I'm pretty confident that mustard oil is nutritionally the best oil there is, although this is still controversial in Europe and the USA. Its disappearance from the Indian marketplace was a disaster, and it hasn't completely regained its dominant position in the Indian market even now the ban has been lifted. It's still hard to get in some parts of India. It's less clear-cut whether this is really a scandal, although it may well be.
In Europe, Canada and the USA (possibly elsewhere, I don't know), mustard oil offered for sale must display a warning, something like Not for Human Consumption, or For External Use Only. This has been variously a
We are born
with the
desire to create.
Holding that
crayon,
coloring
that paper.
Running our
fingers over
the keys,
strumming
the strings.
We delight
in any
simple creation
we accomplish.
Yet
as we age
we are
told,
That is NOT good.
You have no talent whatsoever.
Shouldn't you do something you're good at?
Stop wasting my time.
And so,
we leave
them behind.
Close our hearts,
and long in
secret.
We gaze
longingly
at a painting,
adore certain music.
Yet feel,
empty.
If we would
just hold on,
and pursue
it anyway
Artists would
be abundant.
Ali
My words
flow from
my own
experiences,
my own opinions.
My verses
are colored
by my past,
my beliefs.
But the
words
I write,
will be
read by
many,
each taking
something
different.
You will
read my
words,
and you
search
for the
hidden meaning.
Though there
may be
nothing there,
you draw
on your
life,
and interpret
from there.
No matter
the words,
you'll see
what you
choose.
No matter
my will.
Ali