Category: diva di’vine
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Anjeer Palada
In the coastal houses one of the dishes made on any occasion is the paramanna, or what is more famous as Paalada. With the lockdown and not really being in a mood do things I decided to improvise. I had black rice that Dr.D had got from Manipur I did try making rice out of…
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Karachi Biscuits.
The lock down has been great, I have run out my standard nibbles. So I decided to try out making the Karachi biscuits at home. Essentially I modified the Nankatai recipe. Ingredients: ¾ cup plain flour. ½ cup powdered sugar. ¼ cup custard powder ¼ butter ¼ cup tutti-frutti. 2tbs broken cashew ½ tsp baking…
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World Hijab Day – 2020
February 1st. The world Hijab day. Every year I find something new to add to my previous ones. Like I have often mentioned before, too many people behave like the hijab has bizarre powers, maybe something is sewn into its microfibers, it kind of transforms the Muslim girls into Unidentified Covered Objects, and creating…
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Toast to the world’s first programmer.
My workspace seemed to filled with IT personal and people speaking of AI for while I assumed AI was Air-India then I learnt it was artificial intelligence. I am told by these kids who create computer programs that computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no…
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In Memory of Emma Nutt.
I am looking at the eating area of 91 springboards. Where everyone is a mobile phone glued to their ear. I still have an issue with it and I think telephones are a instrusion, they ring just when you think you are safe. On second thoughts imagine if we were still in the messenger boy…
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Bouncing back
BACK FROM A BREAK My cousin calls me Lady Bounce back. My professional life spanning from 1988 to 2019 I have had 4 breaks. And bouncing back each time meant different things. 1988 was when I qualified. Those days I did what most of my peers did, joined the nearest dental college as staff. Then…
