Happy Birthday Little Sis

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birthday, NaBloPoMo, sister, wishes

Rather Big Little Sis…. My youngest sister turns 25 today but in her mind and in her actions… she refuses to grow up 🙂

Happy Birthday my big little sis… and I am so happy that after ages I am celebrating some birthday with my family right here in delhi

yippe!!!

Big Day

Its mom’s big day… she is getting retired today and its a big day in any working person’s life. From suddenly being in office you are at home all the time is surely one but more than that I think its the psychological thing that the life is slowly coming towards the last quarter of life’s journey…

A feeling that the office/school to which u have almost given your life is now going to run without u…

I hope mom is happy with this 😉

and wishing her a very happy and relaxed life post this… May she be able to start the small park school for the rickshaw’s children opposite to the house that she so wants to.

Wishing u luck mom as u start a new phase of life. Hugs and Wishes

Happy Birthday Mom

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happy birthday, missing home, mom, NaBloPoMo, wishes

Today is my mom’s 60th birthday and this is to tell you mom that I love u… even if I fight a lot with u 😉

60th birthday is a big thing and I am feeling so sad since morning that I couldn’t be with her 😦 and all I have been thinking about since morning is Tara’s post…. how very right things she said…. these are the times when I hate not being in Delhi the most 😦 😦 😦 but I am going in the month end when she is getting retired…

We cut a cake in the evening for her birthday which my sil brought, a yummy mocha cheese cake… thanks Di for that

Mom here’s wishing u a very very happy birthday and a long healthy and happy life ahead

PS: Image courtesy hitchy… infact its linked to his blog hope u dont mind dear

PPS: I havent logged into the reader for 4 days now, will read and comment on ur posts ASAP

Can we have an Amol Arte please?

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dynasty, india, Paa, politics, young politician

PS: spoiler ahead, if u havent see Paa yet u might want to skip the post, it does divulge a lot of info 🙂

Just one, just one would do… Ideally one in every state but its ok to start with one in he whole country will do…

U guys do know who I am talking about right? I am talking about the dynamic young aspiring politician ready to take the world of corruption and dirty politics head on potrayed by Abhishek Bachan in Paa

What a character… A character in a hindi movie I fell in love with, A character I am desperately wanting to see become real, A character that our nation desperately needs

A character who has the means to go study Political Science in swanky foreign university but wants to come back to India to change the political system

A character who doesnt hesitate to tell his girl friend that we BOTH need to focus on our career right now and the baby can come later & no I didnt find anything wrong in that.

A character who when becomes a MP ACTUALLY works hard for the people

An MP who thinks out of the box and gives the award for the vision of India to a white globe 🙂

A MP who has the guts to do sting operation live on TV initially calling it his confession, he could have been written off even before the program began

A MP who finds time to actually fulfill the wish of a child suffering from a very very rare illness

A MP who when comes face to face with his child he didnt know comes boldly on the TV and says “I should have used a condom”

A MP who goes further and admits publicly that its his child…

I was blown away by the character, one such politician can probably help change the face of nation… atleast start the change

Also Paa helped me look at the dyansty issue in politics from a very different angle…

Amol Arte in the movie was the son of a well known and established politician, now think of any normal person who has no connection in the political world but has the same zest, same will power, same strength… infact for a moment lets forger Arte in Anmol Arte… how many of you think he did have the chances of becoming an MP at the age that is shown in the movie?

May be 10 years later he would have… but think about whaat would have happened in those 10 years… his josh, his youth would have died, he would probably have at some point have to succumb to the corruption to rise as he doesnt have the backing to do otherwise.

Does anyone of you remember Lok Paritran… a political part formed my ex-IITians… a brilliant idea which didnt really take off, now imagine one of them having some political lineage, do u think it would have made a difference?

I do agree that lineage gives an undue advantage but if we have someone like Amol Arte coming out of it do we mind? I dont what about you?

So here is my xmas wish to God… Give us on Amol Arte please….

So what do u buy for your child?

This weekend being Children’s Day we wanted to buy a small gift for Ojas. We took him to lifestyle and let him pick the toy he wanted

I personally think that if u are going to buy a toy for the child its best that you buy what he likes… Now when I write this statement I know a lot of heads nodding saying yes but ever thought of happens next….

