Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Gastronomical De-Lite

The IT industry as a whole seems to be making a very conscious effort to contribute to the calorie levels of its employees. “Employee Growth” is being taken care of in every sense of the phrase.

Pssst…. If anyone is in the Office Furniture business, armless chairs are going to be the next super sellers. It is only natural that the comfort needs of employees are satisfied along with supporting their growth.

Like every other occasion, which is celebrated without fail, today too was celebrated. Ofcourse, when there is free food, who the hell cares what for? Anyways it was called Karavali Parba. It’s a traditional festival in Karnataka, they said. Starting of from a state of “delicate incertitude”, I have now attained the state of “Strong Suspicion” about the actual existence of any such festival. Power searches in google did not yield any fruitful results. But as they say, as long as its fun, who cares?

An enthusiastic start to a very traditional lunch on a plantain leaf was soon to become a concerted attempt at emptying the leaf. We had grossly underestimated our traditional meals. What saved us was a timely announcement by one of the organizers where he detailed the variouses courses in the meal. I don’t think I registered that entire list. But I remember, that he went on for quite some time.

Well it was certainly a Gastronomical Delight that was indeed also “De – Lite”.
What is scary, are the Olfactory Delights that lie in store in the air conditioned office interiors… Who says Art of Living and Meditation are not useful or practical???

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