Dear Bollywood movie makers, production houses!

We, the Indian parents, desire soothing, comical, non-violent, non-abusive, fun of fun and masti bhari inspirational movies for our kids. Show the brilliance of your minds, fore-go the same formulaic money spinners or duds that you deliver repeatedly and produce movies that are kids oriented and help them in our wake of life. Watching these movies kids get inspired and transform into dynamic leaders of our country.

                  We miss the old charming songs written specifically for kids like -- Naani teri morni, Daadi amma daadi amma man jao, and Lakdi ki kaathi. Reduce the mass masala dhishum-dishum movies to bring forth simple and endearing movies that kids would love to watch. At least on Children's day, Mother's day or Father's day there should be release of one such cool and calm movie, without any tension, violence and formula used in most of the movies catering to Adults. More than half of the society will be over the moon to have such movies for kids. Such movies that can help the kids to dream, aspire, achieve high in life.

                Movies like "Koi Mil Gaya" and "Ra One" aspire to be kids oriented but still have lots of masala for Adults. We want complete kids movie which their tender hearts can follow and enjoy. Movies which we can all sit together in a family and watch without getting embarrassed.

Khaman in Microwave

Steps to follow -
1. Mix a bowl of Besan (Gram Flour) with a bowl of curd.
2. Add half tablespoon of salt, two tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon of cooking oil. In this mixture add juice of fresh lemon and baking soda.
3. Mix thoroughly with beater.
4. Now again add a pinch of ENO in it and again mix.
5. Transfer the mixture in a microwavable bowl which has been glazed with oil earlier.
6. Microwave it for 4-5 minutes.,
7. In a Pan splutter a teaspoon of Mustard seeds in a spoonful of cooking oil.
8. Add 1 litre of water with half bowl sugar in it. Put it on gas stove and let it simmer till the solution boils.
9. Take the Khaman base out of the Microwave and turn it upside down in a platter. Pour the syrup solution we prepared earlier on the base slowly, so that it gets absorbed in the base.
10. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
11. Enjoy the Khaman with coconut-dates chutney.

Summer fruits

Common man has something to cheer. In the hot Indian weather here are some fruits that tickle our taste buds and give us contentment.

1. Mango: We all wait for summer time for this golden/yellow, delicious and juicy fruit. Almost all fruits are now available in Market throughout the year however this king of fruits is available in market only for 3 to 3 1/2 months. After all this is our National fruit and "King of Fruits". Summer comes and markets are flooded with Mango. Aam ras, mango shake are some products of this fruit which we can enjoy.

2. Lemons: Another yellow fruit which is a very healthy fellow. A pinch of salt, teas spoon of sugar, and magic masala (not maggi masala) with 2-3 cubes of ice makes a heavenly lemonade.

3. Water melon: These summer fruits, melons have the longest season. Green, green here I come.

4. Pine-apple: Sharp, thorny fruit with many medicinal values. More flavored and tastes some what like mango.

Cycle ki savaari

As the Petrol prices in India have sky rocketed with a huge hike inflation is going to increase further more and the common man faces increase in prices of daily use items - milk, vegetables, pulses, sugar, rice, wheat etc. In current times and age kids still use cycles for fun and transport. The usage by adults has been restricted to people with very less income who can not afford the motor cycles or scooters. By embracing the environmentally friendly means of transport we can "Go Green", reduce the Petrol consumption also improve our physical fitness.

Cycle is a miracle invention by MacMillan. It converts the riders potential energy into motion. Thinking about health benefits, cycling for 10 minutes burns enough calorie to keep a person fit and it is a good daily exercise.
We cannot accomplish anything by coming on the roads and protesting. We Indians are good at Jugaad. Why not use this means of transport as a major mode of transportation and increase Public transport systems which will also help us in foregoing use of petrol guzzling personal transportation. It should be considered as a complete transportation system where we use public transport for long distances and use cycles to cover the last mile.

Cartoon Cartoon.

Censors in the house, furor in Parliament over a cartoon in the NCERT text book. Why not censuring the political leaders from attending the same parliament session, after spending so much time in jail due to massive scams. No disgrace, no embarrassment on such issues. Fighting over the matters which general public has not even bothered about. What is this if not a feudal system with no laws rules to be followed by these feudal lords of today. This reflects that there is no control, restraint.

                          Worried about the image of political class for cartoons but not worried about the character they display while making their hands dirty in mind boggling scams. The scams present a much more dirtier and vulgar picture than the satirical cartoons. But no body is bothered. This is ironical as well as tragic. Government says delete the cartoon and revise all the text books but says why not erase the names of corrupt and tainted and revise the parliament. Parliament is the pillar of democracy and it must be protected from the black hands of greed and corruption.