India was a shock to the system. I think it’s either a country many love or hate. However, I found myself to be right in between. There are some aspects about India that I did not enjoy at all: being harassed constantly, the ulterior motives of people, the constant sensory...
Arvind passed on the Aloo Parantha recipe to me. A hearty breakfast dish made out of wheat flour and potatoes....
Tibetan Bread is a very filling breakfast dish or afternoon snack. You can eat it on its own or with Butter and Jam....
When Arvind first turned down our accommodation request on airbnb, I was gutted. 'Surely I HAVE to be there. This man does Yoga on his rooftop. I'm SURE it's meant to be'....
Guddu continues: there is the odd occasion when some decide to elope but they can never return back to their families and many of these love marriages have resulted in suicide. The pressure is too big. And life away from our families is hard and almost impossible. We loose everything....
My favourite is the exercise which relates to Yin and Yang – the alternate nostril breathing. “We all know that on some days we love our neighbour and we promise to ourselves to be nice to him. Then all of a sudden we are back to our vicious selves and...
I feel extremely uncomfortable doing the Lion Pose which is aimed at the Throat chakra. We position ourselves on all our fours with the hands inwards (forget it. cannot do it), open our mouths, stick the tongue out, open our eyes wide as if in comical shock and say: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....
He now explains what Yoga is and I realise how little I know about it. Whenever I went to a yoga class, instructors focused on doing the poses rather than explaining what Yoga was really all about. Even introductory yoga classes left me walking out of the premises with less...
It does indeed look gross – especially once a good 30 flies start nibbling on the chunky goo glued to the bus....
Real Masala is best served with a lot of sugar and very hot. It is typically a breakfast drink prepared by Chaiwallas. Locals gather in the morning to sit together and enjoy a cup of hot masala tea before heading off to work....