Topic: Raja, rasoi aur anya kahaniyaan

[Peripatetic Phil]

Just discovered this wonderful series about the regional foods of India, narrated by Manwendra Kumar Tripathi with expert contributions from informed locals, food writers/historians and Dr Pushpesh Pant.  Highly recommended.

** Phil.

[Robbo141]

Thanks Phil, I?ll see if I can find over here. YouTube sometimes good for such things.

Robbo

[Peripatetic Phil]

Mainly excerpts on Youtube as far as I can see, Robbo

[Robbo141]

I do have Amazon Prime. Let?s see if it appears on the US version.

Edit: just checked and both seasons there. Excellent, thanks Phil.


Robbo

[Peripatetic Phil]

You are very welcome, Robbo.  The episode in Sikkim in particular makes me really want to visit that part of the world, something I have never done.  My wife has been to Kerala (and, I think, other parts of India as well) but sadly I have not, although I have been lucky enough to visit Tibet & Nepal ...

** Phil.

[Robbo141]

When I lived in the UK, I travelled to India 6 times a year for 5 years, each trip at least 2 weeks. I actually did visit Sikkim, putting in a nitrogen gas generation system at a pharmaceutical customer. Blast from the past...I think I?ll be watching those episodes based on the places I?ve been to.
Happy days...

Robbo

[Peripatetic Phil]

Oh you lucky lucky man.  But one thing that makes me really sad, watching the series

[foureyes1941]

Ahhhh India! We're missing our usual three month holiday in India this year, we usually go straight after Christmas but for obvious reasons it won't be happening this year. Been going for twenty years now and came back last April after being repatriated by our Home Office after a very fraught couple of months. We have many friends there and it appears that all the foreign tourists have dried up but that the domestic tourists from the cities are making the most of the deserted beaches and towns that have always depended on the tourist trade. I feel so sorry for these people who have seen their whole life-style  crumble also coping with the fear of covid too. I am sure beyond any doubt that we will return when this madness has disappeared.

I shall certainly tune into this programme, thank you Phil, I look forward to that.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Ahhhh India! We're missing our usual three month holiday in India this year [...]

A three-month holiday in India ?  How wonderful !  I was saying to my wife this morning, when we were watching the episode on Pondich

[foureyes1941]

Hi Phil, we started to watch the programme but it was in Hindu, or is it Hindi? There was nowhere we could see to get subtitles either, am I missing something here?