Wandering Minds

Shrawan 15 - Kheer Day in Nepal

Shrawan 15 (July 30/31) is also known as “Kheer Khane Din” meaning a day to eat rice pudding. It is celebrated grandly to commemorate the accomplishments of farmers who worked hard throughout that period, marking the end of the paddy planting season. Kheer, also known as “Aayash” in Sanskrit, is a sweet rice pudding from the cuisine of Nepalese tradition …

The Chinese Legends of the Butterfly lovers

“I almost wish we were butterflies and lived for three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” - John Keats Background: As Maya Angelou and Edward- Burre Tonas said, "Love costs all we are and we will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.", The Chinese Legends o…