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Writer, fitness enthusiast, nature lover, home diva, spiritual Buddhist with a streak of crazy.
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Big Hearts Make A Big Difference: #GivingTuesday #ProjectWhyDelhi

Big Hearts Make A Big Difference: #GivingTuesday #ProjectWhyDelhi

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Our much-anticipated, first meeting with dear blogger friend, Damyanti Biswas (D) in Gurgaon’s Mad Tea Pot café, Wishing Chair, turned out to be serendipitous. I say serendipitous because D shared with us stories of hope from Anouradha Bakshi’s life-altering initiative for women and children called Project WHY. The Project WHY stories were one of unrelenting courage, grit, determination, unsurpassed pain, yet an unstinted spirit of a flag flying high. Over copious doses of Himalayan Rose-Ginger tea and latte we brainstormed…

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Grow Old With Me: #WordlessWednesday

Grow Old With Me: #WordlessWednesday

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“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hand Who saith “A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!” – Robert Browning 31st August 2013, Before Sunset My parents, enjoying a quiet evening in our balcony. This is soon after Ma was detected with the Big C. She had returned from the hospital a week…

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Why Have I Been AWOL? : #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs

Why Have I Been AWOL? : #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs

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“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau Yes, I have been awol from my blog for way too long. What on earth is awol? Absent without leave. You might be wondering what’s eating into my love for blogging. Well, a few things. Here in India we manage to find ample time to engage in our passion, work and hobbies, if we have good helping hands…

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The Child is Father of the Man: #WordlessWednesday

The Child is Father of the Man: #WordlessWednesday

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My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth

Stand Pretty Amidst Adversity: #WordlessWednesday

Stand Pretty Amidst Adversity: #WordlessWednesday

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“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”. William Arthur Ward

Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesday

Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesday

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   May the light within you always shine brighter than the circumstances outside you. That is my little wish for you, this Diwali and always.        Diwali 2018 From Our Doorsteps: #WordlessWednesdaY 7:36 PM., 6th November I welcome you to my home, for a little peek into the festival of lights or Diwali.  My ten-year-old along with our help made this rangoli. Happy Diwali, amigos. Keep shining your light, with all your might!     @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@   A…

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Meditation Huts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday

Meditation Huts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday

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“When you look up at the sky and see a cloud, think of me” – John Lenon to Yoko Ono Meditation HUts with Awe-Inspiring Graffiti: #WordlessWednesday 1 October, 2018, 1:51 PM We are once again back to the Beatles Ashram, in Rishikesh, this #WordlessWednesday. Remember that post from two weeks back, captioned Hey Jude, where I tell you all about the  Beatles Ashram. Well, here’s another revelation of the lush, sprawling, serene ashram.  The Meditation Huts: The Beatles ashram houses eighty-four meditation…

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Mindfulness Over Mindlessness: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #MicroblogMondays

Mindfulness Over Mindlessness: #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #MicroblogMondays

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Guess what’s top of my mind these days? No prizes for guessing it is indeed the simple act of mindfulness. Thanks to a wonderful blogger friend, Shinjini a.k.a Modern Gypsy’s forthright long challenge on Instagram called The Mindful Break , I’ve suddenly been awakened from my reverie of “mindless” living, to one of mindfulness. Having said that, I’ve not been living “mindlessly” forever.  The last few months have been a roller coaster ride and I have forgotten what it feels like to…

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Another Gem in the Wall: #WordlessWednesday

Another Gem in the Wall: #WordlessWednesday

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton Another gem IN the wall: #WordlessWednesday 3:12 P.M., 1 October, 2018, The Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh, India Floored by the myriad wall art that adorned the crumbling, moss-covered walls of the Beatles Ashram, I went on a “capturing them” spree. These are a just few of those images that left me mesmerised and intrigued. The calmness of the Ashram was punctuated by the gushing Ganges…

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Hey Jude: #WordlessWednesday

Hey Jude: #WordlessWednesday

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“And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder.” – Hey Jude (lyrics), The Beatles     1st October, 2018, 2:20 P.M. Did you wonder why this post has been titled Hey Jude? Of course, it’s the Beatles song. But then why Hey Jude and why not Here Comes the Sun, Let it Be…

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