An iconic advertisement in the 90’s which popularised the Tomchi sauce, a combination of tomatoes and chillies has been on my mind a lot lately.…
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Month: September 2018
H is for hurricane, T is for Typhoon!
Given my very personal experience with Typhoon Mangkhut last weekend, there should of course be no surprise, as to today’s topic. Mangkut, branded the super…
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Ambu mami & the vanishing baby
Ambujam was kneading the dough absentmindedly to make chapatis for dinner, enthralled by the new programme in DD channel which featured songs from new movie…
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No is for Nod (A Harry Potter Mystery)
Indians are notorious head nodders. We just can’t seem to stop our head from nodding or shaking everytime we speak much like the bowing culture…
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Surely you Iest!
Late arrivals do know how to make an entrance, don’t they? They are so much of a fad that all the coolest “in peeps” are…
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Ambu Mami and the injured poacher.
Pankaja had dropped in for a visit and a kaapi. Ambujam had long blocked out her steady stream of chatter while thinking with pleasure of the…
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Baboons with Brooms
All of us want to flash that million dollar smile that all those Hollywood A-listers flash in front of the camera. But sadly, dental hygiene…
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Ambu mami & the film star who locked himself in
Ambujam was busy scrubbing her soapy clothes in her kollai (backyard) when her neighbour, Pankaja hailed her across the fence separating both their houses. “Ambu mami,…
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Nina & Nana in Wise Guy
Yoga has been receiving a great deal of spotlight lately because of PM Modi’s persistent propagation. He is right, of course! Many of us know…
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