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Pani Puri Food India Nepal 

Pani Puri

Maya
Today I would like to tell a story about the snack eaten in India, Nepal and other neighboring countries. Panipuri is a street snack of several regions in the Indian subcontinent. It is made of a round, hollow puri (fried crisp) that is filled with a mixture made of tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion or chickpeas and after added flavored water (known as imli pani). It has various names, depending... Read More
Gajar Halva Food India Nepal 

Gajar Halva

Maya
Gajar means carrot in Hindi, Bangla and Nepali. This is a very unique dessert, very simple to prepare, popular in all of northern India and Nepal. We got to know it in West Bengal. Indians say that it is impossible to not add ghee to halva, as it will not have the proper aroma. Cardamon is added only by some Indians, many do... Read More
Purchase of Tatkal ticket for long distance – In Gorakhpur India Interesting facts Interesting places Transport 

Purchase of Tatkal ticket for long distance – In Gorakhpur

Maya
I haven’t seen city but I have been on railway station… Outside in the opposite there are mostly hotels that are often very busy. On the road there are also some shops and stands with sugarcane and orange juice. The town has its own university, astronomical observatory, some pretty Islamic architecture, numerous – sometimes very nice – Hindu temples. In... Read More
Varanasi: Khusi Paying Guest House Hotels, Guest House India 

Varanasi: Khusi Paying Guest House

Maya
Come and stay in a pleasant family atmosphere by the river Ganga. Khushi Paying Guest House B.2/63-B (next to Power House) Bhadaini, Varanasi-1 221001, India mob.: +91 9839873664; mob.: +91 9936441647; e-mail: khushipgh@gmail.com Khushi Paying Guest House offers rooms of varying standards, with or without bathroom, and a kitchen for residents use. Available wi-fi. Especially nice is the large dinning... Read More
Coming back home India Stories 

Coming back home

Dorota Volkov
28th of February 2015, Saturday So we reached Mumbai 26 of February early in the morning. The big surprise was that we could have take out the warm clothes we were wearing… sitting in airport we were still wearing our coats because  we couldn’t believe our happiness… We sited into the plane 25th of February – Katia’s birthday. Just 3... Read More