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Assalamu Alaikum dear reader friends!! Happy to be back with a "sweet sounding" greeting for the New Year!! Wish you all a happpppyyyyy New Year filled with success and prosperity!!! Life has been going well dear amigos... with the help of books and music! What is life if one doesn't have time to read at least 50 pages or so, before going to sleep every night?! So friends this time I chose this beautiful treatise on "senses" by Diane Ackerman!!  The book is called A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES !!  Thanks a million Dr Kunhammad for introducing me to this growing genre called Sensory Studies !!   Special thanks to  Dr Rufus , our admin @ Readers' Rendezvous , for his stimulating ideas on Creativity which inspired me to write this post! Sensory Studies involve a cultural, anthropological, sociological, psychological, and an aesthetic approach to the study of senses .  In short, "The sensorium is a fascinating focus for cultural st...

The bell rang. I enter the class. The solid silence Is broken by the chirps Of sparrows and The perfume of grass… Never ending smiles Of children, Drizzle upon me (I was an amateur then.. A terrified me..!) I still remember.. The “shy” boy From the last bench, Arose to give me His name. I noted down quickly And went on with the rest.. He was The first in number.. Was a diligent pupil.. One among the best! Another “little” one Gazes at me From the first bench, With an infinite grin-- That brings about A silken glee Inside my crowded head; And in some way He seems endearing.. Makes me chuckle too…!! As I see them all, Buckled tight To their benches, Ready to roll.. For in me “They believed” And probably Saw an aureole..! My heart swells In pride, Everyday.. At the sight of this Serene morning routine.. Which shuns, doubtlessly, My pains of past, Present, and future, away..! Sud...

Assalamu Alaikum my dear reader friends, Here I am, after a long pause, back to infotain you with the buzzing nuances of life... Wish you had been with me on this roller coaster "space-travel" kinda ride that I'm going through right now... Haha.. I would say it's been one hell of a ride... yes, it was exhilarating, thrilling and thoughtful! The joggers' lane at our housing society Presently I'm in Chennai . I live in a society, where lifestyle is booming with speed, valour, friendship, and a serendipity of mixed emotions. I had to go through a very long process of preparation mentally and physically to pull myself into Chennai's sizzling chromosphere!  Well, as usual I take my long evening walks inside our housing society, where I presume I have a lot of space for myself to be "me". I quietly love the experience!! Of peekabooing through the canopies and listening to the endless arpeggios of the Cuckoo.. Additionally, what enhances my s...

The taste of grey descends the noon... His sovereign aura docking the moon..! --by Rasheeda Madani Image Courtesy: Google