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Few weeks ago, I watched Fauda and got obsessed with the little pot with wooden handle they used to make coffee. And everyone is always drinking coffee or asking for coffee to whoever visits them. They drink coffee in cute little cups which look nothing like espresso cups..

I read up a bit and found that they're drinking Turkish coffee. That little pot is called Ibrik.

As a rule, I watch foreign series in original language audio with English subtitles. So I understood quite a few Arabic words too. Later I realised the reason I understood some Arabic words. It's because my mother tongue has quite a few Arabic and Persian words.

Anyways, here's recipe for authentic Turkish coffee :

But I'm going to make coffee with following recipe because I like milk in my coffee.

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Coffee

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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

can everyone plz reblog this with their favorite book i NEED recs

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Adventures of Rusty

The room on the roof

Both books are by Ruskin Bond.

can everyone plz reblog this with their favorite book i NEED recs

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Absolutely beautiful song.

Although lyrics are misogynistic.

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Immediately ordered Opium Inc after reading this article. I had read about opium trade in the times of British Raj in India but in bits and pieces. Now that there's a book, I'm going to devour it. And I'll weep for the pains and deaths of my countrymen...

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Binge watching this playlist as and when time permits..

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Going to make every single one of these recipes listed here :

I have visited Banaras in the past and it's one of my most favourite places. I loved food there. I was joyous when I found this blog that gives authentic recipes from Banaras.

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I will read book w 700 pages in two days or take couple of months to read one chapter

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Breakfast option...

I generally like warm and savoury breakfast like Pohe, Upma, Sandwiches, Cheese toast, Paratha, Pongal etc.. Generally it takes anything from an 15 minutes to half an hour to prepare.

So this is a quick option when I wake up famished. Have been buying this on and off for quite a few years now. Tastes good with hot milk and little sugar.

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I tried making upma with this recipe and it turned out fantastic. This recipe uses almost twice as much oil as regular recipe. But I think it's fine to make it like this once a fortnight or so. It's a treat indeed. Also he has explained everything so well and logic behind ingredients and timings. I learnt a lot from this video.

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I love poems, stories and perfume oils. I love mountains, oceans and paintings..

I hope nothing takes me away from these...

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Reading list

recommendations for

1. short story collections

2. essay collections

thank you!

here you go!

short story collections

dark satellites by clemens meyer (trans. katy derbyshire): stories about marginal people in germany; deals with isolation, loneliness, friendship

landour bazaar by ruskin bond: stories from the garhwal himalaya; they’re the sweetest and he’s the sweetest; there are also a few essays thrown in; and also there is literally anything you could pick by ruskin bond and it’ll be lovely

the adivasi will not dance by hansa sowvendra shekar: stories set in jharkhand in india about people dealing with poverty, isolation, and generally living in a, well, polluted mining state

stories by ritwik ghatak: a collection of his best stuff; mostly set in india between the 1950s and 1970s; really touching

public library by ali smith: stories about reading, language, the library; just generally about how books affect us

after the quake by haruki murakami: five stories about lives after the kobe earthquake; shows how different lives are affected by the disaster

the assassination of margaret thatcher and other stories by hilary mantel: i don’t know how to summarise these so i’m just going to add a link to a review here

two stories by sally rooney: it has mr salary and colour and light, which are both classic rooney and really great; about people and meeting people and love

essays

literary occasions by v. s. naipaul: essays on writing, fiction, what it means, and what we do with it. again, i really like naipaul, so i would recommend anything by him

bookshops by jorge carrión: about bookstores as institutions; what they mean culturally, politically, and socially; really well-written

notes from a small room by ruskin bond: on living alone and writing

essayism by brian dillon: essays about essays and writing; what the essay is, how different people approach it, what we do with it; i really enjoyed reading this

yuganta by iravati karve (trans. norman brown): essays that are commentaries on the mahabharat, very thoughtful and extremely interesting; it’s a favourite

the book of indian journeys edited by dom moraes: an anthology of essays on travelling in india

everybody loves a good drought by p. sainath: articles from his research on poverty in rural india; about how trickle down theories and programmes don't work; also about how policies perform on the ground

the anthropocene reviewed by john green: the podcast was turned into a book which released in may 2021; essays about "the human-centred planet"; very hopeful and thoughtful essays; i love the podcast and i'm excited for the book as soon as my local store gets it

on photography by susan sontag: on the ethical and moral dilemmas of photography and documentation; deals with it both as art and as a way to represent facts;, very thought-provoking

also here are a bunch that are on my list for the recent future

the writer and the world by v. s. naipaul

pop song by larissa pham

funny weather by olivia laing

languages of truth by salman rushdie

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Helvegen is a song about death, dying and remembering those who have passed. About crossing over and about letting go. It is a song about searching for lost songs and old traditions. Filmed by Broadstone Film at Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen, Norway on August 22 2018. Sound recorded by Stein David Baastad. Mixed by Iver Sandøy/Solslottet Studio.

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Instant Thandai

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Cauliflower sabzi