In Maharashtra, we love puff breads, lovingly called as pav. We can eat pav with just about anything — Vada pav, tikki pav, pav manchurian, samosa pav, bhajji pav, masala pav, dabeli, pav bhaaji, omelette pav, bhurji pav, kheema pav, bun maska (and a special variant with mixed fruit jam too) basically everything! This here is a classic…
450 Posts: Welcome to the Circus!
“My circus train pulls through the night Full of lions and trapeze artists I’m done with elephants and clowns I want to run away and join the office” ― Mike Doughty
A Bolt From The Blue
So engrossed was she in the library with poetry, that she lost track of time was late in reaching her hostel. Waiting at the gate, Geeta was hoping the otherwise stern matron would let her in, or maybe the kind old watchman? But she could see no one. Worry soon became fear, but the police…
The Sound Of Music
It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. ~Johann Sebastian Bach
And That’s The Way It Ends…
Ten years made of a year of solid friendship, two years of courtship and seven years of marriage. That’s what it came down to, as we stood before a room full of strange people dressed in black and white, for whom we were reduced to just another case of “Divorce By Mutual Consent”. Ironically, that…
The Legend of The Lion-God
A few weeks ago, we celebrated the festival of hues, Holi. Ideally, it marks the advent of spring, and people paint each other with non-toxic coloured powder (also known as gulal) to celebrate the blossoming of life after a rather gloomy period from autumn to winter. A day before ranpanchami, Hindus observe the tradition of…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good. ~Mariska Hargitay
The Sweet Sound Of Tradition
In India, married women wear anklets made with silver, or gold as a sign of their marital and social strata. Traditionally, young girls and married women were only allowed to wear anklets; spinsters and widows were barred from this privilege, but not any more. Although an anklet or payal (or golosu in Tamil) is an…
One Puff…
“Add smoke, not fire. You want to confuse your competition, not kill them.” ― Jarod Kintz, 99 Cents For Some Nonsense
And The Wedding Bells Ring…
Happily-forever-afters are what everyone yearns for. While there are no guarantees in life, there is nothing more moving than seeing two people in love, making promises for each others happiness. Although we cannot expect happiness from another unless we choose it for ourselves, to promise another that one wouldn’t cause his partner despair either is…
Snapshots of my World 