C Y Gopinath
Bio
Author. Film-maker. Raconteur. Traveler. Cook. Think like a devil, be endlessly kind, try anything twice, and never let a good question go till it is answered.
Learning, piano, HTML5, Spanish and string tricks.
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Stories (3/0)
What Mrs Ehlwe cooked
I doubt if you'll ever meet the modest woman with sparkling eyes who cooked this meal for me. For sure, this is not a recipe you'd find in any cookbook, even an Egyptian one. She conjured the meal up seemingly in minutes and out of nowhere for a surprise guest who had audaciously invited himself to lunch
By C Y Gopinath4 years ago in Feast
Where women lead, the virus loses
Today I became aware of a country I'd never heard of before: Sint Maarten, somewhere in the islands of the Caribbean. It's only 34 sq kms in size and has a mere 42,844 people, but it's a full fledged parliamentary representative democracy. Its prime minister is a 51-year-old teacher called Silveria Jacobs.
By C Y Gopinath4 years ago in The Swamp
Advice to a boy lonely in college
One day, one of these lockdown days, you’ll come back to your hostel room in downtown Montreal, switch on the lights, and look down upon the evening lights of Sherbrooke Avenue far below — and you’ll suddenly feel utter loneliness.
By C Y Gopinath4 years ago in Education
