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  • Straight From My Art – Henna Designing

    Posted by mykidneybeans on November 17, 2022November 18, 2022

    As far as I can remember, I always loved applying henna on my hands. I enjoy the cool tingling on my palms that settles as the henna dries, absorbing your body heat and cooling you …

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  • Straight From My Art – Heart Dreamcatcher

    Posted by mykidneybeans on October 12, 2022October 22, 2022

    As I mentioned in my last post, I got a unique opportunity to send my artwork to my sister. She was going to meet up with my niece as well so I further used the …

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  • Straight From My Art – Playful Ganpati

    Posted by mykidneybeans on October 12, 2022October 14, 2022

    My sister’s favourite God is the gentle elephant-headed God who we invoke before we embark upon anything auspicious or important, be it an exam, a new job, a new house, or a wedding in the …

    Life Happens
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  • mykidneybeans Turns Six

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

    When I look back at the stats and insights in WordPress, I am both humbled and surprised how far I’ve come in this journey of six years. At some point I crossed 200 posts, 400 …

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  • Straight from my Art – Workshop 14 – The Hummingbird

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 17, 2022

    While browsing through Pinterest, I found this beautiful hummingbird zentangle that I instantly wanted to attempt. I even sketched it out months ago but real life intervened and this stayed on the back burner for …

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  • When I Wrote Letters to Appa

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 11, 2022September 11, 2022

    Today is Appa’s 85th birth anniversary. Thirteen years ago, he left us after a valiant battle with cancer. Towards the end of that same year, I began to put my thoughts around this phase of …

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  • Straight From My Art – Workshop 13 – Mango Mandala

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 6, 2022

    I came across this mandala design on Instagram and fell in love with the intricate patterns. My sisters loved it too and we all decided to attempt it in our own time and pace. I …

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  • What I Learnt From Amma

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 5, 2022

    Those who know me or have been reading my blog posts about Appa know I place him on a pedestal and credit him for the person I am today. When you have such a larger-than-life …

    Life Happens
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  • When Love Came in a Green Bucket

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 26, 2022

    When I was born in the 70s, my grandmother whom we affectionately addressed as “Andhamai” came to live with us in Bombay to support my parents. With the addition of me in the family, we …

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  • Straight From My Art – Workshop 12 – Dancing Lady Mandala

    Posted by mykidneybeans on February 26, 2022

    A little late for the time of the year this usually falls in, but we came across this wonderful representation of a lady dressed up in traditional ghaghra-choli garb, dandiya in her hands, ready to …

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