First Diwali of my twins

Diwali is always close to my heart. I love this festival which bring happiness, lights and joyy! My happiness with my kids is increased four times now😍. Special diwali dated 24 October 2022!

Love to do cleaning specially deep cleaning every corner of my house,  Shopping till the last day, diya paintings, preparing sweets for my family and making ready to my kids. It is the most difficult task to make ready these 3 girls but I enjoyed it😉 

I am a family person and love to be surrounded by family. But due to many issue this year I am not going to my father's house for Bhaubeej 😒 video calls makes it easier. Greatful to the technology.

This time we have new member in our family and they are my twins😍❣️And this was our first diwali with my twins. They are 9 months old now, big enough - crossing these months not an easy task but yes, we crossed it happily with lots of stress - (Real life😐). After all this is my family and I wanted to have so I am really happy and blessed to have a lovely family. Sharing some diwali glimpse. 

We both never ever thought to have a such big family. My mother's blessing ! 🙏🏻

My valuable asset!☺

My pride, my saee❤

After so much cry we finally able to click to this little dolly.

Managed to drew this small and simple rangoli.

After a long time click a photo. 😇

And yes how can we forget the sweets 😉 FARAL.

And on this sweet note signing off.

Hope you like our diwali pics. Yes I know tradition is to keep it on whats app status when they are fresh. But this is our personal space - Memory Flies which stores lots of sweet memories. 

Still thank you for stopping by! 

With Love

Neeta 

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How to clean your house for Diwali

Diwali is the festival where we clean each and every corner of the house.  Cleaning is tidious job. But every one love to have clean and shiny room. It is  easier to have a cleaning but difficult task is to maintain.😀With twin baby it is quite difficult for me to clean each corner of my house but  I have lower down my standards of cleaning😜

According to the current state of my life I am happy as much as I can do. So here are the tips which I generally follow. Not for only diwali but for a seasonal deep Cleaning.

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Disclaimer : I am sharing my experience which might be helpful to you. This post is for them who are busy, have baby and do not able to clean up in one week.  

Sharing some simple tips for stress free cleaning. And you will not going to ended up with any doctor visits😑 (generally people fall sicks after cleaning).  I know, I am quite late for this post, but never mind !

Let's start the post. 

1. Break the task into little chunks : 

Instead of doing everything in one day try to divide the work in small chunks. This will not makes you tired and yes you will be not fall sick due to dust. 

2. Start early at least 1 month before: 

If you are doing this deep cleaning particularly for any festival then start early at least before 1 month. 

3. 30 minutes rule : 

Give 30 minutes only to clean up. This is my go to rule. Trust me it work best when you have little kids and your day is packed with so many to do list. While deep cleaning when you break the task in chunks then try to finish that small task in 30 minutes. 30 minutes is the minimum time. You may increase it but make sure you have to complete that particular task only. I ended up with other things if I do not allow myself to finish in 30 minutes.

4. Always clean your kitchen first: 

Yes, kitchen is the most difficult to clean up. Oily, greesy kitchen takes a lot of time for clean up. It will motivate us when we have clean kitchen. 

5. Give yourself a treat on completion of the particular room. Like an ice cream, cold coffee, cupcake or pizza anything which you like. 😜 Treat to banata hain na boss! 

Now the question is how to start ? 

Not to worry ! I am also a lazy person, so sharing the easiest way of cleaning which is working for me from last 5 years. 

Assign one week per room and pick up the time as per your convince.

Week 1 : Kitchen

Monday: 

Clean all containers, utensil which you use less frequently.

Tuesday : 

Clean fridge. Declutter sauce, packet food which is not in good condition or expired. Clean and wipe fridge. 

Wednesday : 

Clean trolley if you have. If you have stand like utensil stand, pantry stand, cup stand, clean everything. Declutter the utensils like cup, spoon, dish, bowls, etc which you are not using. Clean decorations if you have any. 

Thursday : 

Clean tiles, sockets, curtain and curtain stand, walls, kitchen towels, rugs, scrubs which we use specially for cleaning. Make sure to have a separate scrub for daily dish washing and for monthly cleaning.

Friday : Wipes all upper surfaces of kitchen cabinets. Clean kitchen platform and sink. And complete any leftover work from Monday. Because we give only 30 to 60 minutes for the cleaning.

Saturday : You have sparkle clean kitchen. Prepare some snack and enjoy movie time at home with your partner.😊

Week 2 : BEDROOMS

Monday :

Clean walls, upper surface of wardrobe, and fan. Wipe doors and windows.

