Author: Caribbean Hindustani

Original Tickle You Tickle Me Chutney from Mauritius

NCIC International Phagwa Conference 2021

  If we add up all the lights from all the stars that exist in the universe, it would be a promethean flame compared to the abyss of darkness that is our universe. The existence of living beings on this earth was possible because of the energy emitted from the sun and the timing of…

What my nani used to chant whisperingly under her breath on lighting her diya at the alter during dawn and dusk: शुभं कुरुत्वम कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसंपदः। (Salutations to the light that brings auspiciousness, health and prosperity) शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तुते॥ (Which destroys inimical feelings, salutations to the light of the lamp) दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः। (The light of the…