Leftover rice can be made into golas. Grind one part rice without water. Place the batter aside. Mix 2 parts of boiled and mashed potatoes into the rice paste. Boil chickpeas (as required), strain the water and grind into a coarse paste. Roast peanuts (as required) and dry grind it. ...

Leftover rice came be made into dosa. One part of rice is wet ground to the consistency of dosa batter. One part of semolina is roasted. After the semolina is cooled down, dry grind it into a powder and mix it with the batter. Take ½ part of refined wheat ...

Measure the leftover rice and grind it into a smooth paste with some water. Add ½ the measure gram flour (besan), ¼ measure refined wheat flour (maida), 1/8 measure corn flour, small pieces of grated onion, small pieces of grated cabbage, grated carrots, salt to taste, chilli powder to taste, ...

During monsoon, ants infest anywhere and everywhere in homes. Keep tobacco in water for some time and pour the water in such places to get rid of the ants. Hindus consider small black ants sacred and believe that Lord Ganapathy wants some naivedyam. They would avoid tobacco water. So on ...

One fine morning, I was collecting my stuff and wanted to leave before Dolly came because something or the other would happen to delay me. I found everything but my lucky pen. We remembered that Dolly was at home when I had placed my pen on the bed the previous ...

About the Book: A selfish, ruthless murderer, a husband who did away a 10 yr old girl’s mother and then attempted a suicide. Why? Financial problems? – no. Disputes with wife? – no. Mentally unstable? – no. Then, why? He was a murderer until… Murdered to Moksha is about a ...

May it be an event or a festival, there is always an aftereffect. Today morning Mom got a phone call. Her friend had called her. She said, “Our new neighbours belong to another religion. The young boy from the family compelled my daughter to tie a rakhi on his wrist. ...

Today is Raksha Bandhan. A thread can be so auspicious that it contains the blessings and prayers for the well-being of the person on whose wrist the rakhi is being tied. The celebrations of this festival have been going on since Satya Yuga. Initially, when kings would go out to ...

One morning, Dolly came limping. When Mom asked, “What happened?” She replied, “Khoon aga. (Blood is coming.)” Mom asked, “How?” She replied, “Jeene pe. (On the stairs.)” When Mom went to find out how she got hurt, just in case she would need tetanus injection, she saw that someone had ...

One day, as usual, Dolly came up to our home. Mom had arranged everything for her properly, including her doll, favourite stool and Mom’s purse. She took the doll and told Mom, “Lola hai (The doll is crying.)” Mom spoke to the doll asking if she had stomachache or did ...