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Maddy's Ramblings: 8/1/14 - 9/1/14
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Thoughts,opinions and musings of a restless nomad. Aug 24, 2014. GV Raja, The legendary administrator and sportsman. 8212; Maddy @ Sunday, August 24, 2014. The Colonel Thirumeni of Travancore. The same fact was noticed and highlighted by Pres Dr Abdul Kalam who had written a preface to the volume! But well, let me not digress and please allow me to introduce you all to Goda Varma. The very famous Ramanathan Krishnan used to practice in those courts. He did not just hang around at the upper ranks, but...
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Maddy's Ramblings: 5/1/14 - 6/1/14
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Thoughts,opinions and musings of a restless nomad. May 17, 2014. 8212; Maddy @ Saturday, May 17, 2014. An interesting account of its history. And that was how Lakshmi became Lakme and ended up in France, but ironically, the character in Pavie’s book was named Rukmini! And so, the wife of lord Krishna remained in India while Lakme, the queen of wealth, went to France. But how did Lakme find its way back to India from France? As the popular story line goes - In the first. So it seemed, but a slightly deepe...
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A D Pandit: April 2010
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This is my personal blog where I try to document my thoughts which I believe (it's my blog after all :D) are worth sharing. Saturday, April 17, 2010. Today is the day when:. I decided to post something again. My bike completed 900 kms after my accident. In 2007. 300 of those in the last two weeks. I bugged Abhinav Dasgupta (yet again! And Tanmay Sharma on a weekend morning. I saw my sis getting all senti about leaving MDI though she's been there only for 4 days. I Shared a video that makes fun of me.
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Song of the waves - Parayil A. Tharakan Blog: The last song… The miracle of death
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Song of the waves - Parayil A. Tharakan Blog. Thursday, September 18, 2014. The last song… The miracle of death. He was the last of the Karanavars ( Patriarchs. He often quoted Appan, his father, who had told him before he died, that change and adaptation was crucial to progress. And so, he changed with the times. The boy who crossed the customs check point on overnight trips via vallum ( country boat. From Olavaipe in the Kingdom of Travancore to Ernakulam in Cochin,. As an early teen. However, what rea...
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A D Pandit: November 2011
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This is my personal blog where I try to document my thoughts which I believe (it's my blog after all :D) are worth sharing. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Most of our lives are not very eventful and have a fixed routine depending on the phase of life we are in. However that does not mean we cannot learn something from our daily lives (refer my previous post. We all come across people who complain about how their jobs are either not challenging enough or too difficult to perform with their current skill se...
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Maddy's Ramblings: 4/1/14 - 5/1/14
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Thoughts,opinions and musings of a restless nomad. Apr 19, 2014. 8212; Maddy @ Saturday, April 19, 2014. From Camden, a suburb in London. Had I met him a decade later, I would have been able to detect the lack of what they call cockney accent, for I had by then added a couple of years of working in the UK under my belt, but at that time all I could figure out was that he was an Englishman, though not exactly the Englishman I had pictured in my mind. What if by miracle Doe survived for another 10 years?
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Maddy's Ramblings: Meeting Mohini - The Enchantress
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Thoughts,opinions and musings of a restless nomad. Jul 30, 2015. Meeting Mohini - The Enchantress. 8212; Maddy @ Thursday, July 30, 2015. On the origins of Mohiniyattam, a discussion. You know that men like that very much and its sensuous tinkle. The wearer has to tread softly, as my mother had taught me when I was little. She would always tell me, don’t look up or run, don’t be brash, walk softly and deliberately, Oh! How I miss her. You should decide after traversing the route together with me…. The wh...
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A D Pandit: May 2010
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This is my personal blog where I try to document my thoughts which I believe (it's my blog after all :D) are worth sharing. Saturday, May 15, 2010. Two Years Summed Up in Two Hundred Words. A junior asked me to write something about my experience during the two years at MDI. Now a senior has asked me to sya what I had written. So out comes the following text from my email archives:. To sum it up all, I can only say that I am now a ManDevIan for life, and proud to be so! Fear knocked at the door. Fait...
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A D Pandit: The First Decade of The Third Millennium: Our Decade
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This is my personal blog where I try to document my thoughts which I believe (it's my blog after all :D) are worth sharing. Tuesday, January 04, 2011. The First Decade of The Third Millennium: Our Decade. No words can possibly do justice to the experience but I’ll make an attempt to recall the highs and lows which have been the defining moments of the decade that was…. Cleared IIT-JEE but the rank wasn’t enough to get the branch and institute I wanted, so continued at PVG. Profs troubled me and...Failed ...
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A D Pandit: The Purpose of Rains
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This is my personal blog where I try to document my thoughts which I believe (it's my blog after all :D) are worth sharing. Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The Purpose of Rains. Human beings, like in any other situation, have different reactions to rains. Many welcome the rains by dancing on rooftops and walking in the drizzle (Oh, I so miss MDI. Sharing good times with friends over. You may be wondering, what is the aim of this post? Please don’t complain when it rains. It is supposed to rain thatR...Quotati...
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