I presume I've come to a point of life now to accept things as they are and not ramble too much about the things around. (A part of evolution in me?) Hence there's no serious thinking involved as I've let things to sail on its own terms. And hence the empty blog for a while...with nothing to update to. I'll return to this little space of mine (my blog) very soon. 

And during this time, I've only been aimlessly scribbling on the other blog (another comfort zone of mine)....and it has been fun too! 

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Its been long time since I updated this blog space. Been busy on few chores and little extra time was devoted to my new blog. I wish to devote time equally to both blogs in the future. 

And my lappy had gone wild and isn't working well for the past few days. Its driving me crazy. Supposedly there is some problem with the hard drive and on times when I want to work my laptop, it gets shutdown. That's also the reason why I didn't update this space for long. Hope I get it repaired soon. It had been dearer to me for more than three years! That was the first thing I bought after I joined my work.

And what kept me ecstatic during these laptop strike out days was our 'New Ipad'. We hadn't intended to buy the Ipad at this point of time. But my husband has some 'To-buy' lists in which he had this. Some others include his coveted DSLR camera, sports bike etc etc. Crazy but nice guy he is. Couple of weeks back, he tactfully convinced me and dragged me to buy the Ipad on the same day. I was dilly-dallying and was in a indecisive state on whether to get it or not. We got the Ipad in hand a week later. Even the first few days after we got it, I was not much into it. But believe me after I got hands on it, I am going gaga over it now.

I was having my Ipod, hence working on this Ipad was a lot same and easier. But its a lot more interesting than the Ipod. And the range of AppStore applications is amazing. Its now my one stop place for news, entertainment and fun. The ease with which you can install the apps and navigate through different things makes you get hooked to it. Very handy. One thing which I found difficult was typing long texts with the touch screen keyboard. But that doesn't have to bother me now as we've ordered for a bluetooth keyboard. There's no doubt I'll prowl over it now.

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Hurray…after a lot of hiccups and pauses, my another blog child is born.

I’ve created a new food blog ‘www.sugicooks.blogspot.com’. This blog is not just about the chronicles of my experiments with food and cooking but more about the ‘Celebration of food’ and the good feel it brings into our life. Hope you read my new blog and support me in my new endeavor…

And to go on lines with this new blog, I’ve renamed my present blog as ‘www.sugiwrites.blogspot.com’.

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Wow, its that time of the year now. Rain...rain...has come again.

The weather here is 10 °C!!! Its amazing outside! Its raining incessantly from this morning. And I am enjoying the cool, chill breeze. The city looks amazing, like never before.

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The more I get close to you, the more I know you
The more I get to know, the more I am inspired of you
The more inspired, the more I want to get down to the depth of you
I know you are an ocean to be explored
But i will explore you to the end of my life

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Realized that my blog page is getting stale and dead…so got tempted to post here another short poem (to keep my blog alive) which was written probably in my college 1^st year…

Books are a real treasure,

Explore it; you will get a true pleasure

In times of your leisure.

Books are the best ships

To make a world trip

And to have a world grip.

Books do not betray,

But brings a new ray

Of hope in your way.

So…

Don’t be a book phobic,

Don’t be a book hypo critic.

Do be a book philic.

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This was my first brush with poetry…wrote this small poem in my 11^th standard when one of my school teacher asked me to give an article for the school magazine…till then, I never realized I could even write a poetry…really, no one knows when the muse would strike!

NATURE

God’s creation

Enlightens our mind

Heals the blind

Our duty to find

The treasure in it’s mine

And our lives will uphold

The glorious threshold

But…

Unscrupulous men seek gain

By giving it pain

Some do it for their nation’s prosperity

Some for their personal sovereignty

So its time for us to combat

The danger that bombards

Let’s blow the flute

And everyone bear the fruit

Of Nature

To give its unstinted benefits to all creatures

Fortunately, I happen to be in cleantech and sustainability industry now and I earnestly wish I could do something to protect the nature around me.

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Being a thinking person that I am…either of work/ study related or even of mundane topics, I do a lot of research…I can spend a whole day googling from one topic to the next.

