Hello Readers,

I am Swathi Bellavi and I welcome you to Indulgent Detours! An online diary documenting everything I love – food, nutrition, books, music, fitness, fashion, personal care, travel and more!

“A jack of all but a master of one.”

As a child, I was always into too many hobbies. I indulged in sports, arts, reading, singing and other activities with equal fervor and interest. My parents encouraged me to pursue any interest I wanted and supported me with the best of their capabilities. This opened up many avenues I found equally fascinating and spent my early teens flitting between reading books, experiments in the kitchen and running on trails nearby over the weekends. As I grew older, my education took centerstage and became a focal point for most of my teens and twenties. I graduated with an Engineering and MBA degree and entered the corporate world, excited to make a mark for myself. As a part of MBA and initial few years of my professional stint, I had the opportunity to travel extensively within India and Europe which further fueled my personal interests and hobbies.

As I settled into my regular life from 2014, I finally had access to a kitchen and my baking experiments began. I was able to indulge in this hobby over the weekends and I jumped at opportunities to bake a little treat for any event – a farewell, an office party etc. This was also the time I went back to reading and running on a more regular basis. I began my blog in September 2014 to document all my hobbies which I believed are more of occasional indulgent detours from my professional life. I wanted to use this space to talk about books, my cooking experiments and running adventures. In 2017, I got married and moved to California, thousand’s of miles away from India. My hobbies and hence this space has evolved over the past few years to include a few more interests that I want to cover here in the days to come.

While I love my intellectually fulfilling profession in Human Resources and it will remain my primary identity, Indulgent Detours is my getaway to kindle my creative side and indulge and gain knowledge in the plethora of topics around me. And that sums up everything about this small spec of online space in the vast universe of the Internet. On this website, you will find (mostly) healthy vegetarian recipes, book recommendations and reviews, and an occasional mixed bag of topics like fitness, nutrition, personal care and travel. I hope you will enjoy reading my posts and content as much as I have fun in creating it.

I am eternally thankful to both my families and my husband for all the support they have given me to create and sustain Indulgent Detours and they will continue to remain an eternal pillar of support behind this pet project of mine.

Thank you for visiting my page and I would love to hear from you on www. indulgentdetours@gmail.com.

Love,

SSB