Random wake up call of the year.

You know you are chronologically challenged when ….
you get a peek at Ranbir Kapoor’s behind and the only thing you feel is an overwhelming urge to raid the diapers and wipes cabinet.

JFS:Dassera - the Round Up.

Raaga at The Singing Chef made some sundal to go with the memories of celebrating Navratri in Madras (now Chennai). 9 types of sundals for 9 nights! Now that is some Naivedyam. Along with the good, the somewhat not good memories surface.

We’d also get invited to people’s houses and everyone used to have the standard, [...]

A Mother and Son, Minding Peas and Cues

Monica Bhide has a very interesting essay with the same title in the Washington Post. For three weeks now, I have sat with the new post page trying to come up with something. Each time I have drawn a blank with the cursor blinking at me forlornly. I am struggling with spending time tending [...]

Jihva Special Edition 2007

Oh Yes. It is that time of the year again. The time when PPM hosts Jihva. It also means that Diwali is around the corner! Because Jihva becomes synonymous with diwali when it visits this blog.
It also means it is the time when I tinker around with the rules of the event, so much so [...]

Stuffed Chillies.

I have had mind-boggling two weeks which along with the weather hasn’t helped my disposition at all.
Really groggy weather in my neck of the woods right now. It is not raining but it seems likes it would rain any minute now and its been like that for the past three days without a drop of [...]