Comments for anil.org.in http://anil.org.in Stuff I run across. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Target Fixation by Read This Link » Target Fixation: S'thing every motorcylist should know about http://anil.org.in/2007/12/24/target-fixation/comment-page-1/#comment-11980 Read This Link » Target Fixation: S'thing every motorcylist should know about Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:38:57 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2007/12/24/target-fixation/#comment-11980 [...] Target Fixation: S'thing every motorcylist should know about [...] [...] Target Fixation: S'thing every motorcylist should know about [...]

]]> Comment on Hobby Flying (in India) by luttan http://anil.org.in/2009/12/09/hobby-flying-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-11563 luttan Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:07:39 +0000 http://anil.org.in/?p=32#comment-11563 Missed this time... Missed this time…

]]> Comment on Hobby Flying (in India) by BT http://anil.org.in/2009/12/09/hobby-flying-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-11547 BT Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:04 +0000 http://anil.org.in/?p=32#comment-11547 Thats cool ! Good luck I too want to do it sometime ! Thats cool ! Good luck I too want to do it sometime !

]]> Comment on Dying Local Food: Globalisation Side-effect by Shiv Kumar http://anil.org.in/2008/03/14/dying-local-food-globalisation-side-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-11106 Shiv Kumar Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:51:15 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2008/03/14/dying-local-food-globalisation-side-effect/#comment-11106 Hey Anil, Stumbled on to your blog, god knows how. All I remember is it was a friday night & I’d had a few too many (As Douglas Adams put it “A Mild Inability to Stand Up”) & was on the internet looking for Kerala food or recipes or something like that & ended up at your site? Bit of a foodie myself. Reading through the responses did make me VERY nostalgic. So thought I’ll add my two bit to the lot. My take on Dying Local Food: sambar IS thicker than blood. Whatever part of India we belong to, Where evr in the world we are, whatever we eat to survive/blend ( cheerios/full english/fish & chips/frozen whale blubber) we will eat AT LEAST one traditional meal a day. Hell! We even made the Russians eat aalu chole, carrot halva in space, courtesy the CFTRI Mysore. (Rakesh Sharma WAS a Punjabi) As far as the list of good eateries in Trivandrum goes, there are quite few. So here’s my personal view (in no particular order): Mubarak, Chalai Vayalil, Vallakadavu & (? the road where all the electronics shops are) Paradise, East Fort Binoy’s (or is it Bijoy’s) opp RBI Kanava Thoran to die for! There was also this Bar/Restaurant opposite St Mary’s School Pattom Good Meals esp after 1 beer there!!!!! Very Aalapuzha Style. After having eaten there, both when sober & when plastered out of my skull I think Buhari is overrated. But their veg (potato) curry is good Vegetarian: Hmm! Vasantham Medical College Jn (Provided you are there at lunch time) Funny! Nobody mentioned Sharmas near OverBridge O K so it is North Indian but hey! Saare Jahan Se Acha……….. NEVER EVER FORGET THE RAILWAY STATION VRR Good food + cheap & cheerful (Warms the cockles of me heart it does) Misc: Kalavara Pulimoodu: Was there the first month they opened in 1987. Good consistent food. Their Chicken Makhanwala, Schzeuwan Chicken & Chopsuey tasted the same from 1987 till 2002. Around Trivandrum: Never had the chance to go to Bismi Balarampuram or Al Saj Kazhakuttam but my senior foodies have given them a 5 * rating. On the way to Ponmudi as you turn right from Vithura there is a small place on the right side - good spicy food. But the best one I’ve had doesn’t have a name (don’t know if it still exists). On the way from Punalur to Thenmala Dam small trucker’s joint on the right side. Ended up there with my friend fish fry to die for & fish curry; I thought I’d died & was in heaven. Mind you this was in 1998. All these are memoirs of the time I had a brief attack of insanity (was on a diet) Will add to my monologues later as & when the grey cells work! Shiv Hey Anil,
Stumbled on to your blog, god knows how.
All I remember is it was a friday night & I’d had a few too many (As Douglas Adams put it “A Mild Inability to Stand Up”) & was on the internet looking for Kerala food or recipes or something like that & ended up at your site?
Bit of a foodie myself. Reading through the responses did make me VERY nostalgic.
So thought I’ll add my two bit to the lot.
My take on Dying Local Food: sambar IS thicker than blood. Whatever part of India we belong to, Where evr in the world we are, whatever we eat to survive/blend ( cheerios/full english/fish & chips/frozen whale blubber) we will eat AT LEAST one traditional meal a day.
Hell! We even made the Russians eat aalu chole, carrot halva in space, courtesy the CFTRI Mysore. (Rakesh Sharma WAS a Punjabi)
As far as the list of good eateries in Trivandrum goes, there are quite few. So here’s my personal view (in no particular order):
Mubarak, Chalai
Vayalil, Vallakadavu & (? the road where all the electronics shops are)
Paradise, East Fort
Binoy’s (or is it Bijoy’s) opp RBI Kanava Thoran to die for!
There was also this Bar/Restaurant opposite St Mary’s School Pattom Good Meals esp after 1 beer there!!!!! Very Aalapuzha Style.
After having eaten there, both when sober & when plastered out of my skull I think Buhari is overrated. But their veg (potato) curry is good
Vegetarian:
Hmm! Vasantham Medical College Jn (Provided you are there at lunch time)
Funny! Nobody mentioned Sharmas near OverBridge O K so it is North Indian but hey! Saare Jahan Se Acha………..
NEVER EVER FORGET THE RAILWAY STATION VRR Good food + cheap & cheerful (Warms the cockles of me heart it does)
Misc:
Kalavara Pulimoodu: Was there the first month they opened in 1987. Good consistent food. Their Chicken Makhanwala, Schzeuwan Chicken & Chopsuey tasted the same from 1987 till 2002.
Around Trivandrum:
Never had the chance to go to Bismi Balarampuram or Al Saj Kazhakuttam but my senior foodies have given them a 5 * rating.
On the way to Ponmudi as you turn right from Vithura there is a small place on the right side – good spicy food.
But the best one I’ve had doesn’t have a name (don’t know if it still exists). On the way from Punalur to Thenmala Dam small trucker’s joint on the right side. Ended up there with my friend fish fry to die for & fish curry; I thought I’d died & was in heaven. Mind you this was in 1998.
All these are memoirs of the time I had a brief attack of insanity (was on a diet)
Will add to my monologues later as & when the grey cells work!
Shiv