What if Google didn’t exist…so what, you have the library…read through books and white papers of journals.

So what I am trying to tell now…when I was reading through some papers….just clicked me then….well, we come across as simple as an article to a research paper, case study, discussion paper, green paper, position paper and white paper…probably we have read through white papers…but why is it named so…and what is that green paper and position paper…have we thought through that…

Green paper is the first step in changing the law: the Government Department sponsoring a policy and associated legislative changes are presented as a discussion or consultation document known as a Green Paper. Hence green paper is the preliminary report of government proposals published to stimulate discussion. It is used mostly in Britain and other Commonwealth jurisdictions (e.g.Australia) and the republic of Ireland.

Green paper is a proposal rather than a commitment to action, it is more a tool of stimulating discussion, but it is often the first step towards changing the law. Many Green Papers lead to the production of a White Paper.

So when the white paper version eventually appeared you would know it had probably passed the 'smell test' and is much closer to becoming a policy statement. 

A Green Paper is called a Green Paper because they were historically printed on green paper. This was to distinguish them from other documents, such as white papers, which are so called because they were historically published without covers and were bound in plain white paper. So green is for consultation, white for proposal.

Then you have the position paper on green paper… A position paper is an essay that presents an opinion about an issue, typically that of the author or another specified entity; such as a political party. Position papers are published in academia, in politics, in law and other domains. In government, a position paper lies somewhere between a white paper and a green paper in that they affirm definite opinions and propose solutions but may not go so far as detailing specific plans for implementation.

Hmmm…given that my blog page is green, can I now tell I am taking first steps towards changing something around me :)

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An interesting piece of article in MINT i came across today...

Yoga experts strongly believe in the power of contrasting sensations. If you walk out of an overly air-conditioned room, you will feel the heat more intensely. Similarly a cold water bath can actually end up making you fell warmer rather than cooler afterwards.

Part of the requirement for yoga therapists in training is bathing with cold water in winter and warm water in summer. But you don't have to go to extremes to reap the benefits of this very workable trick. Just bathe with slightly tepid water instead of hot water in summer.

While you may feel a little bit of discomfort initially, eventually you feel a lot cooler than before.

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It was one fine evening last week. I was reliving my memories by glancing through some photos and listening to some songs in my laptop. And accidently I bounced upon this song ‘Nalladhoar veenai Seydhae’ by Mahakavi Bharathi. And believe me, it was such a bliss listening to this song. Having got inspired by this song, I set out to find what those wise words meant. And here it is for you.

nalladhoar veenai seydhae (I) made a noble veena - adhai
nalangedap puzhudhiyil erivadhundoa
Would (I) throw it in the garbage?

(nalladhoar)

solladi sivasakthi Answer me oh Goddess - enaich
chudarmigum arivudan padaiththuvittaay
Why create me with a sparkling wisdom?
vallamai thaaraayoa - indha
maanilam payanura vaazhvadharkae
Wont you give skill and brilliance to make
the society lead a purposeful life
solladi sivasakthi - nilach
chumaiyena vaazhndhidap puriguvaiyoa
Answer me oh Goddess
will you make them live as a
burden to the land they stand on ?

(nalladhoar)

visaiyurup pandhinaip poal - ullam
vaendiyapadi seyyum udal kaettaen
Like a moving ball - Give me a body
that moves in any way my mind directs
nasaiyaru manam kaettaen - niththam
navamenach chudar tharum uyir kaettaen...uyir kaettaen...uyir kaettaen
Give me a untarnished mind - and a
life that would light up life
thasaiyinaith theechchudinum - siva
sakthiyaip paadum nallagam kaettaen
Give me the drive to sing about
sivasakthi long after this body is burnt
asaivuru madhi kaettaen - ivai
arulvadhil unakkedhum thadaiyuladhoa (2)
And gimme an immovable confidence - Do you
have any problem in granting this?

(nalladhoar)

If you would love to listen to Bharatiyar songs, here is the link for a complete repository of Bharatiyar Padalkal http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/3729280/fc65422a/bharathiyar_padalkal.html?&

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