On 30th October, we reached Lucknow from Kanpur by road. We booked an Uber cab from Kanpur for Lucknow. We are here for two days, which I knew were not enough to explore Lucknow. We thought of making the best of the time we had in our hands. The well known Imambaaras, surrounding monuments and…
Author: NEERJA BHATNAGAR
A physicist by education, a teacher by training, and now a keen digital content creator. Blogger, YouTuber, Podcaster, and now an author too. Writing a book is the natural progression of a blogger.
“Maharajah” ,Stay On!
This end of October trip was planned to see our grand daughter in Kanpur. Our first grand child!! Gosh…what a feeling!! Ahmadabad – Kanpur sector is not very well connected either by train or by air. The aerial distance from Kanpur to Ahmedabad is 866 km, the road distance between Kanpur to Ahmedabad is 1071 km and…
My Weight , My Way !!
“Weight” has become the most dreaded word in the dictionary of any middle aged woman. This word has taken all the fun from the life of a women in her late forties, fifties and moving on to sixties and further. This word entered my life, a decade ago, when my boys have left home to…
My Blind Date with the World
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…
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…