How many blondes does it take to play an audio tape?

I thought these dumb blonde jokes were just a way to make fun of few folks, who might have inadvertently done something stupid much to the amusement of folks who witness it.

But indeed, there is some iota of truth here… today I saw three blondes attempting to play an audio tape in a three in one player( Three in one, since it is an antiquated piece of hardware, plays FM radio, plays CD and of course magnetic tapes.)

So these three females in question were attempting to play the magnetic tape in this player, but, the player refused to play it. Then started the usual play around it.

All the while failing to realize that it was in the cd mode and that it would not play a magnetic tape, until and unless, you changed it to the tape mode.

Phew… it does indeed take three blondes to play an audio tape.

 

PS: Names have been changed to protect identities and of course my own well being. References will not be provided on request.

Char Aane ki Murgi Barah Aane Ka Masala.

Yes… That's what I feel. The effort started as an attempt by a friend who wanted to make eggless Tiramisu. Obviously, since I am a stakeholder in the end product (read that as one who would also eat the end product) I accompanied my friend for purchasing the necessary ingredients.

1. Custard Powder – 30 bucks
2. Cheese – 30 bucks
3. Coffee Powder – 50 bucks
4. Sponge Cake – ( We couldn’t get it anywhere near the house!! )
5. Auto ride for the quest for a 50 buck sponge cake – 70 bucks!!!
6. A Tiramisu which merely ended up being a figment of someone's imagination – priceless!!!

Damn!!! So we continue the quest for an eggless tiramisu, maybe next week!!!

My Experiments with Food…

This blog is a result of my tryst with unmentionable things being passed off in my food as a part of the food.

To avoid any complications, I will desist from naming any of the places where I encountered these exotic items being passed off as food.

I would be listing these experiments in chronological order, one event at a time.

Here goes,

This was a few years back, when I went to a place near my house. This place serves some really tasty Dosa’s. For those who don’t know what a Dosa is, I recommend visiting this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa

This was a joint where they served Rava Dosa. Generally, they make it the “NORMAL” way, the one I ordered, they chose to make it nutritious. For some reason, they thought that probably, I was low on iron in my daily nutrition intake. So they took the liberty of adding an “Iron Nail” in the dosa. I was unlucky that I noticed something unlike a dosa while chewing. So fortunately, the nail didn’t end up making a hole in my upper jaw.

But, I guess they fired the cook and I did try the Dosa’s sometimes later.

I am alive without any internal bleeding so I guess, the iron nail was the last of it.

Delhi 6

Today, I bought the CD for the soundtrack for Delhi-6.

You have got to give it to A R Rahman. The guy is on a roll. Since last year he has been composing for various movies, all of different genres. And all of his compositions have been awesome.

This soundtrack is no different. So far its just the three songs that I am grooving to. Will be catching up with the rest sooner or later.

1. Masakali.

2. Dilli-6.

3. Yeh Kaala Bandar.

The Dilli-6 song, though does have some gibberish in it in the form of a few french words. But that apart, its pretty good. Masakali, takes the cake though. Have already set my Blackberry Bold 9000 ringtone to Masakali!! :)

Dostana – Loads of hype…

Well well.. I watched Dostana y`day. To rate it, I would say maybe around 2.5/5.

And about how the movie is? Well, Shilpa and Priyanka look a million bucks… Apart from that.. its an overdose of stupid gay jokes. Towards the end of the movie, it gets tiring.. You are almost thinking, not again… not another one of these gay jokes. Sure, there are some original jokes; for example, the one where Kiron Kher asks John to make sure he keeps karwachauth. But otherwise most of the jokes seem to be lifted straight out of some of the english movies.

The movie clearly lacks a story line… Its worked only because of ambush marketing tactics… My say, not worth it…

Global Dollar Imbalance

Following is a video by an economist on the global dollar imbalance..

View it to understand or believe it or both...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4343898391323537541&hl=en

The greatest villain in Mahabharat or .. was he not?

Few weeks back, I came across the Economic Times supplement, Corporate Dossier. This usually carries an article by Dr. Devdutt Patnaik. Its called Management Mythos.
Its one of the most interesting columns to read, specifically because how he weaves different story lines into the present world context. Its pretty much about how we could look to our rich mythology for inspiration.
Well, for the title of this blog, it is to share a story which I learnt recently courtesy, Dr. Devdutt Patnaik.

One of the most hated characters in Mahabharat is the maternal uncle of the Kauravas, Shakuni. He is the one who instigates Duryodhana, and keeps influencing his decisions in a way that he was meant to doom!!! Why??
The reason could possibly be in a small story which is told in some parts of Andhra Pradesh. It goes something like this.
Before Gandhari was be married to Dhritharashtra, she was married to a sacrificial goat, so as to avert some calamity. Of course the goat was sacrificed promptly. This was supposed to be a secret. However, elders in the Kaurava clan got to know about this information. So as to avoid any scandal they put the entire family of Gandhari, except Gandhari under house arrest. Under house arrest, they were served food which would be barely sufficient to sustain a single individual. Shakuni was the youngest of this family which was under house arrest. The head of the family realizing that this was a ploy to get them all killed, made sure that Shakuni got all the food that was being given. Eventually the entire family under house arrest, except Shakuni dies. This is where Shakuni uses the bones of his father and brothers to make the enchanted dice, and swears that he would destroy the entire Kaurava clan. This dice is what he eventually uses to defeat the Pandavas in a gambling contest. If you look at this fable, it portrays Shakuni as an avenging angel, as compared to what we generally perceive him.

This is one of the many stories which Dr.Devdutt Patnaik puts across in many of his columns he writes for.

You can check out his website, which has a lot of other such snippets.
http://www.devdutt.com/