@imransoudagar in June 2021

Tea? I know a lot of people who love tea and often feel restless when they don't drink it for a long time. I don't drink it so often. Maybe once in a few months or so. I enjoy good tea and my favourite is the one with milk and cream. Not the packed, chemically enhanced cream that you get in the markets. I am talking about the real crea that you get when you boil milk and then let it cool. That is the real cream with natural flavour, texture and enhances the taste of your…

Fire 🔥 I took this photo sometime ago when my friends and I visited a farm to rest, relax and we cooked some food on fire. It was a good day. We enjoyed being in nature. We picked wild fruits and ate them. We all were tired from everything that was happening around us and we needed a break. When we were kids we would go on such picnics very often but as we grew up we got busy with our lives and the challenges that adulthood brings. Childhood is the happiest time in our…

Bulls working in a farm. I know a lot of you might have never seen a farm or a bull but a lot of people in various countries still use bulls. #OpenWriting

Ducks in a park. I think no park is complete without some of these beautiful white ducks. I saw these when I visited a park in my city. They are beautiful but too loud when they shout. I enjoy nature and birds. And I often sit in the park just listening to birds and watching the squirrel running around gathering food. What is your favourite animal or bird? #OpenWriting

Do you guys make a grocery list?✔️📝 I do and I finished writing the list. My Mom asks me to make a list because I always forget to buy from the grocery store. And it is always good to have an organised list so that we can only buy stuff that we need and do not end up with things that we see at the shopping malls. I have often observed that we buy more things when we don't have a list. Because shopping malls makes us buy stuff we don't need. 😂 Do you make a list? #OpenWriting

Missing the days when I used to wake up at 5 AM and I would go out on my morning walks at 6 AM. I took this photo while I was on my way to the park for my morning walk. This is a lake where the city administration has built a small Iceland which is dedicated to birds. And in the photo you can see there are thousands of birds on the trees. This is one of the best sights in my city. Hearing all the birds tweeting and flying around the lake is a unique experience. The photo is…

A beautiful tree. We call it Gulmohar which translates to Rose Peacock. Because it looks like a peacock. I took this photo when I was going back to my city from the nursery. It caught my eyes and damn it was so beautiful. Do you like it? Tell me what do they call it in your language. #R2Cornell

A mini truck load of trees 🌳🌳🌳 One of my passions is to plant trees. Over the last several years my team and I have planted thousands of trees. We will continue planting trees but this year we have just given a mini truck load of trees to people who want to plant trees. In my years of experience with trees I have found that planting trees, gardening and sitting under the shade of a tree helps us have better mood and it also helps you fight depression. Do you love planting…

Beautiful tall trees ready for planting. The more trees we plant the better for us all. The world is growing fast and the need for cleaner environment has never been so important. We are disturbing nature and polluting everything. Our rivers are polluted with chemicals, and it hurts our fish and other creatures living in water. Our air is polluted with so many different chemicals and gasses getting released in air making it harder to breathe. So, I request each one of you to…

Helping Mom in the kitchen 😀 Well, I know to cook but I am not good at cooking. So, I do not usually cook for others. I only cook for myself. And once in a while I help my Mother cook and today I was helping her fry some yummy chicken. 🍗 Fried chicken is my favourite and often eat it. I love the crispy texture on the outside and the softness inside. Today I fried the chicken and it turned out exactly like I love it. What do you enjoy? Do you cook? What's your favourite fried…

Here is my latest Blurt post. I wasn't active on Blurt since the last several weeks and now with the new hard fork the reward system has been fixed and I am back again. https://blurtter.com/powerclub/@imransoudagar/fried-chicken #Blurt

Empty yourself before you fill it again. Do you agree? #OpenWriting

Have you added liquidity to any of the liquidity pools? I recently added liquidity on Binance and I am trying to learn more about it and I have a few questions about it. Is it profitable in the long term or short term? I aim to keep it for a month or two and see how it goes. Please share your views.

Food, poetry, plants forms peace Life is all a mystery trying to solve Goals unreached and mysteries unsolved #OpenWriting

What are your thoughts about Binance Liquidity pool? Here's my latest post about it. https://blurtter.com/powerclub/@imransoudagar/binance-liquidity #Blurt

Don't be a lighthouse when you are in darkness. 🌃 Good Night 😊 #OpenWriting

It's a cool morning and the sun is just starting to come up from its slumber. It rained today and the temperatures are down. Hoping for a productive day ahead. Each morning we wake up with a fresh mind and renewed motivation to do something better than what we did yesterday. 😊 #OpenWriting

Yummmy Chicken Barbecue! 🤭😋🍗 No. No. This wasn't made by me. I'm not skilled enough in the kitchen to cook stuff like this. This was made by my friends and it was the tastiest barbecue I ever ate. It was a warm day and the COVID restrictions were just removed. All of us were tired of being at our homes for so long and we needed something to clear our minds. Hopefully when this lockdown ends we will go again. 😊 #OpenWriting

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin talks about why he and how he donated $1 Billion worth of Shiba Inu tokens to various charities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKsaSlqpV_o This is probably the first and the only donation in the crypto world that was as high as $1 Billion. What are your thoughts about Shiba Inu and the donation by VB?

