It is Ganpati Time!! Every year, at about this time, my longing for home goes up a few notches! This time, it is many fold more, what with not having been home in four long years. Quick gyan - As per the Hindu tradition, Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesh, during August/September every …
Why does Jelly "gel"? What is better than a steaming hot cup of masala chaha (marathi word for tea, and no, its not "chai tea", unless you want to punctuate properly and say chai, or tea) on a cold, rainy, Melbourne afternoon? Eating the chai as dessert !! As a perfect afternoon pick-me-up! I was …
The view is wonderful from this window….one can only see the tops of trees swaying (not so gently, in “more than gentle” Melbourne winds!). I am supposed to be working, but it’s almost hypnotic watching those trees sway, and I am captivated for a good several minutes before I snap back into reality. It is …
As I have previously mentioned, I am prone to jumping on bandwagons. And the American Dream is the ultimate bandwagon you can jump on….mostly because all your friends will already be on it and you won’t be alone. More so if you are an Indian kid. But for me this wasn’t a bandwagon I was …
"Always do something which makes you uncomfortable". I started the new year with this priceless piece of advice and have been religiously trying to follow it ever since. Well...summoning up the will to work out in the mornings, trying to eat healthy and giving up Maggie noodles weren't at all, all very comfortable choices....but I …
The third night this week spent awake staring at the ceiling. Awake long past the socially acceptable norms of bed time. Sleep refused to make an appearance and a lovelorn heart wasn’t to be blamed. What was to be blamed was a 2 hour afternoon nap..and an extra strong cup of coffee at 10 PM. Counting …
What is it with inner peace and “spirituality” these days? It seems to be everywhere, with people either trying to achieve it, preaching about how to get it or #tagging it on Instagram against a backdrop of some pristine scene!! Never one to shy away from trying something new, I immediately hopped on the “inner […]
If you are, or have been, a cat lover you’ll understand perfectly the strange mix of emotions you feel when you look at your cat, when it is curled up on your bed, sunning itself in a tiny patch of afternoon sunshine. One moment you want to go to your angelic cat and cuddle with …
Improv, is the spice of life...is what I firmly believe these days.And slowly but surely, my sneaky suspicions that most of whom we look up to are simply winging it most times are starting to come true...."Improv" or the ability to pretend one is calm and serene and "ohh so knowledgeable" when one is very close …
It starts quite simply..the desire to be perfect. You picture it in your minds eye..Perfect job, perfect friends, perfect life...its so tantalizingly close..crystal clear..but only in your mind. You spend restless hours agonizing over the "perfect" whatever...not realizing that it is the perfect of Neverland, the "fake"perfect of impossible standards, of deceptive appearances... And before …
The day dawned bright and sunny...and a little foggy. Winter is coming!! "Early morning, cup of tea and the prospect of an entire free day. To do and be as one pleases." Was what I was thinking as I gazed out of the kitchen window. 'Well, actually the prospect of 3 free weeks' said my …
In case if anyone is wondering...."why blog post no. 1?"....well..It is just that I am lazy..very. And also because after months and months of dillydallying I have finally got the courage to start a blog and I am a bit taken aback by just how fast and simple it ever was. So taken aback, in …
The Merry Dilettante 