“Why doesn’t his heart let go? Why do some people stay lodged in our souls, stuck in our throats, imprinted in our minds?” ― Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali had been trending on my time line for quite some time. So when I saw it on one of my book apps,… Read More The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali | Book Review |
Joining with Vidya Sury in the Gratitude circle every month to share the gratitude for the joys received in the month gone by. If you have written a post too, please drop it in the comment section and I will get to it.… Read More The challenge is not to be perfect-it is to be whole | Gratitude |
This fictional tale was written for the Fiction Monday with Vinitha. The prompt for the 16th edition is FALSE. This story pays a small tribute to the selflessness of the parijat tree. My word count is 229 words this time around.… Read More The false life of the parijat | Fiction Writing |
This fictional tale was written for the Fiction Monday with Vinitha. The prompt for the 15th edition is ECHO. I hope you like my attempt at it though I have exceeded the word limit by over a 100 words.… Read More An Echo of the Past | Fiction Writing |
My guest today is Arvind from Jaipur who is taking us through four of the most visited museums in the Pink City. Jaipur is birth city for me and very special to the heart.… Read More 4 Must Visit Museums in the Pink City of Jaipur | Travel Tales |
I asked a few fellow bloggers to collaborate on this post with me by sharing their favorite travel quirk. A particular thing they do on every holiday or collect something or a food that they must try out, etc. I got some really quirky answers and sharing them with you all. Look forward to hearing back from you.… Read More What’s your Favorite Travel Quirk? | Travel Tales |
Joining with Vidya Sury in the Gratitude circle every month to share the gratitude for the joys received in the month gone by. If you have written a post too, please drop it in the comment section and I will get to it. … Read More Restrictions generate yearnings for what you can’t have | Gratitude |
Hola folks. I am back with the month long guest post campaign where in you write in a post for me and I write one for you, for all of December 2020. Join in the fun and have your say on topics related to Travel and Books.
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is that perfect book to encapsulate the circus life in Post depression America when alcohol prohibition was on an all time high. The romance shown against this backdrop is beautiful and makes you feel warm and tingly inside. Read on my review of this 5/5 rated book.… Read More Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen | Book Review |
Thursday tree love is a forthrightly feature with Parul and it allows me to showcase the trees I meet on my walks and rambles. I try and find out legends and anecdotes about the trees and present them in these posts.… Read More Under the protection of the Arjuna tree | ThursdayTreeLove |
Today my guest blogger Namrata Wakhloo takes us through the Kashmir valley to talk about the beautiful shrines that are there. Kashmir was known to be the land of the sufis and saints.… Read More 13 Incredible Shrines of the Kashmir valley | Travel Tales |
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet One day my mom and her college bestie were musing over what they would name their first born babies. My mom had a liking for the word Shaleenta as is means decency/modesty… Read More What is in a name indeed | Fiction Writing |
A veritable food guide to eating your way through Uzbekistan which has some of the most incredible dishes I have seen anywhere. A guest post by Namrata Wakhloo who is an avid photographer and traveler. All the pictures here have been taken by her. … Read More Delicious Food Bytes from Uzbekistan |Travel Tales|
In March 2020, I was vacationing in the hills of Uttarakhand and happened to visit the Garden Valley Resort for a meal. This is my unbiased review of the food, service and the place. The meal was paid for by us and in no way is this a sponsored post. I was vacationing in Cloud… Read More Gourmet affair at the Garden Valley Resort, Uttarakhand | Travel Review |
Thursday tree love is a forthrightly feature with Parul and it allows me to showcase the trees I meet on my walks and rambles. I try and find out legends and anecdotes about the trees and present them in these posts.… Read More The Flamboyant Gulmohar | ThursdayTreeLove |
I was tagged to play the Anonymous Bookaholic Tag and this turned out to be such a fun post to write. I hope you enjoy reading it too.… Read More The Anonymous Bookaholic Tag for book lovers
Joining with Vidya Sury in the Gratitude circle every month to share the gratitude for the joys received in the month gone by. If you have written a post too, please drop it in the comment section and I will get to it. … Read More In order to write about life, first you must live it | Gratitude |
I had the opportunity to visit the Chirping Tales Cafe during my last visit to Mukteshwar in March this year. Its quite a charming and rustic cafe in this region with some nice food and beverages.… Read More The Chirping Tales Cafe in Mukteshwar Hills | Travel Review |
Having read The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak, I had a great many expectations from this book. Happy to say I was not disappointed at all. This book has been shortlisted for the Booker award. I had picked up reading or rather listening to this book on the Audible for the book prompt… Read More 10 Minutes 38 seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak | Book Review |
Read all about a calming walk on the Fort Kochi beach one early morning during my visit to Kerala.… Read More [N] Nonchalant morning walk on the beach in Fort Kochi | Travel Review |
