This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Roti – All about Food. Kapda – All about Sarees. Makaan – All about our home, the Earth.
Oct 24, 2019 I met her at the Chemistry lab of Wesley Women’s College, Secunderabad, the day I joined the college. A common friend and a senior Meera had introduced us and it was like friendship on first sight. Vidya is my soul sister and one of my closest friends since 1987 (To my Soul-sister … Read more
Yesterday I had ordered bananas (Robusta) from Milk Basket. As soon as I peeled the first one I saw it was spoilt and rotten. From the outside the peel was even, not even yellow in colour but rotten inside. The only explanation is the use of artificial ripeners that make the fruit tasteless and rotten … Read more
One of the things that we always eat when we travel abroad is “Hummus”. The variety and quality that we get in Europe or Turkey or even the US is just outstanding and for vegetarians, its a treat with all types of bread. I have never tried to make it at home, but decided to … Read more
The above pictures were sent by a school friend who is refusing to come to Delhi till these numbers come down and the following blog is written by another school friend of mine who doesn’t want to be named … I have good friends 🙂 1. Every year from end Oct to Nov, large plains … Read more
Sept 21, 2019 – My closest friend Sirisha and dearest cousin Koka’s birthday ! I continued my tradition of wearing a new saree on the most important day in each month all through this year and September was even more special because there are two important days in this month. The first being Sept 7th, … Read more
The one thing that we miss from our Europe vacation is the ability to walk everywhere … the wide sidewalks, free of litter and dog poop is something we need desperately in India. Mind you, we do have broad sidewalks, and in Gurgaon we also have cycling tracks, but autos and “redi” wallahs take up … Read more
Before my friends assume that this post is about how I have suddenly become a proper Tamilian whose meal is not complete without “curd rice” ….. it is NOT. 🙂 I like curds, I like Yoghurt (unsweetened), I like raita, Kadi, Morkozhambu and yes I like lassi once in a while but I still don’t … Read more
The following picture is of a school in Vienna on the Graf Starhemberger Strasse. Around 2 pm when the school closed for the day, mothers have come to take their children back home. There is not a single child being taken home in a car. They are either walking or being taken on a cycle. … Read more
Last year when we travelled to Germany, our first port of call was Hamburg. I asked our Airbnb host about buying some groceries and fruits nearby and she pointed us to an “Edeka” supermarket, a kilometre or so away. When we walked in there the first thing that caught my attention was vine-ripened, red tomatoes … Read more
I don’t have a sweet tooth and I don’t like cakes very much, but there are certain cakes that I like eating once in a while. I love the Chocolate mud pie or mud cake.. don’t know where I tasted it first but a warm chocolate mud pie is just awesome. In Cafe Delhi Heights … Read more