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Food talk

Being a foodie, i tend to indulge myself in any kind of vegetarian cuisine..Back home, when i was working, my team frequently visited restaurants and eat outs. It was either to celebrate birthdays or promotions, the best ones were treats for someone getting hooked..cos it was wholesome deal of ragging the poor guy/girl along with the benefit of enjoying a delicious spread..If nothing came along, we would always "cook up" a reason to feast on the ice creams in our canteen. The lunch treats posed a risk though, sitting cozily at my desk right under the ac vent, my eyes swirled and efforts to open up proved futile. Should say, i secretly loved the short naps, was refreshing to take on the rest of the day.

Continuing with the tradition of eating out, i have been treating my taste buds to variety of different cuisines here, Thai, Middle Eastern, Mexican, Italian. Middle Eastern and Mexican closely resemble Indian cuisine and are such a delight. Thai food was tricky, found myself gobbling the half baked veggies and the bland rice that came with it.. The "eating escapades" got me thinking and a realization dawned that Indian food beats all other cuisines hands down, especially when you have Thai food and delectable dosa the very next day it strikes you glaringly. The rich taste and aroma of our food be it a regular sambar vada or a fancy masala dosa the entire package is so delectable. No wonder our Indian cuisine is such a hit in the West, though it's considered complicated..

Complicated or not, sipping a hot rasam has accelerated my appetite readying it to take a plunge into ever- green Indian sapadu..

Have a great week ahead and keep your taste buds tickled :)

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Internal Profit League ( IPL)

After getting a decent feedback on blog1, i want to blog more..

Lots talked, debated on this hot topic on TV shows, discussed thread bare over phone, chat..the whole nation glued to their TVs to catch the excitement of every game played..some of them catching it live in the stadium..some like me, just getting to know who's in and who's out, so that we don't feel left out in any conversation on the IPL..While on one hand, IPL has taken entertainment and cricket to another level, its now in the heart of brewing controversy, shadowing the glitz and glamor around it..Whats puzzling is, why none of this came into light before the entire event kick started..was it negligence of the Govt. agencies, that are now running around with raids or did they simply conveniently chose to ignore any possibility of money changing hands..beats me!!..Let me leave it at that and wait for your thoughts on this..

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Hi there!

So here i'm after months of procrastination and telling everyone around me that i'm planning on writing a blog( more precisely, boasting)..i pick myself up to actually get into the act..as i type out these lines, i sit clueless on what i should be blogging about, i decide i should be talking about my new life, in the land of opportunities, i would like to call it land of plenty, far far away from my homeland, India. For those who haven't guessed,( may be i'm poor at giving clues), its Ammeriika( thats how we call it back home)..Well, i got here with a brand new dimension and a tag that says "no longer single"..Of course i'm happy about that..:) and i like the new place too..

As i go-about my days here handling responsibilities as a home maker( which includes lazing in the couch) , listening to numerous tips from my people here on how to be a "smart shopper", cashing in on the discount sale, what to buy and stuff to avoid, its like my daily cup of coffee,i don't know if any of it has sunk in, but i listen ( which is lot different from hearing") , i cant help, but notice quite a few things that are sooo different from India, no i'm not keen on making a list of it, i have heard them all myself from visiting relatives and acquaintances..But i really love to talk about a subtler and profound aspect of this place/people that impressed me.. the way people greet and acknowledge your presence, when you see them or just pass by.

When i visited the mammoth super market here for the first time, the girl at the billing counter, posing a bright smile, asked how my day had been and topped it with "Have a great weekend"..unsure of what to say, i mumbled a good day in return, which she would have barely heard..i say to myself may be she is trained for that, its part of dealing with customers thing...well, it turned out i was wrong, even a random person on the street would wave at you and smile..i have learnt now to at least manage a smile in return. It feels good in a weird sort of way. On a mild introspection i realize we never do such a thing back home ( at least i haven't :()..greeting a total stranger would look outrightly stupid , even dangerous sometimes and more likely a look from the other that clearly spells out "Are you mad"..not to mention that we would even prefer to avoid people whom we know when we bump into them and act as though they are invisible..Well, thats how we are and will be..I'm not ranting about all this, to say nothing is good about India and we need to look to the West and learn blah blah blah...but this is something we could try and imbibe..Let me see if i can do it myself..and i'm starting right way by wishing all those people reading my blog, a great day and a rocking weekend..

Yipee!!..here goes my first blog..eager to read your comments

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