Ranveer Brar wants Dhaniya as the National Herb. Here are 6 petitions we need
You know that moment when you are having a casual conversation with someone and you are talking about your passions so passionately that people can legit see the spark in your eyes and the glow on your face? When you are going on and on about something and that in itself is enough proof of passion for the other person, that he ends up taking your words more seriously than you ever did?
Our famous Chef Ranveer Brar has joined this gang and how!
A few months ago, Chef Ranveer Brar thought of 'giving the humble dhaniya its due' and put up a post on Instagram saying that he wanted to start a petition to designate dhaniya or coriander the 'National Herb'. His playful post apparently turned into a serious petition as his followers asked him for the petition link.
Now no one can say, "Ranveer aapne bataya nahi, ki aapko dhaniya itna pasand hai?"
Ranveer's love for dhaniya is well-known to his followers. He calls dhaniya his best friend and dhaniya always makes a special appearance in every recipe of his.
If you scroll through his Instagram, you will see zoomed-in photos of his recipes where coriander in present. Be it on Lahori Chicken, Dal Maharani, instant noodles, sweet corn soup or chicken popcorn. Coriander is everywhere and that shows his love for the herb.
Now, coriander is a superfood and it does help control diabetes and decrease cholestrol. And maybe that's why, about 12,000 people have signed this petition on change.org as on date. Maybe that is why so many of his followers agree that this is a serious enough matter to sign a petition on. So in case you too want to sign the petition, here it is.
Meanwhile, here are 7 more petitions we think we should sign in India:
We would like to sign a petition that:
1. Non Vegetarians cannot call/term veg food 'ghaas phuus'. Also, veg biryani EXISTS.
Vegetarians eat this thing called food without chicken and mutton (and god knows what other kinds of animals). Thus, our food has often been mocked and termed as 'ghaas phuus' meaning grass, because apparently it's all that we get to eat. But in my defence, I agree to disagree. Veg Pizza is not ghaas phuus. Khichdi is not ghaas phuus. And dal chawal is also not ghaas phuus. Neither is roti sabzi. So mind your words, dear non-vegetarians.
Also, this petition should have a second clause for recognising the existence of VEG BIRYANI. YES, THIS EXISTS.
Veg Biryani = Chicken Biryani - Chicken.
And yes, it is tasty and not ghaas phuus, because it has ingredients. Like the one below:
Also, for those who think that Veg Biryani and Pulav are the same, and cannot differentiate between the two, here is a reply:
2. Allow employees to get pets to work (like children get creches)
Pet owners treat their pets like babies and if you own a pet, you would relate to this. Even the Pope (to his utter dismay) has agreed before that adults treat their pets like their real-life children. It's often difficult to leave for work when you know you have a pet waiting at home for you to return. And when adults get a facility to get their young babies to a creche at work, why shouldn't they get the same facility to bring their pets to work and leave them in the care of someone or by themselves, instead of leaving them alone at home?
Also, this would be such a great opportunity to conduct some pet therapy at work! As it is, spending time with dogs is known to be therapeutic.
3. Liquor to be served on domestic flights and some fancy trains
So, liquor is not served on domestic flights in India, but it's available on international flights. When it is a well-known fact that people in India do drink, we see no harm in allowing it to be served on domestic flights. Also, for some reason, it is not allowed on the menu on the domestic, long-distance trains like Rajdhani either.
I guess this could be a petition that might see a lot of signatures across the country. So, who's launching one right now?
4. A recorder in the shower which can record all your awesome shower ideas
There is some magic that happens when you are in the shower. I don't know if it's the magic water, or the fact that we don't give a damn about the outside world in those moments, but it's a different feeling of completely being absorbed in the goood when the hot water hits your exhausted and sleepy body. The ideas that come during this phase are phenomenal and just out of the world! So much so, that these ideas sometimes make you want to rush out of your shower box, grab a notepad and pen and write down some stuff immediately, so that you don't forget them later!
But just so that you don't have a Eureka moment and stumble onto some unnecessary situations later, we feel that having a ready-to-use instrument inside our baths, that will record our thoughts easily when we get them, will ease our lives so much! These instruments need to be long lasting, and easily accessible and mandatory!
5. An app that automatically orders food for you when you are MIGHTY indecisive!
There are these days when you can cook for yourself and others but you choose not to, because you cannot figure out what to cook out of the plenty of veggies that are available to you. So you say, ok let's order in. But then you are too tired to even decide what to order.
Because yes, you like Chinese, but it's too heavy for dinner. Burgers are great, but too messy, na? Also, what if you get more hungry and the burger doesn't fill you? Pizzas are great but too cheesy. Dal Khichdi? Ghar pe to banta hai yaar hamesha. Nope. Dal Chawal? I'd rather sleep.
In these testing times, we need an app that will automatically judge and order some food for us without us knowing what it is. This should be within a set budget, from a hygienic place and should satisfy us. Now will we like to eat it once it's at our door? Well, how does it matter? You are too bored to order anyway, might as well eat what came in and be grateful for what came in.
6. Salaries should incrementally increase every month. (Yearly increments are great, but a tad old-school, don't ya think?)
We are used to getting our salaries raised every year, right? But can someone explain why exactly? Don't we grow every day? Don't we learn every month? Isn't every project a better learning experience? Wouldn't it be more of an incentive to work better and make more money every month? Wouldn't that also suit our affirmation that 'money comes in more easily to me every day!'?
I just gave you 5 reasons why salaries should increase every month, instead of the old-age tradition of an annual increment.
You give me one reason why salaries should increase every year. Actually don't - let's just sign the petition to get a raise every month.