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hese past 3 years of blogging, Facebook and Twitter have introduced me to many food bloggers and their blogs. Most of these bloggers live in different countries, even continents and come from culturally diverse and different backgrounds from mine. However our love for good food and desire to explore and discover this beyond our comfort zones and cultural boundaries is what keeps us cooking
Onam - Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala. It is a harvest festival and is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). This corresponds with the month of August-September according to Gregorian Calendar.
Carnival of Onam lasts from four to ten days. First day, Atham and tenth day, Thiruonam are most important of all. Popularity and presentation of rich culture of the state during the carnival made Onam the National Festival of Kerala in 1961. Elaborate feasts, folk songs, elegant dances, energetic games, elephants, boats and flowers all are a part of the dynamic festival called Onam.
Government of India has taken due notice of this vibrant and colorful festival. It promotes Onam internationally in a big way and celebrates ‘Tourist Week’ for Keral…
The morning was quite chill and it only had me snuggling against the twins again. I was already late and I had to get things ready for Konda. She was leaving early to school as she is participating in a program, where is the angel. Amma bought her a grown more than a year back, which looks more like a bridal dress, but if we remove the head gear, it can looks like an angel dress. Which lead Konda complaining that the wings were not there to make it a perfect angel get up. Whoever said angels should have wings! I told my little one that all angels need not have wings, they come in different forms. And to top all, her teacher asked her to get a magic wand and a crown.
Seriously, I wouldn’t know where all these things might be sold. When we had visited Calcutta, she had got a crown, two wands. Both the wands had long disappeared. This crown somehow stood the test of time. And that got broken just yesterday when she had it in her bag. So we spent some time late night trying to s…
