Art
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Dinner with Maiko: Part-1
The highlight of our Japan trip was dinning with Maiko( trainee geishas). Maiko are young Japanese girls who are highly trained in Japanese art, culture and traditions. In olden days, Maiko would only serve green tea but gradually they began performing music, songs and dances for the customers only at high-class Japanese restaurants. Initially Maiko’s were to be seen
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Close to art, Close to God!
Last weekend I was at the Jain Temple in Milpitas celebrating its 12th anniversary. I got an opportunity to volunteer for ‘aangi’ ceremony which means decorating the marble idol of God. I instantly agreed as it was something do with art and I was excited to learn something new. Normally the idols are worshipped as
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What’s cooking?
When there is no school, my project keeps me busy! Being a nutritionist my project involves designing healthy reipces. It doesn’t just stop at designing or creating, I have to cook them, standardize them, determine appropriate portion size and finally taste test! Before finalizing the recipes they have to pass a specific criteria – they
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Wonderland on New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve, we decided to visit the Global Winter Wonderland. This was organised at Great America Parking lot in Santa Clara.Global Winter Wonderland displayed around 40 illuminated structures, nearly 50ft tall and 100 ft long. These structures consisted of some of the world’s most iconic landmakrs, themes, traditions. The larger-than-life illuminated lanterns were
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Sugar art!
Last Sunday was a laid back day. I had my friends over for lunch. After a satisfactory meal of pitla and phulkas, we were lazing around and catching up on the happenings of the week. This friend of mine is pretty creative!! She came in with some bags, at first I thought she went shopping
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Rock on rock!!!!!!
Last week, after the charity event in SFO I spent some time at Sausalito. While I was enjoying my salad and sandwich, my eyes fell onto some rocks of different sizes and shapes that were stacked upon each other. I walked across the street to take some pictures and understand how the hell the rocks
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Painting
I always wanted to paint Buddha .The calm, serene and peaceful facial expressions have always fascinated me. My recent visit to the Big Buddha of Kamakura rekindled the desire to bring it on canvas. I first decided to use different colors, but then I thought, by doing so I would ruin the serenity of Buddha. Hence, I finally
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Painting
There have been no posts for long as I was busy finishing another painting that I took up. It’s a painting of a Ballet dancer! The word ballet comes from Latin word ballo, ballare which means ‘to dance’. It is a poised style of dance which includes foundational techniques for many other dance forms. This form of dance is very hard
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Painting
Yesterday I did my first painting after our marriage. I got too busy as soon I moved to the US because of my school and household chores. I was wrong when I thought being a housewife was easy, it is the most difficult job! This painting is a reproduction of Jamini Roy’s paintings (famous artist of Calcutta). I enjoyed every
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Orange skies..
It was my chai time, after a long day of cleaning,laundry and cooking I was looking forward to sipping hot chai in the evening. Instead of reading a book or watching TV, I thought of enjoying the hustle bustle of Yokohama from my balcony.To my surprise, I saw mesmerizing orange skies and thought of capturing them!