Colours of Life

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the collection of bangles I have and recently when I was taking out few bangles out of my bangle box, I realised I have 2 full boxes of bangles of different colours and I'm proud of my collection. Thought I would show you my proud collection.

These are the bangles my Mother-in-law got me from Kolkata. These are the bangles worn by the newly-wed girls in bengali community. Ain't they beautiful ?!!!!!!!!!

Love

R

Few things...

I have met some beautiful people recently and one of the ladies in the group mentioned that she is interested to learn new things in life. She is an advocate by profession. She did her M.B.A and knows reiki, graphology, numerology. She even shared some interesting things in her life. I was amazed by her enthusiasm and will to learn new things. She decided to try past life therapy as well. Infact, she is searching for people who are interested to take past life therapy or who or already taking it. She said that she spends her money, which she earns, only on learning new things which she is interested in.

I thought very few people have time and inclination towards their life and that she is living her life to the fullest. To satisfy myself, I thought that may be since she is single, she is able to perceive many things, but later I realized that these are the things she is passionate about and nothing can stop her from learning.

She then asked me my interests in life and I opened my list of things which I would love to learn. We had a great time together sharing our interests.

These activities gives us immense pleasure and we can be with our true self. What say?? Am I right??

Love

T

Goa

My second visit to goa was quite different from the first one, except for the fact that we have been to Palolem again. This time we travelled towards North Goa to Morjim. I was not impressed by the beach as it was a bit shabby, no sand and some hippies partying here and there. The sight itself got me scared as I did not find good crowd. It seemed to me like we were the only one staying at the resort. But to say, the resort was wonderful.

View from our resort

After staying for a day in Morjim, we decided to move to Baga. Baga is much happening place in Goa. Water sporting is the main event there and you can also find rides near by beach Anjuna via sea. We took a ride on the speed boat and My God!!!!! it was a terrible experience. I was literally petrified by the sight of huge water body and the speed of the boat. People seemed to be having great time but I found it hard by the sight of huge sea around.

I had a chance to visit a flee market called Ingos Bazaar which is generally on wednesdays and saturdays. This bazaar opens at 8 at night and closes at around 2 a.m. People around the world come here to sell their goods. There were many stalls selling handmade jewellery, beautiful fabrics, hammocks, ethnic jewellery, Tibetian stuff..etc. We came across budding musicians playing music on the stage.

There were many stalls selling great North Indian, South Indian and English food, you name it they have it. It was like fusion of the world.

People listening to music at Ingos.

I really had a great time at Ingos. The creativity is at its edge there. I have never seen such a market which had great creative stuff from all around the world.
We have been to a spice farm http://www.sahakarifarms.com/home.html near Ponda. We were welcomed by a garland and flowers. The guide took us on a tour into the spice farm explaining about the spices in the farm and their medicinal values. The farm even sell concentrated herbal oils which have medicinal values. The spice farm tour was very informative and interesting as we came to know about different types of spices and their uses.

This spice farm takes care of Elephants as well. You get a chance to spend time with Elephants as well. I have taken a snap of a lady giving nice wash to Elephant. Elephant splashed water on this lady whenever the gentleman instructed the Elephant to do so. It was worth watching.

At the end of the tour, farm provides us a good buffet with traditional delicacies.

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T

Alternative medicine-Ayurveda

I have always been intrigued by alternative medicine.Ever since I heard about nadi pariksha ( checking the pulse ), I was dying to get it done.In nadi pariksha,doctor checks our pulse and analyzes Vata,Pitta and kapha levels in our body and prescribes medicine accordingly. In fact, this alternative medicine has been practiced since a long time in India. Not many have knowledge about this in this time, may be due to the slow results yet permanent as the problem is removed from the root level. People think that this is an obsolete medical treatment to follow. Nadi pariksha is a part of ayurvedic treatment. They detect the problem and give Ayurvedic medicines which I feel have no side effects.

I heard many interesting stories about nadi pariksha and thought of giving it a try. One of the stories is that the Nizam of Hyderabad, once thought of getting nadi pariksha done to his wife. As we know, there was "purdah system", where in women were not allowed to be seen and touched by any man other than her husband/family. So nizam tied a small thread to her hand (where the pulse is felt ) and passed the thread to nadi vaidya ( the doctor) . He checked the pulse of the queen through the thread and prescribed the medicine.

The other interesting fact about nadi pariksha is that if you want to know the health condition of any of your family members, say your mother/brother/sister or any other person in your family, and for some reason they can't make it to the doctor, you can still find out about their health. The doctor would ask you to think about the person, who's health you would want to enquire about, and would tell you about the concerned's health and would also prescribe the medicines.

Today my Mom-in-law and I went to get nadi pariksha done. The doc checked my pulse for few seconds and said that my pitta levels are high. She also said that everyone by birth has some nature (vata,pitta,kapha). By her examination, I found out that my nature is pitta. She described that people having pitta nature have very sharp features, are intelligent, have leadership qualities (hmmm felt very nice listening to these) and also are short-tempered, lethargic..etc. They even forecast our health problems and suggest us to take certain foods which pacifies our imbalance.

My mom-in-law wanted to know about my husband's health and it's issues. The doctor just told her to think about her son (my husband) and she told about his nature (hmm quiet interesting). Now I started using ayurvedic medicine which she prescribed..will let you know the results...may be in a month's time.

Love

T

Today's Kitchen Tip

Aubergines or Brinjals, as they are called in India, change colour soon after they are cut and kept aside before they are cooked. To prevent them from changing colour add half a teaspoon of salt to the water and put the cut aubergines in that water. It will stay up to more than 15 minutes to half an hour with out changing colour. The water would get coloured though.

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R