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..