Hats off to Kundan Lal Gujral who decided to experiment with the food he served in his restaurant in pre independence Peshawer. He ended up cooking chicken in a hot tandoor or clay oven which was normally used to make bread at the time. (Now that is the kind of "innovation", "pro-activeness" and "out of the box thinking" that you always hear about in whatever organization you work for.) So good was the resulting Tandoori chicken that Nehru, who got taste of it, decided that it must be served to visiting foreign dignitaries at banquets. Today it is a staple on menus around the world.
I am brain dead. My brain had been trying to assimilate Malayalam serials for the past few months, and it finally gave up. Blew a fuse, pulled the plug, hit the bucket, just like that.
How does serial watching affect your mental health??
Let me tell you straight away that this is not one of my favourite cakes. I am not even sure whether I like it. But then, I do not like coffee. While the rest of my family is drawn towards coffee the way Jerry floats towards cheese, I go to the extent of pinching my nose so as to not breathe in "coffee fumes".
After Prithviraj's good looks, KK's soulful voice and bottles of Nutella, the Work from Home concept may be the best gift ever given to womankind. Imagine being at home, humming a merry tune and watering your plants as your friends huff and puff to get to their bus stop. A hot cup of fresh tea made just to your liking and the day's newspaper on your balcony while the others wrinkle their nose at the overly sweet cardamom tea that a mindless machine makes. A clearer mind while you work because you didn't have to get up at an ungodly hour to prepare the day's meals and pack them. Instead, you would be doing the cutting, chopping, sauteing and roasting as you attend your calls or wait for the program run to be over. The breaks are not spent in the pantry but reading a book to the little one. The little one, who incidentally doesn't suffer from nappy rashes anymore because you get to change his diapers on time, unlike the nanny you entrusted him to. The world is at peace and while you may spend more time on your work at home than in office, you do it with all your heart. I mean, a firm that lets you be with your child all the time deserves your very best, right?
Though I have celebrated many an Easter, I have no idea about the Easter egg tradition. How are Easter eggs made and why do children go egg hunting? As far as I know, there is no special mention of eggs or bunnies in the Bible. And busy as I was on Easter, I didn't get time to check this out on my favourite knowledge source, (no, not Ningalkum Aagam Kodeeshwaran, but) wikipedia. And post the celebrations, I was too warm and cozy with all the good food within me to bother about any kind of tradition, however cute it was.
