Ahoy there!

Now I remember why I used to stuff myself crazy every so often till a few years back. I was in India; and the food here is not rivalled by the food at any other place I have eaten till date. Even a small roadside shanty will knock the socks off any Indian food restaurant in the US.

Just about half my trip is over and ..
Modaks, fish fry, prawn curry, sitaphal milkshake, pav bhaaji, onion raita, bajari chi bhakri, bhakarwadi, mosambi juice, dry methi sabzi, basundi, sukha mutton, biryani, afogato, veg manchurian, hakka noodles, schezwan sauce, anjir kulfi, kachori, roasted peanuts, mango milkshake, paan, methi kofta curry, gajar halwa, veg club sandwich, strong nescafe, sabudana khichadi, kulthacha pithla, puran poli, lasnachi chutney, shrewsbury biscuits, lasun shev, gulkand icecream, tandoori chicken.

Yes, I am home.

Vodafone ditches ManU

Vodafone has terminated its contract with Manchester United. The dismal performance of the team this season, coupled with other team problems they are having forced Vodafone's hand and probably speeded up the inevitable.
Starting mid next year, the Manchester United jerseys will no longer sport the familiar 'Vodafone' across them. The ManU jersey is a sport icon in itself and I believe vodafone was just the 2nd sponsor after original sponsor Sharp.
This may be actually a good thing for the Red Devils. The embattled club may do well to ink a more profitable deal from some other big brand willing to pay big bucks to get their name onto sport royalty.

Nuked Kaaju Katli

So, as I was saying. I set fire to my microwave the other day. My roommate, having received a fresh box of kaaju katli from somewhere, promptly dispatched it to the refrigerator. If there is one thing I don't like - thats eating mithai from the refrigerator. It becomes all hard and .. well .. just loses a large chunk of its value to me. So when I was in a KaajuKatli eating mood, I took out 2 pieces and wrapped them in a paper towel and kept them in the microwave for 5 seconds. Just 5 seconds mind you.
Little did my brain contend that the thin wafer of silver thats on this kind of mithai is actually metal .. that shouldnt be put into the microwave. It sparked. The sparks set the paper tissue on fire. I was blissfully unaware of anything. I opened the microwave after the beep and put my hand inside to retrieve the rejuvenated pieces of delicious mithai. Instead I ended up yelling 'my microwave is on fire!!!!' (I was on the phone at that time). The other person was like 'Whattt???' I blew on the stupid thing to try and blow it out. Nope .. nothing doing. I thought about taking pictures while the stuff was on fire .. but wisely decided against it. The fire was limited to on the top of the rotating glass thingy inside the microwave, but it could spread and who knows what burning microwaves can do. A few careful splashes of h2o did the trick.
So anyways .. here are the results. If I were a disshevelled artist I am sure any Museum of Art would gladly accept my entry.