brought an absolute end or there was indeed a cycle of birth and death. Do the dead watch over their living relatives or they're perished forever? It was an easy read … Continue reading 3 Spiritual Reads-Advice on Dying →