The year that was- Hello and Goodbye 2012

Learn from yesterday, Live for today and hope for tomorrow.Albert EinsteinThe year that was extremely eventful. In more ways than one.A lot of it is water under the bridge...I've fallen in love once again...With my niece...I've moved across the country..Lock ,Stock and Barrel...I've been published in the newspaper twice and in a magazine once...I've been recognised for my best friends..Words...who don’t come easy to me...I've been out grown...by...

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Shave or Crave- McDreamy and Sweet Dreams!

Sweet Dreams!As if!All day long,I've been ferrying stuff from one place to another...Groceries,veggies,Errands...Now this new stinky obsession with Horses...Horse Riding?And why can the horse not pick up sweet child from our doorstep?Why does he need to be dropped??Buy this...this is not working ...oh god...dinner is not ready yet...and I wanted to take advantage of the first day of the sales tomorrow....And I have to be posting on my blog...or my...

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Bad Hair Days -The story of any girl's life!

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush. William Hazlitt One thing god never lets you choose , is the type of hair you sport. Maybe, he likes playing with your sentiments and feelings. I have yet to meet a man or a woman who are satisfied with their hair. There is always something wrong with the hair...Its either too curly or too dry or too wavy or too lank...Whatever the story...I've got mine to share as well.I  was blessed with...

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Christmas Fruit Cake in one bowl...

A terrible time to be a girl in Delhi...When I think of the times that I have travelled alone after dark in Delhi...I shudder!!And to think,I used to get so, so irritated whenever the parents asked me to come back home before dark, feel so crappy when they never allowed my sister or me to frequent  the party circuit...Thank God!But this girl was not out too late...This girl was out with a friend...She was not dressed to provoke..Then why???All...

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Makki Ki Roti -Without the Saag-Baketitude Style

Its the time to be merry...Its the time to be sitting around a bonfire...Its the time to be munching on sarson ka saag and makki ki roti...Only if someone else is making the sarson ka saag for you.Sarson ka Saag, a cooked and tempered puree of mustard leaves with spinach ginger and chillies. Loaded with butter and ghee...The most tedious and cumbersome and painful vegetable to make.The peeling and the chopping and the washing and the cooking and...

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Bombay Bhel BhelPuri , The Maggi /Ramen way

Happiness in 2 minutes.Happiness and Yumminess in  2 minutes!This is an ode to Maggi 2-minute Noodles.More than ever ,this is an ode to new friends.Friends, I wish ,I had spent more time with...Friends ,you know you'd like to keep forever.Supriya Bandekar!A lady I met in October 2012.A lady with an immense amout of affection for het pets.All 8 of them!(No, I did not include the mandaory son and husband here! She seems to be a bit more refined...

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