Every once in a while I have this urge to pen something, to make a note of a particular incident, to make some memory last forever. And at all those instances, I've thought about my blog. This blog. But I haven't sat my ass down long enough to type each of those memories onto my keyboard. Why? 'Coz I've always ended up wondering, 'What the hell do I title it?' Yup. True to that last 't'. I suck at giving my blogs a title. And that makes me ignore my laptop (not just my blog) for days at a stretch. So there. My reason. Another reason.
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Of Scintillations in a mundane life...
Grit, Grace & Gusto supports...
Next to my Pillow...
- A drawer full of chocolate coated raisins! YUM!
In My BookCase...
- Deck the Halls - Mary Higgins Clark (August 2009)
- The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans (August 2009)
- Klute - William Johnston (August 2009)
- Last Man Standing - David Baldacci (August 2009)
- Arousing Suspicions - Marianne Stillings (July 2009)
- The Alibi - Sandra Brown (July 2009)
- The Firm - John Grisham (July 2009)
- Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon (June 2009)
- The Client - John Grisham (June 2009)
- The name of this book is Secret - Pseudonymous Bosch (June 2009)
- Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat (May 2009)
- The Story of Philosophy - Will Durant (January 2009)
- On the meaning of Life - Will Durant (November 2008)
- A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle (October 2008)
- Illusions - Richard Bach (October 2008)
- The Bridge Across Forever - Richard Bach (October 2008)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (October 2008)
- Oh, Mind Relax Please! - Swami Sukhabodhananda (October 2008)
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach (September 2008)
- Stillness Speaks - Eckhart Tolle (August 2008)
- Aunts Aren't Gentlemen - P. G. Wodehouse (August 2008)
- Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen (August 2008)
- The Inimitable Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse (July 2008)
- The Prophet - Khalil Gibran (July 2008)
- Celebrating Silence - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (July 2008)
- The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch (June 2008)
- The Secret - Rhonda Byrne (April 2008)
- Hornet's Nest - Patricia Cornwell (April 2008)
- The Word - Irving Wallace (April 2008)
- Postern of Fate - Agatha Christie (March 2008)
- Of Human Bondage - Somerset Maugham (March 2008)
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (January 2008)
- And Never Said A Word - Heinrich Böll (November 2007)
- The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (September 2007)
- Marley and Me - John Grogan (September 2007)
About Me...
'Pranjal' means 'pure' or 'crystal clear'. It's a name my father chose for me. I've had trouble getting people to pronounce it right and had my doubts about whether or not I identify with it. Ofcourse, the 'identifying-battle' is long gone. It's my name and I've grown into it.
I was born in a small district called 'Yavatmal' (sometimes spelled 'Yeotmal') of Maharastra, India. You might have a hard time locating it on a map. I was brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. I spent my first 8 years of schooling (Kindergarden to 6th grade) in a convent, after which I was moved to a Central School.
Following most students from my batch, I took up engineering at S. M. V. I. T., Bangalore. Having completed that, and after a brief stint with a Hardware Company, I enrolled into a Master's Program at USC, Los Angeles, USA. I returned to India in June 2005.
I took up a research project at IISc for a year after my return. I was then offered a job with a startup company, of which I was a part for 8 months. Following this, I started out on my own as an Independent Consultant and have remained so, worked as a Freelancer, worked with a big IT company and then went back to stay-at-home-mumma.
Life's been fair so far; I've enjoyed my happy times and struggled through difficult patches. I have a small but cozy circle of friends. I rarely meet most of them and hope to make up for that (...even now...).
I like adventure. I've tried para-sailing. Hopefully I'll get a chance to live all my dreams of travel and crazy sporting adventures. I'd also like to try my hands on photography and playing the saxophone guitar (turns out, my lungs can't hold enough air, and my fingers gave up following my mind a long time ago).
I love animals better than most humans. I've had dogs from when I can remember. I've tried horse-riding. I dream of bringing up cheetah cubs, orangutans, snakes and falcons/hawks. I would love to live in a jungle someday. It would be a 'dream-come-true' to have a family living among the wild.
For now, Bangalore's home Hannover is home. Making the most of 24/7! working from home. Much to catch up on. Life's unfolding itself bit-by-bit!