Gond Giri Ki Barfi

Gond Giri Ki BarfiGood neighbors make life fun!!! I truly believe that life is hell if your next door Homo sapiens have not evolved to be at the same page as you! I somehow, have been counting my blessings twice when it comes to all my present and past neighbors. When my last neighbors moved out-of-state, I thought, with a very heavy heart “Gosh, where will I find such good people again?” And now, when I am in the midst of some very wonderful, fun-loving people one more time, I pinch myself from time to time just to make sure, it’s not a dream. [Read on…]

Mawa Kachori

Mawa KachoriSo a lot of people, out of genuine curiosity, asked me “How are you guys celebrating Raksha Bandhan (I have 2 sons)? I am sure that the kids’ cousins must have sent Rakhis for them.” Most of time my answer is a simple “yes” and rarely do I bother with the real answer. 🙂 Simply because (a) It’s time-consuming to have to explain every time. (b) It doesn’t matter how each individual chooses to celebrate it. Raksha Bandhan, for me, has never been about a sister tying Rakhi to a brother and a brother promising to protect her from all the evils because honestly, it’s a good prime-time-story concept but it doesn’t work like that, all the time in real world. Of course, as kids we did exactly that because there isn’t too much freedom for kids in India to do things their way when it comes to couple-of-hundred year old, cast-in-concrete traditions. [Read on…]