Black Rice Kheer

The first time the black rice was brought home, it looked so strange but that it was brought my brother's friend made us trust it. It's no different, trust me and though it tastes different it's very good for the health.

The preparation is no different than how one prepares kheer. You only need to soak it for longer and boil it for a little longer. And garnish as per your creativity. Next time I am going to garnish it with coconut.

DB

Prof Dulal Bhattacharjee - The news of his leaving this earth did not much surprise me, I don't know why! May be the image of him when I saw him last time, that was like two years back, was on my mind. He looked pale and sick and though I went and greeted him, I couldn't be very sure if he recognised me or just thought of me as one of his hundreds of students.

He was a brillant teacher, and I remember, whatever he taught, I did not have to much refer to my Physics text. But his coming to class was something we would doubt, wait for and when it happened it was brilliant. I remember examples from real life that he would cite and laugh about it!

Rest in peace Sir! I will always remember the days I spent learning from you!

The Light I trust

The light above, the light within...the light that leads, the light that guides...the light that brightens, the light that shines...that light I trust!!!

Between Positivity and Negativity

Well, each day I try to make myself more positive, focus on the good things etc etc but at home it's a different story. We have differences, our views oscillate between positive and negative, sometimes extreme, and sometimes somewhere in between.

So when it comes to illness, I am like...well it can be healed and dad is like something worse must have happened! And when it comes to your own sickness and how you react, its different again. Mom never says she is fine and it takes an effort out of me to extract out of her if she is really feeling a little better than before. Similar is the case with my brother, he will announce to the whole world that he is not well, take the medication but hardly do anything to prevent.

I am no better in the sense that I think I am fine, I am scared of doctors and hopefully one day life doesn't surprise me with illness. I like, to stay, and believe, forever healthy.