Reusable paper bags 💼 I have been using this paper bag for the last two years and it is still as good as new. I believe in not wasting our resources and one of the best ways to save our environment is by using paper bags. I always carry cloth bags in my bike so that if I buy something then I will not ask for a plastic bag. Small changes by each one of us can have a huge impact in our environment. Do you use paper bags or cloth bags or plastic bags? #OpenWriting

Stop ✋🛑 Did spend some time for yourself today? Did you take a look at yourself and appreciate the work you do? We all are busy and I know we have time for everyone but not for yourself. Take a moment out of your busy lives and take a break. ✔️ Talk to yourself and know what you want. ✔️ Go out and eat your favourite food. ✔️ Go on a long walk and enjoy nature. ✔️ Breathe and relax. ✔️ Appreciate yourself and have you ever complimented yourself? You all deserve to relax,…

My latest post on Blurt. https://blurtter.com/powerclub/@imransoudagar/stop #Blurt

Is this the end? Bitcoin and most altcoins have crashed. Traders are losing interest in crypto currencies now. I have seen many people panic selling. I don't have any Bitcoin but I do have a bit of Ethereum which is still in profit and I have a few other tokens and all of them are in a loss. You lose money only if you sell. I am going to hold and wait for another Bull run. I can hodl because I invested the money that I can afford to lose. If I lose the money then I won't be…

The settings sun is the most beautiful one. It feels like it is a hot blob of gold melting away into the river. It has been years since I have taken this photograph but the water, the sand, and the ambience and the memories are as fresh as yesterday. This is one of my favourite photos and I will always cherish it and keep it with me. Share your favourite photos. #R2Cornell

Water Vapour💧 It is a photo I took some time ago. I was filling the thermos flask with boiled water for my Dad and I say these vapours escaping the bottle. I quickly turned on my camera as if I am a great photographer and took a few shorts. And none of the shots came out good. 😂 I'm not a good photographer. I lack one thing that is important in a photographer; patience. I recently read in the newspapers that the person who took the photo of a Black Cheeta trailed and…

I took this photo a few months ago while I was on my early morning walk. Someone had burnt thrash and burnt a dead tree. It was a horror scene for me because there were other trees and animals that were at risk. If someone wants to burn their thrash or something then they can go ahead and burn it some place where there are no trees and animals or bugs. And to be honest I am also against burning anything just to dispose it off. We must learn to recycle stuff and make sure…

dark spaces 03 i cut them dice them threw all of those memories that weighed me down they rise up, fly back, and haunt me, grab me taking me away from reality into a fantasy ecstasy paralysing my liberty killing my sovereignty and spreading misery but why? - Imran Soudagar #OpenWriting

Good Morning 😊 It is a good morning today because it feels good to wake up and be alive. It feel good to wake up and talk to your favourite person about food and make silly jokes. It is a good morning because I am making an effort to be happy and be calm. I am making an effort to be better than what I was yesterday. It is a good morning because I feel happy, energetic, and motivated to go out of my house and buy some groceries and vegetables. Yes, it is a good morning…

Yummmy Pizza!!! 😋😋😋 I love Pizza and normally I do not order any toppings because what better topping than some extra cheese on a cheese burst pizza. 😂 I know, I know, it is too much cheese for one person but I love it. The texture and the taste of a cheese pizza is just devine. What pizza do you like? Do you love with toppings or without any toppings?

Butter Dosa 🇮🇳 Dosa is a Indian dish mostly cooked in South India. It is not a PANCAKE. I know it looks like a pancake but it is not. Pancakes are sweet and a dosa is not sweet. There is a small restaurant where they make these Yummmy butter dosa. They still cook on firewood and it adds to the taste. I go there very often and eat at least one. The butter that they use is also made by them so it has no additives or preservatives. They make all the butter each day and they…

My Grandfather's love of fruits 😋 My Grandfather loved eating fruits. He would buy a lot of fruits and ask us, the kids, to sit with him and eat fruits. One of his favourite fruits was Mango. During our summer break we all would visit his house and stay for at least two months. Grandpa would buy more fruits and would bring crates of mangoes. He would keep the Mangoes away from our reach and in the afternoon he would put all of the mangoes in a tub of water. He would let them…

