Year: 2010

  • Goa 2010

    Taking your clothes can be therapeutic for so many reasons – The realisation sadly, that you can no longer fit “comfortably ” into a ten year old bikini. The sharp reminder that waxing can no longer be postponed. Becoming re-acquainted with those exposed knees all knobbly and humpy. The welcome sensation of heat on your skin.…

  • The Colour Blue and er.. Rubbish

    Yes there is a lot of it here and it is spread around so you cannot miss it. Having it on display however (do not be alarmed it is not there in the true smelling sense) takes it to a different level completely and this is what the Indian artist Vineet who is responsible for this art…

  • Merry Christmas 2010 everyone

    To you all, friends from afar and closer by, new friends and old ones, readers who come across Mezze Moments and stay, those that give it a fleeting glance…to you all a very Merry Christmas. The tree is in from the garden, the lights are on, my son’s wonderful snowman is up and there are…

  • The National Museum, Delhi

    Went off to the National Museum today to see Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic !! The exhibition is small and compact with some interesting older sculptures of Inuit art and some more contemporary pieces. I have to say I found the sculptures, usually done on granite or serpentine stone quite morose and sad, perhaps…

  • The Satpura Reservoir

    There is nothing like seeing and feeling water all around you. Something that we sorely miss living in Delhi so any opportunity to be close to water is warmly embraced and none more so then the reservoir we came across in Satpura.Created by flooding the Denwa River it is an expanse of water which stretches…

  • Satpura National Park

    It is little known. A little bit of a secret treasure but so lovely. In the middle of Madhya Pradesh, near the Satpura Range of hills and not far from Pachmari, a lovely hill station with breathtaking natural beauty, lies Satpura National Park. What makes it special is exactly the fact that not many people…

  • Reni Pani

    Ali and Faiz make this place what it is. Let me start at the beginning. We are always on the lookout for wildlife sanctuaries and this place was warmly recommended to us. We now know why. It is quite special and came about because two boys whose parents gave them a love of nature and…

  • Before and After

    Forgive me for using this analogy. It hardly does justice to the subject. “Before”, that is some days ago I went on a Saalam Balaak Walk in the Streets of Delhi. As always, this walk ends at the holding centre where the “lost railway children” are housed while they are assessed. Children who are abused,…

  • Delhi by Alice and Ben

    This is what Alice said about Delhi and somehow I think it captures the city very accurately and is beautifully written so with their kind permission I am reproducing it here together with a picture of them I took when we visited Hauz Khas. “On reflection, Delhi is a city of the most incredible contrasts testing your ability to respond and adapt…

  • Mehrauli flower market in Wedding season

    We took a walk there a few days ago with Ben and Alice who are visiting and while I may have blogged about the market before seeing it during wedding season was quite amazing. The amount of flowers being weighed and sold, the nimble fingers beavering away and the thousands of garlands on display were…