Morning shenanigans in Mumbai 💥✌🏼
Sufi wearing @elfinhouse.in 100 % organic crepe cotton
Soleil wearing @lovetheworldtoday.in mindful, festive bandhini
Mama in @ritukumarhq
Full moon gazing in @shopmulmul 🌝
Can’t think of anything that captures the spirit of hope – dizzying, improbable hope – more than this. May your Diwali be infused with little whirling sparks of good cheer 💕
Happy Diwali 🪔
Thank you @azzuraofficial for my beautiful Diwali ensemble
Safe to say, the big people had as much fun as the little ones this year.
#Halloween2021 @dipikablacklist
Thinking about the merits of raising Alpacas in BKC
Thanks @shopmulmul
Of every cultural demographic, I think I like middle aged women best. Especially when they post- as I have here- unrepentant ‘save me’ photos from a set.
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Middle aged women will tell you like it is: night shifts are a cruel and unusual punishment for anyone over 23.
She says too much. Without saying much.
#beautifulworldwhereareyou
Image @rivabubber
Makeup @makeupbyneetuahluwalia
Hair @amehra167
Photo dump, this day, but consecutive years apart. Please observe the progression from smooth and sexy single to messy mama – with no F*cks to give.
Best time of my life. Now.
Our Sunday morning art walk started with great enthusiasm in #KalaGhoda, then @ocdartinmumbai and I made a detour into @ogaanindia to source the perfect ensemble for an upcoming formal event (thanks @amitaggarwalofficial ❤️) when Sharon in turn drew my attention to this @enindedesign neck piece which I never knew I needed until I tried it on and well, it was a perfect morning, even though we have rescheduled gallery hopping to another date.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
Right @brooklynmamainmumbai?
Repost @blcksmth
Free.
Dom.
@hilton_shillim @dharana_shillim
QUICK!
Somebody needs to gift me a guitar.
#GVO #GoodVibesOnly
Thanks @soapandbasil for my retreat ready wrap dress
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After wandering around from my hike to my sound bath session in sweaty sportswear, I cleaned up and dressed for lunch @hilton_shillim
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My thali is prepared with reverence, and I realized there’s a part of me that truly enjoys dressing in a way that matches an everyday reverence- and for myself. Only for myself. The art of adornment.
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It’s just one of those strange little insights that bubbles up when I’m out of the stream of everyday busyness.
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Self-care invites us to laugh along at our quirks and self – discoveries.
@dharana_shillim
Kickstarting the Diwali week with @dyson_india’s new festive edition Dyson Airwrap styler.
It’s dries, straightens & curls my hair without extreme heat.
Styling was never this easy!
#DysonHair#DysonIndia
#gifted
Jimmy.
Tonight, for the first time in many years,
There appeared to me again
a vision of the earth’s splendour:
in the evening sky
the first star seemed
to increase in brilliance
as the earth darkened
until at last it could grow no darker.
And the light, which was the light of death,
seemed to restore to earth
it’s power to console.
– Louise Gluck
Thank you @dharana_shillim @hilton_shillim
❤️
And Jimmy, the patron saint of Shillim Peak paid me a special visit this morning to say hasta la vista.
I’ll be back @dharana_shillim
For the views, the stream walk and forest bathing, the 200 varieties of birds that are too dignified to peck at crumbs, the superb treatments and food, the skittering land crabs, the healing frequency, the crystals rising out of red earth, and of course, for Jimmy ❤️
The miracle of morning @hilton_shillim
My soul has been insistently and impolitely shrieking to return to #ShillimPeak
Started in darkness at 5:30 am and reached the peak in time to watch the ascent of a great red ball in the horizon. Jimmy the resident guard dog and Pratik made fine companions.
I wish I could do this everyday but the middle aged knees doth protest too much.
Fortunately have a day of treatments lined up @dharana_shillim
I’m thrilled to be a recipient of @thejcbprize shortlist for this year. Reading is more than habit or hobby for me. It’s closer to prayer: a way to gather some of the prickly pieces of the world together with tenderness and curiosity. I make reading my ‘business’- for the more pragmatic, less poetically inclined- and my escape. So, what’s to be found on the shortlist of India’s most prestigious literary award in 2021?
#delhiasoliloquy by #M.Mukundan, a fascinating portrait of Malayali migrants in New Delhi of the 60s, a turbulent period of India’s history
#NamePlaceAnimalThing by @daribhagram, a coming of age of a young Khasi woman and the politically charged city of Shillong where she lives
#GodsandEnds by #LindsayPereira about intersecting lives in a Roman Catholic parish in suburban Bombay
#ThePlagueUponUs by #ShabirAhmadMir distils the current bleakness of life in Kashmir
#Anti-Clock by #V.J.James a haunting tale about Hendri, a coffin maker, who becomes obsessed with Pundit, a 112-year-old watchmaker, and his ‘Anti-Clock’ which can turn back time.
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Such richness of story telling and perspective is grace. Join me in discovering some of the greatest literary books coming out of India this year. Share your thoughts on these authors and narratives in the comments below. And swipe left to see how a greedy reader begins: don’t worry, I’ll eventually settle into a republic of perfect stillness and absorption, in my favourite chair.
@thejcbprize #TheJCBPrizeshortlist #readalong
DND
Repost from @parogoodearth using @RepostRegramApp – The coming together of Gold and Silver, the interplay of the brilliance of the Sun and the radiance of the Moon are amongst the most beautiful aspects of Sharad rtu.
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Sharad rtu’s Sun is described as ‘pingala’, when the brilliant gold of the sun is tinged with warmer, coppery tones. Meanwhile, the autumnal Moon casts a shimmering spell of beauty as it increases in radiance, leading to the most awaited Full Moon of the year – Sharad Purnima. This is the Full Moon that displays all the 16 kalas or aspects of the Moon. And offers us the beauty and grace of Kaumudi, ‘the shine of the Moon or moonlight’, which is mythologised for offering the grace of healing the hearts and minds of all those who moon bathe on this night.
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May the silvery moonlight of Sharad Purnima bring you healing grace along with its magical beauty.
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#parogoodearth #invitationtopause #paroturns3 #purnimawithparo #paroanniversary #loversmoonwithparo #sharadpurnima #moonmagic
