WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: RARE

My entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare

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This is the iron Handi that was part of my paternal grandmother’s belongings when she and dad settled in the city in his youth after selling away all the farmland and property in our ancestral village. This rare family heirloom that was once a part of our family and always seen in the courtyard is no longer with our family as it was sold away very recently while the house was sold and brothers moved to other cities.  It was shifted to the backyard when the property was being sold away, and above is seen as a cropped part of a bigger picture, as this is the only picture of the Handi that I have now.

The picture below was clicked last year when I had gone to dine at the Handi Indian Restaurant at the Taj Palace Hotel, Dubai.

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It is a nostalgic feeling to see these big cooking vessels or Handis, they are a rare sight nowadays, not seen regularly in the place where I reside.

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