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17 Oct 2021

Deepa conducts a workshop

October 17, 2021
By Needlestosaymore
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Last Friday was a red-letter day for Deepa.. Long time readers of this blog will know that Deepa is my right hand. She makes up a large part of “The Patience and Perseverance” part of my brain—the fac...

24 Jun 2020

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A different high

June 24, 2020
By Needlestosaymore
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I love knitting, I love crochet… I enjoy cross stitch embroidery, I enjoy painting cupboards I learnt tatting in my youth, I learnt sewing after tatting I dream of sourdough baking, I dream of patchwo...

14 Jun 2020

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Projects and more projects..

June 14, 2020
By Needlestosaymore
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Lockdown months opened doors to many new knitting-unrelated projects, and what an enjoyable experience it has been!! Apart from the daily-15-doggy-rotis project, and the daily cooking-and-cleaning pro...

28 Apr 2020

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Life As We Knit It

April 28, 2020
By Needlestosaymore
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A certain bridge develops between women separated in age by a couple of decades . Sharing dreams and expectations, some shattered, some strengthened, with a much younger or older friend brings in a gr...

22 Jul 2019

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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 ...

14 Apr 2019

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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...

21 Jan 2019

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Blowing the conch

January 21, 2019
By Needlestosaymore
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Home, after a memorable sun-n-sand wedding, is the right place to ruminate on the events, excitement and experiences of that outing. We have millions of photographs, taken by millions of people, shar...

02 Nov 2018

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Age+courage+choice

November 2, 2018
By Needlestosaymore
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I was in Kolkata last month. A tiny trip with my sister. Having her undiluted company for three days, was an absolute treat. Both of us, in different cities with different career orbits and family adv...

02 Jul 2018

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Never on a Sunday

Sundays are about getting a quiet, slightly dusty house to myself...making 14 to 18 rotis for the dogs...checking out the trees and the forest trails for a couple of hours or more...and then, working ...

27 Apr 2018

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Vipassna days…just 10 of them!

April 27, 2018
By Needlestosaymore
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A small collection of low buildings shoved into the forest edge…a dry river bed snaking its way down the green and orange hills…bird song and whooping monkeys all around me, but not a soul to be seen....