kaleva means "breakfast" in Haryna. Haryana people are found of milk,butter,ghee and buttermilk.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
our Flag
It’s amazing how the our tricolor flag has made it's way onto everything these days !
Timeline of the Indian National Flag: Then v/s now
1. Indian National Flag (1906): The first National Flag of India was hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
2: Indian National Flag (1907): The second flag was hoisted by Bhikaji Cama in Paris and was later exhibited in Berlin at a socialist conference.
This was very similar to the first flag, except that the top strip had only one lotus and seven stars denoting the Saptarishi.
3: Indian National Flag (1917): This flag was hoisted by Dr Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak during the Home Rule movement and was the third flag modified in a row.
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This flag had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the saptarishi super-imposed on them.
4: Indian National Flag (1921): During the session of the All India Congress Committee which met at Bezwada in 1921, a young man from Andhra presented this flag to Gandhiji.
It was only after his suggestion that the white strip and Charkha was added.
It was made up of two colours -- red and green -- representing the two major communities i.e., Hindus and Muslims.
5: Indian National Flag (1931): A resolution was passed in 1931 to adopt a tricolour flag as our national flag which became the landmark in Indian History.
The Indian National Congress (INC) formally adopted this flag, which was first hoisted on August 31.
6: Indian National Flag (1947 to now): This flag which was born on July 22, 1947 was first hoisted at the Council House on August 15, 1947.
Since then, we have this tricolour as the representation of India all over the world.
The national flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesari) colour at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportions. We all know what these three colours signify!
Now feel prouder and sing 'Vijayi Vishwa Tirangaa Pyaara! Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara' this coming Independence Day!
xoxo
Monday, October 28, 2019
Homemade Indian masks to get ready for summer!, multani mitti and me..
I grew up pampering my
skin with mom's home made masks using besan, curd, lemon, multani mitti, egg, honey
and of course the store bought.... Fair and Lovely!
My mom always believed in home made remedies.
On Sundays besides experimenting in the kitchen with recipes to feed my brothers later in the afternoon, I would open the kitchen cupboards to pull out the clear bottle of besan. Digging into the "besan" (chick pea flour) bottle I would scoop a couple of spoons of the light yellow flour to begin my Sunday beauty ritual to brighten and clean my face. My mom had handed me down this simple recipe for a facial.
Traditional Face Mask and Rub
Mix 2 tablespoons chick pea flour with 1/4 teaspoon of of turmeric powder in 1 cup of plain curd. Leave on for 5-10 minutes. Rub off in a circular motion and then rinse off.
This one is great for a general cleaning. The turmeric acts as an antiseptic, while the chick pea flour removes excess oils on your face.
Here are 4 more that have been my favorites!!
Egg White Skin Tightener
As far as masks go, it can't get simpler than this…it leaves your skin tightened and feeling very refreshed.
Separate the egg white from the yolk. Beat for a few seconds. Put the egg white on your face and relax for about 15 minutes. Wash off with lukewarm water. Your skin will feel tight. But I guess it may not smell as fresh...I usually use a few drops of lemon after.
Curd, Honey & Lemon Mask
Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 3-tablespoon curd. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.
This one makes your skin feeling soft. I like to use strained curd for this one.
Rose Petal Mask
Rose petals not only smell good but are good for you. Did you know that a mixture of sugar and dried rose petals is used in making Paan? Here is the rose petal mask recipe. Mix 1 tablespoon curd with 1 tablespoon honey, 2 tablespoon rose water. Add few fresh rose petals and blend to a smooth paste. Apply and leave on for 20 minutes before washing off.
Multani Mitti is fuller's earth. Light brown in color and comes in a rock form clayish. It is good for drawing excess oils from the skin and stimulating circulation to the skin.
My mom always believed in home made remedies.
On Sundays besides experimenting in the kitchen with recipes to feed my brothers later in the afternoon, I would open the kitchen cupboards to pull out the clear bottle of besan. Digging into the "besan" (chick pea flour) bottle I would scoop a couple of spoons of the light yellow flour to begin my Sunday beauty ritual to brighten and clean my face. My mom had handed me down this simple recipe for a facial.
Traditional Face Mask and Rub
Mix 2 tablespoons chick pea flour with 1/4 teaspoon of of turmeric powder in 1 cup of plain curd. Leave on for 5-10 minutes. Rub off in a circular motion and then rinse off.
This one is great for a general cleaning. The turmeric acts as an antiseptic, while the chick pea flour removes excess oils on your face.
Here are 4 more that have been my favorites!!
