Tag: our-future

A grocery haul for a typical family…

List your top 5 grocery store items.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Today’s prompt is a weird one, like what does this even compare to, a few prompts back to back were very serious ones and required thinking on a higher level;

But what would be my top five grocery store items…

Well,

My first would be ready to cook pasta, not any specific type but all of them elbow, penne, fusilli, bow tie, spaghetti and so much more;

They are versatile and go well with anything that you cook and they are easy to snack on and filling if cook properly…

Second thing would be some sort of chicken, maybe it’s kebab or some cold cuts or even packed chicken breasts that can be whipped into some sort of curry or something of a semi dry dish like marry me chicken or even something that can be turned into fried chicken tbh the variety is never ending…

Third thing would be herbs and dried spices, if we are starting from scratch it would mean we need to have all of the things that are required to have a proper grocery run and one time purchase of these things can last a month too;

I mean turmeric, Kashmiri red chilli(for color), standard red chilli which gives it the kick that it needs, cumin seeds, ginger powder, black peppercorns, cinnamon bark, clove, cardamom , mustard seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and lastly star anise;

All of these are a must have if you plan on making a grocery run for the very first time…

Fourth wound be veggies, a staple would be potatoes, onion, ginger and garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, mushroom(if the price is right) green peas, capsicum, cauliflower and spinach if the seasons are right…(do I need to explain these…?)

The last would be pulses and being from India at least one time of cooked food has some sort of pulse wherever you go, imagine going to eat something South Indian food the staple idli and dosa including sambhar is made using pulses like rice and black gram(called urad dal here in our country…)

Some other would be chickpea, kidney beans red lentil, peas, black eyed peas( called lobiya),split yellow peas, mixed pulses, mung beans, moth beans and so much more…

I forgot to add eggs and that is very shameful for me because I have one every morning and almost forgot about them(P.s. a sixth edition from my side)

With these five((6)) things you can conquer any of these recipe that works for you…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

19/12/2025
Men who shaped my life

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There are a few men in my life who have guided me in a positive direction and given me a way to live this life in a much better way…

The first one would be my late father, who was one of the pillars in my life he shaped my existence (literally) and taught me how to be a better person by just being present in my life and acting like a good father figure to look up to, even though we had limited time with each other,

There are some decisions of his that I question myself but those were taken keeping in mind my future and the future of our family-led business…

But I’m really grateful that whatever time we had together was spent in happiness and neutrality…

The second one would be my father’s brother, my uncle; he is the one who taught me all the business that our family has to date, and he taught me the basics and the complex things of the business that we now run together;
He imparted me the sense of respect and how to please a client and negotiate what feels best for us (margin-wise) without having to cut deep into the pockets of any of our potential client a time of five years under his guidance gave me a different perspective at life also the shoes he had to fill when he was a child forced into this business too…

The last one would be my friends, without them I’m just a wandering soul on this planet, they keep me grounded and also help me achieve what I am capable of there are so many instances that have shaped me that happened just between my friends which gave me a new perspective on life itself;

They are with me when there was no one, and they shall be with me until the end of me…

These were the few men who positively impacted my life…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

18/12/2025
Leaving a Livable World: Our Responsibility Today

Daily writing prompt
What are you most worried about for the future?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Something about my future that I’m deathly worried about…?
It would be leaving this world uninhabitable for the future,
That will inherit this planet from us…

Imagine your kids and your grandkids,
with the current trend going on,
and leaving to them a world that won’t survive a span of 50 years,
feeling the temperature, it went this summer,
it went to what feels like 51.9-degree Celsius,
as I was sweating like crazy at work these past few weeks…

Imagine,
these conditions deteriorating a few years down the line,
as we aren’t stopping the emissions and dumping of waste into the public drainage,
which in turn block and jam the drain systems and cause problems,
and to clear that a lot of manpower is required,
and fuel guzzling equipment that help in short term,
But,
cause a lot of problems like release of carbon monoxide,
and other harmful by-products of incomplete combustion…

Let’s not forget the big industries bypassing all hurdles and dumping their waste into water bodies directly,
and those big drains that which take waste from our home,
little of it actually gets refined,
but most of it ends up in these water bodies and cause problems like pneumonia, and consumption of this water carrying waste that can be considered equal to be carcinogenic,
anyone who consumes it will definitely be affected later on in life…

Also,
these so-called top tier,
the people who are the top 1%,
and when they use private jets and travel all over,
They crush the individuals,
your or my effort…!?

For example,
A private jet from NYC to LA gives around 7 to 10 tons of emission,
(For 3~5 people)
for a five-hour flight,
and a typical person emits in a year,
which turns out to be 2.07 metric tons per year….

Now imagine being,
a normal person and facing consequences,
for something that you haven’t even THOUGHT ABOUT,
and you have to shoulder the blame for them…

A dream to have a clean source of fuel and equal sharing of responsibility,
and leaving a better planet for those who are yet to bless us with their presence…

A dying wish..

Cheers🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

01/07/2025