Anecdotes
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My mom has this saying, especially when either of her daughters shock her, “Ye kahan se seekha? Humne toh nahin sikhaya.” I love it because it tells me that irrespective of genetics, nurturing, gentle teachings and dire warnings, I still have some power to create my own quirky habits – that sometimes drives my family
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There is a certain joy that I feel every time I think about food. It’s an innocent joy, a very quid pro quo where a delicious piece is kept in front of me and I get to have a sensual experience of enjoying it.
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I cannot believe I have been writing odes for #BlogchatterFoodFest, that I have written THREE so far and I have not mentioned aam, mango, alphonso, dussheri, langda, badam, totapari, kesar…in any shape or form. The blasphemy! I must remedy this immediately, so here goes.
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As promised, I’m going to write odes to food items that I love for #BlogchatterFoodFest and today’s ode is dedicated to arhar ki daal. For those uninitiated into daal lore, this is also called as toor daal or lentil soup, if you will. I have no idea why daals are called soup because the only
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Every week on Monday morning, I send out weekly newsletters from the wise child to help you connect with yourself. I thought I’d share one of my most popular ones here, for you to read. It can be hard sometimes, to stay your path It can be hard sometimes, to find hope
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Before writing this post, I checked what the phrase “when life gives you lemons” means. It means when life throws curve balls at you, you should stay positive. I’m not sure what lemons have to do with curve balls or who decided that lemons represented bad things. In India we use lemons to ward off
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I was having a hard time coming up with fun and humorous topics to write on so I went to my trusty ChatGPT and asked it to give me some options. The first batch was so boring I had to share feedback and the second batch was better. Today’s topic is from that second batch
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