What if your male child wants to pick up a doll? or your daughter wants to pick up a gun? So how do u react in such situations?

Because this is what exactly happened on Sunday… in the whole store the only thing that Ojas was attracted to and could hold his attention for more than 2 mins was the Barbie cooking set 😀 and when I asked him what he wants to buy he told me cooking toys… So I bought it for him without even thinking once that I shouldnt have.

The problem started later when whoever I told this to reacted in a way that I found very surprising…. they laughed on it… ha ha ha boy will play with kitchen set???? my own mom even went to the extent of telling me that  you should have not bought it…

I have also observed that this problem is more  common when u have a son… (atleast in some area they are less partial to girls)… more eyebrows are raised when a boy buys a kitchen set or a doll than when a girl boys a gun or a car…

I have a huge problem with this kind of conditioning… this is what makes them grow up with a huge gender bias… If we tell them when they are kids that girls should play with dolls and kitchen sets and the boys with guns and cars and tools isnt it natural that they grow up with that bias? Why do we cringe some much if our child wants to be a different than what is conventionally right? This is what I always talk about as conditioning…

The conditioning of a child’s mind begins right when he/she is an infant and when they grow up we label them as MCP’ etc etc…

When they are young and what to make chapathis for you in their kitchen set we tell them that no boys dont do it and then when they grow up and ask for hot hot chapathis we complain

When they are young and they want to dress up their doll, we tell them that no let you sister do this and then when they grow up and dont pamper their wives we call them unloving and uncaring husbands

Me for one has decided that I am going to enjoy the tea that Ojas is making for me these days in his new toy cooking set and enjoy it as long as it lasts…

Its high time we changed with the modern times isnt it?

Dance Dance

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dance, passion

I love dancing and its like therapy to me……..and I had almost forgotten it…. Seriously, sounds funny… basically its after ages I hit the dance floor yesterday…

Before Ojas happened me and N were regular in the pub/discs scene and used to catch up on dancing atleast once a month if not more… We even took classes in Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha, Jazz, Rock-n-Roll, Rumba and used to dance very often to it even at home, heck we even have a certificate for these dances 🙂

And then I conceived and all these were forgotten 😦

Yesterday we were invited to a friends daughter’s birthday party and what a rocking time we had… I danced and danced like nobody’s watching seriously… its fun on the dance floor if u let ur inhibitions out and being a panju I think it comes naturally to me he he

With this a therapy a passion is revived, we practiced our Salsa at home today and we both have promised each other to get back to once a month hitting the pub routine soon enough

Life is all about living passions isnt it

Current DJ favorites

Serenity

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family, fun, pics, vacation, village

Ok so here is the Back to Roots post… A brief of the trip we took the village recently…A Picture Essay I would say 😀

Before Starting from home, dont miss the dude’s style 😀

On Roadside and more

Food and more… specially for u guys… hitchy

Masti @CCD

The water bodies around the road, always have a calming effect… add to the charm of the road

Finally reached the village, Ojas enjoying the house totally…. I love the houses in the village

And we can enjoy too right, the tender coconut water directly from the trees and drunk straight was divine.. all scared me though that it will stain the dress…

And then the walk to the fields begin, total bliss

and I get space what else do I need 😀

the tree climber 🙂

In and around the house… gorgeous place I tell u and dont miss the brat trying to find the treasure in that age old wardrobe

and some lovely pottery on the way back, each time I go there I pick up some… this time I picked up the pink and the blue one and no guys U cant understand this

Everytime I go to the village, I am so happy and I dont want to come back at all…N’s village is the first association I ever had with a village… considering mom had been completely brought up in Delhi and dad moved to Delhi while he was in college and before that too was in Jallandhur which is by no means a village , only thing that made me a little sad this time was to see the empty fields… Granny can no more manage the farm and none of us are doing anything about it,… Sigh!!!

