Musings of a Commoner

Oflate, I have been meeting and making a whole lot of new friends. Well its not on the internet nor is it through my other acquaintances, or family, or any such thing. I get to meet my new friends throughout the week. And everyday when I see them, we usually tend to greet each other with a warm smile, exchange a few words pleasantries(a rarity though!). Most of the time we try and make conversation without talking. Well thats the speciality of our friendship you see! We usually watch each others' actions or facial expressions. My 'new friends' and I come from completely different social backgrounds. Most often we don't speak the same language, we dress in very different ways, we definitely don't share common interests. But yes, there's that one thing that brings my new friends and I together. Well, we travel on the same bus, the same route, at the same timing :). I travel everyday across the Hebbal Ring Road at 7.00 a.m. I take the 500 series bus. My journey on ...

I have been contemplating lately about whether or not I must begin blogging. Many a time I would decide I must try this and soon the enthusiasm would just fizzle out. But today, I thought, why not? When most of my peers are up to it and me being in a profession which involves a consistent amount of writing, I thought, what the heck? I will give it a shot. With this sorted out, the next conflict that arises is 'What should I write on?' I know that there is no dearth of topics. One could write about anything under the sun. And so, spending a lot of time or rather wasting a lot of time on deciding what to write, I finally settle to write on the title of my blog template-'FLOWER POWER'. So from where does this word 'FLOWER POWER' exactly originate? What are its roots? In my learning I discover something new and yet something that I have had a deep sense of curiosity to, for long time. The words 'Flower Power' actually originated during the rise of the Hippie...