Tuesday : 

Clean wardrobe and declutter clothes, bags, belts etc. Allow 30 to 60 minutes maximum.

Wednesday : 

Clean your purse, small bedside drawers, junk drawers. Clean curtains, bedsheets and blankets.

Thursday : 

Clean dressing table and study table. Declutter expired make up materials and old books, pens, colors and craft material.

Friday : Clean kids wardrobe.

Saturday : 

You have clean bedrooms. Take help of your kids to clean up their things. Give an ice cream treat to yourself and kids too. 😜

Week 3 : Living Room

Monday : 

Clean and wipes walls, fan , lights, curtains, door and windows.

Tuesday : 

Clean book shelf and toy cupboard. Declutter and organize in simple way so that each thing can be accessible to kids. 

Wednesday : 

Clean TV unit and shoe racks. Declutter if any unnecessary things taking space over there. 

Thursday : 

Clean dining table and crockery unit. Declutter the broken crockery which you  still keep only because of emotions.

Friday : 

Deep clean bathroom and toilets if needed a deep cleaning.

I generally don't need to do any deep clean of bathrooms because I am having a habit to deep clean on every Monday.

Plus have a habit to clean trash cans twice in a week. 

 

Saturday : Yeeaa! You have clean home. Now it is time for Diwali shopping. Enjoy 😜

You can do it as per your comfort level. Finish task in 2 days or in a week. This is the way where you can deep clean each corner of your house neatly without rush and stress. 

Week 4  : Start your diwali sweet preparations. 

We used to prepare our diwali sweet with whole family. In the same way ask your kids and husband to help you in sweet preparations. 

Hussshhhh!! The biggest diwali saafsafai is finally done. ☺☺ Enjoy your diwali with your family and friends.

Wishing you all Happy Diwali in advance. 

Comment below how do you clean your house? You do it by yourself ? Or by Urban clap people 😁?

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HOLI 2020 (Celebration at Western Dance Studio)

Memories are built by the special moment which we spent together with a loved one. We don't remember the days but yes we always remember the person, the feelings with we enjoy every precious moment.  These small memories always bring smiles on our faces.😊

We are blessed to have such friendship among us and despite we are in different age groups but have one thing is common in us AND that one is CRAZINESS.😍😎

It is always best to have crazy friends to do all utpatang😉 things ! And I am blessed to have them. No matter how busy we are but when we called each other for such silly enjoyment we all gather together on a toe, right girls?

We don't need any reason for celebration. Whenever we get a chance we all are ready to mingle together.  Indeed, there is the weekend of two festivals one is “ Women’s Day" and the other one is "Holi” so how can we miss this chance.

We are charged ourselves to have the fun on our trail with our small kiddos.  Love to be small again with our kids and enjoyed some silly games too. 

Holi is one of the best festival among all festivals which is celebrated throughout India united, without having any difference in caste, religion, and gender. From the small kids to the old adults, each one enjoys this festive with full of joy and colours. All of you already aware of how we are celebrating before - Holi in class, school, college, office, workplace, etc. 

I hope this CORONA VIRUS allows our Indian to have this festival celebration.

We have the small one in our silly way.  

We don't know whether our societies will have “HOLI CELEBRATION” or not but we don't want to waste this time and got ready with some color and lots of chocolates. Let me share some Holi celebration glimpse from our dance crew. The sad thing is our king was absent, but we enjoyed every bit of it.

Wishing all of you a very HAPPY and COLOURFUL HOLI.

Wishing all gorgeous women's there  " A HAPPY WOMEN's DAY"  in advance. 

Stay Happy and cheerful always!

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti 2019

"VISHWABHUSHAN"

"THE FATHER OF THE MODERN INDIA", 

"THE ARCHITECT OF THE CONSTITUTION"

"THE SYMBOLE OF KNOWLDEGE"

"ECONOMIST"

"VISHWRATNA"

 many more....!!! 
After thinking 1000 of times finally I am ready to write a post on this topic. I am very tiny creature who could not able to write anything for him. Because of him, today I am an educated independent woman. 

A HUMBLE GRATITUE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!🙏🙏🙏

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14th April is the Annual Festival which is celebrated by the people all over India and world. It marks "BIRTH ANNIVERSARY" of BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR.

