Mouthpiece #24

Snowball Effect

Though I am still a little far from the stage when I could officially be called senile, I do sense senility knocking at my door already. If not all the time, I am sure it is teasing me through my inconsistent memory these days. While reading a certain passage, sometimes I dare make some mental notes thinking - oh, this is so interesting, I must come back to it later, but how and when those notes disappear from the mental surface, just prove the fragile state of my memory cells. It just doesn’t end here, rather it leaves me frustrated and restless when I want to know what note had I made and my memory just refuses to divulge any cues whatsoever. Anyway, the ruing is perhaps to be left for some other time and for some other place, but why I mentioned the failing faculties here is simply because I read somewhere something about the power of thought and wanted to quote the passage to be shared here, but no reward for guessing why I can’t do it now. continue here... Book Review : Incarnations - India in 50 Lives Title : Incarnations - India in 50 Lives Author : Sunil Khilnani The book was recommended by a well respected book aficionado. After having read the book, I am quite intrigued by the lives that the author has picked as representatives of Indian voices on diverse fronts. Some of the lives picked are absolutely pride of the nation who within their lifetimes, managed to gift the world a new or different philosophy while there are some which I felt are quite unworthy of this honour. continue here... What's Brewing? Chole (Kabuli chane) with kulche Kabuli Chana (Chole) - 1 cup Onion - ½ cup (finely chopped) Tomatoes - ½ cup (finely chopped) Ginger - 2 inch piece (grated) Coriander leaves - 1/3 cup (finely chopped) Green chillies - 2 (finely chopped) Lemon juice - 3 tsp Red chilli powder - ¼ tsp Chana masala - ½ tsp Tamarind chutney - 1 tsp  Mint chutney - 1 tsp  Salt - to taste continue here...