Christmas means nutmeg.  When I was a child I lived in the north east where Bara Din or Christmas was celebrated with enthusiasm.  Christmas for me brings aromas of pine, ginger and nutmeg spiced with the smell of rum.  The army, being secular in its ethos organized a huge dinner on Christmas night which was called … Barra Din Ki Barra Khana. Not very original, but we did not mind it.  It was feast time so we partied!  It was in Shillong that I first tasted the non-alcoholic egg nog....read more