Posts

Re-inventing the Kitchen

Image
There is none who can spend a life better than that of a person who loves to cook and who loves to eat. For centuries food has been experimented with, scaled, measured but always ultimately resulting in a beautiful experience. There is a quote that goes ' Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.'   For anyone to truly appreciate what food they are having, it is important to know the effort that goes behind producing a splendid plate of food, the love and care that is put into it. Who doesn't like eating out? Most of us does! But those that don't have the option to eat at home or cook by their self in their own kitchen, they can tell you the true value or the essence of a home cooked meal. Although you might have a taste of the Global cuisine now, most of us still has the first memory of a kitchen with their mother's in them. Growing up when we reflect on how our mother did everything, we are truly stunned. Providing alm...

Gifts for Rakhi

Image
'Family is not an important thing. It's everything.' It's a blessing to live in a joint family and I am blessed to be part of one such. We all celebrate every festival with a lot of pomp and promise, mostly because for those times we forget to crib and fight and come together to celebrate. This time as Rakhi was approaching , we planned to celebrate it as well. Usually on the first day we get over with the rituals in the morning and after that the entire family is out for a fun picnic. But all in all, this is the day that all of our cousins come together to celebrate. Although the entire year is spent in fights between my brother and me, I always try to make him feel special on this day. And he always returns the favor with the most lovely gift! But this year I had decided to gift my brother as well. I wanted to give him something special this year as he was going abroad for higher education. So, I got out of office early one day and wen...

Mother of All

Image
A woman is a universe. She is a Mother and someone who can do anything for her child. When it comes to her child’s happiness she can do everything. I was in my final year when I was given an assignment to write about motherhood and breast feeding. For research, I came across women who had given birth to new-born. On telling them that I was writing an article on the mother, child and breastfeeding, they happily agreed to co-operate and even asked me to come the next day with all my questions. So, I came across some women who were new mothers. I told them, that I was writing an article on mother and breast feeding, requested them to allow me stay with them for few hours and let me write about themselves. They agreed. The next day I came to first lady early morning, wanted to see her activities with the new born. The next day, I made an early start knowing full well how difficult it must be for a new mother to balance everything in her life. This particular woman that I vi...

Celebrating Breast Feeding Week with PowerCube

Image
Breastfeeding is Mother's gift to herself, her baby and the Earth. Today marks the start of the International Breast-Feeding week and there are some facts we should reassert. Firstly the wonder that is human body, that it can produce the exact amount and temperature of Milk required for a baby, is amazing! But let's not forget that most species can produce milk for their young's and often times we resort to those forms of Milk instead of breast milk. The saying goes, breast milk is better than any udder milk and while Breast feeding may not be the choice of every parent, it is the best option for all newborns. Breastfeeding can also save a family approximately 3 to 5l rupees annually (compared to cost of formula)Breast-feeding makes sense when equating for well-being, health, and over all affordability. While Motherhood is one of the biggest blessing that women are bestowed with, it brings forth its own set of challenges . And bringing up a child is an al...

Stranger Beside Me

Image
It was raining heavily that day and I had a very tiring day at office too. I simply wanted to get home and relax. So instead of taking my usual bus I booked a shuttle that day. The bus would normally take me an hour or more to reach, but shuttle would be much faster I thought.  I got out at 6 and the shuttle was parked right in front of my office, I dint even have to walk that extra mile for a bus. I got inside the car and took the middle seat. The shuttle had another pick up, so after picking me up, it made another pick up. This new passenger was an extremely jumpy guy. Firstly, it took him 10mins to get to the pick up stop which was extremely annoying, because my whole point of taking the shuttle was so that it gets me home faster. Next, instead of sitting in front, he came right beside me and sat. He appeared to not be able to sit still even for a moment, and as I turned my head to see what he was doing, I saw that he was staring at me. I immediately looked...

In A Remote Way

Image
Life is the toughest race and often times the choice is not even up to us. Today human beings are always perturbed by worry. Like most, I too have an extremely hectic work life  that consumes most of my time. I remember when last week I barely saved myself from hearing an earful.It was raining badly that day and I had a big assignment submission. Although I really wanted to, I couldn't take a leave that day. I knew this presentation was important, so I had even slept off early. But when the alarm rang on the fateful morning,  I saw that I was running 15 minutes late! All I could see blurring my vision, was my Boss's cold face asking me what could possibly make me late today! I did not stop once, I kept rushing and finally got out of the house on time.  Halfway to the office, I realized I had forgotten to turn off the lights in my bedroom! How could I ! I remember turning off the living room switches, and the kitchen, so how did I forget to turn off t...

Say Yes to DAX

Image
The World has changed and so have we. In the 21st Century things are moving at a rapid speed. Be it any kind of change, from tape recorders to pen drives, from cars that run on diesel to Electric Scooters and Cars. Things are being transformed everyday keeping in mind the extra demands of man. In the Digital World Credit and Debit Cards are the biggest example of how money is no longer paper but plastic. I remember back when my Father used to carry a huge wallet with notes and coins and visiting cards. It was easier for me to take some extra money from them, because so many coins ensured that they never had much time to count it all. But it is easier now to carry cards instead of cash. Be it for safety reasons or simpler easier transactions. It has reduced the hassle for carrying big fat wallets around. But there are also some negatives to this. For example if one wants to take out just the card, they have to pull out everything from their wallets which is quite...