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Yuganta by Iravati Karve

Yuganta studies the principal, mythical-heroic figures of the Mahabharata from historical, anthropological and secular perspectives. The usually venerated characters of this ancient Indian epic are here subjected to a rational enquiry that places them in context, unravels their hopes and fears, and imbues them with wholly human motives, thereby making their stories relevant and astonishing to contemporary readers.

Irawati Karve, thus, presents a delightful collection of essays, scientific in spirit, yet appreciative of the literary tradition of the Mahabharata. She challenges the familiar and formulates refreshingly new interpretations, all the while refusing to judge harshly or venerate blindly

a better pancake

After a long long time this post comes with a three course lunch menu, cream of mushroom for potage, chicken casserole with glazed carrots and garlic roasted pumpkin for main course and a humble pancake with honey to finish.

The little chicken stock with a beautiful blend of mirepoix spiked the cream of mushroom accompanied by garlic mayo toast. Seared chicken and crunchy broccoli married with buttery bechamel, layered on a bed of noodles and gatinated to perfection with cheddar is a recent favorite. 

Oh how I love those pumpkin,  either raw or cooked , puree or mashed . I LOVE YOU IN ANY FORM, roasted with garlic is for the vegetable accompaniment. Till now it's a thin pancake with flour milk and sugar,  rubbery , dry and dull. But then today the humble pancake had all the magic with a fluffy texture and softy mouth feel made it a recent crush. That too with ni,  ani, oney, honey . A beautiful touch to finish the course 

With hope let it continue

Time has travelled a long way since the last post. Its all a matter of circumstances. An quote comes to mind, with my sincere thanks to SM, here it goes "Hold on the moment, for every moment the future plunges into the past." was carried away by those words for a short period, when my wellwisher broke it by saying"only if you believe in time, one has past and the so called future. Where all these takes one up to is a question, better left unanswered. So many things have happened, the happening vary from one turning into vegetarian, one being blessed with a baby, quitting alcohol, dreaming angling and lot more. But there in the sub sub conscious mind the passion always stays alive, very much alive and vibrant. The passion for cooking has a new dimension now. Obsessed with words and sentences, could add little more on the latest reads and best reads from the next post. It doesn't mean that , The so called ' I ' locked his culinary interest in a lost shelf, The same 'I' need to shed itself by sharing what it has.. take the best, leave the rest.  Eager to learn,

HAPPY READING
HAPPY COOKING

James hadley Chase

    The department released a E journal, as a new activity from this lucky year -twenty 13, as part of second issue, I was asked to write an article on the Onam fest we conducted. It is an annual event, and I was pondering what to impregnate with the existing one. As i closed my eyes , the drumming of chenda kept my mind and ears occupied. On the day of the event , the chenda continued for a prolonged time which occupied the space of the whole event. There was a prayer song, followed by Skit and group songs.

    The audience was really attracted, by the flavors from our kitchen than the event. The Ada pradaman was double sweet, which went for double servings for many guest. The Sadya of avial, thoran, erussery, etc was really delicious and tasty, but then a hungry stomach doesn't mind tasteless food. The real joy happens when there is music which accompanies food, here in our event the music alone made the stomach and heart filled.

Even its a team work or an effort from few, any event will happen. The individual make no sense in it. How well the effect of the event affect is only through commitment and hard work. Here in our case our students has both (commitment and hard work ) in ample amount. Many a times I have wondered what happens to the commitment and hard work when it comes to academics. I can boast by saying Mr.X a student get 90% , and I really don't care whether Mr.Y& Mr. Z gets a mark or not. But Mr.X is studious from his school, he doesn't require you for the 90%. my other part keep telling me.

  Its my duty to make the average and below average students to excel, how long can I keep repeating the dialogue, that I can only lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink.My tongues are tired repeating ,it lose strength in replacing donkey with the horse. A decade has passed since I started delivering my so called lectures. and a decade has passed with inconsistent satisfaction level. 

   An occasional telephone calls from, passed out students will increase the confident level, some with a best employee award, some as managers in leading properties, this give me a happy sleep, the happiness inside me bursting with proud. how happy if every one of my students excel. I love selfishness.

  Now a days , I my objective is to make the maximum level of students t\in to reading habits, even in this all days are not Sundays. Tests , assignments, and what not everything has its own course. and I lost a dozen of books lending to somebody. and the online shopping charges fifty rupees for shipment, Fifty may sound simple, for me its two James Hadley chase in the second hand book market. 

    

Ba Va

      There are reasons for seperation, a long seperation from my writing. All this time , pages and pages of words were written on food, food and food,laid ideal in my table piled with academics. but then I curse myself for the poor time management and being lazy. In view with the academics,  our students did a great job with their Inagural of department activities, The General Manager of The residency Coimbatore, gave a good speech , a talk of motivation. I prayed those words went into the deep part of our students. On the other side, the confidence level of the students community is high at present. its not that they don't analyse things at deep and stumble with the inception,  they just go for it, one such activity is the Snack Kiosk for an entreprenuership programme.They did a great job

My long time dream of making atleast ten percent of my students to get into reading habits is getting shaped. and here my confidence level is increased. I myself getting more sincere in my love towards reading. to list a few, Gabrial Garcia Marcus , Ba Va chelladurais works, La sa ra, and many added to my shelf, With Maximum city by Sukethu Mehta in my hand, Im touring Mumbai lost and found. Thanks to Dr. Rangarajan sir, a real inspiration.

