A slice of life!

In life, one full of day to day routines, I often marvel at people who are adept at some small task. For example there is one road side eatery vendor in Bangalore who cuts onions at a frenetic pace, all into small pieces into a big pile without once adding a dash of his finger to it. Watching such activity is engrossing.

But the most impressive work in my opinion is the slicing of tomatoes. Not all tomatoes are firm and I have difficulty in even chopping them. I used to wonder how they make the tomato slices for the sandwiches.

I saw one road side sandwich vendor at Charni Road area in Mumbai. The way he sliced tomatoes was all grace. He held the tomato in his left hand and the knife in his right. He pushed the knife using his thumb into the tomato, slicing it straight and neat. I stood mesmerized by the verve and elan with which he went about creating slices uniformly thick, laying them onto the bread.

Keeping on to the task makes one proficient at that. But the beauty with which it is done makes it spell-binding.