This is the time of the year I begin to get very jealous of everyone living in Banaras / Lucknow / Dilli for this reason! Call this what you may - Mallaiyo, Makkhan Malai, Nimish, or Daulat Ki Chaat, it’s just the best thing in the whole wide world yes it is don’t @ me. 😻
Would it be wrong for me to put up here that I’m doing this thing on Birdsite this Wednesday at 3pm? 😬
Collected over the year, pencil sketches from a Ghat-side artist in Banaras, Hanuman from Hampi, two mixed media works from Ladakh & a print from Kolkata + masks from everywhere + Lanka (not in pic).
Quick Tip: Always plan a wall layout by arranging stuff on the floor to see what works!
Kulhad chai. Mumbai wali Cutting chai, because no time to waffle over a full chai. Chai aur samosa. Chai aur Newspaper. Chai pe bulaya hai. Chai bana lete ho? Chai-pakode aur baarish. Maggi & Chai at a mountain-way pit stop. Bina cheeni ki chai milegi? The point to ponder over here is that it’s taken only about 150 years for this water-tea leaf-sugar-milk combination to become our ‘national drink’ if one may call it that without hurting too many people south of the Deccan.
Tea. Some history along with your morning cuppa. This thread is entirely prompted by a friend who lives halfway across the world asking me this.
This sweet patootie takes me walking to hidden treasures and sunny spots, familiar bushes and new leaf-piles with this incredible waggy-tailed enthusiasm for life, and every single day I realise this a little more, dogs are magic. Happy morning, you guys.
Garden gnomes. Too yawn-y in the mornings for a selfie. Chai pilao please.
Mudhi Mansa from Orissa! A warriors breakfast in Ashoka’s army, Mudhi/Moori (puffed rice) + a Mutton Curry would be eaten for sustenance by marching armies. Later favoured by the Mayurbhanj Kings as a perfect Shikar meal. Mayurbhanj is known to be a significant producer of Moori today, & this a common breakfast/meal. Not a
#LostRecipe though I came across it while looking for Lost Recipes. Mind was blown. Moori was also preferred during the Bengal Famine since a little bit goes a long way.
A bunch of flower pots in a balcony or sill, a tiny succulent on your desk, or a little patch of lawn. Make an enchanted-forest-garden of whatever you have, let the plants grow haphazard, nurture that most persistent weed, let the caterpillars in, buy a bird-feeder. Nature is a gift that keeps giving.
