Civilization

Some of the stuff you are about to read may not appeal to the faint-hearted; If you still think you want to go on, make sure you absorb and understand the first paragraph completely before you do. The influence of culture as well as environment is very deep in terms …

Have you created something so popular as to be yourself named after that creation? This is precisely what Babubhai ‘Berawale’ did more than 100 years ago, as his grandson Mohammad Bhai (Mohammad Saleem) told me. “He used to sell ‘bera’ samosas off a cart in Bhatiyar Gali, Ahmedabad before getting …

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience’’ – James Beard Food forms a part of everything around us. From cells of every living organism to the inanimate technological developments of 21st century, from imagination to reality, food is everywhere. How can we ignore then, the presence of food in …

Let’s talk about food in a different way. Let’s talk about feeding our heart instead of filling our stomach. Our cultural beliefs & rituals give a great prominence to food. Adam ate an apple and look, it created the human race. Lord Rama had Sabri’s ber and niti & nyaya were …

Could fruits have changed the entire direction of human evolution? What do religious beliefs have to say in this; does the Forbidden fruit ring any bells? Well, this may seem pretty random unless you have knowledge about the science of Epigenetics. This is the study of how environmental factors have …

Let’s say you start your day with some cornflakes/muesli (Kellog’s or any other common brand) for breakfast. You also enhance your milk with Bournvita/Complan/Horlicks. During the day, you might avoid aerated beverages and go for some fruit juice by Real/Tropicana etc and feel happy about it. It is also natural …

Let’s not begin by discussing the importance of food. If this still needs to be told to you, just think about why we are all a part of ‘FOOD CHAIN’ and not a ‘CLOTHES CHAIN’ or a ‘SHELTER CHAIN’. At one point in my life, people around me started pointing …

Not just between cultures, religions & nations; we live in a funny society that discriminates between both of our hands as well 😀 Let’s dig some popular culture, stories & dogmas about lefties and discover whether there actually is any substance or logical reason behind the blind beliefs that exist …

At the last day of college, a party was planned. It was a moment of pious hopes coupled with dilemmas. The joy of successful graduation was accompanied with queries of what next! As I stood in front of the mirror I realized transitions are always tough. My blanket of thoughts …

Realizations on how unnervingly important it is for me to not blindly give in to the culture in order to stay high on (in) life! I am not the socio-cultural space that ‘they’ provide me! I am turbulent, free-flowing; with many more dimensions… I am not gonna be among the …