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The Tree,Right outside window❤️

They say ,lucky are the ones who have a tree,right outside their window! Often each other witness the raw emotions, perhaps by the other side of the window. May be they feel like giving a warm hug during their lows,wipe out the tears and a be in the shoes of a silent listener. The one sees other growing old,with seasons changing and with the flavour of each form. Sometimes warm like a sun,even other times like a dead winter cold. They talk in solitude,they stare at each other,they thank each other for existing,at the right place. They don't reveal much about their partnership,you know,they fear about the jinx. They wait eagerly for the fresh beginnings,to a different new story to be shared. May be different from what they have watched from the other side of the window. They slowly merge into one soul,with a common interest. The glass breaks off ,the grills disappear! Quiet sometimes they stare at each other,in a void ,seeking for a validation, without any subject. They ...
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Again, Basavanagudi ❤️

So as a part of Blr Hubba,I went on a heritage walk with gully tours with Kartik's shirt and Appu in hand as usual with a camera.I reached a bit late(on time precisely) unlike older times where I would be super early.Its hard to gather all the " Challe Pille' with me and go.I was definitely looking like an activist / journalist. so we started at National College metro station, Basavanagudi from V V puram side on KR road.So Preetika our guide was sweet and she explained about National College.Then we headed to watch some vintage houses ,one was called "Shooting house" which I had seen many times. she explained about Monkey Towers which were a part of 1900s Bangalore architecture which would make monkeys jump a bit hard with its style. Here in the above picture you can see that inverted 'V' kind of thingy,it's called monkey tower.This house was belonging to a doctor and the house opposite was even too vintage and the ...

Radio,Now?

I got a radio for myself.Growing up with keypad phones we would have FM option.But in Kumta,hardly we could catch any station clearly ( Dharwad Akashvani should have ) but with a poor network connection what can be even done?. But whenever I used to visit Bangalore in late 2000s my Chikkamma would listen to a lot of FMs like 93.8 and many more.I would find tht as a sign of sophistication and a modernization.But back home,I had a place in Talgod home which was designed to keep a 'Radio' and an oven could fit in there easily. when I started my job in Bangalore,I got a mini carvan for myself in 2022 to listen to vintage songs and FM.But I did not like the song collection to be very honest.But the FM part re kindled my Radio interest.I feel Radio stations really  have some great song selection and it's less toxic I feel.But 4 years passed by and my caravan is not working somehow.Repair would itself cause some amount and why not get a new radio ?That too, a vintage o...

Basavanagudi Thindi Walk😋

I went on a Thindi Walk.I was doubtful on going there.But the same walk could have costed 850 if not in this series.Aaand the place was Basavanagudi ❤️. Now you don't ask me that 'Navya, you go to Basavanagudi like 5 times a month and don't tell me you haven't explored anything?' I did .But I wanted explore new things,talk to people and find some good friends. So me and Aprameya went there.I had left my bag in the cab as traffic Police was pressurising the Cab Anna not to park and I was being the victim.Then someone gave it to me(Thank you Cab Anna and Stranger). so we stopped at 'Namma SLN' and it was closed. So it was closed and we went to Vidyarthi Bhavan under our guide Mansoor Ali Khan from BengaluruByFoot, an architect and a native of Basavanagudi.We got a special seating in Vidyarthi Bhavan and Dose felt nice after a long. Dont ask me why the photo is tilted! I had to grab the moment and take a pic just like that.There is Recor...

Mane Aayi( My Paternal Grandmother)

Mane Ajji( I call her Aayi, Buna Aayi) is/was close to me.The plot between her and my mom,dad is a different story.Let me try to re collect what my life was with her for the 13 years. Born as Bhuvaneshwari Gopalkrishna Shastri on 30th April,1948 in Kumta Unchagi,1 km from our home in Talgod Kumta. Her dad had a tea shop and young Bhuna used to go there.She might have been a talkative,as she is post her 60s.My granddad used to stop there for tea as he used to take grass on Bullock cart from Talgod Home to 'Aa mane'.They had 11 years of age gap and she had a protruded teeth though,but still beautiful with 4 feet height and  silky hair and a Bajari attitude.So love happened and she was married to Ganesh Hegde and she became 'Bu Ga He Ta'.Wondering, what is it? it's her signature which means Bhuvaneshwari Ganesh Hegde Talgod. She was married into this family where her Brother in Law was her junior, a rich Father in Law and a dark skin toned husband.I am not ...

