“Football, like life, is filled with ups and downs, and the most important thing is to keep moving forward and never give up.” – Diego Maradona Never in my wildest dreams I thought I would be involved with anything to do with – the game of football – a game I thought was just 22…
Another year older
“Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.” — Sammy Hagar Another birthday has come and gone. There’s something quietly profound about waking up on your birthday. No fireworks, no sudden epiphanies—just the gentle realization that you’ve added another chapter to your story. Another year older. Is it just a number?…
Unbelievable
What is wrong in this world? United States of America was at one time the gold standard which other nations strived to. A country built by immigrants and everyone striving to achieve the “dream”! Now, it is an example what is worst in society! With a man who cannot string two words in a sensible…
A trip to Northern Ireland
“Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.” ~ Liam Neeson The Irish Isles always had a fascination for me and this past week I got a chance to visit the city of Belfast in Northern Island. Belfast is one of those hidden gems of…
India 2024 Diaries
“India lives in several centuries at the same time.” – Arundhati Roy A long awaited visit to my country of birth finally came around and as always turned out to be such an enjoyable and as well as an emotional journey. A trip that should have happened four years ago finally became a reality and…
Crazy weather
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” – Mark Twain Here in the UK, the months of January and February were always the coldest months. But lately you cannot predict what kind of weather we will have one week to another. The change of the seasons are not as predictable as they used to be. Is…
Happy New Year 2024
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson 2023 has passed and a new year 2024 has dawned. It has come with a promise for a better time, brighter days, success in our endeavours, hope and positivity. I will not say that I have regrets about the year gone by,…
Being eco conscious
“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” —Ernest Hemingway Every minute of every day we hear the words “conservation”, “climate change”, ” global warming”, “save our planet”, “eco warriors” and many such terms.. How effective are they especially for the common man on the street. How many of us actually stop and think…
Visit to Edinburgh
Last two years have been hard with loss of dear ones and of course the lockdown and the pandemic. We couldn’t go away anywhere on holiday something both my daughter and I love as for us, it was a special bonding mother-daughter time. One of our New Year’s resolutions was a short city break in…
Making new memories
No one can ever take your memories from you – each day is a new beginning, make good memories every day – Anonymous Every morning, I remember my Amma’s words – “Another day has begun, wonder where the time goes”. Whenever she said that, I used to think, why does she say that all the…
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