Inner battle of desire, conditioned logic, and hard reality I hail from a simple ‘middle class’ South Indian family. I was always taught the importance of valuing money and spending it wisely. Throughout my childhood and up until my marriage, I was provided with very good quality products, especially clothes. When I came to Germany […]
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Books – my wonderland
My Childhood in Books Just like Alice found her wonderland in the rabbit hole, I found mine with books. Books have been an intricate part of me right from my childhood. There are such fond memories that I have with books that until very recently I didn’t realize how much they have been a part […]
A Cosy Fall Sunday/ Ein gemütlicher Herbst Sonntag
English Hello my lovely readers, how are you? I have been planning and writing very focussed blog posts for the last few months and today I decided to take a break and write something light, cheery and fun. A Cosy Sunday The year just ran past by me and now we are already counting the […]
Cooking in Quarantine: Edition 2
Introduction Corona has thrown a lot of our regular routine out of balance. I am one of the lucky few that it is just me and my husband, working from home, we share the household chores including cooking. One would think we have it completely under control and powering our way to be the power […]
Homeoffice Essen
Hallo und willkommen auf dem Blog. Heute möchte ich über Essen plaudern. Wer von euch befindet sich immer noch im Homeoffice? Wir arbeiten seit sechs Monaten zu Hause. Es gibt’s Pro und Contra für die Situation. Ich bin froh, dass ich durchgehend von zu Hause arbeiten darf. Ich erledige viel in der Arbeit, zu Hause, […]
লকডাউনের রান্নাবাটি
পশ্চিমদেশের নিরিবিলি এক শহরে আমাদের বাস, আমি এবং আমার জর্মন পতি। সোম থেকে শুক্র কর্তা-গিন্নী অফিস যাই। অফিসে ক্যান্টিনে খাই। সপ্তাহে একাধিক দিন সন্ধেবেলা বাইরে খাই বা আনিয়ে নি।হপ্তায় দু-তিন দিন যতন করে রাঁধি – দুইজনেই খুশি। দিব্যি চলছিল, এমন সময় করোনা দেবীর প্রাদুর্ভাব। আমাদের এখানে February র শেষ থেকে চলাফেরার নিষেধাজ্ঞা, এই কিছুদিন আগে […]
The Pujas
Pen By Madhura Our locality was full of small to medium scale factories. Viswakarma Puja was celebrated with aplomb in this region. We would know that Viswakarma Puja is coming as the sky would be covered with colourful kites, which the youths would fly in the afternoon. On the eve of Viswakarma Puja, some households […]
Innovative Cooking: The quarantine canteen
The gustatory dance by Danceofchaos The quarantine for the last few months have been very productive in many field of home improvement. On a regular office day, we would get up, have breakfast, go to work and our lunch and some cases early dinners would be taken care of the Office Canteen or some form […]