Stumbling Thoughts - Archana Karkera

Yippie, another IndiBlogger event had come and we were excited as ever for this one too. Univercell, the mobile phone and accessories store gave us the opportunity to know more about them. A well organized store with amazing experience for its visitors. All the mobile phones and accessories are placed so strategically that nobody will get confused on what they are looking for. The camera lovers, music lovers have a dedicated section where they can spend hours looking at the devices and know more about them. Kids need not get bored with their parents and parents need not constantly keep an eye on their kids wondering what mischief they’ll have to witness. Kids are kept busy at the tablets section with games and wonderful seating arrangement for the little ones. There’s a new & noteworthy section displaying the newly arrived phones and accessories. Best part about Univercell that I liked is that they have displayed a checklist in each of the sections which will help th...

Source: parade.com The author of symbols and codes has come up with his new novel Inferno. All of us are well aware of the fact that he is the expert of symbols, codes, secrets and signs. Blending facts and fiction efficiently Dan brown has come up with books like - Digital Fortress, Deception Point, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Lost Symbol and now Inferno, all of which are dedicated to code and symbols. And one more part which is common in the later 4 novels is Robert Langdon. Robert Langdon He is a professor with immense knowledge about symbols and has an excellent problem solving mind. A swimmer by interest, Robert Langdon is scared of elevators as he suffers from Claustrophobia and wears a Mickey Mouse watch gifted by his parents. Some of the books written by this fictional character as said by the author in his books are Religious Iconology, Symbols of Lost Sacred Feminine, The Symbology of Secret Sects etc. Films out of Dan Brown Thoughts 2 of...

20 th January is the Mumbai Marathon 2013 date. With the fast approaching Marathon event, I am sure many of us are getting prepared for the event, although with our busy life, it's difficult to get prepared practically. Reference:Sulekha.com The medical director of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon has suggested fitness schedule for the 2 weeks prior to the event: Full Marathon preparation: WEEKS TO GO MON TUE WED THURS FRI SAT SUN 2 Rest 5 8-10 X-TRAIN(45 min) Rest 6 10-14 1 Rest 5 5-7 Rest 5 Rest RACE DAY Half Marathon preparation: WEEKS TO GO MON TUE WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ...

Reading books had become my Love long back. The first book which i read was a love story by Tushar Raheja.. Anything for you Mam. And then fiction books followed. Dan Brown, Chetan Bhagat, Jeffrey Archer and other great authors. This resulted in overflowing shelf, frequent crossword visits, shelfari and other books related website browsing. But now at least the overflowing shelf problem is gone with the present I received from a sweet family member J Image Source: allthingsd.com Here it is: Kindle Touch… Some of its features that I liked:     Wifi     Touch screen     Text to speech conversion     Bookmarking     Dictionary meaning     Long battery life     Increase/decrease font size     Share on Facebook Indeed it is a wow device, a comfortable add-on to my hobby

Spanish language has always pulled me towards itself through its rhythmic resonance. I like the unfussiness and simplicity in the language. Spanish belongs to the category of Romance Language (uhh, its not what you would assume initially! :D). Romance here corresponds to Roman. Some of the other languages belonging to this category are Latin, French etc. Español/ Spanish is actually much easier to learn than English. The pronunciations of English words may consume years to learn but Spanish words are spelled exactly how they sound. Hence the pronunciations are much easier to grasp. For example the alphabet ‘u’ is always pronounced like the vowel sound in ‘moon’ and ‘suit’ and never like the one in ‘cute’ or ‘bus’. The first few words which I learnt were ‘Hola’ which means Hello (you might have guessed it :P), ‘gracias’ which stands for Thank you (another easy one, which many are aware of), ‘Cómo está’ for How are you and a few more. They were quite easy but actually talking in ...

The creator of the Mona Lisa painting is known by all – Leonardo Da Vinci. And Da Vinci’s rival? Creator of David? Pieta? The Last Judgment? Yeah, it’s Michelangelo, the sculptor and painter. He’s the one who is usually deprived of recognition and had to fight for it. Pieta Pieta sculpted by Michelangelo before the age of 25 depicts Virgin Mary’s grief over her child, dead Christ. Michelangelo was granted 450 ducats for creating Pieta which is now equivalent to 30,000 pounds. As he didn’t receive the recognition for creating one of the most renowned works of art, he made sure he is recognized by inscribing his recognition on the sculpture.     David -    The symbol of heroic inspiration for Florentine citizens to develop courage & inner divine strength.

I found about this font style when I read the Angels & Demons novel written by Dan Brown, wherein the chest of a physicist was branded with ambigram of the word Illuminati. And I got so obsessed with it that I decided to learn to create one. So, what is an ambigram? Huh, I don’t need to explain it here. Experts like Google and Wikipedia are present for that. When I decided to learn to create ambigrams, I found how difficult it is and how much of self-learning it needs. Every word’s ambigram creation technique is unique. Experiments need to be carried out using a pen and paper. And moreover, it all depends on an idea. The moment it clicks, you’re done, whereas it might take days or even weeks for that idea to strike. I went through really impressive ambigrams. Here are some of them:

My 3 sharks made the tank full of life and energy. I would love to see them swim and hop whenever I opened the lid. One fine day, I thought of feeding them live blood worms instead of the boring granules! I visited the aquarium shop to buy the same and there the shopkeeper was showing a bunch of turtles to one of his customers. I got fascinated by one of the turtles in the shopkeeper’s container. The container had 3 more turtles. The other 3 were quiet while my lovely one was moving its legs so rapidly as if it would fly in a while! I loved its enthusiasm. Its green shell, striped skin, tiny legs enthralled me all the more towards it. When I moved my hand towards the one month old, it dug itself inside its shell and peeped from the corner of its cute eyes. And I yelled “I WANT IT”! It encouraged me to bring it home. I named it Toto and introduced it to my sharks. Now its 4 months old and roams in every corner of my house like a family member.