World peace

Over the Christmas break that I took from writing blogs, I did a lot of contemplating on the situation in the world. Where I live, in Australia, it is quite peaceful on the surface - most people can lead a safe and averagely-happy lifestyle. The worst happenings for the majority are generally traffic accidents, illnesses, death of loved ones, loss of job, etc. Whereas these may be devastating to those involved, it is a long way from the miseries that are being encountered in other countries.

I have seen with shock how the world was shown the situation in Tibet when the world looked towards China during last year's Olympic Games - but the world only looked - nothing has happened to help the Tibetans!

I have a friend who lives in Pakistan - he and his family are suffering because of the situation there, of terrorism, bombings, the threat of war with India…

When I read that China had incorporated large worldwide manufacturing businesses into its territory and was headed toward world domination of products - and then just weeks later that it was developing methods of controlling the emotions of people - I was disgusted.

The Middle East I do not follow very often, as I do not know anyone personally that lives there - but I am aware vaguely of the wars, fear and killings, and of how horrid it must be to live in such a place at this time.

There seems to be so much negativity on the planet right now...

In the name of world peace, I will start this new blogging year by posting a recipe that combines two cultures in one dish.

Indo-Italian - curry-lasagna - will be my next post.