I watch TV fairly regularly these days. There’s Masterchef Australia for one thing. I find this season a little peculiar, because unlike the last two, it seems to be less about the food than the challenges, but I’m still pretty much hooked to it. Then there are reruns of How I Met Your Mother which I enjoy since there are lots of episodes I’d missed the first time around. And finally, I’ve been thoroughly hooked to Tiger – Spy in the Jungle on Animal Planet. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged Animal Planet, Brunch, discovery, elephants, Expetive Deleted, Gerald Durrell, hindustan times, Kushal Gulab, Masterchef Australia, Pench reserve, zoos
So it’s back! Masterchef Australia, I mean. Which means, once again, that I no longer have a social life. (Not that I had much of one to start with anyway. These days, my idea of the best kind of nightlife involves a nice long bath, a comfortable nightie, a detective novel and takeaway Chinese or a sandwich of some kind. That’s perfect.) Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged Expletive Deleted, groceries, hindustan times, kushalrani gulab, Masterchef Australia, Matt Moran, meats, news, sea food, The Grand Hotel, veggies
So Masterchef Australia 3 is starting on August 2. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged AXN, Calcutta biryani, Expletive Deleted, Fox History & Traveller, hindustantimes, HT Café, kushalrani gulab, Masterchef Australia, Matt Preston, TLC, Top Chef 7, Top Chef Masters
Thinking up a coherent piece is beyond me just now. So here are some stray thoughts. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged AXN, Kashmir, Masterchef Australia, Padma Laxmi, shall pass, sudha koul, The Tiger Ladies, This, too, Top chef, you don't mess with the zohan
My apologies. I haven’t paid much attention to this blog for some months now. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Abu Dhabi, blog, Brunch, Fact and Fiction, Jose Saramago, Masterchef Australia, Mohsin's Diary of a Social Butterfly, NDTV Good Times, Pressure Cooker, Tender Hooks, The Elephant's Journey
Do you speak Oz-trai-liyan? I think I do. Having watched a lot of MasterChef Oz-trai-liya by now, on TV when the show was on, and on Youtube (the episodes I’d missed), I think I’m in grave danger of speaking Oz-trai-liyan all the time (right now, as I write this, I’m speaking Oz-trai-liyan in my head). Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Adam Liaw, australia, cookery shows, friends, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Masterchef Australia, Masterchef Australia 2010, Matt Preston, star world, TV
To all those who have complained on this blog about having more books at home than they’ve read, and yet they are still buying more, I have something to say. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Bangalore, blog, Bones, books, booksellers, bookshop, flipkart, forensic detective serial, Gordon Ramsay, Hell's Kitchen, Kushal Rani Gulab, Marco Pierre White, Masterchef Australia, Random Reads, StarWorld