It started months ago, when Dr.Ramraj gave me 'Ella Nalum Karthikai written by Ba Va, Those powerful words, its like knowing him for ages, one among my family , how do I name it, Lost for words.  I have never spoke with him, but then I feel I'm  always with him. Ba va .Fortune has palyed its role, Happen to speak with Wideangle Ravishanker, Ba Va's Friend - again a fell of knowing him for long time.Thank you Wideangle Ravishankar, A person with human touch, the feel you get only when you experience. 

 Do read Ba Va's works Ella Nalum Karthikai, 19 Dm saronilirunthu,  Last week read a short story in Uir eluthu, Kaal by Ba va. I never wanted to be quite still . Last night I spoke with Ba va, The precise word which suits is veritable Love. Want to meet you , one HUG ... Im done .

HAPPY REDAING

A long time.

            Long time since I posted anything, long time since I have seen something worth of posting. Here it goes the last things happened in those times between the last blog and this. An annual food festival which had Mangalorean, Gujarathi and Madurai food, Its worth mentioning the efforts of students, for those who observed the culinary its a lifetime treat, and for others, its a memory with a fading effect. The elite crown didn't bothered the finishing food nor the authentic taste. The dishes summed to one hundred, with a real visual treat. It would be an injustice if I fail to mention the cuisine of Mangalore. Let it be the DAL TOVI or the Mangalorean style fried fish. The taste just lingers in you for a long time. The dishes proved that name doesn't matter compared to the taste of the dish.

            I do not know how many gastronomes witnessed the need of change in their palate. There is a change in all our activities but then the taste to our tongue is almost the same. We never try to change the taste nor experiment with new taste foods. The foods of Mangalore gave a chance to change in the palate. The errors and failures in the other cuisine (Madurai) were compensated by this Mangalorean cuisine. More on the Mangalorean food in the coming post.

With JOY..... (Marina Guest House Vizhinjam)

Two nights at Marina guest house, Trivandrum , is a wonderful and memorable stay, the credit goes to the hospitality of Joy david. We landed in a wrong place with the same name, but then its time which took us to this wonderful place, (Marina Guest house)
       The first day breakfast was a local delight, puttu with red plantains and lunch the traditional kerala way. For dinner we ended up in Sea rock where they deceived us with vegetable pulao mixed with prawn and Chicken, to be honest the food was awful . I ended giving the waiter a thirty minutes lecture on prawn biriyani and chichen biriyani.

Coming back to joys hospitality its worth mentioning, The room facing the sea , the lone standing light house , the sound of silence and a pleasant feel.  A good stay comprises not only the room and its view but also the person taking care of you, in our case its simply perfect. There is also a book shop with wonderful reads. with his friends suggestion , the second  night dinner was at the Crab Club, the food turned out to be a real delicacy, and the taste still lingers in me.

Back in the room its always filled with sound of the waves and smell of the sea, its so joyful the Joy Davids hospitality adds an extra Joy to it. Its not that I stayed there and complementing the stay. the fact is there is no compromise for hospitality and happiness. If u visit Trivandrum , do not miss a wonderful stay at the Marina guest house,

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Marina Guest house
Light House Beach,Vizhinjam Po | Kovalam, Trivandrum 695521, 
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HAPPY KERALA........

For PONCH

Three together from the college days , Ponch number one is elder by three years than the remaining two Ponchs’s  who were of the same age , if Alexander Dumas had penned, he would have christened Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. I do not have a time machine to go back to France of 17^th century and in this twenty first century , the more appropriate will be Ponch number one , two and three.

Ponch one was and is always an inspiration for the second two, let it be in terms of academics, alcohol or all arounds, he is everything for us. Before our eighteen year old brain got a chance to  know what ragging is, we both were suspended from hostel for interacting with the first years, we were just asking names and interests, a mere induction to new environment. If only these kind of rules were implemented a year before I wouldn’t have removed my moustache, or torn my only shirt into sleeveless or hidden the ten rupee pocket money in my socks.  Those were the years gone

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Coming back to the suspension part, we poncho two and three were helpless and nowhere to go, It was fifteen minutes past one in midnight ,we walked past the hostel gate carrying the confident that  elder ponch is there for us. Indeed it was he who made us survive those suspended days.

Let it be three meals a day or just one meal a day, three right hands share a single plate. The exception is only when there is a meat in the menu, where ponch One is a non meat eater. All those  eyes on us were full of envy. In fact we did not knew the meaning of friendship, all we knew was  "all for one, one for all"