Comments on: A Welcome Home Meal in Australia

By: Suhani

Suhani — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:06:16 +0000

Hav a good tym in Australia Sharell!Njoy urself to da hilt wid frienz & family!Wen I was a kid,my mum used 2 sing a Punjabi song ,wenever she wud run out of bedtime stories(I heard dem till I was bout 8 or 9) & I rememver she often got emotional while singing it.Now,after I’ve got married & left my parental abode,I know da reason.Everytym I visit my parents in Delhi,wenever its tym 2 cm back,da song keeps ringing in my head.It goes lyk:Sadda chidiyan da chamba ve,Babal assa udh jana.
Saddi lambi udari ve,Babal kede des jana? A daughter tells her dad dat r houz is lyk a nest & I’m da little bird who will soon fly away.Mine will be a long flight,but leaving u,leaving my houz wer will I go?

So,while u r in Aus. live every moment to da fullest,coz u also know dat it will be a long while b4 u’ll cm der again…

By: Abdullah K.

Abdullah K. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:14:09 +0000

@ CG – “What does surprise me is that he was actually, for some time, following a vegetarian diet just because the girl was vegetarian! Now, that’s sensitivity She must’ve made quite an impression on him ”

I was at an experimental phase, wanted to try out what being a ‘grass eater’ would be like. As for sensitivity, I’m trying. Trying to get rid of thug image I created back home.

By: Ramit

Ramit — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:57:57 +0000

Hahahahaha!

By: Abdullah K.

Abdullah K. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:21 +0000

@ Ramit – “Abdullah? You were dating? Are you kidding me? Wow!”

Chill! It’s not like I won a ‘Best Film’ award at the Cannes. Dating has been a part and parcel of my life since I was a schoolkid.

@ Ramit – “He doesn’t seem to be the type of person to accept somebody else (such as parents) choose a girl for him.”

…and my parents aren’t the type who’d choose a girl for me. Plus, I am a true blue bohemian, too hedonistic for the wait-till-marriage ideology.

By: D. Jain

D. Jain — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:54:06 +0000

Oh, I can handle spicy day in and day out–my dad’s side of the family is from Texas, so I grew up eating Tabasco hot sauce from a spoon as a toddler!

But comfort food for me would definitely be blander food like mashed potatoes, pasta, or cheese…

Sharell, I’ll try putting some chili powder in my mashed potatoes next time and see how my hubby likes it!

By: Sharell

Sharell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:07:21 +0000

I must see a demonstration (and learn a few tips) next time I’m in Delhi! I rate bhangra much higher than head wobbling.

By: Ramit

Ramit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:58:50 +0000

Coffee girl, like your blog

By: Ramit

Ramit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:57:18 +0000

Yeah. My wife does it much better. I just stand in one place and lift my hands with the index finger pointed upwards. Not much of a dancer though.

By: Sharell

Sharell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:02:01 +0000

Oooh, a Punjabi!! Do you dance the bhangra, Ramit?

By: Ramit

Ramit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:42:49 +0000

D. Jain, I’m not Jain. My last name is Grover and I’m Punjabi (hindu). Mashed potatoes would be yuck yuck to most Indians. What Sharell does is season them garlic, chili etc. and that makes it more a cooked veggy. That’s why Pradeep ji enjoys it mostly. Pasta is becoming popular here in Delhi now. Maybe for the past two or three years as people are becoming more willing to experiment. But that’s just what it is, an experiment. No one would be willing to have pasta as a staple dinner regularly. Once or twice when me & my wife go out she might order pasta and I might have a bite from her’s. I wouldn’t order it for myself though. If you were to come India, you probably wouldn’t be able to handle all the spicy hot cooking day in and day out. I can live very well on western veggy food though. I’m ok with having just plain salads for dinner, though my wife might not like it.
Western food is bland for us, but it’s not that we wouldn’t enjoy all of it.
The reason that I don’t eat eggs is that none of the elders in my family eats them. That’s all I know. I’ve never really questioned them why. It’s just the way of life.
Though I do eat a lot of fresh butter and when no one is looking I eat a lot of deep fried foods too. Yummmmy! (hope my wife doesn’t see the last line!)