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Uniquely Desi
Chickens & Chikan @Lucknow
Dr. Balraj – our dentist at BHEL was the only gun trotting person I had seen in those days. Daily morning he used to go with the gun in his lamby and return with a bird or two. I vaguely reme ...
Pune's Pride in Paithani
Jai & jai – my two sons, have spent most of their lives in Maharashtra & are fond of Maharashtrian foodfare; The younger jai gets an unusual sudden pang of hunger when he is on ...
Akrimota - The Last Land.
My long romance with Gujarat began in 1995; However I prefer to start from Feb 2002 before going back. Gujarat riots were at its peak. I was holed up at the Ahmedabad railway station dormitory for ...
The Merchant of Problems
Shakespeareans, forgive me for lifting the title of a great literary work for this blog. This is appraisal time; 365 days of wait for this moment of victory, depression, anger, swearing, ...
Kutch's Clutches Over Embroidery
Bhuj, the head quarters of Kutch utmost represents a barren heavily bombed Afghanistan desert. However all flights to Bhuj are always full, highly priced and packed with atleast 50% foreigners. Bhu ...
Port Blair Surprises
Avial : I would attempt to define it as a bizarre combination of many items that are not supposed to go well with each other, but in the right medium, they some how manage to put up a surprisingly ...
Surat -Where Brahma Scored 100/100 in Maths
The city never sleeps is a claim that belongs to Madurai and some other select locations in the world; but is equally apt for Surat- the diamond and saree heartland of India. The Surtis are a proud ...
Paani Puri
Pani Puri ( PP) is my second favourite dish. However it was not love at first sight. I was introduced to PP at a ladies stall in one of the exhibitions, while at Trichy. It was not availa ...
Kolkatta - A city that refuses to change.
My school classmate Subrato, who is settled in US was in Kokatta recently as I could take out from his facebook musings. Looks like he liked the trip. I am penning a few of my expe ...
Bhandan with Bhandini @ Udaipur
My first assignment when I joined Kirloskar’s in 2002 was a 12 day trip to Udaipur, which is a 5 hour drive through dry hilly terrain from Ahmedabad. The first image that comes to one’s ...