Dog Meat - Nasty?

Of course not, as long as you feed them well. I hate the fact that some people think consumption of dog meat as taboo. If one eats chicken, I see no reason as to why he or she should feel dirty about dog meat as long as they are being fed with the same stuff.

On the contrary, there may be some critics who won't agree with me because of certain stray dogs which are not properly fed and count on daily wastes in the street. Believe me, neither I nor any of my friends eat this kind of Dog. For we are Holy, the food must be Holy as well :)



If you don't eat dog, it's alright. But what do you get in return when you criticize someone who eats dog. You may like chapatti but someone may not like it. It does not necessarily mean that I should look down upon someone who eats the stuff which I don't. It may not be always right to judge people on what they eat or take.

Well, I think you have been warned enough before I really run through the story. Hopefully I can start making a mouthful of Dog meat :)

As a taste enhancer (I guess), a handful of clerodendron, garlic, onion, ginger plus all the available spices in your kitchen will do the trick. Grind them well except clerodendron.

Clerodendron (Phuihnam)




Collect a well chopped dog meat in a clean plate and pour sufficient amount of cooking oil on it. Add all the spices that you have and of course a salt as well. Mix them well and boil it. Once the meat gets boiled enough, add the clerodendron leaves. After a couple of hours, you've got a very special supper!

Advantages of Dog meat:
No such advantages but when you read the word Dog backward, it reads - God. As well if you rearrange the word UISA which means Dog meat, you can make ISUA out of it. May be this is the special nature of Dog Meat.

With that, I hope you will Have a nice Dog Meat!

To My Beloved Son

Dear Little kid,

I regret that I could no longer do anything for you. When you were born, we were looking forward to bring you up with a lot of hopes. It’s not our choice that you’re gone, nor it’s yours. But sometimes it’s hard to understand that you have been taken away. What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know.

I wish you were here with me and stay in my arms. Knowing that you're in Heaven, I believe you watched me from there sometimes. When you were born, you cried and everyone smiled. But when you passed away, everyone cried and you're the only one smiling.

But I can see why God would want you closer to him, cause you truly were an angel on Earth. No matter what it takes, I will do anything to see you again. Honey we miss you.

With all my love for you,
Dad.

Few things I hate about these people

For someone who knows where I am, there is no concern as to what these people are and it is obvious that they are people who used to say aaahhhh at the end of every sentence.

Five years is more than enough to know what kind of people they are. I must say that they are very kind people in the first place. I have a couple of friends among them, who helped me a lot in terms of money and many other things.

If I were to write about anything positive about them, I am quite sure I'd have many things to point out. However, since it is much easier and convenient to find out someone’s weakness or mistakes, let me seek an opportunity for such instance :)



The first thing which run across my mind when I was about to write this was – their ladies don’t wash their head/hairs that often! May be head bath is considered as one of the biggest job among them. You cannot always say that someone is washing her head when she’s taking bath. As a result, their heads/hairs smell very bad.

Then comes the sweepers. When someone is sweeping while you’re passing them, they never used to bother. Especially this is common among road sweepers. They sweep the road and don’t even care that someone is going near by with a decent dress. They just continue sweeping the dirt and dusts towards you.

I also noticed that there are some people foxy among their shopkeepers. They never care to return a change lest you ask them specifically, seeking for an opportunity to get much more than what they’re supposed to.

Cleanliness is not that important among them. Most of their men used to wear socks with a very bad smell and they don’t hesitate to remove their shoes in public. Nobody cares that someone would be uncomfortable due to their shoes being stinky.

There are many people who are so much eager to know about the things which don't have anything to do with their lives. The saddest part is that they’re so eager to know everything about me, leaving me with a lot of questions! One day I brought dinner in my office. I’ve got these many questions just because I brought the stuff –

1. What is this?
2. Who prepared this?
3. How well you are in cooking?
4. How did you make this out?
5. Is this plain rice?
6. What is that red spot?
7. Will you bring for me someday?
8. Do you eat pork?
9. What about dog?
10. A snake?
11. What is the most famous dish in your place?

My God! How many questions do I need to answer just to have a home made stuff in my office? I stopped bringing dinner in the office since then. A lot more…..

Tour de France oh! Pondichery

Unlike Tour De France, we made it through the whole day with a bus, mopeds and auto rickshaw.

My phone rang and I guessed it was going to be about this tour when I saw the name Dumb dumb. I could not avoid this journey despite my genuine excuses because I was talking to someone who was born to convince people.

I left my office at around 4 am in the morning and went ahead to my friend's house without first visiting mine. I opened his wardrobe and picked up the available covers and threw them in, and we're off.

Our journey started with a very crowded bus. Unlike someone who used to travel in a first class plane, this was our only choice for we could only afford this type. We knew we're not a millionaire but a brokeraire (the one who is broke). However, we were in no way inferior to someone (sponsored by ...) who visits Birmingham or whatever, with the joy we had in our hearts. After three hours of Journey, we reached the land of bitter tasted drinks.



I was afraid if we could not make the day successful because it was hot and dry. We first visit their town beach but there was no crowd as I expected. This is the only thing special we could bring out from there.



For someone who does not like a bitter taste, there's nothing special in Pondichery, said one of my friends. However, no attempt for such events was made but a mug of beer.



Enough is enough. No one could wait any longer to have a very special dish in the French restaurant called 'Le Club.' Being a French outlet, almost everything in their menu card was written in French. If it was not for Chhanga, we might not able to make a proper choice.



Steak blah blah blah....


Another steak blah blah blah...



With out stomach being filled with these kind of stuffs, we said bye to the Le Club and stepped forward to make these interesting events.

Despite the fact that we wanted to be rough riders, it was not possible due to the road being so smooth.



With moped steering in our hands and the girls behind us, we salute you!



Here's the beach where we hanged out to close the day. I bet someone would probably say the day was not successful without this.



Like some people who don't consider themselves having pork if they're not offered the fats, there's someone who would not be satisfied without this. I can't believe that I'm in the beach less these sands stick on my butt, said this girl.



We did not say you're or she's my number one though, we kept holding on each other's hands when the tide was high.



With the joy in our hearts and sufficient amount of sands in our pockets, we waved our hands and said goodbye to the land of bitter tasted drinks.



Through out the journey, I on behalf of Chennai Mizo would like to thank Didini, President of Nikon Camera. If it was not for her, I may never make out this story.

Faith and Medicine

"As long as you have faith in God, there is no need of medicine," said some of the Christians. At the same time, it is well believed that God used medicine to heal people. So, which statement is true? May be both, or none. This may be contrary to the principles of faith to use doctors and medicine when we need healing. Below is a very encouraging message I received awhile ago, which helps me to put my heart at rest.



It is God's will to heal you. That's the first and most important thing for you to understand. If your faith is strong and you can believe the Word without wavering (regardless of what circumstances or symptoms come against you), then you'll be able to receive that healing by faith alone.

But that kind of faith takes more than just hearing a few sermons about healing. It takes a deep personal revelation of God's healing power. So, if you haven't yet developed that kind of faith, the doctor is your best friend.

If fear rises up within you when you think about doing without medical help, then go to a doctor. And go in faith! On the other hand, if you have a sure confidence within you that healing is yours strictly by faith, let your faith do its work and receive your healing directly. Whether or not you go to the doctor is not the issue. It is what you do with your faith.

Either way, you can rejoice knowing God is working with you, meeting you at the level of your faith. Thank God for your healing--however it comes!