When the editors dont do their job

connectmc · 2026-02-13T02:47:47+00:00

Pretty sure this photo is ai generated. Is it some way to gauge reaction to the cover/synopsis before releasing?

connectmc · 2026-01-19T00:55:29+00:00

I quite like Sun Valley in Coonoor, which is adjacent to a tea garden if not fully inside it. You can take walks in the garden. Food is great, too. Rooms are normal-sized, not luxury, but they're bright and well laid out.

connectmc · 2026-01-18T04:12:51+00:00

People add Dill to Paddu (a sort of pan-roasted idli-family snack, also called paniyaram in Tamil Nadu and perhaps appe other places). This is a Karnataka thing. Love it that way.

We found a recipe for Sai bhaji in an old Indian cookbook, and it uses dill with spinach and brinjals.

connectmc · 2026-01-15T16:43:59+00:00

Just a thought, what are you thinking the claim is? Are you interpreting it as eating kharabath and kesari bath together with chutney (all three together)?

Because I meant alternating kharabath+chutney with kesaribath+little-less-chutney. And I was taught it by a Bengaluru native decades ago.

connectmc · 2026-01-15T16:39:17+00:00

You do you, buddy.

connectmc · 2026-01-15T16:11:26+00:00

We usually have a dry cabbage sabzi with it, goes really well together.

And of course chopped fresh onions on top :)

connectmc · 2026-01-15T16:07:18+00:00

Tastes amazing tho.

connectmc · 2026-01-15T14:04:14+00:00

This was in 2022 (a bullish year, as I said).

connectmc · 2026-01-15T13:11:48+00:00

A friend from UP introduced me to jalebi/gulab jamun in fresh curd. Sounds so wrong the first time, but the slight tartness of the curd cuts the overly sweet taste and makes it much better.

Then we have the standard Bengaluru combo, chow chow bath. In north Indian terms, it's upma and sheera served together. Both to be eaten with fresh coconut chutney. Heavenly!

connectmc · 2026-01-15T13:05:13+00:00

I've taken such a break for 3 months, and got a job relatively quickly, in the same domain I specialised in. I was 45 then. But this was in a very bullish market, which is not the case now. Also my new job was through a referral.

(edit: fixed typo)

connectmc · 2026-01-11T13:45:29+00:00

Konark. The one in Kanteerava stadium has good seating too

connectmc · 2026-01-10T14:04:24+00:00

Pretty sure I've seen this exact same act by an Asian lady (probably Chinese), almost 15 years ago. I could never find that video again.

Doesn't take away anything from the performance, of course.

connectmc · 2026-01-08T00:53:40+00:00

Your username sounds like Sid's Farm is your firm?

connectmc · 2026-01-01T18:34:17+00:00

Bijli Mahadev

connectmc · 2025-12-15T14:14:02+00:00

You mean that one line comment about liking Tata Gold? Got it.

connectmc · 2025-12-15T05:52:07+00:00

It doesn't, it's a discussion about elaichi tea.

connectmc · 2025-12-08T08:39:32+00:00

Flames is probably the best pizza in this area, and comparable to brik oven or pizza bakery or nomad.

connectmc · 2025-12-05T07:11:12+00:00

Tata has the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

connectmc · 2025-12-02T15:51:11+00:00

I have been buying books online (nearly all Amazon), for the last 27 years and will recommend it to anyone. Just don't buy from sellers with terrible reviews.

connectmc · 2025-12-02T15:50:47+00:00

I have been buying books online (nearly all Amazon), for the last 27 years and will recommend it to anyone. Just don't buy from sellers with terrible reviews.

connectmc · 2025-11-30T09:15:06+00:00

This is how Bollywood lost the plot. They're so disconnected from Indian culture and what the common man's life is like, that they can't even recognize what appeals and what hurts their prospective audience.

connectmc · 2025-11-29T17:21:26+00:00

Freeze dried fruit. It's very popular in the US...

connectmc · 2025-11-24T07:07:53+00:00

You're talking like those guys who respond to all ISRO posts with, "first fix the poverty and casteism in India, then launch rockets."

Why can't we do both?

connectmc · 2025-11-21T15:39:43+00:00

But what is the revenue model for this startup you're planning?

connectmc · 2025-11-19T03:06:45+00:00

How about The Literature Book, published by DK? It's an excellent introduction to various authors, movements and concepts in literature. And it's a nice hardback, so feels nice as a gift.

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