If there is one common thread that can connect all of humanity, it would be music. If you think about it, every culture has a form and expression of music that is distinct. Over the years, my taste in music has been varied, and as I’m exposed to more kinds, the more I tend to [...]
The last few months have been particularly hard for both Jagadish and me. A number of issues had come up that we had to deal with. While most of them remained unresolved, Valentine’s Day showed up, bright and merry. I thought I had, for once, surpassed myself and bought him a really outstanding gift that [...]
To me, love is a lot of comfort. It is comforting for me to know that, at the end of the day, I have a shoulder to rest on. Someone to spill everything out to. Someone I can count on to make me smile, even if I’m exhausted. Someone to simply make me feel better [...]
Reading Jagadish’s post reminded me of a poem I read when I was still in high school. My favorite English teacher, Edward Butscher, taught it to us. He, by the way, is a brilliant teacher. I believe he has even published some good books. He’s so funny and slightly eccentric. Smoked a lot-so much that [...]
This is part II of the series I had begun with Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Another beautiful love story. I confess I havent seen the movie, Mughal-e-Azam. I don’t quite know what the story of that movie is either, but what I do remember is that famous song, ‘Pyar kiya to darna kya?’ (that [...]
I have an Apple iPod (like millions of others). I also have an Apple Macbook (probably also millions). I dont have an iPhone (like the select hundreds/thousands out there). Which is okay, really. I could not afford that for the life of me. Not only is the phone itself expensive, but the plan one is [...]
Jagadish has long insisted I read ‘Gone with the Wind’. It was also made into an Academy-Award winning movie whose re release poster you see above. It’s a book he absolutely adores, and I never had any real interest in the so-called classics. I love mystery, thrillers, and some comic relief. Yet, he persuaded me [...]
Who was it that once said, “All the world loves a lover”? Well, whoever it was, he/she must certainly not have come from where I do. The part of the world where I come from hardly loves a lover. It is, I think, a little strange that falling in love and wanting to marry someone [...]
Do you know what that is? I didnt either until I saw it recently, but that, I believe, is the Chinese word for love. Every language has a word for love. Amor, pyar, ishq, prema and so on.. and yet so few people embrace it. What, indeed, is wrong about falling in love? If only [...]
As Jagadish mentioned, this is the fourth time we are celebrating this wonderful day together. I can scarcely believe that we have been together that long. Four years is indeed a long time, and even longer considering all the distance we have to transcend. I don’t honestly know though if Valentine’s is as special as [...]