Why am I writing about “Bura”? Most Indians know about it. It is finely grained sugar and generally eaten with rice and ghee. As far as I know everyone knows about “Bura”. It’s the most famous desert for common Indian people especially in Uttar Pradesh.
I love it with Chawal (Rice) and Dahi (Yogurt) and whenever I don’t feel like eating those stupid yuck vegetables “Bura” saves my day!! It is used with other Indian dishes like Panjeere (Made in winters), pickles and many more.
Bura is pure sugar that is carbohydrates. Poor people eat their 2 day meals with it along with chapatti (Bread) and it is very cheap. You can get a kilo of it for few Rupees only. We eat it everyday but no one talk about it. Couple of months back a good friend (aahhmm aahhmm) of mine asked me what is Bura? I was shocked to hear that. We had a brief and not so quiet altercation (oops) about it. And we ended up not talking to each other for a day or two. It took me a while to convince my friend that bura is one of the most common thing found in Indian kitchens. We almost killed each other that day. Well I generally don’t discuss this topic with my friend now.
But it raised an important question in my mind that there are still many people in this country who don’t know about the food of the common people.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The great Indian "Bura" - Finely grained sugar
Chaka Jaam in Various parts of Delhi
I have to go to office today but some activists have blocked many major roads in Delhi for protests. I don't know how will I reach office today (I am not interested in going also). This is sick how some political parties sponsors these stupid things and common people suffer.
Our team is going out today for lunch today but I would rather sit and relax at home :). I have many things to do today like I have to configure Drupal on my system. Rajesh just called up and he said lets go late today at 11 PM.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Journey back to home
Going back to home from office is a task. I am sitting in bus number 460. I'll go central sec metro station and take metro. Till last year i used to come back daily using buses and metro. For the past 10 months i come with Rajesh who work in my office. It takes me around 2 hours to reach home. By the time i reach home i am dead tired and sleepy. Good thing is winter are coming. In summertime traveling in buses is hell. Metro is an excuse, thanks to the AC in it. But traveling in buses gives you enough time to think and It's good to spend time with yourself. You get to see strange people everyday. Each has own challenges in life. When you travel in the same bus everyday you start recognizing people. It's funny that you tend to make judgments about strange people you see everyday.
OSSCampDelhi - 9th September
I wanted to rest at home on Sunday but somehow I reached Noida and attended the second day of the OSSCamp. Hardly 40 people were there on the second day. I interacted with Arunima who was one of the organizers of the camp. She is working with Value One. This OSSCamp was organized by this company only in Delhi. I asked Arunima if I could help them or contribute in some way to this OSSCamp.
OSSCamp was rocking and I would say it is a good start. Hope to see more such events in the near future.