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Actor, writer, food content creator. Views are personal. RTs not endorsements

Mumbai, India and New York
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5 years
Do u agree with the adage that when you smile, the world smiles with you and when you cry, you cry alone?
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We are preparing basic meals at home for those who do not have access to food & can pick up in Mumbai. capacity limited. If u know people who need assistance -source is verified please email us at studio.culinary @gmail .com. No charge for these meals
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4 years
Seriously can there be more elegance and grace in a single image! #inspiring
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4 months
As a Hindu non vegetarian I can’t rent or buy in most of Walkeshwar. It is so absurd. I’ve had vegetarian Jains and Marwaris telling me they can’t eat with us because our food stinks, all this while donning methi and hing face packs and lolling about on pure leather car seats
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Residents of a housing society in Vadodara protesting the allocation of a flat to a Muslim. The hate always existed, we just have a leadership that legitimises this obnoxious display of prejudice
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2 years
When you love the arts and dance but your parents force you into science stream😂😂
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Situation is sad Richa and nothing would be better than a ceasefire. However if it was your child taken hostage by a terrorist group would one have the same reaction? Would one say give them up, let them die so we can deescalate? All lives matter. The lives of Israelis and
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The state of Israel is committing settler colonial genocide on the starving, dehydrated, entrapped population of Gaza. This is the cold-blooded murder of babies, women, pregnant women, innocent civilians, journalists, medical aid workers and doctors. This is genocide, there is
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1 year
No words! What a rockstar!
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2 years
To me he was one of greatest actors who ever lived. Can you imagine the stories he would be in today! What are your top 4 fav Sanjeev Kumar roles? Btw has anyone seen Qatl. Is it streaming anywhere?
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For most he was a juggernaut of industry but for us here in South Mumbai who work with street animals and face the contempt of so many he was a Messiah. His home in Colaba was a lighthouse on a dark night. For there lived someone who loved street animals -who would fight for the
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1 year
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4 years
Don’t you just love Rajasthani food?
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1 year
This box of pedas arrived from Dharwad yesterday. The buttery pedas, soft and plump like a baby’s bottom, dimple as I pick them up with eager fingers, their trademark toffee colour from fatty milk and sugar burnished on a slow flame, stirred for hours. A Dharwad Peda is like a
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2 years
Hello Thursday afternoon!
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1 year
My dad passed away at 49 so I didn’t get enough time to really cook for him. He was a committed gourmet. So today one of his favourite meals to celebrate what a wonderful man he was- a fish thali- Karwar prawn curry, vaangi kaape, varan bhaat, pomfret rawa phry, solachi kadi &
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1 year
Looks like jackfruit I’m holding yes? But it’s not. It’s breadfruit also known as videshi fanas. Have you ever eaten this? It is so delicious!
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9 months
Some late 90’s nostalgia. Rest of the pics in this series on my insta.
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4 years
Is this why they are called Poochkas?😂
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1 year
How do I let people know I don’t want anymore credit cards, wealth management, health management, pest management or weight management. I don’t have a car to sell, a car to buy. a house to buy, a house to sell. I don’t want a home loan, car loan phone loan, tv loan, sofa loan,
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As late as 2007 shampoo ads in India were about long pitch black hair. My hair wasn’t black. It was brown we had to colour it black for commercials. It also had to be poker straight (which is not natural for Indian hair) so the stylist would put it on an ironing board & istri
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2 years
Someone just sent this to me! Omg!!
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1 year
‘I’m going to my native place’ is an endearing phrase I’ve only ever heard in India though people go home to their roots everywhere. Is that what you consider your native place- where it all began for you or do you have more than one native place like I do? I visited Karwar in
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In this photograph Mrs G is wearing a string of what looks like Baltic Amber possibly Russian. I recognised it because I love amber. It’s interesting because most of her appearances throughout her life she mostly wears just a watch and simple sarees. No earrings even. Very
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2 years
Do any of you still use this kind of cookware? Belonged to my grandmother but kalai needs to be redone.
