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Did you manage the kids or did they manage you?
Just back from a week out with kids and friends and friends’ kids and I cannot sleep. The images of the week gone by and the to-do list of the week ahead clash inside my head as I toss, turn … Continue reading
Posted in children, travel
Tagged active vacations, Adventure, children, day treks, Dharamsala, explore, hills, Himalayas, outdoor activities with children, outdoors, trek, trekking, trekking with children, vacation, walking
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Blossoms and make-believe garden games!
On day 5, when you’ve decided to stay put making one place base camp, the vacation takes on a different nature, a slower rhythm, a relaxed tone. A pity day 6 is when we head back, though a part of … Continue reading
Getting away: Up in Dharamsala
Family vacations are things you dream of when the work piles up and deadlines threaten to obliterate all possibilities of sleep. Getting away from it all in the company of people you are comfortable is a great way to destress … Continue reading
Dancing kathak on stage: Why this has been my biggest high in years!
I am slowly beginning to realize just how traumatic urban living is getting to be. Oh, we would not give up this life easily, those of us who have lived in a city for long. We value our ‘freedom’ just … Continue reading
Castles in the air: Delhi govt, don’t put slumdwellers in highrises without consulting them!
A day after I blogged about the opportunity Delhi would miss by not consulting citizens and involving young design to inform the redevelopment of large tracts of government land in the city centre, an article coauthored by my colleague Gregory … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Delhi, highrises, housing, shelter, slum redevelopment, slums, urban design, urban planning, urban poor, urban renewal
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Govt, please don’t squander the last opportunity to redeem our city. Sincerely, A Dilliwali
Dear Minister for Urban Development Mr Kamal Nath, Chief Minister of Delhi Ms Sheila Dikshit and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Mr Tejendra Khanna, and all those who can influence the planning process in Delhi, I write to you first as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Delhi, densification, urban design, urban renewal, vision, world class city
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The little girl with the artist’s eye!
Sometimes I wonder if it’s just the easy access to technology via phone cameras. Or a narcissistic streak. Or a penchant for documentation. What is it that draws my 5-year old daughter Aadyaa to obsessively take photos of her art … Continue reading
Posted in children
Tagged art, camera phones, composition, design, documentation, kids, photography, technology, vision
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Mountain: A challenge, an aspiration, an achievement!
This week’s word challenge from A Word in Your Ear is inspiring. Mountain. Just the word evokes so much. A geography lesson. A soaring feeling. A sense of nature, solitude, peace. Memories of family trips. Living in North India close … Continue reading
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Tagged A Word A Week Challenge, Himalayas, holiday, mountain, travel, trekking
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Thoughts on Mothers Day
We are not an extremely demonstrative family. Or at least I do not remember occasions being a huge deal in my childhood. Birthdays were celebrated with some gusto, and anniversaries as well. But the rest of the huge number of … Continue reading
Things that make me go :)
I was extremely happy yesterday. It wasn’t like a lifelong dream had come true or anything like that. But several small happy events and decisions contributed to my high. I realized that is what makes me happy. Not the Big … Continue reading
