arundhoti and the world

Arundhoti's Recipe - My YouTube Channel ( sharing recipe of Sahi Chicken at the end of the article) Food was always a passion to me. Since my college days, I always tried my hands in different recipes and cuisine. I always tried exotic cuisine in exotic restaurants whenever, I received a good money . But at the back of my mind it was always teaching - a teacher I wanted to become. I aspire to hold a good knowledge of finance, economics. I worked in schools and colleges, taught different professionals, Mba students about finance. But this pandemic taught how to survive the odds, since my college came to a closure, I had ample time and the boredom grasped me like a disease. Then I wanted to explore new avenues of life, I wanted to get out of the numbness of doing nothing, day after day & to feel I am incompetent.  Food was the way, the creativity and art in cooking, the knowledge of spices and flavours, gave me my new wings to fly.  In the lockdown, I cooked everyday

When I hold a pencil to create a figure, I cut myself from all the distubances the world gave to me. I feel focused and an unique calmness touch my soul. What I create gives me  immense satisfaction and confidence. What I create gives me a sense that - "you are a creator". My paintings and sketches may not be up to the mark or work of a genius but completes me.If I sum up, I can say art is a therapy for me.  Studies says that people who practise more sketches, develop more problem solving attitude, as they need to visualise and create concepts in their mind, they tend to develop vision and concepts, how to resolve problems. The brain  gets trained to that particular way.  As parents are always thinking to give the best education to children, lessons of art always help children to generate an eye- hand co-ordination, what a child can see always try to depict that with the help of  hands, which sharpen his or her sense to produce something in a perfect manner.

  Product diversification and customisation aided with innovation, secures the position of a company in times of critical condition in the market. During pandemic many companies was hit by the uncertain market condition and demand pattern. Like pandemic there are other major events on earth which showed a sharp decline on the amount of goods and services by consumers, like 2008 subprime crisis, when there was a global economic crisis and liquidity crunch or may be, it is the 2016 demonetisation which made the market illiquid. Due to increase in complexities in businesses and its models more uncertain volatile market conditions business unit may have to face. It has to take immediate action which suits the market changes for survival. If we discuss the pandemic people has to stay home and work remotely, technology is what we need. One of the major industry which boom during the pandemic is the information technology industry, where we see a major product diversification and customis

What do we need to be HAPPY  -  I googled this line , I got the answer we need to achieve our goals , get contentment in relationships , money matters and other success goals and self acceptance . Leaving the term "self acceptance" , if we see the other terms , these all talk about some kind of success to be happy in life . My question - what if we are not successful and fail in life for a long period of time , how we manage ourselves  . During that long period of not being successful , how we manage ourselves to be happy or peaceful or come in terms with my undesirable situation . Now another question - why we think , the situation is undesirable -how we react if we do not get that thing .We become  unhappy  . To be HAPPY - we need to accept , the undesirable external  condition around us as it is . We should not hamper our enthusiasm about life and its components if they are not working according to our wish or thoughts or whims . What I think - to be happy

What do we understand by Mental Health ?  When our mind cannot accept our outer environment as it is and we do not feel happy or positive about it that can cause mental stress . Our outer environment is very good but still we are not good enough within our mind and suffering , sometimes we misinterpretet things or anticipate a danger and become sad or anxious . The main problem , of mental stress that we could not accept or apreciate our outer environment or certain people or their behavior towards us . Weather the situation is perfect or good , or the person is right and wrong is irrelevant . The problem we face is in our mind , in our thoughts , in our imagination , our emotions are hurt , we think we are not understood by others ( we can be wrong sometimes too , but we are so hurt , that we sometimes cannot see the rationality )  More than the incident , we suffer in our thoughts . We know we cannot change the situation but we desperately want to change it . According to me , let go

There are flies ... there are dust on the roads .. carts ....vehicles .. big umbrellas to guard from the scorching sun . The sellers sitting on the road selling vegetables , sanitizer , mask , raw fish ,meat , plants to decorate houses , cereals and all the daily needs of the local people are served by them . We call it , in our native language - bazaar . The sellers serve us with all our very important needs of day to day life . What if there are no seller - can we exist ? No we cannot ... They are important to our lives . Have we ever thought - how they are in their lives ? What are there day to day struggle for their basic needs or survival . But they are very useful to our daily lives , they are working day and night for very little in return ( in monetary terms ) to serve us , but normally we do not give any time to think about their well being or basic rights or hygiene or education or betterment of standard of living . But why ?  Why we do not care about their e

