Bironi Bhaat … sticky rice !!

  It's a special dish of sylhet disttrict in Bangladesh ... so in sylheti language it is called "Bironi bhaat". In West Bengal - i guess it is known as 'Bini rice' .... there is a famous TV serial named after this rice - "Bini Dhan-er Khoi". It has a beautiful aroma - more or less like  Basmati rice. The…

Pink Hibiscus !

At my uncle's (jethu) house in Karimganj. It's a hibiscus .... pink one. It was orange in color when it was a bud. i was hoping to see an orange bloom - but to my surprise it turned out to be a pink hibiscus. Well it's beautiful too ! Jethu had cut few stems from the mother plant (which is…

Art and all …

Raghu ... he is younger uncle's son and the only child in their house. He is always cheerful and ever ready to play. Even before we're getting ready for dinner - he would say, "let's play for 10 mins." Everybody would say,"let mani (that's my name) didi (elder sister) take some rest". On that he would say,"okay - then let's…

On the road to Karimganj …

On our way to uncle's house. We stopped at the road side not with the intention of admiring the beautiful view but something was disturbing us - a noise .... but couldn't make it from where it was coming. Finally we figured it out:  it was the luggage tag flipping by the winding. As we sat in the car then…