PlainGeets

  • Book Review : Diary of an Ordinary Woman

    Flitting desultorily looking for an interesting book to pick up at the second edition of “buy books by the kilo” sale, I chanced upon Margaret Forster’s “Diary of an Ordinary Woman” just as I was about to give up hope of getting anything worthwhile. A good six months later, forced to…

  • An Afternoon at Nrityagram

    It had been on my list since I moved to Bangalore, when en route, my best friend commandeered me to go there on the very first weekend I was free. I was free on the first weekend in Bangalore and on several weekends since then, but it took me over…

  • Gourmand Geets : Enté Keralam

    Satiated with pastas, kebabs and all the usual suspects of restaurant cuisine, we were craving a change in cuisine this week when we remembered Enté Keralam. Despite our best intentions, we hadn’t been back since last year’s sumptuous Onam Sadhya. The incessant blaring of religious (and other) songs from loudspeakers in…

  • Book Review : Monet’s Cookery Notebooks

    Like most people, I love the Impressionists and I started my lessons in Art with Claude Monet’s beautiful works. Sue Roe’s “The Private Lives of the Impressionists” waits patiently on my bedside table to be finished, giving way to a more recent purchase, “Monet’s Cookery Notebooks.” Acquired at the first…

  • Gourmand Geets : Koshy’s

    To live in Bangalore and not know Koshy’s is a sacrilege.  And when I say “know” I don’t just mean know the address and use it as a landmark, but actually go there, at least once. I’ve been to Koshy’s of course – not once, but several times. In my first year in Bangalore,…

  • Ciné-concert: “The General” by Buster Keaton with live music by Radiomentale

    My saga with rich cultural experiences continues, with the latest being the Ciné-concert organized by the Alliances françaises in India for the 2013 edition of Fête de la musique. What is a ciné-concert ? The concept harks back to the era of silent films when the screenings were accompanied by…

  • Gourmand Geets : Summer Salads

    My tryst with salads truly started last year with the sudden awakening that I also have to watch what I eat ( oh the awful thirties) and with a crazy work schedule like mine, it does help to eat healthy healthier. Pushing aside the cream loaded salad recipes of my…

  • Gourmand Geets : Simply Panna Cotta

    I love stewed strawberries and apples. I love it even more when served with fresh cream or vanilla ice cream. One of the easiest desserts to make when in a hurry, it never fails. But I am bored of it. Staring at what was probably the last batch of strawberries…

  • The Perks of Being A Teacher

    It’s not exactly the world’s best paying job (especially in India). It’s definitely not the easiest – you can’t ever be late, you can’t not know the answer to a question directed at you, you can’t really afford to be ill-tempered or impatient and you often regularly have to deal…

  • Gourmand Geets : Spinach and Feta Fatayer

    I love spinach. In any form. Give it to me raw (baby spinach salad), boiled, simply sautéed, cooked in masalas or mixed in béchamel to be served with pasta. So when I saw the Spinach and Feta Fatayers on Barry Véra’s Feast Bazaar episode on Syrian street food, I couldn’t…

  • Journal d’une Étudiante Éternelle

    J’adore les formations. Depuis mon premier stage (la formation initiale de deux semaines à l’Alliance Française de Bombay) en 2006, j’en ai assisté à au moins un (parfois plusieurs) chaque année. J’ai eu la chance d’assister aux stages animés par les experts dans les domaines différents : les activités théâtrales dans…

  • Book Review : Cobwebs and Cream Teas

    The title conjured images of a rambling house and high teas with pots and pots of English tea and cream scones, stuff that filled the novels of my childhood…so when I saw the book thrust between hundreds of others at the unique “buy books by the kilo” sale I attended…