Experiments with telepathy

Humor, Investigation, Journalism, Science, Self-improvement, Thought

My amazing experiments with telepathy Well, of course you’re telepathic. You mean no one told you? Let me come right out and say it, I’ve always wanted superpowers. I’ve wanted to be able to part oceans, bring peace to the world, call down lightning from the...

Getting Shanghaied in Shanghai

Humor, Shanghai, Travel

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The Minimalist from Rajgir

Food, Humor, Travel

Certain simple combinations of spices can almost miraculously wake up simple stir fries, discovers C Y Gopinath First let me describe the claviger. He must have been in his early eighties. One eye was rheumy and clouded, which might have made you wonder what he was...

How to cook a Musa Pseudostem

Food, Humor

C Y Gopinath discovers how to cook the delicious dish that killed the tender coconut tree but completely re-colonized his gut. Take a medium-sized banana. Chop the pseudostem finely and boil till tender. Spice it and eat while costive. There, that’s how you do it....

Read and see

Food, Humor

For decades, this classic set of three books has been the last word on authentic South Indian cooking, says C Y Gopinath May I offer you some light tiffin? No? A cool drink then? What about a curd bath? It’s guaranteed to cool you off. According to the...

Lessons from lasoon

Food, Humor

It might keep teenage vampires away but when you use it well in the kitchen, the unassuming garlic can unite the most diverse people  SMITH AND JONES GRIND GARLIC AT NASHIK. In case you think this is one of those phrases administered to suspected drunks to check their...