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Uniquely Desi
KP in Chechiland.
kadalinakkare ponore kaana ponninu ponore….. poyi varumbol enthu kondu varum kai niraye…. The timeless melody from the movie Chemmeen, pied pipers you into God&rsquo ...
Chubby Cheeks & Polka Dots
The Operation Flood- a government initiative has resulted in India (once a poor begging nation) becoming the world’s largest producer of milk. A stupendous cooperative revolution ...
AAM Panna
Konkan is nature’s very own drawing board. The emerald green vegetative cover on the hills on one side, the sapphire blue sky & seas on the other si ...
Krishna’s favourite – Janmashtami special.
The motor boat at the Okha jetty is fast filling with passengers. Some boys scamper around selling packets of the equivalent of sweet diamond cuts or sankarpali. Many peo ...
Jouzi - yeh dil maange more!! - since 1920.
Hyderabad is famous & well chronicled for its dum biriyani¡¯s & Nizami non veg cuisine. There¡¯s more to this city, whose last Nizam was the ...
A feather in the cap of socialism – since 1936
The India Coffee House (ICH) serves much more than food & coffee. It is one of the few success results that has ever been churned out of the socialistic cauldro ...
Going Nuts – the soul of Narmada
The train slowly chugs over the 135 year old, 1.2 KM long Golden Bridge over the wide, perennial Narmada, & comes to a screeching halt at the Bharuch Station. B ...
H J Vyas Mithaiwala - Since 1917
A case study in sales strategy. A small - family run, single store - traditional but innovative Gujarati sweet shop in Jamnagar, but popular world over. Y ...
Monsoon Treats at Malshej Ghats
Malshej Ghats is almost equidistant from Mumbai & Pune on the way to Nashik. For 8 months a year it is a boring heat soaked ghat section that interests no one. As the monsoon sets in, the place ...
Lessons from Srivilliputtur
Around a two-hour drive from Madurai lies a small town called Srivilliputhur (SVP), where no building even today is more than two storeys high. It comes as a surprise how a 193- feet tall towering ...