Posts Tagged ‘Lonavala’

I dont’ visit my home in Lonavala as often as I ought to. But, everytime I go there i am recharged, refreshed and rejuvenated. It is almost as though it washes away all the sadness, the compromises and the conflict – which are a part of everyday life.
Monsoons in Lonavala are striking – the [...]

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Confession Time. I don’t like buying food – especially vegetables – in malls. Never have. I find their sanitized organization scary.
Even when I stayed in London, I would trudge down to the local market and pick up fresh veggies from the guy with a barrow than go to a Sainsbury’s and pick out the pretty [...]

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Last weekend was at Nangargaon, Lonavala. It was an extended weekend. The garden needed fixing, the home had a whole bunch of little things to get right – and the one day breaks was not enough to get anything done.
The earlier gardener had let weeds overrun to such a level that not only could i [...]

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Sarah Vaughn in the classic Summertime, from Porgy & Bess.
Summer is here… and there is no escaping from the heat in Mumbai. In fact, Mumbai, with its heavy dose of humidity this year feels terribly like Chennai. And, since I am spending the latter part of this month in Chennai – for my patti’s [...]

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Since the new year, I haven't managed to take a weekend off… Lonavala seems like such a long time ago, that most of my memories are in black and white ….
Here is the path near my house leading to the hills… 

Maybe, next weekend…… 

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There are tons of things to do in and around the house in Lonavala and now that the house is more or less settled, I have begun exploring around…..
Winters in the Western Ghats – means hues of brown and green. Stark, Majestic and imposing. The green usually makes way for Golden, leaving the hills [...]

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Two little birds sitting on a wire, ‘obviously’ sparring….

I am closer to the sky
Then they tiff….. one turns away

I am not talking to you
And then there is a serious Ego Problem — they both look the other way…

I am not apologising first.…
And then they both flew away in different directions …..

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When we got the house a year ago… the plan was for a garden. Not just a garden with flowering plants, but also fruits, veggies and spices….. mom and dad joked about growing grass – as their retirement plan…… at least I think it was a joke….
Nangargaon in Lonavala is normally beautiful….. but, come winter [...]

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