I had an interesting conversation with a colleague today. While licking away wisps of Avakkai (Andhra Pickle) from someone's plate, he commented that our generation is not working hard enough to preserve the talents of our past generations. The case in point being rare, non-re-creatable recipes, with the potential to cause foodgasms. And also some arts. I agree. Only that, I don't completely agree. I mean, yes, we have failed our ancestors miserably in keeping their traditions alive. I cannot imagine ever making a Sambhar like my Mom or home-made crackers, like my great-grandmom. However, I don't agree that we are talentless. We did not preserve their traditions because we were busy developing new talents. Let's give ourselves some credit. *round of applause* I know for a fact, that 100 years from today, my descendants will be discussing my talents too. I can imagine it. *Start of Visualization* A bunch of ugly teenagers (ugly because I am a 100% c...
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