Prologue

One day when I get famous and need fillers for my book, I might give this more thought ..... for now this will do. I claim to be no expert at either travelling or cooking or the random things I write about... But I would like to collate all my good memories (and efforts) into this space for reminiscing on those grey rainy days... What Blog its more of a 'Brag'!!

My Thank You Speech..........

I was introduced to cooking in the early years of my life by my Aayi while I sat at the kitchen dining table while she mixed spices and vegetables to create those sumptuous dishes. My brain took in what I did not intend to learn. My Aayi is a fantastic cook. Each day I woke up to a sit down breakfast of Idlis, Dosas, Upma, Dodak, Usli and the likes. A far cry compared to the ‘eat while you dress’ cereal we make do with these days. Any efforts Aayi made of training me in the kitchen went futile. It is hence ironic that Aayi, ‘my first teacher’ is still to taste anything cooked by my hand. My hard core cooking days started only when I moved to UK with my husband a few years ago. My husband, like a true martyr, suffered through my numerous cooking expeditions. His encouragement, fulsome praise where due and frank critical review drives me to try something new each week. It is to these two people that I owe whatever little cooking I know or strive to know today.

Movie muddles

Watched the movie 'Bhaagam Bhaag' today. Must say I havent seen a crappier movie in a long time!! Apart from a few funny jokes, most of it was insipid comedy with lots of faux pas.
For example, the theatre group lands at heathrow and are driven to Osterely and they pass the Big Ben on the way. One of the scenes is shot in Brighton supposedly and the fire brigade which arrives is the 'London Fire Brigade'. Also in Brighton are streets from Oxford!! Paresh Rawal is wasted and Govinda had made a sensible decision to retire. Akshay Kumar shines but cant be expected to carry the burden of a terrible storyline.

Earlier in the week I watched Kabul Express and thought it was really good. Arshad Warsi is hillarious and the script is fabulous. Wouldnt mind watching it again.

Quite liked Casino Royale except the ending. Daniel Craig is good.

Next on the list is:
Babul (though not too keen), Happy Feet.

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