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For A&N’s new arrival

25 Thursday Apr 2013

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Patchwork quilts have always fascinated me, more for the amount of time & effort it takes to create them so the idea of making one myself did seem a bit monumental in the beginning. But then again I really wanted to do something special for A&N’s new arrival, their first born. So in between looking after my 8 month old and the house in general, I managed to put together this little quilt. By the time it was done my little one was 10 months old and A&N’s little one only a few weeks away. We didn’t know the gender of the baby so I opted for neutral colours. 
The finishing isn’t as perfect as I’d have wanted it to be but I loved making it; loved putting together all the pieces, stitching them and putting in little blessings with the completion of every stage of the sewing. 
A&N’s little one arrived few days ago & I hope she feels the warmth every time she uses this little piece of love. 
 Piecing it together
 Got really stuck at this point!
Almost there!
Voila! Its done. 
With love & many blessings.

Drill, Krill..i feel ill…

22 Friday Feb 2013

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Ban Krill Oil!!! 

Its shocking to see the amount of krill being fished in the Antarctic region. Watching Hugh’s Fish Fight last night I was sickened at the manner on which krill was being fished in the southern oceans. Scooped up by the millions, these tiny crustaceans form an integral and perhaps the most important part of the aquatic food chain. Whole ecosystems exist because of them and how foolish of the fishermen in charge of this to think that by fishing them for oil & fish-feed, we are introducing the world to a new form of potent medicine! They seem to have absolutely no insight or foresight to see the damage they are doing.

Its so warped! Buy the krill oil because you aren’t getting enough nutrition apparently so that the fish that survive on it die & maybe you’ll need more krill oil as you wont have fish left to eat as their stocks deplete from wasteful and over-fishing and lack of food. Oh yes the amount of money you spend on the krill oil will buy you a weeks’ worth of vegetables which will perhaps give you the nutrition anyways but what the heck. Consume the krill oil because it sounds so cool. Whale of a time you can have consuming it..woohooo! And we are already depleting fish stocks across the globe so lets just add another species to this list. 

First the Greedies up in the Arctic drill oil & down in the south pole they kill krill for oil! This slimy whole thing gives me such a sinking feeling 😦 Yes, this has really irked me and I urge people to stop buying krill oil…please pretty please. There’s plenty of food out there to consume that will give you the right kind of nutrition. Eat right & buy right! Imagine if the amount of money, energy and technology used in the fishing of krill had been used to create more sustainable forms of fishing… Imagine that! 

(The views expressed in this blog are solely and definitely all mine so dont go thinking up weird connections. For more info on Hugh’s fish fight, visit : http://www.fishfight.net/) 

hello there

09 Thursday Aug 2012

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Its been a while since I’ve had the time to post anything. Of course the brain is on overload mode now as there’s much waiting to be typed out & many little projects in waiting. but they will have to wait as yours truly grapples with the awesomeness of being a parent! 
iHappy! 
Have a great day!

Coats of our life!

07 Thursday Jun 2012

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So many moments we’ve lived & so many we felt like life was taken away from us.We fill the  pockets of our life’s coat with memories stuffing them into every little corner we can find. Our souls wear warm scarves of loving in the winter of our experiences & we take shade in the umbrella of friendships in the harsh sunlight of life. We share cups of adventures & experiences over warm conversations. Our coats sometimes show the weathering away of age & sometimes we sew up the patches of sadness lovingly with the threads of forgiveness, compassion & understanding. This coat is comfortable but it too will tear with age and one day we will discard this one & look out for the next one that the universe gives us..ready for a new set of experiences and adventure.

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01 Tuesday May 2012

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Where is the time to hate when there is so little time to love!!!
Why are people looking out for more news & information that generates hatred…
why is there more instigation and less inspiration…
Why be sad when you can be grateful and glad…

Culinary curiosities Part 1

01 Tuesday May 2012

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Just sharing some interesting vegetables of the NE Indian REgion!

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Multi-colored organic maize : they taste amazing and look just as!Image

All varieties of smoked fish!Image

Vegetables – I love vegetable displays!

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The worlds hottest chilli – Ghost Chilli/bhoot jholokiya/ Naga Jholokiya!Image

And some regular dried chillies… HOT HOT HOTImage

A Honeycomb and its inhabitants for saleImage

Aromatic herb whose name I can’t recollect. Locally known as ‘tuningkhok'(Manipuri). Its roots & leaves are used in Manipuri cuisine…delicate and amazing flavours!

Hanuman Ji

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

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Acrylic on canvas – 24″ x 18″

A while ago, a very sweet friend of mine visited Hampi and took a photo of a lovely but fading Hanumanji painting and I was so taken by the imagery that I just had to paint my version of it. If only we could go around all of the ancient temples & caves in India unleashing new life to the old, jaded & faded paintings and frescoes. It would be quite a task but I’m sure there are many artists who’d love to take on the challenge.