This is my 200th diary post, hence I decided to write something special. And the special thing happened with me in last few days that I have become a dad...

I never realize how much joy and happiness my little angel can bring in our life with her arrival. I read somewhere that a man learns what it means to be a father from his own father, it's not until the birth of his baby that he starts the most important journey of his lifetime of building a relationship with his new baby.

Last year when we came to know that my wife is expecting, we felt so happy, we have shared this news with our nears & dears and we started feeling to be more caring and responsible, specially me towards my wife...I have started taking special care of my better half and try to be with her as long as possible. After a 3-4 months we left Indore and shifted to Chennai where we had some good time for around 2 and a half months. Then my wife went to her mom's home and we all awaited for the big day.

I went to Mumbai in 1st week on August for my wife's delivery as I wish to be with her in that period and at last that big day came on August 4th when we are blessed with a cute little angel at 7:10 PM. The 4-6 hours of waiting for operation were like 4-6 months for us, but When I have seen my little angel in the hands of doctors assistance I was simply amazed, I deadly needed somebody to pinch me at that time as I was stuck to see my daughter first time, pink colored doll crying in a loud voice. She just gave us a single look of my angel and went back to operation theater. Then we got her in our room after a long long wait of an hour. My wife was unconscious for 2-3 hours and she was suggested to take full bed rest. We were not prepared for the delivery on that day so we started buying necessary things and bringing other things from home.

I couldn't sleep on the first night, taking care of my baby by giving some Dextrose mixed water with a dropper. The next was surely a dull day for me but I was filled with new strength and emotions. Everybody asking me to take some rest but I was not feeling sleepy. The next day was excellent, I kept her watching for the whole day and then came night. We have called the hospital staff so many times and kept them busy even for a small thing that they started coming to our room without any work, just asking us for any issue. We have become very friendly with the staff during our stay that compel them to say that they will be surely missing our family at least for some time.

The bundle of happiness and joy came to our life, I have shared the good news with almost every contact in my mobile on the same day and received the blessings from all.

Now she is 21 days old and I am listening her voice on phone and watching her on web cam only as I am back to my work in Chennai.

Our life has changed drastically, our every conversation starts with the talks about our cute doll and ends with her only. I use to inquire about her each and every activity during the whole day. Now I have become a father, I use to ask my mom and dad about the important things to take care. I am feeling more responsible and serious towards my family.

Now I am eagerly waiting for the time when we live together and enjoy each and every moment with our cute angel. My wife is still in Mumbai and she will be coming to Chennai only after Deewali so that together we alone can take proper care of our child.

Many thanks for being a part of my happiness and of course reading this stuff!

Best Regards from a new father,
Akash

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Venue:

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Date & Time: Aug 22, 2009

Poha is one of the best breakfast for me. I love cooking it for my family on weekends.

Again I don't know the exact recipe of poha prepared in market but I know my own simple recipe of cooking poha at home and this is again one of my favorite dish both for cooking and eating...

Ingredients for 2 persons (Increase as per your requirement)
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Poha (flattened or beaten rice) - 2 cups
Mungfali dana - Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Aaloo - Potato - 1 large
Pyaz - Onion - 1 large
Oil - 1 table spoon
Rai/Sarson - Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Jeera - Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon
Coriander Leaves
Curry Leaves
1 green Chilli
Spices - haldi (turmeric), red chill powder, dhania (Coriander) powder, garam masala, jeeravan

Soak poha in some water for half a minute, drain all the water, and keep it aside. Peel and cut potato, onion and green chilli into small pieces.

Put vessel on the stove, start fire, put oil and first deep fry peanuts for a minute and take them out. Put curry leaves, rai, jeera, aaloo, pyaz, green chilli in oil and fry them well. Add haldi, red chill powder, dhania powder, garam masala, jeeravan and some salt. Put the cover for 3 minutes on medium gas.

Spread some salt, sugar, coriander, haldi powder and peanuts on the soaked poha and mix it well.

Mix poha with the mixture in vessel and put the cover for 5 minutes on slow gas.

Switch off the gas, spread the lemon juice and some coriander and mix it well.

Delicious Poha is ready to serve and eat...
You can also add sev, mixture, raw onions before eating.

Enjoy with partner or family...

Thanks for reading
Akash

Laziness is the worst enemy of humans - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Humans should learn to love...even their worst enemies - Mahatma Gandhi

Although I don't know the exact recipe of famous Indori Khichadi but I know my own simple recipe and I am a master in cooking one of favurite dish - Khichadi (next to poha, I will write for poha soon).

Its the best food during fasts...

Ingredients for 2 persons
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Sabudana (Sago) - 1 cup
Mungfali dana - Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Aaloo - Potatoes - 2 medium size
Shudh Ghee - clarified Butter - 1 table spoon
Jeera - Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Kali Mirchi - Black Pepper - 1 teaspoon grinded
Laung - Clove - 3-4 grinded
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon
Coriander
1 Chilli

Put Sabudana in water for a minute and drain all the water, and keep it aside at least Before 2 hours of cooking. Boil potatoes, peel them and cut into small pieces. Roast peanuts in a vessel, remove their cover and grind with a chilli and some coriander.

Put vessel on the stove and start fire, put ghee, kali mirchi, jeera, laung and aaloo, then put
sabudana, mix it well and put the cover for 3 minutes. Add grinded peanuts, coriander, salt, and sugar. Mix it well and again put the cover for 5 minutes on slow gas.

Switch off the gas, spread the lemon juice and some coriander and mix it well.