Life 💚 Life is a gift to us from some unknown superpower who created us and left here on this earth. Life is a mystery. We do not know why we are here and what happens to us after we die. We hardly know anything about our creator and almost nothing about the universe. It's a strange puzzle that never gets solved and these questions never produce any satisfactory answers. But we learn to move on from these questions and find meaning in life. I think the purpose of our life is…

dark spaces - 02 I am a crawler a slow and crazy talker i mess up crash up I try to stand up fall down, deep fearing hights forward motion in life. - Imran Soudagar #OpenWriting

Sweet Sarah: A sweet short flash fiction. (Flash fiction is shorter than a short story. Usually less than 1500 words) “Come on kids. Its too late you need to sleep now.” said the mother. “Not yet Mom. It's not yet midnight. And I still have to practice my speech for tomorrow.” said the eldest son. “Oh! I almost forgot it. Go get it written by your father.” “Sarah go see if Dad is still awake.” asked the visually tired looking mother of four. “Da-da is off. He's snoring so…

Football legend Ronaldinho is now the official Brand Ambassador of Kishu Inu token. Ronaldinho has a huge following on his social media sites and he is a well known figure in sports. Millions of fans adore him and I think this will work well for Kishu Inu. I bought a few of these tokens when they were at an all time high and now I'm waiting for some profits. The market is slowly moving up and I think it is right time to cash out some of the profits that I made.…

Simple noodles!! I enjoy eating noodles every now and then. But for some reason I cannot get the perfect smoothness in the noodles. They end up over cooked or under cooked. But today they were perfect! Learning cooking one noodle at a time. #OpenWriting

I went out today after a few days and it has started to rain. Usually I enjoy getting drenched in rain but today I don't feel like it so I am standing somewhere. Hopefully, it will stop raining soon and I can get back to my home.

Got these yummy Mangoes today. They are a variety called Himayat. They are yummy, soft, juicy and mouthwatering. I ate a small one and I think I am done eating mangoes this season. I didn't like them until a few years ago and now I can't stay away from them. What's your favourite fruit? #OpenWriting

Skill and talent Over the last several years I have had set my mind on one little thing. One thing that my parents told me that will keep me apart from everyone else. I was asked to learn one Skill. Just one skill to master. And one skill that will be part of my life. And as I grew up I decided writing to be this one skill that I will hone and craft all my life. To some extent I did it, I tried to learn the art of writing and I do earn a little money by selling my craft.…

Want some of these Mouthwatering Cakes? There was a time when I loved eating cakes, pastries, and everything that tasted sweet. But over the last few years, I have been trying to avoid junk food. It has been over 3 years since I had more than a mouthful of sweets and I must tell you that I am happy. What is your comfort food? #Food

Sustainable Development Note: I gave a speech on Sustainable Development during my college days and here is the transcript. Sustainable Development How do you feed a city? This is one of the greatest questions of our time and it is rarely asked. Everyday food comes as if magically, feeding billions. Imagine every day a country the size of India needs food. Food has to be produced, packed, transported, sold, cooked, eaten, and disposed of. And the same has to happen every day…

Want some? I remember the day I ate this. My friend and I were at this new restaurant and I ordered Saag Puri because it is my favorite. It was like one of the best ones I ate and the cost of this meal was about ₹ 50 and that is about $ 0.68. The Puri is made with wheat flour and deep-fried in oil. The Saag is a more complex dish and it has a lot of spices and a lot of paneer cheese. This photo was taken long before the pandemic and since the last few months, I have only…

The Race called Life [Poem] In the race of life, I ran as fast as a horse could. I worked as an ant would. In the darkness I planned, My moves as a fox would. I stored every byte of memory, As an elephant could. When I won the race, I roared as lion roars. But in the hurry, I forgot to feel, I forgot to live, A life, a human must… P.S: I wrote this poem many years ago, almost a decade back I think. I was just out of my teens and I hope you guys enjoy it. #OpenWriting

Procrastination I have a fascination with this word. Procrastination What does it mean? I have seen a hundred explanations of this word and for some reason, people don’t get the word right. I know, I know, there are dictionaries and people with smartphones have easy access to it but still, you know what? People Procrastinate and never really try to understand it’s meaning. Procrastination: The action of delaying or postponing something. That’s the bookish explanation, just…

To, The Curious People of this world How should I start this article? With a quote from a famous personality? Or with an example from my life? Let me start it with a quote and then give an example but not from my life but from the life of people whom we have never seen but get inspired by them. “There are people and there are people who are curious.” People are just people, the laymen. The everyday men and women whom you encounter daily, they can also be called as the…

