Sowmya's Blog... The Voice of a Girl!!!

            I f you wish to get relaxed in a serene environment rich in lush green woods, azure sea with sparkling shores flooding with marine life and breath in some unpolluted air, then all you need to do is to take a tour to the splendid outpost of India, the ANDAMAN...          A ndaman Islands, located at the juncture of Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, and are a perfect blend of nature's beauty, marvelous marine life, and the incredible monuments of historic significance.                 A million varieties of under water corals, which provide shelter to diverse marine flora and fauna, spectacularly colored fishes, distinct varieties of other island life forms like the Dugong (sea cow), salt water crocodiles, turtles, butterflies and more explain the great biodiversity seen in the islands.                  The Cellular jail (a memorial of Indian freedom struggle) located in Port Blair, Chatham saw mill (2nd largest in Asia), Anthropologica

W ell, it really took time for me to get here, but it's just because my life gave me more than I deserve...  On this happy note, I couldn't stop myself from making a post and looking at how my life unfolded following the change... "Life is all about living it to the fullest.  Your Attitude and Your Choices make it all... " Always remember that you are the artist and artisan of your life and you can carve it just in the way you want it to be, your chisel and mallet being the love and belief. All you need to do is to simply remain positively positive and accept everything that comes right in your path.  Everything coming on your way is no good nor bad. It is all the way we look at things.  That is all what I did and that is all keeping me happy today and of course helping me hope for a better tomorrow. B ut, to remain positively positive one need to believe, learn to love and live right from the mistakes of past. I do believe that self analysis is the key

Due to diverse reasons I am not frequently using my space these days, but couldn't hold my thoughts on the wonderful art, I am into since a child, on this celebrated day of the year. On this International Dance Day , let me first take an opportunity to wish all the dancers and those who can understand its language a great time!!!  DANCING --- How it feels...   "Dance is a universal means to communicate. And to experience the bliss hidden in this divine art form, all one need to do is to open up to it." I consider myself gifted and blessed cause I am a dancer myself. Every time when I get ready to stretch my arms and tap my feet on the floor, every time when the music flows in the air, some sort of liveliness, strength, excitement and fresh energy coupled with a bit of nervousness kicks in. My body is going to find some movement and my soul is going to go on a tour. The divine world we enter into while practicing the art cannot be explained in terms. 

This could be a bit different one of the posts I often do, but thought I should bring this up in my space. Its about an influential and an impeccable woman (I shouldn't miss the tag important) in our lives and that is none other than my maternal gran. An artist, a sweet singer, a great cook, and of course a good mom - all these can be the synonyms of my gran, who is undoubtedly an industrious and an ideal lady I knew since a child. Having her attention was like having the sun shining brightly upon the green pastures. The warmth in her love and the affection in her speech could be felt even today. She was a resourceful love who, made us learn several things in such a way that they still ring in our ears.  Ever after this sun set, I remember her as a confident and a graceful lady, totally independent and of course a caring woman.      

Though a girl, I am not too much into the concepts of liberal feminism. This can be attributed to my unique upbringing where, I am always free to decide and do what my heart speaks. To be precise, I don't have any restrictions and was given a chance to be myself.  But I was fascinated with the concepts related to "Eco Feminism"  and so this post is finding its place in my space. This concept is a fusion of patriarchal science, ecology, feminine history, ethology and more and  was explained by Susan Griffin, in her provocative feminist literature "Woman and Nature - The Roaring Inside Her". Eco feminism as I look at it: Women in general possess a special connection with the nature/ environment. But the oppression where, man dominates women and culture dominates nature is still in existence. The sapiens seek themselves superior than the natural environment (in this context, both men and women share common grounds) and are (with their activities) mak

We in general find people tending to eat more when subjected to stress and some feelings like anger, sadness, restlessness, happiness and even during the depression. This act of turning towards food to comfort oneself and to fill the emotional needs than the physical is termed as  "Emotional Eating" . ---  Quite a familiar act (more in females) but the term will not find a common usage.... An Overview: The prime causes of emotional eating are the stress, boredom, restraining emotions and of course the group behavior. Unlike physical hunger, which  is seen gradually and can stop when you feel full, emotional hunger sneaks in suddenly and makes you eat even when you are full, finally leading to shame, regret and guilt, once after the hunger is satisfied.. Tips to Overcome: All one need to do to overcome this act of overeating to satisfy the emotional needs is to work out on the root cause of the feeling which leads to feed our stomach. So all we need to know in th

This could be my 2nd post in this blog relating dance, but this time the pitch can be a bit different. Dance has been my passion since a child (I attended my first dance class when I was 7 years old) and it always holds a place in my priority lists (no wonder, I learnt how to ride a bicycle simply to attend my classes). My parents and family encouraged me when I expressed my interest in the art and soon got my admission to dance under my guru 'Sri Avasarala Rukmaji Rao'. He not only developed my interest in art but also inculcated the right thought and showed me a path to get myself involved in the ocean of dance. Under his tutelage, I was trained to learn, understand and practice more than the art. According to him, it's not simply learning the art but he made us live the art. A Nostalgic remembrance: A lmost about 12 years ago, I was learning a composition "Ananda Natamaduvar Tillai", which explains the cosmic dance (Tandava) of lord shiva as Na