Fitness is one of the most craved things by me. And this intense desire makes me food conscious. But in this fitness regime along with many other things Maggi is one more thing that i am unable to avoid. It offers so much in a small packet.
Keep it simple and no noodles can match its taste. Add some onion to it, you cant stop eating one. If you put some butter, you can taste heaven on earth. And if by any chance you have eggs in your refrigerator, Egg Maggi can be the complete food for your large tummy!! After that if you have the guts put some green chillies in it, I bet now that you have dared to be in hell, you will enjoy it to the max. All this comes without any need of cooking expertise and if you by any chance got some talent in you then try its another avatar "Fried Maggi" (for me too :P) and certainly its the feeling of another world.
Like most of the Maggi fans, these are the few which as a cooking novice i know, there would be a lot more in an expert's mind. I always wish i had such a friend.
Everytime i am past these experiences, I promise myself not to have it next time. But as the old saying goes "Promises are meant to be broken"
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
A Few Hours with Friends...
An IT professional's life, 5 days office and then a 2 day weekend. And its always like this, the weekend flies so fast like it was never there and then we wait for the next weekend. A few years are past with this routine and i think a lot more to go but the wait of a weekend never goes.
Even when I wait for the weekend desperately, the question of how to enjoy it is the first thing that comes with it. Blame it on her that i almost never get bored on a weekend. Movies, shopping or just sitting at home, everything becomes enjoyable with her.
But with all this, there is one more thing which when added to the weekend makes it a better weekend of the good weekends that i have. That is a small can of beer and a few hours with some(only selected) friends. Some futile discussions with them and the view of the city from the top of the building. A heated argument and the emotional heal which you otherwise never need. Opening up yourself and telling and listening the thoughts which you or they have never shared.
Sometimes i think if she is my life then my friends are a garnishing over it...
Even when I wait for the weekend desperately, the question of how to enjoy it is the first thing that comes with it. Blame it on her that i almost never get bored on a weekend. Movies, shopping or just sitting at home, everything becomes enjoyable with her.
But with all this, there is one more thing which when added to the weekend makes it a better weekend of the good weekends that i have. That is a small can of beer and a few hours with some(only selected) friends. Some futile discussions with them and the view of the city from the top of the building. A heated argument and the emotional heal which you otherwise never need. Opening up yourself and telling and listening the thoughts which you or they have never shared.
Sometimes i think if she is my life then my friends are a garnishing over it...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Empowering the Weak..
After almost a score, the last elections brought a government with least alliances. The simple mathematics says the lesser the alliance, the better is the leadership. From the past one year, the time this government came into power, we all are seeing the impact. With almost no fear of losing the majority, the government had acted freely and stood for the policies and bills it wants to implement. Be it nuclear deal, climate change policies, this year's budget or woman's bill it was successful in transforming its vision into reality. Now that we have a strong leadership in place, not sure about all but, at least I am experiencing the real feel good factor.
Woman's bill, which allowed 33% reservation for woman in Parliament, is the government's latest bold move to empower the fairer sex. At least now we can hope to see better sex ratio in parliament.
But sometimes I wonder, do these reservations really empower the weak? Whats the percentage of the weak among those availing these benefits? Here i am not criticizing the Woman's bill but speaking about all the reservations in general. Be it SC/ST reservation, OBC reservation and now Woman's reservation!
Lalu commented over woman's bill, asking, being an MP whether Rabri could go against his will. Though this depicts the cruel male-chauvinistic nature of our society and over it the male-chauvinism of those who are leading us, but isn't it really true? Now the next approach of a shrewd politician would be to put his crown on his obedient wife's head and rule the territory. After it the onus of the empowerment of the common woman would be on the remaining few woman MPs if along with being free they are honest at their will.
Though the woman's bill keeping the above point in mind still gives some hope, do the other reservation policies which are already in place are fulfilling the cause they were laid for? Or these are just there because no party can dare remove them as that would be fatal for their Vote Bank.
