Happy Birthday Shakaboy!
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]An Excerpt from: A King called Shaka… The next day started early. The car to take me and my business partner Gokul to Bandipur arrived early and [...]
Reflections…
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]Dear Friends, I came across an article published by a friend of Dhole’s Den Research Foundation which we actively support. Mr. R.K. Rao has been active in [...]
Zishta or the Will to dream different…
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]Dear Friends, Its been quite some time and you must be happy to see the blog in new colours and design. Change being the only constant in our [...]
Lessons in Humility
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]For two weeks now my world is a room in our townhouse in Mysore. After a fall caused by a fit of anger that rose [...]
From a young guest
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" theme_builder_area="post_content" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" type="4_4" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" theme_builder_area="post_content" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"]A young spirited guest Iraaj Mohan who stayed with us last month had the following to write back about us. I am quoting him and putting some images of him [...]
Zulu my love, my world…
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]To Zulu on her ninth birthday…. My daughter, I take the liberty to address you so as there are people who understand the underlying feeling in [...]
The King turns 10
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0"]My dear Boy, Another year passed by, you are older by a year and I can hope to be wiser now, as older I am already [...]
A towel as a ‘Declaration of Love’
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"]Friends of Dhole’s Den, Some 6 months or so earlier I was gifted a ‘Gamcha’ from Assam. That was as a symbol of respect from my staff and [...]
Modi 4.5
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content" sticky_enabled="0"]Friends of Dhole’s Den Many of you must be wondering why a ‘political’ article here. The article is by me and was published in a bi-monthly [...]
In Memoriam – Prince Jabu
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" custom_margin="5px|5px|5px|5px|true|true" custom_padding="5px|0px|5px|0px|true|true" sticky_enabled="0" width="94%"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="et_body_layout" sticky_enabled="0" custom_margin="|5px||5px|false|true" custom_padding="|5px||5px|false|true"] How much did you purchase it for? Is what I heard as I stood there in Mysore on a morning of 2012. [...]
Happy Birthday Simba!
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]My dear boy Simba, On this day you turn 10 and its natural that I look back at the time that has passed. Seems to me that it was just yesterday that [...]
Camp @ Dhole’s Den is open…
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content" custom_margin="5px||5px||true|false" custom_padding="5px||5px||true|false" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.17.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}" theme_builder_area="post_content"]How about pitching your own tent at the premises in Dhole’s Den? A Chance to stay out in the open and have a puristic experience. Guests of this [...]