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Book Review 21/50: Size Always Matters by Sally Cronin

This is one book that everyone who wants to lose weight or remain fit and healthy should read. I like how the title, ‘Size Always Matters’ states that being fit is not an option but a need. The straightforwardness of the title got me to pick up the book as soon as it was published. […]

Thursday Doors & Thankful Thursday 31.10.24: Nominated for Pushcart Prize, Diwali and lots more

It’s Thursday again and it’s time to count your blessings. Before I begin, here’s wishing all of you a very happy Diwali. Diwali is the festival of lights and is celebrated by Hindus all over the world. It signifies the victory of good over evil which is represented by lighting up lamps to banish the […]

Art : Pen and Wash and Watercolor Painting- The Blue Room

I haven’t drawn or painted since a month. There’s been lots going on. For one, we had to re-do the bathrooms. This involved 4, sometime 8 workers moving around the house. I realized I need peace and quiet to do writing or art. I couldn’t even read with all the drilling and dust around. I […]

Travelogue: Trip to Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati (Assam)

Some of my best travels are those that were made without much prior planning. The kinds where you think out aloud of the place you want to go to and the universe works in making it happen. That’s how our trip to Kamakhya Mandir took place. My husband was traveling on work, I did not […]

Thankful Thursday 24.10.24- Nature, Season and Friends

It drizzled a little before I woke up. The raindrops on the balcony glass were proof of it. The sky was streaks of slate grey, payne grey, molten gold and nectarine orange. The Artist has outdone Himself. This is how He makes me feel with every stroke of His. We stepped out for a walk […]

Wordless Wednesdays 23.10.24 : View from my window: Fishing on the lake

Cambodia Diaries Day 3, 4 and 5: Night market, shopping, cooking class

There are rules to visit Angkor Wat: a) you need to dress modestly and wear something that covers your shoulders and knees b) Always carry your ticket. The security asks to see the ticket at every site. So, don’t drop it or leave it behind in the car when you step out. c) Visit the […]

Cambodia Diaries Day 2- Part 2: Ta Prohm, Bayon Temple, Banteay Srei, Pre Rup

After Angkor Wat, we visited Ta Prohm, the temple that gained fame after it was seen in the movie, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. I had seen pictures of Ta Prohm earlier- the temple strangled or shielded (depending on how you look at it) by the roots of trees but it didn’t prepare me for the […]

Cambodian Diaries: Day 2- Part 1 Angkor Wat

When I began writing the Cambodian Diaries, I decided to write day 1 and 2 in one post but it wasn’t long before I realized that Day 2 which involved a visit to the Angkor Wat complex deserved a post of it’s own. In fact, halfway through this post, and it became clear that I […]

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 280924 : Memories

The SoCs prompt for this Saturday is ‘“i before e“. Linda, the host of the SoCs prompt says, ‘Find a word that has an “i” before an “e” even if there’s a letter between them, and use it for your prompt word. Have fun!‘ Today is my favorite uncle’s fourth death anniversary. Covid took him […]