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Left-to-right: Bitter Gourd through the stages of the cook: (a) Partially cut; (b) Finely chopped; (c) Spiced and oiled; and (d) Cooked and ready to eat! Karelā or Bitter Gourd makes for a great vegetable that you can steam cook or pan fry. This post is less about the recipe and more about the vegetable: Karelā or…

Starting with the end of a recent trip: the sun dazzled and blinded me (and my iPhone 12 mini’s camera), just after getting off the freeway. Unexpected shots of lush green mountains and cloud covers while traveling east of California’s Bay Area This weekend, I decided to visit some family on the eastern limits of what is…

It seems unworkable and is likely a cancer to society Photo by julien Tromeur on Unsplash Opening Tweet of the Original Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/vkrishnapalepu/status/1460429270308646915 I posted a Twitter thread about the Metaverse a while ago (screenshot of the thread at the end of this article). It was about why the Metaverse is going to be based on…

Novak, the Tennis champ, needs stop going over the line. By now, everyone would/might be up-to-date about Novak Djokovic’s theatrics with the Australian immigration system. The whole episode has been borderline hilarious, and would be actually funny if we were all not stuck in this pandemic. The Episode: Let’s recount the different acts of this multi-act…

I develop tunnel vision whenever I run. My breathing and tiring legs take up all my attention. But every once in a while, after the sun has set, I see something that makes me stop in my tracks. It helps that these views show up in the second half of my run — it gives me an…

It happened. It really did. Fire Season, California 2020 It was September 9, 2020 in San Fransisco, deep into California’s Fire Season 🔥☁️💨. For those who do not remember, California’s 2020 Fire Season saw some of the worst conflagrations across the entire state in recent memory. Cal Fire’s 2020 Archive page maps fires that happened across…

Zero Inboxes, Clearing Histories, Triaging my Downloads Folder I have been on a journey to clean up my digital spaces, ranging from my email, recommendation feeds and my local storage. I quickly talk about stuff I have done so far, and highlight things that I plan on doing in the coming days and weeks. And…

Wikipedia calls it, “… kidney beans in a thick gravy with many Indian whole spices.” Rajma is the Entrée Royale of North Indian entrées and curries. It is typically reserved for grand occasions (like weddings, or that rare Sunday lunch when you are feeling particularly fancy). Mom tricked me into thinking that this is a super…

The Thirsty Crow. The story of the Thirsty Crow was something that I grew up with in India. And I learned later in life, it is a pretty universal story that teaches kids and adults the lessons of persistence, hard work, and smart work. As MoralStories.org calls out: Moral: Think and work hard, you may find…

For the coffee purists out there, the title of this post is blasphemy 🙀. How can anyone add ice to a cup of steamy hot espresso, which is high in its coffee concentration, and low on water ⁉️ Well, I was one of those purists. So maybe I am simply projecting here. But after several…