Mac under the Mango tree

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well. Things are getting better and better with covid situations. Take care of yourself and family. In this blog, I am going to share little about summer KING fruit   " Mango ".  :) In India, Mango is the king of fruits , so you can get it as soon as the spring season ends and the summer season begins, usually in the first few weeks of April.  Mango season starts in summer and continues till the middle of the monsoon. Mango is one of a great summer fruits in India, as it helps the body fight the heat and prevents heat strokes in summer. During summer in south India, we get many fruits. i.e. Cashew Apples, Palm Fruits (Ice Apple), Jack Fruits. Jamuns, Tamarind, Manila Tamarind etc.   Indian summers are incomplete without mango. It is undoubtedly the king of fruits in the Indian subcontinent. Types of Mangoes:  There are around 20+ varieties of Mangoes. What I am aware of are: Alphonsa,  Neelum, Banganapalli, Himsagar etc. Mango

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well. Things are getting better and better with covid situations. Take care of yourself and family. In this blog, I am going to share little about another summer surprise fruit called " Kodukkapuli / Manila Tamarind / Jungle Jalebi ". etc.   Please see below image.   My neighbor is a doctor. Last week, I gave few cashew apples from my farm to him. He asked me to wait for a minute, reached below tree in his backyard, and picked few kodukkapulis (manila tamarinds) and gave to me. He gave a bunch. I was so happy to get these from him, because everyday I see this tree and fruits from my home. The tree looks like below:   This is also another Summer Surprise..Try out this fruit whenever you see this.... Nature gives us lot during summer .  Are we taking all summer fruits during this season?. Stay healthy and stay positive, during summer.   I also remembered "Barter". In old days, it was all about barter . Do we support t

\    Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing great. Things are getting better and better, let us hope for the best. In this blog, I am going to share little bit about Free Rations Scheme. I am not sure whether you follow this in news or not, but this comes in news many days....  Even this week, Delhi government announced that ration items will be delivered at door step. If you are NOT following ration news, I would encourage you to follow and take a deep look, if you are tax payer. :) What is a ration card? Ration card is an official document issued by state governments in India to households that are eligible to purchase subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). They also serve as a common form of identification for many Indians.[1] Who is eligible for a ration card?  "Every Indian Family is eligible. Families are given the option of choosing the type of family cards based on their needs and preferences and t

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well.  I see that, we are coming out of COVID, everything almost opened up and we are almost there. Trust, things are getting better and better. In this blog, I am sharing little about "Cashew Apples".  The season is coming, coming... :). It is a summer fruit. When I was a kid, this fruit used to be there everywhere during summer. i.e. from April to May.  In our farm, we "had" many cashew trees, but all were gone during drought and some were infected. We used to produce around 2 tons of cashew shells during the peak and perfect season. Now, I am maintaining ONLY 10 trees. But, these 10 trees do give lots of happiness during summer season, which I will share here. These fruits are in RED and Yellow colors. See the fruit below, in a perfect fresh condition.     As of this week, tree is like below. i.e. Cashew apples will be ready in next two weeks. If weather turns out to be in-favor, then we will have a good yielding.

Hi Everyone -- I trust everyone is doing OK. My prayers are always there for everyone's well-being. Happy Pongal Wishes to all. In this article, I will share little about the importance and history of this festival.     Why Pongal Celebrations?  This festival honours the "Sun GOD" and commemorates the Sun's northward voyage . It also signifies the end of winter.   The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish (rice) prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar). To mark the festival, the pongal sweet dish is prepared, first offered to Sun God and goddesses. It is celebrated to THANK nature, farmers, cows, agriculture and GOD...... Food and cattle are a vital part of this celebration  Some more historical story: Why Cows? :) According to a legend, it all started when Shiva's bull, Basava, delivered a wrong message to humans. Instead of d

Hi Everyone -- I trust you, family and friends are doing OK.  My prayers are always there, for everyone's well-being. Omicron cases are being reported towards upward trend, and it is spreading faster. Please take care of yourself, and family. Healthy Life is always Wealthy Life. In this blog, I am going to share little bit about my experiences from WFH - Work From Home.   Again, it is purely my personal experience and I thought of sharing this to world, hoping that it will help someone. I am sure, everyone is doing WFH for last 2 years. Then, what is here to share? :)...  OK!. It is about, "where" we work from home ..... I have experienced two things, and I thought of sharing this. 1. Work From Outside Home (WFOH) Below pic is from my WFOH, along with nature and moon.   2 . Work From Inside Home (WFIH) Below pic is from my WFIH, where my family helped a lot.    OK, Let us do deep-dive. :) Work From Inside Home - WFIH: I took one room completely and started locking whe

 Hi Everyone -- I trust you, family and friends are doing OK.  My prayers are always there for everyone's well-being. I know, many people shared their covid experiences.  In this blog, I am going to share my true experience as a bystander for a covid patient (my brother-in-law). Little different from my farming blogs, but I thought it is worth sharing. During the peak pandemic, my brother-in-law was infected by Covid.  First few days, he was taking normal fever tablets, but it was not working, hence admitted into a private hospital in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu. Everything was going fine for first 2-3 days in hospital, he was given injections and tablets, but slowly oxygen  level started going down. Hence they started giving oxygen for him. Everything was going OK so far, first few days. On the fourth day morning, while I was in my active meetings with my teams, my sister was trying to reach few times. As I was in meeting, I did not pick up the call. But, this time