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A pinch of salt
salt acts in mysterious ways, enhancing and enriching other flavours quite content to play a supporting role..
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The Flower of Autumn
The days turn shorter. There is a cool mist in the early mornings. An Indian autumn is in the air. A rather untidy, nondescript tree in a corner of the garden tentatively puts forth a cluster of blooms – white stars on jaunty orange stalks. The sheuli. Others may know it as the parijat, the…
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Opening Packages
I’ve always been quite deft with my fingers, right from my Girl Guide reef-knotting days, but lately I seem to be all thumbs while opening packages. It must be one of the many challenges of aging nobody tells you about. From bottles and sachets, soap dispensers and AAA batteries, daily life is fraught with packaged…
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Fly Past
Alas, no spectacular flights of supersonic aircraft enter into this saga. Unheralded by buglers and drummers, this fly past is inspired by an encounter with that two-winged six-legged bane of the human race aka the housefly. That a creature as ignoble as a fly should inspire prose will raise eyebrows in many quarters, but I…
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Vegetables on the Menu
Tomato prices have been hovering near the double-century mark for the last few weeks. Inspired, other vegetables have also raised their standards. Amidst these sky-rocketing prices, vegetables have grabbed eyeballs, headlines, and conversations. People are discussing vegetables everywhere, at the bus-stops, in their homes, and over steadily diminishing vegetable portions in their lunchboxes. A meagre…