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Fish Balls

Summer vacation is about to end and Qya has successfully managed to empty his brain of the “A,B,C’s”, “1,2,3’s” and everything else he learnt in the past year. With Ben 10, followed by Tom Jerry, followed by Oggy and the Cockroaches, followed by numerous other aliens and creepy crawlies that walk and talk and jump and do the unimaginable, who had time for something as mundane as “A B C”? To save my home from being blown up, I sent him to “summer camp” during the vacation. I am not entirely sure what Qya did there, but seeing that he was very happy about it, I believe he was unleashed on the school grounds with his friends and allowed to perform gymnastics and somersaults, and perhaps allowed to fly around in an iron man suit (since that’s what he tries to do at home). In all fairness, the summer vacation was also a period of learning and discovery – of a different kind – which were the best hiding places in the house? How hard could you throw a ball at the window without actually brea

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Kadai Mushroom

Vegetarians and those on fast, if you are feeling a little left out seeing all the non vegetarian delicacies making rounds in magazines, blogs and cookery shows this Christmas season, then this Kadai Mushroom recipe is just for you. Kadai Mushroom is essentially mushrooms cooked in a spiced onion an

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Love Marriage Vs. Arranged Marriage over a Plate of Masala Papad

In India, a love marriage causes a huge scandal in the family, the proportions of which are unmatched by any other kind of scandal. Talk “love” to elders, and it causes them shock, shame, concern and high BP; shock because the son/daughter who was taught cultural and moral values right from birth dared to choose his/her own life partner; shame because friends and relatives whose children didn’t do the same will look down upon them (the parents) and talk behind their backs and sometimes to their faces about their shoddy parenting skills (why else would the children have gone astray?); worry because kids will always be kids and they might have chosen wrong, an unworthy match; and high BP, well, I think all this will definitely cause some credible blood pressure fluctuations.
“Maybe, we can pass it off as an arranged marriage”, muse the parents. At precisely this point, the children inform them in a small voice that the person they intend to spend the rest of their lives with speaks a dif