About

The original idea behind this blog was to write a continuous letter to my children; Tink and Bear. Throughout our lives we learn and yet forget so much. I’m very good at the latter. I myself have learned so much from my parents and grandparents and yet when I need that advice to put it into practise, I struggle to remember the details. A sadness that I will always have is that my Nani taught me how to make Karah Parsad – the sweet offering you get from the Gurdwara. But that was when I was in my teens, she passed away when I was 17 and I don’t remember her recipe anymore.

We aren’t going to be here forever, what if I don’t get chance to teach you everything I want. That’s why I decided to document it. Something you will have forever to refer to and it serves as a good reminder for me too. I wanted it to be a place where I could also document my learnings. There is so much still left for me to learn regarding food, weddings and traditions. It will be helpful for me to note them down.

Why is this called Unfinished Punjabi?

Well we are Punjabi. I consider it a big part of my identity. It’s our culture Sanskriti and a big part of our way of life Tehzeeb. Although while I expect what that means to keep changing. I do want to teach you about some more traditional and historic aspects about being Punjabi.

Unfinished… Adurah Because it is, this letter to you won’t end and I will continue to add to it. But also, because it sort of symbolises me. Your dad likes to say that I never finish anything…it does take me a while. But I like the way the word unfinished sums up other parts of my personality. I’m a bit hap hazard, I’m not a big note taker, I’m rough around the edges and I find it difficult to quantify things. The word unfinished seems to sit well with all of that.

So, the idea is, whenever I think of something I want you to know, I’ll blog. When ever we do something that you could do with remembering, whenever you’re taught something from your grandparents, whenever we do something new that I think would be worth you learning, I’ll blog. Its good to be open to things changing and evolving, so let’s see where this goes.