http://grevathi.blogsome.com Thoughts of an America Bound Clear Desi! Sat, 16 May 2009 23:22:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Home is not the place I sleep it is the place that wakes me to my senses Even before I land, the street lamps do an arati in the dark cloudless skies of my Madras. I will be within the first few to clear customs and get out of the airport to give my mom the most non-customary ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/05/03/going-home-again/ I am going to pretend I got tagged by Vidya on Collections. I am going to be very honest, I admire and encourage all kinds of collections my friends have - magnets, bells, shot glasses, crosses, books, key chains, stamps, coins, ….But, it is not for me. When I travel I ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/05/03/collection-pretend-tag/  One day after work, I felt very lonely, family and friends seperated by time and distance. I questioned my decision to follow my career all along knowing I love it truly. Then I remembered some of my close friends who had bigger problems than loneliness, especially those who were terminally ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/05/01/tuesdays-with-morrie-mitch-albom/ The word reminds me of math That I so dreaded As I left school I always fretted I will decide to take a bath And do anything but the allotted Somehow I always got promoted   Now, looking back, it was a path I followed that gave me the heart To choose in my life the right start   Because it ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/30/exercise/  I am not watching you CNN I voted for Obama, but seriously not for his race. I did not think it was time we had a black president, just a right one. And Michelle is his wife, that is all. For all you know, Obama might have his own Lewinsky and ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/28/and-we-wonder-why-other-countries-think-we-are-self-possessd/ PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS BOOK, not worth the time   There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go. That’s what learning ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/28/the-bridge-across-forever-richard-bach/ My friend could not stop singing this book’s praises. I had earlier picked up Hosseini’s sequel to this - A Thousand Splendid Suns and put it away for some forgotten reason. So, I was not listening to her. But again she told me to try this and it is a much ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/25/the-kite-runner-khaled-hosseini/ ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. That is one thing I will give my all Even if it leads to many a fall Love can only make me tall Those who don’t hear the call Are nothing but small.         To know more of the quote click here My humble entry to http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/22/love/ This was a question Anand had on his blog sometime back. And I commented on it just as I felt. I would really like to know how people feel about this. http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/22/who-is-a-best-friend/ This was a concert featuring Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla) and Pandit Shiv Kumar (Santoor). It lasted for 2 hours and felt like 2 miutes. The music was heavenly. Started off with a solo by Shiv Kumar and then Zakir Hussain joined in with his Tabla. We were requested not to take ... http://grevathi.blogsome.com/2009/04/10/maestros-in-concert-university-of-arizona-presents/