august was a busy month! work was crazy [standard practice these days], my family came, and balaji got married. below are my favourite photos from the month.
love me some bhel puri. bangalore, india. august 2015.commercial street on a saturday evening. bangalore, india. august 2015.rural karnataka. august 2015.momos! bangalore, india. august 2015.the view from the moodalpalya center. bangalore, india. august 2015.delicious ragi mudde lunch. bangalore, india. august 2015.the view from begur. bangalore, india. august 2015.i dream about having more of these rainy days. bangalore, india. august 2015.amazing stationery shop on commercial street. bangalore, india. august 2015.meals at kamat make my stomach happy. mysore road, india. august 2015.love getting to stop here for lunch. mysore road, india. august 2015.souvenir shops, india-style. maddur, india. august 2015.gifts from my parents because they are awesome. bangalore, india. august 2015.they also brought me all these books. i think i’ll keep them. bangalore, india. august 2015.with my beautiful mother. coimbatore, india. august 2015.with my nephew. can’t believe how big he is. coimbatore, india. august 2015.with two of my favourites. coimbatore, india. august 2015.preparing to feed 2000+ people. coimbatore, india. august 2015.i might have an obsession with mehendi. coimbatore, india. august 2015.mommy and i got mehendi. coimbatore, india. august 2015.cousins reunited. coimbatore, india. august 2015.my favourite lunch is one served on a banana leaf. coimbatore, india. august 2015.loved having some good brother-time last month. coimbatore, india. august 2015.ready to get married! coimbatore, india. august 2015.with balaji after his turban ceremony. so happy for him and aarthi! coimbatore, india. august 2015.
september brings with it lots of upcoming holidays: ganesh chaturthi in a few weeks followed by two long weekends in a row. i am taking advantage and heading to sri lanka for 8 days at the end of the month!
Sorry for the delay in responding as I needed to get the list of all the books I currently have sitting in my house:
The Old Devils [Kingsley Amis]
Disgrace [JM Coetzee]
Oscar & Lucinda [Peter Carey]
I Am Malala [Malala Yousafzai]
A Visit From the Goon Squad [Jennifer Egan]
The Dante Club [Matthew Pearl]
The Opposite of Loneliness [Marina Keegan]
Love Walked In [Marisa de los Santos]
The Year of Magical Thinking [Joan Didion]
The House of the Seven Gables [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia [Mohsin Hamid]
The Great Railway Bazaar [Paul Theroux]
Before You Know Kindness [Chris Bohjalian]
Dubliners [James Joyce]
The Diary of a Young Girl [Anne Frank]
Sister of My Heart [Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]
Born to Run [Christopher McDougall]
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History [Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]
The Bone People [Keri Hulme]
Building A Better Teacher [Elizabeth Green]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings [Maya Angelou]
The Scarlet Letter [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
The Argumentative Indian [Amartya Sen]
I definitely have my work cut out for me! Have you read any of the ones in my list?
queen veen on the scene 
Wow…I really liked your all sarees and mehandi ..! whr did u buy those from?
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Thank you! My aunt actually purchased the sarees, but I have a feeling they are all from a store called Mahaveers — their selections are extensive! 🙂
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Which books you bought? can you share the titles…?
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Sorry for the delay in responding as I needed to get the list of all the books I currently have sitting in my house:
The Old Devils [Kingsley Amis]
Disgrace [JM Coetzee]
Oscar & Lucinda [Peter Carey]
I Am Malala [Malala Yousafzai]
A Visit From the Goon Squad [Jennifer Egan]
The Dante Club [Matthew Pearl]
The Opposite of Loneliness [Marina Keegan]
Love Walked In [Marisa de los Santos]
The Year of Magical Thinking [Joan Didion]
The House of the Seven Gables [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia [Mohsin Hamid]
The Great Railway Bazaar [Paul Theroux]
Before You Know Kindness [Chris Bohjalian]
Dubliners [James Joyce]
The Diary of a Young Girl [Anne Frank]
Sister of My Heart [Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]
Born to Run [Christopher McDougall]
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History [Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]
The Bone People [Keri Hulme]
Building A Better Teacher [Elizabeth Green]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings [Maya Angelou]
The Scarlet Letter [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
The Argumentative Indian [Amartya Sen]
I definitely have my work cut out for me! Have you read any of the ones in my list?
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It all looks so tasty, you’re making me hungry!
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We have no shortage of delicious food in Bangalore! My friends in the States always get so mad at me for posting all these photos 🙂
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