About Dianne Sharma-Winter - Heart of India
Dianne Sharma-Winter · Blog
The first time she left home, Dianne was seven years old. Her plan was to wait beside the road for adventure to come and collect her. That didn't turn out so well as she got as far as her friend's house who promptly told on her for "running away". She was totally surpirsed at her context - she thought they had planned to run towards something, not away from anything!
The next time she tried it, she had all her bases covered. For sixteen years now she has lived life On the Road: in India and Nepal, across South East Asia, parts of the Middle East and her own South Pacific paradise island of New Zealand and a few other tropical paradises.
As a writer and keen observor of human life, India is her precious muse. She moves with the seasons and across the Heartland of Mother India, exploring places and faces, food and culture.
Journeys for her are measured in friends not miles. She has been blessed a thousand times over in her travels to be welcomed into the hearts and homes of many people met along the way. She invites you to meet them and hear their stories on this blog!
But if you accept that your life is like a miracle chapatti that will be offered up as prasad or food for the gods you have shuffled off the hot plate of this dance of your life, wouldn’t you want to be the lightest most Melt-in-Gods-Mouth kind of chapatti? Especially …
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My devotees will become fully initiated into the Art of Enlightened Breadmaking. I will ordain a Puri Baba, a Paratha Baba and a Bati Baba.As we grow across the world, I expect I will find a Croissant Baba and a Pan au chocolate Baba as well. I will arrange it …
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I am all in favour of eating local style when I am traveling. Some of my fondest memories of life on the road lead me back to feasts shared with many a generous host.
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