என்ன குறையோ ...

என்ன குறையோ என்ன நிறையோ என ஆரம்பிக்கும் இந்த பாடல் கவிஞர் அறிவுமதியின் எழுத்துக்களில் மந்திர புன்னகை படத்தில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளது। சுதா ரகுநாதன் அவர்களின் தேனினும் இனிய குரலில் கண்ணனை பற்றி கேட்க கேட்க திகட்டமால் இருக்கிறது. கண் மூடி கேட்கையில் மெய்சிலிர்கிறது, கண்ணன் வானுலகில் இருந்து வந்துவிட்டானோ என தோன்றுகிறது. கர்நாடக சங்கீத பின்னணியில் என்ன அருமையாக இசை அமைத்துள்ளார் வித்யாசாகர். எத்தனை முறை கேட்டுவிட்டேன்!!!ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் வேறு உலகத்திற்கு சென்றது போல் உணர்வு. கண்ணீர் தானாக வடிகிறது...

Caption I liked :)

recently that made me smile

What happens

everyday if the food prepared in the restaurants are sumptuous and get wasted, flowers in flower market are not sold out!!

என்ன கொடுமை இது

வம்சம் படத்தின் விளம்பரம் ஸ்ரீவில்லிபுத்தூர் கோவில் மண்டபத்தில்.

Khatta Meetha

I have seen guy selling Mosambi juice in pull cart with Mosambi, a small tool to extract the juice. I use to wonder who will have this when there are juice shops which give in use n throw cups. Once I saw near my office and wanted to try. My friend and myself got only 1 cup and shared. It was Rs.10 and was just crushed to extract juice from Mosambi without water. It was served with pinch of salt, chat masala, pepper and sugar. It was delicious with less sweet and more of sour n salty, healthy too...

Farewell

It is time for most of our friends to depart from current work to seek a new beginning. We always plan for a movie or outing or lunch @ a hotel. This time we people who are departing have taken the chance to treat others. The party should be well planned not in any restaurant near our office we usually go but some good place in city. All our friends decided to meet @ BarbequeNation, 100ft road, Indira Nagar. A table has been booked in advance for 14 and we started grabbing by 1.30pm. This restaurant is famous for grilled food and it included grills of vegetables, pineapple, mushroom, chicken, fish, prawn. Plates were in green and black to differentiate veg and non veg. They were 90% cooked and remaining 10% was cooked in the oven in our table. Different sauses including mayonnaise, ginger-garlic, garlic chilli, mango, vinegar were served. While grilling, those sauses could be applied using a brush on the items.

Next came the other starters: Falafal topped with mayonnaise- tasted like the south famous masal vada, kajun fried potato- single potato was beaten up, baked and looked like a coin, paneer tikka, chicken, crab, mutton. It was unlimited and we dont remember how many rounds of starters we had. Until the flag was put down starters were served. The taste was entirely different from what I have had in other places.
Finally decided to put the flag down to start with other stuffs. Thai noodle soup was served for veg and lemon grass for non veg. Salads included carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion the usuals and others item like fatoosh salad, jalpino, pineapple-mango, american sweet corn, cabbage in white sauce. My tummy was full with this but wanted to do justice for entire package. Hence had Thai noodles, green thai gravy, mushroom- babycorn gravy, chettinad brinjal curry, channa masala, veg pulao, curd rice. Mutton briyani was served in authentic terracota bowl with chicken side dish. We also had aerated drinks, fruit punch while having main course.
It is time for the most awaited dessert. Still I have space in tummy. Gulab jamoons, phirni, chocolate pastry, mango mousse, vanilla icecream topped with choco sauce, nuts... mouth watering. I wished I had one more tummy. The restaurant's ambience and service were uncomparable. Hope everybody liked the food and we all were happy about that. Later in the evening few of us went for shopping to buy sarees for friend's sister. I have worn and shown the saree as display:-). Having purchased happily the day ended with a coffee and then back to home. Whenever a good thing happens it is mandatory for a bad thing to occur or wat? Even though we all chatted happily, unknowingly groups were formed and not all could speak with each other. This made few to feel bad and this caused a guilty feeling in me. Since I was taking fotos and enjoying food, dint spend time to speak with my friends' spouse who were new in our gang. Anyway another chance to have one more get together, chat, eat, shout in happiness. All these gatherings make me happy, forget the entire world and realise that Life is short, Enjoy every moment!!!

Discovering Bangalore

Being an IT professional, I wanted a change and wanna move to other place.
The hunting started sometime back and most of the weekends I was roaming with my profile. Attending walkins is a very big curse- need to stand in a lonnng Q in hot sun, register our names, sit somewhere without breakfast though I reach the venue before 9am. Few rounds I clear but finally get out with my thumbs down.
Sometimes I face problems like should I ask the employee of the company to refer me, venue is not known to me and so on... Every friday evening I think monday I would come to office very happily having an offer. Different companies have different expectations. When I lose an interview, I prepare for that kinda Qs for next but the interviewer will expect something else. Expectations are not clear!!!So far I have realised that ppl donot want my skills to be utilised in their company. poor ppl :-) The irritating part in the interview would be :Why do u wanna change company and join us. What the hell question is this ??I would think to myself: my company doesnot pay me well, I am not satisfied with what they offer. But I have to sugar coat my words praising their company- somebody in the campus might have told something or I would have reeled a lot as if I knew about them very well.
With this every weekend I see many places in Bangalore where I have never been before. Thus exploring the nook and corner and the discovery continues...

Somehow I have justified for choosing this title at the end:)