Do you know the name of this fruit? We call it Ber in Urdu/Hindi and it is a sweet-sour fruit that grows on a thorny tree and according to Wikipedia, it is called Indian jujube, Indian plum, and Chinee apple. It is mostly found in farmlands and kids eat it as it gives out a very sour flavor. I remember eating a lot of these when I was a young kid. There used to be a lady who used to sell these in front of our school and we would fill our pockets with these Ber fruits so that…

Food, Tea and good poetry! Well, food and poetry are two of my favorite things to do. I am never bored because I am always doing things that I am passionate about. I always tell that "Passion breaks the mundane" and one winter morning I found myself in a city with the best food and poetry culture; Pune, India. I was scheduled to perform at one of the poetry sessions that evening and I was hungry and tired from the night-long journey. The moment my head landed on the hotel…

Breakfast: Saag Puri Breakfast is the most important meal of your day and I take it very seriously. I have my breakfast within an hour of waking up. The reason I do this is that when I was younger I often missed my breakfast and most of the time I would starve and be hungry until noon when I would have my lunch. But missing breakfast is not a good practice and I had to change it. The food in the photograph is called Saag Puri or Puri Bhaji. This is a whole platter where we…

Our Mango Tree 🥭 These are some of the Mangoes from our Mango trees. This is the first time our Mango tree has produced fruit so I was very excited about it. The yield was really impressive and the mangoes are really really sweet. I'll share photos of all the Mangoes that we plucked later. #OpenWriting

I read recently that they are going to cut 200,000 trees somewhere in North India so that some companies can mine Diamonds. But this is a tricky situation for the Government because on one hand they have a mine of Diamonds that might bring some employment and a lot of development for the surrounding villages. But on the other hand a lot of old trees will be destroyed. And when you cut two hundred thousand trees you just don't cut trees you destroy homes of birds, insects,…

Breakfast: Idli Vada! Well, this is called Idli Vada and it is a very popular breakfast here in South India. What is your favorite food? #Food

I took this photo back in 2019 when things were normal and I had attended a poetry meet in Pune city. The tea was good and the poetry that we wrote and recited was amazing. I still remember that day as it was perhaps the last time I performed my poetry and soon after lockdown was announced. #Food

Homemade Pop Corn!!! When I was a kid I used to see the Pop Corn stalls and I used to think that it took a big machine to make popcorn. And now years later I realized that I can make it in a normal bowl with Act II premixed popcorn mix. It took less than 2 minutes and it was as delicious as the ones you get outside. #Food

Chicken Barbecue!!! It looks a bit burnt but it was divine and delicious. I still remember the taste and it was one of the best ones I ever had. The texture, the spices, the smoothness, and the taste were just amazing. It was cooked by one of our friends and I hope he will make more for us again! Do you like Barbecue? #Food

Biriyani! If you ask any Indian what their favorite food is then they will surely say that Biriyani is one of their favorites. Biriyani is one of my favorite foods and I can eat it every day. It is spicy and delicious. There are many different types of Biriyanis and each region in India has its own type of Biriyani. Some of the popular Biriyanis are: 1. Hyderabadi Biriyani 2. Kolkata Biriyani 3. Awadhi Biriyani 4. Ambur Biriyani 5. Nati Biriyani The Biriyani that you see in…

Preparing the Tandoor! I remember this day like it was yesterday. I was at my grandfather's home and one of our cousins had got married a day before. After the wedding, we all were tired and wanted to eat and relax. My brother and one of our cousins planned to roast some chicken on the tandoor. So, we lit up the tandoor and got it ready. It took us a while because we were not so experienced with this industrial-sized tandoor where they prepare the sweets for my grandfather's…

Market is going up again! Just a week ago I was thinking that this is the end and the market is not going to go up again. I know a lot of people had sold their holdings and everyone was thinking of liquidating their assets. I do not have much but whatever I have I am still holding them because I had bought at a very low price and I can hold for a long time. The last time the market had a bull run was in 2018 and I had bought some Doge coins that I sold in 2021. So, I have…

I made TEA!!! ☕☕☕😋😋😋 I usually do not drink tea and I avoid it most days. But it has been raining since the last few days and the climate is cool and very pleasant. So, I went to the kitchen and made myself a strong glass of tea. Why a glass and not a cup or a mug of tea? ☕ Well, I like drinking tea in a glass so I poured it in a glass. I know some people prefer stainless steel cups for tea because it keeps the tea hot for a longer period of time. In South India many hotels…

Breakfast: Butter Dosa! It's been a long time since I had food at a restaurant. This was long before lockdown. My friends and I were invited to a event so before we attended the program we went out to have some breakfast. #Food

