How do I choose the Right Sunscreen for my skin? Choosing the right sunscreen that works for my skin has been an uphill task. I have oily to combination sensitive skin that is prone to hyperpigmentation. In addition, my profession involves prolonged periods of intense sun exposure. So I am now very careful about sunscreen […]
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Nature Photographs from pre-drone days
Preamble The nature photographs I am about to share with you all have interesting and thrilling stories behind them. These nature photographs were clicked in the pre-drone era from above an abandoned forest watch-tower located in the deep jungle of Satpura Tiger Reserve Forest in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has some highly picturesque […]
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Perfect cup of Milk Tea
I love tea. And by tea I mean chai/ doodh cha. My mornings are incomplete without the fragrant perfect cup of milk tea infused with the flavours of ginger and cardamom. I am swooning just thinking about it. Now dont get me wrong though. I equally enjoy my cups of golden darjeeling, oolong, assam and […]
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Magic Mushroom
One fine morning, I was getting into the car to go to work and a pretty thing caught my eye. I went closer to the base of the mango tree in our apartment compound, and found this wild magic mushroom blooming in its full glory. This is the first time I saw a mushroom growing […]
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DIY Tan Removal Tips
I am a geologist by profession. That involves a lot ( I mean really a lot) of sun exposure. That is a real bummer for the skin. Weeks and weeks of fieldwork in the hot sun to work out the inner mysteries of the earth does its bit for the poor skin. And by the […]
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Samosa, a savoury gift to mankind!
The Beginning For me the golden crispy savoury triangles more commonly called samosa( or shingara as my wife calls it) came straight from ‘Heaven’ for the hungry soul. My love tryst with the humble samosa started from my school canteen days. After having our tiffin during lunch hours I used to loiter around the school […]
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Easy Homemade Ghee Recipe
Easy Homemade Ghee Recipe We love ghee in our family. I use ghee in all the recipes that call for vegetable oil. Ghee is called clarified butter i.e butter minus the water and milk solids gives us ghee. I learnt this Easy Homemade Ghee Recipe from a colleague of mine. You can read about health […]
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When It Rains…
When it Rains…the theme is green When it rains all the plants and trees are happy. Seeing the plants happy makes me happy turn. The rains seem to wash away all the year long dust and grime and bring an eye soothing freshness. All my balcony garden plants are healthy and happy. That is because […]
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Being Good
How to be a good human being? I remember when I was young I used to always worry about whether I was being a good human being or not. For some reason it was very important for me. I always felt that it is the only thing in this world that is totally in our […]
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Eggless white chocolate pistachio cake
Sunday musings and an eggless white chocolate and pistachio cake. I often dream about leaving my job. This dream has been recurring on and off for some time now. There is no harm in dreaming right? So I have to come up with a back up plan. A back up is necessary to keep earning […]
