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 !
Friday Aug 31, 2018 – Edinburgh As we were leaving for Hamburg the next day, we decided to take this day off from sightseeing in order to prepare for the Germany leg of the trip. Sriman, Kiran and the kids all went to their respective offices and schools and we started the prep by loading … Read more
When RK spoke of themes in cuisines around the world on the OPOS FB page, it was just knowledge but it hadn’t become an experience yet. The themes idea just got internalised last week. In the past week, I made OPOS VadaKari and OPOS Kothu Paratha. Both are really easy to make and a huge … Read more
Krishnan and I love Thai food – especially because its fresh and the curries are spicy. For many years we wrongly believed that the Vegetarian green/red/yellow curry was indeed vegetarian but a few years back we realised that many of the restaurants in India use Shrimp paste anyway as the base for these curries. We … Read more
Dearest Appa, I made some Shrikhand with jaggery yesterday as I made the OPOS Gujarati Thali for lunch. We ate some of the Shrikhand yesterday but I kept some of it in the fridge because I remembered how much you relished eating Poori-Shrikhand. Today morning we made Pooris and I ate a couple with Shrikhand…I … Read more
See the following picture – An innocuous looking packet that resembles a single helping of sugar is actually Ethylene which is a fruit ripener. I knew that fruits were being ripened using some chemical but every time you bought fruits from a shop, they would not be in a box and you assumed that they … Read more
The only Airawat I knew all along was the five tusked pristine white elephant that belonged to God Indra. Then I read about “Airaavatha” the Volvo buses run by Karnataka state bus service. Finally I now know that Airawat is also a Konkan Sweet and Sour dip ! I read about this dip in the … Read more
My dear friend Javed shared this video on our WhatsApp group and it made many of us emotional… Do watch the video and wonder about the kind of world we are creating for our children – no trees, no colorful flowers plastic filled oceans, plastic flowers, plastic plates, plastic LIFE. As it is our children … Read more
The world is in a strange space – on one hand, you have millions dying of hunger, or living with malnutrition and on the other hand, we waste tonnes of food. Walk into an office cafeteria that has a lunch buffet or even a restaurant that has a buffet or the most notorious of all, … Read more
Here’s a sample menu for breakfast/lunch – Breakfast – Poha, Sabudana Khichadi, Pav Bhaji, Pongal, Khichadi, Ammini Kozhukattai, Idli, Dosa, Semiya Upma, Rava Upma, Curd Semiya, Bhel Puri, Stew (ishtu) & idiappam, dhokla Lunch – Veg Biriyani, Sambar Rice, Rasam Rice, Dal Paalak, Puliyodare (Tamarind rice), Bisi Bele Baath, Paruppu Podi rice (Spiced lentil powder), … Read more
When we were planning the U.P and Bihar leg of the ShikshaDaan Yatra, we decided to be in Varanasi on Krishnan’s birthday which is today. We reached Varanasi yesterday from Allahabad… after a 3 km harrowing drive through a narrow lane. More of that in a separate blog. Krishnan’s birthday celebrations started off with a … Read more