General conversations and community discussions.
My rule is 3 episodes. Nothing less, nothing more. Then I decide if the show gets a chance. It started with Breaking Bad. Everyone I knew…
At weddings I leave the sweet on the plate until everything else is finished. It's a rule from my childhood. Last month at a wedding in…
Sev puri, papdi chaat, dahi puri, it doesn't matter. I always eat the crunchy part first. The sev, the papdi, whatever is still dry. Before…
Sunday, 10am. I'm making tiffin and I put on old Kishore Kumar songs, volume 12 on the speaker. Within 4 minutes my daughter is standing in…
Last Thursday on the Ameerpet metro, packed as usual, I was standing near the door with my bag on my back. A boy in a school uniform, maybe…
Last Friday I bought 2 samosas from a stall near Koti. Hot, straight out of the oil, 10 rupees each. I asked the man for the chutney in a…
Moved back from Toronto 8 months ago. Nothing prepared me for the roads here, and I mean nothing. Nobody uses an indicator. A car ahead of…
The top cupboard in my Jeddah flat has been closed for 3 years. Nobody was allowed to open it. Every time I tried, something fell on my…
I've been wrong about jalebi for years. I thought it was the same hot or cold. It isn't. Last trip home my brother brought a half kilo box…
I ate mirchi ka salan at a biryani place in Tolichowki yesterday and I'm still annoyed. It was too sour. I could taste the tamarind before…