I don’t know why every time of this year I feel so joyous. It is Raja, a festival which celebrates the Goddess Earth. All young girls on these few days are considered incarnation of the Goddess. You suddenly seems to have graduated to a pedestal next to god. People of Odisha prayer to the goddess for […]
“Do not shed a tear or else your sister will cry” Dad said. I entered from the backyard. Pushing away the passive truth screaming in my head. The din, the noise, the people, imploring eyes glaring at me. It was like walking a dark tunnel knowing there is still darkness on the other side. I had started […]
The soil was frigid with the trickling snow. The trees were barren with no leaves to show. The bushes laid bare with thorns to prick. The solitary hare disappeared into the morning mist. While she stared at the cold winter shroud. She had sown the seeds by the picket fence. Everyday the wind whispered, days […]
I do not know where to start. I am back after a hiatus. I was probably lulled to a sweet slumber. A chance to be with the people you love and care. I went to my homeland after three and a half years……it was such a brief soiree that I hardly got a chance to […]
Halloo! Today we talk about maths….err…yes dreaded by some appeasing to many. Well I used to come under the category of trauma. We have already talked about my flying colours for history in my Naan Qalia post. Lets talk about the downtrodden poverty struck Mathematics. With all due respect to Aryabhatta who invented zero and […]
I am hoping you have already read my article on planning a family picnic. if not then you must read it here. Whether you are having a small picnic in your garden or firing up the barbecue or heading off to your favourite picnic spot, there is nothing like a homemade cake. I have taken […]
Lost art of family Picnics Most of us grew up reading secret seven and enchanted woods, which painted an idealised view of what makes a picnic. Today there are corporate picnics to mingle, Friday night leadership drink outs, theme parks to splurge and family dine-ins. Somehow the art of humble family picnics which kids looked […]
NetFlights – Taste Of My Country Campaign Last week I am really glad to be a part of the NetFlights feature where 10 bloggers were asked to contribute a recipe which represents the cuisine of their homeland or heritage, putting all the recipes together into an online recipe magazine will be shown to their travellers for some […]
We have already discussed the history and recipe of Qalia from Aurangabad in my previous article.Read here. We will now discuss the recipe of Naan. Trust me I frantically looked for the recipe of this Naan using all the possible search strings like ‘Recipe for Aurangabadi Naan’ , ‘Naan of Aurangabad’, ‘Naan Qalia Recipe of […]
Today I am in a mood for some history. The last whole week I was fairly lucky to have a series of Bank holidays and the whole family sat down together for every meal. (Breakfast,brunch,lunch,snacks and dinner…yes we have so many meals). Every meal is carefully curated as per the Mother’s calculator which I will definitely talk […]