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12 Sep 2017

Zen woman..Pepper Srikanth

September 12, 2017
By Needlestosaymore
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Once upon a time, a tiny puppy arrived at our doorstep in a bright red basket. She stepped out of the basket, looked around keenly, decided that we look promising, and then took over our lives. Thou...

15 May 2017

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Movie star…well, almost!!

A few weeks ago, this email drops into my inbox. Someone wanted to know more about the work I do, someone wanted to make a movie clip, and so on and so forth. Don't get me wrong--Its not that I am fl...

22 Apr 2017

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Finding a cousin

April 22, 2017
By Needlestosaymore
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Emails and phone calls had happened a month earlier. While the summer furnace burnt up the plains, I was busy with the departure of my daughter from the cool hills. Just after her departure, my guest ...

13 Apr 2017

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Back to solitary living

April 13, 2017
By Needlestosaymore
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It will be a week tomorrow. A week of the dogs and me getting accustomed to our own company and a timetable which suits my reluctance for long walks, Peppu’s desire for stone games and Mili’s habit ...

26 Mar 2017

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The Final Journey

March 26, 2017
By Needlestosaymore
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Thursday afternoon was all about mellow sunshine and blue skies and red leaves on chestnut trees. Hema had served some of the last "lesu" rotis of the winter season , given the dogs their farewell cud...

04 Sep 2016

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The Grief Gratitude Salad

September 4, 2016
By Needlestosaymore
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Four mornings have gone past...The grey dawn light has missed that tiny golden bundle of Luchi curled up on my pillow. It also missed watching me wake up and run out for the morning walk. Instead, it ...

10 Feb 2016

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Train to Ranikhet…and how not to loose sleep

February 10, 2016
By Needlestosaymore
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There is a train named Ranikhet Express. There are no train tracks to Ranikhet. Travellers alight at Kathgodam, a quaint , well manicured, pretty station with one platform, two tea-stalls, a magazine...

09 Jan 2016

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Knitting lessons at Kibber…Spiti

January 9, 2016
By Needlestosaymore
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This is a long post which has meandered in my mind for the past 6 weeks. I have pinned it down today, after the first winter shower last evening and after Biskit gave me an entire night of sleep. So s...

28 Sep 2015

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I switched off the Net and Mobile….and I am still alive.

September 28, 2015
By Needlestosaymore
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A smartphone with two SIM cards, and four apps--I wouldn't call myself a "smartphone smartie " or " Whatsapp watcher" . A Net connection with a router which is never switched off, the lightest laptop ...

31 Aug 2015

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The perfect selfie

August 31, 2015
By Needlestosaymore
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The past decade has found me looking at pictures taken by different photographers, in different places and in different attire...and thinking that the person in the pictures is different from me. I...