Rotten Apples > Rotten Relationship

Why just apples, I'd say all rotten fruits and veggies over rotten relationships.

How similar is the journey of a relationship and produce.

A random visit to a weekly market, or a regular trip to your subzi wale bhaiya is all it takes to help you find...umm, let's say tinda (Indian squash) and strawberries.

A random visit to a party or a cafe, or a regular (almost religious) visit to dating apps is all it takes to find another 'the one'.

All the recipes that you've bookmarked for this vegetable start circling in front of your eyes. You might have no idea what it tastes like, but the hype makes it worth trying...haina? Or, may be you know exactly what it tastes like, but, you have new tricks up your sleeve now, that you plan on using to make this one nothing like the royal disaster the last one was.

Ahem, last paragraph was all about the produce and nothing about a relationship. But, you know that very well. :D

May be it's the coochy-coo #CoupleGoal pictures clogging your feed, or a long list of lessons courtesy a failed venture (read relationship. I'm a commerce student, offence mat lo). Whatever the reason may be, you'll find yourself gravitating towards this glowing ball of bliss and happiness!!!

The fresh, green tinda and the glam, red strawberries get the best spot in the kitchen, much like the special someone gets in your life and heart and speed dial.

The life cycle of a relationship might not or might be (haan haan ye possible hai) same as perishable produce. But a little help from the weather gods and a refrigerator helps the produce, and err...I wouldn't know much about what could save a relationship. But, love and honesty should do the trick, I guess.

Both, the Master Chef mystery box, and a relationship could turn out to be a hit or a miss. This phase of unsurity is a double edged sword. You turn and toss in hope as well as anticipation. The joy of finding something amazing or the anxiety of unveiling a disaster, who knows what lies ahead.

And, oh! that fateful end! Thinking about how much you invested for this mess seldom brings any good. If it's rotten then it needs to be tossed out of the window or the unbearable stink fills up your nostrils, apartment and life.

Actually, rotten apples can be turned into manure. Why to throw them out of the window?

Now that I have your attention, listen up! Not everything that's rotten needs to be tossed away. Especially when we are facing a major problem of overflowing landfills!

An easy and city friendly way of reducing your daily garbage by half is a compost bin. No crazy science experiment, or expensive installation, or an even an ugly, space consuming gadget. All you need is a bucket-sized compost bin that consumes all the organic waste of your kitchen, lightens the everyday burden on the landfills, and gives free manure in return.

It's high time we start paying attention to waste management. Scrunching up the nose while walking past an overflowing bin, ranting about the government not paying enough attention to this issue, and going about our business has not worked for us in the past, and will not work now.

I have ordered a terracotta kitchen waste composter that is Made in India and is sustainable. The lockdown has just lifted in my city, so the delivery will take some time. It's a li'l weird to get so excited for a compost bin. But IMO it's adulting + no online shopping for months + the anticipation of our door bell ringing, which hasn't happened since 22nd of March!

I'll be my own guinea pig, and keep updating the blog about this experiment.

P.S. I'm sorry if any relationship lost its essence on the way and started to pull you down instead of being the wind beneath your wings.

Never forget what Franz Kafka said, “Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.”