As I daydream of the foods I will be eating in mumbai, M interjects my reverie – she needs a small diamond cluster earring. “But you already have a beautiful pair,” I remind, as if any woman can actually forget the glittering rocks they have. “Those are too big, and for wearing to work everyday [...]
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Deep-fried foods are rare in our home. We save it for our favorite konkani delicacies: Jackfruit (Phansa-) Hapol and Spicy Vodi. Haaaah! During our summer holidays in Honavar and Kumta, we kids helped make them. The women would roll the hapol and we would carry them up the rickety stairs to the temporary roof (mandal) [...]
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For me, God exists in Nature and I see him in a beautiful sunrise. I can add, I see her in the blue skies, towering mountains, the chirping birds, the butterfly and the serene lake. Wherever you see her, take off your shoes and gaze in awe at her munificence! The pic was taken many, [...]
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Every morning I pay my respects to the Supreme Being at a small altar in our spare room. It started with the brass “OM” on the bookshelf during my student days. I purchased the Om along with a booklet of Swami Vivekananda’s lectures, at a road-side stall in Kanya Kumari. Reading Vivekananda’s 1893 lecture to [...]
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