I was quite thrilled last week to pin the state of Odisha on print media for Odia New year. Here is full article I penned down for Mint Lounge food writer. The abridged version is available to read on this link here. It entails the stories right from Assam to Kerala, Punjab to Bengal, about April […]
ITS SPRING TIME!! AND EASTER WILL FOLLOW SOON Everyday I walk down the same way to pick and drop my daughter to school. The trees which had few leaves now looked like a bride dressed for a wedding, they were covered in spring blooms. I don’t know how many like to stop and admire its beauty but […]
She is a wandering spirit and she glides through the grass as the brisk wind, The more you calm her down, she will echo her voice out, She is born a wild and she is attached to none, She hides a thousand rainbows only to paint them when the sun dazzles, She is a phoenix of the […]
She had seen them in a shop before, but they were so expensive. How was Jim able to afford them? Suddenly, she remembers Jim’s present. She gives him the gold chain. The chain is beautiful, but when Della asks Jim to put it on his watch, Jim surprises her. He sold the watch to buy […]
Being the elder one in my family gave my parents a chance to improvise and take risks. While the younger receives more serious and well reputed results of their experimentation. Superstition was one such subject where my parents found their right concoction. Not too little and not too much. Every culture is laden with a string […]
Travelling alone will be the scariest, most liberating life changing experience of your life. I read this somewhere and this quote has stayed with me forever. The evolution of digital age its become more pronounced how men & women are shedding their clichéd hides for a newer skin. A skin which is more attuned with adventure, […]
Every year during this time of the year I reach a festive high because its Durga Pujo, and her divine presence fills me with childhood nostalgia. Amidst dhakir’s dhal (drummers drum) and conch shells remembering old ties, forging new bonds while I continue to spin a new dream for my children. For me the incarnation of a female goddess in […]
Pique-Nique which is a French word meaning to “pack a trifle”, it found its way into the English dictionary later in the 18th century. Well Jane Austen knew the sense it derived and has created the most romanticized picnic scene for EMMA. Back in those days, it were the servants & butlers who toiled to […]
The sensational Harissa Chicken Baguette. Packed with delicious Harissa grilled chicken breast; cheese slices with a homemade pesto and fresh British lettuce is the liveliest picnic lunch on this side of the ocean.. HARISSA CHICKEN BAGUETTE Here is the video link to my recipe on youtube, for any queries feel free to write to me. HARISSA […]
I held my first food photography & styling workshop and it was truly no mean feat. A very special thank you to all the attendees, a couple from Portugal, a mauritian budding chef and a TV presenter and craft professional, Anja the store manager. We had delicious food, arranged tablesscapes, has insightful chats and played […]