Sarika

#Seven Wants The difference between want and need is self-control.”--That is straight out of four more shots:) When I started writing about 7 wants this is the first thing that cross my mind may be because it was the latest that I bing watched on Netflix :) On serious notes..all the learnings of my inner engineering online course started a replay on my mind automatically. (a must must course for those who want clarity on this I would say. ..not giving much details as don’t want to dilute gyan with my interpretations :) Wanting is life and there is no life if there are no wants, so just choose your wants wisely. This was take away for me and since then making conscious efforts to do so. At this hour when we all are at unlock mode but scared to venture out , no doubt topmost want for everyone would be Get vaccine for Corona After close to 7 months of  mastering skill of being 'Atmanirbhar' ,we know now we have to live with this for rest of the life. Hope the doctors/scientists be...

After saying goodbye to Bappa yesterday, the morning suddenly felt strangely empty. For almost two weeks, our home had been busy with decorations, cleaning and preparations for Ganapati. My balcony plants had been somewhat neglected during all that this. So, this morning, I escaped into my little balcony garden. And what surprised me was how much had happened while I was busy elsewhere. A baby Gulbakshi plant had appeared. Tiny stems of apple mint had somehow survived months of neglect. New leaves had appeared on plants that I thought were struggling. As I started pruning, digging the soil and watering my plants, I realised something. My balcony garden had been quietly teaching me a few life lessons. * *There is this a baby plant sprouting in my Gulbakshi Pot. * *I took one abundant pot to plant something new.This pot was may be neglected for months.To my surprise there were these tiny stems of apple mint still hanging there.They must have survived for months without proper water...

Aam Panne or "Kairiche Panhe" is a traditional maharashtrian drink. Every family usually have its own version of this recipe. If you have not tried it you must give it a shot this summer. It is super easy to make and super refreshing and healthy too. Ingredients 2 medium size raw mangoes (Kairi) which approximately makes 1 bowl of pulp 1 bowl sugar 1 tsp cardamom powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp black salt Steps Rinse raw mangoes well. Remove small section near the top. Put in a bowl, pressure cook with some water added. After 4 whistles turn off the gas. Scrap the pulp of these boiled mangoes. Add sugar, elaichi powder, cumin power and salt to this pulp. (1 cup of sugar for 1 cup of pulp .You can adjust sugar proportion as per your taste but Aam Panna real taste is slightly sour.   You can also replace sugar with jaggery in equal amount.) Blend it in a mixture and your Kairi Panhe mix is ready. Refrigerate for some time. Add 3 table spoon of this mixture in...

"Mumma are you happy?" I overheard innocent voice while crossing the road and could not help turning back. Little one was holding her mumma's hand and crossing the road too. She was not looking at me so couldn't catch her expressions. Sayomi was in same class as Aryan.So knew her mother.There was smile on her mother's face.Was it for me or for in reply to Sayomi's question? I was not sure.I smiled too. But was mumma happy? Smile on her face couldn't revealed the answer. Sayomi was too curious to know.She kept repeating "Mumma tell na." We crossed the road. Sayomi got into car from one side.Her mumma took driver's seat and then vanished in few seconds. I was lucky enough to get auto. But "Mumma are you happy?" the unanswered question kept buzzing in my mind. How much marks she must have got? For third grader ,marks that he/she scored .. does that really matter. Good marks bad marks aren't these relative terms.Goo...

Its Day 1 of #21Day lockdown First time something like this happening and its scary. More you follow whatz app and social media more nervous and fearful you get. So probably social distancing should include social media distancing as well When people all over the world are fearing Corona virus , staying home to fight it, this is right time to sit back and introspect and identify fears that we have gathered over time. This one was more difficult than I thought it would be. When I can list 10 secrets , 9 loves ,fears are just 8 so it must be easier. But it was not so and I realised this challenge is going to get tougher as I reach to number one. As we get older some fears that we had as kids just vanish and we unknowingly develop new ones which make us wonder if innocence of childhood makes us bolder. Over weekends watching fear factor makes me ponder how many faces fear can have. Fear of cars, fear of speed, fear of water, fear of reptiles, animals, cockroaches ,height ,elec...

