Pakoras are popular spiced, batter-dipped, deep-fried vegetables that make perfect snacks or hors d’oeuvres. Ghee is the preferred medium for frying pakoras, although you can use nut or vegetable oil. The tradition of frying things in batter is popular throughout the culinary world. In Italy, there’s the delicious Neapolitan fritters known as pasta cresciuta, comprising […]
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Why the World’s Going to Hell
By Ben SteinOr maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities […]
Happy Diwali, Mr. President
By Vineet Chander for beliefnet.com on 15 Oct 2009 How’s this for an early Diwali gift for Hindu-Americans (and, perhaps, Hindus around the world): President Barack Obama lit a ceremonial diya (traditional candle) and delivered a characteristically smooth speech in which he declared that he was happy to join "some of the world’s greatest faiths" […]
Holy cow, what’s Chrissie’s beef?
by Damian Whitworth for Times Online The Pretenders’ lead singer is back on the milk run, explaining why dairy cattle should be at the centre of all our lives Read more…
The Really Clean (and good) Dirt of Ryabuino
by Dhanesvara Das It’s a dirty world. There’s dirt everywhere that requires constant cleaning. Many people become obsessed with cleaning. For this purpose modern man has invented so many chemicals to clean that dirt away. In recent years we have added handiwipes to the list of essentials that we previously did without. It’s a dirty […]
Coming home from India to the cold, dark north
By Krpamoya Das October 30, 2009…5:39 pm I came back from India yesterday. Oh dear. I watched the golden sun come up over a bleak and mountainous Afghanistan, chanting my gayatri mantra while peering out of a small window in the back of the plane. I came back from India yesterday. Oh dear. I watched […]
Elevator
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, “What is this Father?” The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, “Son, I have never seen anything like this in […]
Casket
Three buddies die in a car crash, they go to heaven to an orientation. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first guy says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great […]
Work
One day a government worker was digging through his office drawers when suddenly he came upon a magic lamp. He rubbed the lamp and out popped a genie. The genie asked, “What is your first wish?” “I would like to be rich!” replied the worker. And poof the man was surrounded by piles of money. […]
The Bet
Stopping at the Krishna Temple on the way to the race track, a man made this prayer. “My Lord, I am going to bet on a horse named Vayu to come in first place. If he wins, by Your mercy, I shall gain 10,000 rupess. If you can do this one small favor to me, […]