Life is easy kya karein

 Nowadays, Restaurants make us happy.  We are not happy with good food but with a great ambience. Cafes are the next in thing. Everyone wants to meet in a cafe. All Cafes have similar food which is totally Non Indian. In restaurants in South East Asia, all can have any cuisine , but they will have a few local dishes. Not so in India. We are so busy aping the Western Cuisine and leaving aside Indian food. Indian meals are far more nutritious but we want to look chic and that's why we d rather be seen hanging around these Cafes. I can't take my parents to most of these places as they don't eat this food like bland pizzas, pastas and Sourdough sandwiches. I can barely eat this food and I don't expect my parents to like it.  I do not drink Coffees and almond milk from a Tetra pack is not my idea of healthy food. In the name of Veganism, a whole new market of packaged food has come up on the shelves of supermarkets. Same in the name of Keto diets. The new generation is getti...

 Actually, things are quite simple, once we stop resisting them. Resistance is all in the mind. In fact, our body too resists when the mind is screaming. Shrinking, feeling tight in the heart, in the gut and jaws. I don't frown but I can feel that urge to pull my hair or rather massage my hair, when I am stressed.   The left ankle is used for kicking the bucket, shutting the bathroom door, pushing the laundry basket away, straightening the Yog mat and some kitchen drawers too. How I hate bending to open drawers and pulling out vessels. The iron vessels which I love the most, I resist the most. Same happens with the people I love, . The Lodge iron pan, which the husband got from a trip to Canada,  long before Lodge was available here and The Dosa Tawa which my cousin gave me to  season it and then gifted it to me. I am sure she saw the love in my eyes for the Tawa. When I was newly married, I could never understand why my Mother-in-law loved steel utensils and Dibbas ...