THE BORING BLOG

 Hi! Kaise hain aap?  Kabhi gajar ka halwa khaaya hai aapne? I'm pretty sure khaaya he hoga.  You see, the thing about gajar ka halwa is its perfection.  The carrots have to be grated in such a way that they are neither too big, making the halwa taste like carrot cake, nor too fine, making it a puree.  The amount of sweetness has to be just adequate so that it doesn't overpower carrots' natural sweetness, but also tells us that it is a dessert. Now come the dry fruits. Different people have different specifications. Some like it with raisins to add a slight tanginess, while some like it with cashews because they enjoy the crunchiness.  You see, the thing about gajar ka halwa is its timing.  If, at all, it was eaten during summers or monsoon, it wouldn't have tasted half as good as it does in winter. It's just like the rasmalai of winters! Just imagine sitting in your blanket, and it's freezing outside! And then you have a bite of tempting hot gajar ka ...

 'To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live."     - ENZO You must be curious about the title of today's blog, right? I too was. But then I realized that life is nothing but a race course. And we all, are drivers. The race is of course long- but to finish first, first you must finish.  No no no, I wasn't bit by a 'wisdom bug' suddenly. I'm not Robin Sharma, and won't talk about 'that monk who sold his ferrari'! All this gyaan is coming from a recent (and the BEST) movie that I saw. It's called THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN. Honestly, today my words feel incomplete. I cannot even begin to describe the exuberance you'll feel while watching that movie. It just hits the right spot at the right time! I so badly wish that I could somehow explain you how it felt. I'll give it a try. It has Enzo as its narrator. Well, Enzo is a dog. A golden retriever, to be more precise. His owner- Denny, is a ra...