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Tales from WW2 – The Asia-Pacific arena - Part 3
The story with a WW2 twist that I recounted in my previous two posts got me reminiscing about a few others… During my stint as a management trainee at a Chennai hotel in the early 1980s – … more →
Chiaroscuro
Tales from WW2 – The Asia-Pacific arena - Part 3
cathedralist wrote 1 month ago: The story with a WW2 twist that I recounted in my previous two posts got me reminiscing about a few … more →
A sinking feeling...
cathedralist wrote 6 months ago: Eleven years ago we had looked at a ready-to occupy apartment in one of Chennai’s relatively n … more →
Loaded Weapon - Part 2
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Before she knew it, it was lunch time. Unfortunately the canteen was crowded and they had to share t … more →
Loaded Weapon - Part 1
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Shoba neatly stepped off the bus before it had come to a complete stop, drawing a look of consternat … more →
H. horribilis - Part 2
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Recently I was reduced to twiddling my thumbs at my son’s pediatrician’s waiting room. I … more →
A walk with "the people with the green heads" and then uphill...
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Last Sunday instead of sleeping in until 7, I was up as usual at 5 am. So was my son, without a murm … more →
The battle lines are drawn...
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: I live on a battleground and our home was filled with wounded soldiers this week. Huh?! I can almost … more →
What's that buzz?
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Chennai stll has a few last bastions of nature – shrinking green spaces – a few of which … more →
Saddled - Part II: The co(r)ns of riding side-saddle
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: The disadvantages of riding side-saddle? The main one is that I don’t present a streamilned pr … more →
Saddled - Part I: The pros(e) of riding side-saddle
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Traveling 30 kilometres to and from the workplace the last three years astride a large motorized sco … more →
Now and then...
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Just as we were gearing up for another long hot summer, the rain gods smiled. Chennai has been seein … more →
Mum's the word
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Prior to the helmet hoopla, I would wind a dupatta (a fine cotton shawl) around my head and face to … more →
Helmet hoopla
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Wearing a helmet wasn’t as bad as I’d expected, except on our Indian dog days (“ag … more →
Radio ga-ga
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cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: I’m ga-ga over this new FM radio station that Chennai recently got – Radio City 91.1. I … more →
Head for the hills!
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been going on about the shrinking patches of green in the city in the face of progress. … more →
Cycling
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Morten, who is very active in the sustainable transportation arena in Europe, asked what percentage … more →
Hell met?
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: I have had a motorized 2-wheeler license for close to 20 years (being one of the first women in the … more →
Backing up
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: The other afternoon I was watching a group of babblers – a bird that gradually darkens from a … more →
The koel and the neem
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: I am lucky enough to have my office situated in a rare pocket of green in the middle of the city … more →
