Music is my greatest passion. I can say it is my religion. It all started when I was just born. As an infant I used to listen to ghazals and go to sleep. When I was 2 years old, I listened to music on my Dad's Gramophone Record player. In the age of Cassettes and CDs too I had a strong love for the Long Playing records. My father's collection, an ecstacy.......consisted of everything right from The Beatles to CERRONE and of course Indian Film Music and Classical Music. Those were the early times and in such ways, I went on going deeper into listening until the summer of 1994. when I was sent to a piano class for better utilization of my vacation which I was otherwise wasting in unfruitful activities. There......it all began. My new found love - The Piano! I was at a supersonic pace and my fingers commanded those keys in black & white making the piano sing. From that moment, there was no looking back. I took up to the guitar at the dawn of my teenage. Without any formal coaching, I mastered it. It was then the Fall of the year 2003, I decided to form a band. My search for the band mates began and ultimately resulted in the birth of my band "NECROPOLIS" - a Classic Rock Connoisseur. The 3 guitarists I found were amazingly brilliant and I was definitely not as good as they were and hence I decided to take up the DRUMS. Yes!  A brand new beginning. A new kit was bought and I began practicing from scratch without knowing ABCs of Drumming. But I had this strong interest, deep passion and burning desire to perform and let the world experience blissful music. I began working hard non-stop for the next 4 months and then....January 17th 2004, the band's first concert at one of the Big events in the city. Nervous mind, trembling hands and itching desires........the SHOW WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! No looking back from that moment on. August 2004, we were on MTV CAMPUS IDOLS ( competition) and emerged as the winners in the third place. Hearts filled with pride and satisfaction.....It felt so good!
That is the story with me and music.
I listen to entirely different melodies from what the common crowds listen to. I absolutely loathe Rap music and Remixes. They have no ART.
I listen to everything from Classical to Rock and from Raaga to Reggae. But it is all standard music.
I would be writing more about my musical journeys. Stay tuned!

It's a nice Friday afternoon in California and I am lolling on the couch at ease. Absolutely jobless for the day, I kept getting hungrier by the hour. I then decided to do something creative to treat myself. Guess what comes to my mind? The creation of Desi Ghee! A great Indian delicacy which I miss too much. Result? A strong desire to create Desi Ghee in USA! In the past, I have tried to separate cream from whole milk ( the grocery stores sell normally) and then tried to make desi ghee out of it. The complete thing flopped. The milk that grocery stores normally sell is highly processed and has various ingredients added to it that eliminates a typical smell that milk naturally has ( Indians know what I mean ). I set my thinking on. First thought, going to a farm and getting milk straight from the farmers. Bad idea! No farms in a 100 mile radius. What next? Oh yessss!!!!! WHOLE FOODS MARKET !! There I was, searching for something called ORGANIC CREAM. No luck! Finally, I remembered that GHEE is ultimately CLARIFIED BUTTER. Voila! I found something. So now here is how you can produce excellent DESI GHEE at home.

What you need?

1. ORGANIC UNSALTED BUTTER ( Whole Foods brand - 365 ) Sweet Cream - 1      POUND

2. A  thick base pan

3. A spatula to stir

4. A set of hands

Method~

Melt the butter in the pan on medium heat,
As soon as the butter melts, shift to low flame and let the melted butter cook.
You should see a white foam at the top. Keep stirring occasionally till the foam separates from the ghee. The foam curdles and settles at the bottom. Cook the ghee on low flame till the curd at the bottom turns tan. That's it!
You have excellent DESI GHEE right at home. It has got that smell too! =)

I am a hardcore VIRGO born on the 1st Of September in the year 1986. I hail from Nagpur, a city placed exactly at the Heart of INDIA. It gets around 122 F hot in the summers and the city rocks for its ORANGES and is known around the world for that.
I completed my schooling till the 10th grade at Bharatiya Vidya Mandir (BVM), Nagpur and then finished a Diploma in Computer Technology. Then in the year 2005, I got admitted to Penn State University, PA 16801 and after completing one semester there, I moved to San Jose State University at San Jose, CA . Guess why I left Penn State? =) Too much of coldddddd ( brrrrr!!!! ), lack of good transportation and a university town! Jeez! Was I lonesome! My overall experience at Penn State was magical. Lovely people and Beautiful campus. The beauty of snow is inexplicable. November 2005, I saw the snow for the first time and it was all so magical! The only DESI guy on the 600 acre campus! Oh how they loved me. The complete "ME" was a kind of amusement for all Americans. Known all over the campus as "HARSHI" that is where they named me. They had tough times pronouncing my name HARSHAWARDHAN. So... HERSHEY HARSHI HARSHEE.....Sweet like chocolate!
That is the brief history behind this name =)
So now, I am pursuing my Bachelor's in Computer Science at San Jose State University right at the heart of Silicon Valley. I would graduate in the year 2009. Still half way to go! So that is ( ahem! ) "something" about me =)

Did you ever find yourself haggling with your house-mates on how much you owed them for groceries? Or, who paid for the rent and who paid for the utility bills and what's the balance? And then, if you actually remember all the bills (with their receipts), how do you find the best way to settle the debts - who should write a check to whom and for how much?

All of this is such a big hassle. You can use Buxfer.com to track this all and just forget about your shared expenses. I really like Buxfer - of course, one reason is because my sister's husband is one of the founders of Buxfer :)

Pankass. Can't stop laughing.... these guys are frickin' amazing...

Alrighty. Here I go. Watch out everybody, an incredible force is being unleashed on this world today...