A Cup of Ni

Whether you have 1 child or 2, whether you are working or nonworking, whether you live in a nuclear family or a joint family, Me-time seems non existing for mothers. But after experiencing the joy of motherhood for 10 years I have figured out ways to oxygenate myself in between. Here are a few tips to take out self-time, no matter how tight the schedule is.  If you have 1-5 min at your disposal Drink a relaxing drink- Lemonade being my fav. Practice breathing: Anulom-Vilom ( Smell the flowers - Blow the candles, Smell the flowers-Blow the candles) Take your Vitamins Give yourself a refreshing Face wash Hug your child-Trust me, this is the most refreshing thing of them all. If you have 5-10 min at your disposal Call your Friends - I do this most of the time Add those extra mins to your shower time Listen to your fav songs. Change the wallpaper/ringtone of your phone Read an informative blog If you have 10-30 min at your disposal Trim/Water your plants Clean something or rearrange y...

I am sure all of us entertain some or the other guests very often. Some guests are there to stay and some just visit and leave. This blog post is dedicated to those guests who are visiting you overnight. Every time i am planning a stay over for my friends or relatives i want to play the perfect host aka Monica   ( for those who are F.R.I.E.N.D.S   follower , they would know ). Therefore i try to provide all little things of need in the guest's room .  Here are  a few handy things i have learnt over the years ... 1. Always ..always and always have an extra  comforter ready. 2. Put 1-2 water bottles at the guest's bedside. Trust me,they would feel really awkward getting up and wandering in house at midnight  for water.  3. Put extra rolls of toilet papers in washrooms ( especially if your guests are visiting from outside India). 4.Make sure to throw in an extra laundry basket for guests room. Well these are few things that i follow.  I would like...

  F or a very long time my heroes were Superman, Iron Man, Wonder Woman and all people having superpowers. But that was then. Today I am all grown up to understand the world better First question that pops up in my mind is: Why do we need a Hero ? We need them as they save us in difficult situations like war, alien attacks, nuclear explosions etc. They also inspire us to be hardworking, strong, creative and sharp minded. Now in this pandemic when we need these heroes the most, we don’t see Superman or Iron man flying in the sky and protecting all of us. But somebody is taking our care. Guess who? Yes, you are right, it’s our Doctors, Nurses, P harmacist, Soldiers and Teachers. They are the real Heroes in disguise today. Let me tell you why- Doctors : As they risk their lives still coming to hospitals to cure us. Nurses : As they are giving vaccines even if they are at open risk of getting that disease. Pharmacist : As they are always there to provide you the best a...

Amazon India has planned to launch Amazon Academy for JEE ( Joint entrance exam for engineering colleges) aspirants.It provides curated learning material, live lectures and comprehensive study materials for Mathematics, chemistry and Physics. The beta version of Amazon Academy will be free of cost and will be available at  Google Play Stores .The Academy will also hold scheduled mock tests - AIMT (All India Mock Tests) at regular intervals. They will help the aspirants know where they stand with an All India Rank of these mock tests and analyse their subject wise preparations. AIMT is conducted for both Class 11th and Class 12 th. All learning material has been designed by expert faculty from across the country.Students will have a real time doubt clearing sessions as well. The subscribers will get daily tips, shortcuts and mnemonics for better question solving  Hurry up !! this Content is currently available for free and will continue to be for next few months.

This is a totally chaotic and crazy time. No one knows how long this is going to last.And No one knows what to do in the extra time which has been suddenly given to them. Especially   kids. There are so many little-little things which we would have  never focused upon , had there been no Corona situation . Cooking and baking was never so much fun, playing Scrabble and Ludo and was never on our daily charters,reading books was a long forgiven passion for few people....and so on. But thanks to ..*, all these joys are back in our lives. Today i would like to contribute ,by sharing what i keep my kids and family busy in. Dance your heart out- There is no better way to exercise. It is fun cum fitness in the same platter. Whether or not you are a fan of dancing, give it a try.  Give a spiritual lessons to kids - With so much time at disposal, i planned to teach few religious stories and narrations to my kids this year. In fact i made them learn few Shloks, which definitely...

Picture Credits to my sweetheart daughter who drew this for me :) On this cloudy Wednesday, when i have nothing special to do, lets talk bout "What are we secretly good at ?"...AND yes, we are not talking bout the regular stuff like cooking , sports or arts...THAT everyone would know, the fun here is to talk bout the things which are weirdos in their own sense. "I am quick at finding tiny things" , announced my daughter proudly when she found my lost earring .She is actually good at movies too, she can guess out the name of the song and movie by just listening to a song for a second, which i strangely suck at. I would listen to a complete song, then also if the movie name strikes , it would be a big deal 😃 "Secretly,I can impersonate people's walk", says my dear friend. Well, that never came up before i heard it. And now it is a valid talent too " I am awesome in biting my toe nails and no one can guess was it a nail cutter o...

This winter, we started watching our much awaited ,T.v show - " Grey's Anatomy ". By the end of 5th season we have already seen a lot of people dying and a lot being born and moving ahead in their lives as it comes. Knowingly or Unknowingly these things linger around on the top level of your brain the whole day. and one fine day the strangest thing happened..... while walking the road to pick my kid up from her bus stop...i let my thoughts wander ; and out of the blue, this voice loudly shouted in my ears" Cross the road carefully, You have to take care of your family...be careful" But , that was a scary part. Where are u, just nowhere, what have u achieved yet...just nothing...And if not taken care ..it would be over? On a regular day, for no particular reason , my mind has wrapped around death for the first time and i momentarily panicked. I would be turning 35 this year, and this is not one of the midlife crisis moment. Have you felt like this ...