Author: saishree

Venting :)

So damn irritating! Why do I have to take-over somebody else’s project? As it is, just managing a project in this team is so challenging; and then, you also have to take over somebody else’s work, because they have gone…

Poetry

Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of response. Like lightning. Like falling in love. Am reading J. M Coetzee’s Disgrace. So far, I have found the book…

The magic of his voice

Am listening to Jagjit’s Singh’s ghazals. This man’s voice is amazing. I have a collection of his songs, and I just dont get tired of listening to them. It is as if every time he manages to touch my soul.…

The curse of indifference

Today is Election day. And I, as a responsible young Indian should be casting my vote, but I am not. Instead I am sitting in a coffee shop with a friend, sipping a cup of capucciono and cribbing.. bitching..complaining. Cribbing…

The Day of the Jackal

Finished reading the Day of the Jackal. It was quite tightly written, but the story line was too sparse. Still quite okay to read on a lazy vacation. Starting to read something quite different.”Enhancing Teaching” by Madeline Hunter.

The Swayamwara continues…

Its 18th April and I was hoping that today was the day I met the guy of my dreams. Today was my 15th ‘pennu kaanal’ session, and alas, no, the swayamwara has to continue. I have come to office to…

Totally random writing :)

7 pm. And I confess to feeling much better. I was actually supposed to come into office and review a dirty assessment, but I ended up going through a lot of Live Journal entries, and I havent yet looked at…

Old ghosts and new beginnings?

Today, I was supposed to be in Wayanad, amidst the mist, standing next to the clouds kissing the mountain slopes and eessssssssh, now I am sitting in a damn air-conditioned cabin at office. I was really looking forward to this…

And I start here…

Today is my first entry in this journal. I wonder how long I will stick to updating it. It is kind of weird how I started on Live Journal. I have this colleague who was hooked toLive Journal and he…