Delicious Khichadi is ready to serve and eat...You can also add aaloo mixture, potato chips and Anar dana (Pomegranate).

Enjoy with partner or family...

P.S. Please increase the amount of ingredients as per the number of people...

Thanks for reading
Akash

Cricket has reached exciting levels with the introduction of twentytwenty. If the same thing was Infused into exams, it would have beensomething like this :-

1. Reduce exam duration to 1 hr and marks to 50.

2. Introduce strategic break after 30 minutes.

3. Give free hit, that is a chance for students to frame their own questions and write answers.

4. 1st 15 minutes power play, that is no invigilator in the exam hall.
(Wow I will love this!)

5. Introduce fair play awards.

6.Cheer girls to cheer for every correct answer written!

A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.

Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table. She said, 'For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.

The wife answered, 'Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband.'

The fairy waved her magic wand and - poof! - two tickets for the Queen Mary II appeared in her hands.

The husband thought for a moment: 'Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again.

I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.'

The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish.

So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof!... the husband became 92 years old.

The moral of this story: Men who are ungrateful should remember... fairies are female too!!!

Indeed it’s a must read...never too late to express your feelings to your nears and dears.

Read this...Life does not give us a Second Chance

It’s another morning...Again I have to go to office.Ohh, this is me… I shouted having a glance on my snap in today’s news paper. But what the HELL it is doing in the death column?? Strange...

One sec... Let me think, last night when I was going to bed I had a
Severe pain in my chest, but I don’t remember anything after that, I
Think I had a sound sleep. Its morning now, ohh….. It’s already 10:00 AM, where is my coffee?

I will be late for office and my boss will get a chance to irritate me.
Where is everyone…??? I screamed.” I think there is a crowd outside my room, let me check.” I said to myself.

So many people... Not all of them crying…But why some of them crying...

WHAT IS THIS??? I m laying there on the floor…

“I AM HERE” ... I shouted!!! No one listen.

“LOOK I AM NOT DEAD” … I screamed once again!!! No one is interested
in me. They all were looking me on the bed. I went back to my bed room.

“Am I dead??” I asked myself.

Where is my wife, my children, my mom-DAD, my friends? I found them in the next room, all of them were crying… still trying to console each other.

My wife was crying, My little kid was not sure what happened, but he was crying just coz his mom was sad. How can I go without saying my kid that I really love him, I really do care of him. ??How can I go without saying my wife that she is really most beautiful and most caring wife in this world..??

How can I go without saying my parents that I m ... just because of u ??How can I go without telling my friends that without them perhaps I
have done most of the wrong things in my life... thanks for being there always when I need them… and sorry for not being there when they really need me..

I can see a person standing in the corner and trying to hide his tears...
Ohh… he was once my best friend, but a small misunderstanding made us part, and we both have strong enough ego to keep us disconnect.
I went there.. And offered him my hand, “Dear friend… I just want to say sorry for everything, we r still best friend, please forgive me.”
No response from other side, what the hell?? He is still preserving his ego, I am saying sorry… even then!!!I really don’t care for such people.

But one sec…. it seems he is not able to see me!!!! He did not see
my extended hand. My goodness… AM I REALLY DEAD??? I just sat down near ME; I was also feeling like crying…

“OHH ALMIGHTY!!!! PLEASE JUST GIVE ME FEW MORE DAYS…”
I just wasn’t to make my wife, my parents; my friends realize that
How much I love them. My wife entered in the room, she looks beautiful.

“YOU R BEAUTIFUL” I shouted.

She didn’t hear my words; in fact she never heard these words coz I
Never said this to her.

“GOD!!!!” I screamed… a little more time plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..I cried…

One more chance please… to hug my child, to make my mom smile just once, to feel my dad proud on me at least for a moment, to say sorry to my friends for everything I have not given to them, and thanks for still being in my life….
Then I looked up and cried!!!!

I shouted….

“GOD!!!! ONE MORE CHANCE PLEASE!!!!”
"You shouted in your sleep," said my wife as she gently woke me up.
"Did you have a nightmare?"

I was sleeping….Ohh that was just a dream….

My wife was there… she can hear me…This is the happiest moment of my life…
I hugged her and whispered…. “U R THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CARING WIFE IN THIS UNIVERSE…. I REALLY LOVE U DEAR”

I can’t understand the reason of the smile on her face with some
Tears in her eyes, still I m happy….

“THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS SECOND CHANCE.”

So, Now it’s not late.. Forget your egos, past…... and express .Your love to others………. Be friendly…………… keep smiling and be happy for ever…

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a maverick collage life to strict professional life…...

How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it gives lesss happiness….

How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe
but then why there are less people to use them

How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less hunger…..

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..

How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on
but then why there are less places to go on……

How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away…..

How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why there are less calls & more messages……

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..

How a general class journey changed to Flight journey
But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment….

How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on……….

How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate
But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed….. How it changed……..

May be you already know this, but I would like to let you remember once again and spread this important info...



A woman has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc. was stolen.
Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says ' I received your text asking about our
Pin number and I replied a little while ago. '
When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text ' hubby ' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number.
Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.
Moral of the story: do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey,
Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc. ... and very importantly, when sensitive info is asked of you through texts, CONFIRM by calling back..
Also, when receiving a text from your friends or family to meet them somewhere that is not planned or usual, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don ' t reach them, be very careful about going places to meet ' family and friends ' who text you.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON. I never thought about THAT mode of crime!!! Take care & be safe.