Recently I gifted a drone to Pranav, my favouritest nephew as a gift for completing his degree in Aeronautics. Actually we had planned to se...

I have lived a life where what I wanted in life is priority. I had a single minded focus on travel. Travel is expensive and you cannot do it...

That is me. Lately I have started posting pictures of me on the blog without hesitation. I am 51. Still young at heart. Looking forward to l...

In September 2021 RamCharitManas came into my life. I was mourning the loss of my father who had passed away in June. It was very hard for m...

Lets begin blogging this year on a healthy note. This salad I made at home on New Year's Eve. All the other food was ordered from a bake...

Happy New Year Friends ! Promising regular posts here. Hope to see you.

💮💮💮💮💮💮💮💮 The year is in its last month. I came to revive this blog and saw that my last post was in Jan 2021 . I think you must have...

We have such a wealth and we must value it.  Everytime I watch a reaction on OSR for those who don't know, it is Our Stupid Reactions. I...

Spice no. 17  Heeng! is a beloved spice in the Indian household. We don't grow the plants which are from the parsley family and leaves l...

Spice no. 16  ShahJeera by the name you might feel we have jeera then what is this Shahjeera why is it used in a blend that has jeera alread...

The Mumbai Research Centre is pleased to announce that its three day festival Jashn e Dastaan e Mumbai starting TODAY will now be free for a...

Spice no. 15  Lavang in Marathi and sonically variant names in others states. In English Cloves, which traces the origin of the name to nail...

Spice no. 14 Tamal Patra is a Sanskrit name of the fragrant leaf derived from the Cinnamomum species. In English is called Indian bay leaf a...

Spice no. 13 Star anise is the prettiest of all spices. A favorite of the food-stylists. The spice is a dried fruit with 7-8 pronged shape. ...

Spice no. 12 Nagkesar or Cobra Saffron is a strange name but indispensable in Ayurveda due to its large range of use in ailments related to ...

Spice no. 11 My first introduction to Masala velchi was when my mother bought a packet of whole garam masala for making biryani. Biryani is ...

Byadgi Spice no. 10 India is synonymous with Chili, was it always like this? Was our food always this spicy? I think credit to a lot of arti...

Baba and Me in the sugarcane field in 2013 on the highway in Kolhapur Baba is aging now. He has been the leader of our joint family. We were...

Spice no. 9 Let me start with Cassia because that is what we use in Indian cuisine. Dalchini which means a branch or twig from China. That i...

Spice no. 8 What you see here in the picture looks like a seed that we call Dhana or Coriander. That however is a fruit and almost always mi...