Of His and Her:5

Everybody was amazed at how successful He is, almost at everything he does…Successful being a middle –class. His boss liked him, his sub-ordinates liked him..infact he was everybody’s favorite. He had solution for everybody, everything.

His kids were also doing very good at studies.

Most of them wondered infact, how can anyone get so many things , just easily?

He knew the answer. Her. Because she prays for him. Every single moment she is awake.

Bedridden for more than 13 years and unable to reciprocate the love and care she gets, she thought this is the only thing she could do for him. She has conviction that prayers have magical powers.

And he believes that she is!!

Bhaakri

I made Bhaakri /Jowar roti for the first time !!

Duh... tough job !!!!

Herez for you all to see it :) served with "Paatichya Kandyachi Bhaaji/Spring onion Curry" and "Garlic chutney"

Of His and Her:4

Discussions with Sheila always made her irritant, picky but more so sad. It wasn’t that she was not happy , she was convincing herself hard that she was ! And she was absolutely okay marrying him. 6 years of marriage dint change him or his simplicity and sincerity. And that was what she had initially liked in him. That was pretty much it. She always knew she was right. Even today, she could sense the bitterness in her relative’s tone while referring him , him whom she chose over the “other” proposal. Sheila reminded her of the same tone, somehow. Sheila boasted of everything she had !

Memories were still so fresh … 6 years later …! Its not a less time...not when every day you get up to run a new race. The home loan, the family responsiblities etc always kept them on their toes. This year too they decided that next year would be a better time to start a new family. She was too tired to handle all this. Slogging like forever made her look older than what she was. 6 years is definitely not a less time when you know that this is no way close to how you wanted your life to be.

HORN !!!!! The screech almost scared her. She shivered for a moment.She hated it when any body scolded her for not concentrating while driving her two-wheeler which infact somebody or the other did daily….She was too soft to answer them back though. And she knew she is wrong most of the times.

Reaching home, on the kitchen platform, she found her cup of tea with a lid on it. As usual. Coming back to the present ,she felt guilty for her thoughts of re-convincing herself about the decision she took 6 years back. Sipping it with tea, she found him in the corner of the living room busy sewing something.
“Hey what are you doing ? Should I? “

“Nevermind, I just found this button , and figured out why you don’t use this dress anymore. You look so good in it…I just thought of buttoning it up…and… its done” he replied looking at her.

She felt stupid for reassuring herself of the fact she was already so darn sure of !

Tears rolled down her cheek as she ran towards him to give him a tight hug.

Stuffed Okra / Bharli Bhendi

Ingredients :

Okra/ladies finger
Groundnut powder
Coconut powder
Cumin seed powder
Coriander powder
Curry leaves powder
Garam Masala
Asafoetida (Hing)
Turmeric powder
Cumin Seeds
Lemon Juice
Salt

Procedure :

Wash Okra and wipe it until dry. Roast them slightly for 2 min on low flame.
Slit it vertically but make sure you don’t break it into two halves.

Mix coconut powder, groundnut powder , cumin seed and coriander powder, asafetida,Curry leaves powder, very little garam masala, salt to taste.

Stuff your cut Okra with the mix made above.

It will look like :








Take a pan , add a teaspoon full of oil , add cumin seeds and turmeric powder.
Add the stuffed Okra and let it cook for 10 min on medium flame.
Make sure you don’t keep the lid above throughtout. That might make it smudgy/watery.



Your yummy Stuffed Okra is ready .




Serve it with hot parantha , phulka or chapati with Curd /pickle /dash of lemon juice as per your taste.

Hiatus!!

It’s been a long hiatus on this space here…. Partly because of studies, submissions…well honestly these would be all lame reasons…probably it was the ennui ….of What? The routine? No coz u need to have one for that.. yes!! Here everyday welcomes new set of tasks that are waiting to be done..well more or less revolving around the “same” things though…!!

The ennui of running behind the goals that you set for yourself….wherein you reach a stage when u are really confused of why you started one at the first place?

Or probably, it’s just the cluttered thoughts that I wasn’t able to put clearly!! I must be kidding….how can I put “cluttered” thots “clearly”? Well true!!

There could be similar such reasons for this…but clearly it wasn’t because I dint have anything to write about…No never..!! I am never short of stories…things…observations.. thoughts…because I talk to myself often..Almost always…No no I am no nerd!! Of this, I realised lately while giving a small presentation…in those nerve wracking 10 minutes where I had so much to talk about , I had so much to think of something else simultaneously…yes I have a very efficient inbuilt “parallel processor” !

I guess….the hibernation time is over for this blog… and I would write more often now…about? Same ol’ things….

In the past couple of months, I have been running way too much…well unfortunately not on treadmill….:p Anyway, the project that I worked hard on managing my coursework ended well and we celebrated it on the 96th Floor of the Hancock… What was more intriguing for me was the way I mingled out comfortably with all the folks that I worked with…all of them from different countries…Friends n family who know me know that I get intimidated badly with a new group, I get instantly uncomfortable …..But, probably not anymore….

Probably I am changing…Can I say growing?

Just when...

There are so many things to do and just so little time ….I wish I had few more hours in my day or atleast some less sleep :) As far as I can go back in time, I always have had this “if only I get some free time, I would love to..” phases probably forever. And I keep wondering just when I am going to get it.

The answer is probably never. The beauty of life is that it always keeps you busy like an enthralling movie – keeping you at the edge of your seat.. never realising when it gets over…days just pass by, fast as always. Whats intriguing is , it applies to all the days, of rains and sunshine …

Well, I have reached a stage where my “to do someday” list is so lopsided that it burdens me sometimes. I get crazy over it…I think I should either stop adding any more items in that list or just start working on it right away!! Well, since the first one is highly impossible I am left with the relatively easier option. The time to do something is always “now” or “never” and I am close to believing it more with every passing day.

The wish list is so simple…simple because its more about the things that I would like to do for my personal peace and happiness ,when I get some leisure, and its so simple to be happy … but yet so difficult to start with. Why? Time again.

And then ,
I suddenly realize that I don’t remember anything that I studied in geography, history or sciences …forget that engineering too seems to be a bygone era.. Especially when you need to implement some concept of which you don’t remember anything at all..
I think , this is another issue that I have swiftly shifted on to now.. pause!

I know, take a deep breath!!!! And start with one thing at a time.

And as always , that one thing is studies and more studies…and more work in the lab…
And as far as other things, aah well I will do them when I get some free time.. yo!! Back to square one!!!

Womanhood

Woman’s Day was never this meaningful to me before..a day to take a moment out and thank all those wonderful souls out there who help me live all the bitter sweet moments in life with a pinch of salt… who have taught me small-big things and upon whom I look upto …not to become like them but atleast try to take one positive from each of them...