Cooking makes Creative Family

  

 poem "Wonderful is Cooking Activity"

Wonderful is Cooking activity,

In my family,

Sometimes I cook,

Sometimes my husband cooks,

Sometimes my daughter-in-law cooks.

Therapeutic is a cooking activity,

There is nothing in a woman's DNA,

That makes it her responsibility to 

cook,

In India, people are always anxious,

To know who cooks in another family,

Is it fair to do so?

Please leave alone,

That respected Integrated family,

And let them make their own way,

 If somehow you,

Can't appreciate  their  cooking,

Please do not  make this cause of tension,

Best not to eat at their place,

Let them enjoy their cooking,

A peaceful activity,

That makes them Integrated,

creative family.

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Secret of My granny's Sharp Memory

 

My dear granny goes to the temple,

 To light candles before God,

 She prays on bended knees for our well-being,

My dear granny cooks food for me every day,

People say Granny does her routine duty,

But friends more than routine duty,

 She is more exposed to the same activity,

Like a golfer practicing a swing thousands of times.

 That makes stronger connections,

 Between neurons in Granny’s brain,

In return, she gets a gift of God-good Memory.

The fact is each of the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells,

 It can have 10,000 connections to other nerve cells.

These creative projects my granny does,

 Makes- synapses, creates new circuits,

 Between nerve cells, which essentially remaps her brain.

The sheer number of possible connections due to creative activities,

Gives granny’s brain unfathomable flexibility,

 And builds up functional reserves,

 That provides a safety valve against future cell-neuron loss,

That makes Granny’s memory strong.

 

People also ask me how come your granny,

 Is so active and energetic with sound memory,

The secret is that my granny also does challenging,

 Along with her routine duties with amicable joy,

She does creative activities like reading fiction and painting,

 Learns new skills to make her brain active and strong.

My granny avoids doing creative, challenging activities,

Then some parts of her brain’s neurons,

 Which are not being used regularly,

 Will automatically get pruned,

Granny’s brain will be in a state of mental pruning,

That will make Granny’s memory weak.

 

Friends! To retain good memory, a gift of God, the best is should remain.

 Engaged in creative activities like my granny,

 Let one's brain do challenging activities,

So to have a strong connection between neurons of the brain,

As memory is a game of connections,

Please do treasure this God-given gift of good memory.

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Indian Curry

 India is a vast country. It has many states. Each state is unique in its traditions and, very importantly, infood curries. Food is still a very important activity of  women in India. Food diversity in India is absolutely

 mind-boggling, so is Indian curries.

I am fond of cooking. Being a chemistry teacher, I enjoy making my own recipes, and I also try them as and when I get time.  We Indians make different types of curries. 

We friends sometimes do discuss different curries, different curries  or gravies in our Indian cooking methods.

My friend Asha wanted me to write several different curries in the form of a little article so that she could send the same to her daughter living in USA. I wrote a summaryof different Indian curries. My submission  is as follows

 

 The Western and outside world thinks Indian curry is just one reddish oily one, either it is veg or nonveg. But it is not so. We have the following types of curries,depending on the main ingredients. I am listing below.

1. Regular ground onion, red chillies, and tomato curry.

 Like in chicken curry

2. Mashed lentils (dhals), chilly powder, tamarind gravy

.. Like in sambaar

3. Plain mashed dhal with red chillies and ghee…

as in dhal tadka

4. Onion, green chillies, tomato curry. Tomato gravy

 for rice and chapathis

5. Onion, chili powder, tomato curry.

 Like in potato -peas gravy

6. Onion, chili powder, tamarind curry. 

As in Chennai dish kara kuzhambu or Madras spicy red gravy

7. Onion, green chillies, and coconut paste curry.

 Like in kurumas, Kerala gravies

8. Red chillies, tamarind, and coconut curry.

 Like Mangalore gravies

9. Onion, chillies, cashew/almond paste,/cream curry.

 Like Lucknowy and Kashmiri curries

10. Bengal gram green chillies, ground together with curd added

 last…Tamil butter milk gravy

11. Bengal gram powder, curd, green chillies curry…

 As in Punjabi kadi

12. Onion, black pepper and tamarind curry.

 Milagu kozhambu..Tamilian pepper gravy,

Moral of the Story: Friends, we need one chilly/ pepper type,

 one base and one sour balancer or sweet balancer.

The base can be onion, cooked dhal,  Bengal gram paste, ground coconut, tomato, curds, tamarind, fresh cream, almond or cashew or poppy seeds.

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Unbaked Pichers

 My student Radha said, "School teaching is a very hard job. Even the salary structure is also not good, but Madam, you still keep a very strong opinion that a teaching job is most suitable  for me." 

I said, "My student, my parents-in-law are old and have 45 years of married life together. The pattern of their fights that I observe is always the same. They always try to change each other, which seems impossible. Both have individual personalities."

I further said"Out of love and concern about  loved one's health and safety issues, I have seen more and more people like my in-laws who tend to change their dear ones.  However, in this process, they forget their originality. They try to impose their wishes and habits on their loved ones, which sometimes is suffocating for them."

Friends, but in our teaching job, we teachers get the opportunity to inculcate good habits in our children/students by practicing good habits ourselves. We can teach them the right things when they are children. It's such a joy to make changes  in unbaked pitchers-our students

 The pitcher that is already baked(adults) will break if we try to change its shape.

We teachers, find a lot of things that could be improved in society. But it is very hard for us(teachers)to change parents, spouses, neighbors, colleagues, because they are baked, solid, and hard.

In the process of teaching, we teachers bring# positive changes in ourselves also. We learn to ignore things and let others live how they want. Sometimes, if the need arises, we maintain a distance from them to suppress unnecessary conflicts.

Moral of the story-Education is a process and not product. We teachers, are an important part of education. Teachers are always involved with unbaked pitchers(students), therefore, they are nation builders.

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Grand Daughter-Grand Father o

 Grand Daughter-Grand Father Duo

I am  my grandfather's candle light,



I keep account of all his activities,



What is he eating?,



At what time is he eating?



The diet recommended  by doctors,



Is he eating?



Has he taken his medicine?



 Prescribed by a doctor?.







My grandfather  is a patient  of asthma,



I keep track,



If he has taken his required dose,



Of asthma medicine through a puff?.







Did he go for his evening  walk?,



Did he go to collect bread and fruits for me?



In the evening from the market nearby,



Are his clothes ironed properly?,



That's why Dadaji calls me,



His daughter's candlelight is bright.











I share with him all my academic,



 Homework difficulties,



Dadaji tells me tricks to handle,



 My problems,



He encourages me in the field every day.







He is my best friend,



When he is out of the home,



His absence at home disturbs me,



When he  goes to his village,



For a few days,



For his return and safety,



I pray daily.







With him, I have a different  type,



 Of  bonding strongly,



We understand  each other,



 Even without uttering a few words.







My grandfather  loves me,



He will not take,



His food was without seeing me,



God bless Grand daughter-grandfather duo


Friendship eternal.

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Nation Builders Quote Sukarma Thareja

 Education is a process and not product. We teachers, are an important part of education. Teachers are always involved with unbaked pitchers(students), therefore, are nation builders.

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