MyBandra visited Khadi Fest on Irla Road, opposite Alpha Shopping Center (suburbs favourite mobile shopping location!!). It has the usual handicrafts, ceramic items, cotton and khadi clothes, Khadi Sarees, terracotta pottery and some Ayurvedic / Herbal products. Pictures from the Khadi Fest are here:

An interesting display at the Khadi Fest Was this model of the “Charkha” that is suppose to generate electricity while weaving khadi. This is a great subject for the “Swadesh 2″ :-). Shah Rukh Khan- are you listening? We tried to ask more about this display but strangely no one knew much about it.

Asim Khan and his amazing collection of SandalWood products.

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  Diwali is the most awaited festival which brings together family, friends and loved ones.  It is an  occasion for gifting to convey love and care to your near and dear ones. We all want our Diwali gifts to be graceful, elegant and expressive enough to convey our Diwali greetings and wishes. 

The entire family gets busy buying gifts and preparing for Diwali. Sisters like to buy gifts for their brothers on the occasion of Bhai Duj and brothers are also on a look out for something special for their sisters. Friends love to share the joy of Diwali with exclusive gifts.

MyBandra has some tips for buying gifts this Diwali.

Take into account the age, likes, dislikes while choosing presents for close family and friends. Giving a personalized present will make the joy of receiving a gift double.

Try and look for artistic yet useful gift appropriate for Diwali. Set of bowls, exclusive glasses or any cutlery is a good and useful.

Don’t make distance an excuse to reach your dear ones with the gift. Your visit makes the gift even more special than getting it delivered through your driver.

Of course  you can very well choose the online gift option to reach your loved ones staying far away.

Gift wrapping is an art and an  attractively wrapped gift always makes an impact. Markets are full with festive decorative papers and other wrapping ideas.

Corporate gifts should be the ones which conjures up the company’s vision and therefore should be of superlative quality. So plan well in advance before you place an order.

Markets are flooded with the highly trendy and stylish gift articles. All you need to do is to spend some time making a list of people you want buy gifts for and then spending time at the right place to pick up the right gifts.

MyBandra shares some Diwali gift ideas

Candles, Scented candles, floating candles

This Diwali fill up your loved ones house with a  nice fragrance by gifting the best of candles. Usually these candles carry some images or design on them like a sunflower, diya or some cracker. These  candles come in different shapes and sizes also. Only look for those candles, which are made up of high quality wax so that they can burn for hours to keep conveying your diwali greetings.

Diwali Gift Hampers

Amazingly crafted attractive Diwali gift hamper is the bright choice for enjoying the blissful celebration. You can make your own or can go for ready made hampers, which consist of chocolates, Lord Ganesha statue, diya, dry fruits etc.

Silver Gifts

Silver Gifts are the traditional gifts for the occasion of Diwali. These are available in huge variety and trendiest of designs at the time of Diwali Festival. Lakshmi - Ganesh Silver coins besides crockery items and small silver showpieces are quite popular as Diwali Gifts.

     Diamond / Gold Gifts

Bejewel the moments of Diwali festival with the ravishing, elegant diamond gifts. Diamond studded pendant, necklace, ring, are intricately designed to glitter the festive occasion.

Decorative Items

Home decoration pieces are something which people might not buy for themselves but love to receive as gifts. Diwali is the time to make new beginnings, so spruce up the place of your closed ones with resplendent charisma of wall hangings, wooden sculptures, metal lantern etc.

   Dry Fruits

People love to receive Dry Fruits on Diwali. The advantage with Dry Fruits is that they can be stored for long periods of time besides you don’t have to bother about the specific taste of the person as in the case of sweets. Dry Fruits are relished with joy in the winter season that is approaching at the time of Diwali.

     Chocolates

 If you are not in favour of usual mithai which needs be  consumed within 4/5 days, be different this Diwali by gifting the special Home made chocolates specially packed in beautiful trays or colourful festive packing.

  Sweets

No Festive season is complete without relishing your taste buds with delicious mithai like gulab jamun, soan papdi, rasgulla, barfi. The perfect treat for all gourmets, you can present sweets in case you are not able to decide on anything else.

