Leftover rice can be made into payasam. Roast all the leftover rice in ghee and place it aside. In a preheated kadhai, pour some ghee with a fistful of cashew nuts, a fistful of dried grapes and a fistful of charoli. Roast well and keep this also aside. Roast grated ...

3 generations before mine, there was a lot of time with people. Secondly, people were very finicky about religious rituals during festivals. Today, there is no time to live life itself. Thus, when people go and settle in another city, they do not know anything about how to celebrate their ...

One girl asked my Mom what can be done during Pitru Paksha. She also asked, “My father-in-law expired on a Poornima day. When do I perform his paksha shardha?” Mom gave her suggestions, which I thought should be shared here. Mom told her: If they are Brahmins, according to Hindu ...

Some people are prone to body heat. There is no fever, but the body heats up. For such people, my Mom’s holistic treatment is as follows: Soak ½ teaspoon chia seeds (sabj ka dana) in water overnight. Have these seeds with a glass of room temperature water in the morning. ...

It is raining very badly, right now. Many people are finding it difficult to decide what to do. One girl had come with her infant from Andhra Pradesh. When bathed, the infant gets fever and cold. How can she stop bathing the child? She asked Mom about it over the ...

There are late latifs for everything. It was proved for the dog issue as well. People kept coming to ask about how we solved the issue. We had become very famous because the issue had gone to press. We told them that BMC people came to do the needful, though ...

Leftover rice can be refurbished with chutney powder. Dry roast grated coconut as much as the leftover rice and keep it aside. Dry roast 1/3rd part of chana dalia and place it aside. Pour ¼ teaspoon cooking oil into a heated kadhai and stir fry as many red chiilis as ...

The senior man has been stealing the magazines that come in my Dad’s name and all the post and courier coming in my name. This man also supports Our Lady of Intolerance by stealing the cheques I get. The man has been giving us so many troubles. They have been ...

The man from the BMC came with the dog van, again the next day. Mom told them to visit Dolly’s mother to find out where the dogs were. The man left the in charge of the dog van near our place to handle the situation. The in charge of the ...

The man came from the BMC and enquired about our problems. He said, “First, common people should stop feeding the street dogs. Meat and fish are openly disposed and the dustbins are open. That is why the dogs survive. How much can the BMC do? You all feed the dogs ...