When most of you will read the topic name, I am sure you will think of Navin Prabhakar and the hilarious act he put forth for a comedy show. I totally enjoyed it, and can still look at it again and laugh heartily :) But today the emotions are a little different and this much liked comic question is now - a serious question!
The night these in-humane terrorists created havoc in the city, they truly made Mumbai into a "City that Never Sleeps". In the days to follow, we have seen/read/heard of a lot of action - death count increasing, brave army/NSG/Police men laid their life, Mumbai's favorite and most opulent hotels charred. But not to forget, we were also criticized for not being prepared to counter act, for the lack of resouces, and many other such reasons.
In the wake of these attacks on MY MUMBAI, there are no other thoughts running in my head but - What the hell was going on? Why do all this? Is it over yet? But the most important one was, "Who are these people who dont want any good for us?". In sorts to say- enemies of us common people!
Are they the various people who are driven by the wrongly implied morals of their ages old religion? Or even the ones who train them to do so? Or could they be our (not-so-anymore) beloved politicians who care very little about the living people, let apart the dead? Or is the entire government to be blamed for its lapse in the intelligence?Or is it the neigbors with whom we already have had a few other feuds? Or is the West who have inflamed such people by deeming their values as being immoral and angered them to this level? Or is it really just the common man, who looks at all this, gets scared, and then with his gung-ho spirit continues to live as a cumpulsion in his life - believeing that no matter what - Zendagi Migzara! (Life Goes On!) Can you help me find the culprit? Pehechana kaun hain?
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The Secret Ingredients
Lately, my colleague and me, we have got into exploring all the restaurants and fine dining places near our work for lunch. We rate them based on various factors and when we are out of ideas or options for new a new place(or just not in a mood to experiment), we just go back to the one that was amongst already visited and top rated. So, being a vegetarian, I would always look for restaurants that have a variety to offer to me (which means at least more than 2 options to choose from!!)
So we found this cafe on Yelp, with a good review and not a very pricey status. Its not a fancy place, not an over the top presentation and more importantly not too far from work. On entering the cafe, while I was frantically looking for a menu, we were greeted with a bright, smiling face of the lady who runs that place. Not only did she brief us with the menu herself, but also asked if I was a veggie and offered to cook up something if I wanted to have it. Turns out I could mix and match the veggies to make me an "unique" sandwich for myself, just like at any other sandwich place. We decided to continue with this cafe and ordered for our respective choices. Right from telling her our choices, to paying for the same, she gave us all her attention. While we were digging into our sandwiches, I noticed that every person who came into the cafe, she made a personal conversation with that person. She did not have the "cliche" restaurant-style welcome phrase. On finishing with the meal, while we were headed out, she came back to check on us and also thanked us for coming in.
All an all this was a very nice experience and I made up my mind that I would want to go back there again. But the entire ride back to the office I was looking for a good reason to tell my colleague why I would want to go back there ... and just when we reached, it struck me ...
This whole experience was very synonymous to the story "The Secret Ingredient" featured in "Chicken Soup for Woman's Soul", which I read a long long time ago. In the story, the mother had the usual recipe for cooking food but at the end she would always sprinkle a "secret" ingredient which no one knew about but everyone thought that gave food a "different taste". Similarly, this place also had the same sandwiches as any other place, but also a secret ingredient which made the difference. That secret ingredient was "love and warmth". Or like they say in the story,"Just sprinkle it with little love to make it special"
Bottom line, warmth and love were the "secret ingredients" which were added to my sandwich. And the best part, it was all given to me at no extra cost!
So we found this cafe on Yelp, with a good review and not a very pricey status. Its not a fancy place, not an over the top presentation and more importantly not too far from work. On entering the cafe, while I was frantically looking for a menu, we were greeted with a bright, smiling face of the lady who runs that place. Not only did she brief us with the menu herself, but also asked if I was a veggie and offered to cook up something if I wanted to have it. Turns out I could mix and match the veggies to make me an "unique" sandwich for myself, just like at any other sandwich place. We decided to continue with this cafe and ordered for our respective choices. Right from telling her our choices, to paying for the same, she gave us all her attention. While we were digging into our sandwiches, I noticed that every person who came into the cafe, she made a personal conversation with that person. She did not have the "cliche" restaurant-style welcome phrase. On finishing with the meal, while we were headed out, she came back to check on us and also thanked us for coming in.
All an all this was a very nice experience and I made up my mind that I would want to go back there again. But the entire ride back to the office I was looking for a good reason to tell my colleague why I would want to go back there ... and just when we reached, it struck me ...
This whole experience was very synonymous to the story "The Secret Ingredient" featured in "Chicken Soup for Woman's Soul", which I read a long long time ago. In the story, the mother had the usual recipe for cooking food but at the end she would always sprinkle a "secret" ingredient which no one knew about but everyone thought that gave food a "different taste". Similarly, this place also had the same sandwiches as any other place, but also a secret ingredient which made the difference. That secret ingredient was "love and warmth". Or like they say in the story,"Just sprinkle it with little love to make it special"
Bottom line, warmth and love were the "secret ingredients" which were added to my sandwich. And the best part, it was all given to me at no extra cost!
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