DD: Does everybody get old?
Me: Yes!
DD: You. Me, Dad.?
Me: Yes, of course.!
DD: How old will you be when I am as old as you?
Me: I will be as old as granny
DD: Awww.
Me: It's really okay. We all get old and that is the law of nature.
DD: That's not the issue. Which means that by the time I get as old as say 20, Ramcharan (actor Magadheera fame and her favourite) will become old. I don't want him to get older. Ever! Yes, he must be as good looking as he is now and never turn old.
Me; What!!!!!!
Ramcharan, your problem now
Jun 13, 2011
Theme of the month, song of the day
I am obsessed with To-Do lists, checklists, reminders, planners and such. A brilliant idea struck me this weekend. Like UN, I want to have a theme for each month at home. So this month it is Maintain Peace. IBH and I will not be screaming at each other. We will whisper sweet nothings into each other's ears instead. Ha! Seriously, we have 15 more days to follow this. The rules are simple: We cannot scream at each other. If we are angry, we can shoot off a mail or a sms and let the other know the problem. Or the angry person can simply leave the room and walk out. It has worked the last two days. Next month is Reuse, Reduce and Recycle month. I am so excited with such things. By the way, DD and I have a pact. We have started a new 'Song of the Day' concept. So every day at 8 pm, we turn on the computer and play one favourite song at full blast and dance to it. One day I choose the song, one day she chooses. We found this to be a great way to bond and spend QT (quality time!!!). It's my turn and today's song of the day: Jab We Met's Mauja hi Mauja.. Yayyy.
School Cool
I am back to blogging. Well, I am trying to give it a shot once again. Have been having so many stray thoughts going across my mind that I might as well put it in writing and vent my spleen here than subject my poor husband (henceforth referred to as infinitely better half IBH) and my darling daughter (DD). Let us see if blogging helps us to stick to Gokul (that's the name of the house I reside in) theme of the month - Maintain Peace :)
So you will find me blogging more often (hopefully), make sense (keep your fingers crossed) and let peace prevail at home.
Today was DD's first day at school. Annoyed that the school teacher could not spot her name (most brilliant, beautiful name according to many) in the list. She scanned the list thrice and said she could not find the name. We were sure it was, because DD was in the Telugu first language section. How come it was missing.? I took over the list, I saw DD's name right there. I can't believe DD will be taught by someone who cannot spot a simple name in the list. Duh! DD seemed enthu abt school and had a sweet smile throughout. She looked charming in her new uniform and seemed confident. Day 1 is always easy. Wonder how it will go after Day 2 and Day 3. Keeping fingers and all other appendages crossed to see the transition from vacations to full school happen smoothly. IBH will also have some time for himself from now.
So you will find me blogging more often (hopefully), make sense (keep your fingers crossed) and let peace prevail at home.
Today was DD's first day at school. Annoyed that the school teacher could not spot her name (most brilliant, beautiful name according to many) in the list. She scanned the list thrice and said she could not find the name. We were sure it was, because DD was in the Telugu first language section. How come it was missing.? I took over the list, I saw DD's name right there. I can't believe DD will be taught by someone who cannot spot a simple name in the list. Duh! DD seemed enthu abt school and had a sweet smile throughout. She looked charming in her new uniform and seemed confident. Day 1 is always easy. Wonder how it will go after Day 2 and Day 3. Keeping fingers and all other appendages crossed to see the transition from vacations to full school happen smoothly. IBH will also have some time for himself from now.
Aug 8, 2010
Movie review of Don Seenu
Published in www.upperstall.com on Aug 07, 2010
Keep your lips and your fingers ready for Don Seenu is full of those distinct Ravi Teja moments that deserve a long and deep whistles on and off. This one's a no-brainer, which at times is complete nonsense and even totally whacked out. But what it does firmly deliver is two hours of solid mirch masala and tummy-aching laughter. For more log on to http://www.upperstall.com/films/2010/don-seenu
Keep your lips and your fingers ready for Don Seenu is full of those distinct Ravi Teja moments that deserve a long and deep whistles on and off. This one's a no-brainer, which at times is complete nonsense and even totally whacked out. But what it does firmly deliver is two hours of solid mirch masala and tummy-aching laughter. For more log on to http://www.upperstall.com/films/2010/don-seenu
Feb 28, 2010
Review of E Maya Chesave
In Upperstall.com on Feb 28, 2010
E Maya Chesave (What Magic Have You Spun?) is a magical, feel-good love story so very apt in these busy times where love is all about sending a quick 1-4-3 sms on the phone to the loved one. E Maya Chesave ...
