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Karthika month is the most auspicious month in Telugu calender. In this month we offer prayers to both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. In this month we offer prayers to god by following shower with cold water, light lamps, charities and fasting. We do fasting on Mondays, ekadashi and on the most auspicious day of this month Karthika pournami. There are two significant festivals in this month,  one is ksheerabdhi dwadashi and the second one is Karthika pournami. Ksheerabdhi dwadashi is 12th lunar day, we offer prayers to Tulasi plant. Karthika pournami is a full moon day , this is most auspicious, sacred and extremely powerful day (this year it was on Thursday, 10th Nov). On this day in the evening timings we lit lamps in Shiva and Vishnu temples. We make the small lamps with rice flour or wheat flour and pour cow ghee or sesame oil in that we place a wick  and light the lamps. After pooja we do donations to Brahmins or scholars. In this month it is ...

Camilin ad : This is my all time Fav ad, I always wonder who would be the one who has got this amazing thought. WOW! This is not only my fav Ad... I guess it is Indian's fav ad. The beauty of this commercial is, it keeps the cultural sentiments along with the humor. This 'Change' Ad is another wonderful one, simply out-of-the-box. Polo add: Polo is my fav mint, I always carry one in my bag. When I have it, sometimes I remember this ad. This is very funny. Happy dent ad This is amazing one, a chewing gum commercial. I've seen many ads which has a similar story where a girl gets attracted to boy who has a fresh breath. This one is completely different, the outstanding shot in this ad is the chandelier one. Center shock In this ad, I like the expression of the old man, he is so kool. This one was awarded as best ad of the year ( I don't remember the exact year though). Naukri.com S is for Shameless, wow I wish I could say something like that to my e...

Hi frenz....     Hope you had a blast on Diwali. This was my first Diwali in Bangalore and I enjoyed to the tee. This was the one of the best Diwalis in my life. Me and my husband were together and enjoyed the evening to the fullest. Now you might be wondering that, the title of the post is pav bhaji and I'm talking about Diwali.It is because, this Diwali I made Pav bhaji as a special evening dinner. Yes, I made it for the first time that is the reason why I'm excited as it turned out very well. Without wasting more time, I will come to the r Ingredients: Onions --> 1 cup (finely chopped) Tomatoes --> 1 cup (finely chopped) Cauliflower --> 1/4 cup (Clean it well in salted hot water) Coriander leaves --> 1/4 cup (finely chopped) Beans --> 1/4 cup (chopped) Capsicum --> 1/2 cup (chopped) Potatoes --> 4 to 5 (peeled and chopped) Carrots --> 5 (peeled and chopped) Peas --> 1/4 cup Green chilies --> 4 Oil --> 2 spoons Butter -->...

Hi Frenz,      Gardening has always been one of my hobbies, though I never mentioned it to my frenz. I always like flowers on the plant than plucked and made in to garland. I usually like spending some time in garden while I'm really stressed out, it's a great relaxation therapy. Presently I stay in an apartment which has a small  balcony. Luckily there is enough space to place few pots and I planted plants in them. I feel so happy when flowers bloom in my garden. I take snaps and share it with my frenz and family members. Today I thought of sharing them with all my Blog frenz. Rose : This is the first plant I bought for my garden. This is the only flower it bloomed to that plant. It died after  1 month, as I was away from home for long time. My husband couldn't take care of it well (I don't blame him for that though) Button Rose : This is one of my favorite plants. It was presented to me by my mom. She actually bought this for her garden, but again...

Hi frenz, I recently moved to Banlgore, I'm very bored staying at home alone thorugh out the day. Initially I was quiet busy, cleaning house, arranging things etc etc. I was always preoccupied by some work. Now after 2 month I hardly find anything to do at the day time. I finish my house hold work, browse for sometime, help my cousin in her project work, then.... nothing else to do. Today I came across empty bottles at my home, I have acrylic paints and brush too...what else????  I just started painting on the bottles. Though I'm not very good at painting (to be frank I'm worst at it :( ). I just wanted to give a try, when I did this is what turned out.   After looking at these paintings my husband has seriously decided to join me in  Art classes. It's not because he's impressed, but to encourage me, so that I can create more beautiful work ... hmmmm.  Hope you guyz like them....shoot your comments on these. Cheers, ...

        I've seen many Love quotes, sayings, poems etc. Many explains the deeper meaning of it, few has  complexity in their explanation. This one quote explains it all....I love this one. I know this is most familiar and most used quote. So I wanted to present it a beautiful way, here it is..... Pic: Edited using Textures by Ruby blossom Flickr link. Posted under: Wordless Wednesday Vrinda.

