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Tag: Historical Places

National Gallery paintings

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

I found myself back in Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery once again. Last week I came to know that they do short guided tours of the Gallery for new Continue Reading →

Posted in Other stories | Tagged Historical Places, London | Leave a reply

The Pope and Lakshmi

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

How did they get so close to Pope Frances? A one in a million chance. Isn’t it like winning the lottery? The question on most people’s lips when I showed Continue Reading →

Posted in Europe, Family & Friends | Tagged Historical Places, Lakshmi, Travel | Leave a reply

Choosing Anaesthesia

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Once in a while I join the tens of thousands of commuters for whom the daily grind into central London is part of their weekly routine. We live near the Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Europe | Tagged Career, Historical Places | Leave a reply
Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

The last time I was part of a ceremony where the oath was taken was at Kavitha’s graduation a few years ago. I wasn’t expecting it, so it came as Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, India, Other stories | Tagged College, Family, Friends, Historical Places, Kavitha | Leave a reply

Beyond Caravaggio – National Gallery

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

When you look at a painting what do you see? The overall beauty of the picture? The brush strokes? The life like capture of the event, the person? The painstaking Continue Reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Europe | Tagged Historical Places, London | Leave a reply

Amsterdam and art galleries

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

The first time I visited an art gallery, I think, was when I went to Amsterdam during my registrar days for a conference. To improve our CV we had to Continue Reading →

Posted in Europe | Tagged Art, Historical Places, Museums, Travel | Leave a reply
300 days of sunshine

300 days of sunshine

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

When you have 300 days of sunshine a year you tend to forget how lucky you are. For us we have the equal number of rainy, dull and dreary days, Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Europe, Family & Friends | Tagged Chinatown, Friends, Historical Places, Restaurants, Weather | Leave a reply

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