
I’m back from a pretty hectic week of work in Chennai. In spite of my killing schedule, the stay in Chennai was stress free because I stayed over at my uncle’s place – they are an affectionate bunch – it was like staying at your granny’s with people fussing all over you. Nice fun. Got a chance to spend lots of time with my cousin’s family who are visiting from the US. Exchanged notes with my bro-in-law, taught my six year old niece how to make paper boats, monkeyed around with her adorable two year old sister.
Had breakfast at Chennai’s famous “Murugan Idly” today morning. We bundl
ed ourselves in uncle’s car and drove quite a distance to sample Chennai’s best idlys. It was fun. All of us

chattering away to glory, cracking pjs, poking fun at cousin sis’s driving. Ideal lazy Saturday morning. Murugan Idly was a riot. We had loads of idlys with dollops of sambar and varities of chutneys. Murugan Idly lives up to its billing as a special place. It is non-fussy, efficient and reasonably priced. They have a limited spread of staple south Indian food that is dished out hot and fresh. The two delectable scoops of sweet pongal were my high points followed by the ever-dependable crunchy vadas. All this topped up with a dose of filter coffee....heavenly.

I’m back in Bangalore now. Am sampling BMTC’s Vayu Vajra Volvo bus service. As I type, sitting in the front seat, it’s been quite a pleasant experience so far. The AC works, the luggage racks are convenient, the staff is courteous and the DTH public radio service is entertaining. There are 5 passengers on the bus. Each of us paid Rs. 150 each for the ticket. I wonder whether the bus service can run profitably on revenue of Rs. 750 per trip.
I met up with another cousin in Chennai. He works for CTS. We were catching up after quite a long time, over a year. We met in a mall, after work, on Friday evening. We talked about a lot of things – work, friends, careers and last of all, the impending bride-hunting-marriage labyrinth that we’ll have to deal with sooner or later. He asked me if I had a girlfriend and I responded with my favorite borrowed line – “Agar uthna talent hotha, tho hum kahi hothe” ;)
Cheers. Time to get off my bus. It’s been an hour’s ride. Good fun. At Rs. 150 it’s totally worth it, I recommend it.
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