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Wedding - SHAPE & STYLE (Chapter Five)

Dancing, engagement party, songs etc. is routine stuff of every wedding. I will skip that in my blog. however, there are few activities which are very unique and different, which define the style of this wedding. Here are my cousins, One Hinduja & other Bajaj, both are busy preparing the Kite to fly in early morning breeze of Mahableshwar. Even my Mama Ramesh also relived his childhood and flew…

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Weddings SHAPE & STYLE (Chapter Four)

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Weddings SHAPE & STYLE (Chapter three)

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Weddings SHAPE & STYLE (Chapter two)

Avi’s wedding was unique in many ways: It was destination wedding. Destination wedding but not in any resort. In Bungalows of Sind Society, Aundh, Pune. We had played Movie on Screen in Bunglow garden! For first time we served Alcohol in wedding against Dad’s wishes. We had Engagement Party in ACTUAL FARM. With Sugarcane “Khet” backdrop on one side and three sides covered with Pundal, in…

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Weddings SHAPE & STYLE

Has wedding become a show business? Let’s start with 1960s. In those times, weddings were pious, traditional, simple personal (Family point of view) celebration. Less glamorous than today’s birthday parties! More than appearance, the feelings were paramount, happiness was prime focus, emotional outburst were frequent incidents. And of course bitching, criticizing and finding faults were also in…

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Weddings FOOD

We are having gala time in planning and planning and planning Chinky weddings. It is still two months away, but we are extremely busy and enjoying the process. And to add to this process, here I am ready with my blog on wedding. (Chinky Wedding blogs will come in future) Subject Wedding, Chapter Food. Weddings and Food. Wedding is very huge collection of various entertainment sources. Hands…

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War Time Experiences

3rd December 1971. I was just one month away from my 15th Birthday. On that day, two major incidents happened. One Pakistan declared war with India. Second, Monica Shyamlal Bathija was born in Parmar Nursing Home on road no 7, bang opposite Sindhi Building, in Ghatkopar. Why I am mentioning this? War, because we are now in full-fledged war with Pakistan. On 22nd April 2025, terrorists from…

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Food - Food - Food

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Mind Reading

hi….. I will venture into something challenging but entertaining. Yes, it is possible some may get offended, but I hope they will take this lightly and enjoy. All agree that reading the mind is a very difficult task. And specially so of the Ladies. Because they themselves do not know what they are thinking. Right. (All married men will not agree.) So here I am putting my neck under the blade and…

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Food and its links!!!!

Why one has very strong feelings, memory of attachment linked with food? And mind you not only our own experience, but the experience of others also. Say whenever CHEESE is noticed, mentioned or someone asks for its connect, I recall Bindiya feeding a small by small piece of cheese feeding Kabir. What physiology lies behind this? I think only Dhwani is qualified to answer that. This is the…

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Match Making

پيلو پالي We Indians believe in “Jodiyaan Uper wala Banake Bejta Hai”. Well, this statement is open to big debate. All I can say is that I have seen most unlikely couples, going through life happily. And the couples made by OUR selection going through life miserably. Of course this rule does not apply to every case, but the majority of cases, this statement is correct. Over the decades, how…

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Our Pet (TOMMY for me, THEO for everyone else)

This is something which I never imagined will happen in my life. Yeah. Kashyap proposed to buy a pet. I am not against the pets, No. We have kept two tortoises in Mumbai, whom we had named as Changu & Manghu. When we shifted to Pune, I dropped them in Sanyas Ashram Well. I presume They must be alive and must have grown big. Here in Pune also, we kept two tortoises whom Kabir had named after…

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Director Da Word Final

In a movie, what a director says is sacrosanct. His word is final, no superstar also can overrule it. What about director of life? Well, it is our director has the same privelage for life. When almighty says the word, no one can argue or contest his say. He calls you, you go. Only “Sati Savtri” of our Purana was able to revoke his decision about her husband. Today I am going to talk about the…

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Holi...Rangoon Ki Mahfel

Holi is one festival which I have seen my father participating very happily. Diwali was more or less like a protocol event, whereas Holi had no set formality. Lali & I are lucky to participate in Holi since mid 60’s! It is kind of record to continuously celebrate Holi so vigorously for last 60 years! It is color of festival, so present here some colourful pictures. In this picture from left are…

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Divine Help

Kashyap Story of 5th Sept 2024. We Dodeja Cousins (Manu-Maa-Lali, Sudha-Savi) of Pune had visited Mumbai to take part in Deepak Madhavdas Dodeja’s daughter Karishma “Godh Bharaye” function. Deepak & Family lives in Chennai, but Dodeja’s and his Nani side family is in Mumbai along with his daughter and Son-in-Law. So they planned this function in Mumbai. Function or say Pooja was done at home…

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Life in Shikarpur year 1925

How was day to day life just 100 years ago in 1925? How different it was? Was it similar as of today? Was it very nice and beautiful? Was it Comfortable? Questions whose answer is based on your outlook of life. For those who love luxurious life as per todays standard, it as hell. For those who are hardworking, enjoy being busy all day, love good night sleep, it was heaven. So without talking…

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Weddings: Yesterday & Today

(Disclaimer: Please do not take this as criticism of weddings of this era or past era. This is just an observation of two weddings in same family, same rituals, same family structure, similar set of relationships, (Not same people, as many are no more) within a gap of 44 years.) Some will say, you cannot compare two wedding 4.5 decades apart. Well to start with, this is not comparison, but a…