Monthly Archives: October 2014

Amelia Earhart

Posted on October 30, 2014 by rumachak

While I drool over belated Diwali sweet posts, saree photos and shake my head wisely over clever yet aesthetically presented pronouncements by Pema Chodron and Paulo Coelho; even post a Rumi of my own liking, I notice Facebook informing me … Continue reading →

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Where am I from?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by rumachak

Where am I from? I am from hard working parents who just happened to be doctors but never expected me to be the same I am a combination of all that are related to me, but especially my Mum’s mother … Continue reading →

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Stealing happiness!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by rumachak

Suddenly reminded of one long ago summer, when my grandmother had made a large amount of tamarind pickle(tnetuler achar) with jaggery. We usually descended on that peaceful rural home like a bunch of tail-less monkeys and filled the afternoons with … Continue reading →

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Still me, Renee Zellweger

Posted on October 23, 2014 by rumachak

So what was Zellweger meant to have done? Leave herself untouched by the knife and hope her acting skills take her to where Judy Dench and Meryl Streep have gone? Or resigned herself to playing bridesmaid/sidekick/aging groupie for the rest … Continue reading →

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Never judge a man by his shave!

Posted on October 21, 2014 by rumachak

What an odd thing life is! A trio of tradesmen or tradies as they are called in Australia (the Aussie does not believe in wasting breath on speaking when it could be used on downing a Coopers Pale Ale) are … Continue reading →

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The heart of an artichoke…….food porn.

Posted on October 20, 2014 by rumachak

Spawned by the love of Zeus for an earthly woman, Cynara, the artichoke is the sort of food that is almost the gastronomic equivalent of The Cook, the thief, His Wife & Her Lover. As a flower bud, it is … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 15, 2014 by rumachak

With Kali Puja just around the corner, I was thinking of the stories in Bengal about the goddess and her following among the robbers at the turn of the eighteenth century and later. That was one good thing the British … Continue reading →

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Birds of a feather: the Mynah, the Blackbird and me.

Posted on October 12, 2014 by rumachak

It is rather funny that the two birds that give me the greatest pleasure in the garden are also migrants like me; the Myna or Miner as the Aussies call it, and the Blackbird. They were both introduced to Australia … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Roerich!

Posted on October 9, 2014 by rumachak

Indira Gandhi described him as a “man with extensive knowledge and enormous experience, a man with a big heart, deeply influenced by all that he observed”. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize a total of three times in … Continue reading →

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