As we were growing up we have heard several stories about interesting facts or interesting stories about our temples. I am starting this thread to start capturing some of these and get additional inputs from others. For starters: There is a temple complex (I believe in Gundhara) with a temple …
I had a chance to taste “CoCo Energy” from Ajmera company. They had a stall at the Jaina convention. Its basically a packet of powder
I got an opportunity to listen to various speakers over the July 4th weekend. Some of the speakers managed to engage my attention whereas in certain other cases I lost interest rapidly after the first 5-10 mins. Oratory – the art of public speaking is an art and not everyone …
I had the fortune of attending yet another Jaina Convention courtesy my dad who is a big fan of conventions :-). The very first post on Kutchvalley was in fact a post on Jaina convention 2005 which was in Santa Clara.
This year’s convention was in Los Angeles from July 2-July 5. It was
Recently I went to the Jaina Convention 2009 in Los Angeles (a separate post on the convention itself). As part of the evening entertainment program, they had called an group called “Black” – an Indian muscial orchestra. The unique thing about this orchestra is that all the artists in the …
You Must Be a Gujju If… – You have at least 1 relative in the stock market. – You’re never worried about what happens if you get stranded in Ghatkopar. All you’d have to do, you know, is walk across the road and find a relative. (Still easier, just shout, …
Recently I prepared raspberry flavour jelly pudding with fresh plum puree mixed into it. The pudding doesn’t set well that you can cut it into pieces. I put ice cream in the bowl and then put that pudding on top of it. It tasted like the raspberry dolly (which we …
I dont remember a kutchi character ever in Hindi TV serials (or films). But recently while watching “Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chasma” on SAB tv, I realized the main character “Jethalal” is shown to be a kutchi. The name of his Electronics shop is “Gada Electronics” in the serial and …
Disorder in the American Courts (this is really funny)
These are from a book called ‘Disorder in the American Courts’ and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
makes 2 pounds ingredients 10 green chillies 4-5Â jalepenos(remove the seeds) 1 large green bell peper 2 large red bell pepers 4 roma tomatoes (hard) 1 bunch cilantro 1 tsp tumeric 1 tsp asofoetida 1 tsp cumin seeds 1-2 tbsp oil salt as per taste method mix all the ingredients …