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#Blogchatter, #Life, Reminiscences, Tales, Thoughts Posted on20th June 2024

Chai pe charcha, aur kya?

This is my story. I am a tea lover. No. Not Green tea, not Detox tea, not Chai latte, not English Breakfast. I love tea […] Read More

#Blogchatter, Reminiscences, Thoughts Posted on20th June 202420th June 2024

Lessons on Indian history through food stories – Raja Rasoi aur anya kahaniyan

How I got introduced to Raja Rasoi and Anya Kahaniyan Netflix was new in those days. Circa 2014. I came across the show – Raja, […] Read More

#Blogchatter, Reminiscences, Thoughts Posted on11th June 202411th June 2024

Food, family, and festivities – Childhood memoir by Madhur Jaffrey

A significant number of us thrive on nostalgia. Most of us are dissatisfied with our lives. We await something better – money, fame, job, family, […] Read More

#Blogchatter, Reminiscences Posted on13th February 202413th February 2024

My favourite quote leaves me in knots

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before […] Read More

Reminiscences, Thoughts Posted on31st December 202031st December 2020

31st Decembers as I remember

Some people live their lives clinging on to their past. The moments they remember, smile to and wish to relive. That is me. Clinging to […] Read More

poem, Reminiscences Posted on4th April 20196th April 2019

DILLI MERI JAAN

Amongst the zillions of writings about youMy words are simple, small but trueI pour my heart out to theeMy city, my Jaan, my Dilli! I […] Read More

#Life, poem, Reminiscences Posted on3rd April 20196th April 2019

CAMELS, CAROUSELS AND CACOPHONY

What does my country mean to thee? If it’s not camels, carousels and cacophony What is India if not the hullabaloo Her identity lies in […] Read More

poem, Reminiscences, Thoughts Posted on2nd April 20192nd April 2019

Berlin Butterfly!!

Bright red scarf and an orange hat Soft wrinkles, her lipstick’s red matte, Crunching the leaves under her bicycle wheel There she flies, without her […] Read More

#Life, poem, Reminiscences Posted on1st April 20191st April 2019

AUSTERITY OF HIS ARID DREAMS

Amidst the barren, broken and yellow earthLies an arid dream, dirty white at birth,Somewhere in the crevices, covered by crustBlinking, hiding, fighting the dust. He […] Read More

#Life, Reminiscences, Thoughts Posted on15th September 201820th March 2019

THIS IS ME..

I did not miss India this summer. Delhi heat, dust-laden winds and dry grass made me believe I am not alien in this country. I […] Read More

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Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
it was amazing
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
by Farah Bashir
Cobalt Blue
it was amazing
Cobalt Blue
by Sachin Kundalkar
A Christmas Carol
it was amazing
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
it was amazing
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
by Madhur Jaffrey
A Passage to India
really liked it
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster

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