Water – The Words
Recently, a joke on the internet ran thus – a child was asked by his teacher to spell “water”. The response was immediate, “h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o”. The puzzled… Continue reading
Category Archive: Musings
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Street – The Words
Today’s theme for the Developing an eye course is “Street” . It seems to me a perfect follow up to yesterday’s theme – home. A street, according to Wikipedia, is a paved road.… Continue reading
Home – The Words
Home. A four letter word – of the happiest kind. To use the word as a theme for a photography course / writing challenge seemed to me a bit simplistic. Till I began… Continue reading
The Pyjama Tale
I enjoyed reading a little story and forwarded it to some of my friends and family on WhatsApp. It went something like this (allowing for translation from Hindi to English where much of… Continue reading
Kibera Story 01 – Of Shame & Possible Redemption
We downsized our home recently. And we needed to reduce “stuff”. While we had a garage sale, gifted away bed linen and donated clothes, I had not done anything towards reducing my books,… Continue reading
New Beginnings
Some years begin quietly. And some years begin with amazing experiences. We ushered in 2015 in Durban, South Africa. This has been a special place for us since we lived there a few years… Continue reading
Greetings for the New Year!
Social media in the last 10 days or so has been flooded with New Year Greetings. Not just Christmas Greetings or Seasons Greetings, but New Year Greetings. It occurred to me that the… Continue reading
Ethics of Tourism
Repeated visits to the same wildlife park can be very rewarding. As we have found with the Maasai Mara. While most of what follows is about the Mara, this is just a case… Continue reading
Mothering
An adult lioness walking not twenty feet from your vehicle is an experience that gives you the feeling, “my hair stood on end”. But a mother lioness walking by with her three week old… Continue reading
Shades of Grey
Last evening, I put up a status message on my Facebook page asking people to please wear grey today – August, 12 – to commemorate World Elephant Day. A handful have responded by… Continue reading
