Lilies through the year, Gardening calendar for North India

Relax

...But the ball lilies that appeared out of nowhere under betel nut trees in my neighbour’s garden in Langford Town in Bangalore were no less amazing! As luck would have it, much as I have admired these, I don’t own a ball lily bulb. Who cares! Come summer and I’ll find them blooming some place again :-)

Tags: Lucknow, Photo-journal, India, Uttar-Pradesh, gardening, relax, flowers,
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Lucknow Photo Journal

Travel

Real life politics, gracious Tehzeeb, Nawabi lifestyle, grand edifices, valour and patriotism of the year 1857, Urdu poetry, Hindi literature, music as in Thumri, Ghazal, Khayal; history of musical instruments: Tabla, Sarangi, Sitar; Kathak dance, fine Chikan and Zardozi embroidery, secular traditions and enigmatic Awadhi cuisine are woven inextricably in the fabric of Lucknow’s charm.

Tags: India, Uttar-Pradesh, city-guide, Lucknow, photo-journal,
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Celebrating Basant Panchmi, a spring festival in Uttarkashi, India

Travel

Girls dress up for the occasion and pluck yellow flowers and decorate the main doors of the house with it welcoming the spring and the new sowing season. Soon the fields that have been lying barren for the past three month will be ringing with the sounds of the bells of the bulls and the cries of the farmer tilling the fields :).

Tags: India, Uttarakhand, Himalaya, Garhwal-Himalaya, festival, spring, travel
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7 steps to releasing toxic emotions – Deepak Chopra

Yoga

What is anger? Remembered pain from the past.
What is fear? Anticipation of pain in the future.
What is guilt? Directing pain back at yourself.
Depression is the depletion of energy that happens with all of the above.

Tags: yoga, Deepak-Chopra, self-help, mind, video, relax
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