Hobbies
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Mehndi – Art and Medicine
According to the lunar calendar, the past month is called Aashadam. It marks the end of the Uttarayanam, and after this, the period of Dakshinayanam and the festival season in India start. This means a lot of colour, food, and family gatherings. I do not intend to discuss religious ceremonies or spiritual significance in this…
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Fascinating world of Telugu idioms
My mother tongue is Telugu (spoken in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India). However, owing to my first job and friends’ group, I was more adept at speaking English than Telugu. Many people mistook me as a non-local Telugu speaker, so they conversed in English, which stuck with me for many years. Recently, I have…
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Do I Have The Right To Complain
In our world, there is an abundance of love and a multitude of hate.I have not seen extreme hatred but, I have also not felt a loving embrace.Do I complain about the lack of love, or should I feel great for the absence of hate? I have a family that is overprotective to the point…
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The Loved One
Hello everyone!! I want to thank you all for your continued love and support of the blogs that I post. Encouraged by your kind support, I have recently tried my hand at short story writing. I have written a short story about someone I hold dear in my life. As is my usual style, I…
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Passing Your Time During Lockdown
The first lockdown due to the pandemic has been hard to adjust to. The second wave of coronavirus has reached a new high, and the second lockdown has been announced in many places. All the travel restrictions are back in place. Most tourist places and recreational centres are closed, and parties are a big no.…
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My Budding Love For Photography
They say A picture is worth a thousand words. We can easily convey our emotions and moods with images in situations where words fail us. This thought motivated me to take up photography as a hobby. I imagined that I could capture the complete mood of the scene through my lens, and I only needed…
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Beauty Of Tiny Homes
Of late I have been binge-watching the “Living Big in a Tiny House” video series by Bryce Langston. A tiny house is typically 120 sq ft or less. When I first heard about tiny houses, it did not make any sense to me. I wondered how all the furniture and appliances of an 800 to…
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Beauty Is Not Just Skin Deep
Beauty is not just about having lustrous skin, clear complexion, slim physique, glossy hair, perfect posture, excellent bone structure etc. These are the parameters used by many to decide on beauty standards. But, to achieve these standards of beauty, we require more strength and character than we realise. To appear beautiful and maintain this image…
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My Culinary Journey
The most prominent influence on my culinary journey is my grandmother (Ammama). Whenever I was at her place, I observed how she prepared food. Ammama talks a lot while cooking. She is either explaining the process or the ingredients and if nothing else, she shared an anecdote related to the recipe she was preparing. This…
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My Fascination For Sarees
When I was a child, all the women around me were dressed in sarees. As an Indian, it is not uncommon to see everyone in sarees. Aunts, grandmas, cousins were all draped in colourful and gorgeous sarees. A saree can be described as a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth material which is six to nine…
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Use Writing As Therapy
‘Every time you face an issue that disturbs you, write it down’. Find a peaceful place to sit and record the complete incident from your memory in that book. After writing it once, if you do not feel calm, write the same incident again. Try not to revisit what you wrote the first time, but…
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Rangoli – Art Work On Floor
Recently we celebrated Sankranthi in India. It is a farmers festival that indicates the start of the farming season. It is a very grand celebration in villages with festivities spread over 3 days. I will not get into the details of how and why we celebrate Sankranthi, but I would like to speak about one…
Random Musings 