Remember the candy floss you enjoyed in your childhood? Well, I sure do, and this was my first time to see it getting prepared right in front of me! As you can see, there is a hollow basin that spots a burner in the center. Inside the burner, sugar, butter and artificial color is added. As the burner…
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And The King Goes Back Home…
After 10 days of festivities on Anantha Chaturdashi the King, or Lord Ganesha undertakes his journey back home, through the sea, as devotees take part in the immersion festivities with a lot of pomp and fanfare. While we thank god for his kindness, generosity and his blessing, and urge him to come back soon the following year….
Bringing the Sanctity Home
While we don’t bring home an Idol of Lord Ganesha, being Brahmans, we do have Ganapati pooja at home. While we don’t use the idols of the temple at home, we make a statue out of turmeric and chant mantras to the make shift idol. A day after the pooja, we dissolve the heap of…
He Comes Home
I have lost patience with the stories I guess, so instead of mythology, let me tell you about the Elephant-Head God that paid a visit to my building. Like most other housing societies in Mumbai, mine too brings an idol of the God with a lot of pomp and fanfare. However, the joy is short-lived…
Let The Festivities Begin!
Today starts the celebration of the 10 day festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi which is celebrated with pomp and zest all across the state of Maharashta in India. Back in Tamil Nadu, it it is a single day affair, with preparation of Modak (a steamed sweet dumpling made with rice flour skin with coconut and jaggery filling). The festival was first started as a…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up 2
Mumbai seems to be slowly become a landscape filled with bridges. Most often than never, these long-standing half-constructed structures are a menace. May be God’s way of teaching us patience is a virtue, for once they are ready to use, life with get a lot more convenient when travelling. Meanwhile, let the work continue after the break good…
Fields of Gold
Bhutta’s or Maize (or corn as it is also known), tastes best when roast on a beds of coals. While the one with yellow kernels is sweet, while I prefer the tasteless white pearly ones better. And having a well roasted corn with lemon, salt and spice seasoning while strolling on the beach feels like…
A Floating Library!
I started my professional life in Churchgate, but the reason I am drawn to the place more is mainly because of the used books library at Fort. Well, it’s not really a library, per se, more like a store where you can get original and fake books that are more of hand-me-downs at very reasonable prices….
Veer Shivaji!
As India gears up for yet another independence day, the air is thick with patriotism. One warrior who demands unwavering respect especially in Maharashtra is Shivaji Raje Bhosle. Fighting the Mughal forces as the leader of the Maratha clan, the young Kshatriya warrior lived a short life that spanned to 50 years but like that…
Flavors of India: Golgappas
Boasting of North Indian origins, golgappas, or pani puri is a chaat delicacy that came out Magadha Region, which is now in Bihar. It is also called pani ke bataashe in UP, puchka in Bengali, gup chup in Oriya, and pakodi in parts of Kutch
Snapshots of my World 