Yes yes yes ...title is itself the question and the answer.. I thought about writing this because of my fairytale lovestory...will you believe it if I tell you that even after 4 months of my wedding I still can't believe that I'm married to love of my life...but God pinch me.. my extended family, my chooda , my sindoor always remind me that what I had conquered which is impossible for many of us ? touchwood!!! But you know this journey was never smooth from my side and also from my husband side...biggest problem that we both faced was INTERCASTE... Yes , in India castes, creeds, religions a ..read more

Hello guys??? I hope you guys are doing great... Weather again got chilly and I thought of writing what I promised in my last blog...yes you guessed it right.. if not I will tell you I'm going to talk about beautiful and unique traditional jewellery pieces of upper Himachal Pradesh..these jewellery pieces are so so unique that you will not going to found them elsewhere.. I am always fascinated towards local and traditional things which we normally can't find everywhere...you can say I have that antiquarian soul..always finding and reading about antique and local things and in the world o ..read more

Ok so as you know I'm working in upper seraj and soon going to marry in Upper Shimla area so I discovered that they have unique dressing sense that seperates them not only from other district himachali women but also the ones  from other states. Here I'm going to talk about REZTA also called Cholu, the lesser known but beautiful regional traditional dress of upper himachali ladies...                 REZTA is beleived to be originated from apple bowl of india, Kotgarh Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) but interestingly Rezta is not Himachali i ..read more

What is joy??  I sometimes think about and guess what? I get answers in my surroundings only Recently when I was going out for evening walk I saw a dog joyfully looking at something head held up in the sky... I tried to see  what he is actually doing and suddenly he started jumping.. one mask was hanging on cloth rope swinging with air here and there and that dog was joyfully looking at it as if it's the most precious thing for him at that moment.. He just wanted to have that at thing at that time and then only I realised how joy feels like... Likewise a little kid was crying because ..read more

Recently I got posted in village nestled deep inside mountains away from hustle bustle of city (* I started writing this blog one year back ...and now I had already spend complete one year in village). Everything is so normal here .. people have their own ways of living happily and sustainably..  Being always raised in city and getting everything on a click of button I faced the huge transition in my daily life where I had to go to local shops and markets for buying groceries and daily needs. No fancy restaurants, cafes just local village food and local vegetables.. Being a loner i ..read more

Ok so when we are in our early youth who don't want to be liked by someone special... But I was quite opposite..I never wanted to indulge in all these stuffs..for me pyaar vyaar sab bakwas hai.. I already had my mini heartbreak in my teenage days so I never want to face that thing again... For me only one motto was there that "All boys are shits".. So here I was walking with my friend for having some snacks and then a boy came from behind... The same boy I told you in my previous blog...(Tall, fair, curly messy hairs, with loose tucked shirt and trousers)..he said excuse me can we talk and ..read more

This unconventional name of food you most be hearing for first time or if you are Kangri you most have heard about it. This is traditional delicacy of Kangra ( I seriously don't know that if it is consumed in other districts or not!! ) May be they must have some other name if they are consuming it but I will talk in respect to my district and recipe followed in Kangra only. So let's roll in some lip smacking, sweet and savoury journey???? Don't start drooling it's just the start!!! Recipe for preparing Sancholu:- Requirements:- Sugar or Jaggery (30 gm) Yeast (5 gm) Grated coconut (10 gm) Gh ..read more

This traditional handmade Himachali Footwear is called Poodhe or Pulla depending on which Pahadi region you're in. Interestingly, the base of the Poodhe are made from the stems of sacred grass of shale -Bhaang (Cannibis) and have been part of Himachali tradition for over a century.  Procedure of making: Firstly strips of cannabis grass or buckwheat stem are cut,  processed and dried  and shaped into long rope like strips that strengthened by strenuous twisting and stretching. A basic system of hand-measures is used to make different sizes. Loops are fashioned in ..read more

Ok so starting with this topic ..let me introduce myself.. I'm Dr.Sameeksha 28 years old recently posted as Veterinary officer in small village of Himachal Pradesh.. So I'm going to talk about the problems I faced being a young lady vet ..  Casually speaking we all know that I'm not so young to be called young but everyone don't thinks the same way.. Talking about my looks I look much younger than my real age and talking about my dressing I prefer to wear comfy clothes ..now here taking about comfort being vet i have to enter sheds, grasses, shrubs , bushes to treat my patients and due t ..read more

Kitne bure ho tum kya tumne kabhi socha hai?? Nahi socha to let me tell you the way 100% tested with 100,% success rate.. If you want to see where you stand in somewhere heart Let them introduce to the new one  And see how their everything changes.. And do something wrong or piss them off.. N.E.X.T  You will come to know how much bad you are Your every good deed  Your every struggle Every good time Every nice memories All will be thrown in thrash  And you will be labelled as worst .. Why???? Just because you are not like them You did against the norms . And I think this ..read more