1. I m the only child of my parents and spoilt to the core, till date I just have to keep my finger on something and my parents and relatives spoil me rotten

2. I m a total water baby and love being in the water, I learnt swimming at the age of 2 and until I was in Mumbai / Pune I used to swim regularly, and that’s something I miss terribly in Delhi.

3. I love amusement parks

4. 11 months back I fulfilled one of my dreams of learning driving. I wonder why I didn’t learn it earlier, better late than never I guess ?

5. I really really wish I was a thinner !! Trying hard to achieve it but my taste buds generally give in to my will power…Urrrggghhh !!

6. I love my work, it’s a different high for me.

7. I m addicted to Facebook and think it’s an amazing place to connect to people.

8. I m a peoples person, love having friends / relatives / loved ones around me. I hate being alone !!!

9. I love throwing parties for friends to just unwind and chill and spend some time.

10. Off late I have started enjoying cooking and like to try out new recipes which I keep experimenting on and off, most of them are flops.. I admit.

11. Thanx to my parents who loved travelling I travelled a lot too and got addicted to the travel bug….

12. I am a bbbbbbiiigggggg Foodie…..

13. Sid n Me together love exploring new restaurants together and we even go to the extent of shuffling between restaurants for each course of the meal. Soups in one restaurant, snacks in the other, main course in the third and desert in the fourth…loads of fun.

14. With Sid I have discovered exploring while travelling. It’s a different high travelling with him.

15. Our Goa trip was the most memorable and romantic….something that I would cherish for many many years to come.

16. My college years in Pune were the best time of my life, the parties, the fun times, the afternoons spent at residency club……. unforgettable.

17. My first job at Pune which lasted for almost 4 years is someplace I will treasure for all my life, the work experience I got there was tremendous and the partylife we had were the best ever.

18. I m a massive party animal and can party for many nights together at a stretch. Pune has the best party scene and my teenage years were spent partying till the wee hours of the morning for years together.

19. I m a very happy go lucky person, like to give space and get my own.

20. I like to read……not novels but articles here and there all over the net and magazines…… I can read them like a bookworm and I like to learn from others experiences for the betterment of my life.

21. I like observing people, talking to them, like to know about their lives. I find it very enriching.

22. I always wanted to be a pilot… even managed to take my ground training but when it came to flying, I had to quit for certain reasons. My only regret in life.

23. I miss my dad terribly……..wish he was around!!

24. The best part, Sid identically resembles my dad…his ideologies, the way he talks, he thinks, even the walk…… it amazes me no end. Incidentally, they are both Taurians. I always wanted a Taurian husband thou, I think they make excellent life partners and fathers too.

25. I have always wanted to go to Orlando and Vegas….. maybe some day I will !!!
26. This list wouldn’t be complete without my one and only (till now) My sweetheart, my princess, our Angelic Daughter. Mothers love surely is unconditional…. leaves me speechless.

The monsoons are welcome the dry land of Rajasthan and Northern India with the fragrance of the wet soil and blooming flowers. Teej is said to be the festival of swings, which are hung from the trees and decked with flowers.

The festival is mainly for the ladies who dress themselves in green clothes, apply henna, dress up in finery, look their stunning best and sing songs. They worship Goddess Parvati for conjugal bliss and marital happiness. A huge procession is taken out in Jaipur in which the idol of Teej is covered with a canopy while the Gangaur idol (representing Goddess Parvati) is open.

All over Rajasthan, Swings are hung from trees and decorated with leaves and flowers. Ladies and girls can be seen enjoying on these swings, playing games, singing folk songs and applying Mehendi (henna) on their palms.

The special mithai prepared for Teej is “Ghewar” and these days you get a good variety of “Ghewar” like Kesar, Khoya, Dry Fruits etc..

According to Hindu mythology, in the month of Shravan, Goddess Parvati reunited with Lord Shiva after a penance of hundred years. In her 108th birth, Lord Shiva realized her devotion for him and accepted her as his wife. This legend is said to be the basis of Teej celebrations.

At the time of Teej, large number of crafts bazaars and food courts mushroom in the city, displaying different forms of crafts, clothes, bangles, mehndi which are also available for selling.

Traditional Teej Dinners are organized for the daughters of the house and they are showered with gifts & mithais.

We had our Teej Dinner on Saturday at my husbands maternal grandmothers house and it was loads of fun meeting all relatives, all dressed up, lots of fun and laughter and great food too !!! My daughter was the most thrilled of all dressed in a traditional Lehnga with freshly applied Mehndi and matching bangles, she looks absolutely stunning and sooo big, my god, daughters grow up so fast   She was also thrilled to meet her cousins and play with them !!!

So it’s a great opportunity to experience one of the many colors of India