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6 years
Truthfully please tell me how many of you still make Dahi at home?
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On Independence Day August 15th my mother takes these medals out of the cupboard and we remember the devotion my grandfather had to his country. We haven’t been able to name them all as some are faded now but they include Param Vishisht Seva Medal General Service Medal (Goa
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I recall being lectured for 6 minutes by a colleague about how I should eat less Maida, less salt less sugar and do Pilates. At the end of the lecture she took out a cigarette, lit it, puffed contentedly.
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2 years
Remember the days?
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1 year
😂😂😂
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4 years
Aapke yahan subah juice aise he banti hain kya? 😂
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3 years
Last two days have received multiple calls offering me loans. I accepted all of them to a tune of 120 crores. Now tell me how shall we spend this?
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7 months
Maligning a brilliant economist appears to be in keeping with the current views on anything scientific or logical that appears not to align with dysphoric nationalism. Anyone who plays the stock market knows not all predictions are correct. But to go from a developing to a
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🚨 Raghuram Rajan : "India is making a big mistake believing the “hype” around its strong economic growth" Share your comments. Dismissing PM Modi’s ambition to make India a developed economy by 2047, he said it is “nonsense” to talk of that goal if so many of kids don’t have
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The main components of icecream sold commercially are milk, cream sugar and air. Yes air is possibly the most important because it determines quality and price. The amount of air you churn into icecream is called overrun. If you melt a 500 ml tub of cheap icecream you will see
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For years I would get chilli cheese toast from a vendor near the High Court . It came wrapped in a court case. An enjoyable read w a tasty snack. In one the landlord is suing tenant for withholding rent because concrete chunks from the ceiling were falling down in the flat.
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4 months
😂😜😂😜
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1 year
Besides my pencil sharpener this prehistoric looking gadget was the most important one in my childhood. Originally invented by an American Charles Champion in 1925 it became popular by different names the world over-: jaffle iron, pudgy pie maker and sandwich toaster. As a school
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People have turned out on the streets here in Colaba to say one last goodbye to Ratan Tata. Tears and sadness all around.
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2 years
Wishing all of you a blessed Akshay Tritiya🙏 #AkshayaTritiya2023
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1 year
I thought it was Sunday until an hour ago. I can’t tell you what an amazing mistake that is to make😂
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4 months
If you want your health to improve cut down on sugar and religion. Both are highly processed and addictive.
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3 years
It doesn’t get ‘butter’ than Tardeo’s Sardar Pao Bhaji! 😂 Unbelievable taste! What’s your favorite Pao Bhaji place? And why?
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Another one of my favourites. Photographed by Boman Irani 1999
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Like Kashmir? Same tune no? So are our soldiers being killed by ‘indigenous resistance’. Is that how you describe terrorists like Hamas? Indian Mujahideen? As an indigenous resistance? Jews were in the Middle East long before Islam even existed just as the Hindus were in
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Mazher Ramzanali
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@Tara_Deshpande Not at all ... This is an indigenous resistance against a colonizer, where Israel has brutalised population for 76 years under apartheid. Any false equivalence is disingenuous.
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Have travelled to 60 countries and eaten all kinds of food but in the end I always want to come home to this.
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2 years
I absolutely loved #Rocketry - a huge canvas you directed it flawlessly @ActorMadhavan and the fact that you wrote and produced it is a gargantuan accomplishment!
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When you get the blessings from a one man industry & the Leagend himself in the presence on @NambiNOfficial -it’s a moment etched for eternity-Thank you for you kindest words on #Rocketry & the affection @rajinikanth sir.This motivation has completely rejuvenated us. We love you
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Amol Palekar can only see Vidya Sinha. All I can see is the Samovar menu! Hain those parathas!! Can you name the film?
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Good morning! Some late 90’s nostalgia for you. Photo 2003 Daboo Ratnani make up Mickey Contractor #throwback #flashback
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5 years
One of my fav Bollywood dialogues from the previous century- Maine injection de diya hain kal tak hosh aa jayega- Do u have a favorite Bollywood dialogue?
