Licence Era

Strong beers of yore

2016-09-12T16:51:00.004+01:00

The normal alcohol content of the standard beer is about 4-5%. More seasoned drinkers who are looking for merrier variety, here are a couple from India that Bhai log from India have been enjoying for decades -

Haywards 5000: Manufactured by Kingfisher, this one is the most popular of all beer. I personally have always longed for this one here in the states. Even though here it's considered as imported type so the prices are on the high side.

(http://beer-taster.com/beer-reviews/beer-taster/haywards-5000-indian-lager/)

Canon 10000: Baap of all beer. This one is almost like downing whiskey. This was the favorite during the hey days in Mumbai. Tried this one first in a Bandra restaurant and immediately liked. However it's not as widely distributed as Haywards. If you are a beer lover, you must try this. Looks like this is also manufactured by UB.

Celebrating Nigeria's yummy yams

2016-08-21T19:50:00.002+01:00

Sharing an article by BBC for national food of Nigeria

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-11385436

Yam is answer to food woes

Never thought simple yam can be so handy

Regards

keep on blogging

2015-02-11T04:37:00.001+00:00

We have managed to keep blog running despite onslaught of social media , i would be more active henceforth

Dragons By Kabir Jain {9 years old}

2015-01-13T01:12:00.005+00:00

Dragons are mythological creatures that are known around the world. Let's start by how the dragon myth started. At 3B, some Chinese people discovered gigantic bones. The bones were too big to be a elephant bone or a rhino bone.The Chinese people mistook the bones for dragon bones,but they did not know that the bones were dinosaur bones,not dragon bones. So the legend of dragons begun that day.The Chinese people imagined the dragons as creatures with a beak, horns, and a pearl in it's throat. The dragons were calm and kind. The dragons gave people gifts. Anyway, The western style dragon {Picture on right} was more scary. It had no wings, but it also breathed fire. In western mythology, it attacked villages, breathing fire and eating people for food. The End.

2015-01-13T01:07:00.001+00:00

SNIPERS BY KRISHI JAIN.snipers are in the swat team they fight for liberty and coolness for the usa if i was swat it would be awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like call of duty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!call of duty is awsomeand it is a fun game it is for more for grownps but my friend plays it it was fun and so cool you have to play it ok ok ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Update on vat 69

2014-07-25T16:38:00.000+01:00

So during my India visit, there was an invitation for a marriage. Me not having participated in a marriage for long long time, in India, that is, was eager to go in and check out the state of the affairs. I had heard several stories over the years about how the arrangements and cuisine have changed. Also kids had never seen a marriage before, so I decided to take Krishi with me. On the way we stopped at a local bar. While checking out the menu, I looked at several scotch options and noticed vat69 mentioned in there, and that too at a relatively low cost. So the old world charm is back on the shelves.

The marriage turned out to be ok.. There was obviously plenty of food. I sampled everything. My most favorite was hyderbadi daal. Rest all food was bland and quite possibly not so fresh. The next day I was wriggling with cramps all day. Krishi sat all the way in the front and enjoyed the rasams. They were done in a very mechanical fashion one after the other as to get them over with. There was some jubilation during warmala with usual lifting of bride and groom, otherwise it was a small & quiet gathering.

Pickles of Kandhala

2014-03-18T21:12:00.000+00:00

Kandhala is small town near Shamli, not so far from Delhi. This is where my maternal grandparents lived. With the passing away of my nani last year, a big chapter of my life has come to a close. Of course my uncles are still there and the story continues, but it's not the same for me. To some extent, my Kandhala memories are sort of like Malgudi days stories - simple childhood in a simple town where small things mattered. Now I live in a country that has over abundance of everything. Things that were bought after saving money for weeks and were given the utmost attention and care are now tossed around by relentless customers in the buy-one-get-one-free heap. So writing about Kandhala is an attempt to bring back the same simplicity in my life.

