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The gulmohur tree in our Bassac Garden May too is standing at the threshold, turning back and waving her hands bidding goodbye… Until we meet next year, the red hot May! How quickly the months fly! May brought with her a bundle of pleasant childhood memories, more intense and heartbreaking memories…
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Serene and jade green
There’s a thin line between … The breathtaking photographs of unbelievably transparent and clear blue waters of Dawaki river in Meghalaya, scattered with a few boats that looked as if floating in the air were taking due rounds on the social media a few months back. When I chanced upon a similar sight, thoughContinue reading “Serene and jade green”
Pastoral Idylls…
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new-created in all the freshness of childhood. Peace seemed to reign upon earth, … All sounds were in harmony blended.~ Longfellow Those lines give an all-is-well-here picture of an ideal and idyllic landscape. I was reading ‘TheContinue reading “Pastoral Idylls…”
Some mango tales from mangolicious Cambodia
My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough. Continue reading “Some mango tales from mangolicious Cambodia”
The Lotus Eaters
The land of the Lotus Eaters comes real and alive in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous poem ‘The Lotus Eaters’; the land “in which it seemed always afternoon” as the atmosphere was so peaceful and languid. The poem takes you to a dreamland and leaves you droopy eyed and intoxicated! All round the coastContinue reading “The Lotus Eaters”
Call it serendipity?
The pavement along the Mekong river Ah! Sometimes the simple pleasures can brighten up your whole day! It has always been my greatest wish to see a ROMDOUL (Mitrella mesnyi) flower, the national flower of The Kingdom of Cambodia. By sheer stroke of luck it happened today! On my way to buy flowers I expressedContinue reading “Call it serendipity?”
The Land Of Lotus Blooms
‘And Flora gave the lotus, ‘rose-red’ dyed, And ‘lily-white’ – the queenliest flower that blows.’~Toru Dutt~ The flower Lotus brings a myriad of images to me…The childhood days when we carefully attempted to draw a perfect lotus flower (hardly knowing that it’s our national flower), proudly standing above the bright blue waters. With greatContinue reading “The Land Of Lotus Blooms”
Pchum Ben- Cambodia’s Own Festival
Wat Onalum during Pchum Ben The skies turn deep blue with fluffy clouds scattered here and there, the air is filled with festivities; yes, it’s Pchum Ben (Ancestors’ Day) time. Cambodian culture and history fascinated me with the passage of time and I found immense joy in learning more about the customs and traditionsContinue reading “Pchum Ben- Cambodia’s Own Festival”
Hanuman and Sovanna Maccha
A painting of the monkey king and the golden mermaid at Phnom Penh airport It’s been a month since we moved into the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh and this strange statue of a monkey king holding a lady, half human and half fish, right in the middle of a small pond in aContinue reading “Hanuman and Sovanna Maccha”
MAY the month bid farewell!
May too is standing at the threshold, turning back and waving her hands bidding goodbye… How quickly the months fly! The red hot May brought with her a bundle of pleasant childhood memories, more intense and heartbreaking memories of loss too…May will be back next year, but those who were snatched away by May willContinue reading “MAY the month bid farewell!”
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