SVL 1.7: Mount Madonna, Davenport Beach, San Francisco, Yosemite

 Posted on September 4, 2015  |  16 minutes  |  3381 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

4th September 2014  Hi, Here is the next update about our recent travels and experiences.  This email is long (‘megalang’) and it’s taken me all day to upload and organise the pictures and write it out. [Read More]
adai  alcatraz  barefoot running  bicycle utopia  bikes  birds  Buddhist Monastery  cabrillo highway  california  chutney  conservatory of flowers  Corona  Davenport Beach  deer  Deneb  diner  drought  forest  fox  ghiradelli chocolates  golden gate bridge  golden gate park  half dome peak  hanuman temple  hike  Key Stone  labor day  lake view lodge  lee vining  lembert dome  Lombard street  marin county  may lake  milky way  mono lake  mount madonna  mystery spot  olmstead point  photography  pitcher plants  rain  ranger talk  san francisco  santa cruz  SLR  Small Dipper  squirrels  star gazing  stars  tenaya lake  Thich Nhat Hanh  tioga lake  toulumne meadows  Toulumne Meadows area  trek  US  Vega  venus flytraps  vietnamese monastery  walk  woodpecker  yosemite 

Sunnyvale Letters (SVL) 1: Wedding and After

 Posted on June 21, 2015  |  18 minutes  |  3816 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

June 21st 2014 Happy Summer Solstice everyone! 🙂 I woke up at 5am because of jetlag and my husband, Santosh, is still sleeping. I’ve been wanting to write every day of the last month but things have been so busy. [Read More]
bangalore  birds  bison  california  chennai  coimbatore  cousins  elephant  emu  family  friends  honeymoon  kalahasti  langoor  letters  masinagudi  ooty  peacock  sunnyvale  tirumala  tirupati  travel  US visa  wedding 

LOG 1.20: Chickens and Seals

 Posted on December 1, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  659 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

13th June, 2011 Hello everyone, It’s been half a year since I left home the second time and luckily I will be back home for some time without as much gap as last time. [Read More]
birds  cats  chickens  chickens aren't smart  crabs  exams  feeding chickens  fish  fluffy feathery chickens  german classes  going to india  hay fever  jelly fish  lullaby  Oldenburg  pilot data  punk rock stars  seals  shrimps  star fish  storms  sunny  wilhelmshaven 

´Unlucky knock on wood´ by C.K. Meena

 Posted on July 10, 2012  |  5 minutes  |  977 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

C.K. Meena is a columnist in The Hindu, one of India´s biggest news papers. She was my teacher when I took up a certificate course in Journalism and we soon became friends. [Read More]
birds  C.K Meena  city people  column  columnist  cutting trees  deforestation  feature article  food chain  food web  journalism  nature  nest  news paper  plants  teacher  The Hindu  trees  wood 

A Sleep Deprived Mind

 Posted on July 5, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  525 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I woke up early and worked all day. Had very little lunch but instead of eating dinner at eight pm as I normally do, I went to sing with my friends until around eleven thirty in the night. [Read More]
birds  breathing  class  cognitive capacity  deep relaxation  evolution  eye mask  health  ideas  insomnia  meaning  meditating  mental health  mind  mind blowing  music  non-REM sleep  pillow  posture  purpose  reason  REM  REM sleep  restless  scattered  singing  sleep deprivation  social order  spiritual  transcend  urges 

LfE 21: Season of Life… Under my Skin

 Posted on February 15, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  574 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

03/03/2010 Hello everyone, I’m halfway through my stay here in Edinburgh and every day brings me closer to the day I can come back home to Bangalore and hug my family. [Read More]
birds  catherine  dark night  days get longer  EEG  flowers  fMRI  fresh green  heathcliff  hope  ornithologist  pink  purple  red buds  splinter  spring  sprout  squirrles  Sun  taking splinters out  trees  wuthering heights  yellow