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Any Bread Pakora and Chai fans out here? ✋ Raise your hand if you also think this is the most beautiful sight in the world. Thank you. (I'm going to comment below myself and agree with myself, FYI) 🤪
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Context to this post: It's a rainy day in Dallas today! There's an almost 30 degrees dip in temperature. There's a high possibility of this #tablesituation turning into a reality today. I'm loving it! 💓
#breadpakoralover #rainydayfood #rainydayrituals
#girlinchiefcooks

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34 today. 🎉
Celebrating this magical life with a heart overflowing with more gratitude than ever. This life is already so much more than enough, and I know that so much more is yet to come.
And so I stand ajar, heart wide open, welcoming this ecstatic experience of being alive.
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I read this thing somewhere that said that you're not only 34 (or whatever age you're turning), you're also all of the other ages you've ever been, stacked like a Russian nesting doll inside of you. That feels pretty accurate. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here's to another year! 🍻
Thank you for all of it. 💞
#birthdaythoughts

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O C T O B E R 🎃🍂
There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.
#HelloOctober

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I'm very picky about my people. I'm very picky about a lot of things, but most definitely about my people. 😁
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Most of you would have heard of the saying that you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. But I feel it's not just the people. Everything that we interact with in a day affects us: the music we listen to, the places we spend time at, the conversations we have, the movies or books or TV shows we consume, and so much more, plus the relationships into which we put our time, energy and attention. So when we have the power to make a choice about what will be or will not be in our lives, I suggest using it consciously. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I hand pick my people and each of them inspires and nourishes me. They make me better.
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Choose your people wisely and with intention. Nourishing relationships enable you to feel seen, to feel safe, to feel a sense of belonging, to feel inspired, energized, supported, and loved.
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If you don't have this kind of relationship in your life right now, that's okay. It's a difficult place to be. The way to find them is to be the person YOU most want to be. Be authentic and live in your fullest expression. This REAL version of you is the one that will attract the friends and other important relationships that are the best fit for you.
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Keep coming home to yourself and eventually, you'll come home to your people too. 💞 PS: This picture of us dressed up in all our finery coz festive season in India has started and I don't want to feel left out on @instagram Haha 😆😝
Happy festivities! ♥️🎉

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In honor of #WorldTourismDay today, here's a picture from one of my most favorite places in the world - Jaipur, India. Did you know India is also the host country for World Tourism Day 2019? 🇮🇳
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Feeling eternally grateful on this day for all the opportunities to travel near and far. Travel has given me both joy and perspective. In a lot of ways, I feel I am what I am because of all the places I've been to and the experiences I've had in each of these places. Every time I travel, I come back anew!
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On this World Tourism Day, let's pledge to be responsible travelers. Let's be aware of the #globalclimatechange and try to leave a beautiful world for future travelers. Let's refuse single-use plastics whenever possible and recycle what cannot be avoided. When we meet new people, let's honor their home as we do our own and do so in a spirit of diversity and inclusion. Let's pledge not to ride animals that ought not to be ridden nor support animal cruelty. When we explore this planet, let's do our best to tread right. Travel. Enjoy. Respect. 🙏♥️
#GirlInChiefTravels
#TravelMatters

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DEAR NEW YORK,
I'll never get over you. ♥️
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#girlinchieftravels #throwbackthursday

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Sometime back when I posted this grocery haul (also my favorite kinda haul) picture on my Insta stories, a few friends who know we well DMed me asking how come there is no meat in my haul. To this I'll say:
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I'm a passionate carnivore. I love chicken, mutton, lamb, pork, seafood, beef, I'll say no to nothing. But I wanted to reduce my meat intake from doing every other night to once in a while. For my health and also as a second priority (we humans are selfish), for the environment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This year, at our home, we've transitioned to being vegetarian on all weekdays and doing meat on weekends (preferences have changed to seafood). 🥦🥬There's no contract in place so sometimes we do non-veg apart from the weekend too. Basically, it's a 80/20 scene (like most other things in my life). But from a time when meat felt like the only delicious thing in the world, I now find myself craving a kick-ass salad anytime. 🥗
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I'd love to tell you that this is that big secret that will change your life and save the planet from its ultimate decline, but I have no such magic to report here. It's just been something that feels good overall. Easier on the tummy, feeling lighter every night, good energy, better balance. There's more produce to explore at the market, more interesting food to try. And honestly, being vegetarian with Desi (Indian) food is so so easy. Happy heart, happy kitchen. 💛
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As with most other things in life, I've realized these are simple actions that just slowly pay out over time.
#girlinchieffitness
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PS: I save all my cooking adventures in my 'Cooking' highlights. 👩‍🍳
#girlinchiefcooks

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🍁 Fall. Is. Here. 🍁 The onset of autumn/fall for me means I can take a walk outside and feel the satisfaction of orange-hued leaves crunching beneath my lace-up boots. You're lying if you say you've never gone out of your way to step on a crunchy-looking leaf. 🍂🤓 Now, off to hang my fall wreath on the front door! Toodles! 🙂
#happyfirstdayoffall #autumnequinox

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"When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees, and some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn't get enough light, and so it turned that way, and you don't get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
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The minute you get near humans, you lose all that and you are constantly saying 'you are too this, or I'm too that.' That judgement mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees, which means appreciating them just the way they are." - @babaramdass
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Just pure yes for this! I'm learning this and putting it into practice every single awake moment. Not letting the judgement mind take over. Just looking at people, including myself, like I look at 🌳🌴 - with unconditional acceptance and love. Nature always has the best lessons for us. ♥️🙏🌲
#GirlInChiefTravels

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