Karthik Blogs

  Mango Diaries continues to evolve and surprise me with its sweetness and ability to charm its audience. I guess more than anything its the positive intent and inspirational real life stories that causes that bell to ring. Anyways in this edition of Mango Diaries, I seek to focus on how I managed to steer this negative mind of mind to something very positive and cheerful. It goes back to the times of Covid-1st Wave, initially the dark times accompanied by an eerie stone like silence and nothing but the shrill and occasional sound of the passing Ambulance could be heard. It was at the same time I had also lost my beloved father. Barely had i consigned my fathers mortal remains to the flames, within the next few days, I found myself in the ICU ward of a Hospital battling Covid myself. Such tough times, no one was allowed to visit me, surrounded by other patients, it was extremely depressing. It had come to an extent where I even contemplated running away from the hospital but guess I ha

 Mango Diaries continues its onward march. Its been exciting and enriching picking up the threads along the way recollecting imageries and personalities from my own life that have sweetened my experience to such an extent that these people have become a part and parcel of my Mango Diaries. Its a very honest and true attempt in bringing true life stories in front of all the readers, there is so much of negativity around all of us why not a few spoonfuls of positive, vibrant, sometimes sweet and a little bit of tangy sourness of our Mango Diaries each day. That's the principle idea behind Mango Diaries Today in my Mango Diaries I proudly feature my Uncle(My mothers younger sisters husband) Mr K V Lakshmanan. He is no more but I am sure that he is there somewhere spreading sweetness in someone's life or someone's family. Such was his nature. Lakshman chittappa was born to do good. He could not bear to see people suffering. A curt and strong personality by nature, most people c