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Comment on Of mologootal, mice and men by Sangeetha

Sangeetha — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:10:13 +0000

I was never a fan of the Mologootal when i was a kid… but ever since i learned cooking i started liking it very much – after all, it’s so easy to cook…but getting the right taste – that’s altogether a different question…:-)

Comment on A long sigh home by Paddy

Paddy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:42:25 +0000

Hey!

Found your blog from your FB info. You write really well. To add to your list, I’d like to list a set of things I miss after returning home from the US (inverse nostalgia, if you please!):

- Hot coffee from Pete’s along with a toasted blueberry bagel and low-fat Philadelphia cream cheese.

- The wide open spaces of Northern California.

- New Year’s Eve at the Embarcadero in SF.

- Real orange juice – naturally sweet without added sugar.

- Home Depot

- That wonderful universe of bright, cheerful, chic stuff available at darling prices – TARGET

- Mapo tofu with brown rice at P.F.Chang’s

- Enchiladas,Chile Relleno and Mexican food in general

- Pavements you can walk on without stepping in dog/cat/cow/buffalo/human poo. In fact, pavements!

- Cities and countryside that are clean, well-maintained and not an eyesore.

- CLEANLINESS!

Happy Blogging!

- Paddy

Comment on The Lotus Sutra by Arjun Kondamani

Arjun Kondamani — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:03:33 +0000

Nice write-up on the philosophy. What does Buddhism have to say on why there is Man and creation in general? If I were to put myself in the shoes of the “infinite”, why do I need Man and earth and creation and evolution if I am the past, present and future and if I have power to create or change anything (all-powerful)? Perhaps contemplation is the key to the question but if the philosophy provides a general road map, that is quite helpful in the journey.

The Gita does hint that we are shards of the infinite, along with past experiences: but why does the Infinite need shards? An all-powerful entity can ensure that there are no shards or absorb the shards immediately. The whole process of creation and evolution to sustain these “shards” seems to me, a bit unnecessary, to say the least!!

Comment on A long sigh home by Arjun Kondamani

Arjun Kondamani — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:53:21 +0000

Hey, nice blog! You captured quite a few of the things that have a place in nostalgia lane. I have been out of the country but I miss a few of those things still, like Elliotts beach, St Patrick’s, long walks in IIT, and best of all never putting on weight because you either sweat it off or burn it off!!!

Comment on A long sigh home by Kiran Subbaraman

Kiran Subbaraman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:16:40 +0000

And rather than add to your what-you-miss list, decided to share some snippets from a column a friend of mine wrote for the Timeout magazine. It was titled, Nostalgia, My foot… or something to that effect. Here goes:
1. Brindaavan express pronounced “brindvan” express
2. Booking a vespa and waiting 8 years to get it… and going and seeing one Mr. Ramasesha Iyengar to see if you could get it earlier on medical quota
3. Trying to get GLAXO baby food for Arun and Ramu… each brother talking to one Mr. Basavalingey Rajappa Gowda apiece to get it now itself.
4. Waiting for kerosene vandi to come by…usually in the blistering hot afternoon… running with empty tin to get in line
5. Going to ration shop and asking “what has come?” (eyn bandhidhe?)
6. Practicing that 5 am winter cough that milk-buyers waiting in front of Jayanna’s shop used to do and that I heard and learned to imitate … and getting amma irritated by practicing it at home … without any warning
7. Someone having a Car! (note cap)
8. Someone Going Abroad! (n. c.) … even more awe-inducing…someone RETURNING from abroad (only for avvisit though) and being told that he/she gets “for each month 1 lakh rupees salary” (maasaththukku ORU letcha roobaa sambalOOOHm)
9. Getting squashed by mobs in front of R.A.N.Stores (Jayanagar), G.K. & Bros. (G’bazaar … tell him you are Babu’s brother), etc. trying to get text books before supplies were over … and always, ALWAYS, having to go back several times … “Ariii,9thStandardSanskritBookBandhidhyaa?” Shopkeeper peremptorily waving one away after one had asked 83 times.
10. NO ONE using deo!
11. Being excluded from really interesting gossipy conversations because you were “too young”
12. Waiting for at least 30 minutes to cash a cheque for Rs. 35/- at Canara Bank… as the cheque passed from person to the next … often carried by an extremely pissed-off looking peon.
13. Gazetted Officers’ signatures. (still in practice)
14. Being sent to “mishin” to get rice POLISHED, paruppu maavified, and just plain to ask when we could bring the red chili to be powdered.
15. Going to KALPATHARU SUPER BAJAAR, Infantry Road, and gawping at the well-stocked shelves of PRE-cleaned/packaged food stuffs.
16. Having to buy refills for DOT PENS! (ball point? never heard of it)
17. Having to endure the mostest absolutest dreariest FILMS DIVISION documentaries before the feature film.
18. ALWAYS having to Know Someone for even the most mundane things…using ‘inflence” (minus the “u”)
19. NO public toilets AT ALL.

Comment on Of mologootal, mice and men by Kiran Subbaraman

Kiran Subbaraman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:56 +0000

chakka kottai mologootal … yummmmmm.
which reminds me that its been a few years since I had this variety of the dish. And the person who coined the phrase “a way to a man’s heart or whatever” must have had the this version of mologootal in mind.

and and, time to go prepare something for dinner – a poor substitute for the mologootal.

Comment on A long sigh home by Subbu

Subbu — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:36:34 +0000

beautiful writing, Very few copy writer who love writing like i love painting. excellent. missing your school of writers bigtime.

Comment on A long sigh home by Srinivas Chari

Srinivas Chari — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:22:29 +0000

Fantastic! Guess you missed Canteen Sekar’s cutting chai, “Sales to Delivery handover meetings”….rupa’s “shocking” well..well…

We turn more ‘Indians’ when we are out of India…particularly the first few months are so terrible that we used to watch even ‘Vayalum Vazhvum’ !!

Comment on A long sigh home by Durga Prasad

Durga Prasad — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:51:21 +0000

Nice one.
But dont you miss Chennai’s atmosphere….I mean its Kool atmosphere during summer..??

Comment on The Lotus Sutra by tamirisadp

tamirisadp — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:33:01 +0000

Hello,

Its very nice to come across your blog. When i look back, i don’t how i landed here.
Very nice posts. Keep posing the similar interesting stuff.