An Emerging Home Baker

 From baking as a hobby to baking as a business...

I was overjoyed with the idea of writing a blog for a home - baker of our locality. The reviews online about her cakes are as sweet as the cake itself. All her cakes are 100% eggless and you just send the design for the cake and you will get the cake alike the deign + fast delivery. My mouth is still watering while writing for her. It was pleasure working with her.....

When the pandemic confined people to their homes, baking emerged as a popular means to overcome anxiety and stress, and even as a source of income and empowerment. This is the story of a home baker with a story like this. 

I am talking about Neelu Mishra of Mahadev Ghat, Raipur. She has studied from Bhilai Institute of Technology, Raipur. From the first year itself, she knew how to make the base of cake and had an interest in baking but has not done any special course in baking. And as most of the people in their busy life, she got the chance to pursue her hobby in lockdown. She observed that in this pandemic time, most of the people preferred home baked food and the business of home-baking flourished. She also started distributing her cakes to neighbour and relatives and it got much praises.

As it is well said that "You never know where life takes you." Just like this, motivated  by the compliments and praises she got, her hobby of baking converted into her business in December 2020 and it is flourishing till date.

She also has interest in dance and other fields of art too that needs a touch of creativity.

Currently, she is working with the concept of cloud kitchen with 5-10 cakes per day.

Talking about the future plans, she wants to continue her home bakery until she gets a good number of order per day as it needs a good amount of experience, networking and skills to shift from a small scale to a large scale business. She is also trying to add new varieties for her customers.

For now, her main concern is "The Satisfaction of her Customers". Whether I makes a limited amount of cakes but these cakes should satisfy my customers so that they come again and again to me, she says. According to her, even though home bakers get less orders but they can give their full attention from taste to customisation in their orders. So currently, she would continue on the concept of Cloud Kitchen.

Talking about the hands behind these wonderful and delicious cakes, there is another little baker, Nikita Mishra, her younger sister. The baking work is handled by Neelu herself, while the Icing and customisation work is mainly done by Nikita.(and personally, I feel like she knows Icing very well). Their parents also help them in this by marketing and networking.

Till now, I am damn sure that you have been fallen in love with these fabulous and yummy cakes by this Sister-Duo, so here are the means to contact them....

Contact : Neelu Mishra - 8770128825

Address : Satyam Vihar Colony, Raipura, Raipur

Website : https://amy-cakes-cake-shop.business.site/ 

Instagram : @Amycakes731

Google Maps : Amy Cakes

Personal Review - I have personally tasted her cake and pastries and it was FANTASTIC!! We ordered the cake from her on my mom's birthday and it was really good, everybody in the family liked it. She makes one of the yummiest cakes that I have tasted in Raipur. I personally recommend you to taste her cakes once and I am sure that you will love it. You can get from beautifully personalized cake to amazing mystery boxes in an affordable amount. 😋😍

Photos by : Amy Cakes and Kamya

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Macro Mysteries ❤️ Part -1

 "You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop.” ✨❤️

                                                                                            - Rumi ✨

( The Divine is infinite. And as we are each a reflection of the Divine, what we look like or think like — or even what we like — is equally infinite.) ✨❤️

📷 by : Kamya

📷 with : Skyvik Signi 3 in 1

These cool photos show an unfamiliar complexity of the smallest things and teach us new ways of seeing them. The details, otherwise invisible to the naked eye, are laid out for us to interpret however we like!!!

I hope you liked the Part 1 of Macro Mysteries Series where we looked the mother nature from a new point of view.....

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Buddh Purnima Special Blog

 

What does "Buddha" mean?

Buddha is not a name, but a title. It is a Sanskrit word that means “a person who is awake.” What a buddha is awake to is the true nature of reality.

Simply put, Buddhism teaches that we all live in a fog of illusions created by mistaken perceptions and “impurities” — hate, greed, ignorance. A buddha is one who is freed from the fog. It is said that when a buddha dies he or she is not reborn but passes into the peace of Nirvana, which is not a “heaven” but a transformed state of existence.

Most of the time, when someone says the Buddha, it’s in reference to the historical person who founded Buddhism. This was a man originally named Siddhartha Gautama who lived in what is now northern India and Nepal about twenty-five centuries ago.

The Universe according to Buddhism...

According to Buddhist doctrine, the universe is the product of karma, the law of the cause and effect of actions, according to which virtuous actions create pleasure in the future and nonvirtuous actions create pain. The beings of the universe are reborn without beginning in six realms: as gods, demigods, humans, animals, ghosts, and hell beings. The actions of these beings create not only their individual experiences but the domains in which they dwell. The cycle of rebirth, called samsara (literally “wandering”), is regarded as a domain of suffering, and the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice is to escape from that suffering. The means of escape remains unknown until, over the course of millions of lifetimes, a person perfects himself, ultimately gaining the power to discover the path out of samsara and then compassionately revealing that path to the world.

Who exactly "Buddha" is?

