Jun 26, 2018

Please do retain your desipana


#Modernisation
#Globalisation
#MeraBharatMahaan 
Vagairah vagairah ....

Increasingly find myself to be a Fuddy-duddy desi.... 
atleast in my heart !
Hate the templatisation of cities and towns and mohallas... 

Walking down 100 Feet Road on Indiranagar, Bengaluru today 
feels the same as a stroll down Rajpur Road, Dehradun or Linking Road, Khar....
Levis and the Adidases and McDs and Pizza Huts of the world jostling to be SEEN 
alongside the local brands offering the same to same goods for sale! 

At such times, the Local HERO Brand of every city/town/ townlet shines out for the desi girl, that I long to be...
With the local flavor, mood and desipana which no franchised outlets can replicate !!!

Here's to
The MTR Kaapi in Bengaluru
the Kulfi Falooda at Kumar Sweets, Ghantaghar, Dehradun
and the vadapav at Mithibai college

A teardrop

Was that a drop of tear I saw glistening near his eyes? I will never know because he turned his face away, as soon as he heard th...