Teetotaler

The urban population in India has cut down on literally everything from their diet especially sugar, ghee, oil, carbs. Little do they know that it comes as a package: A slow cut down of nutrients, vitamins, essential minerals. Even hair, skin tone and energy level! Ask them what motivated them to do so and the obvious reply would be “To keep fit” Of course eating idli and chutney, poha or paratha does not sound half as cool as eating salads, soup or oats. Packaged, ready­made food have all been advertised as healthy. They have been marketed under various brand names. It is but of course a gimmick. One season the aisles of supermarkets will be filled with packets of wheat based cereal. The next season it would be gluten free followed by super nutritious sugar free cereal. A consumer who has been dying to lose some weight gets confused.

Gone are those days of green and blue Where everything was cured by nature Just inhaling the fresh air could cure the flu And age we did, much later. Walking past the countryside To visit Grandma dearest Knitting the mittens, she took us for a ride To her farmhouse which was nearest. But today Grandma is forced to visit All of us in the city For gone are those days, we all miss it When we gathered for New Years & a cup of tea. Poor Grandma has to confine herself Between these walls that are lifeless All she sees are shelves and shelves The smoke outside & never- ending mess.  She looks at buildings that keep going up She counts the number of floors She wonders if the buildings erupt Will we escape through the backdoor? Poor Grandma doesn’t know Inside are people who work Day in and day out even during snow Dreaming of money and perks The light inside these buildings show The life of a city monger The poor fellow

Being a software engineer in India is like being on a Dominoes menu card. Indian IT industry is a baking oven where fresh crust (boys) and cheese (girls) are fermented into a classy double cheese crunch pizza (computer experts). Now there are a lot of varieties in Dominoes. Chicken barbeque spiked with onions (Tech Support) Seventh heaven pizza (System Analyst) Chef’s Chicken choice (Q A Analyst) Mexican Green Wave (Network Operation Controller) and many more.  With the advancements in the technology, newer types are under discovery. The chefs (CEOs) of various restaurants (organisations) ferment their yield (employees) in cooking ranges (ac cubicles). The more time invested in fermenting, more is the increase in the number of pizzas (more the experience, more is the rate of billing of that employee). And if the pizza gets lucky, it gets a chance to showcase itself onsite to foreign Market.  (Spicy masala crunch in U.S) Being a pizza, you get a lot of attention