Rashit's Experiences

  Tuppa Anna tavvi uppinakai (lemon pickle) / Varan Bhaat Toop Loncha (lemon pickle) Send a North Kannadiga or Maharashtrian on a culinary holiday around the world. Let both of them indulge in Italian Pasta or Pizza in Rome, world-class Japanese sushi, a quintessential American cheeseburger topped off with a Michelin star meal, Delhi’s butter chicken or   Kolkata’s macher jhol.They will invariably come back home and demand some hot Tuppa Anna Tavvi Uppinakai   / varan bhaat toop Loncha limbu (dal, rice, homemade ghee, pickle and lemon) or even curd rice with mango pickle. They will then pat their tummy, heave a sigh of relief, and say “Atta kuthe jevlya sarkha watala / Eega oota madidnga aat nodpa (Now that’s what I call a meal).” In North Karnataka (Bijapur, Belgaum,Dharwad districts) and Maharashtrian Karnataka households, the humble Tavvi Anna Tuppa   / varan bhaat toop   is as versatile and ubiquitous as Naomi Campbell on oxygen channel or Radhika Apte’s...

This year, its Festivals & New Years eve is different I still remember these fag end days of 2019...where we were all gearing for welcoming new year 2020....truly this year has two zeros in it but no one have ever wondered it will make entire world's life to be zero... Anyways... Looking at this entire year... It was full of tension, pain, fear that is consistently hammering us, some have suffered and some are still suffering. All are taking steps to come out of this and come back to normal life... While we do this we have these getting to celebrate festivals one after the other right from Gouri ganeshotsav, navratri, Dushehra, Diwali and now its Christmas and finally New Year eve..... Its totally different this time.... During these festivals is not about having a grand vacation at an exotic location or any other location on this earth or having my house is sparkling clean and decked up for these festivals for guests to come, it is not about whether I have prepared a variet...