With Spring round the corner and summer not too far, the smell of mangoes has started rising in the air again. Kandhala was the mango heaven for us. Since, most of our visits to Kandhala happened during the summer months, it was almost certain that we would get to eat lots of mangoes. We had our own baags, so supplies were unlimited. Often times we would sit on the buggi (bullock cart) and take a ride to the baag, and the sheer joy of plucking the mangoes yourself and eat them right there is wordless. Almost every day we used to get fresh supplies of all kinds (dasheri, langra, chaunsa, etc). And we would start in the morning and continued eating mangoes throughout the day either during meals or otherwise. I still remember at one time, often times we used to gulp doen 9-10 mangoes in one sitting itself, without bothering about the funsis that we would get later on our face. Of course often times you have to dip the mangoes in cold water overnight to cool that down but often times we were too greedy and didn't wait for that. In the afternoons, then, we would feed the mango skins to the cows, buffaloes in the gher (dairy). Towards the end of the stay, almost every year, then naniji, and other aunts and mom would then sit down to make mango pickles. Raw mangoes were cut and dried for several hours. As they were dried out in the big aangan on white sheets, they started losing bit of their sourness, and we would then feast on them, much to the anger of all the ladies. Once dried, the mangoes were then put in the oil with special masala, in a jar and a piece of thin cloth was then wrapped around its lid. After a few days the mango would become seasoned, and that would be the best tasting pickle ever.

Here is a link to the recipe -

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Pickled-Mango

Even now, whenever I went to Kandhala, I always brought mango petis from there that would last many many days. No mango can be sweeter than the Kandhala mango.

The song of simplicity

2014-03-03T22:34:00.000+00:00

Superb song! One of my favorites. One of the reasons I like is there is so much stillness in the song and everything seems so down to earth. The song is picturized at Bandra Band stand that was still clean. Sky is bright blue and the palm trees stand tall in the light breeze. No one is in hurry including the ocean. The waves gently go back and forth as the freshman Navin Nishcol softly romances around the leading lady, Archana, with a copy in his hand. Archana is simply beautiful. Wearing orange lipstick to match the orange border on her saree, her dark complexion simply is so comforting to the eye, and then on top of the assuring voice of Kishore da. The movie came in the same year when I was born.

When the fuse blew at our house

2014-02-23T17:03:00.000+00:00

Courtsey: www.overunityresearch.com

During high school, my passion for science was unbound. I was more inclined towards the practical side of it. I used to love the science lab times, and I ran several experiments running at my house too. I made a very powerful binoculars (that I used to spot chicks sometimes), and one time made one for Ajay also when we were trying to get a closer look at Mussorie snow topped hills. I was already playing around with electronic components and soldering iron and the circuits. I even had a small chemistry lab. However not all experiments ran succesfully. Some were mere blunders, and one of them was on my quest for electromagnetism. The book said that if you wrapped wire around a bolt and connect the ends to positive and negative terminals, the nail would become magnetic. Excitedly, I put the model together and plugged the ends into the wall socket. As soon as I turned the switch on , the whole house went dark!!! I didn't realize that the intensity of the current had to be controlled. Well, I guess I was still maturing; Edison didn't invent light bulb in one take, did he?

I continued to ponder over this experiment for 30 years until today. When kids decided to participate in the Science fair, old memories nudged me and I immediately decided to give my experiment a second take. These days are different though. There it too much information available online already, and for something simple like this a you tube video sufficed. We took a nail, wrapped some copper wire around it and connected the ends to a battery (ah!). Eureka, it worked, and it was pretty strong, too.

Cutting Chai

2014-02-22T17:15:00.002+00:00

Purani jeans aur guitar
Mahulle ki wo chat aur mere yaar
wo canteen mein ja ke, guppe ladate,
wo cutting pina yaaron ke saath

Courtsey: http://www.doornumber3.in/images/gd_en_eymum_chai.jpg

Well may be not in the college canteen, when I was in Bombay, I used to drink cutting every day. One of the cutting places I remember is on the side of Bombay hospital in Marine lines. After days worth of hard work, it was quite relaxing to just sit in this small restaurant, over crowded with other workers, and sip on the kadak and masaledaar cutting. Whether that was more relaxing or a patiala peg of RC at this bar down the road remains a puzzle to me.

Also, here is a link that explains how to make cutting chai, in case you want to try it out at your home in Indian, Dubai, US, or on a ship -

http://www.mumbaigluttons.com/2012/03/how-to-get-create-that-roadside-cutting.html

However, for complete flavor, you got to try it out somewhere in Mumbai. I amsure they have a stall near Marine club, as well. They have great beer, though, live music and ladies to dance with. Although, that can be covered in another story, hopefully, through Mayank's lens on the past.

