The Gift of Self is written by Vandana Bhasin, a poet with whom I co-authored my first and only poetry book so far. The poems in this book are very different from those in the earlier book. It shows the growth and transformation of the poet since the last book. The sense of calmness, self-awareness […]| Eúnoia
The numbers game- Judy Dystra-Brown I was going through the posts on my reader and I came across this challenge on Aletta’s blog. Check her blog if you want to see some bright and cheerful pictures.For the challenge, you’re supposed to go to your gallery and type the number (this week, it’s 213) and see […]| Eúnoia
This week I have two reviews- both of poetry books. One, by blogger, Dawn Pisturino and the other, by Vandana Bhasin, who co-authored a poetry book with me. I planned to write them together but once I wrote the review on Dawn’s book, I decided to keep them separate, as both are very different and […]| Eúnoia
Summer has set in and although it’s just begun, it isn’t pleasant between 11 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. if you’re outdoors. The equatorial sun shines brightly and the absence of particulate matter in the air to absorb it ( in other words, the air is pure), the UV is very high. However, if […]| Eúnoia
There is a story behind this painting (see below). I first did a painting of these two Vietnamese school girls walking after the rain, in June, 2020. That was done as a landscape using acrylics. On…| Eúnoia
It’s been a busy week: lunch at a friend’s place ( someone I met at another friend’s house), a neighbour’s birthday celebration and my first meeting at a book swap group. Me…| Eúnoia
The book was published in 2015. It came to my attention in 2019 or 2021 but I did not bother picking it up because I thought it was a teen kind of book, thanks to ‘love’ in the title. I…| Eúnoia
This post was meant to be published on 10.7.25 but like I said in my post, ‘Where did July go?’ , I got busy and never ended posting this. I’m late to the party but I’m shar…| Eúnoia
Ngong Hills is an hour and ten minutes drive from Nairobi city. We left our hotel at around 8.50 a.m. and reached the foot of the hills at 10 a.m. As per all the sites I had seen, 10 a.m. is a good…| Eúnoia
This post completes our trip to Penang and Kuala Lumpur. If you’d like to read the earlier parts of the travelogue, you can check it out here. Last day in PenangOn our last day in Penang, we …| Eúnoia
We travelled to Malaysia on the 18th April 2025. It was a short 6-day trip – 3 days in KL (the capital of Malaysia) and 3 days in Penang. Although, we would have loved to explore more of this…| Eúnoia
