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2020 sees new trends and terms, like Lockdown,  21 days lockdown, Social distancing , Human distancing. In situations such as these, getting food as per taste and choice becomes an adventure. Remembering Anthony Bourdain's quote-  I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton,  raw oysters or working for organized crime associates,  food, for me, has always been an adventure. Sharing some easy, quick doable recipes. What-ever the situation be, food is going to be the need on the hour and  for those who hate to waste time in kitchen over elaborate cooking,  ready to eat would have been an ideal solution but few things have to be adapted in this Pandemic. 1.  Quick option for salad. 2. Chicken wings are the answer. No matter the question.  So easy to do recipe and one can eat this with Bread/ Indian partha or Pasta/ Noodle

Once the night sky was glittered. And the jubilant people were busy taking pictures and selfies. The attack was sudden, rapid, virulent the rowdies were able to fool the most vigilant of guards. The symptoms were not straightforward And the bodyguards un-prepared for this fast, methodical standoff. Wise say, precaution is better than cure. Donning masks, washing hands, imposing quarantine  Efforts were to barricade the infection to heighten. But alas! the city’s sky was overcast with the fear of a pandemic. Few experts even called this biogenic. Once the vibrant malls, businesses and schools, gave a deserted look. Hazmat suits, roamed the streets and waded the brooks Rounding up the usual suspects- rodents, birds, flies, mosquitoes, even romaine lettuce. Whatever corrupted the lungs, the culprit had to be booked;  Who would have suspected the fungus? The big data, had no records of the micro-spores their lengths and b...

In Vietnam this is a common phrase- Same same but different. Which means viewing a content is not limited to a particular medium  but the methodology is different. Technology has enabled, subscription business models.  Which focus on the way revenue is made so that a single customer pays multiple payments for prolonged access to a good or service. With the rise of technology and   Software-as -a service  (SaaS) products,  many companies are moving from a business revenue model  where revenue is made from a customer's one-time purchase to a subscription model  where revenue is made on a recurring basis in return for consistent access  to the delivery of a good or service.   Jan 5th 2020, happens to be National Screenwriters day.  Where Hollywood is celebrating a continued success for  the major contents coming out, in most of US generated platforms,  few local platforms have started to shut shop...

  2020 demands that we go beyond singular and plural, beacuse time and again, one half of the World fails to underastand the other. So the calender gives us a chance to take two halves 20 and 20 to make a magical 2020. Wishing for prudent choices, new chances and continuity. Happy NewYear. https://www.viewbug.com/photo/87615481

December, the month announces the end of a whole calendar year. Ends charter new beginnings.  Before I talk about new beginnings, it is said all's well that ends well.  But often Ends tuck in them, the play of both, good and bad moments just like for Writer's, their crafts and characters, Hero- Villain. All literature, films, shows, plays, novels are driven by Hero/s and Villain/s. Characters are the tools of writers to move forward their story engine.   While crafting them, the compositions need to shine through. What is the situation the character is in, is it a brightening dawn or darkening skies of autumn? The characters while  being crafted may be suffering from a controlled burn or a raging blaze.   The inner turmoil, all great writers bring their conflict and let the Character spell it.   Because while crafting, the reality is, we actually rarely know what we want until we come face  to face with inescapable si...

G.B. Shaw nailed it when he said in Man and Superman, there’s no love sincere than love of food.   A fit healthy body and a tasty tongue- that’s the best fashion statement for me.   Having said that, now its time to talk of diet. Vegetables are must on a diet.  Potatoes, wholemeal bread and handful of Sev (crispy noodle made of chickpea flour)  are my suggestions. Next comes exercise, and no matter what, take to brisk walking.  Find the street which sells the most appetizing street snacks.  Trust me it will encourage you to take  up walking.  The street food served in Mumbai are generally fresh, tasty and wallet friendly.  The most popular street-food in Mumbai is Vada Pav and then comes Pav bhaji.  But running on the parallel likes, is the famous Mumbai Masala Toast Sandwich.   This hot toasted-aromatic sandwhich is sold by many vendors near railway stations,  in front of schools, malls and offices in...

Cross legged, sitting in the half lotus position,  the eyes closed, lips, the incline of the head and the back of right hand  leaning on the palm of left. Thumbs touching each other forming the mythic triangle portrays a humbling depth of character and solemnity. Most of Buddha statues are made in this Bhumiparsha Mudra.  Bhumi means earth and sparsha means touching; touching the earth or  connecting with the earth as everything exists, grows and develops in this planet. Out of 8 mudras; Dhyan Mudra  symbolizes connection with one self and gaining wisdom. This is the Statue located in    Đường Mai Chí Thọ, An Phú, Quận 2, Hồ Chí Minh The journey of Siddhartha Gautama to Gautama Buddha is very popular. His teachings are accepted and practiced widely across the world. One significant fact about Siddhartha was that he was born in a Kshatriya family of Shakya clan, on a full moon night. Thus the celebration happens on a Purnim...