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Food for Thought

अन्न हे परब्रह्म.... In our life, food plays a vital role. Every one on Earth requires food for survival. Others eat to live..... But our Human Brain...controls our Taste Buds. The Thinking Brain develops desires,cravings. It teaches us to visualize food,Smell the food,and savour the food. We develop Aroma,Presentations and Culinary innovations of the Food to be placed in front of us. This gift of Savoring Food,Developing Tadte Buds,Eating Habits,Cooking styles,Food preferences...is not inbuilt.....is not there at birth. It gradually seeps ,soaks,grows into us.... The environment around us... The food we are fed by our caregivers.... Later our personalities ... Later our Medical and Physical conditions.... Our Food depends on so many aspects and so do our preferences and habits. Food.....any food....is never bad.... Food if prepared with love and affection....even simple Jeera Tadka....and Plain Dal....is Divine. But if prepared with Disinterest and Lethargy....ev

Numbers

Numbers in my Life..... When I was in my mother's womb.. I was numbered in gestational weeks... I was scanned for the numbers in my Body...in Crown Rump length.in cm..and my weight...grams.... As soon as they removed me....Numbers in my Apgar Scale were valued with the grams I measured on the Scale...... As I grew up.....again the Numbers in the month against my milestones decided my growth...... I entered school......I was taught to count on my fingers...1...2....3..... By the time I learnt the count of 10.....I was memorizing Algebraic Numbers and solutions...... And the Rat Race...of Numbers began..... Coaching Classes threatened me with Numbers to achieve Numbers..... Degree Colleges....made me see Numbers in my GPA score..... Campus interviews....got me packages in Numbers.....I was exhilarated with the Numbers.....on my salary slip... But alas....The Race for Numbers didn't end. Instead they ruled my mind now. Targets to be achieved. Installments to be paid