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I met her for the first time at Dipankar Basu's tuitions right before the ICSE exams. Hardly did I know we'd end up in the same school for 11th and 12th... and then stranger still I landed up at her place for geography lessons from her mother. She had many cats and a dog at her place. Nandini Mashi would quote Bonolota Sen while stroking the newest kitten Sajani picked up at some street. It would trample over our G.C.Leongs and atlas'. I always looked forward to evenings spent doing a bit of geography and learning much more than that. Today she tagged me in one of her notes on Facebook and I just had to had to had to share this with my handful of readers. Bengalis beware, you might just need a tissue at hand. Here it goes: Kal-Boisakhi

This one is dedicated to Kolkata Knight Riders and Dada. The team having played its last match of the league though did not qualify for the semi-finals they did manage to leave with their heads held high, and I applaud them for it. Also the week saw Tharoor (forced)resign, not a very good thing for Indian politics in my opinion but then we all have to accept the realities of our politics and country. Anyway all the sad news apart, Anirban had to stay back at work for a longer time today due to some disaster management project coming up last minute and I had to fend for myself. Last week A brought home plump red tomatoes which looked gorgeous and I didn't feel like chopping them, left on my own I thought of making Stuffed Tomatoes the indian way, Bharwaan Tamatar in a creamy gravy, this being the first time I am quite proud of the way it has turned out. What you need: 4 Large tomatoes- beheaded and emptied 2 large potatoes- boiled and peeled a handful of mushrooms- chopped fine and/...

I have been MIA for a while, I have no excuses for this really just that I have been watching the IPL and chanting 'go dada go' only to be disappointed almost every time. Yesterday's loss for KKR has me back on blogging again. SO... we now own a new DSLR camera which is my newest plaything, during the Easter weekend we went to this castle and park to do some photography. Here are some of those pics. hope you enjoy.