#1 – A sink full of vessels will not wash itself… even if u wait for two days! And even if you pray for it to grow a pair of hands!
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#2 – Making chapatis is a lesson in Acceptance (of whatever shape emerges)… Letting go (of over-emphasis on perfection).. and Gratitude (for what you end up with)!
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#3 – It is impossible to stick to your promise to keep a box of Shrikhand for a week, by eating one spoon a day..unless the spoon size is as big as your hand.
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#4 – Making chapati dough, is really like ordering divine chaos… a lesson in oneness and wholeness as the multiple parts come together, and in not giving up despite the way it looks at the start! So I conclude that people who make chapatis regularly have to be creative, good problem solvers and peaceful!
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# 5 – A pack of Maggi (and its variants) is like a faithful afterthought…ever-available, ever-satisfying, totally at peace with the fact that it is not always the first choice!
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#6 – There can never be too many plates in the sink.. they are always less than your threshold of patience!
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# 7 – Believe in your hunger, and you will create breakfast, out of nothing!
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# 8-It is easy to master the art of burning rice. It is simple, effortless and needs no consistent, regular practice. Keep it on the gas burner, and just forget about it, until you smell smoke.
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# 9-There is nothing instant in a kitchen. Not even noodles.
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#10-And finally, a kitchen teaches you that life offers lasting fulfilment only when we create something from scratch.
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Sindhu Ramachandran is an engineer but with a passion for people and learning, found her calling in the domains of human behaviour and connection. What followed is an eight-year research into ‘Intentions of Human Behaviour’ which has now morphed into a project called “Simplifying Life!” Deeply spiritual in her outlook, she is an avid reader, an amateur documentary-film maker and very interested in mystical sciences, besides dabbling in writing when inspired by the environment around her!