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गेल्या आठवड्यात मी मालाडला गेले. आमच्या जुन्या सोसायटी मध्ये पेठेनगरला. तो होता अखेरचा दंडवत. माझा जन्म मालाड, मुंबई इथला. माझा जन्म आमच्या सोसायटी जवळच्या हॉस्पिटल मध्ये झाला आणि मी मोठी झाले पेठेनगरमध्ये. 2017 मध्ये आम्ही पेठेनगर सोडले.  माझी सोसायटी मध्ये फारशी कोणाशी मैत्री नव्हती पण अनेक आठवणी होत्या.  सोसायटीची बाग आणि तिथली फुलझाडे,. Playground आणि तिथले अगणित खेळ. गच्ची आणि गच्चीतल्या गप्पा. गणपतीचे मंदीर आणि त्याच्या समोर केलेले अथर्वशीर्षाचे सहस्तरावर्तन. सगळ्याचे स्मरण झाले.  आता ते काहीच नव्हते. बागेची दुर्दशा पाहवत नव्हती. ना फुल ना झाड. Playground नव्हे तर landfill. गच्चीने अडागळीच्या जागेचे रूप घेतले होते. जुने, खराब, किंवा मोडकळीस आलेले furniture विखूरले होते. जुने कपडे, तुटलेल्या कुंड्या पडल्या होत्या. जमेची बाजू केवळ गजाननाचे मंदीर ते अजूनही टूमदार.  ह्या सगळ्याचे कारण एकच. Redevelopment of the society. रहिवास्यांच्या भल्याचीच गोष्ट आहे. अनंत वर्षे थकलेला प्रकल्प आता आकार घेत आहे. बरेच जण सोडून गेले होते आणि बाकीचे जागा रिकाम...

 I stay in the coastal region of India. In our region, the rainy season or monsoon starts in the first week of June.  Generally, it is very hot in May. By the end of May, the temperature starts dropping. In June, it is less warm and humid. Then, the weather becomes cloudy and windy. By the end of first week of June or at least by 10th of June it stars raining regularly. However, this year was different. This year pre monsoon showers arrived in the mid of May. Since 20th of May every day was cloudy and windy with scattered showers. It was pleasant and slightly cooler than every year.  Though the month of May was not wet, it was still better than every year. Everyday since 20th of May it rains a little.  The temperatures are cooler. The weather is pleasant. Yet it is not raining heavily and regularly as it is generally seen every year.  It feels like the weather is confused. It does not know whether to be hot or to be wet. Everyday it is little hot and...

I never used to be an impulsive shopper. I did not purchase a lot how ever there was a time when I was purchasing clothes for more than two times in a month.  None of it was expensive. Everything I bought, I had been using it for more than 2 to 3 years. None of it was wasted because I did not either use it or it was bad quality. None of it was discarded because it was out of trend.  In 2020, when the pandamic started, I had a lot of clothes which are used to wear in the office. At the same time, I did not have any good clothes to be worn at home. I again was in a scenario where I had a closet full of clothes, but I did not have anything to wear. This is when I started thinking that I should re-stratagize my shopping habits.   I put following strategies in order to create a capsule water and also to reduce additional purchases  1. Buying clothes only in once in a month (or less): Every month I would decide what article I need to buy it could be a shirt or top a p...

मी शक्यतो चालत जाते. तशी सवय आहे माझी. जर अंतर खूप जास्त असेल तरच मी रिक्षा करते. असच झाले त्या दिवशी. मी market मध्ये गेले होते. साधारण अंतर 1.5 किलोमीटर. सामान घेऊन झाले तशी चालत निघाले. नेहमी जाते त्या ऐवजी दुसरा रस्ता घेतला. रस्ता तसा ओळखीचा, पायाखालचा. माझ्या जलद चालेने चालत होते. इथे तिथे रस्त्यावर बघत. अचानक माझी नजर एका देवळावर पडली. श्री स्वामी समर्थ मंदिर होते ते. अगदी छोटे सुबक देऊळ होते. देवळापुढे 4-5 माणसे हात जोडून उभी होती. श्रद्धाळू, मी विचार केला दर्शन घ्यावे. मी चालत त्या देवळाजवळ पोचले. तिथे जाता कळले आरती चालू आहे. नव्हे आरतीची सांगता होत आहे. मंत्रापुष्पाजली म्हटली जात होती. मी चप्पल काढून हात जोडून तिथेच थांबले.  इतक्यात पूजा करणारे गुरुजी बाहेर आले. माझ्या कडे बघून म्हणाले, "जा बाळा आत जाऊन दर्शन घे." मी त्या वयस्कर गुरुजींची आज्ञा लगेच पाळली. देवळात जाऊन स्वामींचे दर्शन घेतले.  बाहेर येताच गुरुजी म्हणाले, "प्रसाद घेतल्याशिवाय जायचे नाही बरं." माझ्या हातावर त्यांनी बुंदीचा लाडू ठेवला. मी प्रसाद घेऊन मी लगेचच निघाले.  हे सगळंच खूप अ...

While I was buying groceries, I noticed Blue Bird 5 minutes pasta in mast masala flavor. I bought it to try it. The ingredients looked okay. It did not contain refined wheat flour (surprise). Condiments in the taste maker included chilly, pepper, salt, sugar, fenugreek along with other dried vegetables. The penne get cooked in 7-10 minutes. I like my pasta well done, so took about 10 minutes; however al Dante will be within 7 minutes. I also used additional vegetables such as onion, capsicum, carrots, and broccoli. After stir frying the vegetables, I added the pasta and the taste maker. I was feeling adventurous so I added oregano and chilly flakes too. The result was this The pasta tasted delicious. The taste maker works well. Without the vegetables, it would not taste so good. Overall rating: 7/10 Makes a good lazy meal however additional vegetables and condiments are still required.

In the beginning of year 2025, I decided that I should start reading more books. For this purpose, I visited my office library.  In our office a library we can borrow a book for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks we have to return the book even if we have not finished reading it. Hence I decided to borrow a book which I can finish within 2 weeks. It should have been a small book which I can quickly read. I pick up a book called " How full is your bucket? " By Tom Rath and Donanld Clifton I have finished reading this book and this is my book. The book focuses on positive aspects of life rather than the negative ones. The book refers to filling the persons mind (bucket) with positive thoughts (diper) to get better outcome.  The book also gives a certain case studies where the positive thoughts or positive interactions resulted in better outcomes. There are also stories where the person had negative experience or negative thoughts which led to decreased performance of that indiv...