Egg White Skin Tightener
As far as masks go, it can't get simpler than this…it leaves your skin tightened and feeling very refreshed.
Separate the egg white from the yolk. Beat for a few seconds. Put the egg white on your face and relax for about 15 minutes. Wash off with lukewarm water. Your skin will feel tight. But I guess it may not smell as fresh...I usually use a few drops of lemon after.
Curd, Honey & Lemon Mask
Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 3-tablespoon curd. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.
This one makes your skin feeling soft. I like to use strained curd for this one.
Rose Petal Mask
Rose petals not only smell good but are good for you. Did you know that a mixture of sugar and dried rose petals is used in making Paan? Here is the rose petal mask recipe. Mix 1 tablespoon curd with 1 tablespoon honey, 2 tablespoon rose water. Add few fresh rose petals and blend to a smooth paste. Apply and leave on for 20 minutes before washing off.
Multani Mitti is fuller's earth. Light brown in color and comes in a rock form clayish. It is good for drawing excess oils from the skin and stimulating circulation to the skin.
Clay Mask For Pimples
Mix 3 tablespoons of fuller’s earth (multani mitti) with 2 tablespoons of rose water and add a dash of lime juice to get a paste of medium consistency. Apply a layer on your face and allow it to dry. As it dries,your skin will feel tightened. Wash off after it's fully dry. Apply a light moisturizer.
Mix 3 tablespoons of fuller’s earth (multani mitti) with 2 tablespoons of rose water and add a dash of lime juice to get a paste of medium consistency. Apply a layer on your face and allow it to dry. As it dries,your skin will feel tightened. Wash off after it's fully dry. Apply a light moisturizer.
Something about Multani mitti
Multani Mitti. This was a stuff which students of our
generation, more than fifty years ago, used to use in order to keep
their wooden slates neat and tidy. I do not know why this stuff was named
after Multan. It was off white in colour and used to come in small tablets. I
doubt it very much that its source of supply was located in such a far
flung area as it was commonly available even in small villages and clusters.
However, I have no clue why it was named after Multan.
In my childhood, I used to write on a wooden slate called Takhti.
Needless to add that I used to study in an Islamic madarsah. The educational
technology used there was several hundred years old, if not older. My Takhti
was a rectangular slate made of wood, about a little more than a
foot long and at least half of a foot wide. At the one end, there
used to be a small handle with which was used to hold it.
The Takhti was used for writing. In order to make the
writing visible and legible, the surface of the Takhti was made smooth
with either chalk called Khariya or Multani Mitti, which was a special kind of
earthy soil. It used to come either in round or rectangular tablet like soap.
It had a special property of getting dissolved in water quickly. The
solution was applied to the surface of slate and was kept in the sunlight to
get dry. Once dried, the surface would become smooth on which one could write
with black ink. A special pen made of Farhadde(dry munja stack) shoots was used to write on Takhti.
The trick to make a good farda pen was to choose a Farhaddewhich was neither very soft nor very tough. The ability to select a farda suitable for making pens came only by experience. My teacher at the
primary school Mr. Hans Raj had a special knack to make pens. He would
select thin, round and smooth bamboos. He used to keep a very sharp knife with
which he would convert a Farhadde shoot into a fine pen. He would not let any
body use his knif nor he himself would use this knife for any other purposes.
These precautions were taken to protect the edge of the knife from getting
corrupted. There was a special name for the knives used for making pen. These
were called Qalam Tarash.
It was quiet widely believed that if you have practiced writing on a Takhti,
then, your handwriting would become beautiful. If somebody’s hand writing did
not reach up to standards of acceptability, then it was suspected that the
person in question must not have practiced writing on a Takhti.. As there are always
exceptions to the rule, my performance defied this general principle as my
handwriting, despite the fact that I had been using a Takhti for
several years, did not improve and would put both Mahatama Gandhi and Sir
Winston Churchill to shame, both of whom have publicly admitted to have bad
handwritings.
The ink was kept in a inkpot. In my childhood, the inks were
manufactured and sold in a powdered form. We would make a reasonable solution
with water and store it in a pot called inkpot. Sometimes, in order to make the
solution perform better, babool wax was added to the solution.
The takhti and inkpot were not harmless creatures as they
are made here to be. At the time of need, they could be used as deadly weapons.
When there was a war between children, the warriors would throw inkpots and takhti
at each other using them as missiles. Putting black ink at the face of a fellow
classmate was a favourite pastime. Making a white kurta soiled with black ink
was also fun. Sometimes, accidents also happened with these apparently harmless
instruments. In my childhood, a boy named mahavir from nearby willage Laxmanpura had an accident with a pen that
some body pushed her hand and the pen he was holding went straight to her eye. he was taken straight to hospital but his eye was damaged for ever with the
result that he became one-eyed for the rest of her life.
