Work Life Well before I slurp Turkish eggs I have to talk about my work life. This month began with me travelling to work twice a week. I started as an utter paranoid, sanitising my hands every minute, wearing a double mask and fearing to take a seat next to a person. Yes every much […]
Crash landing on you This post is to celebrate my convert :). So, my H after a year of grading K-dramas as cheesy has finally agreed to be my soul mate while I watch them (well almost…). This lockdown was made easier due to several reasons and one of them being K-dramas. The happiness which […]
I hate Milk Every Time I had any cough or cold my mum would make a kadha or use hot mustard oil to get rid of it. Only once when I had jaundice as a kid then I had to try two alternate medicines which I hated one was turmeric milk and the other was […]
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 […]
Long ago as part of my english curriculum I had a short story called as ‘A boss came to dinner‘. It tackled a delicate topic of parent and their grownup children’s relationship. Back then it was just a chapter in english floating in the sea of syllabus and numerous other subjects. I hardly paraphrased the story from […]
home [hom] noun a gathering place for family to join together in laughter. the one place you will always be surrounded by those who love you. a place or feeling of belonging. I was pleasantly surprised to see Google celebrating the festival of colours today . Today is HOLI, festival of colours which is a very […]
The story of our mangi-ferra would be a repetition so I will cut short to the bit where it squashed us. Our front and back yards were flanked with mango trees, there were years of abundance. Green sweet as sugar mangoes in the front while the sour sweet red hued mangoes in the backyard. We […]
Apologies, for such a long gap between posts. But it’s just that summer’s been knocking at the door and it was time to let it in. Loads of background work going on with a brewing cherub to give me company and series of travels planned. It’s really hard to concentrate on all my babies. The […]
Dahi vada is a delicious savoury snack from India. It has fried lentil dumplings which are served with yoghurt and spices for a mouth-watering snack. There are many versions of this but I prefer the simple version from Bihar. This does require a bit of a preparation but there is no taste without labour. Dahi […]
I have never done a serious video before just some stray experiments here and there. I have understood the way food business has grown. The way Tastemade and Tasty Videos are taking over the whole circle by circulating instant videos of recipes which was unheard-of in the yesteryear makes sense. A few days back when […]