Category: nostalgia
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Preamble: I took this up as a project for NaNoWriMo. Our writing community had a great setup for this. Carve out morning time to write-write-write. I had it all worked out. Of course, life happened. I could not complete heck even begin writing this. So I extended it saying ‘lets-try-to-finish-it-this-year-Y’ trying to meet the Dec…
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Kadhi is one of my favorite staple Indian foods. I remember chilly winter evenings in Chicago when I would only make kadhi and drink 4-5 cups of it. It gave me comfort. I learnt how to make kadhi from my aaji (mother’s mother). I would always tell aai, how aaji makes the best kadhi in…
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Read Upasna’s post about the collective shopping experience. And since my blog is suffering (read no posts :() and the post made me nostalgic, I decided why not! Plus being year end and all this is going to be a month of lists, of things done, not done, to be done. Might as well start…
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So last week I had two options for books – In the plex (A book about google) and Open (an autobiography).But I wanted to read some fiction, Secret of the Nagas, which had not yet released. Lately I have been having an overdose of non fiction, so thought would wait for it. But then that…
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Post palace of illusions. Mahabharata is something that finds its way to you. Of course if you are born an Indian, its easier. One can say Mahabharata stories were typical bed time stories as kids. One grew up on the fodder of virtuous Pandavs, evil kauravs, cunning shakuni, danveer karna, mayavi Krishna. It was always…
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Pre-script : I pick my books from random sources. It could be some unknown twitter feed, or friends of friends of friends reco, or simply this. Its the risk in trying out any genre that appeals to me. Friends normally recommend what they think I might like. But picking your sources from anywhere else, is…
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So if you watch that movie, do make note of the red building near which the train explosion takes place.That’s my school!!!!! (you have to look out for this particular building) courtesy – google clicked by my N72 – circa 2009 spring Also the movie features tons (is that even a relevant metric?) of chicago!!!…
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C.H.I.C.A.G.O.My soulmate, my friend, my love!I don’t know how I will fill the void. I will never forget you!tears,~nightflier
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Been born and brought up in the same city (same neighbourhood more like) my childhood seems pretty uneventful to me. Leaving aside the minor skirmishes of sibling rivalry, my scrappiness in outdoor events and a few illness stricken periods, there were never major instances of the belonging crisis, short lived friendships, or for that matter…