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| Humayun's Tomb in Delhi |
When US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinto flew into New Delhi last week, she had two things or experiences that
will hopefully linger on long after she demits office—any office that she may
hold.
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| A glimpse of the Neel Gumbad |
One is a visit to the
breathtakingly beautiful Humayun’s Tomb.
Hillary so wanted to see it that to
squeeze time for it, she got up real early, they opened it specially for her,
and she took a morning walk . Music came in the form of the lovely sounds that
birds in the greens around the tomb make, all the time.
For me it was love at first sight with
the warm and inviting historical monument. In fact, I had to spend quite a few
minutes before the beauty of the Taj Mahal – not the chai,
Saif—thawed into my system.
A
second reason why I’ve begun to like Humayun’s tomb with the neatly laid
out gardens (which are incidentally maintained very clean, devoid of litter)
etc, is the fact that my young colleague Mandira Nayyar’s husband Ratish Nanda
has been involved with it, he is the architect driving all the restoration work of the Aga Khan Foundation.
The morning walk kindled Hillary’s
appetite sufficiently for her to request a real quick breakfast, saying “I’m
really hungry”. Yes, she said that.
That
gave her the second “thing” that will forever remain etched in her memory .
About what she ate, and the recipes, you will find out when you visit my food blog.
Just click on this link.. http://cookandshare.blogspot.in
And be patient..I've yet to include Hillary's Breakfast there! But there are other things you may want to read about...food!
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