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Here are some words for groups of vehicles "fleet", "convoy", "caravan", "armada", "motorcade...

My 5yo had this strange request today. He: Can I have a Seetha? Can Amma make it? Me: Hmm? What did you say you want? He: I want a Seetha fo...

கலையும் கடற்கரையும்  நண்பர்களும் உறவினரும்  ஊரும் உணவும் பார்த்தால் சென்னை அழகு. சாலையும் ஓரமும்  கூவமும் அடையாறும்  புழுதியும் தூசும் கண்டா...

Thats a lovely movie from 2009 and also happens to be Chennai's climate. When asked to describe Madras' seasons this is a more reaso...

Been using Perplexity app for simple searches all day and seems clean and crisp. Since AI sounds like the Chinese word for love, posed an ab...

One fine day a 5yo was in deep thought while having breakfast and suddenly had to share his revelation with me - "Appa, you know what? ...

Somebody was so happy and proud to learn his first Tamil rhyme in school and he gladly explained it's meaning too - அம்மா இங்கே வா வா.. ...

 " Dalí painted one of his most famous pieces, “ La Gare de Perpignan ”—the Perpignan train station. For the inspiration he found here,...

A 10yo water-sports enthusist was trying some stunts with the waves and lost his footing in the beach today. He went underwater for a few se...

It was just a random Sunday evening stroll in Express Avenue Mall. We had a few hours to kill but nothing much to shop.  After a pitstop at ...

This was in the second year of my college education where I stayed in the hostel. The room was B-328 and was shared by the shy, nerdy, wordy...

"Phalking"  =  Walking around while continuously looking at a phone. Unfortunately, its not appropriate to say the word aloud, so ...

While his mother was busy prepping for Ganesh Chaturthi in the pooja room, a certain 5yo decided to maximize the benefits of the ongoing rel...

Why did the taxi end up parking inside the outdoor badminton court? Because it was an office shuttle.  p.c : Selvakumar PS

Thangalaan felt like our Indian contingent's performance in the recently concluded Olympics 2024 - there were some world-class performer...

...ubiquitous random WhatsApp status message - forward ! I was checking some friend's whatsapp status message with a semi-cool, somewhat...

Thats Inside Out 2..! The first movie was everybody's favourite, for the wonderful portrayal of childhood emotions in a relatable storyl...

It was an endearing sight of a mom reading a children's book in the library to her 4-yo, educating him on essential life topics like nut...

What used to be esoteric science a couple of decades ago, ends up as popular science through movies and YouTube shorts. Blackholes fall in t...

The 4yo was practising his chess moves with his 12yo brother and just made a move of a horse piece jumping over a couple of soldiers and whi...

"No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come",  they said! The problem is, they never said when 'that time' wil...

'Maharaja' had a well executed storyline and superb screen-play. The visual story-telling style of the director was appealing and so...

While the tech world buzzes incessantly about how AI is going to transform our lives for the better or worse, we decided to forego our Frida...

We were in the middle of the daily routine arguments on who gets to sleep near the Mother. The Mother prefers to sleep in the edge of the be...

The 4yo: Why do we get dreams in the night, Amma? Mother: When we are alseep and the brain gets bored, it starts to play some video inside a...

Our first pre-teen son going through the phase of arbitrary zzz cycles - "When it is raining outside, we must get under a blanket and t...

Son3 who just turned 4, was lying beside his mom just before his nap recounting how much he is fond of her. "Amma, I like you infinity....

I used to be a more pleasant person, but right now pleasantries bore me to death.  The never ending barrage of "happy birthday"s a...

Many years ago I heard a French song but didn't know how to pronounce the title. And then I could not find it since it didn't know w...

 At the end of a long binge-watching session late in the night when all in the family were waiting to hit the bed, the mother spilt some wat...

I saw a lady employee pick flowers in the landscaped footpath on the way to office in the morning, presumably to adorn her hair, and I was t...

During a particularly long and wordy office meeting meant to discuss on some rather controversial topics, I started to doodle involuntarily....

Drove past a lovely avenue of trees after 30 years. First time, I was wandering on my bicycle and was struck by the beauty of the tall trees...

While waiting in the Passport Kendra office for renewing mine on 11th Sep 23 , I had to deal with the long wait times and processing by very...

I earned 5 rupees yesterday thru hard work and negotiation skills I lugged a few kgs of glass bottles collected over time to nearby recyclin...

https://youtu.be/TyZSBqQ813c?si=4RJlcJ0bOwcIGyFN Amusing plight of spouses of complicated and articulate men. I was thinking what to say whe...

About 3 decades ago (1989) a boy and his sea-faring father went out in a remote Japanese port town (Yawata? Shimizu? Nagoya) . It wasn't...

