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Toast with butter with tomatoes, cucumber, and chaat masala

Cooking (and other things) With the Snubnose

I don’t post much about my cooking on my blog primarily because I am neither a good cook nor a good photographer. Of late though, the snubnose has become super-interested in cooking, and hence we have been having some cooking lessons. Once in a while something turns out looking and tasting lip-smacking delicious, and I…

Example of Vishnu Pada (the feet of Vishnu)

Wordless Wednesdays: The Feet of Vishnu

Snubnose attempts an imitation of the feet of Vishnu. Tantric art is a popular art form in India. Here is an example of tantric art (Vishnu pada or The Feet of Vishnu)…image taken from this awesome Indian art site Here is the snubnose’s attempt… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nish (@nishitak)…

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

The House at Riverton

Summer 1924 On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999 Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young…

Did not Finish

I am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned to read both these books for The Classics Club reading challenge, but I am finding that both are beyond me, and there’s no point trying to finish completely uninteresting books just…

I forgot the name of this dessert but it's made with Belgian chocolate and it was heaven

Super Saturday with Snubnose

Last saturday, snubnose and I had an exclusive 1-1 session. We used to do this on a regular basis, but of late, she’s been too busy (yes, she has!), and so have I. The Strand Book Festival was a great excuse for us to plan a fun saturday out, and just that we don’t feel…