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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 ...
Dr.Relativeskar
Dr. Relativeskar is an unqualified self-certified doctor. Relativeskar is a surname of the world’s largest family of self-certified doctors – more specifically in India. The ...
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 ...
Wive's are Intelligent
As per the Indian Culture, a wife is always younger in age than the husband. When we were at school and college, we were judged by our mastery over the answers. Those who knew all answers ...
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 ...