*Celebrating many faces of a festival in different Indian Styles: Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Lohari* As a Punjabi by birth I celebrate today as Lohari or lodi.With Bhangra as a dance, check out this video : Pongal: I celebrate this fastival with my in laws family.It is known as festival of harves[...]
Archive for the ‘Exploring Culture’ Category
January 14th, 2010 - 8:08 am § in Exploring Culture
Exploring Indian Culture:Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Lohari
December 23rd, 2009 - 2:09 pm § in Exploring Culture
Ginger Bread House
*Exploring cultures to understand and celebrate their festivals plus customs is my hobby.In this poem, i am writing about my experience of making Ginger Bread House with my preemie twins, this Christmas Season* Our ginger bread house is reflection of who we are Not pretty at all Yet we have given it[...]
December 15th, 2009 - 10:57 am § in Exploring Culture
Hanukkah
A miracle that happened It lit that vessel For eight days , not one To celebrate the miracle Menorah is now a tradition Hanukkah is to light our hearts Take the darkness away Inner light that we all have Shines brighter with our faith As one lights another Positive vibration reverberates Peace and[...]
December 9th, 2009 - 9:33 pm § in Exploring Culture, Family
Exploring Culture
Snow, Birthday, Hanukkah, Carnatic music, Christmas Season… There is so much to talk about.. We have so much snow around , its insane! Schools are closed.Hubby also did not go to work today!! Photos coming up as soon as i download them… May be on sunday.. Hubby’s birthday is arou[...]
December 4th, 2009 - 12:10 pm § in Exploring Culture, Poetry
Bulle Shah
This blog is fuelled as a corrective measure of my statement ” And this is why i feel embarrassed to be a punjabi by birth and proud to be married to a south indian!” I made this dumb statement here.That was by all means a very wrong statement to make. I was not trying to make [...][...]
November 28th, 2009 - 12:23 pm § in Exploring Culture, Spiritual Quotient
Eid Mubarak
Happy Eid to all my muslim friends.May this festival bring you joy, peace and blessings. I did a guest Post at Amity’s Blog on occasion of her Blogoversary.Do check out her blog!Its cool! I am sorry to have not commented at all this week. I plan to correct that mistake today night and tomorro[...]
November 25th, 2009 - 3:53 pm § in Exploring Culture
I love India
There are many reasons why i love the country where i was born. I love India because it is my ‘bharatmata’ I love India because most of my family is there I love India because its my identity, i am Indian. Here is a video from very special friend, Jay Gujrar. He is the third eye at one o[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 10:20 am § in Exploring Culture
Thanks Giving Song
*As an immigrant exploring culture in US has been fun and educational.Tomorrow is Grand Parents Day.Thanks Giving spirit is everywhere.* My daughter’s had the pleasure of learning a Thanks Giving song at their school. It is about life cycle of Pumpkin ending up as a Pie.They are supposed to s[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 9:53 am § in Exploring Culture
Musical Mondays:Halloween Songs and Rhymes
*Living in USA and having twin daughters in preschool makes understanding and exploring western cultures easy and fun filled.I love celebrating Halloween* We are in full Halloween Fun mode at our household.We went for the first function yesterday evening.It had all the fun stuff from games, face pa[...]
October 16th, 2009 - 10:12 am § in Exploring Culture, Poetry
Happy Diwali
One single impression prompt – Conquer Happy Diwali to all my family and friends Do you know the story of Diwali? It was when Lord Ram Conquered over evil Ravana It was the time He came back from 14 years of exile His return home was celebrated as ‘Diwali’ by all. Its five days of [...]
