GARDENING

 "He who plants a garden, plants happiness and well-being around themselves"🌿

To witness growth, to have a closer look at what progress implies; planting a garden would enable a person to experience this process called growth. To be able to observe a seed grow into big plant is such a feeling! 

Rightly quoted by Alfred Austin- “The GLORY of gardening: Hands in soil, head in the sun. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. 

While gardening we make sure following steps are taken into consideration: 

1. Plan what to plant (Fragrant floral plants garden, Vegetable garden or herbs garden) 

2. Picking up the correct spot (full sun). 

3. Cleaning the ground, improving the soil. 

4. Working on the soil

5. Picking the desired plants 

6. Starting to plant

7. Watering the plants 

8. Protect your garden with mulch (material such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil)

9. Weeding, maintaining the garden. 

“Never underestimate the healing power of a quiet moment in the garden”. Although tomorrows are never promised but to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. Nature is such an alchemist it has all the ability to rejuvenate, retreat, refresh, rejoice and renew mood. Mother nature can accommodate all of us and keep serving us as a best- healer for our ailments. Gardens can aid in the treatments ranging from minor depressed moods to severe cancer-like diseases and disorders. Till today, most of the doctors in many cases advises – to visit garden/parks for faster recovery because “a garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul”. 

As per Janet Kilburn Philips - Gardening becomes more therapeutic when – “There are no gardening mistakes only EXPERIMENTS” so, lets experiment and heal yourself deeply. Even today there are people who do talk to their plants and feel better. Being thankful and grateful for gardens around us. To end this article, I would like to mention a quote by-  

Elizabeth Murray “Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as PAINTS and the soil as the canvas”

I personally love to plant herbs like peppermint, coriander, dill (aromatic and tender). 

Let me know your favorite plant in the comment section. 

CHUTNEY - a spicy condiment originating in India.

Namastey to all my dear readers, 

Today's blog is about tangy, spicy, savory, colorful chutneys [chut-neys]. It originates in Indian continent. What is so amazing about these chutneys that made me write a blog, well the answer lies in your hands. After reading this blog, do make a chutney of your style and I hope you'll will be able to appreciate this component of Indian Thali and my blog too. 

It is a general tradition of placing chutneys in small quantities (one spoonful)  in the plate due to its sharp tasting ingredients. Chutneys are prepared by using many ingredients which maybe a combination of a herb, raw spices, fruits, seeds, vegetables and the ingredients are endless to list here because there is a lot of variation one can bring to their chutney. Once we bring all the required ingredients in place, all of them are grounded in a mortar-pestle, Silbatta, modern day mixers or grinders to obtain a thick paste which has a appealing color and nice sharp taste. Usually, chutneys have smooth texture, a rough texture is also preferred by some people. 

Silbatta

mortar-pestle

Personally I love chutneys and I keep making chutneys of different taste and color. What makes me appreciate chutney as a food is - It has got everything in it unless we add everything to it, at one go one can have all possible tastes in his/her plate. Plus it also adds nutrition if one remembers to balance out all the flavors.
A chutney can be eaten or combined with everything else on the plate. One can enjoy it with chapatis, rice, bhakree, potato fries, bread, dosa, Idli, any fried dish, starters, curry dishes. It can also be used as a dip, as a base for vegetable gravy, condiment, sauce. 
Ingredients that make up the chutney are Cumin (jeera), Coriander (Dhaniya), Asafoetida (Ajwain), Red/green chili, Coconut (nariyal), Curry leaves, Garlic(lasun), Tomato, Peanuts, tamarind (Imlie), salt and lemons. A lot of other things can be added to a chutney but these are some most commonly used ingredients. 
Let me list some very popular chutneys of India. We have coconut chutney, Amla chutney, green chili chutney, garlic chutney, tamarind chutney, tomato chutney, pudina (mint) chutney. 
I cannot stop appreciating chutneys but if chutney is new to you please check out chutney recipes on YouTube.
Chutneys can never be boring to eat !😄

Colorful chutney images for my readers. Comment in the comment section your most favorite chutney (if any)  

See you all in next blog. 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING MY BLOGS. 

