Like most of the people, traveling had been one of the major contributor towards learnings of my life. Exploring the world via travel enriches experience and and makes one open minded. For me travel is a means to self exploration. During my childhood, the most eagerly awaited travelling destinations were grandparents homes in New Delhi…
Author: NEERJA BHATNAGAR
Planning for Death
Preparation for death – why and how are two important questions, which I have been thinking about. No, I am not talking about the metaphysical realities of after death life. I am concerned about what is left here on this planet. We come empty handed, we go empty handed but we may never want …
Its Right to be Wrong!
As they say, “To err is human”, but in the times of social media, we see everything is perfect about everyone. The perfect instapic, the perfect location, the perfect husband, the perfect wife, the perfect children, the perfect home, the perfect job….. . Have we lost the fun of being wrong and making mistakes?…
Appam Patra – The Magic Pot
Prestige Appam patra Last week, while scanning the news on Google news, I saw a news item from NDTV about weight loss in my personalized news items . I checked my weight and found that I have gained 4 kg in the last one and a half month while vacationing with my sister. Now, how…
Fundas of Fusion Fashion
Fashion is associated with young people.Most of the fashion shows are eager to have younger and more younger models . My belief differs. To me, every women is a fashionista in her own right. Think of your mother or grand mother in that seedhe ( right hand side) pallu ki saari with big bindi ,…
Apricot sweet
This is the onset of festive times in India. Even though vast spectrum of sweets are available off the counter, there is no comparison of the home made sweets served with love. Here is a very easy and tasty Indian ( not so common) sweet, which you can prepare a day or two before. Apricot…
Saputara
It has been almost a decade , I have been staying in Ahmedabad, in western state of Gujarat in India. Saputara is the only hill station of Gujarat. I have been to hill stations like Nainital, Shimla, Kausani, Kullu, Manali, Darjeeling, Leh, Badarinath, Joshimath etc nestled in great Himalayas, so the thought of outing to…
Home to Museum-Kothi Jahajpul-Hisar
This is the last post in continuation to my last two posts about our visit to Hisar to meet our “childhood”. We ( I and my sister, Neena ) had visited different houses which were home to us and two schools, where we studied up to our matriculation. We could also meet few old friends…
Going back to schools again!!
This is in continuation with my last post about our visit to Hisar this July, 2018. In the last post, I had mentioned about my visit to different homes. In this post, I will be sharing about our visit to schools, where we have completed our matriculation. We had studied in three educational institutions in…
Exploring Our History – A Visit to Hisar
I and my sister Neena were planning an outing together for quiet sometime now. Life is good at fifties . We are free birds with grown up children and husbands 😉 who can take care of themselves. 😛 So, we curated a carefree and fun-filled vacation to go back and explore our own history. We…