celebrations
Tales posts tagged celebrations.
A Magical Anniversary Evening at ITC Gardenia’s Cubbon Pavilion
Some evenings don’t just pass—they stay with you. They become memory markers of joy, love, and quiet luxury. Our anniversary dinner at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru, was exactly that kind of…
365 days gone by…
Birthday wishes do come true… I started this tradition few years back, heck it’s been almost a decade – I would travel and disappear for my birthday – invariably alone.
Birthday at home
There is always a first time, and this year was one such, for the birthday.. When I look back, I have been travelling on my Birthday for the last 6…
Avartana turns 2… ITC Grand Chola…
Amuse Bouche – thinly sliced Carrot with some yummy crunchy goodies inside. The Rasam- with Cumin & Black pepper Corn & Cherry Tomato [ with pomegranate & curd chilli] Up…
Keeping up with changing times or not …
Yesterday was Deepavali, the festival of lights, the day when people go bonkers over crackers and all that jazz… Yes… Yesterday was Deepavali, and at my maternal grandparents place after…
Chennai Food Guide celebrates 10th Anniversary on 28th Feb
The other day two of my friends came home, and within minutes the family was curious as to how I knew them. While one of them is my age, the…
Adieu to 2014 and Hola to 2015
I love Dec 31st, the New Year’s Eve…..Here are my 8 reasons why [buhahaha why should it always be 5 or 10 or 15…] 1.
2013- The year that was
Well, yes I do know it is a cliched post that pretty much everyone is doing! I deliberated over it for a few days, started writing it on 30th Jan…
Mysore, all lit up for Dussehra
It was either the last day of somewhere near the last day when we landed in Mysore from Coorg. The entire city was abuzz with activities- there were people thronging…
Saraswati puja, chandi homam and ilai sapaadu
Today being Saraswati Puja, it was a special day in the Navaratri celebrations, it was also the day of Chandi Homam for Sringeri swamigal [since he was in Chennai, it…
Dussehra in Kullu
Interestingly, after the entire country winds up the Dussehra celebrations Kullu [also known as the Valley of Living Gods] comes alive with Dussehra celebrations. The festival begins on the 10th…
Food, Fun n Friends, Whatte party it was…
Finally, the day we had all been waiting for came and now it has gone… Damn, feels like it was only yesterday when we all met and were bouncing off…
The journey… Chennai food guide
My 1st interaction with CFG members was at Tuscana in Chamiers. I met Nishanth, Ali and Wasim, got talking about what they do and well, the rest as they say…
Delightful Treats for Ramzan
The month of fasting is nearly over and Muslims across the world are gearing up to celebrate Ramzan [also called Ramadan or Id-Ul-Fitr]. And there is no hiding that Food…
Happy Diwali
Hope this festival of lights, brings you every joy and happiness. May the lamps of joy, illuminate your life and fill your days with the bright sparkles of peace, mirth…
Hello,
is this Aaarti? This is RJ Soundarya here, from Chennai Live 104.8! Me: [Gulp] yes, Hi Soundarya!! How are you doing? S: We got your sms[ i had sent a…
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Ahh, what would i do without my friends?? I would be lost and lonely Miserable and afraid but God has been kind to me in this one aspect!!!
Art of gifting!!!
“Oh, Thank you so much… What a thoughtful Gift“… [Thought running in mind: Oh,shucks, they have given me such a lovely gift, what do i give them in return?
Happy de Birthday
Yup, its GOOGLE’s 10th Bday.… Awesome aint it!!! A search engine That is today more than just that…. Search in/Translate to various languages – Helps us communicate across the globe-…
Celebration of sorts
July 11th is a day that began with some wonderful thots in my mind… as i got out of bed, i remembered it was my Friend B’s bday [college mate…
Dad turned 60… and we had celebrated in style…
Am back.. after a brief stint of goin invisible, things have settled down and we are all back to routine… was away from net/blog for abt 5-6days… 🙂 a lot…
Happpy Pongal… Pongal Nalvazthukkal
Come January, and all of us gear up for the Harvest festival of Pongal (aka Thai pongal.. Thai=tamil month, pongal=being the festive day and the food item prepared on that…