If allowing people of other religious faiths to not practice the usual religious practice is correct and if this is the meaning of secular and such things are done in the name of secularism to hell with such a concept. That is how the Hindu population in India feel as they are made to feel suffocated in their own country by not being allowed to…[Read more]

Don’t run, slow down – he said.

I can’t – she complained. The sand is too hot, it’s burning my feet she moaned while hopping up and down, flicking the stinging sunburnt grains further up her legs.

Her constant clambering and tugging at his arm and hand in an attempt to lift herself off the ground was making his passage along the thick sand mo…[Read more]

INGREDIENTS
250 gm khoya
50 gm bread crumbs
50 gm cake crumbs
200 gm sugar syrup
250 gm fresh cream
8-10 roasted cashewnuts for decoration

 
METHOD: Make a soft dough with khoya, bread crumbs and cake crumbs. Bind with a little milk if required. Divide the dough into 10 equal portions. Make balls and press in dry maida or bread crumbs.
Shallow…[Read more]

This is a problem which has been festering for a few years especially after the new dispensation of state government has come. I was surprised to read about Durga Pooja not being allowed in the state of Bengal. And the police being mute spectators to the tamasha being indulged in that state. I am unable to understand what the right minded people…[Read more]

Here are the next set of twelve quotable quotes for readers to read, think, act, mull about. Apply these for the positive and good things in life. Enjoy the quotes.

1) Clear thinking requires courage along with intelligence.

2) If you can dream it you can also do it, you only have to try.

3) Green is the prime color of the world and that from…[Read more]

24.DIWANE KHAS SAMOSA DO PYAZA
INGREDIENTS
400  gm maida
100 gm  paneer
300 gm onions
1tsp ground anardana
pinch of hing and ajwain
80 gm dalda
1 cup of curd
8 flakes garlic(fried, grated)
1 kg oil for frying
50gm salt, ground ginger
1 green chilli ground
3 flakes saffron
50 gm cut sultanas and almonds
METHOD
 
Chop the onions very finely into h…[Read more]

INGREDIENTS
250 gm khoya
1 tbsp ghee
20-25 badams (almonds)
1tbsp chironji  (raisins)
20 gm kishmish (optional)
1 tbsp ilaichi powder (cardamom)
3-4 drops kevra essence
3 tbsp castor sugar
5 drops of green colour (optional)
For Covering:
500 gm yellow pumpkin (petha)
200 gm sugar
1 tbsp ilaichi powder
¼ cup of water
50 gm desiccated c…[Read more]