preeoccupied.blogspot.com
PreeOccupied: April 2015
http://preeoccupied.blogspot.com/2015_04_01_archive.html
Wednesday, April 08, 2015. Something About Shukto On A Dark, Dismal Day…. It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to be a cookbook-writing Bengali. I was supposed to have my own cooking show. I was meant to sign my cook books. I was supposed to look all fab, and flaunt my manicured nails while chopping onions on television. I was meant to look like a Bengali version of Goddess Nigella, in. I have become one of them. I am one of them. Its another thing that three-fourths of my wardrobe is black.
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: Gladiator on the Glacier
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007/03/gladiator-on-glacier.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Mar 31, 2007. Gladiator on the Glacier. Curse of the black tongue (Pindari Part-II). Is the last village in the Pindari. Trek route. Although there is still atleast. One wooden lodge available at Dwali. The amenities are minimal. It is thus advisable to reload yourself with the essentials like batteries, emergency food items et. During the brief stay at KMVN. Guesthouse. Most of the youths in Khati. I can walk with a quintal. The day next we were well preapred. Thank...
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: POLL DIARIES: Secular Guts & Mardana Kamjori
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2014/05/poll-diaries-secular-guts-mardana.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. May 28, 2014. POLL DIARIES: Secular Guts and Mardana Kamjori. Travelogues from Uttar Pradesh Heartland. Mukesh Pandey (Name NOT Changed) is a local media dabang. Are there no problems with regards to his strict vegan routine? Pandey quenstions back: "Have you seen the utensils that the food is served in? It reeks of meat preparations. No Brahmin worth his salt will eat out of it.". And mardana kamjori (. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). New Delhi, India. Best desc...
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: April 2007
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Apr 25, 2007. Fast, Not Furious. Cold weather, a shoddily pitched tent and insufficient dinner ensured that I woke up when it was still dark. Since there was nothing else on hand, I made use of wee hours by wrapping my sleeping bag and the tent in place, and was all buckled up to leave when the dhaba. Owner advised me to wait for light. “. A nomadic tribe in Uttarakhand. Canines when they were not chained. The ascent was easy and in a few hours I reached Pindari.
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: A Dream Run & Lottsa Rum
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007/09/dream-run-lottsa-rum.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Sep 21, 2007. A Dream Run and Lottsa Rum. Group trip to Kanvashram-2). Groupism is unavoidable in a nine-pack jaunt from office: Kavita and Sudipta bonded at one side; Sukriti and Shikha bitched at the other; Jai held on to booze and an SLR camera while Shabarinath felt comfortable with a vibrant Geetanjali. Nisha and I ran around to maintain a façade of unity. As Premji continued with his haul, without bothering the occupants, the car remained abuzz. Jai pulled ...
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: Amazon forests in Uttarakhand???
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007/06/amazon-forests-in-uttarakhand.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Jun 5, 2007. Amazon forests in Uttarakhand? I kicked the other two bums out of bed for the final leg to Nag Tibba and also decided that a few belongings could be left at the school's custody. Sunil had warned us of a steep climb and I wanted no casualties. Only necessary gadgets (including the tent) were forced into one rucksack and the rest was left behind to be collected upon our return trip. Frankly, hill temples, including the popular chaar-dhaam ones, are never ...
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: Up, ahead the world is a high!
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007/02/nothing-rejuvenates-me-fuller-than.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Feb 16, 2007. Up, ahead the world is a high! To Hemkunt, Valley Of Flowers and Auli-II). My will to keep ahead worked well for other tired souls too. I fixed a place for our lunch, spelled out a menu and moved backward to see how far behind were my trek-mates. It tickled my ego that inspite of being the eldest in the pack, I was ready to run to and fro to keep the flock like a shepherd. Being on four legs, Bubbles was the first to reach the spot, a Helipad before Gha...
pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com
Hill Goat: Windfall and a Waterfall
http://pankajmolekhi.blogspot.com/2007/09/windfall-and-waterfall.html
I'm on my way, with dust in my shoes. Sep 26, 2007. Windfall and a Waterfall. Group trip to Kanvashram-3). The GMVN guesthouse at Kanvashram offers an ideal spot to enjoy a cold evening with bonfire, friends, music and toxics. Rafting camps ahead of Rishikesh offer some competition but they fall short on safety — imagine a doped-out friend walking straight into the Ganges and sailing his way to higher hunting grounds! Kanvashram is safe. The spacious lawns at GMVN. 8221; (grave inequity). I offered t...
preeoccupied.blogspot.com
PreeOccupied: August 2013
http://preeoccupied.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html
Monday, August 05, 2013. Uthapa Aunty’s Coorgi Murgi. Mrs Uthapa was my mother figure during my short life in Bangalore. She lived in the apartment next door and worked in a bank. She wore neatly pleated cotton sarees, and fresh Mallige (jasmine) flowers braided in her wet hair. She rode a Kinetic Honda to work at the State Bank of India. The only thing I did not like was when she came with Bevu Bella (Neem and jaggery) during Ugadi. The. Anyway, here is how I made Uthapa Aunty’s Coorgi Murgi. 1 tablespo...
