Rhythm of Life

Whenever I say the two words " My Papa ", there comes a glitter in my eyes and my heart fills with great pride for the world's best papa that I have. Ever since I remember, I have always seen the immense love and faith you have for me. I cherish every one of the moments that I spend with you everyday telling you about my day and my activities, ever since my childhood when I used to tell you the new words I learnt in school "fan", "yellow", to the time I used to talk to you about my IIT preparation, and later about my relationship with Gaurav, and now about my work and happy married life :). I thank God for such an understanding papa who has always been my best friend. I never had a moment when I had thought of hiding anything from you. I remember the secret confessions that I made to you for my childish mischiefs - remember the time when I got less marks in Maths, and modified the letters in marksheet for signature?? Now that is a laughable incident, b...

Here I plan to put down the list of all vegetarian options we can have at home. This list will not only help us in buying groceries efficiently but also it will be fun to decide what to prepare everyday by just looking at the Menu like we do in restaurants :). And the list is expendable ! So lets start with Breakfast options : 1. Milk, Yogurt 2. Cereals 3. Bread, Cheese Sandwich 4. Poha 5. moong 6. Almonds, Walnuts, Raisins 7. Khaman Dhokla 8. Idly/Dosa (Brunch on weekends) 9. Oatmeal, Daliya 10. Upma Snack Options: 1. Yogurt, Juice 2. Fresh Fruits : Apple, Banana, Orange, Strawberries, Peach, Pears, grapes. 3. Nuts : Cashews, Raisins, Walnuts 4. Shakes: Papaya, Banana, melon, Pineapple 5. Cookies, namkeen 6. Granola Bars Lunch Menu : Curries 1. Dal Fry, Dal Makhani, Chana Masala, Kaale Chane, Pinto Beans, Chauwle 2. Zuccini, Ghiya, Turayi 3. Alu-gobhi (Cabbage), alu-broccoli 4. Capsicum-alu-tomato 5. Bhindi masala 6. Alu-palak 7. Palak Paneer, Kadhai Paneer, matar paneer (Paneer or To...

'Mom', the sweetest word in life. No one can ever forget her self-less love and care. Inspite of being in delicate body of a girl, she bravely bears the biggest pain for us. She is the strength of a family. She can quit the biggest of her dreams, for the welfare of her kids and family. And if she works, she still makes sure that her kids get every bit of her love and care. She is the one to balance the work-life schedule for entire family. We all tend to take her sacrifices for granted ever since our birth. While we are kids, we depend on her for just everything. She happily takes care of us. She cooks for us, takes us to play and chats with us never bringing a sign of her hectic schedule and tiring day on her face. She just sees the happy faces of her kids and that makes her day happy. Then we grow up, and start living our own lives. Slowly, every activity of her daily life, like cooking food for us, talking about our day, worrying about our healths, taking care of our thing...

Are we in the USA?? It was 11:30 on the Wednesday night of 8 th August 2007 when we (me and my husband Gaurav) found ourselves flying over Austin ….a city we had never been to before …..thousands of miles away from home, it was the strange city that we intended to make ours for our future years to come. The feelings were very mixed. We were landing into the totally strange city in a not so strange for Indians, country, USA . Like most Indians, we had also pictured a glamorous image of America in mind during our childhood and career making years of college. And I think most of you will agree that images made in childhood fantasies are so strongly preserved in our minds always that they refuse to fade away easily, no matter how much we know or have known in reality in our present. So, inspite of all the idea we gained about USA through reading blogs and more than that, the fact that I had been to northern states of US for 4 months before already, we both were experiencing same sense o...

Thankful to the Almighty ….. Oh! God, the father, The creator of this world, I am thankful to you for what I am today. I am what you want me to be, I am a tiny particle, in this vast creation of thee, I grew and developed in the care of my parents, Blessed by you, nourished by love, Thanks for giving me everything I want. Thanks for the beautiful life, High blue sky to rise, The Sun, the Moon, and all good weather, Thanks for the great people around to live together. Thanks to you for being in my heart, Filling me with confidence and giving me strength Coming with me wherever I go, Thanks for being a great companion. Thanks for guiding me in all those testing moments, Thanks for giving me the virtues I have, And for imparting those values that I stand, I am still a student, Thanks for giving me a purpose, Thanks for the every moment, as I can smile, As a tribute to you my lord! for the gift of wonderful life,