Archive for January, 2007

People or Processes

January 12th, 2007

 
Published in Times of India, Consumer Edge, Mumbai, 30 Dec, 2006 
After palace intrigues forced Rama to leave Ayodhya and go into the forest, his father, Dasharatha, lay in bed a broken man, wailing, “Rama is gone. I will die soon. O, what will happen to Ayodhya?” Kaushalya replied, “Don’t worry. It will survive. We […]

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Food for the Kitchen Goddess

January 12th, 2007

Published in Times of India, Consumer Edge, Mumbai, December 2006
Gods in India love food. Rituals such as yagna and homa are all about providing spoonfuls of butter to a chosen deity. No puja is complete without bhoga and prasadam. Gods in India are also rather fickle about what they are served: Ganesha wants modakas, […]

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