Business is an very essential part of our society . It is a continuous process of buying and selling of goods and services. Our complex world with complicated human demands of consumerism (both goods and services ) and materialistic approach , cannot survive without exchange , i.e business . A businesman or a seller's yardstick of growth is primarily profit . Since humans have unlimited demands and desire for luxury , the seller or owner of the business  is not an exception to that . Very few businesman think of fair distribution of their profit to his or her employees or subordinates , who are the blood of our business - the human resources . Most of the business having exploitative tendency , towards its human resource . That can be in terms of work life balance , psychological space  , behaviour of the higher authority or remuneration.  If we talk to the employees most of them are unhappy . Very few businessman think of a reasonable profit , with high customer satisfaction . Mos

Art can liberate . Art can make oneself think differently . When one person is creating a piece of art , he or she is completely , estranging from the surrounding and concentrating on that particular creation . No negative thought , No complains of mundane life at that moment is in the mind . Its just about the creation and creator . We are in this chaotic world , where all of us , has sorrows , disturbances within ourselves . But getting involved into playing musical instrument , singing ,dancing ,  painting ,writing , cooking etc - we can be in our own happy and content world , we created for ourselves . Our problems in life are never ending and unavoidable , but we can escape it or we can change the perspective how to see or perceive our problems . Uses of Art for Mental Well Being  1. We can use art or creation of art , as an escape . 2. We can use art and the practice of any kind of art to enhance thought process , and be a more peaceful person from within - who does not get effec

Recycled ... In this quarantine .. We mostly have our home .. Make a happy home with full of colors of love I made a table a plant holder a sink rack pots to plant tress all from waste materials 1. Boxes in which furniture were delivered 2 .Broken thermocol 3. Used pepsi bottles 4 .Used liquor bottles 5. Torn Dresses 6. Shoe Boxes We are always looking for some extra , but we sometimes forget to nurture and beautify what we have . Sometimes we think trivial and broken things are useless , but we forgot to see , the magic of mundane , the magic of triviality . We need love and care towards those mundane things , to make it exotic . We need to understand the mundane life that , gives us power to fight odds , it make us grow and it makes us powerful , unique . So love what you already have . We just running to make our dreams true , but live the present and enjoy. Love your life , the way it is . #recycleplastic #recyclemorewasteless #recycle #trivia #mundane #was

The Last Rites  My friend Ranjeeta Khan (my cute mentor ) distributing food ( after performing her last rights  of her mother, my aunty , who was very dear to me, I paid my last tribute to her   ) to under privileged children in kalighat  by her son Hrishit  .  We normally feed our relatives , but I think this can be also an alternative , or both ( feeding our near n dear ones and these children ) . I know this wont solve the problem of their lives , but can give them some moments of joy and happiness . Now someone can argue , what change can it bring to the society . May be one single person cannot bring a change , but yes if someone can make , others think  , that giving joy to the under privileged , or making some time to spend with them , or the other strata of societies , can collectively bring a good amount of change . That we can think about the others , who are not exactly like us or our  people or we think we belong to .We can think about others happiness or problem

Stories of my roof .. Under the gigantic sky ... In the serene darkness of the roof .. I wonder what the pandemic will bring to us .. to the humans . Is the earth is taking revenge for what we did to it , is the nature warning us . Should we restrain ourselves , from damaging the nature , wild life , air , water , life . If we damage more , we may call for more difficult situation for us . I feel we should take care of our earth , the life its bearing , its components . We should take care of ourselves . Harmony is essential . #stories #pandamic #roof #rooftop #nature #life #takecare #us #world #future #humans

#travel #travel and more #travel 🌐🌏🗺🏔🏝🏜🏖🏕🗻🌋🏟🏞🏛🗼🗽🕋⛩♨🌇🖼 Doest matter the distance you travel is far or near . But one must travel to come out from different prejudice of different kind of life style , to break the shakcles of good and bad , that is learnt in your native place , the way you are conditioned by your surrounding to listen to the story of the other side , to see things from other aspects . To be non judgemental , to open your wings of imagination , to grow your dimension . To realise there are many forms of livelihood , all has its good and bad . Life is not good or bad ,  black or white . There are shades of grey . Life is complex , in many layers . #dontjudge ...just go with the flow .. And enjoy moments .

In this time of pandemic , its not very safe to leave our home . Almost all are in complaining mode . All adjusting themselves to the sudden change . Do life give us all , what we want all the time . What if we are not getting what we want . Then we must nurture what we have , we must count our blessings . Now we have a home , nurture it , love it . Enjoy it . We are lucky enough to have a home , Value it . Value what you gave right now with you & use it for  your growth & well being , and well being of your loved ones . Make the most of what you have today , with a smile . We work hard for your dreams or wait long to make our dreams fulfilled but we forget to enjoy the journey of life ( the journey - consumes most of the time of our life ) , in search of beautiful destinations . Sometimes we are not even happy when we reach our dreams . Why this run for , enjoy each day with its perks & problems and see the growth within yourself . Enjoy the pres

