Thanks to Nisha and Sunil, a few of the Indian families in Oulu got together at the Raantel Community Centre to relax and enjoy a few precious quality moments.
Among those present were Rajesh, Sunita and Karthik, Srikanth, Renu and Dipankar, Narayanan, Padmavathy and Ambil, Sunil, Nisha and Hannah, Nagendra, Ashwini and Suhina, Kiran, Prasad and myself.
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Nisha cooked the frozen ready made vegetarian samosas I had brought from Helsinki and offered crisps and cake. Padmavathi prepared some great carrot halwa, the likes of which I have not tasted since my days in Sundarnagar Market in New Delhi. She was so nice to share the compliments with me as she said I had given her the new deep non-stick frying pan!! (Mark of a truly great personality to share her fame and glory with someone who least deserved it.) Ashwini brought some delicious capsicum dish, a dish which I so far have not had the pleasure of tasting. Renu did her task in bring some of her delicacies.
Prasad dropped in after cricket practice.
The kids enjoyed themselves running around the house and the compound. After enjoying the food, the menfolk got down to some serious carrom playing, using probably the only carrom board in Oulu and possibly Finland! The board is badly warped because of the different climatic conditions between India and Finland, but our experts mastered the board configurations and played a dozen games, each one a cliff hanger!
On the whole a very delightful afternoon which extended to late in the evening.
