Month: May 2018

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The King and his two Queens

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A man has one wife and he can’t handle her.This king has two wives.You know what happens when a man has two wives and those two wives have to live with each other, under the same roof? God you can’t even imagine the bickering.The king’s story goes on as follows:-

 

 

 

Once upon a time, in a celestial and majestic land resided a king and his two queens. The king’s grandmother had given him a long necklace full of pearls and in it there were innumerable and countless precious diamonds.It was a very long necklace. The king was given this, when he was five years old, as a blessing that he would become the next king after his father, who was then the king.

The king now has a happy life with his people being extremely happy with him and in their lives.The two wives were not happy with the other.One used to see the other as a nuisance and in private, they would fight, but in public appearances they would maintain the required civility and as soon as the public appearance was over, their cat fights would start again.

Thus their life went on like this.

One beautiful night, when the king was talking to his first wife, his wife said to him the inevitable-“do you love me?” The king sensed a demand coming forth, but he kept quiet and replied-“of course my dear”.

The first queen-“I don’t think so.”

The king-“Why, do you think so dear?”

The first queen-“You spend more time with the second queen.She is more beautiful than me and she is younger too.”

The king-” You know that it isn’t true.”

The king used to divide his time with both his wives equally.

The first queen -“Do you love me more than her.”

The king-“Yes,my sweet love.”

The first queen-“Then prove it.”

The king-“Please,tell me dear how can I do it and I shall”.

The first queen-“Give me your necklace.”

The king-“You know I can’t give it to you dear.It has been with me since I was five and I haven’t taken it off since that day.I always wear it on.”

The first queen-“Alright,it’s cool.I want it only for half a day.”

The king understood the matter and silently agreed to her demand.

The next morning the queen went out with her head high in the public with the necklace round her neck and it was shown to all with a air of superiority. The second queen saw her do this and made a mental note.

Two days later the second queen was seen displaying the necklace dangling around her neck and she was seen parading with it.

The next day the first queen called the king and the second queen in her special chamber.The king and the second queen arrived and they sat at their designated places.

The first queen in a high pitched voice-“Your majesty,I ask you, what sorts of injustice is this? What have I done to you?”.

The king-“My dear queen, what has happened?” The king knew exactly what had happened, but chose to remain ignorant.

The first queen-“You said you loved me the most and yet you gave the necklace, to this worthless second queen?”.

Before the king could reply, the second queen interjected-“How dare you call me worthless? You are a rotten apple.”

The first queen-“See your majesty, before you she calls me rotten apple.Wow.”

“Silence”-The king.

The king -“I have not done any injustice.You had it for half a day and so did she.”

The second queen-“Now wait a minute, you said that she had it only for the morning and that you loved me the most and you gave it to her for half a day? I had it only for four hours.You took it back as soon the clock struck eleven. What is the meaning of all this?”

The first queen-“Oh! now she lies.What a nice wife you have Mr.King!”

The second wife crying-“I didn’t have it for half a day.I had it only for few hours.”

The king-“I love you both equally and you both had the necklace for the same period of time.”

The first queen to the king-“You said that you loved me the most!You said the same to her.You are a liar.”

The second queen to the king-“You said that you loved me the most.You are not worthy of my love.”

“Enough”-The king.

“Don’t forget that I am the king.What could I do?You both were adamant on having the necklace and to pacify both of you, I had to reply that I love you the most to both of you.”

By this time both of the queens were crying.

“I love you both equally.”

“You are a cheat.”

“You are a thug.”

“Not a single word more or you both will be in trouble.”Saying so the king left.

You can’t believe what happened next. Both the queens simultaneously rushed to each other and hugged and both of them made a pact.WE WILL NOT LOVE THE KING ANYMORE.INSTEAD WE WILL TRY TO SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND BE HAPPY WITH OURSELVES.

Coming to know of this pact, the king was very happy and he whisked away few drops of his sweat. For  both of them he made the same necklace and presented it to them and they were very happy to receive it and now those necklaces are constantly adorned on their necks.

Fortunately, the grandmother was spared as she was only with the king and from heaven she gave a sigh of relief.

 

 

 

 

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A big hole in the net

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Ma was four years old, she asked her father to tell her a long story. He was shaving his beard at that time, so while shaving his unique and magnificent beard, he started telling her a long story.

