Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The sweet "pan" seller
How many of u love sweet pan?I personally feel its a delight! but,the problem nowadays is the sweet pans are being pre packed and refrigerated as a result the actual flavour is lost.But, I found a panwala who brings the delicacy straight on ur tounge.In the summer holidays when I stayed at my friend's place I used to enjoy his pan daily,so as soon as I came in this semester break I wanted to go to the good old shop ,I love the way he makes the pan- he adds all the ingredients(I counted them) they were 9 all together and its mouthfull juicy one.
I always used think about the pan and his scrupulous pan making but never thought about the man particularly, since he was in the kiosk,but that day my friend casually told me that the man is handicapped and needs crutches to walk.I was struck by a sense of sympathy as I slowly emptied the sweet juice from his pan,I couldn't exactly understand the feeling ,he was like any other man and he was even more excited to explain me the source of ingredients .I didn't sense a sign of sadness on his face .He was kidding around with the people ,though it is a small incident I some how felt the sweet pan wala is indeed sweet and motivating.
Taming the white tiger
I was flipping the pages of Arvind Adiga's The White tiger ,it was a beautiful presentation of agony and frusration of the poor ?no, the bellyless people -as he classifies the people in the country into two catogeries bellied& belly less. It is a light hearted way of looking at the most serious things in the present day world .The character Munna /Balaram Hawaii finds his way from the masses and slums into the Banglorean life style of night shifts and day breaks.
A small paragraph in the book particularly overwhelmed me , since I personally feel the pain and agony of the people he described in that particular para. He follows a street dog into the slums where the construction workers stay,these people live in horrible conditions with no proper sanitation .He describes two kids fighting for a note in the gutter ,I see the same events through my window sill in the hostel all day long. There's some construction work going in the college ,and the workers have been provided temporary shelthers ,these people work day and night for the sake of people who want to live in the glass buildings but don't they atleast deserve the basic sanitation facilities? they defecate in the open ground, and imagine the plight of female labourers?
The book presented the idea of poverty in a new dimension,but some points in the book were a bit offensive ,even Gandhiji had to bear the brunt of Munna at a point .overall its a refreshing work..
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wanna change the world?
Tired of seeing the same world laden with poverty,pain, and
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Bucket List...!
1.Scuba diving in Pacific ocean
Saturday, November 1, 2008
random thoughts/factoids
Sunday, October 26, 2008
...The Jailor....saab!
I wasn't updating blog for quite sometime,the actual problem is when you sit down to write something ,you'll encounter the myraid amounts of information like smash potatoes at you,and its cumbersome to escape those un structured attacks,but today I managed, infact have been victorious in escaping the informanomania(as I call it) because I have an important ummmm well,not important interesting mmmm may not be...thrilling.??.ughhh my vocab sux!....ok,chuck it I have a plain issue of which I want to talk about .
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The poet(s) of the fall
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Dial a Robber for hot wheels.
Mmm Mmmm.... "M"
Recently the Economomic Times quoted the words of Ratan Tata who said " We have shifted from a bad M to a good M'. He meant to say that because the Nano project was shifted from Mamta benarjee's (Kolkata) court to Modi's court( Ahmedabad). Though the intention behind his statement is clear some people are of opinin that letter M is some kinda bad letter in English alphabet because it is mid way between the letters i'e position 13. This was not the opinion of the people of present times but previously Ian flemming the creator of James bond had also mentioned the same portraying bond in Military (M) and as Machoman(M) though the prospects were different. However I find its quite ridiculous that anything has to with the name.
Doodle and Overflow of knowledge
So, are you an MBBS student too ?? don't say No! because i'm not speaking about those white apron clad beautiful chicks nor those nerdy guys .I'm talking about those people who know what they are and who don't give a damn about what others think,
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Murphy for the unkown
Hey folks!!, all those who know about Murphy's law just enjoy the modern laws by sliding a bit ,and for the people who don't know about this soul, let me have the pleasure of introducing you people to the world of Murphy.
When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
LAW OF THE THEATRE:
People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle arrive last.
LAW OF BIOMECHANICS:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
LAW OF THE TELEPHONE:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
LAW OF THE WORKSHOP:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
LAW OF THE RESULT:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
LAW OF VARIATION:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
LAW OF THE ALIBI:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the Next morning you will have a flat tire.
LAW OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
LAW OF COFFEE:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold no matter how hot is your coffee is.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
DRead it or Dump it
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
MURphy loves me...I LOve Robhatah
(should have tried rite??) I was awestuck by the performance of soldiers.
Then, comes our event .It was actually scheduled at 9 am ,so we were waiting for our team mates to come but God !!the clock was just ticking and no sign of them. Suddenly it was 2 pm and still no signs of these people, we rushed to the event spot and were eagerly waiting for them finally they arrived at around 5:30 pm and the event was to end at 6pm ,we reqested the judges as we had a genuine reason the car tyre got punctured 3 times?? you know what i mean 3 times!!!!
finally they were like very impressed by the model and every one was posing for pics with our model , but they said they couldn't help as we were late , so then I thought "MURPHY LOVES ME"
chennai...IIT MADRAS.....
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Modelling Are you game FOr it?
Recently,I was in
Udupi with my friend for shopping. He was keen on getting a shirt of particular colour, so we were knocking at every garment show room. Alaas! it took us an hour to finally get what we want. But during shopping I noticed something, that is the shopkeepers are diplaying the undergarments in glass shelves where as clothes on the hangers , Then I enqired the shopkeeper the reason to do so?..Bang came the answer since the underwear have models on them so,they are attractive ..(???? are they really so)..that made me think about the people who do modelling for some local not so famous company imagine they being called as cheddi wallah! well, the prospects for jockey model are way far different from "The udupi underwar &co"model .Then I was told what amount they pay to these models by a person who was kinda contractor for all such things . Fashion is going from ultra to extra ultra these days,today I was going through some article in THE HINDU which says the VOUGE fashion magazine has featured some poor people who can't even dream of seeing such dresses in their life were clad in dresses and were in for a photoshoot. They were paid pretty decently.I really don't know if it is the new fashion statement they are quoting or as the critics say it is "exloiting the poor" by paying them far less than a top class model.Ofcourse they can't be paid on the similar lines as they pay to Minnisha lamba, John Abraham or any top class model .So do you think there is really injustice done to the poor? By posing for a 30 minutes photo shoot they earned 3 times they could earn in a day or that which equals in a week . According to me i think its pretty fair "Exloiatation" has to be defined properly ,instead of just making a fuss about it, they should consider the benefits and appreciate the new style statement ,which brings alltogether a new face to fashion,the man in the picture is carrying an umbrella worth $500
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Multi personality conflict in me.
VOICES INSIDE ME:
This sem ,I was on a spree to satisfy my ego which has been running wither tither to get the gadgets that i wanted since long...its like suddenly an artist,a poet ,a musician ,a photographer and by far an architect is inside me each taking turns to tell me that i should be one among them, each giving his own explanations and abetting me to take their way .
Saturday, September 27, 2008
TIme space...and me!
Well,recently i was going through some article, there i was intrigued by the statistics about the thoughts our brain process in a single minute,yea undoubtedly its the masterpiece which makes a personse himself as Bill gates in an instant and the very next moment you are out in the vegetable market selling fish??..(errr..ya) one shot you are partying @ Las vegas strip club the very next moment you are in sector 11 of US army flying the ultra modern jet