A person who has set out on the long journey to discover the path to freedom from suffering, and then to teach it to others, is called a bodhisattva. A person who has discovered that path, followed it to its end, and taught it to the world is called a buddha. Buddhas are not reborn after they die but enter a state beyond suffering called nirvana (literally “passing away”). Because buddhas appear so rarely over the course of time and because only they reveal the path to liberation (moksha) from suffering (dukkha), the appearance of a buddha in the world is considered a momentous event in the history of the universe.

The story of a particular buddha begins before his birth and extends beyond his death. It encompasses the millions of lives spent on the bodhisattva path before the achievement of buddhahood and the persistence of the buddha, in the form of both his teachings and his relics, after he has passed into nirvana. The historical Buddha is regarded as neither the first nor the last buddha to appear in the world. According to some traditions he is the 7th buddha; according to another he is the 25th; according to yet another he is the 4th. The next buddha, named Maitreya, will appear after Shakyamuni’s teachings and relics have disappeared from the world.

Have there been other Buddhas?

In Theravada Buddhism ― the dominant school of southeast Asia ― it is thought there is only one buddha per age of humankind; each age is an unimaginably long time. The buddha of the current age is our historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. Another person who realizes enlightenment within this age is not called buddha. Instead, he or she is an arhat (Sanskrit) or arahant (Pali) — “worthy one” or “perfected one.” The principal difference between an arhat and a buddha is that only a buddha is a world teacher, the one who opens the door for all others.

Early scriptures name other buddhas who lived in the unimaginably long-ago earlier ages. There is also Maitreya, the future Buddha who will appear when all memory of our Buddha’s teachings has been lost.

There are other major traditions of Buddhism, called Mahayana and Vajrayana, and these traditions put no limits on the number of buddhas there can be. However, for practitioners of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism the ideal is to be a bodhisattva, one who vows to remain in the world until all beings are enlightened.

Gautama Buddha and Sanchi Stupa...

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, also known as Stupa No.1, was commissioned by none other than the Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka, in the 3rd century BCE and is believed to house ashes of the Buddha, and as a result, the stupa began to be associated with the body of the Buddha. Adding the Buddha's ashes to the mound of dirt activated it with the energy of the Buddha himself. It is believed that his intention behind constructing this Stupa was to preserve and spread the Buddhist philosophy and way of life. The Great Stupa is the oldest and largest Stupa at the Sanchi Buddhist Monument Complex.

The stupas and monasteries at Sanchi created a thriving Buddhist community of monks and supporters. As more people came over the centuries, other settlements were founded nearby, and the region became a hub of spiritual activity.

( Photos by : Alok kumar Sahu)

“Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.”

                                                                    - Gautam Buddha

I konw, this blog was a bit more inclined toward Buddhism and I hope you got something new from this blog and if so, don't hesitate to give me credit. Till then..

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My Insect collection | Part 1

 "An insect is more complex than a star....and is a far greater challenge to understand." 

                                                                                                                    - Martin Rees

( Photos By : Kamya )

I hope you liked these beautiful insects and their photos captured by me, make sure to show some love and tell me which one was your favourite in the comments section below. Till then....

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Akshaya Tritiya Blog

Akshaya Tritiya Special Blog + Jewellery shoot 

Akshaya Tritiya also known as 'Akha Teej' is one of the most auspicious days celebrated by Hindus across the country. People purchase gold on this day. 

It is believed that buying gold on Akshaya Tritiya brings prosperity and more wealth in the coming future. The word Akshaya means never diminishing. It is believed that if you buy gold on the day of Akshaya Tritiya, it will never diminish. It is a greatly auspicious festival that will bring those who believe in it great prosperity. This festival is believed to bring good luck and success to people.

As per the Hindu calendar, Akshaya Tritiya is observed on Shukla Paksha Tritiya (third day) during the bright half of the Vaishakha lunar month. According to the Gregorian calendar, the day falls in the months of April-May.

Akshaya Tritiya day is ruled by Lord Vishnu. On this day, Lakshminarayana form of Lord Vishnu is worshipped along with his consort Goddess Lakshmi. Devotees observe a day-long fast on the significant day of Akshaya Tritiya.

Hindus prefer keeping important events such as weddings, new business ventures, and construction work on this day. However, a ritual bath in sacred water and offering barley in the sacred fire are other important rituals that are followed on this day.

As per Hindu mythology, Treta Yuga began on Akshaya Tritiya day. Interestingly, the day also marks the birth anniversary of Lord Parashuram, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

It is believed that on this day Maharishi Veda Vyas started narrating Mahabharata to Lord Ganesha.

The day is also associated with Lord Krishna as on this day Lord presented the 'Akshaya Patra' to the Pandavas while on their exile and blessed his friend Sudama with good fortune.

As, buying gold today is considered auspicious and mainly jewellery is prefered as a form of gold, here I am presenting some jewellery photos shot by me.

I hope you liked the photos and once again, Wish you a very happy and prosperous Akshaya Tritiya.

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