Growing my own food! Since mid March we all have been under lockdown and I had a lot of time to spend. Like always I spent my free time among my trees and I decided to grow my own greens. I decided to sow Fenugreek/Methi seeds ina broken clay pots that I was using as a compost bins. It grew slow as the sun was harsh and I forgot to water it a few days. But then after 3 weeks the greens were ready and I ate them all. 😋😊 I have started to experiment with different greens and…

White Rose with a hint of Pink! I bought this rose plant a few years ago and it was so beautiful. The rose was white and with some hint of pink. I took care of it really nicely and I learned a lot about roses from this rose plant. It survived for a few years until one December I went to another city and stayed there for a few months. There was no one to water it and it couldn't survive. #R2Cornell

Fresh Papaya from my garden I love growing fruit trees and I have a few trees. One among them is the Papaya tree. A few months back we got the first harvest and this is the very first fruit that we got from our tree. It was ripe and was one of the sweetest Papayas I have ever had. All our trees grow naturally without any chemical fertilizers. I use cow dung, vermicompost, and kitchen waste. It's 100% natural and these fruits are always very sweet and healthy. What trees do…

Growing Avocados from seed A few months ago my brother brought a Avocado from the market. He made a shake out of it and I had my eye on the big round seed. I took the seed and tried to propagate it. I read a few posts about the climate and soil it needs and then I watched a few videos about how to grow an Avocado tree using its seed. I took a grow bag and filled it with some coco peat, soil and a little bit of high quality vermi-compost. I placed the seed about an inch into…

Home grown watermelon Yes, this is a home grown watermelon. It was sweet and it had grown really well. I grew it in a pot. I did not put in any chemical fertilizers. I only add kitchen waste vermi-compost. #R2Cornell

Another Rose from my Garden I used to have this really bright red rose and it used to be very beautiful. I gave it to someone and they took this photo after it plant flowered for the first time. Do you like it? #R2Cornell

Dinner in Bed It was a winter evening and I was in another city to perform my poetry. I had reached Pune City early in the morning but I ended up catching cold, cough and had fever. I reached the hotel and slept the whole day. In evening I felt better and I was hungry. So, I ordered some noodles, some roti and some simple gravy. I had asked the hotel staff to get me some paracetamol and they were kind enough to help me. I slept the whole night and when I woke up in the…

It has been raining since the last few days. The climate is really nice and I went out on a short drive. I visited a nursery and sat down under a tree. I had a chat with the caretaker about the trees and spent some time relaxing. I came back home drenched. 😂 Do you enjoy rain? #OpenWriting

Strong tea and poetry sessions with amazing people! Note: This is an old post from 2019. If you are wondering what I have been doing all these months then let me tell you guys that I was out most of the time. Out in the summer sun, moving around talking to people and discussing their passions, listening to their stories, their problems and connecting with my inner self. I might have met at least a hundred poets and creative people in the last few months. I was surprised to…

Let's Go the the Moon! A friend of mine took this photo in 2013 with his Nokia basic phone which had a 1 Mega Pixel camera. I had to use a photo enhancing desktop app to get it a bit clear. I hope you guys will like it. #OpenWriting

First Attempt at making Spiral Pasta!!! 😋 I have recently restarted cooking. I had stopped cooking a few years ago and I have only recently started to experiment in the kitchen. The lockdown last year has given me enough reasons to start cooking and this year's lockdown has given me enough confidence to experiment new stuff. I started with simple stuff and now trying more complex dishes. I might never be good at cooking but I'll have to learn to cook so that I can survive…

Environmental Awareness Program at a school. It was a chilly winter morning in August of 2018 and I gave a talk to 1400 school students about the benifits of planting trees. We had just started our group and we were going out and planting hundreds of trees. One thing that focused and spent a lot of time was talking with students and teaching them about sustainable living. The students are the future and if we convince them to plant trees then they will continue planting…

A simple message to everyone on World Environment Day Hello, World it's your day! Well, it depends if it is a day for the world or a day for the people of the world to sit talk and decide on the things that they would love to do with the good old earth for the next one year or for the foreseeable future at the most. If you know me you know good old me is worried about the stuff that we the humans are doing with earth and I am on a mission to right the wrongs. I’m not alone…

What's your earliest memory? 🧐🤭🤔 Like most people, I have a strong memory. I remember things that happened way back when I was a kid. I observer things and my favorite pass time is to observe things and their finer details. The earliest memory that I have dates back to the early '90s, the day my grandfather died. All I remember is a feeling. I felt sad and I was restless, I was just a kid and I remember sleeping in my mother's lap. I remember everyone crying and it might…

