PopCorn is 6700 years old!

We all have tasted popcorn atleast once in our life. It's probably the first choice of movie goers and marathon TV viewers. There are plenty of flavors and varieties popcorn come in. If we like a movie we want a bag full of popcorn, if the do not like the movie we rely on popcorn and go through the rest of time in the theater munching on it. As Dan Glickman says "I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn." Although the Big Screens and Imax and 3D are all 21st century inventions Popcorn is being consumed from the past 6000 odd years. Believe it or not!

A latest news report  talks about a discovery made in Peru. According to the research done it is believed that the Peru inhabitants have been consuming Popcorn since 6700 years even before the ceramic pottery was invented. You can read more about the research and the conclusion here.

So next time you munch on to that bag/bowl of popcorn remember that its was once a past time food for our ancestors somewhere in the western part of the world.

Kuch Na Kisi Se Bolengey

This is my first post of 2012 and what better way of starting it, than with a Faraz' poem.  

This poem is listed in my all time favorites and more so because I sort of relate to every 

syllable of it. Read on and Enjoy!!!  

Kuch na kisi se bolenge, tanhaai mein ro lenge. 

Ham berahabaron kaa kyaa, saath kisi ke ho lenge.
Khud to huvey rusvaa lekin, tere bhed na kholenge.
Jeevan zahar bharaa saagar hai, kab tak amrit gholenge.
Neennd to kyaa aayegii 'Faraz', maut aaii to so lenge.