thank you …. Vishal !!

Bengalis (by birth) like me do not like to admit that they have a sweet tooth. They land up at a Bengali get together(read : loud exchange of  opinioned ideas on everything and anything) and when offered, push their open palms in the air, like that on an invisible bench press and noisily decline “mishti khaabo [...]

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Cheran’s Pokkisham…..not a movie review … !!

“One of the incentives of being married to a girl from South India is easy access to kick ass South Indian food! ” After having gained hundreds of pounds, since I transitioned from “self” cooking to “herself” cooking, it is but natural of me to delight in my wife’s culinary skills . Now, if she [...]

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R.S.V.P …….."thanks, but no thanks …!!"

The strong smell of kerosene from the harrykane (lantern in Bengali) and that of the “village” filled up the small hut. Someone passed Britannia Marie® biscuits and an aluminium jug of water from a tube well (I knew the smell of iron in the water).And then there was a scream and someone , a lady [...]

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tagged "four" and some……

The tags keep coming and I need to make sure I attend to their calls as and when time and lack of other ideas permit. And that surely means that if you are reading this blog, and you know I like your’s , there is every possibility that I shall tag you in the next [...]

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