Pradyumnaray

LATEST ARTICLES ( 21 )

• Untamed in the Untamed

  

  What is it like to be with nature? How does it feel to be far away from the maddening crowd, the shining electricity and of course, the buzzing and bugging... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Takeaways from Awadh

  

  By the time India entered the eighteenth century, the great Mughal empire was starting to fall apart. Hyderabad was an independent state and so was Oudh/Awadh. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Refresher of Mind

  

  Twelfth century India; a voracious king was eating his way to glory. There were many kings who used to satiate their tastebuds using different species of... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beef? No Thanks.. For Now...

  

  When I am out eating with my American friends, it is quite often that they end up ordering vegetarian food; the more informed ones wouldn't go all vegetarian,... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hungry Cook?

  

  What happens when you go a day without food? My mom would say "nothing beta, I do that every once in a while". My dad would say it's good if you do that once a... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Loud Food

  

  I've been off my blog for a month now. It burns me inside but I couldn't get time out of a crazy and busy month to write what I cooked and what I learnt and wha... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• They Are All the Same!

  

  I had promised some recipes in the last blog. But one good recipe isn't good enough for us. The ingredients each have a story to tell. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Colored Fragrant Rice

  

  Bengali Sweet Polaoo Whenever the craving for fried rice(Chinese Style) used to bother me, my mother would start cooking the rice, taking the words fried rice... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nostalgic Winter Food

  

  Isn't Denver supposed to be colder than Delhi in winters? For the past few days, apparently it isn't As the national capital chills, I remember my childhood day... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Food and Emotions

  

  Long back in Delhi, while I used to relish the daal, rajma and mutton curry that mother made, I used to wonder if I would ever be able to cook like that. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Perspective

  Me and Inu often used to have long wonderful conversations. An excerpt of one such. Me: Did you understand even a speck of what I have written in my status? Inu... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Amchi Mumbai...

  People who haven’t been to Mumbai often wonder what it is like. Some notions and presumptions often noticed are concerned with drug-lords, mafia, swanky cars an... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Beginning, The End

  Life has a crazy rhythm, whatever goes, comes back, whatever is shot, is recoiled back, whatever is taken is ultimately given back. And these all occur with a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Independent Soul

  I wanna tell the world about my land,I wanna roam around,And don’t wanna stand,I wanna shriek aloud when full of joy,And do the same,When I run in a decoy. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Futile

  is your imagination,Futile is thy soul,Futile is the way you have chosen,To lead you to your goal.Futile is your spirit,Futile is your knowledge,Futile is the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Man Who Lost His Heart

  I came, I saw, but I strangely lost,Columbus did the other way,I came to win,But I lost my heart,That Heart Was With Me to Stay. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Verrrry Funnny! A Pun Towards…………

  The morning used to be an alien to me,It wasn’t the place I was supposed to be,But knowing the unknown is my passion,So I gave up nights and took up days to... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Walk

  Ctrl+Alt+Del Enter. The computer is locked. I stick the "Please do not shutdown this machine" sign on the monitor and push back my chair to get up. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Simply a Walk

  I come out of my flat and step on the potholed road, thinking, when the municipality would start putting the taxes to something good. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• We

  In the endless ocean I stand,A tiny rock jutting out,Slapped by waves,Kicked by wind,Eroded every moment,But I stand...I look up all the time,The sun stares bac... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION