Tamatar ki Teekhi Chutney (Tomato Chutney)
I am missing home and I am missing home made food. As I was going through several food blogs, I suddenly remembered a teekhi tomato chutney that my mother used to prepare. It goes best with aloo-paratha or sattu-paratha (litti), but you can also have it with dal-chawal. Here’s the recipe if you would like … Read more
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,100 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Read more
Dreams and Realities
Long ago when I was a small boy, but big enough to know that to pee you have to go to the washroom, I would soil the bed sometimes. And when Ma discovered the wet bed the next morning, she would scold me saying, Aditya you have grown so old and you still pee on … Read more
The case of mistaken identities
No one had yet come to claim the lower berth. The TTE said that the occupant was to get aboard the train at Gaya. Until he came, I decided to occupy the window seat and do some sightseeing. As the train stopped at Dhanbad I got nostalgic. For years this was where we caught trains … Read more
Nostalgic smells of Deepawali
We bought a gun for my nephew this Deepawali. In our times this gun used to be made of tin. Small rolls of a bindi shaped cracker served as the bullets. You just needed to pull the trigger and dhoom. I was loving the smell. It brought back memories of times when we used to … Read more
To kill or not to kill (a mosquito)
(At least three mosquitoes have been killed in the process of writing this post) My relationship with God is very much like my relationship with neighbours – I don’t deny their presence; my hands automatically move for the incense stick after bath, like they join to say namaste whenever I cross paths with my neighbours; … Read more
Dadi’s Story
We had just sat down to have our supper when there was a knock at the door. Ma opened the door. She came back with our neighbour Mumtaz uncle’s wife and an old lady, who had worn an overly faded cotton saree that would have been white before getting exposed to coalfield air. Close to … Read more
Fine conditions on online deals – Effective or not?
How many times have you clicked on a banner only to find the actual content is not as interesting as the banner. Sometimes it is a complete farce (like an article I wrote about Yebhi.com that advertised a pack of three t- shirts for rs. 150 but the final consignment cost rs. 300 because they … Read more
Is it necessary for brand and domain names to be meaningful?
In my last organization I got the chance to meet Jay. Within the first few days of our interaction, I learnt that this guy is a storehouse of entrepreneurial ideas. Almost every day he had an idea; somedays even two. And the first thing he used to do was go to Godaddy and try to … Read more
Wrong number
What happens if you call someone after a long long time. Chances are that he or she will be taken for a shock. You might have to deal with difficult questions like why you didn’t call for so long etc. That’s provided you are able to get connected to the person you wanted to call … Read more
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