Phir wohi raat hai - Ghar 1978

2014-02-09T20:13:00.002+00:00

This song has been on my mind for several weeks now. Wonderful wonderful memories from the 70s, 80s.

White kurta pyzama clad Vinod mehra with his sleeves typically tucked up above the elbow..so typical of that era with wide bottomed pyjamas. Long hair with long sideburns and ears half covered and most of the neck covered with them.
Graceful Rekha with her face blossoming like the most beautiful Rose..large bindi on her forehead and red think sindoor in her neatly parted hair and her curly hair falling over her shoulders.

While the nice summer breeze is waving the white curtains through the iron grills of their bedroom, Rekha is restless on the bed with stark clean white sheets, Kishore kumar is at his best singing Gulzar lyrics on the tunes of R. D. Burman. It couldn't get any better. I am sure life wasn't as simple in those days either but for me those were the good days.

Vinod and KK passed away long time ago. Gulzar is harldly active these days and Rekha is only seen on award shows, but their legacy lives on.

Vat69 and other miniatures

2014-01-31T16:06:00.000+00:00

Mmmmm.... Courtsey: oldblendedwhisky.com

I think my first encounter with vat69 was in the movie Naseeb. There was a song with Amit, Reena, and Shatru where Shatru is drinking. He comes to the bar and drinks from vat69 bottle. Of course we didn't drink in those days, but it did seem enchanting at that time. vat69 was one of the most popular whiskeys in those days, and of course later on, Johnnie walker took over, and now it's all about 'labels'. Apparently, the drink is still in production. You can read more on it here -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vat_69

Back in 80s, when we were experimenting with liquor, it was more about bagpipers, mcdowells, and RCs. I picked up big on whiskey. I know Dinesh, Ajay, Mayank, Ashish, etc. didn't. Of course, Ashish got his style from his dad who had his own taste in style - while we thought 10Re was too much, he donned a 200Re goggles, and he was always uptodate on electronics, steroes, etc. In their drawing room showcase (you know how those 80s showcases were), Gulati uncle had these miniature whiskey bottles displayed. I don't know where he got them from, but they looked enticing. During the summers of the 80s & 90s, I often used to hang around at Ashish's house. We were either playing teen patti, or were trying to take a peek inside the maid's blouse. If that was not available, we would try and get some amroods from his backyard, and sometimes, anil and sonu would jump over the boundary and join in.


Courtsey: A collector on internet

During one such summer afternoon, when uncle and aunty were gone, we laid our hands on the miniature whiskey bottles. We drank a little and evened it our with water. In dark bottles, it would be difficult to make out whether it's liquor or water. When uncle didn't notice anything, we continued on our adventure, and every now and then drank from the bottles. Now I don't what the state of the bottles is now or whether one day uncle tried them and wondered why they tasted like water or not (onyl Ashish can tell us), but it was a lot of fun.

Aquarium

2014-01-29T17:47:00.000+00:00

Kids have been asking for a pet for many many years now. Their first choice was obviously dog, then it came down to hamster, turtle etc. We even went to the pet store and looked at the hamster. It didn't seem like I could handle it, and then there was the task of training it. Initially it bites because it thinks that your hand is the food. So after much ado and emotion from kids, I finally settled on fish.

Many books were gotten from libraries. Kabir & I being the literati in the house spent hours and hours analyzing their physiology and diet and setting up the tanketc. Finally, one fine morning, we stepped into the store. Setting up tank wasn't an easy task either. Size, decorations, water purification, filter process, etc - tons of stuff. Wondering how they do it in India. Anyways brought the tank, set it up and then left the filter on for several weeks. It needs to be done to accumulatte enough checmical on the bio wheel, whatever that is. Also, I wasn't ready for a pet still. In the end, after much pushing from kids, one fine Sunday morning, we went to the store, and selected 2 guppies. Put them in the tank and they started floating. Right from the beginning they went along well. They were the best friends.

2 weeks later, we got 4 more varieties, and the tank looked great. The new guppy joined the 2 old ones. The silver platy became loner but was the fiercest eater. Another guppy shied away and explored hiding places, while the most beautiful one, the blue one, also tried to mix in. Yesterday, the whole day, the blue one didn't come out and this morning I saw it's dead body floating in the water. Yes, we lost out first pet!