Raja, Rasoi aur Rasmein

RAJA RASOI AUR RASMEIN 

साल का वो त्यौहार आ चुका है, जिसका इंतजार हम सभी को होता है। आप सभी को दिलवाली दिवाली मुबारक हो। 

Let any storm may hit the planet earth, We as Indians would always welcome our festivals with whole hearts. We can't resist the aroma of the kitchens during festives season. We can't remain lethargic when it's the matter of continuing the traditional celebration of the festivals. By igniting the diyas at the doorsteps we embrace our happinesses and existence on this planet. By being grateful to our ancestors we take forward the great Indian culture with love and peace. 

You all must be wondering that - Inspite of suffering a lot through this pandemic of 2020 why we Indians still have the courage to celebrate festivals ? Well, Answer to this lies in the roots of Indians, in strength of our beliefs, in our faith towards our god and goddess. Our roots, beliefs and faith are much stronger than anything. 

Tyohaar not only bring in colours and new ray of hope to us but also it brings in plethora of stories to listen and connect us to a wide variety of DISHES. Tyohaar wali thaali is most awaited by all of us. Saliva gets rushed in, Gastrointestinal tract gets ready to engulf so many more dishes after dishes. It's something sweet, sour, tangy, salty and spicy or something simple refreshing tastes. Our tastebuds get to taste every possible tinch when its festive time. 

I always sit to wonder that how beautifully we Indians have carried our Indian festivals ! Tracing back why was Diwali being celebrated it was Shree Ram ji alongwith Seeta maiyya and lakshman who returned from 14 years of Vanvaas. On their arrival we welcomed them with दीप and hence दीपावली। 

Indian Cuisine and its unique dishes has travelled a lot. Either we got them in Royal food courts or found them in our local Streets. Few dishes are also rooted excluslively in Indian Kitchens. 

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The Globe is my audience

The Globe is my audience 

Namastey dear readers, 

Around the globe if I look we all are artists of our own small lives, we have got a huge canvas called life and unique palettes filled with tons of emotions. I doubt no one could ever estimate the units of measurement for emotions.

So Today's blog is about some untold emotions associated with artists and their art. 'LEARNing' takes place right from our childhood. We keep learning as toddler, as a kid, as an adult, as a teenager, as a intern and so on... 

 As we grow up we all are in an unbound loop of learning process which can neither be skipped nor it can be fast-forwarded like a video. What I could recall from my  past memories is that majority of our learning takes place via our VISION (visualization-what we see, is what we learn and mimic the same). We all know the cunning fox, thirsty crow, the lion and the mouse stories. These stories are the origin of all the moral values we have learnt so far.

We grew and the stories that we started to watch took immense diversification in terms of emotions and ultimately the lessons they taught also changed. With change in the stories and developing brain, there came complexation too. 

 

From lessons like Honesty is the best policy to A friend in need is a friend indeed to Love is Blind we all grew up. As technology advanced the human ideologies and basic tendencies did change. Every sector like Film industry, Education, science and technology, food industry, media and telecommunication took a 360 degree turn and explored and kept innovating new ideas. Various industries explored, innovated, discovered, installed new trends to the changing world. Since, CHANGE is the only constant around the globe and that's how an ERA is different than the previous one.  Education is a sector which literally has the entire youth population belonging to the learning phase. 

Right from ancient times the only way to learn and spread education was via simple chalk and board teaching-learning. This classical way of teaching continues till today in 21st century. 

Revolution in education sector came through the introduction of smart boards, distance learning, online teaching and E-books. Internet connectivity brought in accessibility to almost everything and everyplace. This connectivity was sort of playing a interdisciplinary learning across the globe. Internet usage has its own advantages and disadvantages. Broadly, every individual got used to mobile phones, smart phones and internet explorer.     

