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Of New Year Resolutions…

Relax

Cheers to a New Year guided by uplifting thoughts and actions! Happy New Year.
Tags: yoga, self-improvement
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Celebrating Makar Sankranti with sugar-free seasame til laddoo - Ayurvedic recipe

Ayurveda

Winter is ready to pack its bags and make way for spring. Makar Sankranti is an indication that nature's clock is doing just fine! Gladioli and roses toss their heads in acknowledgment. Time to celebrate with til ke ladoo…. What say?
Tags: festival, India, Lucknow, Ayurvedic-food, food, vata-pacifying, sweet-dish
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Tropical almond - Badam tree in the Indian plains

Travel

“A Badam (Almond) tree in the plains is quite a novelty”, my father told me; and for a ten year old it became a matter of pride and adoration. The young tree spread its roots and announced its approval of living conditions in our Lucknow garden with a flourish of dewy foliage. Glossy parrot-green leaves draped the tree, ignoring the diktat of the summer sun. It grew like the magical beanstalk in the Grimm’s Fairy Tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.
Tags: India, Lucknow, Uttar-Pradesh, nature, musings, flowering-tree, flora, Gardening
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Ants in my garden

Relax

Dozens of anthills in my garden are witness to the thriving ant population in all its variation under the blazing summer sun. Hats off to the inhabitants who go about their daily lives oblivious to the soaring mercury, power-cuts, absence of ACs or chilled water!
Tags: India, Lucknow, Uttar-Pradesh, nature, musings, Gardening
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