A dramatic storm last evening, mighty downpour with lightning so close and bright. Massive bolts. Thunderous crackling. By the time I got the “Roganjosh” gravy ready and put the meat and gravy back on a slow fire to simmer, the storm was abating already. Did manage to catch a few lightning strikes close to the construction [...]
Monthly Archive for September, 2010
We are hosting a couple of athletes from AIS/C attending the SAISA 2010 Volleyball tournament at AIS/D. Needless to say, we cheered AIS/C [Chennai] when they played any other team except the AISD Home Team Click here for few pictures
Burmese chow for dinner tonight
Posted in Cooking, Ujwala Prabhu on Sep 19th, 2010
Khao Suey recipe from Ujwala’s Rasbhara Recipes Turned out just great! A couple of small adjustments from Ujwala’s recipe though, I ground up one medium sized dry red chili along with the ginger and garlic and added just a pinch of dry chili powder later when sautéing the spices. This gave the soup a richer [...]
Calcutta visit – Victoria Memorial
Posted in art, Calcutta, India, Kolkata, Museum on Sep 11th, 2010
10th September 2010. A wonderful visit to Calcutta’s [Kolkata] Victoria Memorial. The artwork inside the museum was absolutely breathtaking – but no photography was allowed.
Took a long time…
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Karwan Bazar, WIP on Sep 7th, 2010
Pictures for the sake of pictures, pretty photos, compelling compositions. Meaningless unless they mean something, if you get what I mean! I have done several outings to the markets, bazaars and slums of Dhaka city. In isolation, many of the photographs I took during these visits are really meaningless. so here is an attempt to [...]