Category: on the move
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Bandhini
Bright colours, punched out white dots that resemble a rhombus, some mirror work, some embroidery, the magic of Bhuj, the Bandhini. When we went to Jamnagar, I was looking for the Kutch work, when our friend told us, that it is the Bandhini that you have to pick here more the Kutch work or the…
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Edappally Church Kochi
We drove down from Kothamangala to Edappally, the drive was beautiful, the coconut palms and beautiful houses with their lovingly tended garden, so much so I plan to make a a trip just for the garden houses of Kochi and even Trivandrum. Those houses triggered the images of an ideal house which I only see…
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World Farm Animal Day
Ever thought about this, before the first supermarket appeared on American topography, apparently in 1946 …and in India maybe a decade ago… where was the food? The food was at home, in the garden, local fields or forests, backyards, pantry, food bought from the vendor vending peddling it door to door, or at the weekly…
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world vegetarian day
October is the month of vegetarian awareness. This was established by the North American vegetarian society in 1977, and the international vegetarian union endorsed it in 1978. The idea is promote joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism, and whole halo of things. A vegetarian way of living is definitely beneficial. No I am not…
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The Spice Route culinary festival
My first memory of the Bolgatty palace was in the early eighties when I visited Kochi with my father, we had been to the ophthalmology conference, while papa was busy with the sessions my mother and I did what we loved the most not shopping, sightseeing. We had been to fort Kochi, the Jewish settlement,…
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Free Money Day?
Yesterday the 15th of September was the free money day. When I heard of it I saw visuals of currency bill flying around. So I figured I needed to know more about it. The exercise was quite simple it was about handing two bills/coins to absolute strangers and requests the recipient to pass half of…
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