Shor Gumbaz - Echo Tomb This is a very old tomb near my house. It might be at least 300 years old. I don't know much about it because a lot of details have got lost. When you go inside it is a single building and when you speak your voice echoes several times. I have been inside the tomb and I could hear my voice echoing at least 3-4 times. Over the last several centuries there have been small repair works and people say that because of the repair the echo is not as clear as…

Would you buy Golden tickets to Heaven? An American couple was caught selling tickets to Heaven. It is said that the tickets were made of Gold. The young couple was selling each Golden ticket for $99.99. The police arrested the couple and recovered $10,000. Would you buy a ticket to heaven? I saw this newspaper cutting on a friend's Facebook profile. I cannot tell if this incident actually happened in real or it was just created for fun. A quick search on Snoops.com showed…

Be like water I was sitting on the stairs of my building and watching the waves forming in the lake opposite to our building. Suddenly I remembered Bruce lee’s famous words. “Be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” I was deep into understanding…

Is Changing the world even possible? Change? How can we bring change in our city? In our lives? In our minds? Is change even possible? Of course, it is possible, right now the world is changing, your city is changing, your lives, your health, and your minds are all changing. But that’s not the biggest and most important question right now. The most important question right now is “Is the world changing in the right direction?” because if it is not going in the right,…

The Sugarless Tea and the two valuable lessons Last October I was in Chennai, India with my father, for his routine eye check-up. One evening I along with my dad and his close friend went to a restaurant, we had our dinner, and my father asked me to order tea for him and his friend. The waiter came, and I asked him to bring one tea with sugar and one sugarless tea. A few minutes later the waiter, a young guy from North-East India brought us the Tea. And when my father sipped…

First day of School | Short Story “Dad.” Shouted the little one. “When shall we go to school?” “I think we must wait, it’s raining heavily.” Said the father, remembering something from his childhood. “But Pa-pa. We are going to be late.” Said the kid getting impatient and wondering if his father would change his mind and refuse to send him to school. He was naughty and a mischief, his father had warned him often. Pa-pa was staring down the window. Watching the rain falling…

Do you hear that Sound? | Poem I wrote this poem when I was living in Bangalore. I was busy with my college work, exams and assignments. It was a frustrating week so I decided to spend somw time reading poetry, listening to music and relaxing. And that's when I came up with this poem. I hope you guys like it. Do you hear that Sound? Do you hear that sound? The sound of the silence No? You don't? Oh! My! Oh! My Poor little soul Let me, let me help you little soul Close your…

Is it difficult to get votes on Blurt? I have seen people complaining about not getting enough votes after the Official Curation accounts were discontinued to felicitate price rise. Use the tag PowerClub Well, we started Power Club so that we can help more people here on Blurt by hosting different contests and giveaways. So, use powerclub as your first tag and we will make sure to give your post a decent vote. Burt Anniversary! Blurt will turn 1 year old next month and I am…

The last few weeks we couldn't announce winners but yesterday we started announcing the winners of Power Club Delegation contest. Take a look at the post. https://blurtter.com/powerclub/@powerclub/wnner-of-power-club-daily-delegation-contest-11 #Blurt

Papaya 😋 Papaya's are one of my favourite fruits and I always make sure to have a Papaya tree in my house. This tree is no longer alive. It was infested with some bugs and the bugs bore into the trees trunk. It gave me the most number of fruits and I would enjoy eating them because they were always so sweet. Fruits that get ripe on a tree are always sweet, taste much better than the ones you buy from the market and someone once told me that the fruits that ripe on a tree…

How often do you clean your Keyboard? ⌨️ It's been a long time since I cleaned a keyboard and I certainly never cleaned this keyboard ever since I bought it. And I bought it two years ago I think. The keys were getting a bit stuck and there was dust all over it. I used some sprit to clean it with a old toothbrush. It now looks clean and fresh. The keyboard I use is a Dell made for businesses so it is very durable and can take heavy usage. And I don't like buying stuff unless…

The Early Bird Catches the Worm? Is it true? Does waking up has some benefits that guarantee success? I have heard from my father that waking up early guarantees success and people who wake up early are healthy. But for most of my life, I have slept late and always get up a bit late. The reason I sleep late is that I need a calm and quiet place to concentrate on my work. In my opinion, nothing is better than the dead of night at around 2 AM when everyone has gone to sleep…

Friendship Friendship reminds me of the good old days that I have spent with my friends. And the best thing is that my definition of good old days is just last night and not decades and decades. I have been fortunate because I have always have had good friends and they have made me the man I am today. They say that if you want to know what kind of person someone is then you have to meet their friends. One of my oldest friends was from my when I was studying in 2nd class and…

