Jashn Hai Zindagi

Celebrating life through soulful videos and music — inspired by travel, heritage, meditation, and more.

Poori Sabzi Halwa..

..and some known and some unknown ‘friends’ 🙂 Recipe for this DELIGHT: Aata, Aaloo, Sooji, Oil, Salt and Spices, Sugar, Ghee, dry fruits, some money, LOVE… and TIME! 🙂 Few moments from “Feeding the needy” at Ramana Kendra Delhi 🙂

adityapathak

November 16, 2014

Blog, Food

bhandara, charity, food, free food, halwa, langar, needy, philosophy, poor, poori, prasaad, ramana kendra, Ramana Maharishi, sabzi
NEELA HAUZ : Exploring Sanjay Van – Qila Lal Kot – Episode 5

In this episode we visit one of the channels of the ancient pond NEELA HAUZ! We discuss about the stories and history associated with this place, the times of Tomars, the Sultanate era of Delhi and also the modern day situation of this waterbody. Hope you’ll like this green little ecosystem right in the heart…

adityapathak

November 10, 2014

Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Stories, Sufi, Videos, Vlog

aditya pathak, aditya sharma, arunima pathak, ashiq allah, asif khan dehlvi, Channel 5 of neela hauz, Chauhan, culture, delhi, ecosystem, fish, Green, greenery, heritage, history, India, JNU, khalji, lake, Lal Kot, mehrauli, Mongol, Neela Hauz, pond, Prithviraj Chauhan, qila, Rai Pithora, Sultanate, Syed Mohammad Qasim, tomar, water, waterbody
New video blog :) Delhi Heritage Vlogs!

Hi friends! Excited to share with you that we are gradually putting together a new vlog (video blog) on wordpress. We’ll be posting videos about various places of interest in Delhi, India like Heritage sites, Protected monuments, Historical sites, Archaeological sites, Architecture, etc. and even interesting foody places sometimes 🙂 Here’s the link to this…

adityapathak

November 9, 2014

Artwork, Blog, Delhi, Explorations, Films, Food, Heritage, History, Photographs, Stories, Videos, Vlog

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Arey Dil.. Mere Mann : Philosophy of life!

Arey dil.. Mere mann : a favorite song of ours.. with subtle realizations of life knitted into some enchanting melodies. The recording is from 2011..performed by me and sis Arunima at Ramana Kendra Delhi 🙂

adityapathak

November 8, 2014

Music, Poems, Videos

aditya pathak, arunima pathak, bhajan, devotion, devotional. song, divine, kabir, Lata Mangeshkar, music, philosophical, philosophy, ramana kendra, Ramana Maharishi, spiritual
Exploring “Sanjay Van – Qila Lal Kot” – Episode #4

In this episode we learn about the Delhi of pre-Qutub times and the rise and downfalls of this capital city. We climb atop the ruins of massive walls of Lal Kot ..its a lovely view up there! From one of the highest points in this ridge, we then spot no less than 7 heritage monuments…

adityapathak

October 26, 2014

Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Videos

Adham Khan’s tomb, aditya pathak, aditya sharma, Alai Minar, Aravali, arravali city forest, arunima pathak, asif khan dehlvi, Canal, City Forest, Delhi Karavan, forest, Gurudwara Banda Bahadur, heritage, heritage monuments, heritage walk, history, Imam Zamin, Imam Zamin’s tomb, lake, Lal Kot, Maham Anga’s tomb, mehrauli, nature walk, pond, qila, Quli Khan, Quli Khan’s Tomb, qutub minar, Rai Pithora, rana safvi, ridge, Sanjay Van, Syed Mohammad Qasim, tomb of, Yogmaya temple
Moon Zoom!

Moon Zoom – some fun with camera.. 30x on Canon PowerShot SX700HS

adityapathak

October 25, 2014

Artwork, Photographs

camera, canon, craters, fun with camera, moon, moon close up, Moon Zoom, moonzoom, photo, photography, powershot, sx700 hs, zoom
Happy Diwali :)

Happy Diwali friends! Blessings and best wishes for you and for those who make you happy! Cheers 🙂

adityapathak

October 23, 2014

Music, Videos

blessings, deepavali, deepawali, diwali, festival, greetings, osho, osho greetings, season’s greetings, spiritual
BOOM BOOM – a tribute to Nazia Hassan :)

BOOM BOOM – our tribute to the queen of hearts and pop sensation from the golden era of 80s – Nazia Hassan!! Chk out this cover version of this super hit pop number…as performed by me and my sis Arunima! Cheers 🙂

adityapathak

October 18, 2014

Jam Sessions, Music, Videos

aditya pathak, arunima, arunima pathak, Biddoo, Biddu, bollywood, boom boom, boom boom remix, cover, cover song, cover version, dance number, dil bole boom boom, disco, hindi pop, music, nazia, nazia hassan, Pop music, pop sensation, remix, Star, super hit song, tribute to nazia hassan, zohaib hassan
The Haunted “Maan Singh ka Kuaan” and more : Exploring Sanjay Van Episode 3

The HAUNTED well – “Maan Singh ka Kuaan“.. . MUSHROOMS as big as a Pizza Base.. TREES and more awesomness..in this new episode of Heritage and Nature Walk at SANJAY VAN 🙂

adityapathak

October 14, 2014

Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Videos

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Exploring Sanjay Van : Qila Lal Kot – Episode 2 (South-Central Ridge – Delhi)

RUINS from the days of Prithviraj Chauhan – QILA LAL KOT.. an enigmatic HAMAAM amidst a lush green city-forest .. and more awesomeness from these hidden Haunted greens of Delhi in this episode!

adityapathak

October 9, 2014

Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Videos

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