Now, I know Dinu's mouth is watering as he thinks of fish pakoras. I think tonight there will be fish frying in the pan at Rawat house!

If I had a pet Hamster by Kabir Jain

2013-11-17T15:36:00.000+00:00

I go to the store to get my hamster.It`s 4:00 so that`s the time I can get my hamster.My hamster`s color is brown with a stumpy tail.I bring him home.Hamsters are so cute and fuzzy.I got one because they`re so adorable.Now I`ll let it take its first breath.After it takes i`ts first breath,then I`ll give some food and water.I know I have to be careful because they could bite you!It`s very difficult to take care of a hamster.Hamsters can be able to learn tricks.My hamster`s name will be Mr.Master.

Here are some questions to answer:

Do you want a pet hamster?
What will you do with it?
Why did you get a pet hamster?
Would you teach your hamster tricks?
How did you get your hamster?
Where did you get your hamster?

These are my answers:

I do want a pet hamster.
I will take care of it. I got a pet hamster because they are loving to people.
I will teach my hamster tricks.
I will get my hamster from Petco.

My hamster is the long haired hamster.

Hamster may be a little mean but they are also kind and loving. They could be a part of our family.

Pics from 1999- Celebrating frist ever Corn railcar loaded for Venky's

2013-07-28T07:18:00.003+01:00

A great adventure in young life.
Harihar a small moffusil town of Karnatka known for its Harihar temple .
Good first taste of Dosa as Kannadiga's enjoy , Jawari roti and coconut milk @ INR 2/-

Rental Movies

2013-06-13T14:24:00.000+01:00

So this evening when my sisters asked me to get some DVDs from the market, I was pulled by unknown forces to the same shop where I rented 'Cobra' 20 yrs ago; this was during one of the video rental nights as captured in one of earlier blog entries. I just couldn't belive the same shop exists in almost the same shape. I expected to buy one of those 10 movies in a DVD kind of deals. To my suprise, these guys didn't sell those things. Instead, they continue in the same tradition of 20 yrs ago. yes, they are still renting movies, in the same old style fashion. They said they didn't believe in selling like others are selling (road side stalls or even mobile thelas are selling those), rather they have their "library". After I picked up couple of titles, namely Aurangzeb and another one, he duly put my name down on the card and got 200 Re deposit, as well. The deposit was ridiculous, considering these were not original DVDs. Anyways, I was taken back to the movie night days and for some reason, I am valuing these movies more as rentals than if I had bought them from a thela!

A day of the bad guys coming by Krishi Jain

2013-03-28T15:09:00.002+00:00

Once upon a time, there was one bad guy and some bakers. One day bakers made nice cookies and put them out in the shop. The bad guys were passing by. They were hungry. They stole the cookies, sat in their car and ran. However they needed a bag to put their cookies in. On the way, they noticed an old lady waiting for the signal to turn on. They grabbed her purse and put the cookies in it.

And then they came to a signal that was red. To run away, they broke the signal hitting lots of cars on the way. Suddenly, a police car came chasing them. The cops said to the bad guys no more car for you. Put your hands up or we are going to shoot at you. It turned out that it were the bakers who were also the cops.

They put the bad guys into jail. And then the bakers lived happily ever after with their families and made tasty cookies every day.

My planetarium adventure by Krishi Jain

2013-02-18T00:39:00.000+00:00

Tigers

2013-02-12T02:13:00.001+00:00

By
Kabir Jain

I love tigers. Tigers have stripes that are black. Do you like them? Tigers also have claws. They also have stripes on their head. They have yellow eyes. They have stripes everywhere on them even on their tails. Tigers are orange. Tigers, also, have white fur on them. They live in zoos or in the jungles. Tigers hunt deers and other animals. India has lot of tigers. They are in danger because people kill of them to sell their skin. In many countries, people are protecting tigers. They put up laws of tigers to not kill them. They say they want to help nature. They help tigers survive and not become extinct. Nature is good to protect. Do you protect nature?

My trip to Brunswick Zone

2013-02-11T01:42:00.001+00:00

By
Krishi Jain

On my first day of Brunswick zone, I invited my friends to come there. The names of my friends are Ria, Aarav, Arjun, and Akshara. I had a good time and I had 150 points and I bought a ring. My big brother, Kabir's prize was a car that goes very fast. If you press the car's front wheels, then it will start to move. And I went on a rollercoaster and played bumper cars. I went on a spaceship ride that takes you high and spins. I also played bowling. It was so awesome. I knocked all the pins down with a bowling ball. And in the Arcade, I played all the motorcycle games. I was so fast, I hit someone down. I had a great time at the bowling zone. Read my story for more information.

