Sunday breakfast meant Pakhala: Rali Nanda

Rali Nandahad pakhala with machha bhaja as breakfast with her family members on Sundays in her childhood
Gone are the days
My earliest memory of Sundays is having all my family members together at home. We had pakhala with machha bhaja as breakfast. After that, I went to learn Odissi. But all of us made a point to have lunch together. Mom used to make a yummy mutton curry.Having that with steaming hot rice was my idea of heaven. During the evenings, dad and I went for evening walks and had all kinds of junk food.
Present tense
As soon as I joined the Odia film industry, Sundays have just vanished from my life. If I have any day off, which I consider as Sunday, I spend my day lazing around, helping my mom in cooking and reading the entertainment section of the newspapers. Playing games on my PC is also my favourite pastime.
Wish I could
While I was studying, I missed a lot of opportunities to perform abroad. To me, Hong Kong is the best place in the whole world. So, if I’m given a choice of spending one Sunday in my own way, the first thing I’m going to do is to perform Odissi in Hong Kong. Then I’ll spend a leisurely holiday with my family there. At night, we’ll spend our time watching the skyline that resembles a necklace of glittering stars.
(As told to Jyoti Prakash Naik)