The Orange Skier
The orange headed one
Goes skiing,
A whizz of color,
He starts off lazily downhill,
Gathering speed as he goes,
Lithe and graceful,
Zooming down the slope,
A blur of orange and purple,
Warms my heart on a cold snowy day.
A relaxed lunch in an old Spanish restaurant with lovely ambience. A glass of red wine. Then a Spanish siesta on the couch brings on the best of dreams. Yet again to my beloved blue green water space… this time Ak and to a smaller extent Ad, feature in it. We are in a sea-creatures…
Was listening to “Shape of my heart” – Sting, and looked up its lyrics, part of which goes thus: “I know that the spades are the swords of a soldierI know that the clubs are weapons of war” which I put up on my gmail status. Surprisingly my nerd brother chose to comment on it,…
The gay parade in Amsterdam is, like football, a public excuse to party and drink on the streets. People of all ages – literally from infants to octogenarians stream alongside the main canal, Princengracht, where the boats go in procession. Not only of all ages, but all ethnicities and sexual orientations too. Accompanied by peppy…
1853 – 1890 | Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Van Gogh is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art, also one of my personal favorites. Though he died young (committed suicide tragically), how he made those years count! In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860…
This is part 8 of 9 in BITS '89 ReunionHere is a collection of quotes from all of you who shared your thoughts over whatsapp, in the days following the reunion. 25th Nov 2018 All, thank you for a wonderful reunion. It was you who make this place very special than the place itself. While…
This election year somehow it has become a personal milestone for me to vote. Several weeks before the election date, R finds our names registered to vote in the area of residence of the old place we used to live in five years ago. I can almost not believe that some online pdf document having…