History is filled with stories which never got told, however, I promise you this one will not be it. Ok, cut to the chase and drama, here is my story of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountains have always inspired me and after the EBC Trek (Everest Base camp) it was time for my new adventure and it was only Mount Kilimanjaro on my…
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There is a real world and a mountain world and I have existed in both. In the mountain world, we play different roles and it tests us in our weakest moments and bares our souls even to strangers. We feel a strange connection with people we may never meet again in life but while we exist there, we are bonded. We…
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The idea popped into my head when a few years back, still in my thirties, I read this lovely post by Meryl Streep on turning forty. I decided I will write one too to mark my fortieth(warning, the post is not a copy, doesn’t claim to be as brilliant but is just an unedited page from my life). In…
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Most of experiences that I share with you guys come from my first born and the time I was a new mom. He would fall sick very often and something that would start from something as small as a cold, the medicines would create heat in the body and he would get diarrhoea and indigestion. Soon, I had learned to…
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All great things are simple and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. -Winston Churchill Sometimes a simple word or expression deceptively hides a much deeper emotion behind it and it’s only after conscious contemplation one might be able to decipher the latent thought . A small and otherwise casual conversation on a…
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For mothers having a child is a life changing experience, it’s an emotional journey and it consumes them but what about dads? Why don’t they ever discuss kids, parenting, have facebook groups or schools whatsapp groups? Why do they seem so composed or nonchalant, almost? This post takes you deep into their minds. Let’s hear it from the dads. Arunendra…
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World Environment Day: Easy fixes to make your house eco-friendly Conserving natural resources is no longer a subject for subtly hinted videos or mild debates; it is a reality. We have all heard to avoid using showers, switch to Star-rated appliances and keep houses well-ventilated. But it’s time to look beyond the small fixes. We have overused our resources and…
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A few weeks back, I had shared how to teach kids about the Chakras in your kids . Today’s post is all about how to do it. As you may know already that our body has many chakras or energy vortexes, but the seven main ones lie on the spine. Mooladhara, Swadisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddhi, Ajna and Sahasrara. Each of these chakras…
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Healthy Diet For Breastfeeding Mother – Take Care Of Yourself Mama Being pregnant was such a great feeling for me. The happiness of seeing those two pink lines is something that I cannot explain in words. And from that very day I started taking extra care of myself as a new life was taking place inside me. A tiny soul…
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Our first visit to Imagica was a few years back when it had just opened up. It was one of the coolest theme parks India had ever come up with and I called it the Universal Studio with an Indian heart. The trip took us 2.5 hours with all the Mumbai traffic and after spending the whole day there, we…
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Music connects with us even before we come into the world. A preliminary study in the “Music Educators Journal”, 1985 found that babies who were exposed to music before birth had longer attention spans. I used to make the younger one listen to shlokas and soothing music while he was in my womb and when he was born if we…
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I think I have mentioned an umpteenth number of times that with our nuclear setup and hectic schedules, we are a millennial family that bond very well over a vacation when we leave our work aside and our baggages behind. That’s why you would see us holidaying more often. I tend to plan my holidays at the beginning of the…
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I think if there is a way to describe how I.N.S.P.I.R.E Beyond Motherhood Awards came into being I would have to credit power of belief a lot. I have always believed that if you truly want something and pursue it with passion, you will achieve it. It has been and will always be a mission very close to my heart to…
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