Live & let live. Be & let be...

Live & let live. Be & let be......... Both are becoming a state of being in this life.....I never ever wanted to abdicate this beautiful life bestowed upon us, despite all odds & against all odds. Even when I thought at age 15 or so that becoming a nun was the coolest thing to do. The cosmic question was, how will you ever know anything if you donot live life, here and now..... and around 20, the cosmic question on who is my ideal and wold like to emulate. Gandhi/Nelson Mandela/Buddha.... Well, I said nobody, I would like to live this life and find out who I am. And then this inner voice said, who would you choose, if you had absolutely no choice in the matter. And hands down, it was Buddha who won! and believe me it was a full 16 years or so later that I realised that I have been guided and led by this benign but autocratic or should I say despotic unseen force........in the path of the Buddha. No regrets! I just lived the life........for better or for worse. Feeling thouroughly blessed, despite all odds & against all odds......... I will keep hanging on.......by Simply Red ring a bell? This is one stubborn monkey, on the path of evolution, well hopefully.......what is anything anyway.....live & let live and be & just be.......anyways......ha ha ha

learning never stops......

Hi there all of you.............
Life is all now and here one day and what is it all about another day. Well, wither the vagaries of this human mind, this beautiful human mind. I am here today to say something about Veini,
Ms. Elaveini, from whom I learnt to listen, especially to a customer. I had been through so much for so long(if 42 years is long enough) and was wondering what more there was to learn, when you have been everyhwere, seen every thing and done it all. Well, I learnt to listen from her and work quitely but effectively. Kudos to Veini. People to learn from can be found in the wuitest corners of this world. She can be found at Mayuri Multimedia, Chennai.

And these are the media guns who worked ont he technical aspects and actually put all my concepts out here on the web for you all to see. They are up and coming, though I would say they are rare and raring to go. Awesome service. Check them out in person, don't get carried away by their website.

ciao....................

travel is adventure......

Excited is the word. The rugl baby website is still not on its two perfect little feet, but well when did a baby statrt walking in its first month here on earth. And people! it is India! Here we manage do things, well a little differently, even with the best of efforts. And when did life walk a straight line?! with me it seems to take the convoluted path, despite my straight nose of all in life and beyond. Boy! did I learn and do I learn a lot?! you bet!!!!!!!!!!!

So the two babies Rugltrust & Cosmic Cosnpiracy are here and hope you all like them. A sincere effort. Nobody is perfectly good and nobody is perfeectly bad.

Last week was travel to Sandur in Karnataka. And well! India is all about surprises around every nook and corner down her lenght and breadth. Was in Sandur, Bellary district, to look a the Embroidery options they offer. Especially Lambani. A long waited trip. Was part of the trip in November'08, when I went to Delhi and on my return via Lucknow for 'Chikankari' got my baggage stolen at the ladies waiting room in Chennai. Camera, computor back up, pen drive, paaspot, pan card! and my 30 year collection of personal jewellery, and my favourite clothes. Well around 75,000/- rupeees down the thieves pocket. The money? yes is difficult to earn with all the ideals & principles I espouse. But the sheer effort of getting the documents, after such trials, was a sure let down. Well what a lesson. Sandur trip saw me with a shoulder bag, with next to nothing, but bare essentials.

Well, Sandur! what a story! A iron ore & managanese mining area. Even the sun looked red & dusty. Guess you can think of the country side now a little. Ecology at its barren best, due to unscrupulous and indiscriminate digging of the depths of the earth, in the name of mining. Wither we oh mankind?! The embroidery was all colourful life, to make up for all the loss of nature and her colours. What a pity? we loose natural colours and make up for it with chemical coloured threads from corporates! Well, hope with patience and perseverence will pave the way.

Oh! and 2 hours at Hampi on the way back. So there till there next time.