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Last week (February 4th), the World observed Word Cancer Day. Till now, the way I had looked at days like world AIDS day, world diabetes day...

It was time for another visit to the ayurveda doctor, Dr.Gadgil, at Bangalore. Few days ago, we went to meet him. As usual, thanks to Mahesh...

Couple of years ago, I celebrated new year by starting a new email id, but this year was different. A new avatar. After showing this photo...

In another 10 minutes, we are leaving for my mother's village. A 10 days holiday there and we will celebrate Pongal. (It is harvest fest...

Tarsh's wedding went off well on December 31st. Nikhilesh had taken some photographs and after a day, we uploaded all of them to my comp...

I don't know why, but how much ever I try, I am not able to say Happy New Year. When I say, it sounds Happy Moo Year only... Anyway, all...

On 24th, we met the Ayurveda doctor, Dr.Gadgil in Bangalore for a review. He seems generally happy with my milk-drinking. And said, "if...

All kinds of figures are followed very closely in the world today on a daily basis. Inflation rate, food inflation rate, unemployment rate...

The gap in blogging during the last 2 weeks was, ironically, more to do with me becoming slightly better healthwise! Friends like Satya ha...

Omana, our tribal woman health animator, asked her husband K.T.Subramanian : "How did he get the cancer?" KTS, of course, said, ...

No, no, don't worry, it is not a scientific blog post. (All I know about astronomy can be written on the back of a postal stamp, as they...

I was telling a friend, "the problem is there is unequal growth. One section is growing beyond what is healthy, while the other is go...

First of all, my apologies for not writing for the last one week and keeping everyone guessing. Many of you had called directly to get the n...

There is one part of my body which has not been affected by the chemo drugs till now. Touch wood, it is the ear! Even the nose had a nose bl...

Surviving cancer is one thing; but surviving the cancer treatment is another. There has been a break from the chemo drugs for the last 15 d...

Till recently, I used to think that Doctors and Engineers are two totally different species in the animal kingdom. But, of late, I rea...

Sorry, this can be only a Tamil Post. Difficult to translate !! அந்தக்காலத்தில் பெண்ணைக் காதலித்து கல்யாணம் செய்வதற்கு பெண்ணின் பெற்றோர்...

After almost a week, the mouth is better today and I could have a proper cleaning of my mouth with toothbrush. How good it feels to be abl...

The last one week has been the most painful (literally) week of my life - till now, that is :-) Due to the Chemo effect, the WBC count s...

I think, I have made up by mind. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is the best of A.R.Rahman's albums. I waited for more than 6 months befo...

At the India-Pakistan Wagah border, we have two of the most hostile gatekeepers that you can find anywhere. Till recently, I used to think...

Bhanu sent this cute little list to find out easily if you are a cancer survivor. So, to cheer up others going through the ordeal, here it...

The 3rd cycle of my chemotherpay started. Went to Vellore on Sunday, met the doctor on Monday after a blood test. Thanks to the topping up...

These days, I feel more like a SIM card than a human body - what with constant talk of 'topping up'. When I heard the doctor sayi...

Few days ago, the 2nd cycle got over. Actually, all the side effects that I was warned about seemed to decide almost the same time to have...

Bala mentioned a very valid point. If I discontinue Musings and move everything to the new Posterous service, it will mean that my favour...

For the 2nd round of chemotherapy, when I got admitted in CMC, I realised that I had been elevated to the level of a Monk! As Sundar was ...

Yes, it is official! I am Young. The doctors pronounced it. Friends told...

All of you must be under the wrong impression that I am bravely fighting cancer, aptly described as the Emperor of all Maladies, in my...

Two days ago, I got this harshest criticism! As I try to be efficient a...

Wanted to talk to you all personally, but a common mail is what I could afford right now. There seems to be a slight change in plans ...

I have started another blog site. It is in a new web service called posterous.com. If you send mails to this account, it will automatically ...

I am becoming more and more fond of old people jokes!! Sign of old age catching up? Some people (especially the wife) may disagree, but as y...

There was a brief respite for all of you. Was busy with unimportant things in life, like work, office etc... What better way to start than a...

The way things are going in the world... Corruption everywhere and all that sort of thing, I mean ... the word Values is going to be extin...

An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two ge...

The doctor's advice is to take care of the food; look closely at the ingredients and avoid unnecessary junk and all that. Such dieting s...

Do you keep falling asleep in round-tables and seminars? What about those long and boring conferences? PGP sent a nice tip - Here's a wa...

Creative Brilliance! That is how this animation was described by Sajan, who sent this. Amazing. Fight between the animator and the animatio...

They say, there should be lots of Give and Take in Marriages. But, this one gets the cake... err...

Premila sent this nice one. Things our mothers taught us... and we continue to do to our kids!! 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB W...

I have also wondered what is the best way to make God notice our prayers. Even assuming a growing number of atheists, the number of prayers ...

All Bloggers : Please Note!! There is a loophole in the intellectual property regime. Dilbert has noticed that!! So, if any of you want to c...

Only he said that he loved her He only said that he loved her He said only that he loved her He said that only he loved her He said that he ...

The betting scandal in Cricket is making me depressed. If our sporting idols fall from their lofty pedastals, what is left in the world to h...

There were two no ball controversies recently. First, Randiv of Sri Lanka bowled a no ball intentionally to deny Sehwag of India from making...

The following speech was delivered by top of the class student Erica Goldson during the graduation ceremony at Coxsackie-Athens High School ...

Got this wonderful list through Henry. Except one or two things like the 11 PM long distance call, most of the things are true. One is advis...

Life seems to be full of serious issues. The list of things that need pondering over is ever increasing. My 'to do' list is not very...

I had written about the Mr.Wrong syndrome affecting our young girls these days. To be precise, the problem is due to the expectation deficit...

I am very grateful to the God for not making me a young woman, because all young women go through a very difficult problem in life. How do...

Chose a new look for Musings. Hope all of you like it. Hoping to keep it changing once in a while. Just to confuse you all.

World cup fever is every where. Got this information from one of the IRMA classmates, with an advice to quit stressing over the winner of th...

Men are too selfish. And insensitive too, I am told. For all the love and affection poured on them by their (respective) wives, see how they...

While growing up as a child, I did not know about this peculiar trait of men - Not asking for directions! We did not have any cars in the w...

Even though we use these two words 'Teacher' and 'Guru' almost synonymously, there seems to be a lot of differences. Krishna...

Everyone knows that we Indians invented the zero. Without zero and the decimal number system, writing and calculating really large numbers w...