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3 months
Good morning!
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1 year
Yes. On the set of Bada Din. Taken by Sudipto Chatterjee
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@Tara_Deshpande Is this your picture?
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Remember this? Before heat proof handles and silicon mitts this tool was a cook’s best friend. What do you call it?
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5 years
As requested banana date walnut and jaggery cake. Let me know if u want the recipe
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3 months
Remember to get some sun everyday. We need that Vitamin D. Have a great day!
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2 years
I have been eating this every year since I was allowed solid foods. And every year the salty sweet magic just overwhelms me. Agree?
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You have conveniently left out Nebi Musa, Tel Hai, Jaffa riots, Palestine riots and so many many more. What about Dec 24-27 1947? What about convoy 65? Safed massacre? What about Hebron? Shall I take you back to Nov 9 1937 or would you prefer March 28,1938. Yavne massacre Jan
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@Tara_Deshpande @ahmedmahadik Firstly, it did not start on October 7th. Please read about Nakba 1948. And many more.
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When I was a kid my Aaji or grandmother had a wonderful cook. I called him Appa and adored him. I’d follow him around the house like a sheput or tail constantly asking him questions about everything- Appa this Appa that. A gentle, kind man he worked for my great grandmother and
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5 years
Happy Friendship Day to all of you❤️
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I don’t have the time to put them all down but here are Some of @smritiirani contributions in her various positions and in her constituency. While raking up controversies and criticisms we should also give credit where it’s due. Matru Vandana Yojna 3.5 crore beneficiaries
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@Tara_Deshpande @smritiirani What amazing work has she done, (real work)? Please enlighten us.
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The chemistry of onions-join me on Thursday. Plus a lovely old 1872 cookbook you are going to love. Insta live June 1 5 pm
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4 years
Know any more vegetarian types😂😂
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5 years
My favorite animal is not the majestic tiger or the incredible dog, it’s the donkey. The most hardworking loyal stoic animal. Also the most abused on this planet. Should u see one give it a little love, a carrot or two. It maybe the only love this beautiful soul ever gets.
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We dunk biscuits in tea in India as if we were born doing it. But where did this tradition come from? In 1700's biscuits made v hard w molasses for Irish sailors, to survive weather.Called 'tooth pullers' these cookies dipped in tea 2 soften them. Whats your fav biscuit to dunk?
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I have received a friend request from a Jotish aka astrologer on FB. Since he can read into the future he must already know whether I will accept the request or not?
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I’m sure you’ll recognise this beautiful lady but can you tell the brand of fridge? Do you remember the first fridge you got and when? Ours was a brand called Admiral and it lasted 35 years!!
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Thank God you didn’t ask for Rosy Roti!
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And I had asked my wife to make pani puri for dinner tonight 🙈😱😤….
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Why is the word Sanghi being used as a slur? I’ve heard every kind of adjective used to describe them including filthy low life, scum and more. Am I right that Sanghi means member of Sangh Pariwar? And its use is essentially to insult anyone who is perceived as Hindu right wing
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They were mortals and we expected them to be infallible Gods. One can only imagine the weight of the staggering task he had at hand when the British left India. Remembering with reverence Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru today on his Jayanti November 14, 1889. Architect of India.
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In the monsoon it is natural to seek shelter. Just take a look under your car before you drive away.
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1 year
Wishing all of you a blessed Dhanteras🙏 #dhanteras2023
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Chaipanzee😜
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12 million murdered tortured gassed experimented upon and killed by the Nazis and you are comparing it to Gaza. Entire railways set up across Europe to remove and transport Jews to death camps. From any historical point of view there is zero fact in your hateful comparison.
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@Tara_Deshpande Israel is perpetrating genocide. This is no longer about hostages. It's an extermination mission. @israel and @idf are replicating the Nazi playbook. They've turned Gaza into their own backyard Auschwitz and they're loving it. I agree with @RichaChadha .