Carnivale!

2013-02-11T01:20:00.002+00:00

By Kabir Jain
(Inspired by the movie Rio)

When I was in the car, I was thinking about my favorite trip to Carnivale. As long as I live, I will never forget my trip to Carnivale. I liked Carnivale because of all the dancing, singing, and the music. I was the dancer. I stood on the beautiful float that was dressed like a bird and had pink feathers. There was a man below the float that told the dance moves I have to do. If I do the moves that would make the crowd impressed.

The first float was dressed like a beautiful red bird flying. The second float was just like a chicken. The actors stood on the boat and were dressed like chickens. There was also an egg boy. The egg boy was dressed like a chicken egg. The egg boy danced some egg moves.

Behind all the floats, were some people standing on sticks. The sticks were just like trees that were pretending to be walking. Behind the trees were some people dressed like crocodiles. They could stand and two feet and four feet. And there was one float that had pink sprinkles on the middle of it.The middle was dressed like a cone. On the top were some white and on the bottom were some wheels to move it around. The person on the float put some fruits together to make a fruit hat like a cone too. The person put the fruit hat on. The person did some moves and even jumped up in the air and put his two hands up. There was also an airport there. There was a plane that was so cool it had two wings and two rows of them. When the plane wanted to take off, it put both of its wings together and started its flying engine.

My family was there. I wish you were here. It was an amazing trip!

(Image source: openpathsolutions.net; blogs.sacbee.com)

Christmas vacation in East II- Missing the Misti makes me Misty about Kolkata

2013-01-02T15:01:00.001+00:00

Ganguram, Girish Chandra Dey & Nakur Chandra Nandy, Sen Mahasay, K.C. Das, Jadab Chandra Das, Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick, Gupta Brothers and Hindusthan Sweets these are certain names which can make you drool literally anytime despite the fact that majority of these BHADRALOK have gone to OPARLOK already but perfectly so as they are stalwarts of Kolkata HALWAIS carrying the Flag or say can of Bengali sweets high all across the world.

Established in 1885 Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick is a sweet shop Founded by Ganesh Chandra Mullick who began by making korapak sondesh, norompak sondesh and nolen gurer (jaggery) sondesh {if he comes in his own a true blooded Bengali can name more than twenty Sondesh and take up cudgels against uncouth Bangal(East Bengali) for calling his Malpua as Sondesh while a true blooded Dhakiaa(Dhaka resident) will never miss a chance to have his Pranhara(Life savior) as Sondesh is called locally in end we are all so much similar I remember having a dish quite different in taste but equally tasty as being called Madurai Jigar Thanda(cooler) in Coimbatore }.The legacy of Ganesh Chandra Mullick was carried forward by his brothers Shree Balaram Mullick and his son Radharaman Mullick. has become a throbbing venture of five generations.

The legendary sweets like sorrabri, sor bhaja, kachagolla, abarkhabo sandesh, mihidana, sitabhog, patisapta, lal misti doi, rossomalai , chanar payesh( I can always make a tongue twister out of these words for the kids but than by the time these touch tongue they melt…Ha! Ha!) are still prepared the same way it was used to be prepared a century ago Trademark Bengali utensils like lohar petano kadai and kather taroo are used to make sandesh. Using charcoal wherever required is used to make some rare delicacies to give that subtle flavour.(See the citiataion given to them)

Christmas Trip to East- Legend of Bon-Bibi in Sunderbans

2013-01-02T09:52:00.000+00:00

large no of tributries meander towards Bay of Bengal

A fisherman Couple fishing, small boats are more ecofreindly (photo: taken from steamer boat)

I first came to know about Bon Bibi while reading Amitava Ghosh's ‘Hungry Tide’ these days my favorite author. In fact, Sunderbans unfolded before me because I read that book and strong urge took me to Kolkat and than Sunderbans this annual Christmas vacation with Seema and kids

Banbibi, Bandevi, Bandurga and Byaghradevi is a guardian deity of the forests worshipped by both the Hindu and the Muslim residents of the Sundarbans She is worshipped by the Maules(honey-collectors) and the Baules( woodcutters)

Thick mangroves(Photo: Taken at cement Jetty)

According to the legend, there was a Sufi fakir who lived in Medina. he had two children, Bon Bibi and a son Shah Jongoli. When they grew up, Achangel Gabriel, asked them to go on a divine mission to Sunderbans, in India. There they came across a demon, Raja Dokkhin Rai, who had this fondness for human flesh.

