𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 : 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗔.

 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮: 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗔.

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Today is the tenth day of the war, and I don't feel the urge to watch News 12 hours a day like the past week. The images of death and destruction aren't as impactful as on day one.

Maybe this is how 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 we slowly start accepting and assimilating anguish as a part of the war.

The indifference of a section of the world has made the superpower nations succeed in tormenting and crushing the weaker ones for decades now from west to east.

Small countries often get crushed in the 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐠𝐨 and supremacy between 2 giants.

Exuberant, overzealous nations are breaching the borders on the pretext that neighbours are turning rogue under the influence of the former's enemies.

Crushing the weaker nations and smothering them with boots on their faces has become a routine in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Ukraine.

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India is a land of Dharma, built on the foundations of fighting the righteous wars, standing with the weak, supporting the 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 is now looking the other way when vulnerable nations are pleading for help.

𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚" 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 (𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚)?

The 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚 syndrome is justified if we desire an end like KARNA'S, but are we unwilling to surpassthe odds and win it like 𝐀𝐑𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐀?

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We are a nation of outstanding merit and talent. Yet, we are letting the favours received in the past, some anticipated assistance in the future, colour our outlook and cloud rational thinking in contemporary times.

There is no denying that there are only permanent interests in geopolitics, no enduring friends or enemies.

But there is something above personal interests to protect; Arjuna fought against his family, teachers, and friends to uphold the same values of 𝐃𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀.

It is time we take a stand against what is 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆!

Maybe the SUPREME leader is waiting for our children to return home and then will assert against the mayhem and devastation caused by the mindless transgressions of the border by Russia.

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We handled Doklam independently; we are taking China on the Arunachal front. If we assert our position today as a nation with a mind of its own, not skewing towards east or west and only standing with what is right, I think we will reach our 𝐀𝐑𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐀 moment, 𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐍𝐀 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 guiding us.

The fear of not receiving support from Russia and its allies when we land up in difficult times in the future is a little unwarranted, considering the treatment Russia is receiving from the rest of the world.

In today's world, we may not find 𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐍𝐀 physically to guide us, but the boundless wisdom he left for us can help us find a way out of our dilemmas.

The teachings are a storehouse of moral, ethical and life-changing lessons that can elevate a man's life from chaos to cosmos.

The essence of Kurukshetra stands as a pole star to humanity which guides and 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞, .𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

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A good charioteer greatly expedites the warrior's prowess & vice versa.

India's charioteers 𝐒.𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐣𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥

should design strategies to save us from future fatal battles with giants like Bhishma(China) by enabling us to empower ourselves.

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.

Let us become the Arjuna.

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𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 (𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀) 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮, 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶'𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸, 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

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The onus lies on the powerful to protect the weaker; you can rebuke the wrongdoer, but destroying something built over the years only makes one a sadist, self-centred maniac.

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Our 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌 is getting centred over siding with Modi Ji's decisions. We are just swaying in favour of everything the centre is doing as part of our 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 responsibility, which is correct.

But sometimes, becoming self-critical and asking essential questions on humanity should take precedence over our 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦.

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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.

REST IN PEACE JAYA AMMA

 

Sangeeta Reddy

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4/12/16

Tears rolled down my cheeks, when she was singing aaja sanam madur chandini mein hum tum.... I could peek into her soul. I replayed her interview again n again, to be with her , to feel her pain...

Daughter: mom why are you crying, you have told me so many times that we all have to leave one day. And your mom also left you, but please, you don't leave me, at least be alive till i celebrate my 50th birthday......

Her innocence made me smile

and then she says mom, ammamma (ammas amma, is ammamma maternal grandmother) and jaya amma look like sisters. (Though my daughter saw my mom only in photographs).

And the man echoed her observation. I started looking at amma like my own amma and started praying more intensely for her survival.

5/12/16

Daughter: mom today in the history class we were taught about vallabacharya and chaitanya... and their bhakti movement. chaitanya maharprabhu according to her text books made images of his own Krishna and worshipped him. In her understanding , he created his own Krishna .

Motivated with the new knowledge she decided to draw her own god , name him and wanted him to listen to her more than anyone else , as she is his creator, and her first wish would be to get jaya amma back to perfect health. I loved her innocence. I loved her desire to help me feel better. I loved her kindness and her smartness in interpreting the idea of creating her own god. But no god could prolong ammas life and she left us after we retired for the night .

