Alaka Yeravadekar

blogs from Pune

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Ringing in the new (0 votes)
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A memorable trek (0 votes)
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Unfurling The Curl: The Straight Hair Experiments (7 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under LifeStyle > Personal Care
7 tips to use cooking gas optimally (7 votes)
Posted 14 years ago under LifeStyle > Food & Drink
The Pebble (13 votes)
Posted 14 years ago under Offbeat > Poetry
Summer is here (32 votes)
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Indian Gazelle (11 votes)
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Mulberry Memories (10 votes)
Posted 14 years ago under LifeStyle > Food & Drink

Latest posts by Alaka Yeravadekar

देव - marathi poem
कधी कधी दुसरं कुणीच बोलायला नसतं मग आपण देवाशी बोलतो. एरवी देव मानत नाही. तसंही आपण माणसात देव नाही, तर देवात माणूस, एखादं आपलंसं माणूस शोधत असतो. ~ अलका, २०१७...
Posted on 29 June 2017 | 2:20 pm
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Sweet-Potato chips
Easy to make. Take a sweet-potato. Slice it thinly. Deep fry in oil on low flame till cooked and crispy. Place on paper to remove excess oil. Sprinkle with chilli powder, salt and dry raw mango powder (amchoor). Sweet Potato is a tuber with a sweet taste. Known as रताळे in Marathi.
Posted on 21 October 2015 | 4:29 pm
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The unstable poem
It lurks at the edges, on the periphery of my vision slipping, slithering, undulating like a serpent tantalising.. taking flight, swooping, diving, forming figures of eight. And just when all its parts seem to be falling in place, along comes a Harrier picking words off like prey, dispersing the res...
Posted on 21 July 2015 | 12:19 am
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Monsoon Land
In our monsoon land horizon is where the parrot meets the dove In our monsoon land fifty shades of green sing brazenly In our monsoon land woodfire smoked chai is spiked with rain In our monsoon land clouds come rolling down why bother with raining? In our monsoon land rain water reddens on meeting...
Posted on 20 July 2015 | 5:10 pm
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Healthy Dahi Vada
I love Dahi vadas as much as any other Indian but the thought of deep frying and so much oil makes me hesitate. Granted that one presses the oil out of them, but there's still a whole lot remaining in the vadas, and then, so much oil wasted, not to speak of the mess it creates! Recently came up with...
Posted on 5 July 2015 | 1:31 pm
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A nice snack place in the old Pune city
Fresh, hot and reasonably priced snacks early in the morning- hot batata wadas, a variety of dosas, uttapas, medu vada, tea, coffee, etc. What more does the tummy want? It does not have any seating place and is more of a food shop. Customers seemed quite happy eating standing outside the place. Loca...
Posted on 22 January 2015 | 5:39 pm
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Urban Thrilling Adventure Walks
I'm going to start Urban Thrilling Adventure Walk workshops for foreign tourists It is an idea whose time has come! Based out of Pune city in India, the itinerary will include exciting events such as how to cross Fergusson college road at 5 pm, negotiate traffic signal chowks in the early mornings,...
Posted on 8 July 2014 | 7:53 pm
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Coconutty about skincare
Show me an Indian who has never seen or used a coconut. The sriphal or 'God-fruit' is an integral part of Hindu religious rituals. The Rishis of ancient times were wise dudes. That is why they insisted upon including in Poojas the only fruit of which every part can be utilized. When I was a kid, bab...
Posted on 24 January 2013 | 12:45 pm
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Pune Biennale: Fifty artists at Taljai hill Pune
Posted on 15 January 2013 | 7:46 pm
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