]]> Comment on May 1 Ride (2008) by anil http://anil.org.in/2008/05/05/may-1-ride-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-8473 anil Fri, 29 May 2009 14:09:54 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2008/05/05/may-1-ride-2008/#comment-8473 can i be a part of ur team i love rides i am from trivandrum my name is anil can i be a part of ur team i love rides i am from trivandrum my name is anil

]]> Comment on Learn IP Networking by anil.org.in » Netcat (nc): “TCP/IP Swiss Army Knife” http://anil.org.in/2008/07/06/learn-ip-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-8362 anil.org.in » Netcat (nc): “TCP/IP Swiss Army Knife” Tue, 26 May 2009 06:31:32 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2008/07/06/learn-ip-networking/#comment-8362 [...] – Related post: Learn IP Networking [...] [...] – Related post: Learn IP Networking [...]

]]> Comment on Billboards of Recession by prasad http://anil.org.in/2009/01/17/billboards-of-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-5412 prasad Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:43:18 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2009/01/17/billboards-of-recession/#comment-5412 Very true anil. May be soon you can see these bill boards disappear for a short while as well, as the GCDA authorities are springing into action. they want to reduce the number of hoardings in Cochin. Now is the best time for them as few may object to the removal of hoardings. Very true anil. May be soon you can see these bill boards disappear for a short while as well, as the GCDA authorities are springing into action. they want to reduce the number of hoardings in Cochin. Now is the best time for them as few may object to the removal of hoardings.

]]> Comment on Valparai: SB Anniv Ride by anil http://anil.org.in/2008/12/29/valparai-sb-anniv-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 anil Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:36:28 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2008/12/29/valparai-sb-anniv-ride/#comment-5384 Dear Anderson, You got it wrong. Valparai is a great place so is every part of the Western ghats. I was told by the manager of the hotel we stayed that government does not give license for hotels for whatever reasons. He could not buy land for building that hotel so he made a "consortium" of four land owners to gather land to build the infrastructure. If one likes wild life and nature, there is no need for any tourist infrastructure; all you need is a sleeping bag. And also there is a big difference between a tourist and a nature-lover/traveller. Dear Anderson,

You got it wrong. Valparai is a great place so is every part of the Western ghats. I was told by the manager of the hotel we stayed that government does not give license for hotels for whatever reasons. He could not buy land for building that hotel so he made a “consortium” of four land owners to gather land to build the infrastructure.

If one likes wild life and nature, there is no need for any tourist infrastructure; all you need is a sleeping bag. And also there is a big difference between a tourist and a nature-lover/traveller.

]]> Comment on Valparai: SB Anniv Ride by anderson http://anil.org.in/2008/12/29/valparai-sb-anniv-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 anderson Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:35:12 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2008/12/29/valparai-sb-anniv-ride/#comment-5376 Mr.Anil..(I was told that the government do not entertain tourists there. There is not much choice for stay.) wat u said here is worng..i agree there are no star hotels..but there is decent lodges and hotels are there for staying.i think u just went for riding nt fr enjoying...the people like doesnt know any thing..with out knowing the thing just spitting the words..that the place is nt good to visit.. its nt much polluted like OOTY nd KODAI..do u know dat.. stay der for two days and visit the side scenes then u tell valaparai is not gud fr tourist visit..am visiting each and every year..i don no wats your taste,,is fr dat don make worng statement Mr.Anil..(I was told that the government do not entertain tourists there. There is not much choice for stay.) wat u said here is worng..i agree there are no star hotels..but there is decent lodges and hotels are there for staying.i think u just went for riding nt fr enjoying…the people like doesnt know any thing..with out knowing the thing just spitting the words..that the place is nt good to visit..
its nt much polluted like OOTY nd KODAI..do u know dat..
stay der for two days and visit the side scenes then u tell valaparai
is not gud fr tourist visit..am visiting each and every year..i don no wats your taste,,is fr dat don make worng statement

]]> Comment on Billboards of Recession by jsr http://anil.org.in/2009/01/17/billboards-of-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 jsr Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:54:41 +0000 http://anil.org.in/2009/01/17/billboards-of-recession/#comment-5318 good observation anil, I saw today some effects of recession at a furniture shop, A Door free with a door handle, a chandelier free with a 800/- lamp, no joke good observation anil, I saw today some effects of recession at a furniture shop, A Door free with a door handle, a chandelier free with a 800/- lamp, no joke

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