http://www.upperstall.com/films/2010/e-maya-chesave
E Maya Chesave (What Magic Have You Spun?) is a magical, feel-good love story so very apt in these busy times where love is all about sending a quick 1-4-3 sms on the phone to the loved one. E Maya Chesave ...
http://www.upperstall.com/films/2010/e-maya-chesave
Feb 23, 2010
LEADER movie review
by Manju Latha Kalanidhi in http://www.upperstall.com/
Leader is a good watch if you like to see a movie and come back with a thought lingering in your mind. A good movie, but not necessarily a hit movie
Leader is a good watch if you like to see a movie and come back with a thought lingering in your mind. A good movie, but not necessarily a hit movie
Feb 10, 2010
Rock On
Published in JETWINGS INTERNATIONAL FEB 2009
For the geologist, it is a mass of molten magma. For the real estate tycoon, it is the last boulder on the way to his next high-rise. But for the true Hyderabadi, the rock is part of his drawing room furniture. Alongside the couch and the beanbag sits a boulder with attitude. It is as much as citizen as him, with a name of its own. Obelisk, Toadstool, Cliff Rock and Bear’s Nose are not just rocks but landmarks as well. It is like him, ageing and roughening up life, but all the while standing tall - to narrate tales with twists.
The jetsetter sights the first rock a few minutes before the aircraft swoops down the tarmac at the Hyderabad airport. Aah, the humongous boulders that stand tall, short, fat, tubby, flat, angled, skewed, precarious… Those who alight the train at Begumpet in Hyderabad can pay homage to the Ganesha rock bang in the premise of the railway station. Don’t be surprised to see a few stray coins, shards of coconut shells and few damp flowers right there as you smell incense. The Ganesha rock, a sign of things to come, receives a puja from the locals everyday.
It is a rocky feast for those who vroom into the city via the NH-7 Mumbai National Highway. The 5-km stretch between Patancheru and Gachibowli is a rocky terrain dotted with rocks. One rock looks like a fat, sloth bear about to lie prone; one looks like a delectable hamburger looking for someone to fill it up with some lettuce; another looks like a intriguing Rubik’s cube waiting for the mystery to be cracked… … Like clouds, rocks allow free interpretations. If you missed the landscape of Hyderabad by touching the city in a midnight international flight, don’t be surprised to see a rock saying a ‘hello, there’ to you from the other side of the glass window from the CEO’s cabin on the fifth floor. The rocks of Hyderabad are like the unsung monuments of the city.
The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are on the Deccan Plateau are replete with primordial granite ridges that are as old as 2,500 million years. Hyderabad alone boasts of at least 45 zones with rocks that stand tall amidst the built environment. About 15 rocks sites in the city have been declared as heritage precincts by the government, the rocks continue to be quarried, wrenched, hauled, hammered, chipped and powdered.
The best way to go rock sighting in Hyderabad is to take a rock trail from Jubilee Hills to Kondapur and touch upon Gachibowli. Most of the rocks are pretty accessible from the city’s arterial roads and often take a short walk into the bushes. Interestingly, some of the best rocks are conveniently situated in the tourist spots such as Golconda Fort, Falaknuma Palace and Shilparamam crafts village and Hitech City.
If the Tortoise back rock that houses the Mahakali temple in Golconda looks like the handiwork of the Goddess herself what with the rock appearing like the bobbing head of a hesitant tortoise, the Hamburger Rock near Telecom Nagar, Gachibowli, reminds you of the seven stones game we played as children. One hit and it would all come tumbling down. Mushroom Rock Formation in the campus of Central University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, looks like nature’s own designer furniture that reminds us of the new age ergonomics. Rocks have spawned an array of addresses as well. Rockview Inn, Rock Castle, Hotel Rock On etc.
