Remember when I was young and so were you
and time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when ....

Flop experiment with Palak and Mushroom .... Palak paste tasted so yummy but the stupid cannned Mushrooms screwed it up...

Hmmmpphhh !!!

-eL

Idli

I am very excited today ... I made idli for the first time - start to end :) :D

Phew, What a task -> Soaked Rice+Dal for 6-7 hrs -> Ground the mixture to a fine consistency -> Left the mixture for fermentation overnight -> Voila, fermented idli/dosa batter ready :D

Yea Yea Yea :D In an attempt at extreme self- glorification I will post a picture of my 'creation'... It is yummmm time now !!

-eL

Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle
Bohat niklay mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle...

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Mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jeenay aur marnay ka
Usi ko dekh kar jeetay hain, jis kaafir pe dam nikle

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Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle



A beautiful composition by Ghalib Mirza Asadullah Khan.

For the complete poem and its English translation please refer to the following link -
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/64242-Ghalib-Mirza-Asadullah-Khan-Hazaaron-Khwahishen-Aisi--A-Thousand-Desires-Such-

Abode of Happiness

I wake up in the morning feeling a void;
I wonder, 'Why Oh Why am I happiness devoid?'
Nothing I said or did could answer this
'Why Oh Why I feel this sorrow in abundance noontide?'
As I mull I hear a sound. The heaviness of the beat made me think, 'Hmm.. A Sagacious Resound'
The whisper in the ear was mild and tender. I smiled.
The sun was bright and so was I.
There was a trail within me; untouched. It lays uncovered now in reverberations abound.
I now see a light beaming out. I know now where castles one's happiness; I am astound.
All the sages knew their secrets and I know mine too.
For ones' own mind abodes happiness and I am glad I found it too.

-eL

"These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss,consume."

- Romeo and Juliet

Sandglass

The Sandglass is on my mind right now.

There are moments when every sand that slips takes a heart beat away and leaves you with an arching pain. All one wants to do is say a little prayer and call upon a miracle that would just stop the sand from slipping away... that would just stop time from passing by ...

But today I want the sand to slip...slip as fast as it could. I want time to pass away soon..I want it to fly away...

Right now I am loving this irony .. Can't wait !

- eL