Holi

What’s not to like about Holi? It is a festival of love. It celebrates the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Good triumphs over evil. It is the time to rekindle old friendships. It starts in the evening with a bonfire and the following day, people spray each other with coloured powder and…

Art Festival Continued

Some of the paintings were excellent. Others were reminiscent of the mass produced paintings which were so popular in the 1960s. Trees were a common theme. I liked these plump portraits which reminded me of Beryl Cook. These were rather more bizarre, but amusing. A bit of photorealism. We really enjoyed the Festival and were…

Bade Ka Gosht

“Bade Ka Gosht” means red-meat biryani. It is the favourite meal of Muslims celebrating Bakr Id (Eid Ul-Adha) today in India. This festival commemorates the Biblical story of Abraham who was about to sacrifice his son to God and at the last minute, God substituted a ram. So mutton is on the menu today. For…