Clockworks, Automata and the Silents – the magic of Hugo!

A dazzling array of gears dissolved into the streets of Paris, and a single gear turned magically into a roundabout, and just like that for me Hugo went from the realm of near animation to reality. The teeming Gare Montparnasse is well endowed with clocks that all keep working on precisely oiled and turned gears.

Fall harvest veggie bake with paneer

Every week I get a huge basket of seasonal veggies from the student organic farm. The arrival of the basket is an event, and the disposal of the veggies a lot of hard work. Sadly enough sometimes the disposal is into the trash bin after I forget about them in my fridge. This week I [...]

Greens, vegetables and mustard – Chadchadi!!!

Ae mohabbat tere anjaam pe rona aaya! Mallika-e-Ghazal Begum Akhtar

Updated on the occasion of her birthday!  NO one had a voice like hers, full of dard that welled up from her life experiences! Born Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, Begum Akhtar began her training as a singer at age 7, and gave her first public performance at age 15 and soon became the voice of ghazals, [...]