Posted inHacks & Tips Music

Once in how many months should a guitar’s strings be changed?

Direct Answer: It is ideal to change the strings of a guitar once in 3-4 months as per the technician who does the job. The same answer I got from seasoned guitar players. This is important because the strings of a guitar get rusted and there are chances that they get cut while you are tuning or playing the guitar. Once I was trying the guitar of my cousin and suddenly a string got cut and pierced the skin on…
Posted inFood Place

Why there are no chairs and tables in Rameswaram Cafe?

I just watched a clip where the husband-wife owners of Rameswaram Cafe (Bangalore) are asked by a shameless anchor, "was it a conscious decision not to put chairs and tables in Rameswaram cafe?" I wonder how the anchor has no common sense. Or these people lose their common sense when paid well! It's basic: the owners didn't want to spend on tables and chairs. They even wanted to save on the real estate cost incurred for the space needed for…
Posted inWork

How and why people are promoted in corporate jobs

A friend who works in a corporate job narrated this incident which happened in his company. This incident helps us understand how promotions and recognitions work in the corporate sector. In his own words: "we had a meeting of all the employees in our department. The meeting starts and the boss starts shouting at  some employees with allegations of inefficiency and not running certain events properly. In a few minutes, some 3-4 employees who are smart and self aware clearly…
Posted inExperience Food Place

Rajdhani mango thali – waste of money

So I tried this Rajdhani mango thali at the Mantri mall. It costs Rs. 700 per plate. After paying Rs. 700 for this thali, they offer some mango drinks and say that it is charged extra! Wonderful! They gave mostly sweet items and a lot of not so worthy items like some vada sambar which was either extremely salty or the curry was turning sour (getting spoiled). They offered some paneer sabji, but the sabji hardly had any paneer. They…
Posted inMemories

The only time I watched Dr. Rajkumar performing

This was during the school days. My uncle came home for a small stop and was having snacks. While speaking to my mom, he said, he was on his way to attend Dr. Rajkumar's concert at "open air theatre" at Manasa Gangothri. He asked if I would join. I said yes and jumped into his black Kinetic Honda - J 800! In a few minutes, I was at the open air theatre. My uncle had passes for him and his…
Posted inFood Memories

Popsicle and softie ice creams

Back in the school days, we had many vendors selling things right outside our school. Some other day, I will write about every single thing that was sold outside our school. Starting from churumuri, thothapuri mango slice with salt & chilli powder (during summers), cycle bombe (cycle candy), posters man etc. One fine day, we noticed a man in french beard and well dressed and holding a box on his two wheeler. He was publicizing that he was selling a…
Posted inMemories

The dangerous Maxi Cabs

Today, while watching the tamil movie Mandela, I came across a vehicle - "maxi cab". I don't see these vehicles much these days in Karnataka. They were however very famous decades ago. I remember these maxi cabs plying on roads and taking people from one village to another or one city to another. Their capacity was around 30-40 seats. But you could squeeze more people into it. These vehicles were famous among the rural and semi urban people. People used…
Posted inLanguage

The key to learning a language lies in focusing on forming basic sentences

In the course of mentoring many students to learn English, I realise that the key is to focus on learning basic sentences. Most of the new language learners focus too much on learning too many words. They think that learning more words and more complicated words will make them better in a language. That's wrong. Some even think that writing in a flowery style or complicated style makes them a pro! Wrong! When you focus too much on advanced words,…