This day of freedom, feel free to write.
Make your voices heard; about anything that does, or doesn’t excite you. For them who write for their rights are always right, and those who write the right things are never left out.
Balderdash!! Why am I fencing with words…
Let me come straight to the point. Precision and simplicity, my friend, is the key to reaching out in our time-starved, attention-deficit young planet. Remember that.
I told that to myself in third person. Like Julius Caesar often does in the adventures of Asterix. I am reaching there; how cool is that!!!
The point is I wanted to name this post ‘Independence from the tyranny of the tiffin-box.’
Didn’t, because that might sound seditious; one can never be sure about new laws; and, like my young friend Aditya said, might portray him as ‘anorexic’. I googled that word; ‘anorexia’ means a ‘serious mental illness where people are of low weight due to limiting their energy intake.’
I seriously can’t afford to displease a budding and brilliant graphic artist by making suspicious and uninformed comments about his energy intake, can I???
Meandering again, are we??
The point is, Aditya, my young friend, wrote a letter to his mom, with very specific and vivid instructions about what his meal-plan should contain; or not. I found it to be an uplifting example of persuasive writing towards a sacrosanct cause.
If you can convince your mother, you can convince the world;
So let’s do that, one mom at a time.
Here’s the letter.
LOOSE GUIDELINES
BREAKFAST
If you give bread in any form, please don’t give cheese, and if you do give cheese, put some pizza tomato sauce in it as well.
Do not fry bread in butter or oil. Toasting works instead.
No form of instant noodles for breakfast. You can serve occasionally until our current stock finishes.
Every other type of idli except rava idli is unfavourable.
Dosa, if prepared, is to be served with tomato sauce.
Cereals and fruits are welcome.
Upma is absolutely not allowed.
TIFFIN
Same as above, no form of instant noodles to be given after current stock finishes. Rice is preferred over that.
I would ask you to shred chicken meat from boiled chicken, but that is probably too much work, so, using only seekh kebab would work instead. Out of meatballs, patties and seekh kebabs, the kebabs are the least dry item.
If sandwich is given, only one is to be given, without frying/toasting the bread, and after cutting off the sides. Mayonnaise can be used in conjunction with pizza tomato sauce/sweet chilli sauce.
If an item like fried rice, poha, lemon rice, etc. is given, the quantity should preferably be 17/40 of the tiffin volume.
If you don’t feel like making tiffin on a particular day, don’t!! I’ll get something from the canteen, or steal others’ food if needed.
COMMON FOR BOTH, TIFFIN AND BREAKFAST
No form of instant noodles such as Maggi, Yippee, Wai Wai, etc. is to be given. It can be occasionally served until our current stock finishes. Maggi can be occasionally served only during winters.
Salads, vegetables, roti sabji, paranthas and rolls are all welcome. If roti sabji is given, then only one roti is to be served with a sabji serving approximately the size of a Tupperware bowl. Paranthas such as aloo parantha, gobi parantha, etc. can be given, but not more than two. They are a lot of work to make, so, can be avoided if desired. A mashed potato filling can be put inside a roti mixed with the pizza tomato sauce to make a roll. Only one is to be given.
Certain south Indian items such as lemon rice, poha, etc. are welcome.
COFFEE
The safe limit of caffeine for living a healthy adult life is 400 mg. That is approximately the amount of caffeine in 4 brewed cups of coffee (940-1000 ml). So, 2-3 cups of coffee decoction can be prepared and stored in the fridge per day.
A few mugs of a smaller size; pointed coffee mug can be bought to store the coffee decoction. Because transferring decoction with a spoon to a cup is unreasonably time consuming, and directly pouring the decoction in the cup, and rubbing the dripping liquid on a nightie, like you do, does not actually stop the dripping, but along with that, stains the cup, the fridge, and your nightie as well.
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