Babu Moshai

It's funny how things change. How we grow up. How believing a person could connect, how having hope that we have a new friend, keeps us on edge, probably waiting for a better message than just a "haha", waiting for a conversation to happen. Not being the one to keep things going. We let go. We hold on. To hopes. Aren't we at fault somewhere? You don't even know, they could be waiting for you. Or they don't know what you have in store for them. Then, days come when we probably hate these very people, or don't remember them at all. Move on, the world has taught us. There's a lot of population, india has taught us. Find that connection elsewhere, you never know what you don't have. Just please try keeping control of what you already have? Choose your flaws wisely? The only thing you wanna know is, 5 years down the line, will I be proud of this decision? Coz regrets, are not acceptable. Remember to spoil nothing. You never know how coincidence works.

I am ridiculously fat. To share some numbers my body has 26.5% fat which should be below 20%. My BMI is 29 which should be below 24. So finally I have decided to do something. Nobody is believing in me. But that’s absolutely understandable given the fact that I love food and I eat a lot. I have a food-curious mind. I love to eat. I can not resist my self when I see something which I have never eaten before. So it has always been a tough journey because you never see the results immediately. And Indian food is very tasty as well as high calories. Hence I have been struggling ever since.

But now let’s change things a bit. I am going to change my diet. In fact I have already changed it. I have stopped eating cookies, bread, burgers and even pizza :( Still a long way to go. 

To be honest I have no idea whether I will be able to shed even 1 kg or not. But let’s try and to keep myself motivated I will be cooking a healthy dish once in two days and post it over here. I can not compromise on taste but neither on calories now. Let’s see how far it goes. 

P.S. : I am not ashamed of being fat. Fat people are good people. Loving food is not sin as well. But being healthy and living long to have more food is very motivating.

Opinion: A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. This is what you get when you first google search the word “opinion”, and it says it all! Opinions prevent you from exploring. They affect you to your core. If you think about it, sometimes they even silence your inner voice. They break your deepest beliefs. But yet we resort to opinions; opinions from others. Why is that so? Because we are scared. We are scared of failure. That is what life has been preaching to us since the day we were born. To strive to be successful. Be successful at everything that we attempt to do. And our success is often reasoned and gauged very objectively in terms of a few parameters. Humans, over the years, have created some metrics to gauge your success. Money, time and the duration of your relationships, to name a few. I often wonder who started this? Who was the visionary who decided to take the responsibility of measuring someone’s/something’s worth on their shoulders? Because of this man, we are here trying to live our entire lives running and struggling to optimise these metrics to measure success. Where is the joy of exploration? Why do we always have to “succeed”? Why can’t we just live our lives the way we want?

Are girls different from boys? I believe they are. “Feminists” might take it in a wrong way. But that does not mean that women can not do what men can do. I believe that feminism has become more of an ego issue rather than non-discrimination. Male and Female are genetically engineered differently. I mean since ages in different cultures male and female are doing different jobs. Men used to go and hunt whereas women used to stay home and take care of children as well as household. But that does not mean women could not hunt. Rather their body and mind was not accustomed to it. Same as male were not accustomed to taking care of babies or doing household chores. So some pseudo-feminist might argue that women were not allowed to do the work of “men” and they might say that the situation is no different today. Feminism is not about what women can do and what women can not do physically or mentally. It is about not stopping or not disallowing women to do what they want to do. For example it’d be always better if labour jobs are done by men rather than women. But at the same time if a woman comes and says that she wants to do the job then no one should forbid her. That is what feminism is rather than forcing the belief that every woman can do every kind of job.

By definition vadapav is nothing but a potato-patty kinda thing called “vadu/vada” between a bun. But to me it’s a whole experience. Anyone can make vadapav at home but what I am talking about is the satisfaction and love you get at the tthela.

If you’ve got 10 Rs. ka fata note and 40 seconds of time before Virar Fast arrives at the platfor : 9 3/4. TADA : Vadapav is your savior. And what happens in thos 40 seconds is as follows :  gentleman or the lady takes out a pav (bun) from the bag and tore opens it with his/her hands (totally unhygienic). Puts a vada and some masala in it. and Gives it to you. Satisfaction, love, happiness in less than 40 seconds. 

Traditional lasagna is way different from this one. But the best thing about lasagna is you can do bunch of variations in layers. From ricotta to beef...anything. As an indian bhaaji of pav-bhaji would be my first choice (Might not taste good though).  But I really loved this combination.

So total 3 layers of stuffing and 4 layers of pasta plus a layer of sauce and cheese (usually white sauce)

->Tomato Sauce :

Make puree of 3-4 tomatoes. Take a pan. Heat butter or oil and add 2 cups of finely chopped onions. Let them become translucent. Add salt, 1-2 cloves of garlic and 1 tsp ginger, add tomato puree. Then add spices : chilli powder, jeera, garam masala. Also you can add fresh green chillis. Add water to get it as consistent as tomato ketchup. Add oregano, basil, rosemerry and whatever herbs you like.

This post is about two great human beings and their friends. In 21 years of being on this earth I never celebrated Thanksgiving. I mean it’s not the part of culture from where I come. But I do know what festival holidays mean. It’s about being with your loved ones and your family and friends. When you’re away from your family in some other country these festivals become just few days off the work. It’s not the case when you have people like Pam Robinson-Cook and Steve Cook on this earth. Imagine hosting 100-120 people at your place, cooking food for them. It’s tough. But it’s not about the food or anything like that. It’s about being with the people, it’s about enjoying their company, feeling happy in hosting them and making them feel that there’s a family here too.

Just read a quote “The dumbest thing ever to do is not to spend life with the person you love”. What is love? Love is something when you’re terrified to lose someone. Love is fearless. Love is boundless. Then why are we afraid of taking a step? Why do we still wanna go with someone chosen by our parents who does not know us completely? It’d be disrespectful to say that parents are wrong. But also it’d be disrespectful to our own self that parents are always right. They are as much human being as we are, they are equally likely to make mistakes. Then why are we ready to go ahead with their decision? Just because later on if something goes wrong we can blame them? Why’re we so afraid to trust ourselves?