Chronicles from outside the Kitchen

The hint of smoky sweetness wafts over the dusty smog of the city As I carry my Monday morning hangover fa...

While Da Vinci might argue that in simplicity lies the ultimate sophistication, I a mere, humble nobody choose to disagree. There is somet...

Raj Kapoor and Nargis in an iconic still from the film Shree 420 (1955) "Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walk...

A picture is worth a thousand words  And there is a story always peeking around a corner. It stands behind the curtains waiting for an au...

Bananas "Too thin for jelly and too thick for jam. An ambiguous, unclassifiable consistency, they said." Arundhati Roy, God of Sma...

"Long before the time of Christ , the lure of spices took traders and seafarers to the verdant coast of Kerala on the Southern tip of I...

Little droplets of sweet chutney Dribble down my chin. Thin slices encrusted with red chilli  Burn their fiery way down my gullet Chunks of ...