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Did You Ever Love Me? Book Review: Can Rithvik singh turn heartbreak into a homecoming?

Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...

Methi Matar Malai

Methi Matar Malai
Time required: 15 minutes
½ cup fresh methi or kasuri methi, chopped
1 cup green peas
2tbsp oil
3 tomatoes, chopped fine
1tsp ginger paste
2tsp mawa
4tsp cashewnut powder
6tsp khus khus
(poppy seed) powder
4tsp grated coconut
1tsp black pepper powder
1tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste
½ cup malai (fresh cream)
HEAT the oil in a pan and fry the chopped tomato with ginger paste for one minute. Add the green peas and cook till done. Add the mawa, cashewnut powder, khus khus powder, grated coconut, black pepper powder and garam masala powder. Add two tablespoons water and cook for about two minutes. Add the methi and cook till done. Add salt to taste. Lastly add malai and stir well. Serve hot.

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