Dubai Dream

and perhaps, nothing really is

Dubai glistens. Impossibly-shiny glass windows gleam across blocks of new high-rises and 350,000 sqm shopping malls. Sprawling man-made lakes glitter in the brilliant sunlight. A 40-minute drive from downtown takes you to a surreal dreamscape filled with golden sand, where friendly camels trot and tourist-hungry campsites stage belly dances by twilight. And of course, the heat. The intense, body-baking heat that rises out of the sand that goes everywhere. Your shoes, your room, the pockets of your jeans. Thanks to some friends living there,Dubai is a strange place – sparse with people and filled with multi-billion dollar dreams. Drive through the city  (it’s laid out in one long line), and you’ll find towering, half-finished buildings left standing as if discarded by a giant child. Nobody walks anywhere because of the heat, so the city in the middle of the afternoon resembles a dusty ghost town. The countless malls are laden with brands from everywhere in the world – burgers from South Africa, Lebanese sharwarma wraps, Italian bags of the softest leather, bakeries from Australia. Stay too long in Dubai – and you’ll feel like you’re wandering about in a hazy dream. Nothing seems quite real. And perhaps, nothing really is.

Chingam 1189

For Keralites, this month is very special. Today is the first day of the malayalam Month 'Chingam', the beginning of the New Year as per its traditions. A great significance to the farmers! This is the new year day as per the Malayalam Era ,my favorite month in the Malayalam calender and so ... My New Year Wishes to all Keralites!

Have a memorable Onam this year!

ഓർമ്മകൾ

ഒരു ബ്ലോഗ് പോസ്റ്റ് മലയാളത്തിൽ എഴുതണമെന്നു മുന്പ് ഞാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചിരുന്നു കൂടാതെ അന്ന് എഴുതാൻ ഒരുപാട് കാര്യങ്ങൾ മനസ്സിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു പക്ഷെ ഇന്ന് മലയാളത്തിൽ എഴുതാൻ ഒന്നുമില്ലാ ഓർമ്മകൾ വാടിപ്പോയിരിക്കുന്നു!