Black is beautiful .. Colour discrimination should be there while putting clothes for laundry .. Not for identifying the nature of human .. Not for putting human colour under the dominance of someone's prejudice . Look at the souls .. Look at the thoughts ..Look at the karma... Physical Beauty is temporary & mortal ... Enchance your inner beauty ❤ # behuman #humanism   #society # treatequal # getunited # sharetheknowledge # motivateothers # spreadlove # stopthestigma # stopdiscrimination # equalityforall # equalityanddiversity # equalitymatters

Departure of Lord Khrishna #irony This is the irony of life ... Lord Krishna - the Karma Yogi ... Who directed the massive battle of Kurukshetra ... Died Alone amidst of forest when he was hiding on a tree , as the yadavas were killing each other for throne . A hunter , Jara mistakenly thought the feet of Lord Krishna was a bird , and threw his arrow to kill it . Lord Khrisha died without any dear ones , grandeur or glory around him , like a struggling ailing soul . The momentary glory may not have any significant in our life .. We may spent our life in despair , loneliness at times . Its for everyone . We should accept all the shades of life with equal serenity and calmness .

Attended an amazing webinar on north east tourism ,a week before which is now effected adversely for covid by tourism department of India . Their unique  silkworm cultivation of assam without killing the warm ,  brass utensil industry , amazing wildlife ( a special shelled tortoise to be mentioned )   , natural flora & fauna ( dawki lake is too beautiful ) , the old Hindu & Buddhist Architects (Baishnab Mandir , Shiv Mandir ) ,  Handicraft with special mentioned of a kind of hat with a huge circular rim around it made of straw ( native to north east India only ) are worth mentioning . Looking forward ,for the world to heal and venture to the beautiful paradise . #northeasttourism #tourism #tourismindia #travelindustry #northeastindia #sevensisters #nativehadicraft #dawki #oldarchitecture

The photo frame .. I painted . I took the broken wooden ply of my landlord's old furniture and myself turned them in photo frames . I put all my cherished memories in my wall , with a hope to live them again . This is the favourite corner of my house . The books gives me wings to fly . The memories hung beautifully give me hope to fight . Love your home more  ..Love your dear ones more  ..Love yourself more .. In this home stay .Make this home stay beautiful . Be understanding & empathetic , cause everyone going through tough time . Put yourself into others shoes and feel the pain of the their tough journey . Open the doors for acceptance of others mistakes cause you couldn't survive if others had not forgotten and forgive your mistakes . Let us be more kind to all . Make your home more beautiful with kindness and like special efforts .   # lovehome # getunited # motivateothers # sharetheknowledge # spreadpositivity # fightagainstcoronavirus # powerofpositivity

Some of my thoughts jotted down 

Religion Fundamentalism When we were born , we are put into a sect , we belong to a certain religion at the very moment when we were born . Then slowly as we grow up , we were told stories about heroes of our religion . Our mind were trained by the surrounding , from where we belong to believe , yes our religion is the best , ( whichever the religion may be ) . The trance that our religion is best , we start believing others are bad (whichever is the religion ) , although there are exception , but unfortunately , according to present situation , they are minority . We were not trained , ( generally) - "to put your toe in others shoe , to think from the others perspective " . We were normally not told " you are right , but others are also right in their own way " . We were not taught - things are not bad or good , things are just different . Each ones perspective is important , since each one of us share the same earth , same water , same sky . We all belong or

#randomthoughts #stayhome #staypositive #staywise #stayactive #dorationing #staycareful #staypeaceful #spreadelove #motivate each other The post is not to show what I ate .. But to show make the most out of little .. The items I made fried rice n chicken . I made the rice with minimum oil, salt ,sugar , jeera & peas . But I cooked it with love , care , time and patience and it turned out to be awesome . Chicken I just marinated with little curd , one or two regular masala , salt and fried it with minimum oil , again it turned out delicious . Whatever little we have , we need to put care , time , proper judgement , proper planning and definitely patience ( that's the key ) and the end result will be great . Now the world has very few resources according to its massive need , so we need care , proper planning , love ,proper vision and patience . More than resources , the attitude is important for proper management and end result . Still we find people are abu

Being Emotionally Stable and Calm and help the family members recover or cope up the frustrations is the need of the hour . The way we think , is the effect the way we work . Control thoughts from falling into the trap of negativity . Read inspirational content , and think the difficulties of the poor people . Staying home calmly without getting frustrated is the key . Help in household work . Crack silly jokes , Bring smile to your grandparents and parents and siblings .Upgrade your knowledge , Write motivational lines to help our nation to cope up the emotional stress . Contribute in your own way . Get united , its an emergency call . #coronaoutbreak # #selfisolation # #coronavirusindia #stayhome #stayinside #sharetheknowledge #21dayslockdown #cerfewindia #smile #behappy