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Author: Natasha

Writer, fitness enthusiast, nature lover, home diva, spiritual Buddhist with a streak of crazy.
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Churu, Not Just a Quaint Town:#Blogiversary #WanderlustWednesday #GuestPost

Churu, Not Just a Quaint Town:#Blogiversary #WanderlustWednesday #GuestPost

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Churu, Not Just a Quaint Town: By Gayatri Manchanda Exactly a year ago today, I, along with four other women travellers descended into the dense Namdhapa jungle in Arunachal Pradesh, to trek and camp in the wilderness for a week. When Natasha asked me to contribute a travel article on her blog’s anniversary, I was in the middle of reading her ebook Travel Epiphanies that journals her travel memoirs and that brought back many travel-related memories. I thought of sharing memoir…

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Adventures at Kruger :#Blogiversary #WanderlustWednesday #GuestPost

Adventures at Kruger :#Blogiversary #WanderlustWednesday #GuestPost

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And just like that we turned One today. Yayyy!!! One incredible year and 172 posts. I’m supremely thrilled and the icing on the cake,  my blogiversary celebrations are spilling over unexpectedly. Today I have a guest post from Geraint on his travel escapades in South Africa, tomorrow Gayatri has kindly agreed to bring to you yet another travel piece. This will be followed by  Nidhi’s out-of-the-box fiction. Who would have thought the celebrations would extend beyond a week! I’m so…

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Our Life in Mauritius: #Blogiversary #MondayMusings #GuestPost

Our Life in Mauritius: #Blogiversary #MondayMusings #GuestPost

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OUR LIFE IN MAURITIUS: BY ESHA MOOKERJEE-DUTTA ​The Move It all began when we were contemplating a move to Mauritius almost two decades ago. J had just accepted a job offer in the turquoise island, and each time I’d mention the name Mauritius, our friends and family would stare with their big round eyes and exclaim, “Really? Oh wow! You’re going to live in paradise!” So, though I knew they were right in some ways, a part of me would nudge me…

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Matter of Tooth! :#Blogiversary #FridayFiction #GuestPost

Matter of Tooth! :#Blogiversary #FridayFiction #GuestPost

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Matter of Tooth!: By Varad ‘Please!’ I sputter and cough disgusting stuff into the gutter before looking at the repulsed passerby, ‘Point me to the nearest dentist.’ The scrawny, rag-clad man stares at me as if I had sprouted a second head. It was obvious that he did not understand a word of what I said. ‘Dentist! Please! Emergency!’ I gasp, gesticulating wildly. I’m dizzy with pain and hunger. It has been more than 24 hours since I’d last had…

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Country Roads: #FridayFictioneers

Country Roads: #FridayFictioneers

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My Thoughts on Seeing This Prompt: Yikes! I’m not going to write this one. It looks dark, gloomy and will not elude a great story. But then I haven’t written for my favourite Friday Fictioneers for the past two weeks. I was away traveling, and when I returned I got swamped by life’s little follies. I’m back this week armed with lots of cheer and sunshine on my shoulder. So let me give this a shot. Let’s see how it…

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Been There, Doon That: #MondayMusings

Been There, Doon That: #MondayMusings

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Yes, “Been there, Doon that!” Doon here reads as Dehradoon, the quaint, little city nestled in Uttarakhand’s, Himalayan Doon valley, about 30 kms away from the popular hill station, Moussourie. Recently I was at Dehradoon for the Valley of Words 2017,   an international literature and arts festival that was held in partnership with IndiBlogger. Indiblogger is a proactive blogging community that abides by the philosophy Blog Now, Live Forever #BNLF. Those three days at Dehradoon, attending some thought provoking sessions…

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Despicable Me #MicroMondays

Despicable Me #MicroMondays

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It’s Monday morning. The toast just got burnt. The cleaning lady calls in sick. As Adil and I bolt towards the bus stop, we see the bus chugging away.

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On Joy and Sorrow: #MondayMusings

On Joy and Sorrow: #MondayMusings

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Khalil Gibran, On Joy and Sorrow Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed…

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That Thing About Winters: #MondayMusings

That Thing About Winters: #MondayMusings

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  So what’s that thing about winters; that special thing that a few of us love to love, and many love to hate? Do you ever wonder what could it be?

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The Encounter: #FridayFictioneers

The Encounter: #FridayFictioneers

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It’s a rare, sunny morning in Chicago. That special kind of morning when the sun streams right on to your shoulders, and your spirits are simply soaring. “What a memorable work trip,” thinks Sonia smugly. “I’ll grab a bite and then binge shop at Bloomingdales.”  She turns around to eye the building.     A gorgeous hunk stumbles into her, knocking some coffee on her brand new dress. Sonia gapes at his steel, blue eyes; mesmerised, not one bit upset….

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