Let your dreams take flight! Do you dream? I am not asking about the regular dreams that you get when you fall asleep. I am asking about dreams that make you hungry, optimistic and make you work hard and restless. Let me ask it again now; do you dream? Do you have dreams that you want to fulfill and reach greater heights? Then let your dreams take flight and fly off to achieve your dreams. For a lot of people achieving their dreams is not easy and that is the reason why most…

Why I don't drink Coffee? I have stopped drinking coffee a long time back. I always try to avoid coffee and tea. I stopped drinking coffee because the caffeine messes up with my sleep cycle and it gets tougher to concentrate on work and stuff. The best drink I always recommend everyone is just plain water and nothing else. It hydrates our bodies, gives us strength and a few minerals. Water certainly doesn't have any side effects. #OpenWriting

The whole market is down and people are panicking. I have seen a lot of people selling their token. And I'm spending my small BCH earnings to buy tiny bit of Kishu. I don't suggest you guys to buy it. I buy because I love watching the millions and billions of tokens in my wallet. I'll never have a million dollars but I can for sure have a few billion Kishu. P.S: This is not financial advice. Do your own research.

This special flowering plant is called as Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata). It grows in the Himalayan Mountains and it's flower blooms at night. This is an old photo when I planted it in a pot during lockdown in 2020. It has grown really well in the last one year and I will take a new photo soon and share it with you guys. #OpenWriting

My message to the world 🌳 Over the last few years I have been going around my city sharing one message with everyone and I wanted to share this with you all “What is my message to the world?” What is my message to the world? Well, since June of 2018 I have been carrying one very important message with me and I have been sharing it with everyone I meet. My message to the world is to plant one tree each year so that we can build urban forests and help the environment get back…

Red Chili 🌶️🌶️🌶️😜 Red hot chillies being sun dried at a friend's house. Most people in India eat spicy hot food and one of the main way to add some hotness to our food is to add red chilli powder. The chillies are bought from the market and then put them under sun to dry them. Once they are completely dried they are send to the mill to get it pounded. #Food

My keyboard works!!! A few days ago I decided to clean my keyboard. It is a good business edition keyboard from Dell. I think it is a Dell KB212-B US edition. This is a business edition so it is pretty much unbreakable. You can hit each key for more than a million times and it will still keep working. I got a bit over confident and decided to wash each key with soap water and then washed it with sprit. I used an old toothbrush to clean it. Once I was done with the over…

Old photo from 2019. I was invited to speak at the KCT Pharmacy College to speak about environment. I think the best audience to speak about the environment is those studying medicine and pharmacy. #OpenWriting

Ajwa Date Dates are one of the most popular fruits in India. It is also very nutritious. I eat them once in a while and I enjoy them a lot. Do you like Dates? #OpenWriting

I read just now that Microsoft is going to launch their next Windows Operating System. It has been named Windows 11. The last time Microsoft released their operating system was almost 6 years ago. Hope it is better than Windows 10. #Computers

It's been quite a while since I have been near a river. I love the calmness and the peace I feel when I am near a river. #Nature

Eternal Have you ever thought of having Eternal life? I know I have often thought about living forever. But do not get me wrong. I do not want to live forever but I am just curious about how would eternal life be and I have often wondered what kind of inventions will we humans make in the future. I am more interested in finding out the answers to the questions that we all ask. "Is there a God?" "Is there an end to the universe?" "Is there life elsewhere in the universe?" If…

PowerClub Update I have been busy for the last few days and today I made sure to announce one of the winners of the Delegation contest. Blurt will be celebrating its first anniversary on the 4th of July 2021. We are planning to host some exciting contests. If you have any ideas then please share them with us. https://blurtter.com/powerclub/@powerclub/winner-of-power-club-daily-delegation-contest-12 #Blurt

Blurt Anniversary Brainstorming!! Blurt is going to turn 1 year old on the 4 of July and I was thinking of hosting some contests. It has been some time since we saw some good contests for everyone. I was thinking that we need to host something so that we can attract new users and give some cool gifts. I have a few thoughts in my mind but I would also love to know your ideas so that we can market Blurt to everyone. I have started down a power-down of 27,000 Blurt and I am…

Rituals of a writer ✍️ Rituals ​ Rituals keep us grounded. They keep us down to earth and reminds us of where we came from and what we are made up of. Rituals are the songs of the old and the voices that no longer exist but want to interact with us and guide us towards the meaning of life. A ritual can be as small as washing your feet before you walk into a holy place or it can be as big as shaving your hair because the ritual demands it. Over the last several years I have…

