classiquepair( would you please reveal your true name ? )
So you are a gourmet and so am I -ever tasted Hilsa of Padma River of Bangla Desh
prepared/fried in mustard oil (sarso kaa tel ) from India ? Or giant freshwater prawn -Scampi curry ?
Why don't you plan a visit to India ? We could plan a special session on sf and culinary practices -Darwin writes in Origin that some of our ancestors were so caring of their dogs that in famine days they could even eat/devour the oldest lady of their clan and left their dogs unharmed !
Still there may be some places on the globe where tribes may be eating the flesh of their own species -i have read an sf on the theme with breathtaking plot -just not able to remember the name !
So humanity have progressed much since those darker period ? Let us explore it and enjoy the camaraderie of a select gourmet sf writers .
Let me introduce myself a bit better. I did not want to either bore all of you, or make you hungry, so I did not reveal too much.
I live in the Midwest USA, amongst a very large Indian population. Being close to the former auto industry here, many technicals moved to the area, and that seems to be a field where Indian people excel. In a five or so mile radius of my house, I have access to 5-6 Indian grocery stores. I first started cooking Indian vegetarian food 15 years ago. But recently, after discovering the wonderful spicy cuisine of southern India, with the sambars and rasams, kootus, and poriyals...and after investing in a wet grinder to make those wonderful pastes and powders for rice and to be added to dishes (dal, coconut, peanut, sesame seed, etc.) However, I am a bit of a culinary slut as I'll eat/cook foods from all regions. Right now I'm exploring the kitchens of the Bengali palate. Hot mustard oil and the five-spice mix is sitting on my kitchen table.
I am a music teacher and have a few Indian clients and am trying to get up to speed with modern Indian music, Hindi-Rock, Indi-Pop, etc. I've been a fan of the classical music for many years. In fact, MANY years ago I nearly bought a sitar directly from India. But besides of all kinds of music (rock, heavy metal, folk, classical, jazz, world) I also like Middle Eastern music (and food.)
I love books and have been reading sci-fi for years. I also like cookbooks and some fiction, mostly contemporary.
I don't know that any of this information about me will help in my discussions about Indian sci-fi, but perhaps.
Hi. I just joined and was hoping to find a list of suggested Indian sci-fi books. It's probably here somewhere, but just evading me. I am a huge fan of the...
Welcome classiquepair !As a moderator I shall address your queries but let other members speak first plese ! Any body listening ? arvind 2009/6/11...
arvind mishra
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Jun 11, 2009 3:27 pm
Let me introduce myself a bit better. I did not want to either bore all of you, or make you hungry, so I did not reveal too much. I live in the Midwest USA,...
classiquepair( would you please reveal your true name ? ) So you are a gourmet and so am I -ever tasted Hilsa of Padma River of Bangla Desh prepared/fried in...
arvind mishra
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Jun 12, 2009 8:02 am
... Regarding my "real" name, I do not use it on public forums. Sorry. I'm a real advocate of privacy. If it helps you at all in addressing me with a bogus...
A. Look up Chetan Bhagat - not science fiction, but a rage with that part of younger India that is comfortable reading English. He's written 3 novels of which...
Thank you for the titles. I will see what is available to me here. I will check out each one. And your comments got me thinking about what must be an...
Thanks for recommendations Tinkoo ,I would recommend River of Gods(sf) by Iaan Macdonald which of course has some distortions of Hindu Gods' names and their...
arvind mishra
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Jun 13, 2009 3:47 pm
"Return of Aryans": Actually I didn't care about the premise. It's the infinite subthreads, some hilarious like the naming of Sindhuputra. Somewhere near the...
Yes, translations are common. Most of the Bengala classics such as by Ravindra Nath Tagore, Bankim, Sharat, imal Mitra, Manik Vandopdhyay and others are...
Yes, translations are common. Most of the Bengala classics such as by Ravindra Nath Tagore, Bankim, Sharat, imal Mitra, Manik Vandopdhyay and others are...
Yes, translations are common. Most of the Bengala classics such as by Ravindra Nath Tagore, Bankim, Sharat, imal Mitra, Manik Vandopdhyay and others are...
Thank you, all, for the thoughtful responses and recommendations. I will have to see what is available to me here. At least I have a list to start with. And...
I am reminded of "Ganga se Volga' by Rahul Sanskrityayan. he book also is set with Aryans' settilement. Narendra Kohli's series based on Ramayana (Yuddha ki...
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