came vellilamkandath. played with kudu. ammamma avale bheeshanipeduthi paalu kudippichu. oodi oodi we burnt kore energy and kudu enne nakki kulippichu.
ജെ. കൃഷ്ണമൂർത്തിയുടെ ഐഡിയോളജിയിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സ്ഥലം. കഴിഞ്ഞ രണ്ടു ദിവസം ഇവിടെയായിരുന്നു. ജീവിതത്തിൽ ആദ്യമായി ഒരു സെമിനാർ കൂടി. philosophy എന്ന വാക്കിൻ്റെ spelling പോലും അറിയില്ലായിരുന്ന ഞാൻ ഇവിടുന്നു മടങ്ങിയത് ഒരു ചാക്ക് ചോദ്യങ്ങളുമായാണ്.
if you r unfamiliar with Krishnamurthi's education ideologies, do check it out. he says the most simplest things that takes ur brain on a rollercoaster ride of confusion when u start thinking about it. situated in a 23 acre campus, CFL is a place i fell in love with. the people, the conversations, it changes you. ive never felt so alien yet so at home.
sundays at cubbon had become an escape from reality routine. never did i ever in my wildest dreams consider that this would happen. i think i am in a phase where i try to find the most uncomfortable clothing to stake in. i like going in circles. i like going downhill on manal's longboard too but i dont think im gonna do that again till i learn powerslides or how to brake (or how to do somersaults). i like these creatures and i like existing there. everytime i go there i feel like a dead chicken till the security uncles chase us. i still dont understand why the adrenaline only hits right before we have to leave.
08.03.2026
i met raga through rintu. i was so fascinated by that creature. she was only 18 when i met her and had so much life expirience. i loved the way she saw the world. raga's mom is cute too. these cutus mostly wear cotton and look so pretty. i wish i spent more time with her before she left.
she came back to blr bfr leaving the country and ofc i had to meet her. i'd registered for a workshop at map and didnt want to miss that so we went together. we painted madhubani together. we were very hungry and clueless so we walked and walked and thought we'll stop when we see something we feel like having.
she got boiled peanuts. we walked a bit more and saw airlines. i hate airlines but dosa seemed like a good option. we went inside and had to wait a bit cus it was weekend. we roamed around and found pretty things in the store that was in the corner. very patchwork, hippie stuff. by then a table had cleared up.
we got masala dosa (he gave us butter masala dosa) and buttermilk (not me, her). after devouring that oil-dripping dosa, we had to say goodbye.
i hope i meet her again soon and that we get to spend more time together.
31.10.2025
(sony cybershot)
literature was never my thing and attending a lit fest was never a part of my plan. yet we ended up at bangalore lit fest. we'd planned for it a few days ago but couldnt go till the last day and bangalore traffic was very against us so we got there right before everything was ending. we saw an aunty and uncle trying to take pictures under the very bright red light (they looked like they came from directly from hell).
manal had a brilliant doubt, whether my red hair would glow under red light (it didnt. nor did it glow under blue or green). we walked walked walked throught the empty venues of freedom park and found a store by bookworm which had pretty fun books. we tried to attend a panel discussion but figured it wasnt our cup of tea. after sitting under the watchtower listening to someone go on and on about a book that we were never going to read, we walked back to the parking lot, freezing our brains out cus neither of us had a jacket.
(discovering apple pie from Koshy's was def worth the cold tho. also, it seems like the panchayat has moved from madiwala to church st)
(I love taking pictures of u with flash)
13.12.2025
one day when we were sitting outside shoba mall, fed up by the crowd in church st (it was a sunday), we thought we'll make a list of stuff to do so that we wont end up going to the same places and doing the same things like clockwork. for when we have looots of time and energy, we added a bit far away places and hence came into the picture, hassan.
one fine saturday when we just needed to get away from the city, we packed our bags, headed to yeshwanthpur railway station and got ourselves 2 general tickets to hassan. this was my first time travelling in general and my first time on train after jan 2024 (lost my phone. trains were a big nono from that day). there was a bunch on uncles in their 50s or 60s who seemed like regulars. we also met a granny right before our station who tried to understand our broken kannada. outside the station, we saw pacha kadalakka vikkana chechi who gave us a few to taste when she saw us looking at it with curiosity.
we walked. a lot. station to bus stand to shettihalli to church and back. i wished we had our boards. we bought horrible ice cream and had lays with the cutu doggos. you explained why certain parts were designed that way in your architectural terms and clapped inside where it echoed and made all the pigeons fly away.
i was tired but i had sooo much energy. we had the best motta puffs and bleh gopi. i heard the kids speaking kannada in malayalam. we got oranges for the train. there were so many seats free (as i predicted). there was an uncle who came now and then to make everyone alive. we listed to music and got back to blr 3 hours late.
(somebody teach us how to pose)
10.01.2026
discovering mutton cup noodles was life changing. i dont remember how/why we chose it that day but i am forever grateful. if you havent tried, go to your nearest shell or any supermarkets that would have it and do give it a try. in 3 years of being in college and surviving on cup noodles, i was on the verge of banning it from my life till i found this. it is so yum yet so bleh yet soooo yummmm. and its not even the noodles its the soupy water that gets u addicted.
(idky we kinda look like aliens)
yes they made everyone wear sarees and get ready. we even played onam games like kaserakali, sundarikk pott thodal and naranga spoon. sometimes i think, y put in so much effort? but if there isnt someone who does, onnum actually nadakkulla. oralde planning and efforts to bring everyone together is what makes things like this possible. im actually really grateful for them and so glad i went up that day cus these creatures make my life ivde feel less horrible.
ummas <3
07.09.2025
when harshita had called us to come home for onam, i was a bit hesitant but forced myself to go cus after clg, these r the few times when the whole gang gets together (ashutosh, pranay, harshita, sneha and me. u were missed tejas). my brain hadn't yet processed the idea that clg was over. we had kore fun. i wish clg wasnt over and that spending time with u creatures were effortless. i love y'all. pls keep texting edakkokke cus my brain has this weird habit of forgetting people's existence and just casually remembering it on a random tuesday and when it does, it believes that we still have the same connection we once had. so pls pls pls keep texting. i'd hate to lose u guys :')
05.09.2025