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What should I write ? People from our community knows each and everything about him. If you really want to thankful to him....." DO FOLLOW HIS WORD FOR YOURSELF NOT TO SHOW OFF TO THE SOCIETY"

It is "HE", because of who "TODAY WE HAVE A SPACE IN THIS SOCIETY" DO NOT FORGET THIS, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ACT SHOULD NOT DISRESPECT  HIM"

But the sad thing that "YES, TILL TODAY IN SOME PLACES UNTOUCHABILITY IS PRACTICE, STILL THE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO ENTER IN A TEMPLE. THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER. WE ARE STILL NOT GET HIGHER POST IN OFFICES.

I had an experience of this till in 2019. I hope that will change one day. 

Anyway, I am herewith sharing with you how we celebrate this festival. Because there are many people who still do not know why and how this festival is celebrated. This is one of the biggest festival for us. There are various kind of celebration carried out on this day to give out the tribute to Dr. Ambedkar. I am sharing with you how celebration is carried out from 12.00 am of the previous day up to 10.00pm on next day. 

Celebration began from 13th April @ 12.00 am. Ambedkar Jayanti procession carried out by his followers in each state, each region and each galli. (lane).

Procession preceded by dhol- tasha music, blue coloured flag, The truck is decorated with flowers , garland on the photo frames of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Songs were played in praise of Ambedkar. Every single followers with 'WHITE COLOURED OUTFIT"gathered at the statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar for prayer meet.

The celebration of this festival at home is also a unique. Those who are not able to join the procession, can do the prayer at home at 12.00 a.m. sharp. We used to do from our childhood.

Next day, Rangoli is drawn in front of the door and we girls love to have mehandi.😊

We always make a sweet dish.Some people also host the blue coloured flag on the gallery or window. Kheer with Puri is essential meal that every home have on this day.

There are lots of programmes are carried out in each society, banks, offices....almost everywhere. 

You will got to see this kind of hoarding all over India.

Programme of the day 

Medical camp on this day followed with Prayer Meet.

drawing competition for small kiddos.....

Also each society have some orchestra, dance and music competition too. It is been so long, the way we celebrated in our childhood, it is the same way we still celebrated and this will be continue to the next generation.

My appeal to everyone :
 KEEP THE Gratitude AND RESPECT TO OUR FATHER "DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR".
TRY TO TRANSFER THE SAME WITH OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, BUT DO NOT TRANSFER THE "HATE" TOWARDS OTHER RELIGION. DO TRY TO SPREAD ONLY "LOVE" WHATEVER IS THE SITUATION.

THEN ONLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING PEACE IN THE SOCIETY. 
FOLLOW BUDDHISIM...!!

Share your celebration pic and valuable thoughts in the comment section below.

Happy Holi

Happy Holi to all my readers.

the famous festival celebrated all over India in the month of March- symbolized the start of the spring, end of winter, fun-filled festival of colour, freedom to enjoy, victory of good over evil.

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Do burn your all evil deeds and thoughts on this Holika Dahan and start your life with new blessing and mindful. That is what the Holika Dahan teaches us. The historical story suggests the same thing - victory of good over evil. Teach your kids to be kind with everyone which is strongly needed in these days. You know where is our kids generation is going towards? Today’s generation are only self centric and self oriented. Do try to give your kids a good thought and teach them how to be good with everyone.

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We always waiting for this festival to spray gulal and colour powder, to dance, to sing, to roam around in our colony, to throw colour filled balloon,  to mingle with coloured faces, to be a small child again, to forgive every evil things and everyone, to start happy fun filled relationship, aren’t  we?

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Rituals are differing state by state but celebrations are unique. The unique thing which we love is throwing colour powder and having red, pink, purple faces. We women make toil and roaming throughout the colony, applying colour on cheeks and greet by saying “HAPPY HOLI”…….right 😉Who love this ? Comment down.

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Let’s come to the main highlight of the Holi and that is “SWEET DELICACY”, the mouth watering sweets prepared by each house. Yes or no Momssss….? Depending on each state, culture and rituals there are different types of delicacy prepared.  In Maharashtra it is celebrated by making Puranpoli and Katachi Amti on Holika Dahan and on coloured holi we used to have spicy Mutton 😋. 

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In UP sweet dishes like Malpuva prepared whereas in Rajstahn Gujiyas are made with khoya or coconut stuffing. Some prepared sweet shakkarpara and Bhang. Thandai, the most popular HOLI staple which is made by readymade mixes, with cold milk flavoring with almonds and spices, yum..yum…!! Have you taste it?

Thandai

Without puranpoli Holi celebration is incomplete. But still want to try out Holi Recipe. 

I tried sweet Malpuva, though my daughter does not like sweet at all except shankarpali. Still I want to try this new recipe. It is my version, as I like to keep it simple. I am very lazy person and don’t like to try complicated recipe. 

