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Flavor Foragers | Intro | Our Home Cooking Channel

Hello fellow bloggers,

My wife and I are embarking on a culinary adventure. Something that’s been on our minds forever. A culinary channel on YouTube (Link below) –
Food is home. Food is travel. Food is memory. Food is flavor. We are foraging for those flavors and those memories. Join us ‘Flavor Foragers’ on this culinary adventure, as we try to recreate dishes that evoke fond memories of aromas, textures and tastes, that have tantalized not just our tongues but also our minds.
Every dish that has a legacy, has a story, not just about the way it is prepared but also about the way it is relished. We want to bring these food stories, experiences and recipes to life while adding our own touch to these dishes that have stood the test of time.
Please do subscribe to our channel to support us and to know more about this culinary journey.
Our first video is a dish that is a favorite of Kolkatans. A biriyani that has as rich a history as taste. (find the link below)
Thanks,
Sid
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Meeting Rosanna (Short Story Reading) | Two and a Half Rainbows

Hi All,

The above video is a reading of an extract from the short story “Meeting Rosanna” from my book “Two and a Half Rainbows – A Collection of Short Stories”. The story is about two septuagenarians who meet unexpectedly after 40 long years. The inspiration for the story came from observing my parents. I have often wondered, what it would be like, for them, to meet an old and dear friend in a serendipitous encounter. What would be their reaction? What would they be reliving?

The extract has been read by my sister-in-law, Garima Joshi Tewari, who was kind enough to lend her mellifluous voice to my story. She is a former radio jockey with FM Rainbow (All India Radio) and I believe she has done a fabulous job of helping the reader visualize the scenes unfolding in this short extract from the story. Hope you all like it!

This will be the first among a series of story reading videos which will be uploaded in the coming weeks. So do watch out for this space and do like, share and subscribe to my channel if you have liked what you have seen!

You can grab a copy of my book from the links below:

Amazon India:

https://amzn.to/2Lx00sU

Amazon customers outside India:

https://amzn.to/3crRc2S

(Available in Paperback and Kindle)

Also, available on Flipkart & Notion Press Store. Ebook available on google books, kobo.com

Warm Regards,

Sid

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Two and a Half Rainbows – A Collection of Short Stories | Book is out!

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The book just arrived last evening and the feeling is a bit surreal. It feels similar to when I first saw my son’s face; for what I am staring at is a part of me! I’ve been nurturing it for the last 2 years and have been imagining this day for the last 6 months. The last few weeks has been a mixed bag of emotions – anxiety, fear, joy and so on. But now like a good parent I have reconciled to the fact that my book has its own journey to undertake. So, I’ll just end by quoting from one of my all time favorite movies, The Pursuit of Happiness – “This part of my life … this little part … is called Happiness.”

Eager to hear your review/feedback/testimonials.

Do grab a copy from the links below:

Customers in India:

Amazon – Paperback and Kindle – https://www.amazon.in/dp/1648287654/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_3K5qFbTDR10T0

Notion Press – Paperback –
https://notionpress.com/read/two-and-a-half-rainbows
Also available on Flipkart (Paperback), Kobo.com, iBooks and Google books.

International customers:

Amazon – Paperback and Kindle –

Also available on Kobo.com, iBooks and Google books.

Do give my baby some love!

Regards,

Sid

 

 

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Two and a Half Rainbows | My book is coming out this month end!

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Hey Everybody,
I am super-excited to let you all know that my book – “Two and a Half Rainbows” – A Collection of Short Stories will finally be out for release this month end.
This has been a labor of love and I’ve been nurturing it for almost two years now ever since its seeds were first sown. I look forward to all your love and support when it finally gets launched on all major online retail platforms on the 28th of August (hoping that the pandemic doesn’t throw in more challenges and goes easy for a bit. Fingers crossed). Note – there is no pre-order option available for the book.
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More details to be shared on the date of launch. So, save the date – 28th August 2020.
Very keen to read your first reactions to the book cover.
TC. Stay Safe.
Much Love,
Sid
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The Man Who Called Himself “Satyanveshi” (Truth Seeker) | Byomkesh Bakshi | Back to 90s | Coming Soon!

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Pic credit: imdb & doordarshan

He was the “guy next door” who called himself “Satyanveshi” (Truth Seeker).
Get your “cha” (tea) ready because this man from Harrison road, Kolkata is coming soon to knock at your door.
Next on http://www.whatsonsidsmind.com and part of my “back to 90s” series is an article on the much-loved detective tv series “Byomkesh Bakshi”. Watch out for this space!
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Reliving those days | Back to 90s | Coming Soon!

 

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Let me take you back to those days,

When things were a lot simpler and laid back.

Next on http://www.whatsonsidsmind.com, is an article on one of the most iconic works of art on Indian Television.

This will be the first article of my “Back to 90s” series, dedicated to all the kids who have grown up in the 90s in India, like me.

Do check out the video.

Article will be out soon!

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About the blog

Life is a collection of stories. These stories have made us who we are today. They have the remarkable ability to connect us all. Although, we all have our individual stories, we do share common grounds and similar life experiences.

In this blog I, Siddhartha Krishnan, author and owner of this website http://www.whatsonsidsmind.com, will be sharing some of my life experiences in the form of short stories, essays, articles, travelogues, reviews etc and through them connect with you and understand where we share those common interests. This way we can collaborate and tell some great stories.

Quoting J.K.Rowling here would be apt – “There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.”

So, tell me, “What’s on your mind?

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Hi, my name is Siddhartha Krishnan. I am the quintessential “corporate guy” who accidentally took to writing and then discovered the magic of blogging. I have 10+ years of corporate experience working in big MNC’s as a business operations professional, specializing in program management, MIS and Analytics and transition management. However, somewhere down the line I realized that something was missing in my life. There was a deep yearning to do something creative.

Thus, I got down to writing short stories and subsequently started the website http://www.whatsonsidsmind.com in 2018 to put out my writing and explore my creative side. Writing helped me discover certain unknown facets of my personality. My immediate goal is to publish my first book and take this creative journey forward. Through this blog, I want to share some of my stories and interact with you to hear your stories. So, let us connect and tell some great stories together.

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