This is an incident from our visit to Kerala, when we were far away from the hustle-bustle of life in Delhi. Read on to find out, who we encountered, in our quiet time there. There we were in Kerala – the land of my origin, the land of my ancestors. We had taken a […]
Happy Weekend guys!! Precisely one year ago I was battling within myself- will starting a blog like “Being Rubitah” be a good idea? At that time my only objective was to share my personal experiences, test my writing skills and reach out to people who were in the same phase as me. Well, I must
I get up in the morningI have chores to dobut waking you up from sleepis the one thing I look forward to! Your peaceful face,that little smileHands up above,as posing in styleThe gentle flow of breath,with your slightly open mouth“You are truly blessed”says my soul in love You perceive my presenceAnd roll onto my sideYour
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Have you been to Kerala? Have you ever travelled in a vallam (a country boat)? Experience the beauty of the famous backwaters of Kerala as the author experienced it, in her childhood. It is 24th August 2019. I am in Kerala for a vacation. I have nothing to do. So I take my mobile and
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The Indo – Pak war in 1965 was a seventeen day war over the cause of Kashmir, that brought about thousands of casualties in both India and Pakistan. This post brings back some childhood memories of life in Delhi, during this war, as the author experienced. It was September 1965. We were living in New
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Children can observe from their environment in ways that we can hardly imagine! It is sad that today with more emphasis on technology-based activities, they are hardly given a chance to explore their surrounding, in the most natural and God-gifted ways. This story of the operations of a piano shop from the eyes of a
The red velvet mites are bright red coloured bugs that live under the soil, until it starts to rain. My early childhood was spent in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Secunderabad had been the British Cantonment. It was a quiet place with lots of open spaces, those days. My maternal great-grandfather chose to settle in Secunderabad. I
What do you do when you find out one day that you’re going to lose your eye’s vision? How do you cope with visual impairment at the age of 14? I know Milan since school. We were not the closest of friends, but we acknowledged each other well. My mother, who had taught him in
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