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December 2021, Fashion Wish-list
December means another festival season is on. It is the end of the year, new hope, new ideas and new plans.
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Complement your look with an elegant Kashmiri Bag
I used a Kashmiri embroidered bag, which my mom gifted me once from a Kashmiri shop ( in Bengaluru). It is a beige coloured bag with pastel pink, and green embroidery. It is actually a pear shaped easy to carry bag.
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What is Gram Thakur puja in Rajbanshi community ?
One day, I was going on my way and suddenly noticed some small replicas of home in a corner of a playground. I asked some local people and got to know that those small replicas are made in the name of Gods. I find the entire matter quite interesting and that’s why decided to share with you. In India you can find various languages and cultures. Rajbanshi is one of those unique cultures. Though I have seen many people from this community, I did not aware about this at all. In every year during the month of Sravan ( June and July) Rajbanshi people celebrate Gram Thakur (Village God) puja.…
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Khichdi for Your Rainy Day Meal
Rain is romantic. We know many poets who had expressed their feelings for love by their words related to rain. But, for me, rainy day is all about stay at home and enjoy a lavish khichdi in lunch. Everyone in India knows about this famous tasty food. But, I have received many emails from my foreigner friends, requesting the recipe of khichdi. So, I decided to write this simple and interesting Indian food. Ingredients: 1) Rice (500 gm) 2) Moong dal (250 gm) 3)Masoor dal (250 gm) 4) One onion (chopped) 5) 2 Dry red chillies 6) Salt as per your taste 7) Sugar half tablespoon (optional) 8) Two bay…
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Things to know About Chariot Festival in India
Every festival brings happiness and joy. Today I am writing about such a festival where you can find devotion, passion, happiness, and joy. This is all about the Chariot festival in east India. This festival is famous as Rathayatra or Rathajatra in Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. It attracts over a million Hindu devotees to participate in the rituals. The festival all about: This is all about a Chariot journey of Lord Jagannath (the avatar of Vishnu), Balabhadra (brother of Lord Jagannath) and Subhadra (sister of Lord Jagannath) with a large public procession. Devotees decorate the wooden chariot with flowers a day prior to the journey. On the day of…
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A Train Journey To North Bengal From Bengaluru
Its been a longtime I did not travel by train. But, some little things made my mind to choose Indian railway again. It was bit different from my other trips as I was coming home and I was so excited for the same. As we all know, its difficult to get train reservations in short time but I was so lucky that I got reservations in Humsafar Express. It was a morning train from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station and we reached at the station by 8:30 am. We did our breakfast and went to the enquiry center for the train details. Humsafar Express is a long eye catchy sky blue…
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Spicy Dry Fish Vorta of Bengal
As a bong girl I love to eat fishes. Though, during my childhood I was not that into fish, but these three years in South India have changed my taste and made me a fish lover. Today, I am writing a dry fish recipe. Many people do not know how to cook dry fish and what all health benefits it has. They afraid of smell and avoid this particular item to eat. Spicy dry fish vorta is a high protein fish item with spicy twist. Ingredients: Dry loitta fishes Red chilli powder Turmeric Powder Chopped onion and garlic Mustard oil Salt as per your taste Hot water Step 1: First…
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History in Hi-Tech City
You have already seen one or two photos of mine on Instagram and Facebook and may be wondering that where is that place? Well, today, I am gonna take you through a historic place in Bengaluru. Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace is a historic Indo – Islamic architecture to visit in the garden city. This palace was commenced by Mysore ruler Hyder Ali and completed during Tipu Sultan’s era in 1791. Location of Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace: This summer palace is located at Albert Victor Road, Chamrajpet, Bengaluru. It is very close to K.R. Market Metro Station. How will you reach the palace? Once you reach Bengaluru, you can take a…
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Keep Epic Hand-Printed Fabrics on Your Fashion List
People are brandaholic, they love to tell brand names whenever going out with friends or uploading their images on social media. But, beyond brand name we have many things to include on our fashion list. Indian Kalamkari or Qalamkari could be a nice option. It is a hand-printed or block-printed cotton textile mainly produces in Andhra Pradesh. The look I am describing is a combination of western jeans and Indian kalamkari. The Indo-Western look: In this image you can see that I am wearing a maroon coloured Padana or Machilipatnam styled kalamkari kurti, which has been paired up with a pencil fit jeans. In this look, I did not use…
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Unknown Rabha Tribe
We all are quite selfish sometimes. We only want to upgrade ourselves and do not care about the forgotten cultures of our society. Today, I am introducing an indigenous community, which is unknown to many of us. This is all about Rabha or Rava. You can find them in the Indian state of Assam, Meghalaya and northern part of West Bengal. I am basically from Dooars ( a place in northern West Bengal, surrounded by forests and tea gardens). In my 15 years in Dooars, I met people from different cultures and Rabha was one of them. Culture and Religion: Rabhas are actually Indo-Mongoloid group of people. They have different…
