The Japanese tea party Mom spent most of her childhood in Japan. One day, to rid our boredom, she organized a Japanese tea party for me and my friends. She placed bamboo plants at the four corners of the room. A Japanese tatami mat lined...
Indian Chinese Cuisine When Indians say they love ‘Chinese food’ what most of them mean is that they love ‘Indian Chinese’ food. Indian Chinese fusion food originates in Calcutta. This cuisine came in to existence because the Chinese settled in Calcutta decided to experiment with...
Namaste In India the word ‘Namaste’ is used as a word of greeting. Many think it is the equivalent of saying, ‘Good morning’. ‘Namaste’ and ‘Good Morning’ have only one thing in common and that is when you greet someone with either of them, you...
My favorite denim When Dad gifted me my first pair of denim trousers on my seventh birthday, I refused to take them off. My denim trousers are the perfect shade of blue. Unlike my other trousers, they take good care of me. Then I fall...
The fast food lifestyle Oh! How I love to eat fast food; especially when it has loads of cheese in it. Mom lets us eat fast food only once a month; she says fast food isn’t good for health, used to pester Mom for fast...
Staying in an igloo While we were in Canada we visited a Theme Park which had, as one of its tourist interests, a specially constructed Inuit village. The environment inside the village was artificially simulated to depict the actual Arctic environment. Warm clothes and shoes...
Eating with chopsticks My pen friend Chang Ming came to visit us this summer. Chang is of Chinese descent. He gifted us four pairs of ornamental Chinese chopsticks and four pairs of ordinary ones. We couldn’t wait to use them. Mom made noodles with chicken...
Holidaying in Singapore My trip to Singapore was my first trip outside India. The people were charming and welcoming. Our first visit was to ‘Cinemania’, Singapore’s simulation theatre. The theatre has an amazing sound system and a huge screen. Surround sound and computer synchronized motion...
Why does a camel have a hump? There are two kinds of camels, single hump and double hump. The camel’s hump is its unique characteristic and differentiates it from all other animals. I always thought that the camel stored water in its hump until I...
How do fish breathe? One day Mom’s friend Anne gifted her a bowl with six goldfish in it. I was excited because I had never seen a fish at close quarters. Fish breathe through their gills, which are situated on either side of their face...
