Found this First World War memorial arch in the market of Vellore.
The small inscription in the middle reads— From this village 277 went to the Great War 1914 - 1919. Of these 14 gave up their lives
#WW1 #Forgotten #Memorials
Friday lunch be like… #DelhiDiary #Food
Flavored Coconut Water it seems. Why take a healthy and naturally sweetened coconut water and add mango/strawberry/orange/pineapple flavored sugar syrup is beyond me!!
Dear Delhi, why would you encourage this abomination?
Submission.
#DelhiDiary #Delhi #Dilli6 #BW #BlackandWhite
Not all fast food are eaten by choice!
#DelhiDiary #Dilli6 #OldDelhi #StreetFood #FastFood
Another in the series of #ForgottenIdols
Found this #Buddha near lanes of Jama Masjid and people had started using his folded hands as dustbin.
#DelhiDiary #Delhi #OldDelhi #Dilli6 #bw #blackandwhite
The Missus with a nice harvest of Keerai / Saag . A friend in the Foreign Service Institute, Ber Sarai, does organic farming in the campus.
#DelhiDiary #Farming #Food
The 100K milestone was crossed today. Miles to go before I part with her.
If I were to recommend one vegetarian dish in Old Delhi, it will be Lotan’s Chole Kulche.
I had read about Lotan’s spicy Chole Kulche a while ago, but did not pay much attention as I felt, being married into an Andhra family, my spice levels were way above these Naarth fellows. Boy, was I wrong. That spicy chilli oil takes that dish to another level !!
#DelhiDiaries #Food
Buttermilk / More / Majji is so soothing in the Delhi summers.
#DelhiDiary #Delhi #Food
Had a sumptuous Vishu Sadhya at @mahabelly.
They have dinner also today, just in case you missed lunch.
Over the weekend we had a weaver from the Bangladesh border showing his wares in our place. Beautiful stuff. In case you are interested, drop me a line. He is Delhi for another week.
#Delhi #DelhiDiary #Saree #Handwoven #Artisan
After full Andhra meals, got to savour some Andhra folk storytelling as well. Just that I needed a translator for the jokes ;)
#Delhi #DelhiDiary #Folkart #Andhra
One of the most fun thing about festivals is the food. The Missus made these Poli for Telugu New Year, Ugadi.
Ugadi Subhakanshalu!!
#Sweet #Food #Festival #Ugadi #Poli
Spring time decorations are on.
#Delhi #DelhiDiary #SaketSelectCitywalk #Spring #Decorations
PSA : The famous Karachi Bakery of Hyderabad has an authorised stockist in Bengali Market near CP.
#Food #Delhi #DelhiDiary #Bakery #CP #ConnaughtPlace #BengaliMarket
A week ago, had this wonderful meal at Cafe Lota.
If you are ever there don’t miss their desserts - Patishapta and Bhapa Doi Cheesecake!!
#Food #DelhiDiary #Delhi #Latergram #CafeLota
Look what came from down South - கருப்பட்டி மிட்டாய் / Palm Jaggery sweet. Many more came, but this gets the highlight of all.
#Food #SouthIndia #Sweet #Tuticorin #Thoothukudi
Now reading this wonderful article on evolution of eyes in National Geographic. Link to the online edition is below.
While at this, do yourself a favor and subscribe to National Geographic. Just about ₹2000 per year. Excellent stress buster. Wide variety of topics. Even kids and elderly will enjoy flipping through the magazine.
Online edition: ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/e…
#CurrentlyReading #NationalGeographic #NatGeo #Nature #Eyes
The leftover Dosai / Idli batter lends itself as Karappam / Ponganalu. Today’s breakfast.
#Food #SouthIndian
Starting to new collection #ForgottenIdols.
For a while I’ve been noticing a lot of idols strewn around on the roadside, and cannot but feel a tinge of sadness for those once well kept pieces.
Here is a Buddha, under a tree, basking in the afternoon sun, bathed in dust and with a broken right arm.
#Delhi #DelhiDiary
Surajkund Mela
Came across this Japanese artist making paper in Surajkund Mela yesterday. The tree fibres are suspended in water, which he sieves through the contraption he has repeatedly. After making a thin transparent layer, it is peeled off from the reverse side and dried to make a sheet of paper.
A paper mache Gecko by the Japanese artist at Surajkund Mela.
The beautiful Chattisgarh gate at Surajkund grounds. If you zoom in, you will find the artist’s name and phone number above the statue’s head 😊
Beautiful paper art by an artis. In the lower half you can see how fine a cut he is doing. The scissors hardly move a few millimetres. Amazing dexterity and control!
Cute little Kolapuri chappals for babies that was at display.
A beautiful ceiling at one of the gates.
#Delhi #DelhiDiary #SurajKund #SonyA7
Had a wonderful lunch at Zizos in Connaught Place.
#DelhiDiary #Delhi #DiningOutside #Food
The cups brought from Surajkund mela yesterday have been inaugurated today!!
This is the state of the pool - full of moss, right outside the Parliament and on the path to North and South Block.
If Swatch Bharat does not start here, where can we hope it to reach!! So many wonderful monuments and buildings around here, but the maintenance is negligible at best.
#DelhiDiary #Delhi
