Enjoy every moment!

We live in a world where "Time is Money"

We live in an era where we want to deal with things on our own time & fast. 

We live a life where we don't have enough time to enjoy the things we like to do. 

Time plays such an important part of our lives. 

Our life has pretty much become a race...   

I have lived in Mumbai for 25 years, studied & worked there. Its a fast moving life whether its about work or partying! 

Then when I moved to Kolkata, suddenly everything changed!  The fast life suddenly became a very slow one. Everything here seems laid back & relaxed. People doing things at their own pace. Whether its about getting some work done or going out it is all different here. People deal with everything at their own sweet time. It was very frustrating and baffling at first but then gradually I began to understand & appreciate the importance of Time. Spend it quality style         by doing things that made me happy & what was good for me...

Getting a chance to think & realise what really matters. 

Take each day as it comes... 

Black or White, Hot or cold, Yes or No, Up or Down

 Enjoy life & try to make the most of it

Life is beautiful! 

Life is a Journey to be enjoyed! 

Dont waste time on things you don't like doing... Embrace the things you really want to do & the person you really want to be! 

Distance makes the heart grow Fonder

Sometimes in our life there are times when the goings are good and we take life and the perks with it for granted. By perks I mean - Love, Friendship, Time. 

We actually realise the worth of of those perks and appreciate them when you actually have time away from them, when the goings are not as smooth as you want them to be. But thats Life... Sometimes we just need to 

STOP & STARE, think about the beautiful life we have however complicated & frustrating it may be that theres always a Silver Lining and Life is Worth Living and being grateful for. 

The lovely people in my life play such an important role for me becoming the person I am today. 

Am sure you can think of atleast 5 people who you are grateful to have in your life and who make life worth living! 

Am right ain't I? 

Funky DIY

It was my sisters best friends birthday and she asked me to help her make her a Hamper of all her friend's favorite stuff!

Got a basket & tied some ribbons around the border to make it look colourful & then placed a card, a bff cushion, perfume, makeup and some more goodies! Hope she likes it!

A Day in the City

You know your in Kolkata when your Taxicabs Are Yellow Ambassadors!

The Streets are flooded with them & these drivers know how to drive and HOW!!!! Not for the Weak hearted!  They can't stop honking, even on an empty street their horns are blaring away!
We visited the St. Pauls Cathedral which is quite close to the Victoria Memorial. The building was initiated by Bishop Daniel Wilson in 1839 and was completed in 1847. The structure is huge & beautiful.

 From here we decided to travel by the public bus & visit the famous Howrah Bridge. The bus ride was good fun. Kolkata has these mini buses with their conductors screeching loudly the destination to where the bus is heading so whoever wants to get in, can get in my hailing for the bus. Most of the buses have the word Pilot written on the bus drivers door, really they are pilots but the difference is they are maneuvering through clouds of bad traffic & people! The bus drivers are more rash than the taxi drivers!! Its like a crazy ride in an amusement park.

This bridge was originally a Pontoon bridge but then replaced in 1943 made into a Cantilever bridge which was called the New Howrah Bridge. In 1965 the bridge was officially renamed "Rabindra Setu", after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore however still it is popularly known as the Howrah Bridge. This bridge was made to connect the cities of Howrah & Kolkata (Calcutta earlier) because of the increasing traffic across the Hooghly river. It is said that the Howrah Bridge is the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world.

 Some Glimpses of the Howrah Bridge

Had a nice walk from one end of the bridge to the other. It was nice & breezy with a lovely view of the Hooghly River. 

The Best Part

Setting up a new home in a different city can be an experience by itself.... Getting to know the place...Finding a house on rent... meeting some helpful people & some who are definitely out to just make a quick buck. So as I say its the complete package!
After looking at 10 houses... the 11th one was 'the one'!!!

The best part about the new house is that its close to the airport so I get a chance to see different planes taking off n landing!!! Finally can watch at leisure instead of being driven away or rather whistled away by cops because they think I have bad intentions by taking pictures of beautiful planes!!!
FACT - I love Planes & the way they fly through the beautiful sky! Its a Man Made Bird!
I am always in AWE! Everytime I step on a plane there is a sense of WOW inside me that this beautiful thing is going to fly me!

Approach!

Cloudy BUT Sunny!

Lets Go!

History at its Best

Being a wife of a Pilot I get to travel a lot. Its always lovely to visit a new place, learn about different cultures & the ways of life of different people. Recently got the news that my husband was getting a transfer to Kolkata & was real anxious & upset cause all my life have been a total Bombay (a.k.a Mumbai) Girl & did not want to move. But home is where the Heart is....
Came to visit the city & the first lovely thing I saw here was the grand "Victoria Memorial", which is a Beautiful marble building surrounded by a beautiful garden by the banks of the Hoogly River which was built between 1906 & 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria.
In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, suggested the creation of a fitting memorial. He proposed the construction of a grand building with a museum and gardens. 
The Prince of Wales,King George V, laid the foundation stone on 4 January 1906 and it was formally opened to the public in 1921. In 1912, before the Victoria Memorial was finished, King George V announced the transfer of the capital of India from Calcutta to New Delhi. Thus, the Victoria Memorial was built in what would be a provincial city rather than a capital.

The Main Entrance

The West Wing

Setting Sun

Beautiful Green Grounds surrounding the Victoria Memorial

Angel of Victory Standing Tall

The Last View of the Memorial as I left