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Sunday Day Out for Mom and Sons(NaBloPoMo)

Posted in parenthood, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It was a perfect mother’s day for me. Great weather, Outing with my Handsome sons and to top it all celebrations for the war won.. the IndusLadies contest victory.
I had decided to spend a lazy Sunday and that included no house work. The kids had done tremendous networking and I wanted to celebrate [...]

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The Book Bazaar (NaBloPoMo)

Posted in spinning a yarn of life, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There are two types of people who live in the city of Delhi, those who have been to the Sunday book bazaar and those who have not. The later group is missing a wonderful experience that they will never get anywhere else.
As a teenager I often tagged along with my dad to the famous book [...]

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A Feasting Party Among The Flowers

Posted in nature and travel, tagged , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Delhi is like a flower girl these days. One can see riots of colors blooming at every corner and the trees are aflame with red cotton silk flowers and coral tree flowers and the gulmohar preparing to bloom by next month. The mango blossoms are beginning to appear and hoards of birds have descended in [...]

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Dilli KI Sardi

Posted in nature and travel, tagged , , , , on October 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Come October and there is that slight chill in the air …winter is just round the corner…
Evenings become shorter, nights, long and cooler. Fans run on number 2/3 and one feels good, wrapped in a light khes (warm sheet).

Mornings start at about 5:40 and the nip in the morning air is a great welcome [...]

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The Festive Foodies

Posted in for guzzlers and hoggers, tagged , , , , , , , on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote all our attention to Food .
 
KaBoom!  The countdown for Deepawali (the festival of lights) has begun.
 
The month of October is loaded with festivities ,with Eid ,durga puja ,navratras all happening at the [...]

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Myna :The chit chat birdie

Posted in nature and travel, tagged , , , on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Mynas are known to chat a lot amongst themselves and Delhi has two variety of them, the common myna and the Brahmani myna ..the common myna has increased in number in last few years and someone said ,it ought to be the Delhi’s state bird ..where I live, its the greener part of Delhi .South and [...]

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