मासे निवडताना… कालनिर्णय स्वादिष्ट जून २०२५

Thrilled! It’s a dream come true. As a young girl I grew up reading Kalnirnay back to back. My Aai used to tell me to check Chandroday or Ekadashi on Kalnirnay. Diwali faral experiments or weekend specials were made from the recipes on the back. In the newspapers one couldn’t miss Jyotirbhaskar Jayant Salgaonkar’s columns. He was highly respected among Maharashtriya people. He was very outspoken about his political views and alignments. Who would have thought I would write for his publication in my 50s? 

I was so excited when I received the request letter from his son Jayraj sir to write this article.

This article is special as I wrote it in the year when I resumed eating seafood after 35 yrs. It captures the concise generational as well as modern knowledge I gained as a Koli on how to choose and buy fish. You would not want to miss adding it to your collection. Go buy Kalnirnay Swadisth soonest, rush ! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️

Thank you for thinking of me Dr. Mohsina Mukadam @mamukadam and @shaaqt Shakti Salgaokar - Yezdani  ❤️❤️

A big cheer for Shakti for creating and nurturing Swadisth edition through the years !!!

Ageing Is Not About The Wrinkles

Two pictures 16 years apart. I have aged pretty well. Fine lines on the face showing up at 54 yrs. Is aging about the wrinkles? Is it about wisdom? Realisation ? What is it? 

Few months ago Prashant my cousin said something that I really understood well. He said when we are very ill or terminally ill, we are not even aware about our self. Why then should we bother what will happen to us? We should not worry unnecessarily but rather enjoy the life in the present.

So true ! 

I have watched many in that state. Most recent was my cousin S. She had fought with every one including me. Yet when she was in the last stage of her illness and life. She wasn’t in the state to understand what was going on with her. She was taken care of by her sisters. My family made arrangements for her treatment. Sapna got her the best financial support, doctors and treatment. This for a woman who knew no kindness ! 

Probably there was some good deed in her life or past life serving her well. 

I go back to Shree Gondavalekar Maharaj’s guidelines. Chant Naam while you are in good health and consciousness. He assures to take care of the soul and body in unconsciousness. That is his promise. 

At 54 yrs I can see through all the futility of relationships and life. I laugh at how societal norms drive our life. The foolishness that we believe that another person can give us happiness. No one, not your spouse, not your siblings, not the children no one. Yet we go through the cycles of attachment and delusions. 

I may sound like I talk more about delusions in the last one year or more. I have been through so much of life. That I don’t get enticed by anything. 

If at all I need anything now is my own security. Physical and material. I am fortunate to have that and can last me my lifetime. 

Rest nothing worries me. Taking everything head on as I prep for a plan. More on it later…

The Smell Of Wealth

People may dislike you but they love your money !

Money is a magnet that attracts evil 👿 easily.

Just Sunday Things

Today I was lucky to get Kalva che gole or Rock 🦪 oysters at Divale Koliwada fish market. 

Also picked some Sontakka and placed it across the home. 

Our Bubble isn’t eating non veg yet. Though last time I fed him pomfret mixed in his bhaaji. Everyone in his nuclear family is vegetarian. However we extended family are trying to introduce to him non veg as his parents agree with better nutrition approach for him. So today took him to the fish market. He was happy with an outing but as the smell hit him he held his nose. I told him he is a Koli and so he should not be averse to it. Slowly as we explored the market he got used to it. There were a few other people who had brought along kids his age to the market and they even touched the fish though our guy did not. Few times he told me he wanted to go home. He was unhappy that live crabs were chopped into two and he kept asking me if I will eat those? I explained to him everything has to die before we eat it even plants as we cook everything. He said yes and agreed. Very pensive. I know that this discussion will be brought up again till his curiosity is satisfied. I am going to give him honest answers. 

Just Sunday 🌞 things. 

Tomorrow his vacation gets over and school resumes. I will get back to my other home and we will miss each other.

The Great Divide

We build walls to divide but what do we do with those tenacious threads that bind? !

I was watching Punjabi Lehar an initiative by Nasir Dhillon that unites families separated by the traumatic partition of India - Pakistan. 

I cried watching family members hug each other after 75 yrs of separation. 

This partition was done by the evil British who colonised India. This touched a raw nerve. Of the partition in families where the partition is caused by greed ! 

Mahabharat is the oldest epic in the world and it keeps repeating even now though without bloodshed. 

One person’s greed destroys the weave of the family. When one person wants to hoard everything that the family has. It is the small mentality of the person that causes the split. Especially when this person has been the recipient of the biggest kindness of the family.

There is no gratitude for what he and his family received. There is no value of the people who made sacrifices. Some spent their years of youth caring for others. However all that is forgotten.

There are misunderstandings in all families. Sometimes keeping a little distance yet holding gratitude in the heart is the only way. 

Some people’s greed knows no limits. They are always demanding a share of what is not rightfully theirs. They cannot even mask their greed and are absolutely point blank about what they demand. Such a filthy attitude! 

Nature has its ways of maintaining a balance! I shall leave it at that.

There are some others who caused the divide. They have a special place in hell ! You know who you are !!!

Others can still try to patch up. Our division wasn’t as traumatic as the partition infact there was NO reason. Just the stupidity of couple of people. How difficult is it to say sorry? 

Else this will go with our bodies burning in the funeral pyre 🔥