Pigeon Gyan

While crossing the road in the morning, saw a pigeon which came under the wheels of a vehicle n breathed it's last. As usual I said Om Shanthi and moved ahead in thoughts.....

The provision shop keepers throw grains on the platform n few grains do end up in the road. The pigeons ignore the humans, vehicles n the predators passing by. They are fully engrossed in eating to their tummy full. They don't move n least bothered about what will happen to them. They just live the present.

Morning being less traffic hours, the vehicles speed through the empty roads... The person driving the vehicle may ignore the pigoens feeding on the road or he might have got fed up of this daily sight and show the anger by running over them or it must be too late to apply a break for him or just an anticipation that they will fly as the vehicle approach them. Whatever it is, the loss is to the pigeons.

The pigeons are so greedy that their greed prevent their mind from alerting them to fly away.

The crow which was feeding on the dead pigeon was clever as it was flying away as and when a vehicle approached and it also was careful about the humans passing by and it's Predators as well.

#Nature'sLesson

The greed clouds up the mind ; thus a person becomes blind to look at good things and thus leading to self destruction.

Living the present is good. But one shouldn't so engrossed in the present to fail to see what's coming in future.

The pigeon couldn't take even the single grain that it had gobbled. It left them along with it's body.

Greed only leads to destruction.

There are people who has the character of a pigeon as well as the crow.

Life moves on in this planet irrespective of these facts....few learns n few ignores ... we can make a difference by being a good learner n practice it ; thanking god for this wonderful lesson!

May this Sunday be a peaceful and happy one to you all.

Om Shanthi!

A Foggy Morning

It was a foggy  and a very good morning. Yes, winter has arrived!

At 5.00 am, the scene outside made me feel that I was ported to heaven during sleep.... With that fog surrounding densely with very poor visibility.

Because of peak hour busy schedule I could only peep at the beauty. (Sorry, no pics of that beautiful sight).

The fog completely blocked the visibility. You will see the difference in the other pictures, that I have shared below...

I was enjoying my coffee, standing by the window, looking at the beauty outside..... Then this thought came in that there is always danger behind the beauty!

Those who drive that early foggy morning may be facing the same visibility issue....so prayed for positivity... That drive should be safe for everyone... ( I am not that much an angel... My hubby drives carefully but not everyone else on the road 😉)

Pictures taken subsequently at various times while sun was still rising....

I felt as if I was ported to heaven for sometime because of dense fog and poor visibility that even my neighbouring buildings became invisible.

In the picture below, it looked to me as if the skyscraper rose up from earth all of a sudden piercing the clouds beneath (As I was already on cloud 9 with the arrival of the winter ;-P) and made me remember the Jack's Magic Beans story.

Even the otherwise fighting Pigeons finds Unity at that hour as their morning feeding area was nearby!

The different sounds of the bird n this fog scene made me feel that I was on the floating clouds.... The  honking of the vehicles from the nearby road, brought me back to the reality! 😁

I was trying to take another sip of the hot Filter Coffee,then realised that the cup is empty! 😁

[# coffee gyan???] 😉]

When too many things accumulated from past and present with a worried future, our mind tends to have this foggy condition. We may not be able to see the solution or the task / goal that we need to do... We just get carried away by illusion thus making our mind numb.

If we organise our mind by editing unwanted stuffs, we can get clear thoughts.

As sun rise, it's ray clears away the fog. Same way an experienced elder's advice and wisdom or a Guru's bhodana clears the obstacles in the path of life and lead us in the righteous path.

Music has no language barrier.... The lyrics are in Tamizh but you will definitely enjoy the song and the soft music in the video below :-

Matru Devo Bhava ; Pitru Devo Bhava ; Acharya Devo Bhava!!

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Wish you a wonderful weekend!

Om Shanti!

Sun Dry Idea for Appartment Life

Hi There,

Today I am posting an "Idea" to all those who stay in high rise and doesn't have a Balcony and Terrace Access to sun dry certain items.

If you get sunshine near your window, then you can try this.nnYou can make vathal and vadams (papads) in small quantity near your window. But you may have to watch over them now and then to ensure safety of the passers by below.

If you have strong clothesline near the window, you can try this.

Here is how I do... I spread an old bed spread and clip them well to secure and place the plates. I sometimes use a light cardboard piece and place them over the bedspread and then place my papads over it.

Crispy Pattice

Hi There!

Yesterday I was remembering my good old days... then I was going through my old diary and I came across this recipe which was shared by my friend during my college days. She used to bring this along with a yummy onion based chutney in her snack box and I always savoured it a lot!  I had made it few times and it stole the limelight when guests visited us as it made a wonderful starter dish or tea time snack or for snack box.

I realised that I am yet to share it with you all. Hence today I am sharing the recipe for this crispy snack with you.

It is easy to make and delicious too. You can serve it with Tomato ketchup or sauce or the tamarind -dates (tangy sweet) chutney or with green spicy chutney.  

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Ingredients :-

For the rava :-

1. Rice - 8  portions
2. Toor dal (Pigeon Pea) - 1 portion
3. Channa dal (Split bengal gram) - 1 portion

Other ingredients :-

1. Salt to taste
2. Curry leaves - 8 nos finely chopped (Optional)
3. Green Chillies - 2 nos finely chopped (or as preferred) - Optional
4. Water -  For 1 cup rava add 1.5 cups of water
5. Oil for frying

• First measure and take the ingredients given for Rava and dry grind it together in a mixer to fine Rava (semolina)  consistency. This will add to the cirspness of the snack.
• Measure the Rava in a cup.
• We will use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup Rava
• In a pan pour the measured water and bring it to boil.
• Add salt to taste, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Add the rava and mix it well till it becomes thick dough.
• Turn off the gas and let the mix cool down.
• Make small pedas out of it and keep it ready.
• Heat oil and reduce the flame to medium heat and fry the rava pedas in batches slowly till they turn golden in color and crispy (you can feel it thru the sound it makes while you try to take them in the perforated laddle).

Yummy Crispy Patty is ready!

• Store in an air tight container and they stay crispy for long time. That is why this dish make a nice snack or starter as you need not wait and fry them especially when you have guests visiting.

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Two show you the crispiness, I have made a small video... at the end of the video you will hear them crushing with the same crispiness under my teeth ;-D :-D

Suggestion :- You can make a bigger patty. Just add Boiled carrots and green peas and green chillies. and use this as a crispy burger patty in burgers.