Author Archives: Archana
Love conquers (a lot, if not everything)
Recently, I read this really amusing, and rather sweet article.The article talked about when the author first met her future husband, she was suffering from a bad bout of the ‘flu. She
Music & love
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
Valentine’s Day: #5
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,
Perhaps Love..
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
Of fire and ice
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
Love in India: Salim-Anarkali
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
Apple: No, not the iPhone.
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,
My very own Rhett Butler
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,
Love in India: Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal
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
Love is..???
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,
