I would like to recommend a book that I recently read - The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño. It is a detective story, one of the best ever told: two men in search of a vanished poet and how Mexico City figured in each of their fortunes.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 7:51 PM Ra Jesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Huda, I Would also love Hyderabadi Mughlai recipes. Could you share on > the list itself? > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 09:08 Huda Masood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Welcome Jiten! > > > > My current favourite cookbook is actually The Food Lab! > > > > I might have a couple of recipes from my mum that you might like - she is > > hardcore about Hyderabadi mughlai food. > > > > > > On Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 01:30 Jitendra Vaidya, <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > Geetanjali's intro email reminded me that I have not sent mine, and so > > here > > > is a quick email about me. > > > > > > I grew up in Aurangabad (Maharashtra), went to college in Bombay and > > moved > > > to the San Francisco bay area in early nineties. I am married, have two > > > kids and a pet cat. > > > > > > For most of my career I have been a backend infrastructure engineer and > > > manager. But fun fact: I have also written an Android app that saw over > > > 100,000 downloads. I also did a short stint at the USDS (United States > > > Digital Service) in Washington DC. I am now the CEO of PlanetScale ( > > > http://planetscale.com), a company I founded in early 2018. Our goal > is > > to > > > build a scalable multi-cloud transactional database-as-a-service based > on > > > the open source project Vitess (http://vitess.io). > > > > > > I love to read. My all-time favorite prose author is probably Milan > > > Kundera. I also end up reading a lot of science fiction: in the last > > year I > > > have read Cory Doctorow, Liu Cixin and Neal Stephenson. Vernor Vinge is > > an > > > all-time favorite. > > > > > > I also like to cook and make cocktails. The current cookbook I am > > browsing > > > and trying out recipes from is Asma Said Khan's "Asma's Indian Kitchen: > > > Home-cooked food brought to you by Darjeeling Express". The cocktail I > > like > > > to make and serve the most is Vesper Martini which I make with Gin, > > Vodka, > > > Dolin's Dry Vermouth and Cocchi Americano. > > > > > > Thank you Udhay for inviting me and look forward to stimulating > > > discussions. > > > > > > -Jiten > > > > > > -- If you swap that time for money, you don't get that time back to develop yourself." 'The way you speak to your child becomes their inner voice'
