White rice!

After trying all kinds of rice, brown rice, quinoa, that rice, this rice and 24 mantra rice etc, today, I ate what I ate when I landed on earth! Yes, plain simple white rice, Well, I didnt know there are different types of rice when I was born, there was only 'One' rice. 'One' coffee.

I had tears in my eyes. As why every Indian today is deprived of 'white' rice. Its an enemy. It makes people fat.
It didnt make them fat back then?
We need to be proud of our 'white' rice as we all need the 'carbs' to survive. And whatever our ancestors have been eating, our body is built that way.

White rice- Gives taste to anything we eat as it doesnt have a 'taste' of its own, hence everything is tasty with it.
Ghee- Helps in digestion. Even today, I put 'ghee' in my daugher's 'Mac n Cheese', as that helps her digest this stuff!
Avakay - Helps fight colds and coughs. Hey, the oil used is 'sesame oil', again its great for our body!
Curd - Helps in digestion.
Pappu/Dal - High in 'Protein'. Great to fill our stomach.
Tadka - Why we put 'Tadka' ? 'Hing' helps digest the 'dal', 'Jeera' and 'Mustard' too helps balance our 'Dal's heaviness. And makes digestable and gives us the necessary nutrition.

As the years pass by, our ancient wisdom is awakening me and makes me realize I will pass this to my daughter and generations that come along!

My family! What would I do without you!

Even the most stressful day can be tolerated when I know I have a family who doesnt judge me.
The 'me' that goes to office is so different from the 'me' thats at home.
In my pajamas, thats my true self! Without makeup, just wear what I want to wear. Be myself.
Just come back home and be myself! 

Every day is a fresh page

Every day is like a fresh page in a book! All our thoughts are wiped off and we start again fresh.
What did not work yesterday might work today. Never think thats the end.
Always be motivated to think, every day gives you opportunity to do what you couldnt accomplish yesterday. 

Oh my Seattle!

Oh my dear Seattle !
I fell in love with you when I came in 2004!
I wasn't biased at that time. Didn't know people call it a 'rainy' city.
I just remember a big haunted mountain on top of the city. Which is called 'Mt Rainier'! It blew my mind!
Here is a small poetry about you!

The air so fresh! The place so serene!
The rain which keeps it green and green!
In Hindi, 'Dil karta hai ki I surround with a good book and a throw and a cozy cup of Chai!'

Bye Bye India....

Bye Bye mera pyara Bharath! When I looked at Natraj pencil after 15 years, I got so excited. Getting new pencils was so exciting for me when I was a child.
Dangal movie's national anthem, got me tears. Its played when Aamir khan cant find out if India has won the Gold medal from his daughter. That moment was priceless!
My endless trips using Uber and Ola cabs, the punctuality of the vehicles makes me feel proud. India has changed!!

When I see a chubby girl wearing tight jeans and walking confidently on the main road. Hey, I see myself in her!
Women are more confident and fearless today !
India has changed!
When I was in a movie theatre, Cinepolis in the rest room, I forgot that I was actually in India watching a movie!
India has changed!
The lady at the gift bags the other day saw me spending recklessly and asks, 'Are you a housewife?'. Wondering where did the money come from?

Yes, I saved money from a foreign currency to spend in India and still say mera pyara Bharath!
Why?
I bought so many cute dresses. She asks me if I like India or US? :) Well, I love India ofcourse like many other Indians say.

When I was in flight from US to India, I stopped at Dubai and Boston, and then to India, it smells different. Even a blind person can smell and say he has reached India by the air !
The humid smell mixed with pan pasand.

I feel free like a bird. This is one country where I can do whatever I want and not be scared. Here I can scold the doodh vaala or the vegetables selling people and not get sued for that! I can freely express what I want. People get sued for human emotions! How silly!

Bindaas world of kids!!

Today, I was attending an interview over phone. Then i came back and see my 1 year old sleeping and then she is up and then watching rhymes.

Its such a transition to be with her after talking to a guy at a corporate office. The coorporate world is opposite of the kids world.

A kid is just care-free and happy all the time. They dont have to prepare for interviews, Be nice to others.

They can be whatever they want. 

Rangeela...

Why do I feel like listening to a song 'out of the blue'? Just that your memory box has remembered that song ?

Today my mind is thinking about 'Rangeela', 'Aloo fry' my mom made at night after an 'evening' show, that was the best!

And Urmila Matondkar's so called 'exposing', haha, its funny when I think about it today, I live in the US, where there is much more than this in movies.
But just showing her legs was considered 'exposing'..:)
But the scenes that made me laugh back then, they still make me laugh today. I guess my 'sense of humor' hasnt changed much in years. I still laugh for same jokes. The scene were Aamir khan says, 'A/C ko idhar ghumao'..:) And 'Rakesh nahin. Mukesh..'.

And we always used to go to the '5:30pm' show, or the '1st show'. Back then, movies were so exciting!