Mehendi Hai Rachne Walli

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mehendi, personal

Mehendi holds a special place in every woman’s life… isn’t it? I have always loved mehendi since I was a small kid… I still remember the days when I was a kid and would get totally excited by any marriage happening because it would mean getting mehendi on hands… how I would look forward to the trips to Hanuman Mandir in CP because I could get mehendi on one hand when I go there… The highlight of diwali used to be the mehendi to me rather than the crackers, sweets and gifts… I have been in love with it all through

And then I got married and the bond got deeper… I still remember our mehendi evening… it was a small affair organized at home but it was special to my heart, we had invited N and family too and gosh how we freaked out dancing that night… almost scandalized his granny 😀 but she is a darling…

My cousins all together and sang the song… Mehendi hai rachnewalli for me and now forever my life that will be imprinted in my memory… Every time I hear the song I am taken back to that day, my heart swells with emotions… Its been 5 years but the day still feels fresh in the memory… Its a lovely song but beautiful lyrics that touch the heart

cousins singing and making me all emotional, notice mom is almost crying

(Mehndi hai rachnewaali, haathon mein gehri laali
Kahe sakhiyaan, ab kaliyaan
Haathon mein khilnewaali hain
Tere mann ko, jeevan ko
Nayi khushiyaan milnewaali hai) - 2
O hariyali banno
Le jaana tujhko guiyyaan aane waale hai saiyyaan
Thaamenge aake baiyyaan, goonjegi shehnaayi
Angnaayi, angnaayi
Mehndi hai rachnewaali, haathon mein gehri laali
Kahe sakhiyaan, ab kaliyaan
Haathon mein khilnewaali hain
Tere mann ko, jeevan ko
Nayi khushiyaan milnewaali hai

Gaaye maiya aur mausi, gaaye behna aur bhabhi
Ke mehndi khil jaaye, rang laaye hariyaali banni
Gaaye phoofi aur chaachi, gaaye naani aur daadi
Ke mehndi mann bhaaye, saj jaaye hariyaali banni
Mehndi roop sanwaare, o mehndi rang nikhaare, ho
Hariyaali banni ke aanchal mein utrenge taarein
Mehndi hai rachnewaali, haathon mein gehri laali
Kahe sakhiyaan, ab kaliyaan
Haathon mein khilnewaali hain
Tere mann ko, jeevan ko
Nayi khushiyaan milnewaali hai

Gaaje, baaje, baraati, ghoda, gaadi aur haathi ko
Laayenge saajan tere aangan, hariyaali banni
Teri mehndi woh dekhenge
To apna dil rakhdenge woh
Pairon mein tere chupke se, hariyaali banni
Mehndi roop sanwaare, o mehndi rang nikhaare, ho
Hariyaali banni ke aanchal mein utrenge taarein
Mehndi hai rachnewaali, haathon mein gehri laali
Kahe sakhiyaan, ab kaliyaan
Haathon mein khilnewaali hain
Tere mann ko, jeevan ko
Nayi khushiyaan milnewaali hai

Honey today I want to tell u that I still love so much and much more than before… may be I fight with u now and then ok may be quite often but thats because I can afford to fight with u… Love u a lot!!!
PS: I know the next post was supposed to be back to roots… but its coming up next promise
					

Tag-O-Mania

It seems to be a time for tags, so many tags floating around and everyone knows I love tags 🙂

Anyways I have been tagged by starry eyed and Shilpa on this one

Rules : you can change one question you don’t like and add one more of your own

1. What’s for dinner? Oat Bran Rotis and lauki sabzi for me sigh 😦 and I am making pasta and garlic bread for others
   
2. What’s the last thing you bought? Tomatoes
   
3. What are you listening to right now? Dhan Tan Tan from Kaminey… the music rocks
   
4. What do you think about the person who tagged you? Starry – she is a sweetheart with two adorable kids and Shilps – u rock… 
5. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? somewhere in himalayas and with a huge backyard where I can grow my stuff and dont have to think about working again
   
6. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Australia…been wanting to visit it since ages
7. Which language do you want to learn? Telegu… and no its not because of N, its because that is the only thing currently preventing me to go to the village and start my hand on Organic Farming.
8. What’s your favourite quote?I think I will change this one, too boring
   
