When we adopted our daughter, it took us some time to get her birth certificate! As soon as we got it we applied for her passport. And it arrived without any hitches. Now both my daughter and niece had passports, but without any stamps. This was in 2014! I told them let’s go on a…
Category: Chhavi
A Thank You Note to Our Trekking Guides
How is it possible that two women and two children go on a trek in Himachal Pradesh and come back to tell the happy tale? It is because of our incredible guide, Rama Kant Sharma and his team. I consider Himachal Pradesh safe for solo woman travel but I will think a hundred times before…
Trekking with my Daughter is Amazing!
So many emotions that run through my heart when I think of my recent trek with Chhavi. We trekked up to Jamadi in Himachal Pradesh. It is not the first trek that I did with her. In fact, we took her on treks when she would go up on a pony. This was the first…
Beautiful Glimpses from our Himachal Pradesh Trek
We came back from our short trek in Himachal Pradesh yesterday. My neighbor Anita and her daughter Kashwi joined Chhavi and I on this adventure. As both the kids are less than ten we picked up an easy Himachal Pradesh trek. Ramakant ji have been our guide in Himachal Pradesh since many years. The added…
Second Attempt at Stop Motion- The Model is Very Pricey!
My first attempt at stop motion photography was a mess. But I learned a lot of things. Now here is a second attempt. Still not good but an improvement on the previous one. Lessons from the second attempt- 1. The model is very pricey, she turns her face away or runs away! 2. The best…
An Empty Indian Railway Carriage
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_OkDCD8AIo Chhavi and I had Fun Exploring an Empty Guard’s Coach
Acha Nahin hai! It is No Good!
All three of us had to rush to Chandigarh on Thursday night as we had to be there to complete some formalities related to Chhavi’s adoption. We got to know about this only by Thursday afternoon. Due to previous such visits (but minus Chhavi) we knew that there are Volvo buses available for Chandigarh from…
And While the Little Bird was Awake!
Took this a week back and this time it is just cereals and not chocolate. One cup of Maggie (we don’t eat it in front of her or she too will demand it and soon not eat anything else) and I will call it a day. But I am scheduling this post for later in…
More of Brat 4
She had some Chocolate She likes sweets a lot and insists on eating it with her own hands. This was the result of it yesterday evening. She is sitting in Sesha’s lap. Steve, you asked for this one!