'S'peed Factor....

What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘speed’? Maybe the movies ‘The/Too Fast The/Too Furious’ or maybe the ‘Ferrari’ or ‘Lamborghini’ or may be some jet aircraft. Lately, what comes to my mind is the “Virar fast local train”….. Huh!!!!! Yes, the virar fast….. Maybe it’s amusing for a few to think of the virar local, and for a few, the name itself raises their mercury level.
In Bombay as people say, life is moving fast and people are running around because they are short of time. But, I guess it’s because of some other reason - “In Bombay, Life is stuck up in traffic”. And in such a traffic struck environment, no one ever dares to think of speed. So, every morning, in this slow moving traffic and fast moving life, I cherish the speed of this Virar fast local which constantly assures you of reaching on time with its speed. And, by fast, I literally mean fast i.e. in Bombay, I can’t find anything faster than this train.
So, hail Bombay’s local trains.

ENJOy.....

-JC

Idelogy or 'giri' ?

Better late than never….. Finally, I had the opportunity to see “Lage Raho Munnabhai”. The only official movie propagating ‘gandhigiri’.
Featuring tons of things to learn for youngsters who have negligible knowledge of the father of our nation, is it just another movie which is going to be forgotten with time? I hope it does not.
In today’s times, the movie’s idea of propagating Gandhiji’s thoughts was the best and the most appropriate too. All the claims that Bapu has been disrespected stand false after seeing the movie and the current scenario. Though the word may seen somewhat awkward, but that is what people understand these days.
And I guess, he and his ideology have been truly remembered on his 137th birthday (I guess its right - 137).
So, “Lage Raho Gandhiji”

Foodie (at times).....

Have been to New Yorker restaurant a couple of times, this time had a chance to hog there with a more number of people. And, obviously the number of dishes ordered is equal to the number of people, so had a chance to taste more number of items on the menu card.
New Yorker being a Mexican and Italian restaurant, I am never able to remember names of dishes served there except a few broad ones like sizzler, fondue, etc. Peculiarity of all been they are bland. God knows how the localities in Mexico and Italy must be eating (and remembering) this stuff everyday. Anything and everything you order here has cheese in it. Ok, though I like cheese, I don’t like it with everything! One thing I don’t mind eating here is the Tandoori Paneer Sizzler (this also being the only name I remember)…..
All in all, given a chance, I’ll never prefer this restaurant over any other restaurant (be it a small roadside stall)….. "Indian food rocks"…..