burger with sambar ?

last saturday a veggie burger from McDonalds walked into our house, courtesy some birthday party in our complex. Before it could reach the intestine, the McD Veggie Burger entered the kitchen, which is controlled by a Marwari IT professional lady. Though the lady has stayed in US, Canada, London, Europe etc etc for majority of her professional career, her stomach and taste buds are still very much Indian (what patriotism !), to be more specific we can call her patriotic marwari. Coming back to the burger, even in their wildest dream the sesame bun, patty, american cheese slices, mayonnaise, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, dill pickles (pickled cucumber),the mustard sauce and ketchup would not have got any clue on what is coming.

Sesame bun was opened up, iceberg lettuce and american cheese found their way to the trash can; mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard sauce carefully scrapped off the bun but the patty, tomatoes, onions and dill pickles were left as is. Then comes out the coriander chutney (sauce) from the refrigerator, which was nicely spread on the sesame bun and further stuffed with spicy bikaneri bhujia along with the other untouched McD ingredients....finally the burger found its destination, a marwari stomach

thankfully i wasn't at home to see this but i did feel sorry for the McDonalds Kitchen when i heard about it, McD should actually do a survey on what is happening with their burgers in Indian kitchens. Also you never know, the coming saturday my mom might use coconut chutney spread and serve the burger with sambar!

Well that reminds me that Taco Bell has started its operation in India and the first outlet is in Bangalore. Beware Taco, my wife is planning a visit ;-)

forgot to KISS

morning morning don't rotate my head (subhe subhe dimaag math ghooma) ! well that was how my meeting was this morning. Meeting started in the right spirit, its amazing that few things like well defined agenda, right participants and a clear purpose when tied together makes a meeting so very effective and that was how it was but then every movie has a villain, so it was a matter of time before the nice meeting was a victim of some evil eye and in no time the meeting was hijacked by the villains and when they refused to compromise for any kind of ransom, the meeting was adjourned and re-scheduled. During the meeting there were some really long discussions on trivial issues, i was also an active part of those long discussions. After we finished the meeting I realized that just like many others, i have forgotten to KISS, i mean to Keep It Short and Simple. Long arguments often lose the purpose and we end up discussing things which are supposed to be "out of scope" in a given context, so though we all know the importance we seldom learn to KISS at the right time

Well today I forgot to KISS but i am glad that GOD did it the right way when he was forming my wife..i am glad GOD made her short (in height), sweet and simple, exactly the way I like. thanks almighty, you did not forget to KISSS (KISS with an extra "S" for sweet). Phew !! who says guys cant be cheesy ;-)

security for security..

we have enough to worry about ! Natural calamities, poverty and medical problems are already claiming millions of life but we still have to worry about al-qaida, naxals, maoists, terrorists and other anti-social elements. Well as per the offer letter from GOD i was supposed to have lots of fun, i try but the events around are always disturbing. Should i be concerned about saving 500 USD for my iPAD or should my heart and savings go to at least one of the 76 security men's family who lost their lives in Dantewada. It is heart breaking to see that the security men were killed in no time but the decision to kill the people who killed them is being delayed forever. The demands of the Maoists may be right but still it does not give them the licence to kill

I feel like ending my contract with earth and taking up the offer from some neighboring planet. If anyone do spot a UFO then direct it to Bangalore, i need a carrier too..

what is the mystery ?

today i read in entertainment section that Priyanka chopra is in Kashmir shooting for a movie named SAAT KHOON MAAF (forgiven for Seven Murders). Though I did wonder on why should they shoot in a place where anti-social elements could possibly shoot them dead but my attention was soon drawn to the number Seven? Why Seven Murders ? Why not Six or Eight ?

In fact the significance of number Seven is quite a bit ..Seven Wonders of the World, Seven Rounds of the Sacred Fire (as part of hindu marriage), Seven Vows of Marriage (again as part of hindu marriage), Seven colors of the rainbow, Seven continents in the world and seven days in a week. Then there are books named Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Seven Laws of Spiritual Success and movies like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Seven (Saath) Hindustani and now a MTV reality show - Seven deadly Sins and one wild safari !

But why Seven ? what is the mystery ?