Posted by: Aadisht on: July 29, 2009
(written in honour of Katpadi Katsa’s upcoming nuptials) Kitty Aunty has always enjoyed weddings. But in the past few years they have been incredibly important to her. Now that her children have left the house and she no longer teaches junior school, being the centre of all weddings is how she occupies herself. Kitty Aunty [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 15, 2009
In this modern and fast-Westernising world we are fast losing our traditional moorings. Our traditions and practices are known to our grandparents, but we have foolishly neglected to learn them as well. My generation no longer knows how to tie the veshti or the dhoti, leading to a huge loss of manliness. The Urdu language’s [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: February 8, 2008
Nobody has noticed the most sinister aspect of the whole Harbhajan-Symonds-Monkey-Maa Ki controversy. Why would Harbhajan say ‘तेरी मां की’ (terii maa kii) at all? As a true son of Punjab, manly and virile, he should have said ‘ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੀ!’ (terii maa dii). I can only conclude that in the Indian cricket team too, [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 14, 2007
Over SMS, BJ asks: Aaloo paratha is to a punjoo like curd rice to a tambrahm agree? Not really. As TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan pointed out, for TamBrahms curd rice is both necessary and sufficient1. However for Punjews aaloo parathas are only sufficient2, since they can be replaced by mooli parathas, gobi parathas, or makki di roti. [...]