Sunday, August 15, 2010

Shwetha's graduation photos

These are Shwetha's Graduation photos.

http://picasaweb.google.com/shwetha.swami/ShwethaSGraduation#

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Ribbon Pakoda,Thattai and Cheedai - A business idea!

So many trips have happened to India and back to the US all these 10 years and I thing that has always remained unchanged is the neatly packed ziploc bags full of savories that Amma delicately packs and places amidst all the clothes in the huge American touristers. Extra care is taken that the oil effusing out of the ribbon pakodas and cheedais don't get out of the polythene bags.They are tucked in between towels or clothes of relative unimportance.

Once the jetlag wears down and there is enough enthusiasm to dig into the baggages, one sights the delicacies.Once the staple pins are removed and the first bite is taken, its wholesome bliss!

The crispiness and the correct level of spiciness makes it an excellent snack. God knows why not even a single american snack has a taste or crispness close to our homemade India snacks.

So this time, my in-laws brought the snacks that my amma had sent me. It was really a great treat to be treated to puran bholi,chakavarty along with the above mentioned savories.

Puran bholis, once microwaved just oozes out with the ghee in them and within splits seconds they just melt inside ones mouth.

May be, it wouldn't be a bad idea to come up with a business strategy to efficiently manufacture and market these to the masses in the US whose tastes buds have been dormant and almost extinct from the bland preparations here. Think of Lays chips competing with ribbon pakodas or tortillas sitting side by side by Puran Bholis!! wow - the thought just perplexes me.May be...later..

-Rajesh

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Saturday, August 07, 2010

Indian government links

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Monday, August 02, 2010

32nd birthday

Birthdays come and go every year and for the last few years, its been just another day with the expected phone calls from the close ones and the birthday cake being cut,in spite of me vehemently opposing it.
This year it was a different experience .My day started with Gmail showing that I have 29 unread mails, which kind of alarmed me as I only used to get 7 or 8 new mails daily out of which 5 or 6 used to be advertisements/spams.The bulk of these 29 mails were Facebook updates with Birthday wishes.
It was weird initially to see so many wishes but then it gave a sense of goodness as I thought about how people were warm enough to spare a few second to wish me good health and a good year ahead.
Thanks to all the folks in whose good books I still hold a place. Thanks a lot and apologies in advance if I didn't return the favor of wishing you all on your birthdays.Its just that I don't check Facebook or orkut that often and especially look out for the birthday dates.

Long time since I wrote anything on my blog.
Things have been hectic the past few months and its not seeming to ease down in the next couple of months.I just wish all the good wishes that I got today help me get through the intriguing times ahead.

Signing off for now...
Rajesh

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