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Discovering New Places To Visit in Bombay: Mazagaon and Khotachiwadi

Discovering New Places To Visit in Bombay: Mazagaon and Khotachiwadi

I seem to spend so much of my time these days either at home working or going to the same places to meet friends, that I’d almost forgotten about the joy of discovering new places to visit in Mumbai. So

Rakhee Ghelani January 13, 2015 Christianity, Hindu, India, Mumbai, Muslim, Travel 5 Comments Read more

Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai: The Lalbagh Walk

Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai: The Lalbagh Walk

Ganpati or Ganesh Chaturthi would have to be one of the biggest festivals in Mumbai. The festival is in honour of Lord Ganesha, who is the remover of obstacles. A Ganesh statue is traditionally installed in the home, or in

Rakhee Ghelani August 27, 2014 Culture, Divinity, Hindu, India, Mumbai, Uncategorized, worship 1 Comment Read more

The Big Fat Indian Wedding : The Engagement

The Big Fat Indian Wedding : The Engagement

This is the third part of The Big Fat Wedding, you can find the rest here: Introduction Pre-Wedding Rituals Shaadi Time Bright and early on a Tuesday morning the Engagement ceremonies began. The timing of these are generally dictated by

Rakhee Ghelani March 7, 2014 australia, Culture, Hindu, India, Uncategorized, Wedding, worship 4 Comments Read more

Mumbai Film Festival

I love a good film festival.  In Melbourne I would always go to the International Film Festival that came to town each year. For someone who is not so creative, I seem to have a lot of friends who are

Rakhee Ghelani October 29, 2012 Art, australia, hindi, India, Uncategorized, Women 4 Comments Read more

Navratri in Mumbai

Navratri in Mumbai

Navratri is a festival that is celebrated around October every year (its actual dates are lunar).  In line with its meaning the festival goes for “nine nights”.  I must confess, I don’t know much about the technicalities of why Navratri

Rakhee Ghelani October 25, 2012 Culture, Hindu, India 7 Comments Read more

Life in the Indian village

I was fortunate enough to spend my Christmas and New Year break with friends in a small village in the Punjab.  Getting to experience the true village life is not something an outsider gets to do usually. In some places

Rakhee Ghelani January 9, 2012 Education, expat, India, Poverty, Travel, Uncategorized 10 Comments Read more

Orchha: Celebrating Dussehra Madhya Praddesh Style

Navratri is a Hindu festival that means 9 nights and is a celebration of the Goddess Durga as Autumn begins (at least in very simplistic terms). For me growing up in Australia, Navratri was the time of year we gathered

Rakhee Ghelani October 21, 2011 Divinity, expat, Gujarat, Hindu, India, Travel, Uncategorized, worship 4 Comments Read more

Raksha Bandhan… My Day

This weekend was Raksha Bandhan. It is a festival where a sister ties a Rakhi (which is like a wristband made from coloured thread and beads), around her brother’s wrist.  This is to wish him prosperity. In return, her brother

Rakhee Ghelani August 15, 2011 australia, Divinity, expat, Gujarat, hindi, India, Women, worship 4 Comments Read more

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