I dedicate this to those undecided...

What good are we doing here...
If the western lands be an entrapment for the misled. If the opulence be as blinding as forgetting to catch the essence of a beautiful sunrise and serving our kinfolk be as banal as performing chores. If the world be a haven for the few fortunate and the untouched unfortunate be deemed as a result of maintaining a balance. If plenitude of stamped metal be our only desire, earning for which we spend our lifetime. If parting from our Mother be a necessary evil for thirst of contentment and worldly riches.


Inspired from irreplaceable and inimitable Rabindranath Tagore:
"The child who is decked with prince's robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move. Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life."

funny how our random conversations at random meals are with friends - all from different places, eras, schools of thought, some know each other, some don't, some are surprised at some info, while some remain nonchalant and so on so forth.
Scene 1. Mind you: food has not been served yet:

"well in my city we eat in highly sterlized bowls" "o yeah there are many places i have visited which do that"; "like where?"; "dont remember, but my dad told me about this uncle whose friend had visited some place like that three years back"
"as per our religion, we stare at our food for 35 minutes till our minds starts to explode thinking why the hell are we doing that"; "see its better for us, since we believe to eat as fast as we could, using all our fingers even, if need be"
"did you guys read how there have been 400,000 deaths in Iraq so far"' "oh yeah thats crazy"; "so sad, you know i was just about to finish my venture with this new recipe when that came on" "oh yeah - what did you make?"
"whats the name of the guy who went to college with us, remember who overdosed himself one night by smellin cement and charcoal?" "dude i never went to college with you" "oh yeah? never mind - turns out he is a big time druggie"; "oh yeah- dont say!"
"half our country is in shambles"; "no man, look at the new phones release - there is definitely growth there somewhere'; "only when corruptions goes..."; "but thats true for every country, right?"; "well my grandfather used to say that in his times..."; "well those times were different" ; "yeah man, those times were different"; "dude, you werent even born then."; "shussh, you know i read history...

Scene 2: Food just got served

"oo that looks good buddy..."; "well in my house we put the sauce on top"; "oh no - sauce - my mom doesn't prescribe since we going to drink water anyways; "hey by the way how many glasses of water per day"; "12"; "10"; "well you shouldn't overdrink"; "well thats true with anything"
"man - i wish they could serve this with a little bit of that homemade spice"; "damn goras - make everything bland"; "hah - they are so calorie conscious, they will nibble on fly carcas if some tells them it helps burn fat"; "dude, why would u say that while you eating"; "haha, sorry it didn't sound that disgusting when i was thinking it in my mind"

Scene 3: Dessert
"damn - thats some big ass chocolate cake you ordered" ; "yeah they serve these in a better way in my city - with those sterilized bowls"; "you and your bowl obsession"..."even i haven't heard of that system"...and there it goes on till its time to part...