The other day I was sucked into a discussion on the benefits of fish eating and Omega 3 fatty acids and other such medico-gastronomic discussion over lunch with a few of my colleagues. What with stress and other such urbane issues plaguing most of the population, there was a stormy discussion on the lunch table one day where few of my colleagues were animatedly discussing the benefits of eating the right food to ensure that the plaque sits elsewhere and not on your artery wall.
Although I did not happen to be a part of the discussion from the beginning , what with joining on the table a trifle late, I kind of stormed into the scene when the vegetarian folks were trying to advocate the benefits of being so for the sake of the artery at least. Fiesty protests followed from the colleagues who were not so and it was somewhere around this juncture that my timely action of pulling a chair and joining in veered the discussion to the benefits of savoring fish and the Omega 3 etc.
Since almost all have read sometime or other in the papers about this oily substance that fishes possess and the benefits thereof, the discussion somehow came to the issue of when and how much fish should a person eat to keep your artery in shape. Much to the chagrin of my Tam-Brahm and Gujju friends, the non-vegetarians on the table proclaimed that they consumed fish pretty regularly and this kept them healthy fit and fine. Due to my origins in Bengal, a kind of opinion was being sought from me as to what should be the optimum frequency of consumption. Fortunately no one asked for co-relation to the statistical data of coronary diseases in Bengal.
The lunch at canteen was anyway coming to a close so gathering up my plates I gave my dictum clearly. I told them “Guys, Bengalis generally do not give a damn on Alpha Beta Omega. We believe in eating fish only two days in a week…” Their jaws dropped as they had heard much to the contrary about it being a staple daily food in that part of the country.
As I gathered to get up from the table I completed the sentence “ …the day it rains and the day it does not”.
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