That was the educational technology of the bygone era. A dry
black slate and chalks were used in city schools. A
few decades later, when my children went to school, they were using paper and
pencil right from the beginning. They had never seen a Takhti and
a Farhadde pen. They did not use dry slates either. Their hand writing is not
bad. My
children were using a fountain pen from very junior classes. I am not
sure who was at a loss, me or them.
Some time a feeling hits me that our generation has
seen the kind of technological changes that no generation before us
could have seen nor any generation is likely to see in future. I started
with a wooden slate and a bamboo pen and ended up with a laptop which has 55 mega
bytes memory and a laser printer. I still rarely use my pen but only to sign
checks. When electronic signatures become legal in our country, probably I
would stop using pens altogether.
From a wooden slate and bamboo pens to a computer screen, indeed
it has been a long journey.
xoxo
Friday, October 25, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
चौदह तारीखें मैं याद रखती हूँ
1. 3 जनवरी - मेरी भतीजी का जन्मदिन
2. 14 जनवरी - मेरी भतीजी का जन्मदिन
3. 11 मार्च - माँ का जन्मदिन
4. 11 अप्रैल - मेरी भतीजी का जन्मदिन
5. 22 अप्रैल - पिताजी का जन्मदिन
6. 2 अप्रैल - मेरी बेटी का जन्मदिन
7. 14 मई - मेरे भतीजे का जन्मदिन
8. जुलाई 5- बेटे का जन्मदिन
9. 6 अगस्त - भाई का जन्मदिन
10. 12 अगस्त - बहन का जन्मदिन
11. 22 अगस्त - भाई का जन्मदिन
12. 22 सितंबर - मेरी भतीजी का जन्मदिन
13. 17 नवंबर - मेरा जन्मदिन
14. 3 दिसंबर - बहन का जन्मदिन
xoxo
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
The best is yet to come
The powers that be ,are not at rest
They are healing mending, making you the best
The light from the sun warms you from outside
While the creator and the angels heal the best part of you, the inside
Maybe your life has been bad in the past
Leave it there it is of no use to you
For this is now, this is how
Let the innate intelligence do the rest
Let me show you where this light is
It is more powerful than the sun
When you finally believe
This light is inside you
Congratulations for now you have won
The battle of self is over
Accept your victory and your prize
Believe this innate promise
Accept this innate love
You are finally home
Sit right down here my friend
For the best is yet to come
Oh how wrong is the belief
That the dance of creation is over
xoxo
That you are who you are
That the creator is far away
That you cannot be heard
Sort of an old story that has been told
Of a beginning and an end
Well clear your mind
Creation never rests never stops
Always moving always creating
We are only at the start of creation, continuing on
Brace yourself for a new and glorious day
For the best is yet to come
Friday, August 9, 2019
its me..
There
is lots of news, you see – so much, I’m not even too sure where to begin: I
finished writing my paper for the forthcoming conference at Shimla, the one
about caribian Indians celebrating Indian tradition,that ihave been working on
now for longer than I can remember; I sat a question papers for the girls of
NGO. I have been baking a fair bit: cake
recipe testing, writing another paper at Qatar and analyzing the slum data for
that paper.Rehana turned five to a fanfare of twinkling candles, bundi ladoo, kindle
joy and chocolate cake. In other news: the clocks went back an hour, the days
somehow got longer, and I finally finished reading The Indian Idealogy by Perry
Anderson to better understand the article 370 which is talk of the day, you really should read too. So prettily
written and so wonderfully evocative.
xoxo
Friday, August 2, 2019
bajra and me!
When I
was a kid my grandmaa use to make bajra roti in winter season. In summer she prefers
to make missi roti. While the poor people depended on bajra roti for whole the
year. That was the time when breach between the rich and poor classes was wide,
that’s why poor landless and marginal farmers
shun bajra for regular use as this was cheap and locally available in
our village. At that time in kharif season bajra ,guar , moong, moth were grown
and in rabi season gram/chana was grown along with some sarson.
bajra roti with dallop of aluni ghee
I still
remember when we first we decided to farm. It was munia chachi who helped us
for all the farming activities and deals she was very industrious, honest
worker, she was about 25 at that time.
xoxoTuesday, July 30, 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Fresh flower arrangement
Fresh flower arrangements add color, fragrance and style to
any venue. Here’s how to make a beautiful fresh flower arrangement to gift
friends and family or to decorate your own home. A colorful arrangement does
not only add warmth to your home but also brighten a dark corner or room. Here
are some tips on how to arrange fresh cut flowers.