Firstly dissolve the jaggary with water and cooled down this mixture. 

Choopped dry fruits.  Add freshly coconut piece too. I did not have at the time of making. 

I used natural Maida, my first step towards organic.

Then slowly add 1 cup of maida, 1 tablspoon of semolina, little bit saunf, cardamom powder, mix well. Add milk according to the consistency and mix well. Make sure there are no lumps. 

Fry them on low to medium heat in oil one by one. 

It tastes amazing when dipped in sugar syrup with Rabadi in authentic way.  I love it without syrup because I am also not having sweet tooth.

I made very small shape to make it kid friendly. Always trying a new recipe so that I can able to feed my kid as much as possible. Yup….but the sad thing is she does not like because it is sweet and having chunky bites of dry fruits😔, I think  need to try some spicy version. Do you have any ideas?

How many of you mumma’s try out new recipe for your kids? Does that hit or flop?

Unique gift ideas for Haldi Kumkum

As soon as Makarsankranti is over, you will start getting invitation for Haldi Kumkum. This is the social gathering of married women for exchange of Haldi and Kumkum for the long life of their respective husbands. Haldi means yellow turmeric powder and Kumkum is Red turmeric powder or vermillion, it is symbol of married women. It is a Hindu festival hostess by a married woman for married women. All women gather together, exchange haldi kumkum along with tilgul – sweet laddo made by til and jaggery and give (vaan) small return gift too.

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History: (Info from goggle) …This haldi kumkum started from the Peshwa (Maratha Ruler) Maharashtra State. Queen of the Peshwa invite other married women for this ceremony. All married women exchange haldi kumkum and prayed to the God for the long life of their husband. The queen also gave all this women a beautiful sari and with blouse piece and coconut and grain of rice. The tradition started from this period and it is still followed by all Maharashtrian women during all the auspicious day like marriage, baby shower or namkaran of baby etc. 

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Anyway the topic is the unique gift idea for this haldi kumkum ceremony – so I am giving you the ideas which are pocket friendly. We usually host the event and invite many friends. It is very difficult to choose the most beautiful gift. So I am there to help you out.

I am categorized this gift item as per our (women’s) requirement. So let’s start -

Kitchen items: if your guest list is more than 50 and your budget is low then try to give some useful items of kitchen.

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1.  Juicer: It cost (small one) around 60 to 75 /- which is also    very good gift item.

2.  Steel vessels: Steel is always a healthy, so try to give out anything of steel in smaller size. The gift items are like steel bowl, glass, oil container, spoon, small plate, spatula, cheese grater, strainer, steel container for spices etc.

3. Beverage item: Try to give small sachet of Tea, coffee, oats, corn flex etc.

Bathroom items: These are most consuming product which we can offer as a gift-

1.       Small jugs or mugs used in bathroom

2.       Soap dispenser

3.       Small size soap and shampoo(there are many variety)

4.       Dishwasher packet or hand wash packet.

5.       Small size Colgate packets

6.       Rugs or brush

Yup….it looks funny but tries to give out some useful items which are in our budget. I used to get all this things.

Makeup Category: We women love to do make up..!! So why should not give any make up related gift items? But make sure it should be of a nice quality. If budget is no issue then you can gift the items which are made for specially travels.

1.       Oil container.

2.       Talcum powder in small packets of any brand.

3.       Lotion or moisturizers.

4.       Kajal and bangles specially kadas.

5.       Nail Polish or Lip Pencils.

6.       Comb: try to give out the wooden one.

7.       Clutches or tic- tac pins or hair bands.

8.       Small Mirror.

9.       Face wash or face pack sachet.

The list will be going on. Do try to give out the best as you can.

Next will be some more realistic gift items which one really liked by everyone.

1. Recipe Book: you can give out small recipe book including all cousins.

2. Photo Album: Go online you can get a number of varieties of small photo albums.

3. Photo Frame: There are so many website or local shops too which provide very beautiful photo frames. 

4. Bags: Bags are the most favorite items of our, yes or no mommies? There are so many varieties of items in bags like – sling bags, potali bags, clothes bags specially made up of Sarri borders, small coin bags, and small mobile holders which is made up of woolen etc.

5. Last but not the list you can give out the pot with Tulsi plant. This is one of the unique gifts which look precious but it cost nothing to our pocket.

I hope all mommies; you can get the ideas for gift items. Do let me know what gift items you pick for your haldi kumkum ceremony. Don’t forget to send me beautiful images of yours.

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