Tag: <span>food</span>

October 16, 2022January 29, 2023Thoughts

Chandni Chowk

16 October. It was my first visit to Chandni Chowk. Getting down at the ‘Lal Quila’ metro station, the scenery that I encountered totally lived up to what I had expected of Chandni Chowk. No doubt that it is one of the busiest markets of ‘Purani’ Delhi. With innumerable shops on both sides of the road, while walking on the pavements thronged with visitors and roads jam-packed with rickshaws and two-wheelers, the whole atmosphere seemed to be enthusiastic and excited. And to talk about the shops in Chandni Chowk. What do you wish to buy? You name it, they have it. From the dry fruits market to the books market, from the electronics market to the market of watches and clocks, the list is endless. And the shopping spree gives way to _______. Any guesses? Of course, food ! The huge variety they have. Talking about myself, I treated myself with the famous ‘chole kulche’, ‘dahi bhalle’, and ‘rabri faluda’ of Chandni Chowk. But reaching the moment where we could finally eat was a struggle in itself. Our first junction, the ‘dahi bhalla’ shop was yet to open. So, we proceeded to ‘chole kulche’ which was located quite far away. […]

March 23, 2021October 21, 2021Articles

Grandparents

Let’s begin with a simple definition: Grandparents are our parents’ parents i.e. the parents of our father and mother. This means that everyone has 2 sets of grandparents which means two different ways of showering love and two completely different experiences. As grandkids, a comparison between our maternal grandparents i.e. ‘nana-nani’ and paternal grandparents i.e. ‘dada-dadi’ always prevails in our minds and we tend to prefer one over the other in different aspects but looking at the whole picture both seem to be perfect in their ways. While dadi feeds us way more than our capacities saying that we are growing weak, nani may act as our dietician saying that we have grown too fat over the days; while dadu may take us for refreshing early morning walks, nanu prefers to sit with us in a 12 X 13 room playing ludo and ‘saanp-seedhi’. But all of this strikes a perfect balance in our lives wherein we are the epicentre of all the love, affection, tenderness yet some strictness, experience and debatable ways of old and new living. They squeeze out all the relevant experience for us from their blanket of age spanning up to several decades because of their […]