1) Whether you purchase cut flowers, grow your own or gather
them from a field, select blooms that are firm and plump, with clean, unbroken
stems. You can tell just by looking at them if the flowers are healthy or not.
2) The size of the flowers must be according to the size of
the vase, basket, or container in which your arrangement will be placed and
make sure that the height of the tallest stem is one and a half times the width
of the base of the container.
3) Use flowers and foliage with different shapes, colors and
textured for filling up the space between the flowers. In this course these
shapes would be very suitable – line material (straight leaves, such as Iris
leaves, Bear Grass, Chromium, and flowers such as Liatris, Foxtail Lilies,
etc), generally used as the outline of your design; rounded materials (such as Carnations,
open Roses, Gerberas, etc.), generally used as the focal flowers; and
intermediate or filler materials, (such as Gypsophila, Wax flower, small, ferny
foliage)to make a combination between the other materials .To add more interest
to your design arrange the stems in such a way that the smallest flower or bud
is at the top, and the biggest at the bottom.
4) Make sure that your floral arrangement is an eye
appealing one by balancing all the colors evenly. It is wise to use a primary
color like Yellow as well as a color scheme for the arranging the flowers. When
using open flowers such as Roses, Daffodils, Gerbera, etc., set them on
different angles to show a different shape. All the flowers should not be
facing in the same direction.
5) Use flowers in different stages of development, from bud
to full bloom. When buying or picking fresh flowers always look for a nice
tight bud. Buds that are just breaking and are showing color too are perfect.
The centre is always adorned with the largest fullest flowers and Half-open
flowers are set anywhere between the buds and the full flower.
6) Provide enough space between the flowers and never
overcrowd them. This also allows the flowers to long last.
7) You may use either the blade of the scissors or a
vegetable knife to remove the thorns on the flowers. The stamens on
lilies are also to be removed for two reasons. Firstly, they stain anything
they come in contact with and secondly removing the stamens adds to the life of
the flower. But remember not to cut off the stamens with scissors. Instead use
your fingers to pull the stamens off and prevent discoloration.
Useful hints:
• Fresh cut daffodils can cause the other flowers to wilt earlier be careful when putting them with other flowers.
• For a fresh scent add peppermint to your cut flower arrangement.
• When arranging gardenias and stephanotis, always wet your hands first, the oil from your hands will turn the flowers brown.
• Fresh cut daffodils can cause the other flowers to wilt earlier be careful when putting them with other flowers.
• For a fresh scent add peppermint to your cut flower arrangement.
• When arranging gardenias and stephanotis, always wet your hands first, the oil from your hands will turn the flowers brown.
XOXO
taste different roties/chapaties in my house
Indian meals begin with chapati .. a true wonder bread.
This morning, reading an Indian view of the events in Egypt, I made a
discovery … chapatis are a symbol of the use of social networking for
revolution!
From Chapatimystery.com
In late 1856, rumors swept across northern India about a new rifle being used by the East India Company – the Lee-Enfield Rifle. The rifle’s ammunition was carried in a paper-wrapped cartridge with the powder and ball. The paper was greased to be water-proof. ….One depot in Calcutta, Dum Dum [later giving its name to the bullet developed there], was the source in early 1857 of rumors that the grease used to water-proof the paper was made up of a mixture of cow and pig fat.
The Commanding officers immediately tried to spread the word that it was mutton-fat and wax, but the news was spreading out across the land that biting the cartridge wrapper would desecrate both the Brahmin Hindus and the Muslim sepoys in the East India Company army.
The British feared that this news was spreading and the sepoys were mobilizing for a revolt. But how? They suspected that villages across India were using chapatis (flat, round indian bread) to hand-delivered from village to village – especially in Awadh and Bengal – to organize themselves.
The secret paper messages were baked inside the chapati, they imagined.
In any case, the result was the Uprising of 1857.
Postcolonial authors have tried to discern the meaning behind the chapatis, as well – though they remain mysterious to this day.
xoxo
From Chapatimystery.com
In late 1856, rumors swept across northern India about a new rifle being used by the East India Company – the Lee-Enfield Rifle. The rifle’s ammunition was carried in a paper-wrapped cartridge with the powder and ball. The paper was greased to be water-proof. ….One depot in Calcutta, Dum Dum [later giving its name to the bullet developed there], was the source in early 1857 of rumors that the grease used to water-proof the paper was made up of a mixture of cow and pig fat.
