Not Silence of the Lambs, Nothing Depraved, Just an Opinion about Sheep Shearing Videos

Let me explain this in the un-sickliest manner. During the last few weeks, during the few minutes spent idling on YouTube, I chanced upon sheep shearing videos. At first, I did not understand the need to view such content. I revisited the clips after some days and felt this feeling of relief while watching the visuals. Why? There is something appeasing about the videos that placate you, calm down the nerves. Each video here has a sheep being shaved for the fur. The video is not graphic.

The Many Ways of Eating Shakkar: Summarized for Simpletons & Pretentiously Fancy Pricks

No dripping butter, no droplets of ghee running from the corner, no overdone crusts, and devoid of overtly enthusiastic crustiness in the roti – I just summed-up the perfect shakkar wala roti style for you. If you didn’t get it, chances are that you have suffered a brain stroke when you were asleep and hence, you cannot comprehend the simplest things in life. To ensure simpletons like you can understand this easily, am breaking down everything you need to know about this art. Yes, this is an acquired trade, an elite taste, a flavor borrowed from the rural confines of India, given a semi-urbane twist by people like me, now resonating with gastronomic greatness. Here it is:

Moha is on a Roll...Whoops! Was Talking about the 'Mohal Roll'

This is about smart cooking, passionate and driven by a desire to recreate recipes in a way that something as rushed as a Breakfast seems a more celebrated affair - something to look forward to! Moha had been observing how I have this keen interest in things that are rolled-up, filled to the curled brim with the goodness of veggies and leafy contents. The ideas were already rushing to her mind and recently she put them to good execution, creating a roll that had some very lovable traits.

Just summarizing them here:

Moha Sets New Benchmarks for the Perfect Punjabi Makki-di-Roti

Moha's Makki Di Roti

It has been a blend of poor health, slow recovery, great food and trying to scrape my way to better health this winter season in Delhi. The food part is what am going to share today and I say this without a shadow of doubt that my wife, Moha is perhaps the best cook when it comes to truly north Indian food. Anyone in Delhi can challenge us and we will be ready with our gastronomic wisdom and the fortitude to take upon the most challenging recipes. Why am I babbling about like this? 

Snacking, Munching, Food Hunting as 3-Pronged Daily Management Tool

The obvious question is that nearly everyone, from the Cro-Magnon man to Neanderthals and the slick city dwellers, takes to food when it comes to being stressed or when navigating through the daily schedule becomes a bit too challenging. I will be talking about the same thing but perhaps, will dig into the subject a lot more, sharing things many of us feel a bit apprehensive about when it comes to eating to do a bit better, at work, at home, in the bed or when idling on a Sunday afternoon: 

Tends to Jolt the senses, Controlling Anxiety Pangs: this applies to food options that are dangerously spicy or cold to the extent that they freeze-up your mouth. Why does it work? The same reason I shared above but this goes one step ahead. How?

Unsolicited Swagger when Sipping Tea | Are you a Tea Snob - use the Check-list!

You are a tea snob if you think drinking many cups at your work-desk makes you look important

Needless to say, this is due to my irresistible habit of observing things and forming knee-jerk opinions. I had always been intrigued by how people try to put in a bit of style when smoking, always holding their poison in a way that it looks sacred, something that makes them elite – a class apart. To some extent, this is understandable. Smoking is about getting a high and perhaps the high includes an ego boost too. What I couldn’t understand is why people who behave in a slightly similar way when sipping tea or coffee. This is not about some uptight tea drinking etiquette or weird tea serving rules like adding the milk last!

You are a tea snob if you pay a big tip for a single serving of tea at a cafe

Me & Moha Finally Did It…I meant Baking a Homely Chocolate Cake

Sprinkled with Walnuts Cauz I Love Dem

Get your head out of the perversity that surrounds you, look-up and listen to what I have to say – Me and Moha had been trying to cook our cake for some time now. The first attempt had been gastronomically traumatic. The batter was left uncooked and the crusting was a bit too much. This year's 26th January weekend meant we could try again, prepared with some failure-makes-you-better wisdom. Families and colleagues trusted with making the final judgment in our favor!

Red Underwear – does it empower you? & More Innerwear Conversations

Not sure about how many folks are going to understand this but I firmly believe that what you wear within is as important as crisply ironed shirts and that blue blazer. I can never dress-up using ill-fitting underwear or an under-shirt that does not seem to have lost all of its moisture under the sun. A few years ago, it just chanced upon me that the color of my underwear often made me feel good about the wardrobe ensemble I chose for the day. The reason?

Don't have the usual psychological study to share with you guys but yes, for me this color is about being passionate, driven by self-confidence. I have explored almost shades of red as a part of my outerwear options. This spilled over the zone of inner wear to work.

Sleeping with a Collar? Not my cup of tea!

Discussing My Strange Reason for Sleeping Difficulties

Needless to say that I have had falling-asleep issues. These have oscillated from being awake at night like an owl to having the most frightening thoughts ruminating in my mind. The result has been what I call superficial sleep. The sleep here used to be slightly disturbed with some depressing thoughts doing rounds in the head. The result was this feeling of something tied to your upper back and forehead – the feeling was not perhaps as acute migraine bouts but it was awful. Now, during this phase of high sleep sensitivity I developed another habit or a handicap – I just couldn’t sleep with any type of nightwear that has anything alike a collar.

[Suggested Reading: My Sleep, Anxiety Troubles & Meds]

Dyslexia or Dysgraphia due to Breaking the Habit?

Some people call it Dysgraphia, but that is the more technical term. What am I talking about?  The inability to write with the kind of fluidness and simplicity we had at school level. If children struggle to do it, it is labeled as a learning deterrent, a medical condition that can be come over. However, when middle-aged men like me cannot hand-write in a form that is always legible and without needing too much effort, it is not an underlying medical condition but perhaps a problem of having broken away from the habit for far too long.