If there is one certainty about roads in India, it is that — no matter where you are or what the hour — if you want a cup of tea, you’ll find a chai ka dukaan within a few kilometres. With this thought in mind, Rishad Saam Mehta, set his journey to have these cups of tea, all across India, and accounts it in this book – Hot Tea Across India. If you love chai, travel and adventure, then Rishad’s book is a must read. Interesting backdrop isn’t it? Then read the excerpt below and apply to receive it.
Interview with Smita Beohar
Let books be your dining table, And you shall be full of delights. Let them be your mattress, and you shall sleep restful nights. Today at your Adda, we have someone who believes in this statement. She calls herself a 30 something girl for whom reading, which was a time pass, has now become a passion. You will always find her with a book. In the blogosphere she is known as bookslifenmore. We are pleased to have Smita, the lady behind bookslifenmore to your Adda where we try to find out more about her life minus the books. 🙂 Time to read the last interview of 2011.
BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Dec. 27, ’11
Imagine a service where a person comes to your door to collect payments for purchases made online. Another, where you can ask questions through SMS and get the answers through the same gateway. 🙂 We met two such persons recently and spoke to them. Both are young and promising. Before you read this week’s Tangy Tuesday picks, check out Arpit Mohan’s Gharpay service and Deepak Ravindran’s SMSGyan. 🙂
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Perky Tweets – Dec 26, ’11
Breaking: Team Anna hires XYZ agency as their official Social Media Agency and within 10 minutes of this announcement, the facebook likes of Team Anna’s page increases by 10000. 😉 Monday Blues! You will forget them after reading the #perkytweets below. Read them now 🙂
BlogAdda’s Spicy Saturday Picks – Dec. 24, ’11
‘Ex-girlfriend blamed for govt’s social media censorship policy’, ‘Youth smashes fiancee’s head, hangs self’, ‘Pregnant Lara watches Don 2’. These are some of the headlines from the prominent newspapers which we read everyday. Comparing this with ‘Soldier and the Graveyard’, ‘Why do we need a reason’. Which type of headlines would you prefer reading? We are sure, it would be the latter and keeping that in mind we have some very interesting blog post titles which you will enjoy reading this weekend. Here they are.
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Gujarati Kitchen
We have a comprehensive cook-book with us today, that will be cherished by both new and seasoned cooks. Every recipe has been tested to offer convenient shortcuts, contemporary methods, and better nutrition without compromising original flavour, says the book. Presenting Bhanu Hajratwala‘s Gujarati Kitchen, family recipes for the Global Palate, at your Adda. Want to know a gist of the menu? Read the excerpt below.




