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Bombay Monsoon Bhutta Chilli Cheese Toast

Bombay Monsoon Bhutta Chilli Cheese Toast

The recipe that happens when a Sunday grill meets a charcoal bhutta vendor on a rainy Bombay afternoon. This is,...
Jun 17, 2026
Bhel Goes to Finishing School

Bhel Goes to Finishing School

A spiced kurmura masala that upgrades your bhel, doubles as a chakhna, and makes a very strong case for itself...
Jun 04, 2026
Day in Kyoto: A Reiteration

Day in Kyoto: A Reiteration

I know this is probably going to be my second Sake post, but let me tell you, apart from being...
Mar 01, 2026
Engage Simplicity

Engage Simplicity

Bottom-line – Anything, be it anything, should have the power to humble you at some level. When you come across...
Feb 24, 2026
A Capital Idea

A Capital Idea

I was privy to a conversation between a dominating diva and her audience of like minded ladies at a recent...
Feb 20, 2026
Silent Spears

Silent Spears

Since time immemorial man has brandished weapons of choice to attack, conquer, malign and carry out other unmentionables. It is...
Feb 19, 2026
A ‘Satay’ating Experience

A ‘Satay’ating Experience

The one thing which entices most people who love food is when food is cooked fresh in front of them....
Feb 19, 2026
Fasting Fury

Fasting Fury

Today is Shivratri and the fact that I come to love this day, is because of the impromptu holiday from...
Feb 19, 2026
Reality Bites

Reality Bites

How often do you lose yourself in a world which captivates you wholly and eliminates all negativity – materialistic or...
Feb 19, 2026
The Sage Syndrome

The Sage Syndrome

I have recently been observing certain traits of people from a relationship point of view. Parents to children, husbands to...
Feb 18, 2026
A Juicy Trap

A Juicy Trap

I think I have reached an age where the word marriage keeps following me in annoying whispers where ever I...
Feb 17, 2026
Potato, Potatoe – one and the same

Potato, Potatoe – one and the same

It’s very awkward to be caught in a situation where you have to choose between two polarities but return to...
Feb 16, 2026
The Apple of my eye

The Apple of my eye

What is the one thing that binds a person to existence? If you guessed “Life”, then you are wrong. Life...
Feb 16, 2026
Beet It

Beet It

One of the most difficult words to say is the word ‘No’. Coming from a country whose culture is extremely...
Feb 16, 2026
Docile is Difficult

Docile is Difficult

I have not been blogging a while and things have been quite on the rise. work has been quite a...
Feb 16, 2026
Girls at the Grill

Girls at the Grill

If there is one other thing which attracts me on this planet – it’s a barbecue grill. Pure joy, filling...
Feb 13, 2026
Yin Yang

Yin Yang

Opposites attract? Quite the contrary, they don’t attract but they definitely co-exist on interdependency. A dependency if set in motion...
Feb 13, 2026
Nyonya Flashback

Nyonya Flashback

It is often said that happy memories are always tucked away in a special part of your brain and resurface...
Feb 13, 2026
Ground Control

Ground Control

I am sitting 35000Ft in the air traveling back to Mumbai, bored out of my mind and typing this out....
Feb 13, 2026
Unrelated Similarities

Unrelated Similarities

It was a calm and quiet evening, the rustic bench I was seated upon creaked slightly as I shuffled through...
Feb 13, 2026
Holy Guacamole

Holy Guacamole

I was skimming through some old photographs on my phone, around 10000 of them, all thanks to the cloud network...
Feb 12, 2026

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