Even as Hyderabad’s rocky assets frequently fall prey to the real estate developers, some of these have been lucky enough to be the chosen ones by the INTACH and earmarked as Heritage Precincts. The rock garden at Shilpakalavedika at Madhapur and the rock garden at Durgam Cheruvu are both weekend spots that have managed to stay intact. However, it is rocks like the Toadstool on Road No 35 of the Jubilee Hills, adjacent to Blue Cross, that rise abruptly amidst sprawling bungalows and gleaming four wheelers that actually take your breath away. Almost like silent sentinels, these rocks have seen the city grow from rubble to what it is today.
True blue Hyderabadis, however, rarely visit these landmarks. They find their own little big rocky nooks in their zones. While those in East Hyderabad frequent the flat rocks that are as big as the Queen’s bed at Velugugutta adjacent to the International Cricket Stadium at Uppal to watch the city light up by twilight, those in Central Hyderabad near Marredpally would rather spend a few hours on a full moon night perched on the Addagutta, next to the Water Works office. Those in and around upmarket Banjara and Jubilee Hills are lucky enough to have a rock right in their backyard where the grandson probably slides through it during playtime.
As hoardings about ‘gated communities” announce the attack of the rapid real estate tsars in the city, rock lovers of the city can foresee more and more boulders getting pulverized to gravel. As more gleaming towers come up, more sturdy rocks will have to become rubble. For the quarry, the next rock could just be another thing off its To-Do list for the day, but for the Hyderabadi, it is another slice of history turning into a mass of debris. Different rocks, sorry strokes for different folks!
Must-visit rock sites in Hyderabad
Hillocks around Durgam Cheruvu lake situated between Jubilee Hills and Hitecity
Bear's Nose behind Cyber Tower, Hitech City
Mushroom Rock at Central University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli
Cliff Rock in Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills
Monster Rock in Road No. 71, Jubilee Hills
Tortoise Rock in Nandi Hills Colony, near Durgam Cheruvu
Toadstool in Road No. 35, Jubilee Hills
Obelisk in Road No. 66, Jubilee Hill
Skull Rock, HiTech City Phase II
Hamburger Rock, near Telecom Nagar, Gachibowli
United-We-Stand Rock Gachibowli
Pathar Dil Rock, Gachibowli
Reach the nearest landmark (mentioned beside the name of the rock) and enquire locally. Most of the time, the rocks are visible from a distance.
Interested in joining a movement for rocks? Call 040- 23552923 or visit www.saverocks.org
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For the geologist, it is a mass of molten magma. For the real estate tycoon, it is the last boulder on the way to his next high-rise. But for the true Hyderabadi, the rock is part of his drawing room furniture. Alongside the couch and the beanbag sits a boulder with attitude. It is as much as citizen as him, with a name of its own. Obelisk, Toadstool, Cliff Rock and Bear’s Nose are not just rocks but landmarks as well. It is like him, ageing and roughening up life, but all the while standing tall - to narrate tales with twists.
The jetsetter sights the first rock a few minutes before the aircraft swoops down the tarmac at the Hyderabad airport. Aah, the humongous boulders that stand tall, short, fat, tubby, flat, angled, skewed, precarious… Those who alight the train at Begumpet in Hyderabad can pay homage to the Ganesha rock bang in the premise of the railway station. Don’t be surprised to see a few stray coins, shards of coconut shells and few damp flowers right there as you smell incense. The Ganesha rock, a sign of things to come, receives a puja from the locals everyday.
It is a rocky feast for those who vroom into the city via the NH-7 Mumbai National Highway. The 5-km stretch between Patancheru and Gachibowli is a rocky terrain dotted with rocks. One rock looks like a fat, sloth bear about to lie prone; one looks like a delectable hamburger looking for someone to fill it up with some lettuce; another looks like a intriguing Rubik’s cube waiting for the mystery to be cracked… … Like clouds, rocks allow free interpretations. If you missed the landscape of Hyderabad by touching the city in a midnight international flight, don’t be surprised to see a rock saying a ‘hello, there’ to you from the other side of the glass window from the CEO’s cabin on the fifth floor. The rocks of Hyderabad are like the unsung monuments of the city.
