ONION

The first thing that comes to our minds when we think of an onion is “tears”. Tears are something that each one of us readily identifies the onion with, however, it can be better related to the person whom we love the most or the one who is close to our hearts. Whenever we cut the onion, tears roll down our eyes. The same can be said when we lose someone special. It is this aspect of emotional attachment of the human nature that is related to the onion. Onion can also be compared to our behaviour towards others. For instance, if the onion is deep fried in oil or fried till it turns golden brown; it imparts certain sweetness to the dish. This phenomenon sends out a message that the true sweetness in a relation can be experienced only if you feel deeply about it. Mere frying won’t make it sweet. The deeper you fry, the more you come close to people. But, just as the onion teaches us to come close to people, it might as well teach us tricks to keep people away from us. Eat a raw onion and many of the people won’t even come near, forget talking alone.

Unlike other vegetables such as carrots, radishes etc (all grow underground), an onion cannot be directly eaten. It seems tasteless. It is best when cooked properly or if raw, with salads. The thing that comes out from this fact is that some relations cannot be sustained by a single factor alone. They seem useless and pointless when the interest is narrowed down to one thing. However, to make sense out of a relation, we need to view it from all possible angles and analyse it to make it fuller, richer and deeper. Some relations are best when mixed up with various emotions. This too can be related to the onion.
To sum it up, it is not the onion that teaches us these great things. These are simple things that are not paid much attention or given much importance in our daily lives. It is just that someone like you and me sat down for a moment and thought about the onion, else the onion would have been just another vegetable............. or is it still?