The Nizam from New Market…

So why is this about New Market and Nizams? Because this one is about wafting memories that have since floated down  from the legendary open market in Kolkata, right down to the suburbaness that is Andheri West. This one is about the memory of singing along with Shahrukh in his Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon,…

Potato

My dad had, long back, told me  this tale of Shahjehan, when he was dumped in jail by Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb had given the cook instructions that his dad be served only one vegetable and one dal for the entire time that he was in jail. Imagine, only one veg and one dal for the rest…

For starters…

And so it finally begins! Only a rough idea at the moment of what is cooking, the ingredients not all in place, and certainly not sure of how much to add of which, or when. Only hope, the hope that something palatable turns out eventually, the hope that people like it, and the hope that…