The Commanding officers immediately tried to spread the word that it was mutton-fat and wax, but the news was spreading out across the land that biting the cartridge wrapper would desecrate both the Brahmin Hindus and the Muslim sepoys in the East India Company army.
The British feared that this news was spreading and the sepoys were mobilizing for a revolt. But how? They suspected that villages across India were using chapatis (flat, round indian bread) to hand-delivered from village to village – especially in Awadh and Bengal – to organize themselves.
In any case, the result was the Uprising of 1857.
Postcolonial authors have tried to discern the meaning behind the chapatis, as well – though they remain mysterious to this day.
xoxo
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
My daughter to me! worship music!
These
days as my daughter tells to every one about me
This is how you'll find mom a lot of the time. Listening to worship
music and or a preaching message( by murari bapu, ramesh bhai ozha, ram dev,
bhupinder bhai pandya,prem bhushan je etc..etc.) , yess he can do both...don't
know how but she calls it "multitasking"! Lol.
xoxoSunday, July 7, 2019
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Friday, June 7, 2019
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
internation children's book day 2 April, my daughter's b day
i stumbled upon this blog and i love it ,this blog relates to my,daughter and G-daughter
International Children's Book Day
Hans Christian Andersen (born April 2, 1805, dated August 4, 1875) was a Danish writer and poet, famous for his fairy tales. Also today, April 2, we also celebrate the International Day of the Children and Youth Book.
xoxo
Monday, June 3, 2019
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Atividades para Educação infantil!!!!: BICHOS COM CD
Atividades para Educação infantil!!!!: BICHOS COM CD: Oi gente! HOJE VIM DEIXAR PARA VOCÊS ESTES LINDOS BICHINHOS FEITOS COM CD E EVA. ...
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
dandelion: Mental Mama & the Great Outdoors
dandelion: Mental Mama & the Great Outdoors: A quick post this week as things are pretty hectic & I'm struggling to have even one clear thought! What with end of school stuff,...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
natural dyes
One more wool coloring. Obel leaves.
I had pledged that I would paint the five wool mantles and leave the other five natural. But we ran out of the old "Berry Pineapple" and fell apart. I got the leaves, filled with warm water. After a couple of days I slept. And then just like with mushrooms .
.
.
1 - Cucumber - Iron Sulphate (stained for 1 hour);
2 - Cauliflower - Copper sulphate (painted for 1 hour Very mild grayish green);
3 - Cuckoo - Copper Sulphate (I poured vinegar and went to the theater. That's what I found when I came back. It's a strange color, very similar to a wall yellow lichen).
Johnson ordered the cold slippers :).
xoxo
Sunday, May 19, 2019
coriender ,natural dye
Tea dyed woolen vest
A couple of years ago, I was wearing a white wool vest for a senior. Successfully wore. It is "inherited" by the little one. Very soon it became an exposition of irresistible stains (probably a protest against old clothes). And the wool is good, does not pull, and knit bad .... I decided to rescue the vest. When the inspiration comes - you can't wait. At my finger , I had the only natural dye - tea. So I dipped the vest into the tepid strong black tea and left for a good hour (no mouthpieces). Then I talked to the detergent. The result is a little childish color, but stains! We have a new vest :)
Colorful days for everyone!
Colorful days for everyone!
xoxo
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Sunday, April 14, 2019
धातु की मूर्तियां,रिसाइक्लिंग
एक बार धातु की मूर्तियां बनाने वाले हमारे शहर में आये। लोगों ने अपने पुराने ,अल्युमिनियम, पीतल,कांसे के बर्तन पिघलवा कर खूब मूर्तियां बनवाई
मैंने शादी के ग्रीटिंग कार्ड्स पर इन्हें चिपका दिया
हमने भी श्री लक्ष्मी जी, श्री सरस्वती जी, श्री गणेश जी और श्री
शिवजी की मूर्तियां बनवाई .
उन दिनों शादियों में वाल हंगीगंज टाइप शनील के कपड़े पर
ग्रीटिंग कार्ड्स छपवाने का बहुत रिवाज था मैंने उन कार्ड्स का इस तरह उपयोग किया इस तरह रिसाइक्लिंग, रियूज भी सम्पन्न हो गया
श्री गणेश जी और श्री सरस्वती जी |
श्री गणेश जी और श्री सरस्वती जी |
श्री सरस्वती जी |
श्री सरस्वती जी |
मैंने शादी के ग्रीटिंग कार्ड्स पर इन्हें चिपका दिया
श्री सरस्वती जी |
XOXO
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