Every year around Christmas this topic comes up for discussion, is hotly debated, never settled and then kept aside till the following year. The topic being 'Which is the best Christmas movie- Love Actually or Die Hard?' There are memes, jokes, articles (and podcasts too, I'm sure) which hold forth on the pros and cons … Continue reading Love Hard @ Christmas!
Wasn't it the1st of December just yesterday? And now we're already into the second week of December! Where did those seven days go?? I get why December is like the weekend of the year; and the best time of the year- the weather is perfect for long walks, long drives, basking in the sun with … Continue reading Slow Down, December!
I have just begun to read a very interesting book titled 'Indian Christmas' which is a compilation of different accounts about how Christmas was and is celebrated across India. The foreword itself triggered off so many memories for me that after a point I couldn't tell if I was reading what another person had written … Continue reading Christmases of Yesteryear…
We went on a kind of Dam-safari the other day. And had a damn good time. The weather was perfect and the drive took us past a flowing river, streams, little water falls, dense green hills and fields drenched in more water. All very scenic and pleasing to eyes that are sore from fumes and … Continue reading Water be Dam-ed!
A trip to Mahabaleshwar is never complete without bingeing on fresh strawberries and cream, yummy corn patties, crunchy, roasted 'chana' and of course, raiding the market for footwear! But this time we arrived on the day of the weekly bazaar: when the narrow lanes around the market place are lined with the local people and … Continue reading Market @ Mahabaleshwar
In 1986, following my father's retirement, my parents and I moved out of our comfortable 'sarkari' bungalow into a housing colony being constructed on the stony, dusty and barren slopes of a hill on the outskirts of town. Being an upcoming neighbourhood, the infrastructure was poor at best. The water supply was erratic, we were … Continue reading Rain, rain, come again; come again and stay all day. Little Janu wants to play in the rain.
When it comes to fruits, I've always preferred ones that are crunchy, tart and juicy, as opposed to those that are pulpy and mushy. So, grapes, apples, oranges, pineapples get a thumbs up; while bananas, chikoos, papayas, custard-apples (especially!!) get the thumbs down. Then there are fruits that have so many seeds that consuming them … Continue reading Tooti-Frooti
Mangoes are one of the few redeeming factors about summer; the others being vacations and getting to stay indoors with the air-conditioner on. As a child, I was fortunate enough to grow up in a house with a large garden that was home to mango trees of every kind. -Alphonso, Payari, Langda, Dasseri, Totapari, Neelampari … Continue reading Just an ‘aam’ post
Now, I’m no connoisseur of fine wines and champagne. I certainly can’t tell a brut from a sec or a demi-sec even. And if I were to sip with eyes closed I probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a white wine and a red one. Ok, maybe if a gun were held … Continue reading The colours of wine
My first perfect cake It's Christmas season, 'tis the time to be jolly and also to get busy baking cakes. As I dig out my tattered old diary crammed with hand written recipes and food stains, my mind goes back to another time, more than two decades ago. We were stationed in a mess (for … Continue reading The first cake of Christmas!
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