I have one daughter; but jayamma has won many daughters like me who can feel for her as a woman.

6/12/16

She leaves for the school with grief after taking an update on jaya amma.

In the evening She comes back from school and her first question is how you are? , I : I am ok, she reached my mother, and may be they are talking about all of us. Maybe they are having good time, old age club you know . she smiled happily.

Her second question is who will be the new cm ?

I said o.panneeraselvan

She: what?

I: o. paneer+ cell +one

She : Ohhh o.pannerselvan

I said yee, you are right. She repeated it again and again ...

We moved on from jayamma into the next debate, next topic…

Frugal is human life, none of us are going to live forever, not even the legends

With all her wealth and power she couldn’t buy an extra minute for herself. The wealth and position I feel acted as a deterrent to having quality last few days of her life .maybe she wanted to talk to her people, convey a message.maybe she was not allowed to do so. We really don’t know how her last days were. Hope she breathed her last peacefully, contentedly

REST IN PEACE DEAR AMMA

choosing between the devil and the deep sea.

 choosing between the devil and the deep sea.

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Diwali brings the family together, even for a short duration.

As it always happens in my family, whenever my husband has free time, he will start fault-finding/ advising me on how to grow plants, put lights on, cook, or make other arrangements. It exasperates me, so I shoot back, saying I don't take suggestions from guests. Be here to help me every day; don't be my consultant; be my partner.

One leads to the other, and we have a small argument; hence, we avoid each other for a few hours.

While driving to the nearest pandal to offer puja,

The daughter jumps in with her favourite dialogue; please get divorced. It is better than avoiding each other. Don't worry about me. I will go to college next year, and for vacation, I will have the option to visit two homes. Maybe a kinder stepfather and stepmother will be indulgent and give me special attention.

So I am perfectly ok with it.

Think about how you will divide Saturn and Leo; Saturn should go with Mom and Leo with Dad.

But Dad, you should marry a lady who is friendly to dogs. If she cannot love our pets, I will never come home.

The son jumps in to give his 2 cents.

Mom, whoever you marry, I need to watch him for a couple of days.

I should know what he drinks, how he drinks, where, and how much he drinks. If he fails the test, you have to reject him. We can judge a person altogether at the bar table. One without bar table manners will be an outcast in my eyes. So get the right guy home. While dating him, be sure to come home before 11 pm. If you are not home on time, I will be stressed out in the hostel. Also, don't commit in a hurry; take your time!

The daughter jumped in once again. Bhaiyya, one moment she is fighting, the next moment she is force-feeding him pomegranate juice, buying him shoes and shirts, and again the next day, she fights with him. I cannot understand this lady and her mood swings.

Bhaiyya said it happens preesha women become cranky when they grow old!

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I said, but why should we divorce?

Yes, we argue, and sometimes we fight and avoid one another for a week; that is the maximum we can do without talking to each other.

But I have started calling them disagreements and debates, not fights. When we have to make investments, we try to knock sense into each other's heads for the best possible outcome.

I asked my son. You had a paperback in exams; did you give up MBBS?

I turned to my daughter and asked, you lost in swimming competitions in Mumbai? Did you give up swimming?

But you want us to get divorced because we have failed to conclude a specific topic? While trying to educate each other in various matters, we bang our heads as it is not easy to teach a grownup man or a woman. We are evolving as a couple and far richer in our understanding of this world, finances, and interpersonal relations. We help each other learn new things every day. We are like friends, like lovers, husband and wife. We are not formal; we are not putting up with each other for reasons other than love.

You should thank god for your good fortune that we are not a couple for worldly gains.

We don't live with each other out of compulsion. It would help if you watched couples who are not like us. Living in a house where love is only for public display would be painful. This saga of love, fights, disagreements, and agreements will continue forever.

We will divorce each other the day I don't feel pain in his hunger, helplessness, stress, and suffering.

If we start talking about divorce for every minor disagreement, then, believe me, you guys wouldn't have led this happy life.

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The husband, on the return journey, inquisitively asked the son

Rahula, do I have bar-table manners?

