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Mantras are powerful, but I love my ‘shloka-pills’!
Like a child reaching out to one particular relative in a large joint family to redress a specific complaint, so can we invoke any manifestation of the Supreme, to get out problem sorted out by chanting a shloka dedicated to the Deity.
A cook and her cleaver do never part
Soon, I became a knife-fiend, making a beeline for the knife-counter in any department store I happened to pass by.
‘Ye dil maange more’ of a higher kind
As the country desperately fights COVID-19, in the locked-in mode, what we need is the Vikram Batra-kind of a loftier ‘more’ in our dils, to make us better human beings.
Our elders had the best Corona-compliant routines!
Social distancing, washing one’s hands and feet after coming from outside, washing one’s hands every time one came into the kitchen to do something or take anything, quarantine – they did it all. Believe me, they would have set the best examples for Corona-compliance!
Ringing of bells brings joy and positive energy
At the most basic level, bells are harbingers of joy and celebration. Go ahead! Ring that bell – small and large!
…..And I don’t think it was Valentine’s Day
Romance can be found in the unlikeliest things–even in a warm bhutta!
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more-4
When Hodge Podge talked of taking his cousins with him back to Canada, there were squeals of delight from his cousins.
A MEET-UP OF FOOD-COUSINS, TWINS, TRIPLETS AND MORE – 3
Called variously as bharta, gotsu, bajji, choka, begun pora etc., Baingan Bharta is a pan-Indian food.
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more – 2
I would have normally skipped the khichdis, but the cheer and bonhomie that the delegates exuded drew me to them. I am glad that I did, for I would have missed two unusual ‘cousins’ had I not stopped.
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more – I
You could say that foods have their own ‘taste-alikes’ just as we humans are supposed to have seven lookalikes each in the world.
Eat your way into the record books!
But at what cost? The obscene quantities of food being demolished can feed hundreds of hungry people, besides playing havoc with the competitor’s health.
#Sareeswag? No, It is #SareeLove for me!
We need a saree revolution that would showcase the SAREE itself, as a great dress, if we have to stop the saree going the kimono way.
Worshipping Ganesha as Ashtavinayaks
The Ashtavinayak temples are not only ancient but are spiritually enriching to the devout yatri.
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