Kangri Dham

Being of Himachali descent means a lot of good things.

One of these is the ability to occasionally enjoy Kangri Dham, which is a ceremonial meal served in traditional style. It is much like langer in the manner of serving.

Rice is served with daal and chutney/maani/malanji etc.

What makes it totally unique is the different kind of chutneys (there are different names for them in Pahari/Dogri). Different kinds of daal and chutneys are served for the taste to come on waves of salt, sweet and sour.

On top of that eating it with your fingers makes it difficult. All you want to do is to stuff the unique goodness in your mouth as fast as possible...but your fingers are burning all the way.

Most recommended experience.

Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

 Laws of Human Nature is a great book by Robert Greene. It contains very basic but counter-intuitive facts about how the human mind works. It is similar to Greene's other books in terms of style: very relevant examples mixed with a good amount of theory/suggestion. Here are a few snippets:

Children are smarter than us

We should never believe evidence until we ourselves are satisfied...evidence may be faked or used to support anything - like petroleum companies telling us to switch our lights off to save electricity!

Superiority Bias, ladies and gentlemen

 

 

Observation is one hell of a lesson.

 

If you want to test a man's character, give him power.

 

The true spirit of conversation

The importance of being confident

New word: schadenfreude

 

 

The quote at the end....

Aggression

Some more on aggresson

A really great book, Laws of Human Nature deserves to be a part of school syllabus along with personal health, personal finance and critical thinking.