Happy Gifting and Happy Diwali !

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Kalsaria: Rare Diamonds - a trusted name in the diamond industry launched their designer showroom near Tavaa Restaurant on Turner Road, Bandra West on the auspicious  day of Dasherra.

Existence has baffled many. Time  space and the depth of the woman’s heart. Could we ever fathom. Though the distance may never be traversed. The odyssey is eventful. Because if the end is infinity the beginning is rare diamond…….

                 The highlight of the store is stunning rare diamond jewelry along with a huge range of beautiful earrings, bracelets, bangles, rings, etc. Rare diamonds, as the name suggests, are the world’s most rare and highly sought after diamonds.

Rare Diamonds are usually diamonds of slight tint or color that makes them “rare” and special.

The pink diamond is the world’s most rare and valuable diamond. The Argyle mine is the world’s foremost source of unrivalled intense pink diamonds. The legend of Argyle pink diamond has grown over the past ten years. At the 1989 Christie’s auction in New York a 3.14 carat Argyle pink sold for $1,510,000. Privately, Argyle has sold pink diamonds for up to $1 million a carat. Champagne diamonds are naturally coloured diamonds that are produced in a wide range of colours from light straw to rich cognac. Fancy blue diamonds are available in a wide range of shades, from the blue of the sky to a more “steely” colour than sapphire. Fancy yellow diamonds come in a broad range of shades ranging from light yellow to a rich canary colour. Fancy green diamonds are also available. Usually, penetration of the colour is not very deep and is often removed during the fashioning of the stone. Rare Diamonds are key attractions at International Auctions and go for Astronomical Amounts.

Rare blue diamond smashes auction record, sells for nearly $8M: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/rare-blue-diamo.html

Rare yellow diamond to go under hammer in Hong Kong

So if rare things excite you, Kalsaria’s new Rare Diamond Jewelry Store in Bandra is the place for you. The entire collection is very stylish catering to trendy and select discerning customers.

Do check out this very tastefully designed store and don’t forget to carry your high limit credit card as you are surely to like something.

Leena

SO WHATS COOKING TONIGHT….

If you are living in Bandra, you can cook food from any part of the world.

Want to make some Chinese or Thai food? All the required vegetables are available at your neighbourhood vegetable vendor. You can find essentials like bak choy, shitake mushrooms, snow peas, zucchini, Chinese cabbage, Chinese ginger, bamboo shoot and lemon grass without a problem.

Is a yummy salad on the menu tonight? Green lettuce, iceberg lettuce, avocado, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers and salad leaves are on hand.

In the mood for Italian food? You will find fresh herbs like basil, thyme and oregano along with parsley and celery to add that zing to the pasta or spaghetti at the corner vegetable guy.

The enterprising vegetable vendors in Bandra do brisk business in all kinds of non-traditional vegetables.  It is not difficult to find any exotic vegetable required in your recipe here.

The same can be said about fruits. We in Bandra can buy a whole range of fruits from around the globe. Big reddish apples from Washington share shelf space with bright red apples from New Zealand. Huge purple grapes  from China are offered along with kiwi fruit and large maroon plums. Even the lowly banana now has competition from China. Big, bright yellow Chinese bananas are now displayed. In fact, I had never heard of a fruit called pomelo before I came to live in Bandra. But you can find pomelos at the fruit wallah at Pali market.

It is another matter that you need a fat wallet to be able to buy these offerings. But still it is nice to know that should one want a change from dal-chawal-bhaji routine, all those ingredients mentioned in the recipe are easily accessible in Bandra. 

Sangeeta Almeida

Few above mentioned vegetables available in Bandra.

Bak Choy                            Basil                                bamboo shoot               Cherry tomato

Chinese Cabbage              Ice berge latuce              Chinese Ginger                    Origano

Lemon Grass                          Parsely                          Shitake Mashrooms              Snow Peas

 Thyme                         Zucchini                                       Broccoli                        Belle pepper

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Bandra shops are all set with their MARATHI nameplates.

Have a look.

Leena

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