Mouthpiece #35

मैं और बादलों की दुनिया...

बादलों में बसती है एक अनोखी दुनिया दूर आसमान में, खुलता है एक झरोखा कभी, कहीं, किसी एक बादल में!  कभी कहीं पहुँचने की जल्दी में गतिमान लगते हैं, मालूम होता है कहते हों- अभी लौट कर मिलते हैं| और कभी समय की गति को जैसे भुला ही देते हैं, इत्मिनान कैसा होता है जैसे अभिनय कर के बताते हैं|

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Shhhhhhh....

It is quite an interesting observation that when we wake up in the morning, we feel like sitting quietly for some time and if possible in an open place, closer to nature. While I read it somewhere, it made me introspect, why does it happen? Perhaps, this is what our natural instinct is - to remain calm and to be at peace. But as the day’s activities take us in their fold, the noise around us keeps increasing, so does the din inside us and they work mysteriously together to drown our innate peaceful self which doesn’t get to make its presence felt any time soon after that.  continue here... What's baking in the kitchen?  Banana Bread All purpose flour (maida) : 1 ½ cups Cinnamon powder : 1 tsp Baking Soda : ½ tsp Salt : ½ tsp Nutmeg : ½ tsp Baking powder : ¼ tsp Powdered sugar : 1 cup Ripe Banana : 1 cup (mashed with a fork) Egg : 1 Oil : ¼ cup Walnuts : 1/ cup (chopped) recipe here...