Deepa's Jottings

While celebrating….

We like to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava Day with many symbols, including the flag of the state… But when we do, it would be good to remember those for whom such symbols are not merely a

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Art is everywhere

One usually associates art, and artistic aesthetics, only with people who have the money and the leisure to spare for it (I’m not talking about those who by art as an investment here). But if

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Spare a thought…

We often see vendors like this girl I spotted at the Kanakapura Road/ORR junction, selling large balloons. It could be a variety of (usually Chinese) products: windshield shades, mobile phone charger cords, earbuds, dusters.  

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A sweet investment

George Varghese writes:   From: George Varghese <grgvrghs@gmail.com>Date: 27 November 2015 at 14:14Subject: The sweetest investment you can ever make….To: Here’s a chance to make a social, ethical, environment-friendly investment and get the sweetest returns

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364 days to Christmas….

Christmas is over…spare a thought for those who sell knick-knacks like these cheap Santa caps, have so many of them left over…unsold, not putting even the meagre money in their pockets that they were hoping

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The Weight of Words…

Tipu Pasha of Book Bonanza. Pic: Amith Kumar A few days ago, Amith Kumar introduced me to a rather unusual bookshop in Jayanagar—Book Bonanza.  I have always been a lover of second-hand books, Somehow, these,