Where did the popcorn wallah go?

Tan..tan..tun…tun..tan…the chimes of his sickle shaped utensil hitting the dark iron wok could be heard atleast a block away. Each afternoon, around the last few minutes of the 13th hour I could hear him approaching. I’d be usually be sweating in my school uniform, just arrived from school, with my mother bidding me to change before […]

Chasing flavours – Malai Makhan

Malai Makkhan or cream butter is one of the most amazing sweet snacks sold during the winters in Lucknow and Kanpur (and also some other parts of UP). While the name may scare the diet conscious, the true product is much much lighter and devoid of any noticeable fat content. I normally had trouble describing […]

Shape of things to come

One of the key questions which I have asked myself many times is whether I really have any acumen for business or atleast marketing. This question has been answered and yet it shall be asked again! Anyways, yesterday I observed a tetrapack of ‘Onjus Thandai’. What surprised me was that just 3 weeks ago me […]

Diwali Break – Choti Diwali

Another busy day, most of it went in shopping and bank related jobs. I still managed to take a few snaps of the festivities en mi casa. It was really fun to be back in the diwali market rush and haggle for clay diyas, electric lamps, or kitchen utensils. Trust me, this is the real […]

Diwali Break – Dhanteras

Its great to be home, after 5 months. Much has changed in the city, particularly the traffic has increased substantially. Another surprise is the infamous Ambedkar Park, that project of the current chief minister of UP seems to be re-constructed all again. This comes as a surprise because the Park had been completed more than […]

Fair Play

There I am, back to my place at Lucknow, and also back to a Dial Up Internet connection. Well, I had just forgotten how terrible it always was using a Dial Up, and thanks to the bright people at BSNL, I cannot expect to have a Broadband connection at home till the time I goto Pune! […]

Back from the roots

Am back, returned from Kanpur and Lucknow (if you don’t know about these cities try Wikieing them!) on Wednesday the 21st February. On the personal front it was a fruitful trip back home; could meet my cousins and grandparents after more than two years. Was lucky enough to meet my parents as well. I could […]