Whitefield and a heritage walk?

Well,The title looks a bit vague for those who came to Bangalore post 2000s and All they can imagine about Whitefield is dusty areas, pretty looking office buildings from outside (iykyk) and conjusted jails(Pgs offcourse). But ever felt, Whitefield had a heritage too? it's even older than Basavanagudi and Own Malleshwara? so to  break the myth as a geeky Navya ,I knew Whitefield was the place where Churchill had a love story.But I did not know that many Anglo Indian homes existed and they could smell baking of breads around the inner circle.This was told by one of the people attended. Oh, forgot! This was arranged by Raksha Nagaraj under Bengaluru Prayana where I had done like 4 walks. So first we visited a church and it was good with Christmas vibe.We had visited a club too and the most favourite part has to be a century old home called 'Perfect Peace' owned currently by the D'souzas. The mother and son duo really has a g...

Navya's love for vintage authors!

Well,I am an avid reader.Other than reading I don't say I have any other hobby which I could scream aloud.I say I am a vintage Kannada reader to be precise.The reason being,I studied in Kannada Medium till my 5th grade (I am proud of it) and I can relate to a story rather from Karnataka when compared to a story from countryside in the US/UK. In Kannada,I too have a specific liking for vintage female authors like Triveni,Usha Navaratnaram,Vaidehi(she is not that old,but I like) etc.I feel , practising feminism would need some guts back then when society was not ready for certain changes. These women authors were bold enough to write and publish it when TV itself was very limited and magzines,books ruled all over.I relate my Amma and Mane Aayi's plot to all these scenes. Also I feel vintage stories or novels had depth which currently it's lacking. I thought I would save money but I ended up ordering 5 books this week and 4 are from Usha Navaratnaram (she is the on...

Love Letters!

 Well,ever read someone else's letters? We hardly write any these days. But I did to impress my husband.Poor animal did not even read one,but I would love if others read as it is a part of 1001 other things I do. I feel I am into so many things , creative keeda :) Now I do not write any letters as I am into reading more.You know,you cannot be good at these two at the same time. I am reading some amazing content too nowadays. I feel a language survives with its literature.Why not we do small things to cherish our pride? A letter may mean different in your 20s,30s and even in 70s love does not die. I am adding a link of my other blogspot so one can read and may be imagine whatta lover I was(may be is? will be?) https://neelihoo.blogspot.com/

Pretty Blue Auto and Life Math.

Well, you see an auto,An EV auto to be specific.All I see is a pretty Blue Auto.For instance,you open any wardrobe,blue holds the major share.Blue looks good everywhere and in anything.I had a friend (I still have her by my side) who would purchase only blue dresses.I like all the Colours but I get good dresses in blue ,IDK . So yesterday I had gone to visit a preschool for my son and I planned to visit Jaynagar post that to meet a friend of mine.Guess what ,who arrived via Rapido service? This pretty little auto. I had travelled on EV auto Rikshas in Amritsar.But they had a pathetic condition and not able to climb a flyover too. My dad got an Ather and my mind started calculating on how much returns this guy might be getting by choosing EV over natural gas one. Auto ride was smooth and I was travelling from Dollars colony to Jaynagar and I don't have to tell much about the nature there. I was a bit sleepy post eating heavy paneer parathas, but my mind couldn't stop...

MTR Mornings.

This is a Saturday morning.Only Me and Maga.As a weekend ritual I am set to eat out.I did not want to struggle in the traffic .I did not want to struggle to cook also.When Kartik Agni is not home,I don't have to cook chutney and if no chutney with sir's blessings I cannot eat with Jaggery now.So We went to MTR as I saw some food vlogger giving MTR masala dose review. First I ordered Kharabath for my son.I did not want to overwhelm him with Idly.We give him Idly whenever we go out.So why not Kharabath?(poor me did not know untill last 2-3 years what is actually a Kharabath).He had first few bites with love.Then he must have been full and he showed me how flexible he is. By that time my jacket was full of Kharabath and my masal dose came in . Honestly I am not a dose fan.So it was just to full up my stomach.I wanted to finish it up quickly so that I don't look messy with all food. The hotel ambience was nice as usual.I was peculiar enough t...