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26 Apr 2020

Perfect ripping=perfect sweater

April 26, 2020
By Needlestosaymore
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Knitting projects of mine tend to follow a predictable path. There is a grand beginning,full of magnificent ideas of how the end product will look—how fabulous and fantastic it will be, with complime...

31 Jan 2020

Miscellaneous

The Big Boisterous Bong Wedding

January 31, 2020
By Needlestosaymore
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It's a quiet, quiet night…melting snow dripping outside my window, snoring dogs keeping me warm inside. I can hear some insect fidgeting, and my fingers tapping on the keyboard..That’s it. Last week,...

24 Aug 2019

The Hamlet

Monsoon month

August 24, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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August is all about rain. Many a rain soaked hour is spent in counting the advantages of mountain monsoons....there is no water logging, there are these clouds undergoing mountaineering courses who r...

26 Jul 2019

The Dogs

July update about dogs

July 26, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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This year, July started in rain washed Kolkata. Inside a charming, spacious and cool penthouse on the 16th floor, while rain lashed the city and humid heat made pedestrians melt, I was catching up wit...

22 Jul 2019

Journeys

Vipassna days….Growth, gains and gratitude

July 22, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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After airily proclaiming to all and sundry about taking a break and going for another Vipassna course, after ignoring questions about my sanity ( "Why would you want to go a second time for something ...

09 Jun 2019

Knits

Finding a name

June 9, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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Five years ago, when the knitters were learning lace knitting by reading charts, we test knitted, re knitted and finally, perfected this lace shawl. Christened “Lace Shadows”, we have knitted it in ev...

10 May 2019

Knits

Hand knits…why do we need them?

Picture the Delhi Metro...women's compartment...cold January evening...solitary knitter in one corner. After spending the entire day explaining to learned people that abstinence usually does not work...

07 May 2019

Miscellaneous

Different craft..different feel.

Last month, we had a spell of hot, dry weather. No forest fires erupted, no fans whirred through the afternoons, no fainting spells happened, but it felt hot and horrible. A brown shower of pine need...

21 Apr 2019

The Hamlet

Curtain call

April 21, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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Home...being on the edge of a forest…being on the 2nd floor of the building…being a corner apartment, manages to be functional without thick curtains. Sunlight, fresh air, traffic sounds, jackal-bayin...

14 Apr 2019

Journeys

April adventure…a TEDx talk

April 14, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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Saturday...13th April 2019...1700 hours Last week, at precisely this time, my daughter and me had arrived at a sprawling campus tucked into the Western Ghats. The Mumbai Pune Expressway was a smooth...