Crochetkari: A New Year and a New Home

Thursday 29 January 2015

A New Year and a New Home

Namaste friends. Wishing you a very
~*~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ~*~

 A Big Thank You to my regular readers for not giving up on me and coming to visit me again in spite of my prolonged absence. A warm welcome if you are visiting my blog for the very first time. 

As you can guess from the title we have moved to a new home. No, not back to Mumbai which is the logical guess with me constantly harping on the virtues of life in Mumbai. We have moved from one part of Ahmedabad city to another part which could be considered as the old city. While this move has been mainly to help my hubby cut down on his commuting time it has taken me away from the few friends I had made near our old home. Pity!

But our new home is in a large housing complex consisting of fifteen 12 storied buildings with well maintained premises, a kids play area, a gym and a swimming pool so it is not such a bad deal after all. Of course I am yet to enjoy any of these facilities as moving and settling in is taking much longer than anticipated. Also with hubby away at work, doing everything on my own has been back breaking and boring too. I will share photos of my new home soon.

During this move I realised that over a period of time I have accumulated a ridiculous (shameful) amount of yarn. I think this condition is known as SABLE - Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy which in this case just might be true. Add to this the fact that we have moved from a huge house to a much smaller one....making it impossible to hide my yarn inventory....haha. I am having a really tough time. My husband keeps looking at the cartons of yarn and my 1000 odd books overflowing all over the place and just keeps shaking his head. But of course he cannot actually voice his displeasure...LOL. I guess I will just have to crochet more and faster too.

But this post is not about crochet. In fact I was supposed to write this just after Diwali but an unexpected trip to Mumbai really upset my blogging plans. Last year Diwali was a very quiet affair for us as it was only the two of us with sonny boy now settled in Mumbai. So instead of doing the usual  splurging and gorging on sweetmeats, I decided to something different. Something that I wanted to do ever since we moved to Ahmedabad. And that was to visit the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram.

Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati

The visit to the Gandhi Ashram was  wonderful, almost like stepping back in time. You feel a sense of peace and tranquility as soon as you enter the gates, which is amazing as the Ashram is within the city. As you move around the pictures and artifacts you are transported to another era. 

Here are a few pics from our visit:

Sabarmati ashram crochetkari

gandhi ashram crochetkari

Mahatma Gandhi

 The Ashram looks so calm and that is exactly the feeling that envelopes you once you enter inside.

M K Gandhi and Kasturba

Gandhiji and his wife Kasturba in 1918.

Gandhiji handwriting

Gandhiji's handwriting in various Indian languages.

Mahatma Gandhi room

Gandhiji's room in the ashram. A peek into this room makes you realise that to do great things you do not need the great trappings of modern life or huge offices or fancy stationery. A really humbling thought.
 
Mahatma Gandhi ashram Sabarmati

Mahatma Gandhi and Charkha

Gandhiji with his Charkha or Spinning Wheel which became a symbol of revolution and ultimately gave birth to Khadi. Khadi is hand spun and hand woven cloth mostly made of cotton. Sometimes silk or wool may be added to khadi. Khadi was promoted as a movement to make Indians self reliant  on cotton and not depend on high priced foreign goods.

Mahatma Gandhi Spinning Wheel


 This gentleman would show visitors how the charkha works.

Dandi Salt march satyagrah

A multi dimensional representation of the Dandi March also known as the Salt March or Salt Satyagraha. Gandhiji undertook a 24 day march from Sabarmati to Dandi as a non-violent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India.
Dandi Salt march satyagrah

Gandhiji picking up salt at Dandi. (So lifelike)

Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba

Gandhiji quote on Kasturba

Sabarmati River

A view of the Sabarmati River from the Ashram.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi - The Father of our Nation.

I hoped you enjoyed these photos. I will be back soon with a crochet post.

My resolution for 2015 is to Beat Procrastination (which I think will solve all other problems). What is your resolution for this year?

On my telly: Monk and Downton Abbey.

Ciao,


8 comments:

  1. Very informative post. Really u have taken me to the Ashram. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Oh, what a beautiful post! So much information I didn't know! Very interesting, thank you for sharing.

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  3. Congrats on the new home!! It's almost 7 months we moved to new home but I have not been able to post pictures. Hopefully, I will post next month. I have a list of goals for 2015 which I posted on my blog. I hope to achieve few of them.

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  4. Happy new year :) Welcom back to blogglandia :)
    I have a link up every Wednesday at my blog, you can share your "stuff" with my readers there.
    Have a nice day

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  5. Congratulations on your new home, I hope that you will be very happy there. I think we are all members of SABLE haha you need to join stashusting for stashaholics :) I loved your photo's what a beautiful place. xx

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  6. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures ! Gandhi was indeed a great Man...
    I wish all the best in your new home !
    Hug
    Anna

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  7. Yay.. New Home!!! Lot of excitement. Soak in it :) Congratulations to you both.

    Informative write up dear and lovely pics.

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  8. It's a bit late to say but Happy New Year! I hope you are a bit more settled in your new home. I wish I was just round the corner and could pop by and give you a hand or make you a cuppa whilst we chat about the crochet projects we could make from all your yarn! I really enjoyed your photos and reading about the Ashram. It's very inspirational. I haven't made any resolutions although I'm still keeping to my cruelty free products from a couple of years ago. However both Chris and I have been doing lots of decluttering! X

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