9. Who do you want to meet right now? Pixie… I am meeting her in the evening super excited 😀
10. What is your favourite colour? Black
11. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet? A black halter dress that I dont fit in anymore… waiting for the day that I will… very soon
12. What is your dream job? Farmer
13. What’s your favourite magazine? Yes Good HouseKeeping
14. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?Shop what else 😛
    
15. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?Can stand bindi, sindoor and flowers in the head with western wear.. rest if it suits and u are comfy its good
    
16. Describe your personal style? Comfy and chic
17. What are you going to do after this? Get Ready going out
    
18. What are your favorite movies? Oh loads… I hate these questions, how can u say one???
19. Which is your favorite poem? I am not really a poem person but love the Road Less Traveled
20. What inspires you? Currently sraikh, munchkin’s mom for the dedication to fitness
    
21. What do you carry in your bag? Oh my bag is a like pitara it has so many things – diaper, wipes, change of t-shirt for ojas, kajal, lipstick, comb and many more things I wont even know
22. Coffee or tea? Tea… with ginger and laung or Steaming hot green tea
23. What do you do  when you’re feeling low or terribly depressed? Shop, cook or if I cant do the first two eat lots of comfort food
24. What is the meaning of your name?  Wise advisor though on the side this is what a site has to say
    
25. Which other blogs do you love visiting? U guys all u guys
26. Favourite dessert/sweet? Caramel Custard love it!!! And I make it well too… Watch out the recipe is in my draft 😀
27. Favourite season? Rains Rains and more rains.
28. If I come to your house now what will you cook for me? Tell me what u want dear 😉
29. What’s your current mood? Weekend yippe!!!
30. Which feature of yours do you like the most? Eyelashes and Eyebrows…  (added by starry)
    
31. What is one song which always manage to cheer u up and inspire? – Tu mere saath saath aasman se aage chal.. (added)
    

There were some questions not common, so here are the ones that were there in shilps tag and not there in Starry

1. What is your current obsession? – Fitness, weightloss
2. What are you wearing today? – black capris and printed kurti
3. If pigs could fly…complete the sentence? – swine flu would have been even more
4. What are your must-have pieces for summer? – shorts
5. Who are your style icons? – again could be so many… modern chic style I like the sonam is turning out these days… if I want to dress up in a saree  Kiron Kher no one does it better
6. What kind of haircut do you prefer? – Layers Layers and more layers though I keep changing it so often
7. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can’t live without? – sunscreen, under eye cream and anti ageing night cream yes yes what else would u expect from a 30+ lady
8. Give us three styling tips that always work for you? – good earings to match, great footwear and a trendy bag… these can jazz up any simple dress too and yes kohl eyes
9. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)? – he he would love to go shop 😀 but turn to my all black outfit if its not too hot else white t-shirt and blue jeans… works always
10. What is one book that you would suggest the whole world reads? – hmmm very difficult…  Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Also with the tag came two lovely awards..

Ok so finally I am done, I pass the awards and the tag to all you lovely people…

😀

What is your current obsession?

Blogging and gym.

2. What are you wearing today?

Purple printed dress.

3. What’s for dinner?

Rajma, brown rice, dahi.

4. What’s the last thing you bought?

A toy for my friend’s baby.

5. What are you listening to right now?

The voices in my head.

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?

He writes very poignant posts. His 55-ers are super!

7. If pigs could fly…complete the sentence?

We would have very dirty, smelly air.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?

uh? Cotton pants.

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?

Hyderabad, no doubt about that!

10. What is one thing you want to learn to do? (changed)

Learn to code iPhone apps.

11. What’s your favourite quote?

Live and let live.

12. Who do you want to meet right now?

My sister

13. What is your favourite colour?

Black

14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?

My grey pants.

15. What is your dream job?

The one that allows me to sit on my sofa, in my pajamas and work.

16. What’s your favourite magazine?

India Today

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?

Add a few more to it and buy a mountain bike

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?

Monogrammed merchandise(bags, shoes, clothes), Low waist jeans that show the you-know-what, clear heels(stripper heels!!).

19. Who are your style icons?

None in particular. Mehr Jessia is always well turned out. I like random fashion on the street as opposed to hi-end fashion-house fashion!

20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?

Lots of layers.

