What do you do when your kid is just too cute yet naughty?For every mischief he does, he compensates with a smile, kiss or a hug.Hardly ever raises his voice or throws a tantrum but gets upset if he doesn’t get his way. These amazing qualities belong to my ‘little devil in an angel’s garb’. I thought I had seen…
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Taj Falaknuma Palace,Hyderabad Calling!!
When my dear husband suggested we take time off without kids, it seemed like a rare possibility, but then I found the perfect babysitters. My brother and my sister-in-law and we were set. We headed for Hyderabad(I wondered why Hyderabad?) for our much-hyped holiday. All I was looking forward to was dum biryani and some jewellery shopping. Taj Faluknama Palace, also…
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The easiest and quickest chocolate mousse ever!
Ingredients- 2 1/2 cups whipped cream(with peak formation) 1 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar 1 cup chinks of dark cooking chocolate 1 tsp gelatine Milk-1/4 cup Vanilla essence 4-5 drops(optional) Method- In a double boiler,melt dark cooking chocolate ,add milk .Remove from flame. Now melt gelatine in slightly warm water and add to the chocolate. Take whipped cream and add sugar…
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Am I the only one?
Deafening horns,choking smoke, Screeching vehicles,maddening pace, where can I find an empty space? No time to halt,no time to lose, We want better than we choose. We want one,then we choose two, When two happens ,’we deserve three’ is what we deem. This is the city which pushes us again,this is the’ city of my dreams’? I need to breathe…
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Find of the week-The 5 minute chocolate brownie!
Tried this awesome cake at my friend Sonika’s lunch party.It was yumm..mm and best of all super convenient and quick. This definitely goes down as the find of the week.You will soon know why. Ingredients- 2 packs of hide and seek biscuits. 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 2 Tbsp sugar 1/2 cup milk walnuts-as u like it. One pack of Eno(pls don’t…
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Colorism….
“Yashomati mayya se bolo Nandlala, Radha kyun gori main kyun kala……” (Lord Krishna asking his mom why his complexion is darker that his friend Radha) Never, while listening to these lyrics had I ever wondered that this will someday be a reality that I will have to face. Especially when I had never bothered about the dusky complexion I had…
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Uttarakhand tragedy…we read about it everyday,have we done something about it?
I just can’t sleep….thousands of noises, newsclips and videos are racing in my head even as I try to shut my eyes to it…but I just can’t sleep. What happened in Uttarakhand is horrible and tragic but what is worse is how we hear such news ,feel horrible and then shut ourselves to it . Taj shooting,26/7 rains ,Building collapses…
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Swimming for infants ?
I came across this absolutely useful piece of clothing which i absolutely wanted to share. See we have shifted in this new building and with a swimming pool to our access we are absolutely excited about getting a dip in the amazing pool almost everyday except that my two year old is still not trained for potty or pee.So I…
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All fun and dance under the sun @Nuetrogena Indiblogger’s meet!
Being relatively new and a first timer at blogger’s meet event, Nuetrogena’s meet at JW Mariott on 7th April was a perfect platform for me to meet my fellow bloggers and get introduced to this world. It was a refreshing change to see such a huge crowd of such young bloggers.Most of them had started blogging while they were still…
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The I-generation ions!
However techno the name sounds, it just refers to the kids of our generation. It’s rather simple, these kids have all the technology they need or not need them and are almost as savvy as any of us as soon as they are even an ion size. Thus the ‘I-generation ions'(‘I ‘as in ipods, iphone, ipad etc, ofcourse there can be a debate on…
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