Pookutty Paati’s Grand-Daughter !
Pookutty Paati’s Grand-Daughter is my mother Vedavalli. Remembering my great grandmother and Amma’s favourite activity of stringing flowers.
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Morning Walk Vistas
Vistas collected over different morning walks. Crows in conference to a natural beehive and of course spring flowers !
Flowery farewell to Satya Paul
A tribute to designer Satya Paul who passed away on Jan 7, 2021. Thank you Mr. Satya Paul for making the saree a fashion in your own way.
Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja
Enjoy the beautiful pictures of flowers from our Condo complex on the occasion of Basant Panchami. Its a riot of colours.
Scotland Day 7 – Walking around Inverness
After the day long tour of the Isle of Skye, Krishnan and I didn’t have the energy for another day long trip sitting in a bus or car. So we decided to check out of the Airbnb at 10 and walk around the town of Inverness. Peter, our Airbnb host was a great guy and … Read more
Postcards from Hyde Park
There are three things that have made Krishnan and I fall in love with London – the fruit and vegetables free of pesticides, the sidewalks everywhere and the lovely public parks ! On the 20th we were walking around in the famous Hyde Park and here are some pictures from there..
Kattam, Plain, Elephants, Flowers – blue beauties
On 30th of June, Krishnan and I visited the Dindigul and Chinnalapatti weaving clusters. The Dindigul weaving cluster weaves exquisite cottons and organic cottons. With Co-optex backing them and Mr. Venkatesh Narasimhan, MD Cooptex thinking up of innovative designs, the weavers of the Dindigul cluster are weaving magic !! I had bought one of their … Read more
Postcards from Madurai
This is the ancient city that Kannagi burnt down because the King wrongly accused her husband Kovalan… It’s steeped in history and yes known for the world famous Meenakshi temple and a food lovers paradise. Murugan Idli shop originated here, the rocket dosa was invented here and what is probably not known to many outside … Read more
Postcards from Joginder Nagar
Joginder Nagar is not touristy … It’s just a stopover location as one goes from Kullu or Mandi to Dharmshala or vice versa. We used it exactly for that purpose and stayed overnight on April 30th, on our way from Dalhousie to Kullu. But, the hotel surprised us and the views were worth staying a … Read more