The world is, let us face it, not doing so well. Ok, Modi is making some great speeches. Gayle is hitting some great sixes. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir are having a decent spat. But is that enough?
Don't you see SRK is tired of all his flop shows? Don't you know Apple has lost billions in market cap? Don't you see that newspapers are full of stories of infanticide, patricide, scam after scam and Wikileaks? Even that an Indian lady earns a top legal post in America is not unadulterated good news, as Obama is faulted for a sexist gaffe.
History knows that in such uncertain or depressing times, man resorts to food and drink as escape. Binge eating and drinking is known to be a remedy. Every big festival in India at least means a feast. Elsewhere at least it is an occasion for drinking.
Yesterday, we celebrated Ugadi. It is the beginning of the Hindu new year. This year has the name Vijaya which means victory or success. So everyone is happy.
Yesterday, we celebrated Ugadi. It is the beginning of the Hindu new year. This year has the name Vijaya which means victory or success. So everyone is happy.
Lots of people yesterday ate a lot of obbattus. If you don't know what obbattu means, it is a fine Kannada sweet delicacy - a pancake made of lentil, flour and sugar or Jaggery.
Not only are you supposed to stuff yourself with lots of obbattus (add ghee, fine sugar and milk to taste!), but you are supposed to brag about how good and how many obbattus you ate.
Not only are you supposed to stuff yourself with lots of obbattus (add ghee, fine sugar and milk to taste!), but you are supposed to brag about how good and how many obbattus you ate.
Bad news now. No obbattus for me yesterday. Worse news. The worst ever. The chillies, which I love so much, have lost their 'hotness'. They are a bit like Manmohan speeches.
If chillies lose their flavour, it means God has become clueless as to how to fix the world. That we will have a bumper mango crop this season looks to me to be an empty promise.
If chillies lose their flavour, it means God has become clueless as to how to fix the world. That we will have a bumper mango crop this season looks to me to be an empty promise.
