July 2018

Chikhloli Dam and Waterfall

The monsoon has hit most of the cities and villages of Maharashtra more than expected this year. In Mumbai and Thane region, we experienced very heavy rains for…

Introducing ‘My Recipes Blog’ by Varsha Baikar

I take this opportunity to introduce ‘My Recipes Blog‘ run by my better half, Varsha Baikar. She likes to cook various Maharashtrian dishes and also try her hands-on…

A brief history of Shiroda Mithagar

In Marathi, a Salt Pan is known as Mithagar. The natural way of extracting salt is through solar evaporation.  According to howstuffworks.com, the Salt is harvested through solar…