Trunk

Lots of people who come to Mysore return year after year. I’ve always stayed at serviced apartments until this year. This year, my apartment is attached to a family residence. It’s a fantastic place. But staying here meant I had to buy some household things: sheets,...

Gokul Chats

One afternoon, after a bit of a walk, we decided to check out another local place, Gokul Chats. Gokulam is the name of the suburb we’re in, and Chats means snacks. Gokul Chats is an open air place that serves lunch and snacks – and, we’d heard, some really...

A visitor

Is eating all we do here? Nope. I entertain visitors when they come and scratch on my front door.This is Shiba, my landlady’s pug. Shiba and her daughter, Siri, and son, Telly, live downstairs.Shiba scratched on the door and when I let her in, she headed straight to...

Other meals

Do we just eat Sri Durga food? No, we do not. Though Sri Durga is a daily visit, we need breakfast after yoga practice. And for that, there are ragi flakes.Okay, ragi is millet, so ragi flakes are millet flakes. They also include jowar (sorghum) and rice.One of the...

More Sri Durga

So what happens when you ask what’s good and Manju says, “Rice bath,” and then you ask, “Do you have curd rice?” This is what happens:He brings you both rice bath (right), curd rice (left) and throws in some bajji (bottom right). The bajji are fritters. I believe he...