I got a new swanky credit card, touted to be premium all-metal and contactless. It looks so good, that now I have to upgrade my wallet that ...

How does one continue with the SLR photography habit in the age of fantastic mobile cameras? By personification of the gadget like a family ...

Its so similar to water, but its anything but.  The first time most people hear about such a compound is when their ear wax hardens. You can...

There was this whiteboard with the daily speciality menu written on it. On it, iI found this. Spanish Manchurian Was it an exciting fusion o...

I was proud that I'm not active in FB or Insta or Twitter or LinkedIn and therefore less prone to doom-scrolling. The only exception I g...

Now we know exactly how to prevent AI from taking over the world - get it married to another AI bot. Will keep it subdued and tamed- Hubby A...

Right to Pose must be a fundamental right in the 21st century alongside Right to Privacy.  Atleast one gets a chance to blow air out, tuck i...

It energizes your mind. It opens up possibilities. It sparks your enthusiasm. It can spur more activity. It can even disrupt your sleep cycl...

Probably the only and cheapest form of time travel that all of us will have access to, is watching the night sky. Everything you see up ther...

Mom: Did you know that they have announced that the pandemic is now declared as endemic? Son1: What's an endemic? Son2: (nonchalantly) I...

Any closer to the sun, we would be deep-fried - Any farther, we would end up freeze-dried!

..is the name of the excellent cardio exercise that people like to indulge in while walking a few thousand steps inside any shopping mall, w...

Babies are this combination of 90% demanding hardwork and 10% pure love and inspiration, and they somehow make this skewed equation work in ...

Right now I need to attend "Physics 101" to deal with this : Appa, what colours is white light made up of? All colours you see in ...

I know I cna type 'can' but everytime my fingers type cna when i want to type 'can', so one cna call it a serious case of ...

There are basically 2 kinds of Upma: "I have a few mouths to feed but Im in no mood to cook, so let me kindii some" Upma ...

Success requires lots of hardwork, substantial creativity and a really nice ppt!

Situation: I have an infant in sitting on my lap and holding the baby with left hand and eating my breakfast of hot idlies and sambar wit...

I left my mobile at home and realised that after reaching office. She called my landline to probably inform me about it and here was the con...

The visit to the Ather showroom captured Review here The delivery happened on a weekend and before that the charger AtherDot was instal...

After years of reading online reviews for Electric Vehicles, it's about time to write one. But before that, the story of how I got he...

Choose the most appropriate- Mopping the floor is : A: Strange way of practicing ballroom dance B: Mediocre way of cleaning the floor. C: E...

If I learn differential calculus partially, can I perform partial differentiation perfectly?

Ever wondered why grey or white hair never tans in the  sun like skin does? Melanin is so unfair!

4.08am: Using an improvised cleaning tool made from a sticky duct-tape stuck to the tip of a thin precision screw driver, I just managed to...

Enjoying a Thayir vadai on a hungry stomach and hot afternoon, must be in "the top-ten little pleasures of life" list .

Ever wondered why "baby proofing the house" is almost always used in the present-continuous tense?

I would like to run quite regularly, but the problem is - quite regularly I do not like to run.

When you are struggling, challenged or very unsettled, people wish you a calm and comfortable time ahead. When you are happy, contented and...

A Parent's definition of Inertia: Every body and everybody must continue to be in a state of rest or uniform motion along a straight li...

"Listen to your stomach to know when to stop eating" Great idea! But I cannot hear a word of what it is saying, when I'm havi...

உலகமெங்கும் பரவியிருக்கும் உயர்தர சைவ உணவகத்தில், 'சோலா பூரி' கேட்டேன், 'குருநிலமன்னர் பூரி' கிடைத்தது!

The greatest weakness of very creative people or original thinkers, might just be their inability to follow utterly simple instructions!

Keen to introduce our youngest family member to music, I played a lovely melody in my phone in a quiet room and gave it to him. He stared i...

What's the term for those little kids who after weeks of rehearsal and practice, completely freeze or cry during their first ever on-s...

When some people multi-task, they appear like hyper-efficient-productivity-gurus. When I try to copy that, I just end up being paralysed!

It's always a proud moment for any parent to witness their child overcome their fear of creatures of the dark night. While walking a...

It was a silent but sleepless night. A long train of thought comes to a halt- In a primal station called Hunger. That familiar walk to the...

If just plain pizza is called Marghe-rita, can we rebrand our plain dosa as Marghad-arisi or something?

When a certain toddler always picks up the A/C remote control and frantically presses the on-off button making it go "beep bop beep be...

அது கொழுப்பின் மிகுதியால் வருவதில்லை. கைக்குழந்தைகளை அழகாய் சுமக்க பெண்களுக்கு இடுப்பை போல ஆண்களுக்காக இறைவன் கொடுத்த வரம் தான் -  தொப்பை. ...

