Memorial Day Wishes

OK, I know that the Memorial Day went by on Monday, but I was just too tied up to actually work on this image and put it up. This little keepsake graces my colleagues desk. Hope you had a great week-end, and an even better week that followed. Gratitude to those who have the courage…

Setup Your Platter

One of the good things about deciding toppings and ingredients of the food you eat is that the tendency to waste anything edible is that much lesser. This place at the local mall lets you customize your pasta completely, you can pick the type of pasta and what goes inside, along with the sauce. Being…

My Beautiful New Friend, Bunty

Meet Bunty, a new little guy I befriended close to my office. The camera-shy dog is very soothing to the eye, to say the least. He is a homeless stray dog, but we all take turn feeding him, the people in the area take good care of him. When I came back beaming from my…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Water 2

A 7 km Rafting ride awaited us at the Beas River at Manali. This was one of the most adventurous things we had ever done, we were sitting at the head of the inflated raft! The River is not the kindest of the lot, as it is just a few 1000 kms from its point…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Water

I love these dew-kissed bell-shaped flowers. However, I took these post a mild shower. They bloom early in the morning and tend to fold in their petals at night fall. And they wake up again with day break for as long as they live. Quite an intriguing life, so much like ours!

Pick Someone Your Own Size!

The oldest form of dental hygiene, toothpicks have been around for time immemorial. I like mine with a starter at the pointed end instead of my teeth. What about you?

Being Indian

I was in class ten when I first read an essay titled “A Matter of Belonging” by Sheila Dhar, and it left a very deep impact on the way I perceived my Indianness. Although I have tried in vain to get hold of her book titled “This India” (1971), I haven’t succeeded so far in…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny 3

Nainital is a pristine, beautiful and picturesque city at the foothills of Kumaon. It is also home to the highest altitude zoo in all of India. The city was brought to international limelight by Edward James “Jim” Corbett, British hunter, conservationist and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man-eating tigers and leopards in…

Green Without Envy

I discovered green apples out of pure curiosity, but I still don’t know if the red is better than its green step brother (it is cultivated as a hybrid fruit). However, I do know that it doesn’t oxidize as quickly as the red apple and its too tangy to eat all at one go.   This…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny 2

Well, she isn’t as tiny as she used to be, but she isn’t all grown up as of yet either.  We call her Milli and she lives just where my husband works, so she helps me kill time as I wait on him. (Now, he joins me for the fun, so I love her more.)…