Day 1 Kiddo  >> "मम्मा तुला माहितेय स्पृहाच्या क्लास मध्ये ना आज पावभाजी दिली  Mumma>>Really? wow ! असेल काही त्यांची क्लास अक्टिव्हिटी तुम्ही नव्हती का sprout भेळ बनवली होती  Kiddoहा पण पावभाजी ? I could sense the sheer surprise from his voice. He was not convinced with my answer  Die hard fan of Pavbhaji can smell pavbhaji from any corner in his vicinity. Day 2 Kiddo >>अरे ममा तुला माहितेय का ..काल ना farewell Party होती ४th ची Thats why school ने पावभाजी दिलेली  Mumma>> Wow so next year तुम्हाला पण मिळणार तर पावभाजी स्कूल कडून   Looks like we had this conversation yesterday It’s already a year gone and today is his farewell party and Pav-bhaji time  A week back he gushed in and exclaimed  "Mumma finally day has arrived! No tiffin on Friday for long break .....पावभाजी देणार आम्हाला " Wait was over and he was beaming :) Today morning hour was smooth. Additional update was along w...

With 2020 , Digital declutter is on and here I found this. Its Thursday as well so it qualifies for Throwback ;) Rewind > "This boy just doesn't study" I was complaining to friend of mine. "He is an engineer's son so will study only in Prep leave ;)"He replied. "Let him grow up and take admission to Engineering course and then he will qualify for it" I am not ready to budge and somehow 15 days before exam starts we start our study. When it comes to English literature (I need to admit , I was shXX scared of this word Literature when I heard it first in Std 1st now till std 4th I have somehow digested it.) we do lessons first as it has lot many ques answers...long ..short.. RTC....meanings ..who said to whom etc etc.(If you don't understand these words consider yourself lucky and continue reading :) "Poems are simple.Just one Page and answers are also mostly one liners."Junior has valid point. So me (yes you read ...

With Valentines Day at the corner, this would be the appropriate blog post. So lets get started.... मम्मा ,तुला सगळ्यात जास्त कोण आवडतं? Of course you sweetheart 😍 We have this conversation happening daily at my home and yes no exaggeration here..Its DAILY. Same question,  or may be different version like मम्मा तुला सगळ्यात जास्त मीच आवडतो ना? asked with same intensity every day. My answer is also same but depending on my mental state it length varies like you aryan of course you sweet heart what do you think who would that be? He is my boy Boy whose name starts from A Very sweet handsome intelligent boy. and on and on and on Once I asked little one..you know my answer right and you know that mumma loves you the most still why you asked this daily? हा एकदा तू रागावली होतीस ना तेव्हा तू daddy बोलली होतीस ... so there you go.:) As he grows he would understand the dimensions of love. Love of your parents, grandparents, husband ,wife, friends, cousins,...

Being typical Virgo I am surely not going to reveal my secrets :) Once you share them they no longer be secrets . But there are surely few things which not many would know.Let me try to write about them. 1.Selective Perfectionist  Yes that is what I am when it comes to folding clothes.It has to be folded in certain manner and no deviation in that. I am ok if clothes are lying around (selective perfectionist)but if they are going in cupboard they have to be folded in right manner. This leads to real messy home at time.I am trying to get rid of selectiveness and achieve that true perfectionist state and one day will surely succeed. 2.Minimalism Lately smitten by bug of minimalism.I know if people who know me get to hear this they will have good laugh. "सौ चुहे खाके बिल्ली चली हज " That is the remark will get. But my answer is finally at least on the way of Huj  From extreme maximalist( I know this is not the exact word but it convey...

Sunday night 9:30 PM Last maths paper on Monday morning Me ""Please pack your bag for tomorrow and don't forget geometry compass box." 9:45 PM There seems to be some struggle in packing stuff. Me: "What is wrong? Already 15 minutes and still bag not ready.." "मम्मा  geometry compass box मिळत नाहीये" Reality check... I don't have geometry box for spare like n number of other spare things Shops are closed now. There is no way next day morning before school we can get it. Considering मुखदूर्बळपणा  of my son there is no way he will ask for it to anyone... All thoughts rushing in ..making me scream. I almost skip my beat.. but still trying to keeping my calm.. "अरे आता रात्री १० वाजता तुला आठवतंय ?..शोध नीट असेल तिथेच कुठेतरी" 10 PM I wind up my chores and as there is no noise assumed brat must have got his geometry box and ready to sleep... but high hopes.. I enter room and see pile of books notebooks and wha...