Let's talk about the white elephant in the room- YouTube and it's users. YouTube is one of the most widely used application. Self-learning is such a gift of this application installed in everyone's mobile phones. This has become a open platform where the entire global population is the audience. You are just one-click away from any new concept, any latest update, any skill, music premieres, movies, well the list is too long ! As I am addressing to a general audience, I'm pretty sure majority of my audience would be fond of some sort entertainment sources either movies, songs, concerts and plays. These sources are ways to acknowledge the artist's talent whether it is an actor, singer, model, dancer, painter, comedians. These artists serve dual roles; they work day and night to deliver us the best content, reproduce the imagination and put their best foot forward. 

    Although I'm not so fond of watching movies but for me the historical stories recreation in the movies are favourite one. One such historical event was featured in the movie - Kesari. Kesari touched my heart deeply, the story those 21 Sikh warriors. They fought for their turbans, for their respect and proved the English men that we Indians are not coward. Another story which must have touched many hearts was beautifully captured in the movie - Bajirao mastani. 

To conclude - Such movies brought in some unexplained emotions to feel. I am not aware about what other viewers learnt from these movies. Let me mention what I filled in my bag of wonders -  Love for my country should never die, self-esteem and self-respect are treasures of life. Every small obstacle that restricts you to move ahead, it is your own sole responsibility to fight and pave your path. "Your battle is your own battle" win over it else you loose it forever.  My insights towards such art work is way different ; they would never make me a an individual who'll target religions and perceive wrong beliefs. I do agree with Jagdishwar Mishra character of Jolly LLB 2 movie that - Kisi anpadh , jaahil ne kaha hai - "Everything is fair in love and war". Because if this saying is well accepted then every terrorist acts are acceptable and every acid attacker is acceptable in the society. 

Chapaak movie has highlighted the most sensitive issue of acid attacks. Here's something I have got to say - Dear narrow minded population, you are unaware of how a female's heart is. Her dreams are unmouldable. You can destroy her appearance but you can never kill her will to live and positivity in the mind. 

Here's to all the artist hidden inside all of us : 

                                      कलाकार मैं , कल को आकार दूँ ,

                                   यही है मेरा धर्म, मेरी दूसरी कोई जात ना। 

" There is one FOLKTALE for each WRINKLE on their face "

There is one folktale for each wrinkle on their face ...

 Namastey to all my readers,

Today's blog is not about aging process or any anti-aging product. This blog is dedicated to my dearly grandparents who are an integral part of my life. I hope after reading this blog , you'll be able to recall some of your sweet memories shared with your grandparents.

Grandparents are the ones who have lived most of their life and have had met variety of people in their past. Lessons taught by many story book are too less than the lessons given by our grandparents. No book, no influencers,  no online courses can mould you as perfectly as your grandparents can. They are the ones who are capable of moulding a child in a bright direction.

The heading of my blog always holds true, my grandpa always have some short event of his past to share and thereby he tries to make me learn a value which is worth imbibing.

Our grandparents folktales and experiences are countless just like the wrinkles that appear on their face due to aging. 
AGING IS A PROCESS AND AGE IS JUST A NUMBER.

They are the KEY to unlock our problems. Try and consider their suggestions and ideas once in your life and you will be forever thankful to your grandparents.
Love them , respect them cause they are the precious gems.
Dearest grandparents.

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Thank you ,
Have a nice day.
Bhirisha Sharma 🙂

My first blog

Rains and trains speeds up the adrenaline rush ! (B) 

For my dear readers,

It's quite obvious about humans ability to think and process them as a social animal but the addition of chemical messengers (hormones) brings in varied emotions.

Rains and trains signify the speed and enormous beautiful and wild feelings within us. Dear rains and running trains are two deadly combination to relieve ones stressful situations. So Let's speed up ourselves and join in the companions around us ; new learnings, new platforms and welcome the better version of yours. 

So let's pen down whatever we think , we process, we imagine. Let's rain it all ! 

Hope you enjoy reading my upcoming blogs. Open to all views and suggestions. 

#VilePdiaries 

#Mumbaimonsoon #firstrain #firstblogpost 🤸‍♂️😁

Namastey 🙏 

Bhirisha Sharma 😀 

View of  Mumbai local railway platforms and railway tracks.