21. What are you going to do after this?

Publish this and visit all the blogs in my blogroll.

22. What are your favourite movies?

All Basu Chaterjee ones. Money(it is a telugu movie)

23. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can’t live without?

Are you kidding? Makeup and I are far far apart! Maybe a moisturiser?

24. What inspires you?

People going after their dreams inspite of their circumstances.

25. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:

Why 3 I will give u more:

• A pair of pants with a good fit

• Dangly silver/metallic earrings

• A scarf

• Colorful peeptoe wedges(a little heel)

• Skinny belt

26. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?

I wear my go-to linen trouser with my blue blouse.

27. Coffee or tea?

Elaichi chai.

28. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?

I talk to the husband.

29. What is the meaning of your name?

Sculpture.

30. Which other blogs you love visiting?

All in my blogroll, styleperdiem.wordpress.com, highheelconfidential.com

31. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?

Don’t have a sweet tooth. Samosa on the other hand…..

32. Favorite Season ?

Summer

33. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?

Now? Like right now? I will serve some gulab jamun(store bought), bhel and chai for now. Maybe later we all can have the Rajma!

34. What is one book that you would suggest the whole world reads?(new question)

“Three men in a boat(To say nothing of the dog)” by Jerome K. Jerome. The husband introduced me to this book, and it is my all-time favorite!

Rules for those who are tagged:

Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag eight or ten other new set of people.

I am guilty

Like I was telling hitchy the other day I like to put myself in trouble sometimes so here is a tag to do so 😀 flicked from Deeps and Pixie

Asked someone to marry you? Guilty

Ever kissed someone of the same sex? Guilty/Innocent (straight life from Pixie I like her logic)

Danced on a table in a bar? Guilty

Ever told a lie? Guilty

Had feelings for someone whom you can’t have back? Guilty

Kissed a picture? Guilty

Slept in until 5 PM? Innocent (my limit is 1pm)

Fallen asleep at work/school? Guilty

Held a snake? Innocent. gosh why would I want to do that

Been suspended from school? Innocent

Worked at a fast food restaurant? Innocent

Stolen from a store? Guilty

Been fired from a job? Guilty

Done something you regret? Guilty

Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Guilty

Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Innocent (longing to do that)

Kissed in the rain? Guilty

Sat on a roof top? Guilty

Kissed someone you shouldn’t? Guilty

Sang in the shower? Guilty.

Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Guilty and that when I dont know how to swim… dont worry it was baby pool 🙂
Shaved your head? Innocent… but I so want to do that

Had a boxing membership? Innocent.

Made a girlfriend cry? Guilty and boyfriend too…sigh I am bad

Been in a band? Innocent… if I be in one the band would have to shut shops

Shot a gun? Guilty

Donated Blood? Guilty, I thought its a noble cause

Eaten alligator meat? Innocent…

Eaten cheesecake? Guilty! but why should this be in guilty? will all of life pleasures make one guilty?

Still love someone you shouldn’t? Guilty

Have/had a tattoo? Innocent…. I am desperate to get one, its my gift to myself when I lose 15kgs and the next one when I lose 25kgs (he he I doubt the second one will ever happen)

Liked someone, but will never tell who? Guilty

Been too honest? Guilty

Ruined a surprise? Guilty, I bad at keeping surprises, spill the beans

Ate in a restaurant and got really bloated that you couldn’t walk afterwards? Guilty.

Erased someone in your friends list? Guilty

Dressed in a woman’s clothes (if you’re a guy) or man’s clothes (if you’re a girl)? Guilty

Joined a pageant? Guilty

Been told that you’re handsome or beautiful by someone who totally meant what they said? Guilty

Had communication with your ex? Guilty

Got totally drunk on the night before exam? Guilty and how I managed to write the exam is a story in itself

Got totally angry that you cried so hard? Guilty

Ok now this is one tag I wont let go without tagging people 🙂 So here u go

Iya

Swaram

Htichy

Smitha

Prats

Tara

Shilpa

Meira

M4

Masood

Life Begins

Imp’s Mom

PS: And no I am logging in from the vacation in the village, I scheduled this post as I didnt want you guys to miss me na 😛