Bludddy Desis
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
I came across this story on Digg where a restaurant in Utah allows the customers to pick their price for the meal they ordered. If the customers absolutely cannot pay, then they can do the dishes or weed the garden but there is no obligation. While reading the story I was thinking to my self that this concept would ultimately fail in the sub-continent since we Desis love to get everything for free. Sure enough at the end of the article I found this piece.
Paying the check by honor system has its risks; there are always those who will exploit the opportunity and eat for free — perhaps more so in big cities. At Babu, an Indian restaurant in New York City, the pay-what-you-feel-is-fair method resulted in too many people getting a free meal. One Friday night, a rowdy group of 10 young Indians walked in and took over the restaurant's large central table. Their response to no prices was to leave no money; not even a tip for the wait staff. Babu now states their prices.
I love my India :).
P.S: I know I generalized in this post, I do know better.
Please welcome
Sunday, December 17, 2006
one of the newest members of the Purdue Alumni...
Thanks to Shiraz for braving the chilly winds and taking these photos.
12 Days of (Indian) Christmas
Friday, December 15, 2006
I have no idea about the purpose behind the song, but it has a funky rhythm
Time Presents: The Best Photographs of 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Check it out, a collection of the most dramatic photos collected over this year. I must add that most if not all are depressing to say the least. I'm sure they couldve thrown in a few happy photos in there. Meh. I personally like the second photo of the mother and her son.
read more | digg story
Brake, Brake, Brake!!!
Saturday, December 09, 2006
This post is dedicated to my room-mate, Shiraz. No need for explanations :)
Edit: To any concerned readers, nothing actually "happened"; it's just that Shiraz isn't engineered to complete a driver's test successfully. (although he drives fine otherwise)
Yes or No?
Monday, December 04, 2006
Fill in these blanks with either Yes or No :
1. _____, I am not human.
2. _____, I am the thief.
3. _____, there is no treatment for me.
4. _____, I am the one who is mad.
I was amused (enough to make a post :P)
Digg ticker ^ ^ ^
Friday, December 01, 2006
If you havent heard of Digg.com then let me show you the way to hours of worthless browsing. It is a social bookmarking site. What is that you say. It is a site where users submit stories and other users get to vote on the story ('Digg' the story). If it gets enough diggs it makes it to the front page and millions of people view the website submitted and in most cases crash the server on which the website is hosted.
In any case, I am a bored soul so I frequent the site a lot so I figured I should add the Digg ticker (which I found on Digg via a story) which basically scrolls the stories that I found interesting enough to be "dugg". Word of caution, Digg is one of those "check every few hours" kinda site. It does get very addictive since its always brimming with fresh and mostly interesting stuff.
Thats all, I just needed to let you know what the ticker on top was displaying. It saves me time from making a post about the interesting things I find on the net :).
