Happy Diwali !!

Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali & Properous New Year !



Best Wishes to our family & friends !

Especially to those in Tavarekere, Udupi, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Tokyo, Bhilai, Moonchapra  and Bangalore !

PS: My MIL has made some of the Bestest Diwali Sweets ever.

Happy Diwali !

Hope you had a Great one !

We spent the Diwali weekend with my parents. And that meant lot of sweets & namkeens. I reprised my traditonal role of assitant, while Mom churned out the good stuff. So while I crushed elaichi, cut karanji and shaped chaklis, Mom rolled out besan laddoo's off the hot ghee-dripping dough.

Evening was spent unravelling the rolled fairy lights and decorating it on grills. Diya's & candles dont stay long in balcony. Its too windy. Lit diya's only at the doorstep.

And the grand finale were the fire-crackers. Hydrogen/atom bombs were at their loudest best. New bullet bombs were no more than a fizzle. And Laxmi bombs were reliable as usual. Mom had to sit out specially to pat Blackie, Brownie, Tammy (dogs) and Bablu & Babli (sheep), who were shocked hear bombs for the first time. Twinklers, flower-pots & chakra's are almost a tradition now. And yet a joy year after year.

Happy Holi

It's that time of year !
Time for gulal, and water ballons,
To be doused by buckets of colorful water,
and forcibly plastered with gulal and other colors.
There is no escape, coz
It's Holi !

Wish you all a very Happy & Colorful Holi !!!!

Happy New Year !!!

Wishing you and your family a very
Happy and Prosperous New Year !!!


Everyone celebrates in her own way. I saw ladies write their greetings with Rangoli. There were huge queues at nearly all temples. To pray for Prosperity and Good luck for one and all, for the coming year.

Office party was just ribbons & balloons & cake. For 31st evening, I went out for dinner with friends, followed by a quick tour of the whole city. It was good to see the fairy-lights decoration everywhere. All shops were closed, but there were crowds everywhere. Wrapped up the tour with a quick falooda and gol-gappas at Jayanager.

How did you spend you New Year's Eve ?

Happy Diwali

Wow ! I am back from my week long vacation.

Wishing you all a very Happy Deepavali and Health, Wealth & Prosperity in the coming year !!!





Well, I was lucky Chennai was dry on Friday. I was very apprehensive when I left from here on thursday night. Cause all types of news said it was pouring like mad out there. But I made it safely to Raipur by evening.

And I must go ga-ga over Chattisgarh. Its such a beautiful place ! I felt the same way when I visited it for the first time four years ago. Forests & farms, just the sights. Last time it was by train. This time I got an arieal view. And again, I have to say it was beautiful. Different from all other arieal views. More open areas. A complete patchwork quilt, in different hues of Green. Amazing.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

Janmastami

Janmastami - Lord Krishna's Birthday.