tomatoes and onions

Onions and tomatoes,


Both have sky rocketed.

Onions are being imported from Pakistan what a laugh they must be having.

The fact is that we are not growing enough for a domestic consumption. Why? Labour is expensive is it really? Then why are the farm hands migrating to town?

We are converting agriculture land into non agriculture ones building buildings covering the land with concrete.

A country like Japan where land is premium they have opted for underground farming, which means building are not allowed to have concretized parking spaces even if they do have one floor free for parks. This format is followed in Bangkok too.

There was one venture that utilized railway tracks for growing vegetables I think at Bombay, well let’s not talk of the merits and demerits of it.

The essence of education is to empower the people with life skills, but we have a education system that is compulsory this system was designed to create a labour force for the british. Agriculture has education has been neglected at all levels.

The educate urbanites are unable to handle agriculture but they understand the power cash agriculture land is being converted and sold. It is so common and so accepted. About 10yrs back the land islanded between Santa Cruz, taleigao panji and Dona Paula was filled with lush green fields now they are fast vanishing there are big non goan players buying building we have people from the gulf, Bombay Delhi and Bangalore buying their second homes retirement insurances. These flats are closed all most all year round we are blocking resources.

Forget the Tata’s ,Ambani’s to hell with the Naryanamurthy’s Ladies and gentlemen lets get brown before going green.

noodiswami naavirode heege.

ಕಟ್ಟುವೆವು ನಾವು ಹೊಸನಾದೊಂದನ್ನು ರಸದಬೀಡು ಒಂದನು .


ಇವು ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳು ಇವು ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಅಸಾಧ್ಯ, ಯಾಕಂದ್ರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳೇ ಮಾಯವಾಗಿವೆ. ಉಳುವ ರೈತನಿಲ್ಲ, ಯೆಲ್ಲವ್ರೂ ಅಮೆರಿಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

software ಹಾಗೂ ಇಂಡಸ್ಟ್ರಿಗಳು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸಂವೃದ್ಧಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ, ನಾವು ಕೆಜಿಗೆ ೧೦೦ ರೂ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಪಕಿಸ್ತಾನಂದ ನಿರುಳ್ಳಿ ತಿನ್ನುತೇವೆ. ಕೆಜಿಗೆ ೧೦೦ ರೂ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೇವೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಭೂಮಿಯೂ ಆದನ್ನು concrete -ಅಸುರನಿಗೆ ಧಾನವೆರೆದಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಬೆಲೆ ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ದಿನವೂ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ.

I think the extensive work load listed by me yesterday on Plinky has crumps of help thrown at me.


Amma’s pattimaadu (make a list) seem to rule the roost. I am sharing it will all as a New Year gift.

Grocers list is something we all do. But a list of to do done and ticked at the end of the day gives a sense of achievement. There are certain jobs that can be planned well in advance.

Maintenance check list of the handiwork to be done around the house. With the contacts and numbers is very helpful. I know a friend who puts in draining cleaning with PWD help before rains to prevent clogging. She does it in the beginning of the year I mean schedule it so that she does not over stretch herself or “adjust”

Birthday lists of course all us do.

Packing list for a vacation. A good idea would be how many days, what events, do we have access to washing facility. Gifts to be given etc.etc. and then pack accordingly. Medicines, toiletry everything should be listed. It also helps when repacking for the return journey.

Imagine what bliss it would be having a weekly cleaning list with the name of the family member responsible on it and the person honouring the responsibility without having to be reminded. – Utopia.

Car maintenance checklist. Schedule times when you need to make appointments for an oil change and general car maintenance.

Diwali preparation checklist, gifts check list for diwali all this would make life easy.

A big thank you to all donors, I shall definitely try to do it. 

udupi kaimagga-- the handloom form udupi

Udupi kai-magga


Or the udupi handloom once for a flourishing business. Like the ilkal and other handlooms udupi handlooms had an identity of its own.

The weavers network started in 1938. People from far and wide came for it. The advantage of this kind of weaving being the counts are close and with wash the saree gets softer. The udupi handloom has been known for its durability along with the comfort of wear.

Their products cover a range of sarees, towels Lungi’s and bedsheets.

The rapid changing lifestyle of the decade has hit the weavers badly. Their children have opted for education that does not give them the skills for weaving.

in an attempt to revive the weaving skills and technology the govt. of Karnataka has set up two training centres one at Halliholle and one at Kollur. The rehabilitation of the indigenous Koraga tribe has been routed through this. Each trainee gets a stipend of rs.2000/- a month . with the weavers association has now a new challenge ie marketing.

They are wary if celebrity patronage as the pricing automatically shoots up the product then becomes inaccessible to the masses.

The chairman of the weavers association noted that the recent order by Ms.Mamta Banerjee for a training program she had ordered 300 sarees was a big boost to the morale of the weavers.

The Mobile Indian Trash can.

Do we mistake the railways for mobile garbage, or is it that we think we can do away with civil manners.


the marusagar express from Jaipur to Ernakulum arrives at 2.10 on the madgaon platform, the sleepy stations suddenly wakes up, the Bhobe caterers in the station send their brightest malayalee vendors to vend the Malabar parata and curry, the vendor comes up with the paratas in the news paper, and the curry in the kettle, before long all the paratas gone and curry served too, the newspaper has now served its purpose the young vendor shoves the paper into the pole of platform 2, he does not bother to put it into the dustbin which is to his left instead of in front of him. The passengers have eaten the food, paper plates are thrown out into the railway tracks, and around the dustbin, but into it no thank you.

