I think Vox 2008-07-24T03:49:06Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22521f1bdf219/ Dude in Distress tag:vox.com,2008-07-23:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fa968a14dd0002 2008-07-23T11:46:21Z 2008-07-24T03:49:06Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dora

My daughter finally got her very own Dora, the Explorer DVD from a friend of mine (Thanks, Gayathri) with a few irritating (to me) episodes which she loves. Anyway, there was this one episode where Dora and her friends save a Prince who is impr...

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]]> Scandalous Scatology tag:vox.com,2008-07-10:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fa9686d3590003 2008-07-10T15:44:02Z 2008-07-21T18:41:34Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Toiletpaper

My four-year old is shocked beyond words. Absolutely stunned. She is unable to believe that some people use paper and not water to clean up after essential bodily functions. "How can they use paper? Won't 'it' stick?," "Won't they get fever be...

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]]> Moving tag:vox.com,2008-07-07:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fae8c9c626000b 2008-07-07T12:58:22Z 2008-07-08T15:45:30Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I am moving to a new home to include my professional writings as well. All Web-2 frills are eliminated at the new site, but you may always reach me by email, if you care and dare. Of course, Vox will continue, at least for the present, to house s...

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]]> Truth tag:vox.com,2008-07-06:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fa9684e5e00002 2008-07-06T15:10:20Z 2008-07-07T18:09:32Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom When your grandmom says that you have put on "a little" weight, it means you are FAT. Time to hit the gym..

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]]> Einstein or Bach? tag:vox.com,2008-07-06:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fad69719520005 2008-07-06T13:24:24Z 2008-07-06T13:24:24Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My little daughter just listened to Bach's Barndenburg Concerto 6 and refuses to accept that it is anything but Little Einstein that she watches on the computer, that features the piece. That is the risk of incorporating profound pieces into bana...

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]]> Inspirational Essays tag:vox.com,2008-07-05:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fad697b7b90004 2008-07-05T15:00:47Z 2008-07-06T15:42:49Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Writing Briefly and Stuff by Paul Graham

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]]> I believe.. tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fad697249c0004 2008-07-03T15:51:06Z 2008-07-04T01:51:36Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

I believe

I believe for every drop of rain that falls A flower grows I believe that somewhere in the darkest night A candle glows I believe for everyone who goes astray Someone will come to show the way I believe, I believe. I believe above the st...

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]]> Doomsday Prophet tag:vox.com,2008-07-01:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fa9683ed2e0003 2008-07-01T04:19:23Z 2008-07-02T17:14:14Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Horseback

We are there finally. No fuel in Chennai. For the last couple of days, petrol bunks (gas stations in some parts of the world) have been shooing off customers, because "there is no petrol or diesel supply". Result? I dropped my daughter off at...

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]]> ... tag:vox.com,2008-06-29:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fae8c757d8000b 2008-06-29T13:01:08Z 2008-07-02T15:31:38Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cobweb

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]]> Annapoorani tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00c22521f1bdf21900fad68f94820005 2008-06-11T14:43:06Z 2008-06-18T03:52:07Z Lakshmi http://lakshmi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Annapoorani Annapoorani closeup Pillayar by the MIL Lakshmi by the MIL

Goddess of food. My best yet. Took really long because, there are are complicated filigree on the "mandapam" and the crown. And I used the technique suggested by an expert and painted colours AROUND and not over the stone colours, which took a h...

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