Samosa aur Chutney ho jaai

This incident occurred when I was quite young. I used to live in a colony at that time. We had this sweet shop about a block away from my home and it was usual adda whenever we got a little hungry and nothing mum makes will satisfy the craving for some spicy samosas.

Now first let me talk about this shop. It was called "Bengal Sweets" and for some reason known only to us we called it "Bay of Bengal". I guess we were so tired of trying to draw the perfect shape of "Bay of Bengal", I really don't remember.

Anyways so there were about 4 guys who worked there, one fat owner and three other younger bengalis. This place was really small when you actually consider the size of the shop, but when you consider the aroma that came from it the shop was easily about half a kilometer long. Really it was like a black hole from which there was no escaping once you are in its half kilometer radius.

The garam garam bengali samosa's and kachori's filled with some unique filling and his sweets well they were so soft that I could rarely feel them in my mouth, they would just melt away into my ever watering mouth. Now this guy was really talented, in about a year his shop was brimming with every variety of bengali delicacies you could find. It was amazing, I simply loved this adda hidden away in one corner, tempting and totally satisfying.

Anyway so once me and friends were in this sinful place as usual gobbling away at some samosas. To my horror I found this little cockroach ka egg in the chutney he provided with the samosas. Now however yummy your food is things like this can totally ruin your mood. I was so mad, mad at myself for finding it, mad at the owner for being so careless. I went red with anger. I stalked up to his front desk and started yelling at him. I was just so mad and I doubt that he even cared. I just kept saying things like how can you be so careless, how can you feed us trash like this, I will get your shop closed and lotts of other blah blah when you are really mad. Suddenly a got a tap on my shoulder. There was this really old uncle standing right next to me all the time I was standing there. He was listening to all my gussa very quietly so basically I was not even aware of his existence. He taps me and then very softly he questions me "Beta cockroach mar gaya ki zinda hai (Is it dead or alive)".

I can never forget that expression ever. He was curious as is obvious, but it was like the wierdest thing to ask, at that moment I just shut up. I took a refund of the samosas and left. I did not return to that shop for a very long time after that.

I still think about it to this day and wonder how my answer would have helped the old man. Maybe in his pity for me he asked me that question. Maybe...

Anyways adios folks, like I said before I feel like Dumbledore pulling out threads of memory every time I blog.

But I love the cookieee

I go to the theaters very rarely and it has to be something really interesting to drag me out my favorite sofa spot and away from my laptop for a movie. Animation films are like chocolate for me, simply cant resist watching them in theatres. Some of my favorite movies are Finding Nemo, Ice Age etc not only because they are so entertaining but also because it amazes me the talent and imagination which goes behind the making of such excellent movies.

So lets cut the crap and talk about "Over the Hedge". The movie put in a single word is amazing. I found it funny, interesting, depressing and entertaining all at once.

The movie is based entirely on the animal perception of the human world, they way they react, think and feel to what we have created around ourselves for our comfort.

The movie begins with this RJ a raccoon in trouble for trying to steal food from a bear and how he has to recover it in a week's time. He then finds these innocent set of animals oblivious to the human ways. The movie shows the transition of these poor innocent animals from the jungle food gatherers to the garbage searcher's of the city.

The movie has many funny parts and I would not point them out and spoil the fun, lest you want to have a look at the movie, but I would like to point out what impressed me.

Being humans I guess its very difficult for us to worry about the way we affect the ecosystem in general. Our mere presence, the fact that we modify our surroundings so much for our benefit is quite comical considering the fact that we are the only species who have the ability to use our hands and have the best developed brain. The movie points out some really interesting facts like our obsession with food, and the way we quarantine ourselves from things we call bugs, rodents etc. Did God in his creation imagine such a rape of the earth? Did he ever think that his best creation will lead to the worst disaster ?

On the surface the movie is just another comedy with animals and their problems, but hidden deeper in it are issues like human exploitation of nature, family values and even friendship issues.

Worth the wait and worth a watch, a must see for animal lovers, for nature lovers and definitely for animation lovers :)

And if you liked this then watch "Finding Nemo", "Ice Age" and "Bug's life" , you will love them all.

Just the perfect spot ...

Simple Pleasures

I took this picture when I was lying flat on soft green grass with my head staring straight up into the sky. I loved the way the two trees were so different in color from each other and yet formed this harmonious image with the sky as a background.

My camera ofcourse took a nice clean shot and when I was playing around with the image in Picasa, I tried to give it the look through my eyes , they way I saw them. The softness that this picture brought upon had to be created for you.

Anyway so why was I here pondering on these strange things ? Well simply because I was waiting at the bus stop and was so tired after hard day at work that I could not resist the lush green inviting grass.

I slept there alone, it was quite, the sweet smell of grass and small rays of sun peeking through the leaves made me feel so unified with the earth. I was hoping the bus would never come and I could just lay there sleeping, staring and thinking of something nice, something simple and something pleasant.

But the bus came .........And here is me telling you the story behind this picture.

Shadow and Me

After a year I found my lost SD card and ordered a new set of rechargable batteries and here goes the fruits of my efforts.

For sometime I haven't got any inspiration to write and so will just stick to posting a few pictures.

I may write on working at the greenhouse pretty soon but nothing is inspiring me yet :)

I love the way the outline is so clear in the shadow, its so perfect ! almost as if the plant was a shadow and the shadow not a shadow at all.