My preference in a cup of coffee is the most flexible: I like it anyway - with or without sugar, caffeinated or decaf, with or without milk...

One faces hard choices when it comes to the best time to visit Chennai: Christmas vacation: Moderately cool climate with the nights touc...

Time is an illusion. A long vacation doubly so!

Two nature-lovers debating faith: Believer: The ungraspably infinite beauty of the universe makes me wonder,  it can't be "just na...

When the poorer man goes to a shop of luxuries he has to be choosy, to be able to fit his budget. When the rich man goes to the same shop h...

Grass being greener on the other side is not just an adage.  I just found that even weeds that grow untended and unnoticed looks interesting...

The more beautiful the place or the experience, the more I miss her.

After a rather heavy lunch I resolved to forget about dinner, and around dinner time, I forgot what I had for lunch!

It is amazing how the internet can be life changing, money saving, time saving and still make you feel like an idiot at the same time. I ca...

Will to work + Enthusiasm = Hard work Will to work + Intelligence = Good work Wish to work + Intelligence + Laziness = Smart work!

My mobile's keypad has twin features of auto-correct and auto-corrupt. Nobody can control which gets enabled though!

Humans, with their fickle minds, fragile lives, finite abilities and fading resolves, can never be fully trusted to keep a promise. Promise...

How often we just assume longevity of ourselves or dear ones, and hesitate to express feelings, delay cherished experiences, hold back love ...

Reading news and analysis is like a mystery novel, a work in progress. The social, political, economic news is like the sentiment, strategic...

After more than 4 years in matrimony,  I was asked for some advice to a newly wedded couple: "Any advice I may give now is utterly use...

I have been - postponing forever my posts in Blogger, micro-blogging my thoughts in Facebook, social networking with bots in Twitter!

Losing money and gaining weight is so ridiculously easy. Why on earth, isnt it the other way around??

Today, I had a dream of running early in the morning, with a cool wind blowing across my face. It felt so good, that I switched off that a...

Would mixing teargas and laughing gas and using it on a angry mob, pacify them and disperse them at the same time? 

Have you ever noticed? Taste of food is always inversely proportional to its health quotient. God conspired this basic relationship to ma...

Im feeling.. Sorry for not wishing friends on their birthdays ontime, and tired of sending belated greetings - So.. To all who were bor...

When there is love in life, there is more love for life.

A calf or a little pony, which is more lovely? The family or just me, for a long journey? Cool shade or clear water, for a desert wande...

When Satisfaction is a nail to hang a picture for Happiness, It also becomes the last nail in the coffin for Ambition.

I love it when movies seem to have a mind of their own. We watched 4 movies in about a week - Funny people Sum of all fears American beauty ...

L2:Selva: Spoke more with you off-campus than on- L1:PVR: What other frequencies do you hear when crouching near my loudspeaker? 51:Ramkumar...

I've read that people keep talking ALL the time, either to others or to themselves. Its the ratio of whom they talk to that determines e...

Fear of unpopularity is the second greatest barrier to becoming a leader. The first is ofcourse the fear of leading and telling people what ...

Any Panda in a zoo would probably feel real depressed, if it could understand all the people calling it 'keeoooouut'. Its a bear, bu...

..of burly men pushing and jostling with each other in a field for the possession of a ball that cannot even roll in a straight line. Rugby ...

Urbanisation is organised crime against Nature

What if our lives were really like one huge Truman show? Where God is the producer and the universe is the grand set ? Where all of us play ...

A wondering mind I was Of atoms, gods and wars. Back and forth I drifted, Not sure if I was gifted. Things have changed now I still go dream...

When the Pope met the theoretical physicist - God became Ether.

There was a last portion of Biriyani and 1 half of Buttered Naan left on the restaurant table. We had to decide between my wife and I, who w...

Wrong attitude: Omigod ! Pants are tight, I have bloated. Gonna go jogging and slogging. Right attitude: Hurray ! I can go shop for new tr...

Friend: I think u need to give 30 dollars If you have transferred already, pls ignore this. Me: Yes, i remember every once in a while that ...

When in the womb, you really have no degree of freedom Entering this world, you have discovered the first degree When you start to crawl, th...

T here was once a little boy aged about 9 or 10, who loved to be a little different from the rest. He absolutely loved the company of other ...

It just happens like that. I suddenly had this overpowering desire to work for an advertising company ! I walked over to my friend's des...

அன்ன சத்திரம் ஆயிரம் வைத்தல் ஆலயம்பதி னாயிரம் நாட்டல் , பின்ன ருள்ள   தருமங்கள் யாவும் பெயர்வி ளங்கி யொளிர நிறுத்தல் அன்ன யாவினும் புண்ணியம்...