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UNITED COFFEE HOUSE SINCE 1942- A VINTAGE VANITY

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The golden letters emblazoned on the old-fashioned wooden plate itself narrates the rich, regal and royal legacy of the Delhi’s first western-style café – United Coffee House aka UCH. Among all of Delhi’s vintage restaurants, the United Coffee House (UCH) in E- Block Connaught Place has stood out with its art deco interiors, 23-ft-high ceiling, Harry Winston tapestry and the sprawling Viennese chandelier. Being an eternal lover of this beauty, I am always awestruck to see how beautifully this the place is running parallel to modern time in the face of keeping its old-world charm alive. The moment concierge sophisticatedly opens the ornamented wooden door for you and you get to experience the stunning floral designs on the walls, huge Venetian chandeliers hanging from the roof, a vintage-looking bar, and soft piano music playing in the background, this place will warm your heart with its old-style charm. United Coffee House is more than 75 years young now, once opened by the visionary

A Poem by my Friend

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“Friend” each character of this magical word has a profound meaning

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  “F”-“Fight,Fun,Faith”-True friends fight; inevitable. But then that are over before you even know it that end up bringing you all the more closer. Friends who are just for namesake, can let an argument go unresolved and ruin your day but your bestie would argue or fight wrathfully, then take a breather to calm down, but never leave you in remoteness. To have genuine friend is fun, be it in your bad mood or with good food, you will always find them beside or around you. “Sab theek ho jaega ” ,“milke kar lenge yaar”, “chill mar buddy” these are not only sentences, but reassurance that someone is there for you through thick and thin. They can illuminate the gloomiest moment of your life by simply cracking some illogical joke or doing some crazy act. And they can even make your special day more special just being a part of it. That’s friendship that’s fun. “No faith, No Friendship” Friendship without faith is like body without soul. A friend is someone who has more faith in you then you

To be Special is not Special, To be Ordinary is Special

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I am not a trained Dancer . I am an ordinary dancer.But yeah i can crank the music way up and erupt into an impromptu dance session in any juncture. For me, Dancing is healing modality, when I dance I feel so alive. And it is something, I can enjoy at any point in my life, no matter what my ability is. My camaraderie with dancing began at a very tender age. Back then, I didn’t even know how to emote but assuredly it was an untold emotion for me and still it is. I can recollect those twinkles in my eyes whenever I used to turn on a random song and dance around a bit. Even now I hear music, any song with any beat and I can’t help but move. And I know many out there have this sort of identical feeling but may feel introverted to dance because they might have not taken any formal classes.  Don’t worry. You don’t need to dance to impress others, Dance for the reason that You want to dance. Dance like nobody’s watching. Dance to breathe, to tear down the walls, to open the  retired closets,

JUST DON’T BE FASHIONABLE,BE FOREVER STYLISH .

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Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval.Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. - Lao Tzu                       These famous lines constantly encourage me to wear my personality on my sleeve. I always favour Style over Fashion. Fashion is what is being offered and worn by most at any particular moment in time. Fashion is temporary; it is over quickly, whereas style is forever. You own style and You Owe Fashion. You can even cultivate your own unique style by understanding your body type, adding or subtracting a few stuffs in your wardrobe, experimenting with it but off course after being educated, welcoming suggestions from others and many more. Accept the fact that we are not super models. We can have thin, fat , chubby, skinny, short ,tall body statures. We all have some perfect imperfections, but, Yes there is one accessory that can be never go out of fashion,

Cheese Ki Sabzi

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The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But not only man, even the way to a woman’s heart or a child’s heart is through his/her stomach only. Humorous but true.You can make anyone loves you by cooking them good meals.Yes, that’s the power of cooking.  Cooking is not a profession but surely a passion for me.I might not work in a professional kitchen but i love cooking up a storm for my friends and family. I think, even you may agree that cooking is a great illustration of melting pot between art and science. Indeed, cooking is both art and science.  How? Like, my experiment with cooking can go miserably wrong, If I don’t apply scientific method. When I say scientific method, it doesn’t mean I need professional apparatus or tools to measure quantity or ingredients or need to do some sort of chemical reaction in lab. But yes, I must know why certain ingredients impart certain flavours or create certain reactions, and then recreating those experiments by testing them or mixing the

Champa Gali : Delhi’s Best Kept Secret

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One of my friends, a travel enthusiast, once suggested me to visit this hidden treasure of culture and culinary delight “Champa Gali”, so, keeping his words in mind, on one fine winter afternoon ; I decided to meet an another school friend of mine at this Delhi’s less travelled , less explored and less talked corridor or gali of culture , coffee and confession.  This girl whom I was going to meet almost after 3 years , we spent preliminary years of school together only but her family got shifted to Hyderabad and see how the wheels of fortune spun and she had to move back to Delhi after marriage. Therefore we couldn’t  conceivably give up on this reunion; it had to be the best .  Champa Gali is barely half a km from Saket metro station , and so, we also decided to skip driving and take on a metro ride. It wouldn’t be amplification if I address Metro, as Delhi’s intrinsic part or lifeline.If you are in Delhi , you can’t miss metro rides. Finally we were inside the quirky lanes of Champa