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[30 May 2011 | 6 Comments | ]

Today’s theme at Blogathon is Wordle day. I didn’t know it’s meaning till I tried the tool.
It is about the themes or topics you talk about on your site in the form of a word cloud something similar to your Tag cloud.

So, Happy Wordle day to all. I quite liked the name .

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[29 May 2011 | 4 Comments | ]

While traveling within India I mostly travel by air to major cities but whenever I get a chance to go by train, I grab the opportunity. There are several reasons to do that which I’ll speak of some other time. Here I am talking about something else.
I have noticed that Gujaratis have very strong family ties. They are much more bonded than any other. I’ll tell you my reasoning.

I very frequently travel from Mumbai to northern part of India and the train passes through Gujarat. Come Surat, there would be …

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[24 May 2011 | 7 Comments | ]

Today at Blogathon is Theme day and the theme is “My five favourite places to write …. ”
Well, the theme was a tad difficult for me so I changed it to suit me. It is allowed.
The theme is now “My five favourite places”. Again, I didn’t want to write name of cities or towns that are my favorite places because five is a very very small number and I won’t do any justice to the theme.
So instead, I chose five places in a different manner where I would like …

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[16 May 2011 | 9 Comments | ]

Day 16th is the guest post day for Blogathon. The participants are encouraged to exchange posts with another participant.
I am glad to introduce a friend Anjuli as a guest writer on this site. It is because of her that I joined this crazy Blogathon ! If I am not able to complete the run, she is to be blamed. And if I complete, she gets full credit. She is the one whose words encourage me no end to take that extra step in whatever I do.
I am ‘trying’ …

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[15 May 2011 | 5 Comments | ]

Every picture tells a story……

Girl in a train.

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[12 May 2011 | 7 Comments | ]

Overhearing happens quite easily without our knowledge. While traveling in Rajdhani Express from Mumbai to Delhi I happened to overhear the following conversation. Yup.
Now don’t preach about it being a bad habit but then what can you do since they were sitting right in front of you ?
Two Gujarati men discussing Indian economy. Actually only one. The other one was patiently lending him an ear.
1st person – Indian currency kachro che. FD mein bhi nahi daal sakte, only nationalized banks.
Mannu bechara accountant tha, usko gaddi pe baitha diya. Wo kya …

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[10 May 2011 | 2 Comments | ]

Today is Haiku day at Blogathon.
Though I was very enthusiastic to have a Haiku on my site, it would have been a mess if I tried to write it. So, I invited a few participants to write for me and Rashida agreed to do so.
This is what she sent me
Writing is my heart.
Where would I be without it?
True love is writing.
Let me know