Afghani Fateer Pyazi

The lockdown has got even the ‘never-have-I-ever-stepped-into-the-kitchen-persons’, to cook some extravagantly festive dishes. With an increased appreciation of home-made delicacies, not only the novices but even the food enthusiasts are upping their cooking game by following the virtual guidelines and tutorials of their favorite food channels and blogs. Likewise, my Maa, for no apparent reason

Shitala Satam

On a weekday afternoon, around 2 o’clock my brother and I reached home from school. Our pick-up and drop school van parked outside our building and just as we stepped out of the school van, we raced to ring the doorbell first. More than some kind of achievement for us, it was a loud and

Gor Keri

Hands that cook, nourish, keep us healthy! In my case, the hands of the virtuous lady who would not keep a single stone unturned to pamper me. In frame are my grandmothers’ beautifully creased hands, captured as she prepares copious amount of Gor Keri for me. She hails from a hamlet in Kutch in the

Enceinte

She whispered – “You and I; just the same! Like asparagus, cucumber and avocado; Placed on the wooden mat and rolled tight; As if they were one, like you and I; We would never be apart; I think to myself; But one has to cross the bridge when they get to it; So when it

Mid-Summer Magenta

It was late February when I visited my husband’s native place in Konkan region of Maharashtra, for the first time. I was greeted with the lush greens of our quite hamlet as we drove from under the big hoarding that said ‘­­­­Anganewadi madhey apley swagat ahey’ (i.e. welcome to Anganewadi). My husband parked the wheels

Gudi Padva 2020

It was March 24, 2020, around 8.00 p.m. to be precise when my husband and I finished having dinner and received a call from his aunt. She called to remind us that it was Gudi Padva tomorrow. “Pahila San” she said! It was our first Gudi Pavda as a newlywed. Being born and bought up