We know. We know. We have been quite irregular for past few
months. We are currently on vacation in India. We traveled to US two years ago
and this is our first trip back to India since. We were obviously pretty
excited to come home. After a long flight, we finally reached Bangalore via
Paris. Our lady had already traveled to India sometime back to be with her
mother. We thought many changes would have happened here in two years. We were
right. Except Bangalore traffic that is. Still, home sweet home. Two years away
would mean catching up about what has happened in two years and delightful
homemade food as well. As you would agree, It’s a wonderful time.
The reason we came to India was that our brother, of whom we
had written sometime back, finally jumped into the well. Yes. He got married. How
can we miss it? The function and all the poojas that came with it went fine. There
was the Naandi at tenth and marriage on 14th. It was fun. Its always
fun to see another guy jump to the same well. Since we were family, we had the
front row seat as well. We took three weeks of to be here. Now that marriage is
over and the newlyweds have traveled to Kashmir for their first trip together,
we are spending some quality time with family. Our home town has not changed
much in past two years. It’s pretty much the same buildings and same
environment.
Since we had quite a bit of free time we went around the
little city and watched lot of TV as well. The stupid TV shows have become even
more stupid. And lot of reality shows to add. One delight we want to mention is
Chintu TV. It shows various animated shows dubbed in Kannada. Sure we can laugh
at the voice overs and the accents they use. But we strongly feel that it is a
great development to entertain the kids in regional language. We hope it stays
and grows and rivals the best in business.
Also, on TV we saw a live interview of SL Bhyrappa. We have
been endorsing him for quite some time. We feel he is greatest writer in India
currently and one of the greatest ever in India. Sure there are some people
criticizing him due to their limited thought process. Some people who have not
achieved much in literary world as they actually think they have, tend to make
a hoopla to get some publicity. Add some famous names to support these voices,
and you see why SLB has been missing on Jnanapeetha till now. He has been the
best selling author for decades and yet, he keeps missing it. If URA, Karnad
and Kambara can get it, why not SLB? We
hope it changes soon. Saraswati Samman is a good start.
We will end this on a lighter note. We, with our lady, had
gone out for dinner with the newlyweds. We knew Indians are good at adapting.
But we saw what we can call a new level of adaptation. We all know Gobi
Manchurian is a very popular food item. We also know Idli is considered world’s
best breakfast item by South Indians. What if you want to eat Manchurian but
don’t want to miss the goodness of Idli. Fear not. Hotel Hariprasad in Puttur
has an anwer. Idli Manchurian. We had our mind blown when we read it. What
ingenious mind came up with this? To top it, next item was Chinese bhel. Talk
about Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai. We also want to mention the items were not as bad
as we thought it would be. We were left to wonder what will be the next big
thing. Dimsum vada pavs? Pooris with Kung Pao veggies? Masala Dosa with duck sauce? We eagerly await…
