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Tennis- An ode to my love!

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 Intra apartment Tennis Tournament After a gap of nearly 7 years I took part in a tennis tournament at my apartment community in Bangalore. Unlike the younger days when I used to participate in league matches, I was a bit rusty on the tournament front. The funny thing is I do not find many women playing in the community. Hence to have a separate women’s tournament at the community is impossible. Therefore I persuaded my tennis male buddies to allow me to participate in the tournament when the idea was first mooted. They did not need much persuasion as they know I am a certified tennis lover like all of them. This brings an important point, most minorities just want to be treated equally and get a seat at the table. Game,set and match I knew my shot of winning a tournament like this was a long one. There were several disadvantages like weight, an average serve, weak backhand and inability to have a good court coverage. The thing that was going for me was my enthusiasm with the game ...
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A day at the Police Museum

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Police Museum- Guest blog by Keshav Introduction Address:  483, Pantheon Rd, Komaleeswaranpet, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600008 On 10th April 2024 me(Keshav), my 4 year old  brother(Raghu) and my grandfather(Major.Dr.V.Raghavan) were driving in our car after visiting the Palmgrove ecological park(for members only). On our way back we decided to take the route through Chintadripet as we had not taken that route in a long time.As we were driving, my grandfather spotted the police museum (location given above) So we thought why not go in. It was still a hour till lunch time, so we entered. At first the place looked empty, but as we started walking a fair amount of people appeared.Most of them were at the cafeteria so there was no line at the ticket counter. We were immediately greeted by a kind lady who explained everything in a kind manner Unlike other ticket agents.There is a option between online pay or cash .The total fee for all the three of us was 74 rupees .  The mu...
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Trip To Kabini - the land of the tiger

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Intro: Hi I am Keshav. I am an wildlife enthusiast ,melodious singer and a stylish cricketer. Last week I visited the kabini wildlife reserve in the nagarhole national park . And I want to share my story to you all,  Day 1 : Leaving Bangalore and evening safari.   We woke up at 6am ready to leave bangalore as early as possible. at 7am we were ready to leave after having idli vada at New Krishna cafe. we got on to the Mysore expressway(NH275) at 8:30 am after driving through a mud road .we reached mysore at 11:23 am.And reached JLR kabini at 12:30 pm .We were told to come to the Golghar(kabini restaurant)at 1:30 pm -for lunch and 2:30 pm- for tea coffee and safari.we stayed in the maharaja suite which had a lovely view of the reservoir and a nice  room.At 1:30 pm we had lunch,It was a buffet lunch . I had a roti with egg curry and my second serving was dal rice . At 2:30 we got ready for our 1st safari of this holiday.The first animal we saw was the chital aka spotted deer...
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Goa turn Green and Gold!

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Goa turns Green and Gold!  I turned 40 in the midst of the raging third COVID wave in India. Therefore all of my thoughts  for a great 40th Birthday break went out of the window. It finally ended up being a three day girls weekend with my closest soul sisters from college Divya and Gopika. Though we planned a trip at Andamans, we had to be satisfied with Pondicherry because of cancellations of all hotels and tourist spot bookings thanks to COVID. However those two days were just fantastic. A chance to just focus on yourself and think about old times but at the same time open your heart out to your closest buddies. The highlight for us was the three hours of bliss at the beach with not a soul other than us three. The glittering sea, the cool January Breeze and the dark night took us to a happy place without worries. This was something we all really needed after COVID. I cannot thank my friends enough. Many months later, I felt a girls trip was just what was needed to refresh an...
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Malavika's surpise birthday party at Nandgaon Beach

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        As I was moaning my last month of maternity leave in January 2020, my phone blinked with a whatsapp alert on a new group saying "Malavika's surprise birthday". My sister Malavika was going to turn a year older in February and her husband, Kaushik wanted to surprise her with a family holiday close to Bombay. I looked at the message and was immediately tempted. Then I remembered I had a 5 month old and a 7 year old and my husband had a commitment to teach physics at the Bangalore Planetarium on the weekends. So if I had to go it would be alone with the kids. How could I go? "Should I say no" were random thoughts in my mind. However, I was also tempted as I wanted one last holiday before going back to work. The December holiday was too short. So I replied to the whatsapp group message saying that I was tempted and to count me in. I would reconfirm in a week.       The above message got my parents thinking. They were going to say no as the...
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