Food and travel with Kanaya

  June 2018, it was. I was selected to be a part of Summer Course at University of Antwerp , Belgium. I was extremely proud of myself to represent India in an international level. I was excited , since I would be studying along with students of other countries, and receive first hand experience about their culture. Though I have always lived in a small little corner of Jharkhand, I had that courage and excitement of exploring Europe. Flight tickets, train tickets, hostels everything was arranged by the University. Passports, Visas and other paper work was done. And then I left to Delhi from Ranchi and then after a six hour journey, I reached Schiphol Airport . So, this was my first landing at Amsterdam. I followed the other passengers and led myself to the exit gate. Since, I had sufficient time before boarding my train, I planned to explore the happening city of Netherlands (Inspired from the Bollywood movie, Queen ).  Oh My God! Such a beautiful city, clean water, so many beautifu

  I was two when I was brought to Mccluskiegunj by my parents. Born in West Bengal , the culture of Jharkhand was entirely different for me. With passing time and me growing, this place created a special place in my heart. The serenity, the calmness, the cold breeze, misty mornings made it a little hill station. Every winter, I used to meet tourists who visited Mccluskiegunj . Bengali speaking tourists used to fill my heart with immense joy and I used to wait for this part of the year, when they use to share their experiences at Gunj . Let me introduce you to the real Mccluskiegunj . It is a small hillstation situated  70 kilometres from Ranchi , the state capital of Jharkhand. This place is well connected with roadways and railways. Mccluskiegunj has received its name from the founder of this place, Mr. E. T. Mccluskie ; an Anglo-Indian who came from Calcutta. Let me inform you with the fact, that Mccluskiegunj is the only village with Anglo Indians residing in it, though the populat

14th August, 2020; we were bit ambiguous about tomorrow's independence day celebration at the office. 3/4th of the office staffs were interested to take a day leave. Suddenly, something popped in my head and we decided to do something different this independence day. I mean since our school days, we are habituated  to have samosa  and jalebis  on Republic Day and Independence Day. One of my colleague said Kanaya, let's do something to develop a good bond and affinity toward each other, let's finds ways so that  we spent valuable time and cherish these memories over the time. What else can bring in such affinity apart from food! When shared with other colleagues, many of them agreed on this. Suddenly, like a sea wave on a high tide day, idea popped in my head and we decided to cook typical fried rice with a new variety of cottage cheese, which we later named, Paneer Maharani. Many of you might think, Pane er Maharani...ummm...? Well, so it's started with an idea of ma