My Lime Tree!!! I got this plant way back in 2018 I think. I planted it in an 18 inch plastic pot and it has been growing in it slowly. It has some fruit and I hope it will be ripe soon and I'll get to eat it. What's your favourite fruit? #Nature

My Fig tree I love growing fruit trees and one of my favourite fruits to grow are Figs. Figs are sweet, and taste delicious. I enjoy eating them. I propagated this fig tree from a cutting that I got last year. It was easy to propagate. Once it had a few leaves I put it in sunlight as fig trees love sunlight. It has some fruit growing and I'm happy that I'll be able to taste it in a month or two. #Nature

Brahma Kamal I had posted a year old photo of this special flowering plant. I took this photo today and it seemed to have grown pretty well. I think it still needs to grow bigger for it to be able to produce flower. It only flowers once a year and the flower blooms at night. People say that the flower has a pleasant smell and when it blooms at night it looks very beautiful. I hope my plant flowers soon. #Nature

My Mouse doesn't work A few days ago I cleaned my keyboard and I was worried that it might get damaged due to my use to soap water to clean it. Thankfully it works fine but my mouse has stopped working mysteriously. I tried plugging it into a different USB port but it still doesn't work. I tried disabling it and then enabled it. I tried uninstalling the drivers and then reinstalling them but sadly nothing works. The computer thinks my mouse is perfectly fine and that is the…

Jungle Book! Have you ever read the masterpiece children's book Jungle Book? It used to be my favourite when I was a kid. I have a illustrated version. #OpenWriting

A Wind Mill! 🌳💨 A friend recently visited an Agricultural University and he got to see some amazing things. My friend took this photo of a functioning prototype of a Wind Mill. This is a model for students to learn and it can be used to draw water from the earth. It is a really cool idea to draw water from underground. I guess these use to be a thing centuries ago. I have seen only one of these wind mills in my life and it was a broken one. Have you seen a practical…

I haven't been on a stage since 2020. COVID-19 has changed everything. All our plans have to be cancelled. #OpenWriting

Just random thoughts. --------------------------------------- Some times I think, I will die, or you will. And we will cease to be ourselves. Disintegrating in soil, Our memories nourishing the plants Enriching the soil, Making the plants live my life. -Imran Soudagar #OpenWriting

A beautiful Banyan tree 🌳💚 I took this photo way back 2018 on 5th of September, when we had started our campaign to plant trees. We were invited to a school to plant trees and talk about the environment with the kids. 5ty of September is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India in honour of India's second President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. This Banyan tree is situated exactly opposite to the school's main gate. I was surprised to see such a majestic tree and it looked…

Where do you keep your Noise Cash BCH rewards? I used to use the Bitcoin.com app to hold my BCH rewards. It is fast, and easy to use. But there are some fees that I hate paying whenever I try to move them from one wallet to other. So, what's the solution? I decided to move my BCH rewards directly to Celcius App and keep them there until I need them to sell them on an exchange. The best thing about Celcius App is that when you send your crypto to another wallet there are no…

World's Favourite Biriyani!!! Paradise Biryani restaurant in Hyderabad, India has this huge display where it says "World's Favourite Biriyani". I think Hyderabadi Biriyani is the most loved types of Biriyani in the world. #Food

Got a new Mouse!!! A few days ago I wrote in this channel that my mouse was not working. I tried everything but it wasn't working. I think it was time for me to get a new Mouse. The mouse that I was using was a cheap Chinese mouse that I bought a few years ago but it wasn't that good. I bought a new Dell original mouse today and the best thing is that I get 3 years warranty. I always try to buy stuff that works for years. I do not like buying new stuff every now and then.…

You can't kill a tree! 🌳💚 One of my team mates at the Green Gulbarga foundation took this photo a few days ago. He was at a friend's house and he saw this amazing magic of nature. The tree was cut several months ago and it still keeps fighting and growing again and again. If I had a farm I would have planted this tree there. Hope I'll own a small farm land someday soon. #Nature

Street Food! It's been a while since I had some street food. This is called Kachori and it is Yummmy. #Food

What job would you be good at? Funny Answers Only 🤣🤣🤣 Let me go first: I would be great at eating awesome food all day! 🤣😂 Your turn. Give funny answers!

I haven't been productive since the last few months. I keep trying to be more productive day after day and I keep failing. For the last few months I have made lists and goals but I keep falling back. This month I'm not going to plan anything. I'll let it go as it goes. No more goals.

The last Mango from our tree 🥭 I was in my room watching Loki tv series and I heard a thud. I went out to see what made thise noise and I was happy to see the last Mango from our tree had fallen. We harvested all the Mangoes from our tree a few weeks ago and this was the last one that was too far for us to reach. #Nature