Chaat in Sugandh, Milpitas

Since several people come to derasar during pathshala sundays, I thought i will mention this that Sugandh in Milpitas (Intersection of Abel and Calaveras) has a chaat booth on weeekend run by Jayshri ben. We have tried her pani puri and it was not bad at all. Maybe not as …

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ishopindian.com

Thanks to Google Ads back on our site, saw this ad for ishopindian.com which calls itself America’s largest online Indian grocery stores. How do the prices compare to the actual brick-mortar store? Can those who are more knowledgeable in these matters check? 🙂 http://www.ishopindian.com

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Desi (Dry) Mithais – Share your secrets

A long list of mithais was captured in a previous post  – http://www.kavita.kutchvalley.com/?p=253.   Even though mithais are easily available in indian grocery stores and tasting fresh mithai from india is not uncommon these days(we have so many folks who keep visiting India that you get a chance to eat those …

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“ghee boli” in Rajashthan temple

I heard about 125CR-250CR ghee boli for pratistha of Shri Jeerawala parasnath bhagwan in Rajashthan temple. Don’t know the perfect amount and ghee boli is on hold. The person for this boli is manekchand gutka. If anybody has more concrete news please share.. Proud to be Jain..

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Avatar vs. Avtaar

  Rajesh Khanna breaks his silence, accuses James Cameron of his latest blockbuster Avatar being a copy of Kaka’s 1983 Bollywood masterpiece Avtaar.   He supported his argument with following proofs,  They copied the POSTER! They even copied my paralyzed hand.   Shabana’s faraway look, copied again.   Do you …

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