Mesothelioma and a Survivor’s story

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 5/18/2013 5:26:00 PM

'Today I have a special article to post. I received a comment on a post to be contacted back from a person named Heather, saying she has a question regarding my blog. Assuming she has a question about India or tourist places in India or Indian culture… I sent a mail to her asking how could I help? To my surprise the response was from a cancer survivor, Mesothelioma cancer – requesting to share her story. Do I have to think twice to help? At this moment I feel happy that probably for (...)'

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Mother's Day...annoucement

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 5/12/2013 4:05:00 PM

'It’s been a LONGGGG pending update from my side; Here is the formal announcement, I have become a mother to a handsome baby boy, Aarav. For those who are curious, the name Aarav means peaceful, calm. Frankly, we were always sure and hopeful, we’d have a daughter! So I had spent most of the time in finding a girl’s name; with 2 boy names, just in case J. After the initial surprise, it later sunk in, that we have a boy indeed! However, we had our baby girl moment after coming home- th(...)'

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Bangle Beauty

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 2/15/2013 2:17:00 PM

'Bangle collectionI picked on a new hobby when I visited my parents this time. My working mother born in Karnataka still loves her old traditional ways of dressing up. Even to date she enjoys wearing a jasmine garland in her hair; though she doesn’t carry long hair anymore as in her younger days. And even though it’s not very common to wear flowers here in Maharashtra, whenever she is in Bangalore or any south Indian city and if you offer to buy her a jasmine garland; she will happil(...)'

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Childhood memories with Fevicol

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 2/15/2013 5:37:00 AM

'Growing up, I lived in apartments with 24 homes in a building. And every year, there would be some furnishing work in progress in some house. So the carpenters would use the parking area for carpentry. Whenever we’d go out to play the carpenters work would fascinate us a lot. One main reason being the free access to Fevicol- the white adhesive! When you get the adhesive on your skin and it dries, it peels off like dead skin. That used to be FUN! The oh-my-god, my skin is peeling fun(...)'

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Saving the GIRL child

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 2/9/2013 4:17:00 PM

'We have known of female feticide crimes in India. Aamir Khan’s Satyameva Jayate show covered a full episode on this issue showing the reasons why this crime happens, how rampant it is, ill-effects of this happening now and in future and organizations who are working towards awareness of people to stop this crime. Recently, my father shared a news from Pune newspaper; a doctor in Pune who has taken an initiative to provide free child delivery service, if it is a girl child. I looked (...)'

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Warli Paintings with a modern twist

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 1/15/2013 3:11:00 PM

'An old junior friend from my college has started an initiative introducing traditional Warli paintings with a modern touch. This multi-talented friend along with his wife draws and sells various day-to-day items with Warli paintings on them. Some also carry colored paintings unlike traditional white drawings on brown background. Personally being a drawing and painting enthusiast, I love the variety they are bringing each day and I can't hold back from sharing this information with a(...)'

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Happy Anniversary to my blog!

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 1/7/2013 5:03:00 AM

'I did not notice that my blog has already completed 2 years... So Happy Anniversary to my blog! And Belated New Year 2013 wishes to all my readers..I came across this beautiful tamil song Kangal Irandal...ofcourse I don't understand it...so I found its meaning too, for my satisfaction! The video doesn't seem great..or it's more like from an older time period, but the song is nice! Enjoy!'

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My "Inception" Moment

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 10/20/2012 1:31:00 AM

'I was in my sleep….dreaming ..now of course I know that …but in the dream I didn’t know obviously that it’s dream. My dream goes like this….(dreams are really weird) my husband and I were talking to a little girl…whats your name, age..school…blah blah. And every time she answered her front tooth which was shaky would point out…it almost was hanging by her gums with a small tissue…and she would pull it in and place it back with her tongue. So I say to my husband that her tooth is goi(...)'

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The Brits we miss!!!

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 10/1/2012 3:08:00 PM

'Last week on the occasion of Ganesh Chathurthi, I was visiting my grandparents at my uncle’s place. My grandma had specially called me as she was planning to prepare some old delicacies especially for me. I have missed so many dishes that my mom used to make before I got married. Now I really don’t have the time and energy to make those.I finished my decoration, celebrations and prayers quickly. Frankly Ganesh Chathurthi is such a grand celebration in Pune. I would start to decorate(...)'

