Simply JharkhanDish ♥

Simply JharkhanDish ♥

I grew up in a typical Jharkhand household, eating the rustic homecooked authentic dishes. Cooking was solely constrained to Maa, grandma and aunts. I remember the kitchen hustling and bustling from dawn till late night. We had a typical mud stove (of course apart from 

I am God, I am Shiva

I am God, I am Shiva

One day, Brahma and Vishnu were quarreling. Brahma claimed, ‘I created the world. I must be God.’ Vishnu retorted, ‘That you seek validation means you cannot be God.’ ‘Then who is the God?’ Brahma demanded to know. Photo courtesy: Balakrishnan K | www.utopianhere.com In response a pillar 

The New Mamaa

The New Mamaa

Photo courtesy: Balakrishnan K | www.utopianhere.com Here I find myself, holding you again my love… singing songs, tucking you in the bed for the fourteenth time, My eyes are drooping with the sleep I couldn’t have since some nights now, my head pains and my back 

Gathering The Moments And Making Memories

Gathering The Moments And Making Memories

We are back from our family vacation. The wedding, laughter, blessings, gatherings, food, love, gifts, laughter are all shared and imprinted in our hearts and memories now. The calmness, soothing and peaceful, lush green sceneries took out the tiredness and longing from our body and 

Weaving Memories

Weaving Memories

Recently, I have been thinking and thinking a lot about the memories I have been gathering for a while now. The days are malleable and memories are bound to be created everyday. The irony is that some stay with us forever and the others get 

To Time, Togetherness And Beyond

To Time, Togetherness And Beyond

It is a warm, cosy, bright, sunny afternoon today. Here I am, sitting with my legs crossed on my bed and wondering about the time spent with my family a few weeks back. Time flies… Yes! it does. And it does really fast. The jokes, laughter, 

Motherhood is a Dream

Motherhood is a Dream

Photo courtesy: Balakrishnan K | www.utopianhere.com “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” and so in you the child your mother lives on and through 

Subh Deepavali

Subh Deepavali

Photo courtesy: Balakrishnan K | www.utopianhere.com “The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor do lightning shine. All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of the Self. Merge yourself in 

Food, Love, Rain And Happiness…

Food, Love, Rain And Happiness…

“Beta kya khaogi? Kya bana dein? Jo v khane ka man hai bata do, sab ban jaayega…” These are the usual dialogues of my maa on my visit to my hometown. Her constant requests of letting her know about all those eatables/ delicacies which according to 

3 Year Blog Anniversary

3 Year Blog Anniversary

June has always been a very special month. This month I celebrate two anniversaries together; mine and my husband’s coming together as one and Gulmohar Doodle’s taking birth. I can hardly believe that it has been three successful years already since I took my first