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Food – Price Range(Wide Spectrum) – Purpose(Narrow Spectrum)

An extract from Rohin’s(my colleague) article Food as a leveler – Either way an old Hindi saying which depicts that food can be a great leveler came to my mind. “No matter how rich or poor, no matter how high or low in the society a person might be, he might not bend his head in front of any human being and if he is an agnostic, then not even in front of god but at the end of the day each individual has to tilt/bend his head forward to have his morsel. No individual can take food comfortably without paying it the proper respect, knowingly or unknowingly.”

Sunday the 27^th of May came two days after I had read an article on how food acts as a great leveler between the high – the low, the mighty – the meek, the healthy – the sick, the rude – the polite….. Gokul and I finish our weekly shuttle practice and on our way back, are met with ravaging hunger, hunger enough to kill us a dozen times on the spot. So we start discussing various options which starts with Nandhini, Jayanagar which is ruled out instantly because on weekends you might as well work as a part time employee / door keeper from 12:30 – 15:00 pm because till 15:00 you won’t get a seat and will have to stand near the door keeper giving him company saluting the various patrons entering and exiting and to add to the misery you would be distraught with the confusion of identifying the various aromas of chicken curry, fish fry etc rafting through the air and your mind will be busy calculating the matrix of how many people went in, average time of eating etc. Never mind let me move on from this frightful bashing of having to wait in life. So then we discuss a few more options, and because our DNA constitutions are different, for whichever place I agree, he disagrees and vice versa. Finally our consensus was a place called ‘Surya mess’ which is a place in JP Nagar serving authentic Kerala food. They serve some excellent home cooked food, with amazing curries and can cause diseases with symptoms like dreaming about their food, cravings to go crawling back to their place within a single day for more than three times a day. Also mind you, you can have dinner there for ten times at the same cost that you might have to shell out for a single meal in an average restaurant. So with this idea we drive on, until we smell the same aromas of Kerala wafting around few km away, some where around South End circle. And as we wonder if we have been day dreaming or caught in a sensory mirage about food, bingo right there we see a fishy place with several auto’s and two wheelers standing near a Fish outlet, where they sell a wide variety of fish based dishes. I have seen this place several times in the night when there are several people in cars and from the upper strata of life, does it mean they are there for some good food under the cover of darkness – does it mean they don’t want to be seen in such a small place in the morning light where their actions would come to light to others? Anyways we see people on the pavement enjoying a fishy! meal & now we are in a dilemma as to whether we eat here, else where or take a pack back home. Finally the aroma, the freshness and the native cooking style win us over and food being a great leveler makes us pick up a set of meals, a fish and a prawn dish and we sat right next to the auto wallahs and other co diners and we settled comfortably on the road’s pavement(yes I said pavement) and admired the taste of the food but at the same time was looking with the corner of my eye at the passing cars and vehicles nervously hoping not to catch a glimpse of any person known to me, but gradually the food taste was so great that I was ready to advocate and advertise this place to many a friends and pals. The good food had bought about a nice pleasant mood in me that I ended up buying a meal for a poor kid about 5-6 years who was pointing to the fish meal and asking me to buy him a plate of that nirvana.

So food acted as a great leveler making me sit somewhere where I won’t ideally sit and dine. Food as always has proved to be the connecting factor between many a people.

Fish Joint MAP

Surya Mess MAP

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FOCUS is the keyword

Courtesy : Internet.

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Diving Series

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IT CONSULTANTS

Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after
his sheep on the side of a deserted road. Suddenly a
brand new Porsche screeches to a halt.

The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti
shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and
a Pierre Cardin tie, gets out and asks the Shepherd:
If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you
give me one of them?"

The shepherd looks at the young man, and then looks at
the large flock of grazing sheep and replies: "Okay."

The young man parks the car, connects his laptop to
the mobile-fax, enters a NASA Webster, scans the
Ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel
tables filled with logarithms and pivot tables, then
prints out a 150 page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.

He turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly
1,586 sheep here."

The shepherd cheers, "that's correct, you can have
your sheep."

The young man makes his pick and puts it in the back
of his Porsche.

The shepherd looks at him and asks: "If I guess your
profession, will you return my animal to me?"

The young man answers, "Yes, why not".

The shepherd says, "You are an IT consultant ".

"How did you know?" asks the young man.

"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came
here without being called. Second, you charged me a
fee to tell me something I already knew, and third,
you don't understand anything about my business.. Now
can I have my DOG back?"

Courtesy: A Fwd!

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Wildlife - animal/insect/bird Photography

Some of my favorite pictures taken by me, for more visit
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Turahalli - Forest Reserve

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“Turahalli is located in south of Bangalore off Kanakapura road nearly 8 kms from Banashankari temple. It is a dry deciduous forest with lot of eucalyptus trees and other wild shrubs and trees. It has often been observed existence of many wild animals like jackal, hare, monitor-lizard, mongoose etc. Also, this happens to be one of the favorite places for bird-watchers as many rare species of birds are found in this area. Bird watchers have long frequented Turahalli and list of species sighted at Turahlli compiles as a lengthy one. Some of the birds such as Great Horned Owl treasures up as very important sightings.”.....

This is what I had heard about the place, before I decide to visit the place, my BIL an avid bird watcher took me to the place a mere 15 minute drive from the Banashankari temple, we reached an off beat road and parked the car under a tree and got out to climb the small peak out there.

My first impression was that - it’s a very nice place so close to the city yet having some undulating peaks , empty lands, unpolluted air and fairly green scenery. I tread up taking pictures of the sun rays and the other varied flora there, while my BIL more interested in the birds walks away in search of them. A fairly decent walk up the hill takes about 60 minutes, stopping in between for taking in the visual scenery mentally and mechanically(through the camera). Me being interested in photography stop and take few pictures of the rocks and the various shrubs and vegetation, and upon reaching the peak take some pictures of the lovely horizon pictures of the city. Then on the top of the mountain, there’s a Hindu temple, as we walk beyond that point we are greeted by more dense vegetation and more dense forests. This is where my lucks runs real high and I spot a pea fowl, a bee eater, a pied bush chat or an Indian Robin and a white Brahminy kite. Just imagine if a non bird watcher like me can see so many birds so easily, then the bird watchers are really in for a mega treat. Then we decide to walk down through the more unbeaten up track, which proved to be more difficult than climbing up but worth the difficulty as I happen to come across a flock of peacocks and peahens which looked very beautiful.

Then as we were nearing the base of the hill, we were in for the treat of the day as we happened to see a great Indian eagle Owl , a beauty, quite huge –it sat for a while to pose to us and then it flew with such grace that it was treat for us. Then we reached the car to see the rear windscreen broken by some miscreants-so that’s some thing to watch out while parking your vehicles.

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Moi Garden at Bangalore home...

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Save the environment

A page from one of my official newsletter...

Please click on the picture to read the interesting facts and tips to conserve energy.

For a detailed analysis and tips to save the planet click below

do or die , prevail or perish

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Dual Roles

Played around with the shutter speed...





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mera Article in the Hindu...

1) ...dated 21/02/2007

check the below link and have a glance.....


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For older articles in the Hindu click here

http://minmaxmim.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html


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