Once upon a time, a farmer used to grow a big and nice rice crop, but every time during harvest, a pack of birds mostly sparrows, would come and eat nearly half of his harvest away, resulting him in losing his harvest and as well as a good chink of money. So this time he was very cautious and during the harvest period he waited for the birds to come and they would arrive, just before the day the rice crop was ready for harvest and this made the farmer a lot more angrier. So he waited patiently and this time also the birds arrived,the day before the rice crop was ready for harvest and as soon as they arrived on the rice crop, the farmer threw a big net over the whole field and thus entrapping them. At once they started making all sorts of chirping noises as if they were protesting this high handed injustice, but the farmer was in no mood to relent and he didn’t remove the net.The birds were constantly making noises like-“chiirrrr,chiiirrr.chaail,chaaik.”They were saying-“free us you dumbo” to the farmer. The farmer simply ignored them.

At the evening, the farmer’s wife pleaded to her husband, on behalf of the birds to release them, but the farmer simply chuckled and said “no”. His wife went on arguing, but still he said no and thus they were arguing like this and in the meanwhile, the birds made a big hole in the net as they were constantly scratching the net and biting it and the net’s wiring tore off and off they went one after the another, like this-fuurrr,fuurrr (fuurr is the sound of a single bird flying away from the net) .

It went on like this-

Fuurr.

Fuurr

Fuurr.

Then my mother asked her father-“after fuurrr what,Baba?”

My grandfather replied-“Fuurr”,”Fuurr”

My mother asked him again-“Baba, after fuurr what happened?” She was very interested in knowing the rest of the story.

My grandfather-“Fuurr and fuurr”

He turned towards ma and again said-“Fuurr”

My ma had asked him for a long story and she got this one.Only fuurr,fuurr and fuurr.

Ma was very innocent and the next day she went to her father asked him-“Baba, please tell me the end of that story, which you told me yesterday.”

He replied-“fuurr,fuurr” and he went on like this.

This was the end of the story.

When I was small, Ma used to tell me a lot of stories and she became tired telling me loads and loads of stories and then she told me this story one night and I rolled off laughing and giggling and went straight to sleep and I still demand more stories from her.

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Neer Dosa with Strawberry Jam

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A few weeks back I wrote about neer dosa and how to prepare it.Here is the link to it –

https://travellingwiththyself.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/neer-dosa/.

Now neer dosa is generally had with coconut chutney or coconut chicken curry .

But simply have it with strawberry jam. Make those soft neer dosas on a plate and on that plate add two big scoops of strawberry jam and reish. I tell you,there is nothing more tasty than neer dosa with strawberry jam.

Have it once.If you don’t like it, then forget about it.

Be happy and live happy.

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Neem leaves fried with bitter gourd (karela)

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Once and for all get over your dislike and fear of bitterness regarding food.This dish doesn’t taste sweet at all and it tastes quite bitter, but it is an excellent antidote for stomach ache,diarrhea, sore throat and gas problems.This dish is a mixture of neem (margosa) and bitter gourd, but as I mentioned before it is good for health.

To make this dish you need to have the following:-

1.Fresh neem (margosa) leaves.

2.Fresh three to four bitter gourd. They should be sliced in round sleek pieces.

3.Ghee

4.Cooking Oil.

In a non-stick cookware ( a pan), first add two tablespoons of oil and add one half table spoon ghee. As soon as the oil and ghee heats up, add the neem (margosa) leaves and the bitter gourd (karela) pieces into the frying pan and let them fry nicely till they turn a bit red or brown .Fry them for five minutes at the most.Then turn off the gas.

Your mixture with neem and bitter gourd is ready.Have it as the first item of your meal with a glass of cold water (to make the bitter taste go away).It has many beneficial health effects.

 

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Happy Mother’s Day

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13th May is being celebrated as “Happy Mother’s Day”. But for a mother is it a happy day? A mother has to look after her kids, their schooling, their homework etc.She even has to cook the morning breakfast, afternoon lunch, evening snacks and the night dinner.There is not even a moment’s rest for her.It is a twenty four hours job being a mom. Many women give up their successful careers to look after their babies and kids. Nearly everything in this world can be repaid, but a mother’s hard work and love cannot be repaid back to her.To me my mother is above God.She is everything for me.So, on this special day the only change that I could bring for her is that I made the morning tea for her.That too I made it, while being half asleep as I was still in the sleep mode. I hope that all the mothers in this world, can take a rest for a day, so that they can rejuvenate themselves and their families should take care of her for that day. All the families must see to that they should give relief and happiness to moms as much as possible. Still I don’t see any major change in the daily activities in the future for moms, because being a mom is the most difficult and the most lovable job in the whole world.

I hope that all of you spend a happy mother’s day happily with your moms.

Happy mother’s day.