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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 […]

Art Diaries : Choose to be the lamp that shatters the darkness

I just realized that I hadn’t shared the last painting I did before my holiday to Cambodia. So, here it is. I did this watercolor painting on my sketchpad with 160 gsm paper (it’s not ideal, like I ‘ve said before; it buckles with a little water). But I love how this turned out. The […]

Cambodian Diaries : Day 1- Landing in beautiful Siem Reap

We travelled to the country for our 25th wedding anniversary. It wasn’t the season (the right time is November – February when it’s cooler) and although it was warm and humid on the first two days (it rained during the last 2 evenings of our stay), we had fun. It was our first real holiday […]

Published : Cave-dwelling birds by Spillwords Press

I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Cave-dwelling birds’ was published by Spillwords Press on my anniversary. I dedicated this poem to my husband and to ‘us’ on our 25th anniversary, which we celebrated on 12th September, this year. Here are a few lines from the poem You and I, lovers of solitude.gratified in each other’s […]

Published : Cave-dwelling birds by Spillwords Press

I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Cave-dwelling birds’ was published by Spillwords Press on my anniversary. I dedicated this poem to my husband and to ‘us’ on our 25th anniversary, which we celebrated on 12th September, this year. Here are a few lines from the poem You and I, lovers of solitude.gratified in each other’s […]

Book Review 20/50 : ‘Just One Goodbye- Poems from the heart’ by Balroop Singh

I got this book on the last day of our six-day holiday to Cambodia. We were celebrating our wedding anniversary. When I told the author that I would read it as soon as I returned home, she apologized for ‘ a gloomy book at this time of celebrations.’ She said, ‘Enjoy your milestone anniversary and […]