Deepa's Jottings
Tour of Nilgiris flagged off!
The 919 km cycling trip across the Nilgiris, the Tour Of Nilgiris event got off to a flying start early this morning. In the mist, some of the organizers held the flag aloft: And then »
Month: December 2008
Deepa's Jottings
The light and life in Lalbagh
The morning sun shone through the trees as we entered Lalbagh today… The trees and the light together gave the effect of a painting! The light shone on these flowers… this little squirrel: this lady »
Be a Sport
Bangalore teams in Federation cup
Mohun Bagan created history by winning the Federation Cup, India’s annual major club football tournament, for a record 13th time at Kolkata on the 21st of December 2008, avenging their 2004 defeat to Dempo at »
Deepa's Jottings
The Paining of Complaining…
As long as things go smoothly, our system works. But let there be a problem and one is up against the most people-unfriendly scenario possible. Our mobile bill (my mobile phone is an add-on to »
Adventures of an eco-nut
Grow your food on your terrace!
Here I was merrily plucking tomatoes from my garden as and when i needed them in the kitchen, till S – our domestic help – told me that she had just bought it for 40 »
Deepa's Jottings
A Gem in the Bustle….
Right in the middle of the rush and hustle of St Mark’s Road, I spotted it…a "gem of purest ray serene"…but not in the "unfathom’d caves of ocean", but right in the centre of this »
Dashing through the streets
Gated Communities – Are they any different?
"The only difference is that there is a gate", declared my friend who resides in one such place. "We decided to come here only because of the security; now we know that it’s just an »
Watch this space
Volunteer “traffic regulator” at 65
Traffic flows smoothly out here. Pics : Sharath Bhat Meet Srinivasalu Naidu – a self-appointed traffic regulator who stations himself at a narrow by-lane off Millers Road in Benson Town – a little before the »
Adventures of an eco-nut
A better approach to laundry
In my search to find a method to recycle grey water from the washing machine, I chanced upon an exciting alternative to detergents: Soap Nut (Sapindus Mukorossi, locally called Ritha or soap kai). Of course, »
Campus Diem
Life Is Beautiful
In all the times one is under deep emotional and spiritual duress, one feels irrevocably attached to certain people. As if misery were some sort of brotherhood held together by common predicaments. This brotherhood allows »