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Archive for August, 2012

Ah, the rains…

Yesterday I took a rickshaw to go to a neighborhood shop. While coming back it started raining and I was scrambling to protect myself in that rickshaw with a very small hood when I realized that there is no need. It’s hot and I am going home. It does not matter if I get wet […]

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Janmashtami

It was Janmashtami last Friday, the 10th of August. We started our day with Kuttu Ki Pakori in the breakfast. No, we did not fast but who says that you cannot have Kuttu without fasting ;-). The pakoris were a hit and on popular demand, I had to prepare another batch starting from scratch again. […]

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Exploring Noida

My niece dragged me to a mall in Noida to update my Indian wardrobe ;-). We took metro to go to the mall. First we hopped into a general compartment because the train was already at the platform when we reached there. It was too crowded, so we ran out on the next platform and […]

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First week, after moving back to Delhi

After spending 20 years in California, we moved back to Delhi. Staying with parents in law. It’s a big change in terms of weather, traffic and culture. It’s the beginning of August so it’s hot and humid. In the very first week we saw two major power grid failures. Did not get to run AC for […]

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