I am not a good cook….I can barely manage to dish out edible khana. All my life I have been dead sure that if I strictly follow the instructions in the cookbooks, I’ll be able to get the formula correct.
So for many years, I tried this trick or the other – biryani, paneer, cakes….nothing came out good. Mind you, they were just okay but not finger licking good. Then a few months ago, I met this person who came very close to taking my heart. He was a foodie like me and we discussed all kinds of dishes and cuisine. So I started cooking again, this time keeping him in mind. I didn’t follow the cookbook but just what mom told me. Some I tried on my own. And surprise of all surprises – all my dishes came out delicious. My mom was amazed and so was I.
This continued for some months until one day I realized that he’s not my man after all. That very week I cooked a normal subzi with the right masala and everything. It took me an hour to finish cooking it and not only the taste was all wrong but the vegetables were still hard.
That’s when I remembered what my mom and other seniors had often told me - that one should cook with her heart. Only then the food turns out delicious. All this while, I had ignored it completely as an old hag’s tale. Now I know – maybe when I meet ‘the’ man of my life, I will become a great cook once again.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
Do I really need Your advice?
I have been off work for a few months now – something which could have been avoided but I didn’t want to.
I refused a good job at a decent place coz it reminded me so much of my earlier office – something which I should have taken but I didn’t want to.
A few days back I went to my ex-office to collect my final dues. I met the guard there who asked me where I had joined. When I told him no, he commented that time is money.
A colleague (ex) sat and chatted up with me. He showed great concern about why I wasn’t working. He insisted that I should immediately go back to work and that I shouldn’t have refused the other offer. His point was I was harming my career in the process.
Some of my acquaintances call me up from time to time to check whether I’ve got a job or not. They show extreme concern over my financial situation and how I am wasting my days doing absolutely nothing.
To all of them, I make some uninteresting noises and laugh it off. But I hate it when they show concern about my situation when they do not know even 1% of who I am. I know all of them mean well….but who are they to judge my choices in life.
And why is everything weighed with money? Whatever happened to personal choices, decisions and living life my way and being happy?
I refused a good job at a decent place coz it reminded me so much of my earlier office – something which I should have taken but I didn’t want to.
A few days back I went to my ex-office to collect my final dues. I met the guard there who asked me where I had joined. When I told him no, he commented that time is money.
A colleague (ex) sat and chatted up with me. He showed great concern about why I wasn’t working. He insisted that I should immediately go back to work and that I shouldn’t have refused the other offer. His point was I was harming my career in the process.
Some of my acquaintances call me up from time to time to check whether I’ve got a job or not. They show extreme concern over my financial situation and how I am wasting my days doing absolutely nothing.
To all of them, I make some uninteresting noises and laugh it off. But I hate it when they show concern about my situation when they do not know even 1% of who I am. I know all of them mean well….but who are they to judge my choices in life.
And why is everything weighed with money? Whatever happened to personal choices, decisions and living life my way and being happy?
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