When I was doing my engineering, to support the poor people of SC/ST community, they were given a scholar ship that meant whole year's fees and some extra money to help them with day today expenditures. But the irony was, there was not even a single "Poor" SC/ST candidate who took that scholarship. All of them were from a well to do family and this scholarship meant the latest mobile phone to them.
In contrast, there was one of my batch mate who was really in need of this scholarship to lessen the burden on his poor family but he wasn't fit for it because he didn't belong to the 'required' community.
Does this mean that these reservations at least is doing good for the communities for which they were crafted? I don't think so, instead what i understand is only those who form the upper crust of these communities are mostly seeking the benefits of it. Where as the people from these communities who really need to be uplifted are not even able to come to the stage where they can think of availing the benefits of these schemes. For example, most of the 'Maoist' agitation started due to the suppression of so called 'lower castes' by the so called 'upper castes', but now when the maoist themselves has forgotten the cause of their movement, the communities are facing the suppression from prominent castes and the heat of maoists as well. They are still not able to complete their basic education and come to the level where they can with the help of these reservations get a higher education which can promise them a better future with skilled Jobs.
The real empowerment is needed at such a primary level. If the people can be helped primarily, they wont require a reservation to place themselves into institutions of specialized education. And then it will only be merit that will matter whether its a specialization in medicine or in engineering. And at that time our country will have better doctors and better engineers.
But the plight of our country is, these reservations are now imbibed so deeply into the politics that even if a government secretly feels that now its the right time for these reservations to be out, they cant even express it because that will mean lesser votes and might be a new government next time!!
Woman's bill, which allowed 33% reservation for woman in Parliament, is the government's latest bold move to empower the fairer sex. At least now we can hope to see better sex ratio in parliament.
But sometimes I wonder, do these reservations really empower the weak? Whats the percentage of the weak among those availing these benefits? Here i am not criticizing the Woman's bill but speaking about all the reservations in general. Be it SC/ST reservation, OBC reservation and now Woman's reservation!
Lalu commented over woman's bill, asking, being an MP whether Rabri could go against his will. Though this depicts the cruel male-chauvinistic nature of our society and over it the male-chauvinism of those who are leading us, but isn't it really true? Now the next approach of a shrewd politician would be to put his crown on his obedient wife's head and rule the territory. After it the onus of the empowerment of the common woman would be on the remaining few woman MPs if along with being free they are honest at their will.
Though the woman's bill keeping the above point in mind still gives some hope, do the other reservation policies which are already in place are fulfilling the cause they were laid for? Or these are just there because no party can dare remove them as that would be fatal for their Vote Bank.
When I was doing my engineering, to support the poor people of SC/ST community, they were given a scholar ship that meant whole year's fees and some extra money to help them with day today expenditures. But the irony was, there was not even a single "Poor" SC/ST candidate who took that scholarship. All of them were from a well to do family and this scholarship meant the latest mobile phone to them.
In contrast, there was one of my batch mate who was really in need of this scholarship to lessen the burden on his poor family but he wasn't fit for it because he didn't belong to the 'required' community.
Does this mean that these reservations at least is doing good for the communities for which they were crafted? I don't think so, instead what i understand is only those who form the upper crust of these communities are mostly seeking the benefits of it. Where as the people from these communities who really need to be uplifted are not even able to come to the stage where they can think of availing the benefits of these schemes. For example, most of the 'Maoist' agitation started due to the suppression of so called 'lower castes' by the so called 'upper castes', but now when the maoist themselves has forgotten the cause of their movement, the communities are facing the suppression from prominent castes and the heat of maoists as well. They are still not able to complete their basic education and come to the level where they can with the help of these reservations get a higher education which can promise them a better future with skilled Jobs.
The real empowerment is needed at such a primary level. If the people can be helped primarily, they wont require a reservation to place themselves into institutions of specialized education. And then it will only be merit that will matter whether its a specialization in medicine or in engineering. And at that time our country will have better doctors and better engineers.
But the plight of our country is, these reservations are now imbibed so deeply into the politics that even if a government secretly feels that now its the right time for these reservations to be out, they cant even express it because that will mean lesser votes and might be a new government next time!!
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