Easiness! Unfortunately, unlike the word itself, the realisation of the word does not come so easily, atleast now a days. We always have something or the other to do, some things piled up, some emails to be replied, some projects to be closed, etc. And if not piled up, we aways have something to organise to avoid piling up. Phew! Looks like our entire lifetime will be wasted on decluttering or may be cluttering things around us. But, thankfully, since the mechanism of our body and mind is not controlled by us, or any of the stressful money minded materialistic machine, the greater god somehow ..read more

Yes, with time being a constant rare asset that one can hold on to, I can completely understand, if it is indeed difficult to spare this scarce resource to things that have almost zero relevance towards the progress of our day-to-day chores. Something like our random thoughts, which hardly assist in completion of any task, but often pop up whenever they are least expected. But so much so that we accumulate all our focus towards accomplishing the practical goals we set for ourselves, we the helpless beings also wander away; probably to take a break. This act of wandering is further accompanied ..read more

1st Colleague (With assertion): But French Toasts are sweet. 2nd Colleague (With an expression of victory for knowing something more): What are you saying! French Toasts have always been savoury. I like them so much with ketchup. Me (With an approving posture, and making the final victory call as ‘majority wins’): Yes! (Turning at 1st Colleague) French Toasts are savoury only. I realised after few years probably, how my poor colleague (1st Colleague) was so right. And we two (2nd Colleague and myself), the so called ‘Homo Sapiens’ translated to ‘wise man’ in Latin, empowered with the power of ..read more

Seasons. They bring certain memories filled with certain joys. As we consistently change, with us changes our surrounding, place, circumstances and even people.  There are very few things that remain constant, and these constant factors are the ones that bind us to our past, present and future. They are the reasons that make memories more alive and more real, even allowing us sometimes to actually feel the nuances of memories in the form of smell, sound and taste. And sometimes these constant factors become so important to us, as they act as our comfort and thus guide and even motivate us ..read more

“Babaji, ab toh had paar ho chuki hain…. Ab iss raat me koi aur excitement mat dena…… Boring banado ji iss raat ko, please…” Do you remember the dialogue from a famous Bollywood movie, where the protagonist, fed up of an eventful night, prays to the Almighty to make it boring. With a hectic life and series of events (thankfully not damaging), I often relate to the dialogue. But wait! What is this! A single day when I can presume my day, I feel restless. I feel my life is paused, and it is not going to change. The thought of which literally gives me anxiety attack. This is variety. Who does not ..read more

In his book ‘Charity & Its Fruits’, Jonathan Edwards had quoted’ “There are always two sides to every story…” True it is. And if we look at things, nothing exists with one side. Everything, every creature and every truth has two sides. And wise are those who can always see both the sides. Everyday, we see, we hear and we live different things. Owing to the fact it is not necessary every time to look into different perspectives, often we lose out on the other side. And unfortunately, accumulation of this action ultimately leads to building up of judgment based on sheer half-truth, which lea ..read more

Favourite food. Everyone has their own, and most people in this world have not one but multiple favourite foods. Even, by now if you have a fair acquaintance with this website, you might have realised every now and then, some or the other dishes have been claimed to be favourite by me. And trust me, like many others in this world, all these claims are true. In our lifetime we taste so many different foods. Among them we like few, we dislike few and we tolerate others. And among the foods we like, some become our favourites. And in the course of time as we keep on eating, so many dishes become ..read more

We eat food for several reasons. Of course, it goes without saying that intake of food is one of the important criteria for staying alive. But apart from that, there are also other reasons which do have a role in deciding the food that we choose to eat. Some of the reasons like being hungry or craving for food are very basic, while some of the other reasons are very subtle, for example, acquaintance, comfort etc. And likewise, there is another reason that has an important roleplay in our food intake, which is taste. In fact, taste is an inseparable component of food, as well as an important cr ..read more

“No, you cannot go out to play if you do not finish your vegetables.” Sounds familiar right? Looks like we all grew up with those words. Since ages we gave a tough time to our parents to make vegetables reach our intestines. Keeping the kid healthy for present and for future, and making the same as the sole purpose of life, the parent knew how vegetables were important for the kid to grow into a healthy being. And the parent knew, the diet full of vegetables would also keep the major worries in the form of deadliest diseases like cancer and diabetes at bay, and thus ensuring protection to kid ..read more

Food, the element that keeps us alive. The factor that is essential for us to survive and sustain. The substance that is necessary for the flow of oxygen in the body. Some say, ‘We eat to live’ and some say ‘We live to eat’. Whatever it is, but no creature in this world can separate food from life. Food determines us. It gives us identity. It provides belongingness. It decides our strata in the society. Probably this is why, along with other aspects, a lion is the king of the jungle also because of its food, and a deer is a deer also because of its food. A significant component of one’s cultur ..read more