hi folks,

lets start with the introductions – its just you, we and us - embarking on a journey into the past for the future ;-) now, that the formal part is over; its time to get not so serious:

rather than rant about the past – which is just the usual story of a city-boy driving away to become an organic farmer in the hills of Kodaikanal. After the, all so common, been-there-done-that ride that life offered – one particular aspect stood out – nothing ever happened as planned; it was always different – way worse or way better. From this, anybody could infer that I was pretty lousy in predicting the future; so I just gave up and stuck to the simple practice of
“not planning anything and accepting life as it happens”.
this philosophy has transformed a deeply confused urbanite into your run-of-the-mill organic farmer. let me stop ranting about the past now ;-)

this part of our lives started around 2 years ago – to move away from broadband-connected civilization to mud-walls/tin-roof/no-electricity/hole-in-the-ground toilets/… to building a home for all of us (namma veedu, as it is named means “our house”). Built passionately with complete ignorance; 80% old-fashioned (mud, stone, recycled wood, clay tiles) 20% modern (cement, concrete, electricity, telephone, internet !). Good news, namma-veedu was formally opened (griha pravesam) about 6 months ago. That event could easily fill a 100 pages with readable words.


yup, this is where we live - nice isnt' it?

I guess this is good enough for the first blog…don’t you ;-)

bore you later,
- hok