I remember my first visit to the United States over a decade ago. Landing from my small, bustling hometown of Meerut, India, I was instantly awestruck. The silence, the systematic flow of traffic, the lack of honking—it was a world engineered for flawless human convenience. Everything was neat, clean, and in order . For nearly a year, I was hypnotized. I praised this country for its efficiency, its cleanliness, and, notably, its lack of stray animals . Where were the dogs, the cows, the insects that are a normal part of life back home? The US, I thought, was truly a superior model of civilization. My clothes never even collected dust; it seemed the entire landscape was sterilized. But as the years passed, the hypnosis began to fade. I started asking a darker question: What is the price of this perfect order? The Cost of the Empty Road My initial praise for the US was based on what I didn't see: no stray animals, no swarming insects, no dust. I realized this absence wasn't a s...
Often there is little connection between eating out and eating healthy. When we are going for taste and searching for the best option, we will have to compromise with healthy food. Momos, spring rolls, fried rice, burger, patties, noodles, and the list goes on. The majority of the restaurants are providing taste. Even we as customers are attracted towards a restaurant that has the best taste. Few days back, me and three of my family members were out for lunch, but our priority was to eat tasty food and eat healthy. After juggling through numerous options, my wife suggested a restaurant that serves tikki made of millets. This was a new thing and to our knowledge there is only one restaurant that is serving this. Good thing was, my wife forgot the name of the restaurant which serves this dish. The only thing she remembered was that it is somewhere in sector 35 of Chandigarh. Well, it was already 2 pm and everyone was starving and no one had the patience to search through the entire secto...