Mr. Modi and his Awesome “Pagdis”
Happy Independence Day. Thrilled to be living in a MODI-fied India – strong, secure and proud of its lineage.
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Daily Gratitude
What are you grateful for today ? Am deeply thankful for the house help that I have and that I had in the past
Day 14 – Munich to Zagreb
Sept 14, 2019 – Zagreb, Croatia We left from Munich on the EC 113 train to Zagreb. I made Sabudana Khichadi in the morning as Anu likes it but Keshav doesn’t and he was off on his office trip. After breakfast, both Krishnan and I got ready, completed packing and left from home by … Read more
Eco Walk – Thanks to “I Am Gurgaon” & MCG
The one thing that we miss from our Europe vacation is the ability to walk everywhere … the wide sidewalks, free of litter and dog poop is something we need desperately in India. Mind you, we do have broad sidewalks, and in Gurgaon we also have cycling tracks, but autos and “redi” wallahs take up … Read more
Kumbh 2019 – Hope, Pride and all things Spiritual
On Feb 7th, we visited the Kumbh mela at Prayagraj ….one of the items on my list of 50 for this year and our bucket list. The visit happened because Vandana’s friends were visiting on these dates and we immediately did the booking. We are so glad that we did visit the Kumbh because it … Read more
Your pooch, your poop !
Today we were supposed to be in Murthal early in the morning, having parathas with Anupam, Dhruv, Geojo and Nitin but the plan fell through as Anupam wasn’t well. So we used the time to go for our walk. The daybreak was almost half hour away and there were hardly any walkers around, just a … Read more
Indore Swachh hain!
Krishnan and I spent five days in Indore during the last week of March. We were there to conduct a leadership intervention for senior executives of the Eicher Volvo JV there. While Krishnan has visited Indore several times as part of his stint with the USAID project, I have never been to Indore. This was … Read more
A half truth is a whole lie ..
A dear friend of mine shared this blog/article by a New Zealander about why there is corruption in India. I did get angry as my friend must have, because this person has made some huge assumptions and passed it off as truths or facts. Today, I searched the internet and found out that this was … Read more
Scoop the poop !
For the last few days we are in Pune and have been going out for walks …. The city has gorgeous weather and even though it has grown tremendously, it’s roads are a little wider and the Cantonment is very visibly in the middle of all things. The beautiful old trees still exist and the … Read more
Swachh Bharat … During Diwali
Yesterday there was a Diwali mela setup within our condominium complex with stalls selling clothes, bags, diyas etc and food stalls on another side. Two of the lawns were blocked off for this purpose. Krishnan, mom and I went for an evening walk around 8.30 last evening and heard fire crackers being burst… That was … Read more