Food Archive
This is the story of a ‘Sindhi‘ sounding town called ‘Haldwani’, together with its neighbor Kathgodam; these foot-hill towns have been an important part of my founding years. Both serve as the gateway for Kumoun region …
Years ago, my father got transferred to Gandhidham for one of his postings. Back then, we were settled in a remote town in Chattisgarh, and vaguely knew that the said place happened to be in …
Food at most of the establishments at Auroville looks surprisingly like any home-cooked meal; with little or no effort of commercial dressing up. The practice, in my opinion, is also
I rarely write about my in-town loafing in Delhi, but since I have recently bought a DSLR camera, I decided to take it out for our (the camera’s and mine) first adventure-walk. Out for a …
Came across this street-food in the rural areas of Punjab and simply loved the way it is done! This is basically ‘chhola-kulcha’, albeit with a difference. Chholey is stuffed inside the kulcha and then the combo is …
Please note: Pushkar is known to be a holy-city, and hence there ain’t any non-veg food happening in the city. Nor is alcohol welcome anywhere. That said, there is this other medium of inebriation, …
Bhang lassi. Or Power-lassi. Or Bang-drink. Or, as it is known in Pushkari lingo, Special-lassi. A phrase that would have meant a well made lassi in any other part of India, but not in Pushkar. …
How-so-ever busy I am on my trip to Jaipur, I never miss visiting Anokhi. It HAS TO be visited. Everytime. Like a ritual. I personally love the collection stocked by their C-Scheme store. It is …
Manali- A hill-station that I have carefully avoided all my life, even when almost the entire of Delhi treats it like its weekend-getaway. (Or maybe, because it is so). Until it was totally unavoidable; Old Manali was …
If there is ONE food item that is a strong contender for winning the ‘National Food of India’ award, it has to be this sinful junk! But trust me, wherever I have been to, be …
