I haven't written in quite a while and there is lots to tell. I hope to catch up in a couple of quick posts so that I don't end up writing a history text.
Our Diwali dinner turned out pretty well. The food rocked, courtesy Sankar (who is now the hottest single male in Madison, for obvious reason
s!). The chhole and biryani was delicious and the masala for the dosa also came out pretty well. Sriram decided to add a bit of his own to the raita and Vinod finished up with the dosa, alongwith some eager participation by Rohit and Nikhil. With some chips, juice and Nikhil's yummy halwa to start off (and Raja's capsicum as well) you just don't get such dinners every evening.
Add to that, meeting twenty new people over a few hours, it was good fun altogether. Most of the janta was from the BITS-computer science gang, but there w
ere a few lesser mortals as well. The news of the lip-smacking dinner rippled through Oak tree and we had people banging on the door, pleading to be let in (well, not quite, there was one friend who took the liberty, and rightfully so, of coming in for food and gossip). Chitra, one of our next-door neighbours, crooned her way into the dinner, and to me, that was one of the highlights of the evening.
Fruits and ice cream were the perfect finish to the dinner. Photos were clicked, phone numbers exchanged and people started to leave. Once everyone was gone, we cleaned up (and in pretty good time at that! nice to have four people around) and called it a day.
None of the usual celebrations that one would have in India, no fireworks (thankfully!), no getting up early morning for an oil bath, going to each others' homes with sweets and namkeen, none of the boxes and boxes of sweets, dry fruits, no electric lights, no Diwali mela... but a simple, nice first Diwali in Madison.
Our Diwali dinner turned out pretty well. The food rocked, courtesy Sankar (who is now the hottest single male in Madison, for obvious reason
s!). The chhole and biryani was delicious and the masala for the dosa also came out pretty well. Sriram decided to add a bit of his own to the raita and Vinod finished up with the dosa, alongwith some eager participation by Rohit and Nikhil. With some chips, juice and Nikhil's yummy halwa to start off (and Raja's capsicum as well) you just don't get such dinners every evening.Add to that, meeting twenty new people over a few hours, it was good fun altogether. Most of the janta was from the BITS-computer science gang, but there w
ere a few lesser mortals as well. The news of the lip-smacking dinner rippled through Oak tree and we had people banging on the door, pleading to be let in (well, not quite, there was one friend who took the liberty, and rightfully so, of coming in for food and gossip). Chitra, one of our next-door neighbours, crooned her way into the dinner, and to me, that was one of the highlights of the evening.Fruits and ice cream were the perfect finish to the dinner. Photos were clicked, phone numbers exchanged and people started to leave. Once everyone was gone, we cleaned up (and in pretty good time at that! nice to have four people around) and called it a day.
None of the usual celebrations that one would have in India, no fireworks (thankfully!), no getting up early morning for an oil bath, going to each others' homes with sweets and namkeen, none of the boxes and boxes of sweets, dry fruits, no electric lights, no Diwali mela... but a simple, nice first Diwali in Madison.
5 comments:
I am against the whole "Ganga-snanam" business...To make a point, I had a bath at 5pm on Diwali :P
Hail the rebel. Sounds typically 'Wandererish' :)
right. I am against the whole snanam business
Food takes center stage in nearly all of your blogs :)
anyways i wish you a happy and a healthy time there
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