Next they buy some frooti and empty cartons are just dropped, neither does the vendor bother to tell the passenger to put it into the dustbin, nor does the passenger have the courtesy

When you tell them to pick up it up and put into the dustbin the answer is

“We are backward we are not in Singapore.”

We are definitely not in Singapore if we were we dare not litter.

Take 2

The Mangalore passenger arrives then fortunately for us we have booked our tickets so we do not have to rush in. but hey presto! We share the boogie with the garbage (check the picture) the previous passengers have eaten and left their plates behind.

The Bhatt caterers who handle the catering of the tidy boys, came vending the great ware, coffee tea whatever, the tea is poured carefully into the disposable cups so only few drops get dropped on the floor each time. Ask them what does one do with the used cups, they look at you with disdain for asking an obvious question “throw it out of the window” never mind you will hit someone’s face, or litter the fields below.

Yes I know we are not Singapore.

My educated friends have ridiculed me for collecting the garbage in a newspaper bag and then putting it into the trash can at the next station. Wonder if their personal cars are so dirty too.
The TT says litter is not his responsibility but it would help if we complain the train might get dustbins.

this  picture is the seat of the reserved compartment of Mangalore-verna passenger.

with Malice to one and all

I feel like Khuswant Singh today so I declare with Malice to one and all.


Once agrees that Times Of India is there to please its advertisers and the congress clan, but one can at least make a farcical attempt of honesty.

A time of India today carries a front page article on Robert vadra and politics, can anyone explain why? With so many issues, that require attention what makes his relationship with his brother-in-law dominate the front page? Is it congress’s new marketing strategy, are they trying to prove their Indianans, by flaunting the Damaad, or is it a subtle way of inviting someone to blast him off existence?

Kasab and his spat with the camera is another FrontPage, graffiti, he should be ignored by the press, no mention of him at all until his trial verdict is announced, until then he can be put on a pork rich diet.

A note to the editor of times of India.

One does not stand for an election one contests an election.
Kindly inform your reporters whatshisname sinha and arti jerath this.

Ram Mandir-Babri masjid

Ayodhya decision was to be delivered yesterday at 3.45, to be very frank I forgot about it. Until TM Nagaraj, called up to ask if our charternite was on. Then came few other calls.


So like the good citizen that I am I turned on, NDTV (I know it is called Hara-kiri) and madam BAKBAK Dutt was going on flashing her imperfect occlusion and perfect smile.

The site of Ayodhya was covered by someone called Kashish whosoever, (at the rate that I am forgetting the names I should screen myself for Alzheimer’s) who kind of got confused with her pauses she sniffed instead (thankfully she used her palm to rub her nose and not her dupatta), and “you know “used “you know” instead of the periods.

Between two erudite scholars, NDTV’s people’s representative some Mr.Rao and somebodyortheother educated us on how the verdict was not judicial, how it did not address the primary prayer, etc. etc. and how it was Panchayat like. But as a normal not so politically or judicially educated Indian I thought it was quite a good decision. The only thing I could not figure was land had to be given to pneumonia akhada this morning I realized that the pneumonia had to be nirmohi.

Anyway, I still have not figured out why madam Bakbak constantly got back to Salman Rushdie. Who made such a ridiculous statement? “When the British left India instead of a progressive Indian taking over ancient system took over, and the ancient system is corrupt and blah” what he was trying to tell us is that we should have had some WOG to take charge. Mr. Rushdie they were all WOGS there your Gandhi included.

How come there has been no reaction to it? Why is it that he is given so much importance? At the end of the day that is he-- a man with no roots, who has no faith in his religion and no respect for the country he claims to hail from. All his books take a pot shot at these foundations of his being, presenting them in poor light and establish the superiority of his masters? Do we really need him to comment on CWG if he does in what capacity? Is he a sportsman, statesman, he is not even an Indian.

But what I did like was the irony of it all, everyone talks about dispute-prayer-peace but the identity of Ayodhya has been forged as it is always referred to as Babrimasjid-Ramjanmabhoomi.

the cow appreciation day

July 18th is the national cow appreciation day at the US of A


A day to honour an animal much abused by mankind. From the hide to the meat, even its milk we seem to usurp it all. In India even the urine is used (go mutra) as an immune builder, and systemic cleanser, while the cow dung is the traditional antiseptic, and mosquito repellent.

Interesting isn’t it, wonder which cow are the Americans going to appreciate. Definitely not the large unpleasant woman who is generally addressed as a cow. So it to either be

--The female bovine that has had a calf, it could be reindeers, moose, elephants or wapiti or even a whale.

Or

As the Webster calls it a wedge, a break, or anything that checks the motion of a machine.

Holy cow-- what contradiction – holy cow is also American slang. This went through being banned as bad language.

Anyway, tracing this holiday was fun; there is no document of any origin.

It appears that chick-fil-A the fast-food chain, launched this unofficial holiday as a sales gimmick, all one had to do was to wear a white and black dotted costume, a cow bell and fur ears and jump into the nearest outlet, for a free combo meal.

All the best don’t get cowed by the two legged cow with a mini white frock and black polka dots, of course the fur ear and cow bells are on too. If you are cowed, then cow your car and moo—v e—on.

Have a moovalous day