Unlock your creativity
I have a good idea, you want to know?
Whatever time is left for lockdown.
We could continue even after lockdown.
The ladies and mothers at home go on strike for one day.
You don't enter the kitchen.
People who've never cooked at home, make them chef of that day.
Make a nice crown, put it label on it “chef of the day”,
put the crown on them.
And tell them to make things that…
Maybe little tough things, not just Maggie,
two minutes Maggie noodles. No, no.
Make them do things which they can also learn.
Tell them how to make dhoklas.
Tell them how to make Thepla.
Tell them how to make Upma.
Tell them how to make Dosa.
You can guide them tell them.
Okay you take this, you do this.
Give them first instruction.
Anyway they will come running to you to ask you.
But you are on strike, remember?
All the women at home are on strike. One day.
You are not going to clean the vessels.
That you give it to small children.
Let the kids clean the vessel.
You know?
So, do things which you normally don't do, or you don't have time to do.
I tell you people would enjoy in these ten days,
you will make your husband a better cook.
Every member of your family can become better cook.
Instead of getting cooked,
being frustrated at home, they can learn to be a better cook.
I mean, this you can do. Everybody can do.
Head cook has approved me!
Another thing that you can all do it easily.
In the house, you prepare food from different parts of India.
One day you make Gujarati food.
And that day, make sure, one of you select 10 Gujrati words,
or sentences.
The kid should learn those 10 sentences in Gujarati.
One day, that's a Gujarati day.
Second day, you give a challenge.
Okay, Tamil Nadu day.
That day, no roti will be made at home. No roti.
So idli, Dosa, Rasam.
And pick up ten Tamil words.
And everybody should learn or say it, practice it, 10 times!
You know?
Third day: pick up Bengali.
Fourth day: pick up Assamese.
You know national integration will happen in ten days.
You know at least ten sentences from all the languages of this country.
You know if you are in Switzerland,
its compulsory for you to learn three languages:
German, French and Italian.
You have to learn.
Children go to school they have to study these languages.
Here, you know, we of course learn English,
and we learn our mother tongue, of course we know.
But we don't care or bother to learn other languages.
So there is a division among the population.
Though you live there,
you don't respect the language of that place, or learn it.
There is already a distance that is happening.
Try to learn five sentences in Kazi.
Kazi is a language.
Manipuri.
People from Manipur people don't feel connected to rest of India. Why?
Communication gap has widened for so many years.
This is the time for us to take that step.
Let everyone learn 10 sentences from that state.
You know state of Tripura.
Conduct Tripura day, one day.
So you can create these few days as days of celebration.
As days of fun.
Help people to use their creativity.
This is a time to use our creativity.
Tell everyone: “ok, each one of you make a drawing”.
Spend half an hour in doing a drawing.
Half an hour in writing a story.
Half an hour in writing a song or composing a music.
These are the activities you can do.
I think this is the time to learn languages,
this is the time to learn music, arts and, explore science.
It gives you bigger context to your life.
Instead of watching a TV serial all the time, about some stories,
watch those that which can improve your general knowledge.
Which will give you more idea about the universe around you.
These things are more relaxing.
If you watch something about the stars,
about the galaxy, about our Milky Way, about the black holes.
You know, when you watch these thing that doesn't strain you so much,
instead it just expands your consciousness.
It gives you bigger context to your life.
These things can also calm down your anger.
Create a positive atmosphere.
Once you determine to do this,
next ten days I am going to create a positive atmosphere.
I tell you, you can do it.
Give miracle a chance.
You will see magic happening.