Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Best of India...

I love the country i call home..

Seriously, i love everything from the colorful folk-lore to the fast paced urban life!
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I love that we are obsessed with adrak Chai (Ginger Tea)..


I love that we still whistle at our movies ... every time there's a song-and-dance number,
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i love the cool new auto-rickshaws that zip around the city (specifically the colorful New Delhi ones)..
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I love the bizarre graffiti behind the Truck/carriers,
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I love paan(betel leaf- preparation!)
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I love the sun-n-sand in Goa...
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...and the peace and quiet at Rishikesh,
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I love the dunes and colors of Pushkar
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and the calming backwaters of Kerala...
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Oh, there's always a 'best-time' to go to some corner of India - all year round.
There's always an unchartered territory waiting to be explored. A myriad of colors ... like a kaleidoscope, waiting to be captured
the various favours of india - a li'l tangy, a li'l sweet, but mostly spicy.... waiting to be tasted!
No wonder its called 'Exotic'!

I even love the fashion scene..... from Sabyasachi's traditional inclinations to Manish Arora's pop art drama... from Wendell's simple lines to Tahilliani's draped wonders... and the new crop of designers like Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Kallol Dutta, Anamika Khanna besides others, is just beyond fabulous.... Check out this shoot from Vogue India featuring some of the BEST designers!!

I know the Independence day is far off and Republic day is also a few months away... the only justification i've got for this sudden 'patriotic' post is that I'm truly in love with this country and cant wait to explore it even more.

Infact, I'm thinking of doing a few posts dedicated to the things I LOVE about India....
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Much Love,

Friday, November 6, 2009

The Photodiarist

If you haven't visited this beautiful blog till now, well then its about time. the pictures are so immaculately shot and behind ever frame, there's a beautiful feeling or story attached. The mysterious artist behind this blog had me so inspired by one of her post, that i had to work this post just as a dedication. I'm stealing her stunning photograph and quoting her words just to express the way i feel right now!!






"I am Summer's biggest fan. Spring is a good "friend" because she precedes Summer. But let's face it . . . neither Spring nor Summer can compete with Fall's glamour"

I love that.. its so true nothing really can compete with the flaming color of the leaves... the crispness of the air... the warm embrace of cashmere.... and a cup of steaming coffee.
just to reinforce this idea, i've collected the following pictures from various other blogs.











Images by Garance Doré




Image via Sea of Shoes

Much Love,


Thursday, November 5, 2009

TEchNIcoLOr!




I subconsciously fall back on greys, olives, chocolates, berrys and charcoals as soon as the temperatures go low. Yet, i LOVE some splash of color in the form of a pair of neon green shoes or a flaming red patent belt or even a chicken yellow bag... some fuschia, some lime... a technicolor winter!
anyway, so when I saw the Dsquared2 RTW Spring'10 collection, I just couldn't stop drooling :)




























What are you wearing this fall?

Read the complete review here

Much Love,