The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are on the Deccan Plateau are replete with primordial granite ridges that are as old as 2,500 million years. Hyderabad alone boasts of at least 45 zones with rocks that stand tall amidst the built environment. About 15 rocks sites in the city have been declared as heritage precincts by the government, the rocks continue to be quarried, wrenched, hauled, hammered, chipped and powdered.
The best way to go rock sighting in Hyderabad is to take a rock trail from Jubilee Hills to Kondapur and touch upon Gachibowli. Most of the rocks are pretty accessible from the city’s arterial roads and often take a short walk into the bushes. Interestingly, some of the best rocks are conveniently situated in the tourist spots such as Golconda Fort, Falaknuma Palace and Shilparamam crafts village and Hitech City.
If the Tortoise back rock that houses the Mahakali temple in Golconda looks like the handiwork of the Goddess herself what with the rock appearing like the bobbing head of a hesitant tortoise, the Hamburger Rock near Telecom Nagar, Gachibowli, reminds you of the seven stones game we played as children. One hit and it would all come tumbling down. Mushroom Rock Formation in the campus of Central University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, looks like nature’s own designer furniture that reminds us of the new age ergonomics. Rocks have spawned an array of addresses as well. Rockview Inn, Rock Castle, Hotel Rock On etc.
Even as Hyderabad’s rocky assets frequently fall prey to the real estate developers, some of these have been lucky enough to be the chosen ones by the INTACH and earmarked as Heritage Precincts. The rock garden at Shilpakalavedika at Madhapur and the rock garden at Durgam Cheruvu are both weekend spots that have managed to stay intact. However, it is rocks like the Toadstool on Road No 35 of the Jubilee Hills, adjacent to Blue Cross, that rise abruptly amidst sprawling bungalows and gleaming four wheelers that actually take your breath away. Almost like silent sentinels, these rocks have seen the city grow from rubble to what it is today.
True blue Hyderabadis, however, rarely visit these landmarks. They find their own little big rocky nooks in their zones. While those in East Hyderabad frequent the flat rocks that are as big as the Queen’s bed at Velugugutta adjacent to the International Cricket Stadium at Uppal to watch the city light up by twilight, those in Central Hyderabad near Marredpally would rather spend a few hours on a full moon night perched on the Addagutta, next to the Water Works office. Those in and around upmarket Banjara and Jubilee Hills are lucky enough to have a rock right in their backyard where the grandson probably slides through it during playtime.
As hoardings about ‘gated communities” announce the attack of the rapid real estate tsars in the city, rock lovers of the city can foresee more and more boulders getting pulverized to gravel. As more gleaming towers come up, more sturdy rocks will have to become rubble. For the quarry, the next rock could just be another thing off its To-Do list for the day, but for the Hyderabadi, it is another slice of history turning into a mass of debris. Different rocks, sorry strokes for different folks!
Must-visit rock sites in Hyderabad
Hillocks around Durgam Cheruvu lake situated between Jubilee Hills and Hitecity
Bear's Nose behind Cyber Tower, Hitech City
Mushroom Rock at Central University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli
Cliff Rock in Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills
Monster Rock in Road No. 71, Jubilee Hills
Tortoise Rock in Nandi Hills Colony, near Durgam Cheruvu
Toadstool in Road No. 35, Jubilee Hills
Obelisk in Road No. 66, Jubilee Hill
Skull Rock, HiTech City Phase II
Hamburger Rock, near Telecom Nagar, Gachibowli
United-We-Stand Rock Gachibowli
Pathar Dil Rock, Gachibowli
Reach the nearest landmark (mentioned beside the name of the rock) and enquire locally. Most of the time, the rocks are visible from a distance.
Interested in joining a movement for rocks? Call 040- 23552923 or visit www.saverocks.org
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