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#NaBloPoMo: Day #9: Body-Gratitude makes the body light

#NaBloPoMo Gratitude has been a new word for me this year in the way that it has been presenting itself to me on every nook and corner these days. I have been attending meditation sessions regularly for the past one and a half-year wherein this practice is being stressed upon with every word, gesture and thought.… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day #9: Body-Gratitude makes the body light

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#NaBloPoMo: Day #8: Soul-R&R is a primary need of the soul

#NaBloPoMo R&R – now that’s a word most of us use but are so unaware of its true meaning. While working in our important corporate jobs, we have come to associate this term with the short, knee jerk breaks we ill-manage to take while assuring ourselves (with a well-intentioned mind)  that a longer holiday to… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day #8: Soul-R&R is a primary need of the soul

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#NaBloPoMo: Day #7: Body- dissolve your anger and fears with touch

#NaBloPoMo This card is amazing in its context of highlighting TOUCH to do away with fears and tears. But for me this brings back some horrid memories of being “touched”. I remember the time I had just come down to Delhi and started to work here. I had heard all about the infamous “groping” incidents… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day #7: Body- dissolve your anger and fears with touch

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#NaBloPoMo: Day#6: Soul – Build a soul practice!

#NaBloPoMo Wow! This is Card # 5 and it’s totally blown me away. I have been doing some of the things mentioned here or rather doing them my own way, not daily, nevertheless the journey has started. Lets see: ♦ With Day#1 of this deck, I have started a 10 minute meditation practice daily by… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day#6: Soul – Build a soul practice!

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#NaBloPoMo: Day#5: Soul- Love is the nature of the soul!

#NaBloPoMo   Well! This is the Day 5 card and I have to say I am a bit flummoxed, for self-love doesn’t come easy to me. Blame it on the years of parental conditioning. Our household never saw expressions of love and communicating with each other was also not considered big. The general rule of… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day#5: Soul- Love is the nature of the soul!

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#NaBloPoMo: Day#3: Balance- Take on something that you avoid or hate

#NaBloPoMo Balance- Take on something that you avoid or hate The second card that I have pulled out of this deck today morning is about Balance which is all about – “Discipline is choosing between what you want NOW and what you want MOST” . It essentially was telling me to do something that I normally… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day#3: Balance- Take on something that you avoid or hate

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#NaBloPoMo: Day#2 – Meditation is to mind as water is for fish!

#NaBloPoMo My first card from the Inspiration Deck is for the mind and what do you know it’s the Day One: mind card Well the universe is certainly guiding me  wont you agree!?! I have been wanting to incorporate daily meditation into my routine since long and now it begins with this journey. I have… Read More #NaBloPoMo: Day#2 – Meditation is to mind as water is for fish!

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Treasure measure

Chanced upon a post on a book club on Facebook which led me to a treasure trove of used books and a meeting with an amazingly warm human being who had collected and was selling these books for the Gurgaon girls scouts who were collecting money for an orphanage in Delhi. I thought I was… Read More Treasure measure

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Long Nights of Literature

Recently attended a very novel and “hatke” concept of “speed dating with literature” at the Spanish Institute in Connaught Place. It was an excellent evening of literature with readings by several well established poets/authors/playwriters from India and Europe. The concept was designed in such a manner that groups of audiences were to be read to… Read More Long Nights of Literature

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2 Sangrias, 6 Starters & 1 Eclectic space

When the wine sisterhood group on FB announced a Sangria night at the much in news restaurant Lavaash by Saby; excitement ran high and seven of us immediately signed up. We drove into a secluded driveway of a building with tasteful exteriors. Valet took custody of the car and last-minute dress straightening, hair primping and… Read More 2 Sangrias, 6 Starters & 1 Eclectic space

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Annual Christmas Cake Mixing at The Park hotel

The table setting was straight out of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, laden with bowls of fine chocolate sprinkles, multi-colored discs of chocolate confectionary, cylinders of marsh-mellows, big round cookies, bits of sponge cake, tiny squares of tutti-frutti, fluffy icing cream and a huge bowl full-to-the-brim with molten chocolate. It was a veritable smorgasbord for any… Read More Annual Christmas Cake Mixing at The Park hotel

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Hello Blog world!

My FB status reads : Just created a blog page for meself; now to stir in some thoughts; add a dash of josh ; a pinch of wit ; garnish with some feedback from my fellow readers!! – all those who liked this will bear the brunt of my wit parade – so consider yourself… Read More Hello Blog world!