With all the controversy around the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi I could not help but to think… what is the meaning of being on time for Indians? I have the feeling that things in India work at a different pace, specially in government offices where they have a “chai break” Read More…
India’s Independence Day is near and I want to share some of my favorite Indian food. When I first came to India I wasn’t able to eat almost anything and I thought that I will die of hunger, but slowly my palate has adjusted to the new textures and flavours and now I simply crave for some of these food.
South Indian Thali
I love South Indian food, dosas, vadas, idlis, and every dish that contains coconut milk. And the best way to treat myself with all these wonderful flavours is with the South Indian Thali. There you can get korma (yamee), rasam, sambhar, coconut chutney, bahji, dal, dahi, papad, poori/paratha, rice, and even halwa as dessert. When I was in South India I had the Thali on a banana leaf and the flavours were just amazing. You might be thinking how I can eat all that! hehe, well actually they normally serve a small amount of each and I normally order 1 thali for 2.
Aam Ka Achaar – Mango Pickle
Since one of my friends gifted me a jar of homemade mango pickle, I just became a fan of it. It was mildly spiced and I just loved that tangy taste with the masalas. One of my favorites! I want to learn how to make my own too. I love eating it with parathas, but also with anything else.
Papad
These thin crispy and crunchy kind of flat tortillas are just delicious. People normally eat them fried but I like to eat them roasted most of the time. It’s so versatile that sometimes I take it as a snack with some namkeens, salad or sauce. There’s always a package of medium masala papad at home. Read More…
Yesterday night we were watching TV and suddenly found a program called Emotional Atyachaar. In this program there was one guy making a “loyalty test” to his girlfriend. What was this loyalty test about? Well, the loyalty test was to send a boy or as they say “undercover agent” on purpose to pretend that he liked the girl and ask her out for dates. What she didn’t know is that there were hidden cameras everywhere they went and everything was being recorded. On the studio this guy was watching how his girlfriend was going out with another guy and cursing a lot.
The twist was that the TV show also followed him without his notice and found out that he was having another girlfriend! Yes, this guy was having 2 girlfriends at the same time for almost 4 years and was angry coz one of them was “cheating” on him… LOL. Can you imagine? Read More…
Auckland Harbour
What if you dream something and some of your dreams come true one day. Wouldn’t it be great and you’ll feel excited about it.
Sometimes life seems so difficult and unfair that we fell like it’s little hard on us and we ask to God what mistake we have done that we are not getting what we deserve!! but I think God gives us what we ask from him.
Maybe in one way or another he gives it to us. It’s just that we are not patient or we are not satisfied and by the time we get it our hunger becomes more bigger.
One can enjoy the Life in a wonderful way as it comes to us and accept it. Things happen, it just take a little while and sometimes we just loose it when it’s almost in our hands.
When I look back I remember very clearly how I came to India and it looks like yesterday, all the memories float in front of my eyes like it is happening now. I just stand still and remember everything. Doesn’t it happen with you that sometime some of your fond memories just makes you feel like crying. Read More…
Today I want to write about the New Zealand trip but I don’t want to actually type so I’m using the Microsoft Windows speech recognition software. But since the last 30 minutes I have been able to finish only two lines.
But I’m determined to write using the speech recognition software, so let’s talk about the trip. Our journey to New Zealand was really boring as we had to sit for almost 11 hours in the airplane so we got tired and bored of watching the same movies and the listening to the same music. The food which was served on board was really really bad. I don’t think anybody liked it. But still we were hungry so we had to eat. The whole night it was thundering in the sky and we saw the lightnings from the window the whole night.
At 2:00 in the night I fell asleep and so my husband. Next morning when I woke up I saw the rising sun from my window and it was beautiful. At 10:00 a.m. we landed at the Auckland Airport. As soon as we came out from the airplane we started noticing the self declaration boards everywhere. At first we did not pay much attention, but later on when we saw that it was all over the airport we really had to think about it. So we checked if we had any fruit, vegetable or any eatable thing inside our handbag. One Sardar Ji who was ahead of us didn’t declare in his form and the official found out that he was carrying an apple in his handbag. As he didn’t declare the same, they charged $500 NZD as a penalty for him and I think he will not eat an apple for the next 5 years coz $500 NZD x Rs.34 = is somewhere around Rs. 17,000/- in Indian currency. I guess he was done with his apple at the New Zealand airport. Poor of him.
The weather of New Zealand was extremely good and it was very pleasant for us, it was like beating the heat of Delhi. We stayed in the main square of Auckland as our hotel was on the main avenue in the heart of Auckland from where we could see the whole city. The rooms were quite nice and clean as compared to some Indian Hotels. We stayed in a 3 star category hotel so it was good enough to spend some nights at that place. Read More…
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