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Dilli 6

Cuckoo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:38:33 +0000

Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi is famous for these deep fried snacks. Sweet Thekua, namakparas, samosas, kachoris, besan kaju and what not, with at least 5 varieties of each.

They are equally rich in taste and oil. The containers have holes in bottom and are placed on top of canisters for draining off extra oil.
They always use paper bags to pack and within a minute those bags are fully drenched in oil !!

My visits to the place are not complete unless I buy kilos of them ! Yes, whenever I happen to go there, there is a huge demand to bring these fresh crispy yummy items and I have to buy them by kilos and not by grams !!

No wonder when I asked the shopkeeper about his daily sale, he said anything between 200-250 Kgs per day. And this was just one of the many such shops.

A trip to Chandni Chowk and coming back without these goodies ? No way !

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Proud Moment

Cuckoo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:52:40 +0000

Seen at Wagah border

A proud moment. Isn’t it ?

This board welcomes people coming from Pakistan side to India.

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I would love to be a part of it

Cuckoo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:32:58 +0000

I would love to be in this school. No, this is not a scene from mythological, historical ruins but an unique modern international school. The school “Rishi Valley School” is a modern Gurukulam based on Jiddu Krishnamurthy’s principles.

Classes are held in open on stone benches. There are no day scholars and the teachers too live in the campus. There are many international students at all levels and a long queue to get into the school.

Isn’t that interesting ? I have written a detailed post about it here and I get too many queries for admission as if I am related to it in some way. But they don’t get disappointed, I guide them suitably.

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Intoxication of a different kind

Cuckoo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:03:40 +0000

India can be termed as God-intoxicated country. There is no situation, environment or place that the Indian does not have a god for.

There are gods for vegetation, for weather, for nature, for geographical areas, for villages, for the house, in the temples, in running water, gods in deepest forest and in icy mountain heights.

Gods can inspire, infuse creativity and provoke destruction too. And so, the Indian festivals are incomplete without worshipping these deities.

Vibrantly coloured, elaborately painted and decorated these idols are bought & brought home, worshipped, sometimes for several days before being immersed in accordance with faith into nearby rivers, lakes and the sea where they are.

They are available in all sizes to suit the size of pockets and the place where they are to be kept.

Earlier the idols were made of clay, straw and organic vegetable dyes but environmentalists claim now the idols are mostly made from non-biodegradable materials such as plastic, cement and plaster of Paris (PoP) and painted using toxic dyes.

First the body is painted in single colour, then other colours are added for clothes etc., then eyes and other intricate details are marked and in the end all ornaments with gold & silver colors.

Worshipped at home & now on its last journey… for immersion

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