Back in my childhood… When we moved to this house, our area was less populated. Less houses, less people, no vehicles at all after 7pm, no shops and amenities. The last bus was around 8:45 or 9pm! Summers used to be sunny and summer nights would be hot. But after 8 or 9pm, sometimes during … Read more
This was during the school days. My uncle came home for a small stop and was having snacks. While speaking to my mom, he said, he was on his way to attend Dr. Rajkumar’s concert at “open air theatre” at Manasa Gangothri. He asked if I would join. I said yes and jumped into his … Read more
Back in the school days, we had many vendors selling things right outside our school. Some other day, I will write about every single thing that was sold outside our school. Starting from churumuri, thothapuri mango slice with salt & chilli powder (during summers), cycle bombe (cycle candy), posters man etc. One fine day, we … Read more
Today, while watching the tamil movie Mandela, I came across a vehicle – “maxi cab”. I don’t see these vehicles much these days in Karnataka. They were however very famous decades ago. I remember these maxi cabs plying on roads and taking people from one village to another or one city to another. Their capacity … Read more
For Mysoreans, city means the places around KR Circle like – City bus stand, Devaraja Market, Sayyaji Rao Road and D Devaraj Urs road. Whenever Mysoreans went to the city area and were tired doing the shopping in the hot sun or during summers, we would usually hit this place called “Phalamrutha” (phala – fruit. … Read more
Basundi is a popular sweet dish from West India. It’s made in Gujarat and Maharashtra households. South Indians have embraced some of the north Indian sweets and Basundi is one of them. The sweet is made by boiling full fat milk until it becomes thick and creamy and then sugar, nuts and some spices are … Read more
Summer is here. Brings me the childhood memories of summer days. The arrival of summer used to be exciting because we could have ice creams. Some special ice cream parlours would function only during the summer time. One I remember is “Dollops”. And then, the classes would be coming to an end. We would have … Read more