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Random Riff: Gastronomy Domine - Gajar halwa, straight up
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Random notes from here and there. Friday 11 June 2010. Gastronomy Domine - Gajar halwa, straight up. I may start writing about another newly-discovered passion - food! Always been a fan, but developing a more geeky interest of late. Well, here goes.). Tried my hand at gajar halwa. Classic style - for mum's birthday yesterday. Here is a blow-by-blow how-to, with some nuances thrown in, to get it just-so.(and you can figure out the ingredients etc by just reading this through I guess). The carrot is now a ...
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Random Riff: July 2007
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Random notes from here and there. Saturday 28 July 2007. It is humanly impossible to sing taans. So fast, with such emotive imagination, and yet each note so exact, sung in a crystal clear voice! Unless, of course, you are Ustad Rashid Khan. I was at the Barkha Ritu. Of "rain and ragas. Concerts, where I had the privilege of hearing this man sing, live. An hour or more of Megh Malhar. This went on for the first ten minutes or so, and it was quite irritating for the people around - meanwhile the Ustad.
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Random Riff: June 2010
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Random notes from here and there. Friday 18 June 2010. Gastronomy Domine - Pasta la Vista! Simple toss-up using penne -. Boil pasta, drain and keep aside. Blend 1 tomato and 1 onion into a paste. Chop up 1 green bell pepper, 1 red bell pepper, 1 yellow zucchini, some olives. Heat a li'l bit of olive oil in a pan - add chopped veggies and cook for a while. Add some salt, some oregano etc and cook some more. Bung in the blended so-called sauce and cook some more, till all the raw smell goes away. Heat up 1...
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Random Riff: October 2007
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Random notes from here and there. Wednesday 24 October 2007. The grass is greener. It was eleven AM. Time for a coffee break. As was his wont to do everyday, he stood in the corridor, waiting for the elevator to take him up to the cafe. He stood looking down from the fifth floor, out the glass wall of his air-conditioned concrete office building, far below at the now-familiar scene in the lawn. It's almost shameless, the way they were luxuriating - a small part of him felt. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Random Riff: The singer's Song
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Random notes from here and there. Thursday 6 September 2007. I came across this amazing bhaava geethe. Last weekend. Its words are simple, but I think it completely epitomizes the true spirit of a singer. Here it is -. Edhe thumbi haadidhenu andhu naanu. Manavittu kaelidhiri alli neevu. Edhe thumbi haadidhenu andhu naanu. Indhu naa haadidharu andhinanthe kunithu. Kaeluviri saakenage adhuve bahumaana. Haaduhakkige baeke, birudu sanmaana. Ella kaelaliyendhu naa haaduvudhilla. Manavittu kaelidhiri alli neevu.
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Random Riff: The grass is greener...
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Random notes from here and there. Wednesday 24 October 2007. The grass is greener. It was eleven AM. Time for a coffee break. As was his wont to do everyday, he stood in the corridor, waiting for the elevator to take him up to the cafe. He stood looking down from the fifth floor, out the glass wall of his air-conditioned concrete office building, far below at the now-familiar scene in the lawn. It's almost shameless, the way they were luxuriating - a small part of him felt. 24 October 2007 at 11:51 PM.
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Random Riff: Bombay Notes
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Random notes from here and there. Saturday 17 October 2009. I'm not entirely sure if I'd be starting things off again here. Let us see how it goes. However, for now, here's something I wrote about five years back, on a visit to Bombay with some friends]. Beer, breezers, screwdrivers, rum 'n coke, a lot of smoke; reunions; hot chinki waitress - what's her act? Pop rock and loud conversations - mostly harmony, some discord; taxi ride in the night; Worli - Gandhi Nagar - Lady Ratan! Chai at home on a lazy S...
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Random Riff: April 2007
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Random notes from here and there. Monday 30 April 2007. It's a project where this dude, Justin, wears a video camera on his hat and the feed is transmitted on the website - live. 24/7. And yes, before you ask, including when he goes to the bathroom or goes on a hot date. I chanced upon this site through Paul Graham's. Page, where the launch of this venture was announced. But the streaming quality on the Justin-cam ain't that bad - even on my 128 kbps line - given that it is live. B) to actually prove the...
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Random Riff: June 2007
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Random notes from here and there. Wednesday 27 June 2007. The fluid of life. I went down to a hospital near where I work to donate some blood today. And I was witness to something which essentially inspires this post. Of units are replaced through donors that one should find (the type. There). The younger brother could not donate as he was a diabetic. This man had such a fear of the whole process, I found it quite tough to believe at first. WTF? He had come in earlier that afternoon, and got his screenin...
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Random Riff: October 2009
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Random notes from here and there. Saturday 17 October 2009. I'm not entirely sure if I'd be starting things off again here. Let us see how it goes. However, for now, here's something I wrote about five years back, on a visit to Bombay with some friends]. Beer, breezers, screwdrivers, rum 'n coke, a lot of smoke; reunions; hot chinki waitress - what's her act? Pop rock and loud conversations - mostly harmony, some discord; taxi ride in the night; Worli - Gandhi Nagar - Lady Ratan! Chai at home on a lazy S...