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Nostalgia Friends I was reading "Kitchens that we carry" (The Hindu Magazine, November 8). From the Tamil & Telugu kitchen recipes discussed in the article, my thoughts jumped to the first kitchen from which I took my breakfast, lunch and dinner during my school days. That was a 8x5 room inside the temple where we stayed : Father who was the temple Pujari, my elder sister and me. A related Blog Post : https://www.warriersblog.com/2022/09/nostalgia-my-childhood-days-inside.html Excerpts : "I remember one ammayaar (Tamil Brahmin woman) aged around 70 years making daily visits to the temple. By the time she reached, my father would be busy in the thidappalli preparing naivedyam for the deity or food for us. Ammayaar would make her presence felt with a loud question standing just near the thidappalli: Innentha koottan? (What curry you are preparing today?). My dad would immediately come out and explain the recipe, before proceeding to the sanctum sanctorum to give her...

Friends Occasionally, we come across individuals who have lived multiple lives in one life. Very rarely we try to probe and find out their real life stories. When one of them becomes a celebrity of sorts and gets featured in the Reader's Digest or hits media headlines, we notice them. At B we read one such story covered by Hindustan Times. At A, we go through a short story published by my daughter Reshmy. Back cover of the book says "Reshmy Warrier is a writer of poetry and fiction whose work spans short stories, novellas and reflective prose." She has tried her hand at other branches of creative art like painting also. M G Warrier A Books : Moth's Kiss By Reshmy Warrier https://amzn.in/d/08E8wwzS Book overview Mihir and Leela arrive at Chesterfield Manor hoping to repair their failing marriage. The remote house in the hills promises silence, space, and a chance to begin again. But the manor holds secrets, and the longer they stay, the more Leela begins to chan...

Friends It's easier to copy-paste, than think and write. If this wisdom had dawned on me during 1950's, I would have been elsewhere today. Don't try to guess : I only meant, I would have passed my SSLC with much more marks and that would have (like !dea phone) changed my life! Yesterday, I was reading Times editorial "Good Over Bad". No, there are no earth-shaking revelations in the editorial. Using Diwali as a peg to hang the idea of Good and Bad, it speaks about common perceptions relating to Good and Bad. M G Warrier A Good Over Bad The editorial piece titled "Good Over Bad" (Times Of India, November 9) explores how traditional moral binaries of good versus evil have blurred into complex shades of grey in the modern world. Key Themes of the Editorial The Spectrum of Good and Evil : Traditional childhood or festival lessons neatly divide the world into black-and-white triumphs of good over evil, whereas reality requires recognizing ethics and im...

Welcome To Warrier's Friends' COLLAGE, Second Monday, November, 2026 Friends Yesterday, DEEPAVALI Greetings & Sweets were exchanged, activities in the markets including financial markets were brisk. Muhurat Trading for Samvat 2083 took place on Sunday, November 8, 2026, coinciding with Diwali Laxmi Pujan. Session Highlights Market Performance : Indian benchmark indices ended the special 70-minute session marginally lower after giving up early gains in the closing auction. Sensex : Closed down 28.62 points (0.04%) at 80,999.40. Nifty 50 : Closed down 43.95 points (0.18%) at 24,986.40. Looks, markets have stabilized. M G Warrier M 134 A Blog Dr T V Gopalakrishnan https://econo-reflexions.blogspot.com/2026/11/to-transform-society-we-must-begin-with.html?m=1 To Transform the Society, We Must Begin with Ourselves An Introspection on Human Values, Education, Character, Sanatana Dharma, Technology and Collective Responsibility B Aghamarshana Suktam The Ag...

HAPPY DEEPAVALI M G Warrier Diwali (Deepavali)—meaning a "row of lights"—is a multi-day festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists that symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The Mythology & Core Legends Lord Rama's Homecoming : In northern India, the festival commemorates the return of Prince Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile and their victory over the demon king Ravana. The people of Ayodhya lit rows of clay lamps (diyas) to guide them home through the dark night. Lord Krishna and Narakasura : Celebrated as Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) in southern and western regions, it marks Lord Krishna (along with Satyabhama) defeating the tyrannical demon Narakasura and freeing thousands of captive princesses and prisoners. Goddess Lakshmi and Abundance: Linked to Samudra Manthan (the churning of the cosmic ocean), it honors the emergence of Goddess Lakshmi, the ...

Friends Reading the short piece "Smelling pages of a new book"( Economic Times, November 6), my thoughts went to different occasions when I received and felt new books. While in school, to save on costs, old used books were purchased from senior students at half price. Of course, some new note books had to be purchased. While in SSLC Class (Standard XI) we had a 48 pages Sanskrit text priced Rs4/- I borrowed that text from a friend and copied in a 40 pages note book bought for 2 Annas. Today, after 68 years, looking back with amusement : While vacating our Thiruvananthapuram house for letting out, I had to leave hundreds of books I had accumulated over time. Now, on average, I buy a book every fortnight. M G Warrier A Smelling pages of a new book - The Economic Times https://share.google/eMxt0HYHWfHzs8Tqt The "algorithm" or chemical process behind the Economic Times' Bliss of Everyday Life feature on "Smelling pages of a new book" is driven by a...