Two lovers went to the seashore and slit each other's throat. Wife with four husbands. Parents kill daughter for crying at nights. Nothing might look common in these three cases, but there is something which binds them together. Ask anyone in our newsroom, and pat would come the reply: THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN ANDHRA!
The maximum number of jilted lovers, their acid attacks, weirdest and goriest ways of killing people, raktha charitra (bloodshed), failed marriages... one state in the country cannot have all this for no reason. Drink their hot rasam or eat their chilly chutney, and you will know why the Telugu blood is always boiling.
Now have some lassi, sarson da saag & makke di roti. I know you know what I am talking about: The smiling Sikhs, who will hug you even if you are a stranger.
Like Newton said, 'To every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction', and our reaction to everything is definitely the action our food does to us inside. Look around you or look at you, anyone eating a lot of spices on a daily basis would not be on the calmer side of the scale, and vice versa.
Those Indians thinking I am being regionalistic, travel a bit east and compare the Chinese and the Japanese. They all look the same, but there is a sea, or better say, spice of difference between them.
They eat bland food in Japan, almost all boiled. And the effect: a Japanese travelling in a Merc will stop on the road and signal you, the pedestrian, to cross instead. Better not talk about the Chinese who would have definitely eaten a hot and spicy lunch.
The maximum number of jilted lovers, their acid attacks, weirdest and goriest ways of killing people, raktha charitra (bloodshed), failed marriages... one state in the country cannot have all this for no reason. Drink their hot rasam or eat their chilly chutney, and you will know why the Telugu blood is always boiling.Now have some lassi, sarson da saag & makke di roti. I know you know what I am talking about: The smiling Sikhs, who will hug you even if you are a stranger.
Like Newton said, 'To every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction', and our reaction to everything is definitely the action our food does to us inside. Look around you or look at you, anyone eating a lot of spices on a daily basis would not be on the calmer side of the scale, and vice versa.
Those Indians thinking I am being regionalistic, travel a bit east and compare the Chinese and the Japanese. They all look the same, but there is a sea, or better say, spice of difference between them.
They eat bland food in Japan, almost all boiled. And the effect: a Japanese travelling in a Merc will stop on the road and signal you, the pedestrian, to cross instead. Better not talk about the Chinese who would have definitely eaten a hot and spicy lunch.
So what do you think Pakistanis eat? There is so much terrorism out there? And what about Afghanistan?
ReplyDeleteOn a serious note, yes, food does play a pivotal role. These foods feed the type of person you are, mainly, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. All foods that are pigeonholed are junk are Tamasic, and all food that are nutrient-rich are considered to Rajasic. And those food items that help you mind rise to a higher level of thinking are considered to be Sattwic. These examples might superimpose themselves,though!
A deep-rooted meditation can, however, calm your mind.
They eat each other!
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