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Spotted this little gem on my way to Fountain in Mumbai.
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Some late 90’s nostalgia. Though I think this was taken by @DabbooRatnani in 2000. Wildlife fashion prints were in - snow leopard, tiger…. 😜 #blastfromthepast #flashback
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To be fair BJP seats won in 2024 are more than Congress seats won in the last 3 elections.
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58% of Indians voted against Modi
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And your favourite Halwa is? A)Gaajar B) Doodhi C) Beetroot D) Moong Dal E) Sooji
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Mazher the same logic was used by terrorists LET and SIMI and state sponsored militants who attacked my hometown of Mumbai 26/11 and massacred innocent civilians. That it was ‘retaliation’ and that India ‘deserved’ it. Do you agree with their logic that it didn’t start on 26/11?
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@Tara_Deshpande Tara ... There are 3500 plus Hostages (or as they call them Detainees without charges) in Israel. This didn't start on October 7.
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Good morning! Temperatures are soaring. Stay hydrated and in the shade.
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A handsome man in a tailored suit and a beautiful woman in a sari romancing in the rain to a lilting song. Shot mostly in south Mumbai this song in Manzil, you get glimpses of the Oval, Marine Drive, CST. And the song really captures Bombay as it was in the 70’s. Crowds with
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Incase if there’s nothing beautiful on ur TL
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When you are 19 and clueless. 😂😂
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Am trying to find jobs for 3 women who are acid burn victims. So far all doors have been slammed at me so can’t imagine what it’s been like for these women. Can you help? They need jobs in the Kandivli area.
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This was my Aajis kitchen until she died last year. An old over used stove, a rusty old tawa & worn out tiles. Yet from this kitchen came the best food I’ve ever eaten, the most love I’ve received. It doesn’t matter how big your house is. It matters how big your heart is. No?
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I am well beta. Thank you for asking. Bless you.
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@Tara_Deshpande Aunty, kaise ho aap.. I was in 7th standard when your excuse me song released
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Yes I did. But I’m. It like that in real life😂
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@Tara_Deshpande You had done a small role in style as vilen. Remember??
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What do you like to eat most with Puri?
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This plateful of deliciousness arrived from The Bihari Studio a few days ago. I’ve eaten dishes from Bihar’s cuisine but the more I read I am gobsmacked how vast and complex it is. Doesn’t surprise me since Mithila was India’s seat of power in the later Vedic period and the
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See how optimistic I am🤪
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Drumstick brinjal and mango Sambhar today. I like experimenting with sambhars because it’s such a versatile concept. Do you adapt your Sambhar or always make it the traditional way?
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Sunday happiness😋 What’s your favourite filling?
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Please give me the statistics and mandates of a proportionate response and a historical roster of such military actions. I am keen to read and learn more. Should Lord Ram have kidnapped Raavan’s wife as proportionate response?
There is a concept called “proportionate response” in modern legal societies because of which we no longer live in a world where an eye or an eye is the response. To kill thousands of innocent civilians including children cannot be justified under any circumstance.
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Photographed by Daboo Ratnani in 2001. I remember this series because the flower on my head was plucked from a feather duster which magically appeared to match the outfit was trimmed and put in place with scotch tape😂. So much for glamour in the late 90’s. 💃But atleast there
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Me modelling for a well known Basmati rice in 1999. This was when all food had to look neon in photos! What's your fav Basmati brand? Do u use rozana or premium. what diff do you feel there is? How do u know what u r getting is Basmati? longer grains? more aromatic?
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On the left is my banana bread on the right my banana cake. There are some differences between the two. Do you know what they are?
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Why is boiling milk for certain occasions considered auspicious? Letting milk boil over during Pongal is also holy. Do you do this in your home? What is the significance?
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5 years
Would this new profile picture work?
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I tell you we're all cleaned bowled by this. ❤️ @harbhajan_singh
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