One of the things I miss most about my life in India is the COLOUR, the colours of daily clothing for example worn by women even in the most modern of cities as it collides with the Sauvé greys and blacks of the suits that walk around. I sorely miss wearing Indian clothes and my favourite glass bangles. Moreover the whole thing where we have colour as part of our home decor is also something I really miss. I have taken a vow that each time I visit India next I shall surely buy some key pieces for placing in my flat to give it a distinctive Indian flavour, the more vibrant colourful and hard to get the object the higher will be its place of importance in my heart and home .
There are these times I miss all that I did like the zillion times I would walk into FAB INDIA with A OR P or just saunter in by myself and ogle at the lovely fabrics and the salivate over the chunky jewellery I especially love their short kurtis (tunics) and silver earrings . I love FAB INDIA clothes and mix matching them with different pieces to wear.
Long back this close pal of mine, S, told me about this blog called Rang Decor , it’s a splash of very beautiful photographs of extremely well done up homes and also awesome places , the most recent post about Kutch and how art is literally everywhere sitting silently amongst very obvious harsh weather and stark poverty is quite a lovely post to SEE , read ,feel and think !
http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/
Such are the ways I amuse myself when I feel the “I miss INDIA” Nostalgia pangs coming along .This is followed by a session of listening to old Bollywood songs on you tube , browsing through photographs of close family and friends for the millionth time and then looking outside to see an almost empty street save for the occasional bus that zips past and some cars . How I miss the sights and sounds of Bombay and Pune. I progress to making a cup of hot tea for myself and start listening to some golden oldies from the Kishore Kumar era ! Sighhh Lifeee …..
This is beautifully written Manjiri, reminds me of how I miss a whole bunch of things in India so much too!
Didn’t know you had such flair for writing, I hope you don’t give it up. I started a blog once and stopped writing after 2 months.
Awww Shikha thanks that’s so very kind of you ! I won’t stop , I do plan to post tons of more articles soon ! just getting past the laziness is a big struggle though 🙂
🙂 🙂 I miss Bombay more now – i love Fab India too… on a lighter note I wish they plus sizes :p
Hi,heheh yeah me too wishes that !
I love learning about latin dishes. I would like to see some recipes here someday.
Which Latin dishes would you like to see here? Thanks for stopping by !