My ode to my fellow bloggers!

I thought its time I wrote a poem on this awesome group of friends

A group that loves design and style and follows current trends

Stunning interiors, stylish rooms, we post whenever we can

Colors, fabrics, glam and cool, we like things with elan

Martha Stewart, Michael Graves, magazines and websites

Are food and fodder for our brains, they keep us up at nights

We're mothers and professionals, and some of us are joggers

We write, we type, we copy paste, we're the Desi Design Bloggers

First and foremost let me start with Anu of Seattle

Her blog is candy for the eyes, her sense of style is subtle

Her home is full of love and warmth, a vision in cream and brown

With pops of color here and there, a place thats all her own

Serene corners filled with flowers in shades of pink and crimson

And antique knick knacks here and there, vying for attention

My sister-in-law's sis-in-law is Arch at Rang Decor

She lives and blogs and writes her posts in lovely Bangalore

Her images and photographs will have you wanting more

The play of light on simple things are what she captures well

Flowers fragrant in the rain you can almost breathe the smell

Cookies, brownies, cups of chai and pictures of her home

Her love for things traditional that make you feel welcome

And then there's Patricia Torres, or Patty as we call her

She's happy and vivacious and her blog's Colours Dekor

Her spirit is infectious, her style is wild and free

She pens her posts from far away, from oil rich Duba-iiii!

She's crazy about wall art, (she has a peacock on her wall)

And buys lanterns for her garden in every color from the mall

Recently her blog was named among the top fifty two

Congratulations Patty, we think you deserve it too!

Kanika's blog "And Another" is about textiles, cloth and fabric

Her style is wordly and cultured, and especi-ally ethnic

Sensitive and caring just like a true Cancerian

She loves just about anything thats Argentinian or Bolivian

Her blog is full of ideas on where to buy cool funishings

Tablecloths and cushions, bedspreads, towels....anything!

Priya in SFO, blogs at Once Upon a Tea Time

Her posts are daily reads for me, to miss it is a crime

Lifestyle, interiors and design, both contemporary and classic

Her home tours are her forte, all you do is send her pics

She has recently discovered both Eames and Saarinen

And spends her time "geeking out over" over mid century design

Artnlight is the brainchild of Vineeta in Mumbai

The first design blog I ever read, and I couldn't stay away

From it, talent and creativity ooze out from every word

And her fabulous decoupaged boxes on Elle Decor were featured

She writes about the artists and designers who are the best

Her blog is such an inspiration to me and all the rest

Gagan of Midwest USA has "Of Peacocks and Paisleys"

The most prolific blogger of them all, she has to blog daily

Not just one or two a day, but sometimes even three

Her posts pulsate with passion, of design joy and ecstasy

Her blog to her is as she says "Comfort food for her soul"

From jewellry to home decor, she's really on a roll

Sharon blogs at The Key Bunch, she helps with Indian decor

With craft ideas and DIY's, she'll help you that's for sure

Her website's full of info on home products and resources

Flea market finds, store openings and anything new there is

Bhavna at An Indian Summer has just now completed 3

A corporate consultant by day, at night a designophile

Her home reflects her passion for color and for sass

The graphics on her website scream coolness and pizazz

Turquoises, greens and aquas, deep purples, pinks and red

And hours after you leave the site, they spin around in your head

Sundeep is the hip one, she writes Designwali

Her unique modern design style fits her to a T

Her home, in grays and creams and browns is contemporary cool

With splashes of black and white and red, the effect will make you drool

Her passion for interiors is obvious to me

An amazingly creative soul, this designer wannabe

With a baby girl Elisha, is new mom Shalini

A writer and a traveller, in essence a spirit free

"Of Travels and Travails" is where she pens her thoughts

Her photographs of simple things, of flowers and what-nots

She's planning a vacation now with her baby and her hubby

Australia is what she's thinking...will we be seeing pics of Sydney?

Then there's the other Priya,illustrator extraordinaire

Her blog The Plum Tree 2, is where she shows her flair

For capturing the essence and the beauty all around

Of fat cats and crows and flowers and seed pods on the ground

Her thought provoking pictures and descriptions in her ink

Will stop and make you ponder, she likes to make you think.

Charu's another genius with markers and pastels
Simple themes and daily life in portraying she excels
A graphic student by design who always loves to paint
Her subjects are simple folks, and travellers in trains
Who talk and laugh and eat and read......to while away the time
Faces, postures, moods and feelings, so different and sublime

Anrosh has a passion for color and for handloom

Designs, prints and patterns, embroidered in costume

His aim is to educate us about ancient textiles and traditions

To revive these age old practices is his untiring mission

The weaving community still exists, there's so much from them to learn

This blog he says is his homage, his ode to the Indian yarn

Celebrations Decor is the design blog of Lakshmi

With photographs and images of all things that are desi

Sajavat is the baby of Sangitha in Mumbai

An admirer of all things beautiful, she hopes we will enjoy

Deepa Raman of Chennai has information  and some more

On just where to find that designy thing you're looking for

Sanghamitra - gosh I LOVE that name - who lives in Singapore

Has a gorgeous home with warmth, and full of ethnic Indian decor

Then there are techno blogs and travel blogs and blogs on art and books

And blogs on kids and blogs on pets and blogs on budding cooks

But we designer divas, we're a closely knitted group

We comment on each others' blogs and gladly share the scoop

There are many other bloggers there who I'm sure I have forgotten

Please don't feel bad, it was not intended....don't tell me I am rotten

Feel free to send me all your information and I'll be sure to add it on

To this hallowed list of desi girls to who I say....BLOG ON!!!

Apologies to my fellow bloggers for lifting  images off their blogs for this post!!!