In 2018, do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 90

Girlie Road trip Day 4 Tabo -Pin Valley- Kaza-Rangrik We started our cold day in Tabo by deciding not to take a bath, considering the long wait and the shortage of hot water. We all climbed up the hills to see the Tabo caves. While some went up fast I listened to my body and […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life. Day 89

Day 3 Kalpa-Recong Peo -Ribba btidge -Spillow- Kinnaur Valley – Pooh- Hangram valley-Nako lake – Spiti valley- Tabo We started the morning on the terrace of our Kalpa retreat hotel, just soaking in the beauty of the range of snow peaked mountains, glistening through the night, just outside our balcony. I got up very early […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life. Day 88

Girlie Road trip Day 2 Simla-Narkhanda-Rampur-Kinnaur- Kalpa We started our day at an altitude of 7465 feet in Simla. We entered the kitchen by helping our caretaker to make our own tea and coffee at our cute little wooden panelled home stay in Simla. We even had a cake cutting celebration at 5.30 am for […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 87

Girlie Road trip – Day 1 Chandigarh -Solan -Kasauli- Simla It was with a great sense of adventure that our girlie gang from different parts of India met at Chandigarh airport, many of us seeing each other for the first time. Forget our age, when we meet like this we are not women, only Girlies! […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 85

Early morning meditation facing the sun rays on the snow capped mountains There is something about dawn the hills that transports you to a completely different world. After spending a 2 hours alone on the terrace of our hotel at Kalpana, watching the sunrise changing the colours of the snowy hills, I was joined by […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 84

Admiring the simplicity and hospitable nature of the local women. One of the most pleasing aspects of our road trip was our interaction with the local women of the hills. They were always so pleasant to speak to, they happily joined us in our pictures, this old lady even broke out into a spontaneous dance […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 79

We are the world… Inspiring song, inspiring display. Everytime I would drive past this structure in Bandra, I would always ogle at the simple message of a unified world…yes I am a dreamer like John Lennon and I do imagine a world without boundaries. And like the anthem song of all the legends of the […]

In 2018, do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life.Day 73

Coordinating the collection of funds to help the education of 2 underprivileged girl children for life! In the last few weeks it was a single minded focus to collect funds for a good cause. Though we initially thought that we could raise only a minimal amount, the sheer faith in the goodness of humanity and […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life. Day 71

Jumping off a terrace for the thrill of Ziplining There is something about being strapped in tight ropes that forces you to trust the stability of your harness. As you climb up to the terrace of a building, you wonder how you can jump off it. Even though I had done zip lining from taller […]

In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life. Day 70

Pipe corn on all five fingers. As kids one of the rare delicacies for us was the pop corn and the pipe corn… We would cover our five fingers in five yellow coloured pipe corn (those days we got only yellow coloured ones), and our imagination would run riot. As we would pretend to be […]