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Nandini Karky's Musings

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[Experiences] A Taiko Haiku at Auroville

  • August 12, 2015
Drums… The very word vibrates with life. I do believe that humankind’s creative energy must have been woken up by the sound of drumbeats. As the first men and women leaped to the beat of...

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[Reflections] I Songs : In their Elements

  • October 6, 2014
  • Tagged as: Review, Songs, ஐ
I have been floating in the womb of work and family, these past few months, forgetting to write. The songs of ‘I’ have woken me from my pregnant silence and this is that newborn’s first...

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[Experiences] Yours Subtly – On being a Subtitler

  • December 11, 2013
  • Tagged as: iDhaaba, Online Subtitling Course, Subtitler, Subtitles, Subtitling, Tamil Cinema, Thangameengal
All those blog words away, at the end of the article on my experiences in search of a career, I had written, “I am now growing my own wings to fly in my own sky…. and soon,...

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[Travelogue] To the Center of Europe and Oneself

  • June 15, 2013
Why on earth would anyone travel? It’s tiring. It’s hectic. It takes you away from the cosy comfort of your home. It often takes you from where you are a king, to a place where...

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[Reflections] A Story of Two Women

  • March 8, 2013
As wishes pour in for Women’s day, my thoughts turn to two women who have taught me all about life, with their own. You may wonder why it’s ‘Story’ instead of ‘Stories’, as you will...

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[Movies] Aarohanam – On the highest Note!

  • February 23, 2013
When the cyclone Thane struck the shores of Chennai, there was an unexpected and unfortunate personal loss! It was the loss of catching a good movie, that was leaving theatres that very week. Although unexplainable...

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Subtitled Tamil Cinema | Playlist

  • December 22, 2012
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Kadal’s Keechan : Lyrics & Translation

  • December 10, 2012
  • Tagged as: AR Rahman, ARR, Kadal, Karky, Kechan, Keechan, Maniratnam, Translation, கார்க்கி

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[Experiences] All in the Name of Work!

  • November 19, 2012
“What do you do?”, not “How do you do?”, has always been the defining question asked of someone. I, for one, have tried to answer this, in ahem, so many ways! After nearly 15 years...

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[Reflections] A Moment of Madness

  • October 22, 2012
(A person whom I’ve known from my childhood and whom I have admired since, ended her life recently. I wish I could have said these to her, when she lived) Have you stood there, on...

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[Movies] Naan Ee – Fly high!

  • July 6, 2012
Readers of this blog are aware that sometimes even a rocket’s buzz doesn’t rouse me enough to write. Surprisingly, it’s a fly and it’s war-cry!… And here I was thinking, “What? A revenge-story about a fly...

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[Travelogue] Nagalapuram – Trek or Treat!

  • February 14, 2012
Sometimes we think we make journeys harder than they are meant to be. But everything was meant to be… beautifully be! For months now, we were planning a trek to Nagalapuram. Work and routine often...

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[Reflections] Musings on the Wall 2011

  • December 31, 2011
Presenting a collection of some of my musings on Facebook in 2011. A metaphoric mural with the shades of my world within and without! “

Eyes that see beauty, ears that hear peace, tongues that speak...

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[Lyrics] AskLaska: SetSquare-Stethoscope Heart-to-Heart

  • December 24, 2011
Perhaps, if all the words in all the love songs, written by earthlings, are placed one on top of the other, it will reach the beings on the earth-like planet, discovered some galaxies away! Love,...

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[Movies] A Separation / Iranian 2011

  • December 17, 2011
Once again, I am jolted from my months-long literary slumber by a magical journey. Here you are, on a theatre seat one moment and vanishing into thin air, the next. It is very rare that...

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[Experiences] The Bridge Between…

  • July 23, 2011
Life’s jigsaws are pretty quirky. Here a piece, there a piece but at moments when you discover the connects, something magical happens. This is about all those interwoven web of connections that I could see...

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[Travelogue] Mom’s-eye View of Cape Town

  • May 24, 2011
I am seriously doubting the truth of the old saying “Well begun is half done”. Our journey to Cape town, South Africa was anything but well begun! Imagine hours of trying to calm an infant,...

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[Reflections] Hazar Hazares, please!

  • April 9, 2011
Once in a while, someone comes along and does something to pull me out of a coma. Right now, it is a 73 year young man, one who captured the hearts of a million youth...

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[Random] A Priceless(!) Pleasure

  • February 7, 2011
A gentle warning to all readers of this blog article. Avoid reading this when about to operate heavy machinery! It is definitely better viewed close to bedtime, when sleep is gently nudging you, this will...

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[Experiences] BIL Bodhi.Insight.Life

  • January 23, 2011
An entire day at BIL “Un-conference”, Chennai. Many interesting moments. One life-changing one. To me, speakers are maze-makers. They draw you into unknown territory and dynamically gauging your interest, guide you through the intricacies of...

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