and this is a first. it feels good to know someone out there likes what i call my ‘verbal diarrhea’! so thanks again (and again) to thehabitualrunaway for this nomination! i have been grinning ever since 😀 the rules for accepting the award are as follows: (and i guess this cannot be messed with!!) provide a link and thanks to the bloggers who nominated you (done!) answer … Continue reading Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
the gateway of india. i have been there many times… walked by, read the carved words on the top ‘built to commemorate king george V’s trip to india’… stood under the shade as i waited for my ferry to alibaug or elephanta caves… read about it the news when a girl was molested on new years’ eve… this was remnant of the past, of another … Continue reading discovering bombay in mumbai… part 2
i had a plan to have a lovely weekend out of mumbai. monday taken as casual leave from work, so we have a three-day holiday… the hotel’s booked. the town is a close-by one that you never visit mainly because it is just too close, so ‘we’ll do it another time’! we have driven through it on our way to pune, but never stayed there. it’s … Continue reading i had a plan…
my first guest post at inspiringtravellers.com! thanks andrea for posting my ‘what to do list for a first visit to south mumbai’ at her travel blog! over to the guest post…
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it was a mom-daughter trip. to sri lanka! there were multiple ways to play it.. go to colombo + kandy and then head down towards galle and mirisa. however we decided we didn’t want to meet the indian ocean (will have to go back there for that one day, as always here such rave reviews about sri lankan beaches) decided to even skip colombo! people … Continue reading sri lanka: exploring the cultural triangle…
this was 15 years ago. my dad worked abroad and i was traveling across the seas to stay with him during my summer break at college. there were a lot of ‘new’ things, first times, to handle! it was my first international flight, and just the third time i was traveling by air anyway. and one of those three times was when i was 8 … Continue reading how a turban made me, a south indian, feel at home!!
matheran is very close to where i spent most of my growing years, but was never tempted. even been dissuaded by friends.
i went there for the first time 5 years ago, and then willingly went again last year! and i wish to make it a hat trick with one more visit in the coming months!
here are my TEN reasons why you MUST MUST MUST visit matheran!
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i do not get politics and i don’t like to get involved in it… but this has touched a vein deep somewhere. while i am not equipped to comment on politics (don’t know much, or follow much), i am certified to comment on my life! over the last two days, mumbai has been held at ransom. i work from home and have a cocoon-like existence … Continue reading when mumbai came to a standstill…
i visited sri lanka last year and that is the first time i came across a sandakada pahana or moonstone in english.
this is a semi-circular stone that is seen at the entrance of the temples at anuradhapuram and polonnaruwa.
buddhism flourished during the anuradhapuram. this is when the moonstone was supposed to have developed the most and become the most elaborate with intricate carvings. prior to that it was a square slab of stone.
carved in stone, the moonstone embodies the teachings of buddhism.
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there are many beliefs about solar eclipses in india… superstitions. i had heard all these growing up!
bad time. deformations. don’t go out. don’t look at the sun. stay indoors. don’t go out!
in 2010, when the annular solar eclipse was passing and would be visible in india, i decided to go and watch. the inspiration came from a friend who was planning to come down from pune for this, but cancelled her trip. i am no star-gazer, or astronomer. i have studied about eclipses in school, but forgotten most about it. i went because i was curious – to watch a total solar eclipse, to visit rameswaram again.
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merry to go around 