I spend a lot of time during the weekends,just pottering around and taking care of my plant babies. Sometimes I become a Paparazzi too. Giving the rose plants a shower to wash away the pests, pruning of the dead leaves, digging up and fertilizing the soil are just a few of the activities that makes […]
Month: April 2022
Orange Cake
Eggless Orange Cake Recipe I made this eggless orange loaf cake on order from my mother. She wanted me to bake this cake for some of her friends who meet weekly to sing devotional songs(bhajans). Obviously it had to be eggless. I have made my fair share of eggless cakes, as I went through a […]
Music, live shows and how it shaped my life
I love music. It soothes the soul. I play the guitar. It brings out a variety of emotions in me. Mostly it helps when I am extremely happy or sad. I had a band in college. We used to call ourselves “Spectrum”. It was not registered officially. We used to play during college fests, school […]
Never have I ever …
We saw a fun comedy drama series on Netflix called Never Have I Ever. Its about a first generation Indian American Tamil girl called Devi who stays in Los Angeles. Mini Review of Never have I ever Devi was very close to her father, Mohan. After he dies suddenly, Devi loses the sensation in her […]
Loaf Cake
A Loaf Cake is a big hit in our household. My sister let me know a few days back that my blog does not have any recipe for a decadent chocolate cake. That was quiet shocking as I am a chocoholic of the highest degree. So I frantically went through my gallery and Instagram feed […]
Kindness is a Drug
Practicing kindness is like a drug. Every act of kindness gives me a highly excited and jubilant feeling. For me, the highest form of kindness is thinking kind thoughts even when I am alone. I try that a lot. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don’t. But my efforts to practice kindness is always there. […]
Jodi Picoult, Wish You were Here: Book Review
The first Jodi Picoult book that I remember reading, is My Sister’s Keeper. I don’t remember the exact details of the book since I read it almost 15 years back. But I remember that I loved the writing style. Recently I came across a wonderful book by Jodi Picoult called “Wish You were Here”. Book […]
Its just Science!
Albert Einstein said “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious”. This is such a meaningful quote. The moment we loose our curiosity, our whys and hows, that’s when we stop growing. To learn and create new things is the best way to succeed in any sphere of life. Science is the best […]
Hot Milk Cake
Baking is my earliest form of creative expression. One of my recent favourite cake I have baked is the Hot Milk cake.I was reading a book by my current favourite author, Sally Hepworth. In it, one of the protagonist, Rachel claimed that she “bakes her feelings”! “ The methodical nature of baking, provided an equilibrium […]
Glow from the Inside
“Believing in your own worth radiates enough inner light to make you glow”. These are words written by American author Richelle E. Goodrich which rang a bell within me. How many of us are exactly aware of our own worth? Diffidence and Existential Crisis I often find myself engulfed in a sea of diffidence and […]