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on November 03, 2026

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CHOTIWALA RESTAURANT AT RISHIKESH

Let's go and have 'puri halwa' at Chotiwala's this morning, said my wife. She told me that as children, Chotiwala was their favourite joint for puri halwa in Rishikesh. So off we went across the Ram jhula to the Eastern bank of the Ganges to find the Chotiwala restaurant. A view of the Ram Jhula by night. The restaurant was just about opening - workers were still cleaning the place, as it was rather early in the morning. On inquiry, they told us that the place was open. We sat down but were disappointed when we learnt that they had discontinued puri halwa as there was no demand for the product, as people had now become health conscious. We ordered a chana bhatura and puri aloo for breakfast. While we were waiting for our food, Poonam who was facing the kitchen door, remarked that the kitchen of the restaurant is very clean. A server then brought out a platter with all possible kinds of food and positioned it in the hands of the chotiwala statue in the display (photogra...

JUST COULDN'T RESIST SHARING THESE!!!

WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FULFILLING NEW YEAR. MAY PEACE PREVAIL. SHARING SOME INVALUABLE INNOCENT THOUGHTS WITH YOU!!!! Source: Not known, received by email

FROM MY LOG BOOK - A SANITISED GLIMPSE

25th April 1984.....around 2 pm; Hasimara, West Bengal. We had finished flying for the day and were getting ready to packup when the phone rang. Command Headquarters on line asking for the Commanding Officer. Boss took the phone and we could all hear him saying, "Yes sir". We instinctively knew that something was on. He puts the phone down and tells us that we were required to fly to Srinagar for trial landings at Leh...an airfield at 10734 ft. elevation. (Some of us in the Air Force had never heard of Leh back then. As per us, only the Army ventured there - hard area. The transport and helicopter fleet also landed there to support Army operations, specially in winter when the roads all shut down due to snow). When? We need to fly out tomorrow early morning. Get everything ready - 4 aircraft with 230 gallon tanks on and 100 gallon tanks to be carried in the AN-12, which will be landing here tonight. How? Nobody could understand, but one does not question on operational matte...

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