Happy mother’s day! Last year on this occasion I posted a post on my grandmother and her love towards me.  One   year after the post I’m only left with her memories, she left me on 15 th march of this year. I miss her so very much, I miss her unconditional love, I miss her beautiful shyish smile, I miss her love towards me....I feel like crying out and call her back. I have many more feelings filled in my heart which are really tough to express here. I donno where she is, but where ever she is I wish her to rest in peace.   Vrinda. PS: To check my previous post, just click here .

We  are World champions!!!!! ooooh hoooooo!!!! 30th March 2011 and 2nd April 2011 are the days I can never forget in my life. Such a wonderful feeling, that we are world Champions, we have beaten Australia (3 times world champs) in quarter finals and Pakistan (a team with extra ordinary bowling line) in semis. It was the proudest moment for each and every Indian. What a game!! truly exciting and breathtaking. Each and every team member performed excellently (except Sreeshanth). My family members are great fans of Sachin Tendulkar. We all were praying just for the sake of him, we wanted to see him lift that beautiful trophy. I enjoyed the match more and more because my parents came from Hyderabad to Bangalore on visit. They were present for both the exciting matches. Those two days are memorable days in our life.    The whole nation salutes you guyz!! Jai hind. ~ Vrinda. 

Hi frenz, I’ve been posting recipe of sweets so thought of posting some thing different spicy and delicious curry. Then I remembered my favorite Capcicum Masala curry, this is very easy to make and very delicious too. This tastes best with chapathi, pulka and rice too.   Ingredients: Capcicum – 250g (chopped in to small pieces) Onions – 2 Chillies – 2 Mustard seeds (half spoon) Cumin seeds (half spoon) Turmeric powder – ½ spoon Garam Masala – ½ spoon Chilly powder – 1 spoon Ginger garlic paste – 1 spoon Bhuna chana powder – 3 to 4 spoons Salt – 1 spoon Coriander leaves Grated dry coconut Procedure: Heat oil in pan, fry mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds for a minute. When they splutter add chopped onions, chilies and turmeric powder in it. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until they turn brown. Now add capcicum and fry it for 15 mins in medium flame. Once it is fried well add chilly powder, coriander powder and salt in it. After 2 mins add Bhuna ...

This week entry Live every moment   theme is Blue. Vrinda.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is referred to solar time at royal observatory in Greenwich , London . I’ve been to this place in the year 2008 on my B’day. This pic is little blurred, as I cropped it and made some changes for a better view of this clock.  Greenwich clock with  standard measurements down there. There is a meridian line where you can at a time be on 2 different poles of earth (North Pole and South Pole). If you are in UK and never visited this place, then please go and visit it. If you are visiting UK then don't miss this place. It's fun to be here, esp for kids. This post is posted at Alphabe- Thursday . Cheers, Vrinda.

When ever I hear this word one thing comes in to my mind immediately is, the New York City. Apart from being my favorite place, this place has also added some beautiful memories in to my diary. I can never forget the Friday evenings I spent in that city. Sometimes with my friends (most of the time by myself) we used to walk down the street just like that. Have fun talking on the roads, looking at the people from different nations, eating food what not?  One Penn Plaza  I used to work at  Manhattan  (heart of the city) in One Penn plaza. It is 54 storied building,  shares the same street with Empire state building.  It was fun working in a desi company, but surrounded mostly by Mexicans. They are very friendly people though, very sweet and believe me most of the girls are damn gorgeous.  Macys was adjacent to my work place, I used to get in that tall 9 storied building and spend some hours walking around the displays. I have bought many gifts for...

She :  How is the home? He:  It’s nice, 2 bedroom apartment. In fact far better than all those previous houses I’ve seen till date. She:  Is it! Then tell me clearly how it looks. He:   2BHK She:  How about Bathrooms? He:  Both the bathrooms are western, one has geyser too. She:  You must be excited then why you sound so dull? He:  I’m bit disappointed about flooring, its mosaic flooring. You know I prefer marble flooring. She:  Hmm… just flooring na... Its ok we can adjust. But tell me about the kitchen. He:  Everything is good in kitchen. The house is very good, I guess we can’t find better house than this in  Bangalore  in such a short span.  She:  I know, but tell me about …. He:  Heyy...I’m tired now. I will call you tomorrow and let you know more. She:  OK bye…  J -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Day  He:  ...