Archive for January, 2008

Jan 14 2008

Sankranti Bommala Koluvu

Published by mythili under Indian Festivals,Misc

Happy Sankranti to all my readers!  Sankranti (aka Makar Sankranti) is celebrated as Pongal, Lohri etc. in various regions of India.  In our parts we usually celebrate it as a 3 day festival.  My mom observes the Margazhi vratham and the last day of Margazhi is Goda Kalyanam.  Bommala Kolvuu, rangavalli or Muggulu(Kolam), winter harvest, haridasu, basavanna (with the decked up ox), [...]

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Jan 04 2008

KU! Thats who

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     Yes, yes and yes !!! We did it !! We won the Orange Bowl.  We beat the Hokies.  Hokies played good, but KU played the best!!!  We won a BCS Bowl game !!! We – KU won the Orange Bowl. This has been a phenomenal season for the KU Football program.  And coach Mangino rocks [...]

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Jan 02 2008

Ratatouille: An in-house drama with a rat

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Hope you all had a fun-filled holiday.  This is soo not the post I want to kick-off 2008 with, but I can’t take it anymore. We have been playing the movie “Ratatouille” a little too much in our household these days.  Yes, I love the french rat Remy and his culinary prowess in the movie. [...]

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