In my books, it’s always been burfee. Be it prayers, weddings or festivals like the upcoming Diwali; they are incomplete without a bit of burfee to delight my tastebuds. And it helps that it always[…]
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Tag: Indian
Setting the stage for male dance
When I heard the title of the upcoming Indian classical dance production, Purusham, the first thought that came to my mind was Maryada Purushottam – the name given to the Hindu deity Lord Ram. Simply[…]
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Veere!
Confession time. I’m a Bollywood junkie. I grew up on a healthy diet of Bollywood movies, music, live concerts et al. One of Bollywood’s latest offerings #VeereDiWedding is unlike anything I have seen. There’s not[…]
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South Africa saluting India
We see the beautiful red saris, But let us not forget the blood of martyrs. It’s not a stain. It’s a sacrifice to be saluted. We hear the bangles dance on the hands of women,[…]
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A magical musical journey…
When anyone from a small town (small only in size, definitely not in thinking!) achieves something big, it feels magical. But it’s not the fairy dust sprinkling kind of magic. It’s the magic that comes[…]
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indenture
Growing up, I had an acute awareness and understanding of South African history. I excelled in history at matric level and never saw it as a subject, but rather a way of understanding life,[…]
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