Life Etc Etc

October is the last month of the year (in the northern hemisphere) which offers some sort of a sunny respite before the cold and chill of the winter reign supreme. On one such warm fall evening I decided to shun the walls of the gym and celebrate the last vestiges of sunshine this year with a brisk walk in The   Don River Valley Park . Now don't let the term ' park ' fool you, coz Don Valley park is no less than an urban forest nestled within the confines of a metropolis. Most parks afford the luxury of circling back to the point of entry but then Don Valley is not your usual park. This woody incarnation straight from a Wordsworth's poem flows like an unending river allowing no way to get back to where you started from, unless you are careful enough to retrace your steps. With several natural and manmade trails this park is a hiker's paradise and a cyclist's delight. After a long day's work I needed a workout but didn't want to get lost in...

Your Student of Life , J.J. Chaitanya

Inspiringly Yours, J.J. Chaitanya

Aham Brahmasmi , J.J. Chaitanya

Inspiringly Yours, J.J. Chaitanya

It's destiny that I am writing my 75th blog post after achieving something which I had never dreamt of when I first started blogging. Being featured on a very small but prime piece of IMDb web space is a blessing from above for which I am truly grateful. But what does all of this mean for my blog and for me as a blogger? Frankly Nothing!  Sure, the acknowledgment from IMDb and the appreciation from Stanley Park management for my travelogue are welcome pats on the back but I have a long road ahead of me and this is not the time to toot my horn (frankly there will never be a time when I will toot my horn on Life Etc Etc ). Milestones give us an opportunity to take a step back and ask some tough questions and today I will not spare myself while asking the tough questions to churn out the essence of this journey. Question 1: What is Life Etc Etc ? Life Etc Etc is an amalgamation of all the positive things which keeps one's life going . In my opinion, life is just...

The year 2018 will go down in history as one of the great years for sports and today my friends I present sporting gold from the first half of 2018 (in chronological order). Here are some truly classic matches and moments which I had the pleasure of watching this year. Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz: Two unbeaten heavyweights met for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship in March. Hard hitting American Deontay Wilder defended his world title against the Cuban technical specialist Luis Ortiz . Both the heavyweights approached the bout in contrasting manners. While Wilder searched for the one punch knockout Ortiz made life difficult for Wilder by adopting a sideways stance and picking him at will with his precise lefts. Wilder finally broke through in the fifth round to knock Ortiz down only for Ortiz to recover and give Wilder the beating of his life in the seventh. Wilder narrowly escaped a certain KO and came back with ferocious rights of his own before finally finishing off Ort...