Mangoes of Malihabad
Do enjoy the Mangoes of Malilhabad. Malihabad is the Mango capital of India and is easily accessible from Delhi. From Lucknow its 30 Kms.
Season
Reason, Season or Lifetime ?
Long before the social media era, when email was the only means of communication, someone forwarded this note to me and the message stuck with me. The link to this message is – https://www.nannet.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Reason-season-lifetime.pdf. Here’s the screenshot – Its a beautiful message … some people come into your life for a reason, some for a … Read more
Finally a “Malgoa” and a “Mallika” – Mango season 2018
This year the Mango season started rather late for us – just yesterday. Till we get to eat Mangoes chosen by our Mango boys in Bangalore, it never feels like the season has started. Last year they had sent the mangoes to us in Chennai and we met them in Bangalore too – The Mango boys … Read more
The Mango boys are back!
We met them first in 2013 when we were in Bangalore and since then, they have become fast friends of ours. Every year when the Mango season begins, and they setup their stall, I get a call from them asking me when we are coming over. Read about them here – The Mango people. We never managed … Read more
The season of delays… ending on a Good Friday ?
For the past year or so, Krishnan and I have been in a season of delays. Everything got done in the end but got delayed enormously. Even simple things like meeting a friend, would not happen. For example, We alternated between feeling elated and feeling dejected about ShikshaDaan’s 12A and 80G exemption status …. when … Read more
The Flute piper
We spent the last day of 2015 under a spell. His concert was scheduled for 4 pm at Narada Gana Sabha and we had the tickets already since we had come early in the morning to get the tickets for this concert and the next day’s concert. We went out for a walk to the … Read more
The lineage shows …
Her maternal grandfather is Palghat Mani Iyer and her paternal grandmother is D K Pattamal … Her genes ensured she had a great voice and the environment at home ensured she trained hard and diligently. The result is Nithyasree Mahadevan, with a voice that can sing in any octave and can move hearts. Nithyasree is … Read more
Laugh riot, mesmerising Morsing and humbling genius !
For the past three evenings we have been attending some or the other play or concert as part of the ongoing Chennai December music season. Sunday was a laughter riot as “Crazy” Mohan and his brother entertained a packed house RamaKrishna Mission school’s Infosys hall. Their play “Google Gadothgajan” is fun, fast paced and there … Read more