Month: July 2006

Bloggers for Tibet

Published by Anita

There’s more to Tibet than just Tibetan momos. This was a slow and eventual realization over a few years as I was exposed to the land and its people. Through my sister, I came to know of Tenzin Tsundue (whom she befriended in Mumbai) and who had climbed the 14th floor of the Oberoi Hotel in Nariman Point some years ago to unfurl a flag saying “Free Tibet” as the Chinese premier was visiting. A few years ago, my sister and I also went and visited Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, home to one of India’s most beautiful (and largest) monasteries. Situated on a hill-top with its bright yellow and red paint, it stands out from anywhere, its beauty unsurpassed in this small hilly kingdom. In Bangalore, I met the dreamy Aqua through whom I was exposed to more of this country. Last year in Kushalnagar, I had a chance to visit one of South India’s largest Tibetan settlements in the South of India. It is also home to a beautiful Namdroling monastery. Then this year, …

What a “super” man!

Published by Anita

Watching Superman fly around looking cool (his locks always in place) was an awesome jaw dropping experience. I mean which other man can look so cool wearing his undies inside out? I am totally in love with Brandon Routh and I won’t go into details of the movie, but just to say that Aqua and I spent most of the time drooling over the super man (!) : his eyes, his voice, his locks and other such assets. So don’t ask me what the story is, because we didn’t really pay much attention to it! Women, please rush to your nearest movie halls, get tickets and watch it. It’s rare that you’ll find such a gorgeous package and one that flies around without getting his hair out of place! And read Aqua’s review too… (of the man again, and not the movie!).

Zidane qualifie les Bleus pour la finale !

Published by Anita

Yay!!! Like Aqua, I too become a football fan, only during the World Cup, watching a bunch of good looking hot men dribble the ball from one side of the field to another. Not a bad distraction at all, I say 🙂 A few years ago, I remember the Brazil-France final, where a few of us placed bets and France won, much to the dismay of my confident Brazil rooting friend. And he also made me a little richer by honouring the bet! On the night of the Brazil-France match on Saturday, I had to miss out on the heroics of Zidane, since I had my level 3B French exams the next morning. It was last minute preparation and a distracted one at that as I had to flip between French verbs and television to catch the latest on the football front. After watching the rather heart rending England Portugal match, I decided to go back to my books instead. Which was probably, in hindsight, a good thing since I managed to mug a few …

Seafood @ Sana-dige

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Since I love sea food, my culinary antennas always go up when someone talks about good fishy fare here in Bangalore. I had a number of favourites in Mumbai, but here it’s a little more difficult to get good fish. So on a lazy Saturday afternoon, along with Madman, Ree and Menaka, we went off in search of Sana-dige, where I heard one gets good coastal cuisine. And I’m happy to report that we got what we wanted. Really delicious Malvani, Kerala and coastal India fish preparations. I can’t remember the names of everything everything we ate, but the prawn starters and the prawn gassi was rather delicious. The fish preparation pictured below in mango (a little tangy) was Malvani and rather yummy. The pomfret was not bad either. We had the dishes along with neer dosas (which could have been softer by general consensus) but otherwise, we were satisfied. Madman also had Kerala parothas to add to that since a few flimsy neer dosas could not whet his appetite. And along with the meal …