Blogchatter Half Marathon

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Food for Thought

When Whales Walked!

The Eureka Moment Okay Folks! This post is in continuation with my Me’gong post and is about how we found a whales fossil in Meghalaya. While carrying out our scientific project work in Garo Hills for the session 2023-24, me and my project partner(also my life partner) Ginia made a significant discovery of a vertebrate […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Lifestyle, Reading Challenge

Books and Me

Books have been an integral part of me from a very young age. I remember when I was in Primary School I was in total awe of my elder sister , Didi’s books. She was always immersed in some book or the other. If I asked her anything, she would answer after about 5 minutes. […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Food for Thought

Gossip: An evolutionary and philosophical take

Gossip: An evolutionary tool Did you know that gossip is an evolutionary up gradation tool? And here we were always taught from our school days that gossiping is a bad thing! I sometimes feel as if I just can’t trust any of the things we have grown up believing in!In the books “Sapiens”, Yuval Nova […]

Baked Goodies, Blogchatter Half Marathon, Cakes

Baked Mini Cheesecake

Baked Mini Cheesecake recipe 🤤😋. As the Marvelous Mrs Maisel once said during a strenuous pilates session….“Q: Why do we exercise?A: So we can eat cheesecake! “But cheesecake can create real havoc with your waist line. So the best way is eat baked mini cheesecake which you just pop into your mouth and it’s over! […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Lifestyle

TV series saviour:The Big Bang Theory

Ever since OTTs have made their entry into the entertainment business, its more of a headache to choose what to watch. We end up wasting more time in choosing what to watch rather than actually watching it. This, added with contrasting choices in viewing have limited the no. of series/ movies we watch together. Now […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Travel

Meghalaya Memories: Cherrapunji Weekend Trip

I have a very interesting history of my trips to Shillong in the North eastern state of Meghalaya. It started from way back in 2011, which was my first trip with friends. Then in 2023, it was destiny that brought me back to Shillong on transfer. This time it was to stay and make our […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Travel

A ‘Wet’ Picnic

The title “Wet Picnic” says it all!! It was one of the rainiest, wettest Meghalaya we ever saw since we moved here. My rakhi sister, who happens to be my college junior as well as office colleague for 15 years was visiting with her family. Her husband, a genius was also in my college, but […]

Blogchatter Half Marathon, Food for Thought, Poetry

Eternal Sunshine

Eternal Sunshine Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind,How I miss those days we left behind,When everything was rosy and gold lined,The heart was buoyant with little joys well defined. In those days the pleasures of Life were limited but simple,A new book to read brought smiles with dimples,A Chocolate bar to share, oh we would […]

Baked Goodies, Blogchatter Half Marathon, Bread

Ragi Bread recipe

“Is Ragi Bread good for you? ” asked no one ever! Ragi also known as finger millet is a healthy superfood and is one of my most favourite millets. Ragi flour is a dark brownish red coloured flour which has a nutty and smoky flavour. It can be used to make rotis, cheelas, pancakes, porridge, […]