arranged marriage

why does someone wish to get fooled by love marriage with average-looking-average-rich girl friend for sake of belief that it will last long and they will die happily? ( phew!!! ) where as arranged marriage still offers better prospect for 90% of Indians. it's vice-versa true for gals also. finding a girl friend and searching for potential life partner are two completely different things. there are lots of smart guys who don't mix these two together. for girl friend, you know better what you need and for life partner, parents know better. if parents readily agree with your choice then it's great. i know one good example...my friend's friend confessed his wish to a gal working with him in same project. she replied she would marry someone who earns 10 lacs per annum. well, his salary is below half of her expectation. what impressed me was clearity of her mind. she knows...her parents will find someone what she expects. our basic social framework offers what you deserve best and it will also make your mom be proud mother of obedient son/daughter.

fork vs hand

if i try to eat bone-meat using fork then i would end up making lots of noises on plate which always invite for unwanted attention from different tables. i usually scan menu silently for some tasty boneless otherwise i turn veggy when i am with group as it's easy to eat veggie food keeping clean fingers through out. i find it very amusing when some persons very patiently and smoothly use fork and spoon...fork in left hand and spoon in right hand...pressing fork on piece and using spoon to take out small bite. i just say to them 'dude, you look good'.

there is something subtle temptation about rice that i can't resist using my fingers. i won't say i am south Indian. but i find it more satisfying to my taste glands when i eat using my hand and licking my fingers at end. If I do it before a beautiful gal then it will surely turn her off at instant. this kind of temptation I think has been coded in my genes probably in most of Indians. it is said if we use more sensory organs during eating then body responds to food in better way. may be...feel of foods to fingers exposes more hidden taste glands in tongue. this doesn't mean I will give a try to my hand on noodles and maggie. some foods inherently need fork to enjoy them. whatever medical science claims to be true...i still find it not ok with hands in group when people are ready with fork and spoon. our age-old religious book tells 'food is enjoyed in private'.

bay of bengal

last weekends i went to three different sea beaches Mandarmani, Shankarapur and Dighah. all these are part of Bay of Bengal, 200KM near to Kolkata. when my friends suggested an idea to visit, i was relucant to go as i had never heard of these beaches and i thought these beaches would be some ugly looking small water resources. but i realised what i would have missed when i saw these beaches are infinite in dimension with huge pure water waves. the experience of taking dip in high flying sea waves and sleeping on wet sand when wave touches your feet were awesome. the best part of fun we had at Shankarapur beach. the rain started so heavily that we couldn't see. the unexpected heavy rainfall added extra joy and energy among us. we danced...shouted...ran in water...we thanked God for this wonderful evening.

Shankarapur beach

other view of Shankarapur beach

me and krishana frenz at tour

the sad part of this tour is that these sea-beaches have no good many hotels and are not well connected to city. one night we had to survive on few eggs and samosa. it lacks facilities of some water sports, re-creational options and safety measures which we find at other places. Inspite of these places having good potential to be big attraction of tourism with strategy and investment, they are left as virgin spots. i promote these economically-unexplored places. who knows if it seeks attention of some genius entrepreneurs who take advantage of these places to make big business with less investment to provide goa-like experience. :)

sms marketing

sms marketing has fascinated all news channels, entertainment channels and newspapers. i think it is good way to interact with viewers and get feedback of shows. it sounds like a great idea but a close look tells a different story. you decide...

few observations:
an actor pops up on zoom channel and asks the name of his yet-to-be-released movie.
options are:
a. De Taali
b. De Taali
c. De Taali

MTV India is hosting lots of reality shows now-a-days. During one such reality show "on the job", channel asks one simple question.
which one of following devices a photographer does work with ?
a. AK-47
b. AK-56
c. Camera

Channel 9XM is full of some strange questions like...it shows a pic of Amitabh Bachchan.
Question is " who is this actor ?".
options:
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Sharukh Khan

all such questions have two common things.
first is...channel requests viewers to send sms with correct option on some four or five digits number. second is...you don't have to worry about the correct option of these questions. winners are supposed to get gold coins or dinner with star or some imaginary prizes.

one sms charge is only 3 to 6 rupees.

wine and cigaratte

lastnight we had an office party. different kinds of wines we tasted with my friends. without cigarattes, wine is not supposed to have the kind of effect that it has with it. my expert friend advised me. we smoked like chimany while filling ourself with wine. i still remember when i was in village, my big brother was caught smoking cigaratte. this act created family crisis.