Grandma's Kitchen

This is one of my favourite sections in India Habitat Centre. This is the 'Grandma's Kitchen', which serves amazing pastries, cakes, doughnuts etc. It is a nice place to celebrate something as little as getting a seat in a crowded bus or something as important as a birthday. :-)


Above is the Grandma with her bicycle and below are the treats, to bring water to your mouth.

Sunday Book Market, Darya Ganj

The best way to spend a Sunday is with books, as most of you will agree. That is exactly what I did yesterday. Went to paradise, Darya Ganj. Books and more books everywhere. My friend and I walked for several kilometres scouting for books. We came back with an impressive loot. :-) So next time you are in Delhi on Sunday, you know where to head...

Happy 2nd Birthday Ross!

Ross, our labrador dog, turned 2 yesterday. As a treat, we took him to India Gate. This is Akshat, my younger brother, playing with Ross at India gate.


Posing at India Gate!

Preparing for the stunt.


Getting in the zone.

And this is how we jump! :-)

Story Time At Metro Station: RK Ashram

This is the inside of the Metro Station: RK Ashram. The corridors are decorated with illustrations of Panchatantra Tales. I appreciate the initiative as these stories are a part of my childhood and are being passed on the children of today, who are more into TV and computer games than reading and listening to bedtime stories.

Landscaping

This is a landscaped garden in the middle of the busy Connaught Place market. One of the reasons I love Delhi is because you have a lot of green patches poping here, there and everywhere. Clean Delhi, Green Delhi :D

February Theme Day: (Touch) Wood

It is time for February Theme Day: and this time the theme is Wood.
Here is a blast from the past. This is one of my closest friends, Gurneet and me almost hugging an artifact at India Habitat Centre. This is from our last outing before she got married and moved to Canada in January 2008. I vividly remember that after this photo we both had said in chorus: Touch Wood may we remain friends forever. :-)

A happy February everyone!

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Lights, Camera, Celebrations!

As a part of the Republic Day celebrations the Raj Path (the straight road connecting India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhawan, the official residence of the President of India) and the buildings at the end of the road and nearby are decorated with lights from January 26th to January 29. India celebrates its Republic Day on January 26 and the celebrations come to a close with the Beating Retreat, held on January 29.


India Gate adorned the tri-color (these are the colors of the flag of India) and looked beautiful.


Below is the dome of the Rashtrapati Bhawan as seen from the Central Secretariat.


This is the Raisina Hill, Rashtrapati Bhawan in the middle, flanked by the North and South Blocks on either side.

And up next is the Parliament of India, looking like a jeweled crown.


I had a fabulous time walking from India Gate to Raisina Hills with my mom and brother. There were many families out in full strength enjoying the cool evening.