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Finding the digs

We are trying to find a place to live for more than 6 weeks now and we still don’t have a lease. The main issue is that we want to rent a place with large bedrooms so that we can use it as a work place too. I think one needs that in a joint […]

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Newspaper Special

Unlike bay area in California, reading physical newspaper is still in fashion in India. Surprisingly, the quality of the paper of the newspaper is much better in India than in US, which could be one of the reasons that people still like to read it. Look at the US newspaper below: And the Indian newspaper […]

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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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