Few festivals in India can match the gaiety and enthusiasm of a Ganesh Utsav! Also known as Ganesh Chathurthi, this festival celebrates the elephant-headed deity, Ganesh. While this festival is celebrated differently in different regions, the most ardent celebration is seen in Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai. Ganesh Chathurthi is a ten day festival, where idols […]
10 Easy Ways to protect the Environment Today
“The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.” – Richard Rogers There’s a lot of talk about the environment, ways to protect the environment, problems of the earth, global warming and climate change these days. So much that it’s getting kind of hard […]
10 Amazing Ways to Reuse Plastic Bags
Plastic is something that has a huge presence in our life, much more than we’d care to admit. It’s there in our bathroom, our kitchen, our kids’ playroom – it’s everywhere. And to think that most of the homes in the world have that much plastic – honestly, it’s frightening. A good deal of the […]
The A-Z challenge: E is for Eco-living
The recent months have made me associate with some wonderful bloggers. One of them is Vidya Sury, the awesome blogger behind going a-musing,collecting smiles. We share a lot of similarities, right from the songs we like to hear, the conversations we have, to the colonies we have stayed in. And despite all these simiarities, will you […]