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Although more than half a year has passed, some things I wanted to share with you all.
Have been thinking about writing since long.
Rains here in Mumbai have been very good this year. Any water shortage news would seem to just trouble/scare the Mumbaikars.
Minimum rickshaw fare is now 11 Rs. (earlier it used to be 9 Rs.)
Area outside Ghatkopar (W) has become a proper maze due to the construction going on for Metro. We went there twice in the span of 30-45 days and were confused as where to get out from.
We are taking advantage of the much appraised “Dabbawala Service” for Bhumi and Keya. And it’s just wonderful that kids get to eat “somewhat” hot lunch and easier on my part as I don’t have to prepare it 7 in the morning.
Have visited few places in Mumbai for the 1st time / after a very long time.
Mahindra Garden at Breach Candy near American Consulate is very good. Right off the ocean, you can hear the waves roaring. Several play areas for different age group kids. Few play items are pretty new/unique for here. It reminded me of Portal park.
Caught a show at Nehru Planetorium. It was for about 45 min. Kids enjoyed it and we enjoyed the nostalgic moments.
Next to the planetarium in the same campus there is Nehru Center (different from Nehru Science Center). There is a museum on the first floor there. It is about the history of India with photographs of all the great freedom fighters and artifacts. As Bhumi has started learning about the Indian history the museum seemed very enlightening.
Another nice garden is in Shivaji Park (R.B.Prabhu Garden). Again right off the ocean with a great view of Bandra-Worli sea link.
I have never understood why we need to tip taxi drivers here ? Its not like the cab fare is inexpensive here. On top of that, you have to tip the taxi driver. Why ?
માનખો ભનાઈ ગન
ખોટા સચા કરે કરે,
નોટું ભેર્યું ભલેં કરે,
મથે તું ને વેને ખણી,
માનખો ફટાઈંયેતો.
કમાઈ તોજી છોરા ખેંધા,
દૂધ છડેને ધારૂ પીંધા,
સારા માડુ કડેં ન થીંધા,
વંસ કે ફટાઈંયેતો.
અંના મુંજી ગાલ સુણ,
સીધી વાટતે અચી વન,
મેનતજી કમણી કરે
માનખો ભનાઈ ગન.
- પી. કે. દાવડા
Looking for suggestions for staying at Lake Tahoe - best places to stay / best place to look for cabins. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
The following website comes up on the top in Google when you search for “Vegetarian Cheese”…………..Not sure how reliable it is though. Probably outdated since it says “Latest news 2008″
http://cheese.joyousliving.com/
Wonder if anyone knows a better site?
શેઠ
હેકડા શેઠ વા. તેંજી ઘરવારી બહુ સારી હુઈ. રોજ સવારજો ઈ શેઠજે મથે તે હથ ફરાઈ શેઠકે જગાડે. પોય ભીને નેપકીનથી મોં લુછી શેઠકે બાથરૂમમે તેડી વને અને બ્રસ કરાય. પોય શેઠ કે ગરમ ગરમ ચાય પીરાય. પોય શેઠ કે છાપો વાંચી સુણાય. શેઠ કે નારાય ને કપડા પહેરાય દે. પોય પાટલે તે વેરાય ને શેઠજે મોંમે ગરમ ગરમ નાસ્તેજા ગટા દે. તો પણ ચબીંધે ચબીંધે શેઠ બોલે “આહ થકી રયોસ, આહ થકી રયોસ..”.
હેકડો ડીં નાસ્તે ટાણે શેઠાણી પુછ્યોં, “મડે કમ ત આઉં કરે ડીઆંતી ત અંઈ કુરેલાય થકી રોતા?” ત તરત શેઠ ગુસ્સે થીને બોલ્યા, “હી ચબે તો કેર તોજો પે?”……
Looking for new events to go out with family and have fun!!
Here’s a link to plan ahead as events in California are listed for each month.
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/California-fairs-festivals-july.html
Here’s some information for food lovers’……
Pick your favorite food and check out its festival at:
http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/californiamenu/a/festivals.htm
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/California-food-wine-festivals.html
We missed this one:
Artichoke Festival in Castroville, CA
http://www.artichoke-festival.org/
artichoke - How to clean, cook and eat +recipes:
http://www.oceanmist.com/
Upcoming :
Garlic Festival in Gilroy, CA
http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/index.html
Some people call California the land of fruits and nuts, and I don’t think they mean that agriculturally. However, they may be right in a literal sense. There are dozens of festivals in California dedicated to fruits and vegetables and other foodstuffs from A to Z. THe link above has a few of California’s many food-oriented festivals.
Our mother language (Matru Bhasha) Kachchhi is a part of our identity and all of us would definitely like our kids to speak fluently in Kachchhi better than any other language they may know. How to ensure that our kids speak in Kachchhi fluently irrespective of the pressures to learn and speak other languages especially since lot of us currently reside in different parts of the world.
No negative and discouraging comments please like what is the need to learn and be fluent, Gujarati or Hindi or … is better to learn for practicality,… etc . All positive comments would be helpful to our Global Kutchi Maadu irrespective of where they may reside and will be highly appreciated.
