As a schoolgirl, sharing the school tiffin with friends was an integral part of life. We often relished the food packed by our friend’s mom, specially the sweets like kheer that she sent along.
Once ,when I went to the same friend’s house and enquired about the delicious dessert recipes’, her mother humbly said, ‘I add a little salt to every dessert, to bring out its sweetness, that’s my secret...’Though amazed at this revelation at that point in time, I hardly gave it another thought.
Once ,when I went to the same friend’s house and enquired about the delicious dessert recipes’, her mother humbly said, ‘I add a little salt to every dessert, to bring out its sweetness, that’s my secret...’Though amazed at this revelation at that point in time, I hardly gave it another thought.
Cut to 2009, my son’s nanny, exported directly out of the interior village in Konkan, Maharashtra, never forgot to adorn my son with a black dot on his forehead and chin…My protests about my already wheatish sons face going blacker, just went ignored…When confronted, she tried to make me understand that the little black spot on my sons face would ensure no evil eye would touch my son…
Today when I think about this, a random thought comes to my mind…Does a little unhappiness add to the content lives we are blessed with? Just like a little salt is essential to bring out the sweetness in the dessert and the dark spot for the brightness of our faces?
Today when I think about this, a random thought comes to my mind…Does a little unhappiness add to the content lives we are blessed with? Just like a little salt is essential to bring out the sweetness in the dessert and the dark spot for the brightness of our faces?
Lovely!
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