Temples dedicated to Bon bibi are sacttered throughout the land, Bonbibi although muslim character is always a form of Durga, Dokken rai is Tiger form.This photograph was tyaken at Forest checkpoints let me add here that government actively promotes the legend and all Forest resthouses have temples dedicated to Bon bibi

Once there were Moule Dhona who planned to go for an expedition with a fleet of seven boats to collect honey in a dense forest and he takes along a poor shepherd boy Dukhe, When the fleet reaches kingdom of Dakkhin Rai, Dhona forgot to give an offering to Dakkhin Rai. As a result, he is not able to collect any honey of wax for three days. On the third night, Dakkhin Ray appeared in dreams of Dhona and asked for the human sacrifice. After some arguments with Dakkhin Rai, greedy Dhona agreed to sacrifice Dukhe in exchange of honey and wax. So, after collecting enough wax and honey, he left Dukhe there and returned back to village. When Dukhe was about to be killed by Dakkhin Ray in the disguise of a tiger, he started chanting prayers invoking Banbibi. On hearing his chant, Banbibi came along with her brother Shah Jangali. and defeated Dakkhin Rai.

Sunset near Bangladesh border (Photo: As taken from our steamer)

Bon Bibi divided the forest into areas where people will live and where the tiger would live.the wild parts of the forest are the domain of Dokkhin Rai So powerful is this prohibition that villagers will not urinate, defecate or spit while collecting honey or firewood.

The Bon Bibi (lady of the forest) legend uses the power of folklore to draw a connection between human beings and the world of nature ,The story serves as a melting pot for different cultures Local 'jatra'-s travel from village to village enacting the story, all the year round.

JATRA in progress at resort where we stayed

Teaser as prepared by me for our annual offsite(This time i did it fully)- Go Goa

2012-09-05T04:10:00.002+01:00

Go...Go...Ahhhhhhhhh!! { Annual dog and the pony Charitable* show }

*Charitable as this is a lean season and we do help by filling up empty rooms of hotels

Dear Colleagues,

The time of the year when we pack the bag..to show six pack ab..in the pool! the time of the year when we groove showing our best move…very very cool!

We welcome you all…the beach capital of world( well Russian Mafia, Isreali cartels, American flower children and Bangaldeshi Maids does qualify it)

(I)
We promise no Poor Jokes :
What do you call a witch who lives on the beach? A sandwitch!
Why do fish swim in salt water? Because pepper makes them sneeze!

But for sure dip for jokers like me who cannot swim
We will bathe you certainly even if not the Indian personal hygiene kind but for sure of below type

(II)

A singing we will do like Goans dude but within confines of hotel rooms:
(III)
We promise no off repeated Pirate themes..sorry Jack sparrow

But for sure the treasure hunt on roads of Panjim which are bit narrow

(IV)We will have certain International visitors(Below in not exact replica of visitors) …..so be at best of your behavior**! Bring out your Guccis, Versace also taste Champagne with caviar!

**Best of behavior defined
- If you play ‘Ghost-2’ at 3 am in morning and ring the guests bell……please do say ‘Sorry’ later on
- If Room door gets locked automatically and you are left outside..breaking door not acceptable, please bring a saw along and carefully cut out a portion and open the latch.
- While in corridor be silent..to learn more about it read ‘My experiments with silence ‘ by Piyush Mehrotra, the author’s ‘Silence of lambs: an operations journey’ is recently made into Hollywood blocbuster.
- If you to drown after drinking binge..do not do it in sea, we can be sued by environmentalist for intoxicating fishes.

(V)
We promise no Came Ride! a scooter we will drive along the beach which are wide!

(No animal was hurt during this photoshoot)
(V)
We promise no policing
But Mind you..big brother is watching!!!!!

( An attractive gift by Punjab police for identifying above imposter)

Come enjoy with us !!!!!!...20th -22nd September TAJ GOA

For Team Goa

Dinesh