Mahashivratri goodies

We at Nestle had a chhutti on Mahashivratri which fell on Monday, 23 Feb this year. This made it a fantastic 3 day long weekend (only for me), Etch was (ofcourse!) working on Monday. I have been fasting on Mahashivratri since I was a kid (believe it or not!) and got my husband into it the same way that every maharashtrian is – ‘Sabudana khichdi’ and ‘ Variche tandul with danya chi amti’ – Pictures have been picked from the internet and not shot at home This time it was by far the best khichdi I have ever made – I think it was really close to the one Aai makes…and that makes me very happy! Etch was maha impressed by the goodies and smilingly fasted all day. And this is when he hasn’t even tasted ‘Ratalyacha kees’ – we will keep that for a Sankashti The other great thing about Mahashivratri this time was that it gave me the opportunity to watch history unfold live. I watched the Oscars with my morning cuppa tea and enjoyed every bit of it – the tea, the Oscars show and ofcourse Rahman winning 2 statuettes. That kept me on a high all day long. I had just watched Slumdog Millionaire on Saturday night (on Tata Sky Rs 25 only!) and was really happy to see the slum kids enjoy themselves at the Oscars. The beauty of this Slumdog team was that they actually looked like one big happy family and the camaraderie did not seem fake at all Incidently, apart from Slumdog I also watched Delhi 6, Jaane tu ya jaane na and Dor. Delhi 6 makes you think – each one of us is faced by this option are some point in our life, atleast we think about it every now and then. The question remains, what is it that you choose? Hmm... I realise I have drifted farrr away from the topic up here and hence... All in all a good weekend!