When I go out to start dating another lady after my divorce, her son may judge me.

TO which son replied, don't worry, Dad, You have zero bar manners, but I will teach you all the know-how to impress not just the evil witchy stepmom but her entire family.

The daughter replies, My gut feeling is stepmom will be a witch with straight poker hair, smoky eyes and red lipstick; the manipulative, conniving woman will not spare any trick in the book to separate dad from us. Dad, she will marry you for your wealth and then kill you to inherit it all. She will make you sign papers before poisoning your drink.

He said, now, tell me, should I stick to this cranky ageing lady with her menopausal mood swings, or should I go for an evil witchy stepmother. She replied, whatever suits you, Dad, make wise choices. Don't get trapped. This existing one, too, isn't easy either.

So it all boils down to choosing between the devil and the deep sea.

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We looked into each other's eyes to convey a billion emotions. That glance sums up love for me, piercing through every cell of the body, touching the soul.

That glance is a reason enough to put up with him till death does us apart!

Sameer Wankhede and Virat kohli- Hero or zero ?

 Sameer Wankhede and Virat kohli- Hero or zero ?

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What Sameer Wankhede did to Aryan Khan is right or wrong will be known after the NCB files the charge sheet. There may be a watertight case, or, as alleged, Mr Wankhede does it just to remain in the limelight.

BUT

What nawab Mallik is doing to Sameer Wankhede and his family is not correct.

Shahrukh Khan had a Hindu wedding; does it make him a Hindu?

What is surprising is a section of people are siding with Aryan khan because he is half Muslim.

But the same section of people does not support Sameer Wankhede, who is also half Muslim.

Why?

Where are the people who spearhead the minority rights campaign?

No organisation is voicing their concern for a Dalits son.

Rohit Vemula garnered a lot of support for his Dalit antecedents. There was a nationwide uproar, and rightly so.

All those who made allegations on NCB for targeting a Muslim superstars son are quiet when a Dalit father and Muslim mothers son is facing the heat.

Duality?

The liberal brigade(LB) dislikes one trying to fight the drug menace because he is perceived as a BJP man, and MVA is fighting the BJP.

Once upon a time, the LB hated SHIV SENA when it was with BJP.

My gut feeling is Sameer Wankhede refused to do vasooli from Bollywood for the MVA government, hence the collective hatred for him.

Money is the biggest dharma; every ideology and doctrine fades near it.

The one accused of doing drugs garners all the support because the accused's father is perceived to be against the BJP.

So it all boils down to hating BJP, nothing to do with ideology because shiv sena is a branch of the same ideology.

People(Liberal Brigade) who survived on the alms of congress lived a feudal lifestyle and received favours at the drop of a hat are working hard in tandem with the Gandhi family to bring back those good old days.

Congress lived in fear of RSS forever; the fears envisaged by Nehru are now seeing the light of the day.

It is a power tussle between 2 giant parties fighting for authority; All The vested interests take one of the sides for their agendas, favours and accomplishments.

It is a plain business for the BJP and Congress and their supporters, but for us, Janata, it is emotions.

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I was jaw dropped to see the same people from the Liberal brigade who trolled Anushka and Virat when they filmed a rich guy littering(On the high of Modi's swach Bharat Abhiyan) the street is now standing in Virat Kohli's support.

He is being liked now because of his anti crackers statement for Diwali celebrations.

Anushka and Virat were also made fun of when they met PM Modi and invited him to their wedding reception. They were labelled and branded bhaktas or right-wing. Sudden newfound love for Kohli emerged when he has started showing signs of distancing himself from Hindu festivals/sentiments.

The entire country is trolling Virat for his poor performance in cricket and fantastic acting skills in advertisements. The trolling has nothing to do with his crackers statement. If he won the match against Pakistan, maybe some Indian Hindus would have given up crackers.

I grew up watching cricket; every cricket fan is a fanatic, and every cricketer has faced trolls since time immemorial. Cricket itself is a religion; the player should worship cricket; otherwise, he is sent to gallows by fans irrespective of his faith.

I never saw a captain coming out and abusing fans. The credit goes only to Virat Kohli.

