This interesting and touching story is based on the life
of planters in South India, particularly Kerala’s High Ranges,
during the last century. Click here to read.l
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Mysore Dasara Exhibition Memories
Dasara Exhibition at Mysore has always been quite famous but was certainly more charming in those times. Let me share unforgettable memories from my childhood and with a little bit of history. This is a longish post because the memories are many. Read further....
Monkey Mail
In all the years I've been married, we've hardly ever had a postal address with a house number or a street name.
Our address has always been 'c/o' (husband's designation), followed by the name of a tea garden, a Post Office, and a district name. A bit like the Phantom, who sends a man to collect 'any mail for Mr. Walker' from the Post Office in Denkali, a tea garden manager has a 'dak wallah' who goes to the nearest post office every morning to drop off and pick up letters.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
An Unnecessary Airport Drama
Watching the events at the Trivandrum Airport yesterday on TV, I was reminded
of an old story. Just after a flight took off from Mexico City a man rushed into the cockpit
brandishing a pistol. He told the pilot ‘I’m highjacking the plane. Take it to Miami, Florida’.
The surprised pilot said, ‘But this flight is to Miami.’ The passenger shook his head and
responded, ‘Twice before they said that, but it was highjacked to Havana.’ more
Monday, 15 October 2012
Pitcher Plant Rice
I came upon this strange dish, Pitcher Plant Rice, which is popular with the locals of the Land Dayaks of Sarawak near the district of Bau and Serikin in Malaysia. It is a delicious Bidayuh food. The unique dish is “cooked hill rice (purple colored rice from Borneo) with peanuts in a cut opened pitcher”. Read more here
Saturday, 13 October 2012
A new kind of cheap flame for cooking
Recently the Prime Minister
made a statement that large scale planting of trees would be started for making
firewood easily and cheaply available all over the country. A proper nation
wide agro-forestry project should considerably reduce the demand for cooking
gas from the villages.
But modern kitchens cannot use firewood. ...more
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Weekly Warbler
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Happy Birthday AB! You have done
everything from A – Acting to Z - showing Zing in everything you do! We need
more alphabets now. Congrats on a great life!
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*Can happen only in India! The more we
try to liberate our women, Chautala echoes Khaps to say marriages for girls to
be done before they turn 16 to avoid rape! Insanity running in family?
* Finally Justice comes from outside! IOC
bars Kalmadi & Co even as our Govt. is rehabilitating Kalmadi and Raja!
Friday, 5 October 2012
Kerala High Court on alcohol policy
Two recent suggestions by the Kerala High Court have become the major talking point in the State. One is that bars should open only at 5 in the afternoon. Lunch time drinkers and those who go to office after some stiff ones certainly won’t like this. But the main point of contention is an earlier observation of the HC to stop toddy tapping and replace that drink with beer.
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Weekly Warbler
·
Happy Birthday to Lataji ! Lata-
Rafi controversy unnecessary. It was your voices young India hummed and grew
up with.
· Sanga and Mahela are starting a hotel,
main menu being crabs; the name of hotel is quite familiar to us! 'Ministry of
Crabs!'
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