On Desires…

On Desires…

I often check my desires. They are often indicative of things I do not want. This desire to leave everything behind stems more from my need to run away from things, people, than from a need to actually be in a new place. That can’t be right, can it? It’s like wanting to marry so […]

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New

New

Today, I shed a tear, For that child Who shivered, Cold in her shoes, Lanky in her clothes, Terrified in her errors. Today, I shed a tear, For the parents, Who, in their hurry, To protect their child From what the world could Do to her, forgot what they could. Today, I told myself, That […]

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Watching Monday Go By

Watching Monday Go By

Of course, I have a favourite spot, In that little bistro It’s right by the window, In a corner, Precisely one ray of sunshine, And if I sit With my back to the crowd, I can pretend I am Alone. One cup of coffee, Filtered, Two sugars, demerara, Milk, a touch of cream. Hot. Very […]

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Parents Know Best

Parents Know Best

It was a dark and stormy night. Expectedly, there had been a power failure in the neighbourhood. A few houses were quiet while raucous singing erupted from others as each little family dealt with the situation in their individual ways. Transistors belted songs from old Hindi films and the sounds and smells of cooking became […]

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How To Store Healthy

How To Store Healthy

Today we discuss how you go about storing the things you shopped for. Because something as simple as this can ALSO be messed up. Seen your purchase wilting before time? Seen things rotting away despite storing them the what-you-thought-was-the-right-way? Try this then.  ** Storing your haul:  – Do not use polythene bags,  – use re-usable […]

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How To Shop Healthy

How To Shop Healthy

  Just a list of quick things you can keep in mind while you spend time shopping for vegetables and spend time dishing up delicacies in your kitchen – you want solid good health packed into those pretty-looking, great-tasting dishes. That’s the trick I think, instead of trying to pass off a sad-tasting thing as healthy. […]

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How To Eat Healthy

How To Eat Healthy

How to prepare  for a slightly altered, healthier and greener life? Here is how..  – Never cut your veggies and store them– same thing goes for fruits, and for mincing, shredding, dicing, cubing, mashing etc etc. If you have a cut vegetable, use it within 10-15 minutes. This is especially true for onions and garlic […]

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Detoxing The Kitchen

Detoxing The Kitchen

Recently,  I did a massive kitchen detox and  gave away certain utensils to the utensil shop near my place in exchange for stuff I really wanted. All the non- stick ware had to go. I have heard enough already about how Teflon wears off and how it starts leeching dangerous residue into our foods – […]

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Cook, Love, Live

Cook, Love, Live

You should do things that make you happy.  ** No, really. You may start out loving something because of certain reasons. I started out loving cooking because the man I loved, loved  good food. It grew into baking, into picking organic over regular foods, over local produce over imported ingredients. It has come a long […]

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Love Is Matter

Love Is Matter

  Love is a need like no other.Love is matter.The terrible, unstable kind, yes?The wild, sweeping kind that rips every notion apart until only nothing remains. And you weep, your tears are diamonds. Or perhaps the luminescent, sublime kind. The soothing, balmy kind, that caresses every scar, contains tides until only stillness remains and your […]

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