Sunday, June 19, 2022

In which Amma gets a smart phone

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Yesterday Amma got her first smart phone. What a fun morning calling everyone!  The best call was to me, from one room to another! "Hel...
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Sunday, May 01, 2022

Visit to Pandharpur - March 2022

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Visiting major pilgrimage sites is always an ordeal due to crowds and endless queues. But Pandharpur is an easy experience.  Our family in f...
Monday, October 04, 2021

The Magic Room

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The Magic Room is a textiles and crafts store in Sion, which I opened this month.  This pic is from our Navratri Exhbition, when my mother a...
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Saturday, May 08, 2021

Learning to Let Go

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- by Deepa Krishnan The government's handling of the pandemic has become a heated political debate. Today in three of my WhatsApp groups...
Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Lessons from Mumbai's bubonic plague

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I'll tell you an interesting story. It's a little long, but bear with me. If you want to know how epidemics actually play out in ...
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Saturday, January 04, 2020

Pickled peppercorn

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The sight of fresh green peppercorn in the market brings out the pickling fiend in me. This is the simplest of pickles, but packs such a...
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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Coral Jasmine - a carpet of flowers

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If you visit a flower market in Mumbai, you will usually not see the coral jasmine. It flowers at night, and when day breaks, all the flowe...
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

Walking through Dharavi

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It's always eye opening to walk through Dharavi. Today I was with Kathy and Clive, they have been to India 5 times already, but to Dhar...
Monday, March 04, 2019

Indian Aesthetics - The Poetry of Krishna

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- by Deepa Krishnan Yesterday at The Magic Room, I attended a marvellous session organized by Expansions (curated by Sarayu Kamat). We ...
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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Bandhara at Aptale Village, Jawhar region, Maharashtra

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In May 2015, I went to a tribal area, about 4hrs drive from Mumbai. Since then, I have been working on a series of water projects there. Al...
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