Dear Virat Kohli, you are liked, adored, admired and respected because of your cricketing skills, and nothing else matters. Be loyal to the religion of cricket to have followers. Rest the impact of your opinions on religion, nationality, brands etc., will be directly proportional to the level of your performance as a cricketer.

Don't get carried away by the love of LB; they will change their opinions once you will do a namaste to any godman. You will get demoted to a bhakta.

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The liberal brigade changes its discourse with every passing day. When they say they are speaking in support of a Dalit, minority or women's rights, It becomes clear to people listening to them that they are lying.

They are catering to their biases, personal vendettas and the favours received+anticipated. No one in the real world is worried about the other person; the sympathy wave and the favourable atmosphere can change overnight if the right goodies reach the liberal brigade on time.

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I like the right-wing (of all the religions) more than the pseudo-secular gang because the right is honest in wearing the heart on their sleeve.

No hidden agendas and motives. Their mission, vision are out in the open. They speak what they mean and do what they preach.

It is easy trusting and doing business with them than the chameleons changing colours. They foolishly and blindly fight for the rights of their creator.

They are not cunning but stupid.

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Closing with sameer wankhede

May be Growing up, he watched a lot of Bollywood, and the super cop characters left an impression on his mind, and he tried to enact them in real life. We can say that maybe it is one of the reasons he married a movie star. He is now playing the role of an Honest officer out on a mission to clean the system. We all draw our inspiration from various characters and personalities and undeniably many times from Bollywood too. Like Swadesh's, Mohan Bhargava made a handful of NRIs return to their motherland. So our Sameer Saab is the perceived Hero of the movie, drug lords supported by Nawab Mallik real mafia, and Aryan khan, a minor side character. Shahrukh Khan and Aryan khan has accepted the small role and pleasantly underplayed it. Nawab Saab is doing overaction; I hope the Hero (if he is the Hero) will make it a befitting climax.

The innocent Indian who grew up watching Bollywood and cricket will worship an evil destroying Hero and a triumphant captain.

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HAPPY 2019

 Turmeric rhizome powder.

My maternal grandparents used to harvest tons of turmeric in acres of land in the small village of parimandal in today’s Nirmal district of Telangana.

The earthy aroma of the rhizomes while digging, boiling or drying them under the sun is nostalgic, still fresh in my memory.

As a child, I used to play around the multiple heaps of turmeric rhizomes arranged in the open field surrounded by a fence in the forest (the wall was protection from wild boars, which were very common.)

As a child, I ate less chicken and more meat of the wild boars big hearths made out of hearthstones, the large round, black bottom, thick aluminium boiling containers, the noisy hush discussions among the female farm labourers about the dinner And post-dinner activities, the men looking at the sky making predictions about the temperature or unforeseen rainfall.

The weather prediction was as easy as staring into the sky in all four directions with the palm horizontally placed between the hairline and forehead.

Every man was a weatherman, and all of them had a consensus in the prediction. Usually, one among them was a leader, and whatever he said was final, as his predictions came true.

 So, his opinion was always sought before putting the product to dry.

Childhood leaves many impressions on our minds. Those impressions will bring themselves to life when we are put in similar situations when we grow up.

Yesterday, while extracting, washing, and drying the rhizomes, I felt as if I was enacting the role of my maternal grandparents. I gave instructions precisely the way they used to provide them to their farm labourers.

My grandmother was so meticulous that she never allowed a tiny grain of any product to go to waste. Yesterday, I did the same, handpicking every piece left out of the mud.

I was making turmeric at home 30 years after I last watched it being prepared. It felt just like yesterday.

The past three decades couldn’t come in between my grandparents and me. Memory is so beautiful, and the mind becomes a valuable tool when we use it to store only emotions, making us feel happy, grateful, thankful and loved.

By the end of 2018, let’s leave all the trash and hurt in our minds behind and store only the happy, positive stories so that we derive strength and energy from them. Let’s build it on from here to a happy, positive, cheerful life ahead.

Creating good memories and impressions for the children moving around in our surroundings is very important. Our responsibility is to Set good examples for them to recollect and enact when they grow old.

If we can positively impact their minds, it will generate the most healthy, sound, and loving individuals in the future.

Happy 2019, friends.