Book Review: Do! by Gita Wolf, Ramesh Hengadi and Shantaram Dhadpe (Tara Books)
Do! is a very different book. I won't call it a story book, and I won't call it an academic book. Do! is a book which is like poetry in motion. What do you do about a book which has no story line, but excellent illustrations which are Warli painting ...
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Ambat Tikhat Kolambi: Recipe for Hot and Sour Shrimp Curry
<strong>Ambat Tikhat Kolambi is a yummy hot and sour shrimp curry that you simply must try!</strong>
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My mom is a pure vegetarian. But she knew we loved fish and shrimp and she used to cook 3- 4 "non vegetarian" dishes for us. Shrimp pulav, fried pomfret, stuffed <em>surmai</em> and fish curry.
She had learnt them from her best friend, right down to the salt and seasonings as she couldn't taste test it.
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Every Sunday morning (or at least every alternate Sunday morning), Mom's best friend would call. The <em>kolin</em> <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">or the fish monger would come to their house. My mom would have told her to buy fish or shrimp for us. The call was to arrange pickup. Mom used to make me go downstairs to pick up the parcel. Her friend's son used to come half way and sheepishly hand me the carefully wrapped parcel. I used to sneak it in averting the gaze of my "pure vegetarian" neighbors. </span>
It was not as scandalous as when my grand mom used to visit and we literally used to scrub down the kitchen to remove any traces of non-vegetarian food smell in our house from cups, spoons, plates etc.
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It's thanks to this
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Book Review: Junior Kumbhakarna by Arundhati Venkatesh and Shreya Sen
We are a family who love to eat and sleep. It's like the two favorite activities which everyone in the household loves. And hence Kumbhakarna has been a favorite character of the brat for long. When we came to know about the Junior Kumbhakarna book by Tulika publishers, we rushed ...
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Book Review - Whose Lovely Child Can You Be? By Shobha Viswanath & Christine Tappin
Whose Lovely Child Can You Be? I was intrigued by the book's title and cover. I chose this book from a catalogue of titles offered by the publisher. The title intrigued me and so did the cover. The cover image has three bigger children looking at the fourth smaller child ...
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Book Review - One, Two, Tree! by Anushka Ravishankar/Sirish Rao
Out to buy a book for your child who is just beginning to read? What you are looking for is something which is visually appealing and grabs attention instantly! One, Two, Tree! By Anushka Ravishankar / Sirish Rao with illustrations done by Durga Bai and published by Tara Books is ...
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Book Review - Catch That Crocodile by Anushka Ravishankar
What would you say about a book which has a lovely green cover? And uses very minimalist colours in the illustrations - green, black, white. I would call it brilliant. Catch that Crocodile by Anushka Ravishankar, and illustrated by Pulak Biswas , is an amazing tale of a crocodile which ...
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Book Review - Dancing on Walls by Shamim Padamsee
Dancing on Walls by Shamim Padamsee is a beautifully written and illustrated book that shows us the cultural side of India. Author - Shamim Padamsee; Illustrations - Uma Krishnaswmy; Publisher - Tulika Books I got this book for R when she was around 3.5 years old. We fell in love ...
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Book Review: Raindrops by Vaishali Shroff
Mumbai rains! Enough has been said on this blog about it, but allow me this one little indulgence. We picked up Raindrops by Vaishali Shroff, pictures by Ruchi Mhasane published by Tulika Books, on a trip to Kitab Khana, much recommended by R's Mom. What caught my eye, when I ...
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The 15 min, No Mess Aaloo Paratha for School Lunch
A morning arrived this week where I had not planned what to pack for school lunch. PBJ was out since it was the day the kid with the peanut allergies would come. I had promised myself that I would be a better mother and not give into PBJs and Mac ...
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