Reema’s New Photoblog

Dear Friends,

I started this blog with some coaxing from Reema the blogger. I enjoyed writing about random things and sharing with people my amateur sightseeing photographs. It was an entirely new and enjoyable experience for an introvert! I got to interact with many new people here, especially with people whose blogs I read regularly. But recently I have been unable to find the time to read (much) or write (at all), and while prioritizing things, unfortunately, blog takes a backseat for me.
However, I will occasionally contribute to the new photoblog Reema has started. And I will continue to read the wonderful blogs all my blogroll authors write.
Thank you for all your wishes.  Wishing you all happy blogging!

Nomad.

Blog Break

A to Z movie tag -III

The last and third part of the A to Z movie tag!

Children of War

Blood does not sleep, stays awake as nightmare

(M.J. Akbar in Times of India)

Strasbourg Motley

We went to Strasbourg for Christmas and New Year.
Sharing some colors of Strasbourg!

A to Z movie Tag- II

Continuing the meme Dev tagged me with, I am writing the second part of the “A to Z Movie Tag”. This comprises of some movies I liked, from B through G.

A to Z Movie Tag: Part ‘A’ only

Dev tagged me to do an A to Z Movie Tag.
Choosing my favorites sometimes for the ideas they stirred in my head and sometimes for the sheer content of the movie, I start with A…

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my dear blogworld friends!!!

Bleak (adj): dim, barren, desolate, cold

The summers in my hometown in Central India are really harsh and barren, but the word bleak is not used for summers perhaps. I like all seasons, except summers. Each season brings something new, and the change reminds me of the passage of time and the ephemeral quality of things in general. But summers in my hometown in central India… they are depressing, oppressive, exhausting and somehow nerve-wracking.
But this is the first time I have the opportunity to see what is the meaning of a bleak winter landscape.

The Small Joys of Daily Life

French Dessert

Ordering Food in French: Eddie Izzard

I don’t watch stand up comedy acts, and had not heard about Eddie Izzard till a few days back.

I came across his videos on Youtube while searching for French videos. I found the one on French pretty funny. I am sharing one I liked a lot, and which does not need one to know a bit of French in order to enjoy it.

Foolish stop

The period. The dot. The full-stop. It became a foolish stop for me on the European AZERTY computer keyboard. Full-stop is typed by shift+; which seems pretty strange to me! I share with you the AZERTY keyboard in this post…

Police brutality: Video footage

Video footage of police brutality in the Paris suburbs | The Observers

Read the whole article here.

The Indo-Iranian Soup From Heaven

Among other Persian things, I have discovered a heavenly Iranian dish called Aash-e-reshteh, a kind of noodle and lentil soup. It is a rich textured soup which looks, tastes and smells delicious, and anyone who has ever tasted it will never forget it. Now, I believe it will be an insult to aash to call it similar to any other dish. And it takes time and diligence to make good aash.

Read on to know how it is similar to daal makhani and how you can make this yourself!

Do ganwar, teen nagphani bahar

The cacti are strange looking spine plants that grow either as trees, shrubs or in the form of ground cover and are often used as ornamental plants. All cacti are covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and we don’t get to see much cacti in central India. I recently bought a set of three small potted cacti with beautiful flowers.