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Greatest speech ever

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 7/17/2012 5:13:00 PM

'I got this youtube link from a friend. Does it strike a chord? Does it shake you up? Does it make you say - I know....exactly! I say I agree!I replayed it again and again to feel the rush!'

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Women and Cultures

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 7/8/2012 5:52:00 PM

'Since I moved to Bangalore I have had a maid at home to do the daily cleaning; just like my Mysore days. But a much better experience than the super-smart maid Radha in Mysore. Here I have a Muslim lady coming to work. Actually they are a bunch of ladies that work around here in my locality. So all are related to each other like sisters-in-law (in Indian terms they are Bhabhi, Nanand, Devrani, Jethani to each other)My maid Salma, recently started to bring a little girl…by which I me(...)'

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Chicken tales

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 6/10/2012 8:10:00 PM

'Fragile ChickenMy weekend was hectic travel one. I travelled from Bangalore to Salem to Mysore back to Bangalore. We went to visit my husband’s grandfather who is ill. My aunt-in-law who is taking care of him lives in a more village-like part of the Salem town. Like they actually have a well to draw water and have baskets of chickens.     Light colored babies Water drawing from the well Feisty Mommy! It’s always been a small wish to hold chickens in my hand…and I did so (...)'

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Pope John Paul

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 6/7/2012 5:08:00 PM

'Pope John PaulI just learnt from a friend that this bunch of white roses is called Pope John Paul….My miss Nadya octomom is doing so well….7 blossomed roses…1 more to go. They look so beautiful. The first time I saw the buds…I was wondering how the little branch would bear the weight of 8 roses, because they looked like they will all bloom around the same time.Acting like sunflowers....going out towards the light!!!!The bunch of semi-blossomed roses looks so amazing. Since I migrate(...)'

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Octomom!!

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 6/5/2012 5:59:00 PM

'So I came back after a week from my Pune visit and I found my white rose plant has 8 buds!! All on the same branch! Got an octomom in my garden….remembered the long lost octomom famed Nadya Suleman!!! Wonder what she does these days! Now I patiently wait each day to see one white rose bloom at a time!!!'

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Travel to Pune

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 5/19/2012 8:07:00 AM

'This week I am visiting my home…my parents’ home in Pune; after 1.5 years. They have visited me a bunch times in the past 1.5 years J. I planned my travel by bus as its still holiday season in India and you don’t get train reservations, unless you planned and booked 3 months ago! And well bus is much quicker than train too. I attended half day at work and my husband took me to my bus boarding place. Koramangla in Bangalore! As per Indian time schedule a bus came 5 mins late. When we(...)'

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So good to have bar 'atteched'

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 5/14/2012 4:43:00 PM

'One of the funny english boards on my drive this sunday afternoon!'

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Twirl away….

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 4/11/2012 5:07:00 PM

'Channapatna is a small town in Karnataka, which is famous for wooden toys and artifacts. They have some of the finest, oldest and simplest designs; be it toys or kitchenware, show pieces. It’s a world of wood. I mean they could probably build a small world out of wooden things.I have this desire from a long time to buy different kinds of artifacts from there, just for a collection! Over the weekend we went out for a drive..not to Channapatna though, but came across a small store of (...)'

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Shooting the Moon

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 4/6/2012 7:33:00 PM

'My first ever attempt to click the full moon. After a series of 4-5 blurry, white solid ball, I finally figured out how to get the grey spots on the moon. A clear picture of the moon! Yaaaay! I finally can click a moon with my Nikon Coolpix L100. The moon on Good friday - 6th April 2012'

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Adipa – beautiful and easy

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 4/6/2012 6:05:00 PM

'Design 1Now since I have shared out the news – I have bought a house, let’s talk about decorating and furnishingJ. The best and the fun part (ignoring the expense part for now!). I have colleague at work who also recently bought a house too and did furnishing and stuff. So we generally discuss ideas and things that we want to do…places to buy from, brands, models, stores etc.She shared her Facebook pictures to show me her new house with the final look. I noticed the nameplate she ha(...)'

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Still here....

Author : Shilpa      Blog : REFLECTIONS      Date : 4/3/2012 5:07:00 PM

'It's been a while since I have posted on my blog. Frankly, work has been keeping very very busy. I have always wanted to be loaded with work so I am actually liking it. But it almost feels like I have forgotten to blog. Since most of day I spend at work, I meet or see very few interesting people.I thought about writing my experience of working in one of the largest company in India, but then got bored of the thought! Yeah, its a huge company and I was never a fan of it. Not eve(...)'

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