S-U-I-C-I-D-E Zone

World wide, almost 5 lakh people die prematurely just as a result of smoking. Smoking is injurious to health. This will be written in better font and better size on the cigarette packs but smokers ignore. There are ways to help you get rid of this dangerous habit. Google out. Find the ways-implement-stop smoking - live long - let others live long.

When ever i see something like SMOKING ZONE in theatre or public malls it  looks like......

                     So, next time when ever you smoke, just ask yourself...

                                  "AM I READY TO DIE? "

Nehru Outer Ring Road - Finally Government Wakes Up

Finally Andhra Pradesh Government woke up reg. the accident prone so called Elevator Express High Way namely Nehru Outer Ring Road(NORR) in Hyderabad! Its a appreciative gesture and everyone welcomes it! Better late than never.

AP's honorable home minister ordered today to control the accidents on NORR:

"Speed limit controllers and monitors to be installed", "Regular patrolling vehicles to be active always", etc etc.... All orders welcomed!

But, why now? All of a sudden. NORR spanning 162KMS has been a death trap for many...many many accidents till now. As per a television news channel on an average around 45 people die on this route monthly. Its been a common news for hyderabadis about some or other accidents ranging from minor to fatal.  In 2010, tollywood actor Kota Srinivasa Rao's son lost his life on the same NORR. Government didn't feel the pinch. Recently, around a month back indian cricketer Mohammed Azahruddin's son Ajmal lost his life while racing on his 1000CC bike on NORR. He lost his life riding a super bike and its reported that the accident was due to loss of control at high speeds. Quiet possible. AP govt. didn't wink at this accident too. Possibly government was quite busy dealing with Sakala Jannula Sammey(All People Agitation), an agitation going for the cause of statehood of Telangana or may be AP govt. was in a possible political nappie. 

Reasons' for the accidents' apart, either it be negligence of the authorities or over speeding - that's a topic for another post. 

Then why now? Yesterday, Ex-MLA Mr. Komati Reddy's son Pratheek lost his life on the same dangerous NORR. Yep, you got it now. AP govt. is jolted now with this accident. If pratheek's son had not been Ex-MLA's son and if he had been some govt. employees son, this wake up would not have happened yet. This accident too would have gone unnoticed with just a small scroll in some news channel. Had it been another accident of the same proportion but not related to some celebrity, would this SHAMELESS govt. of AP reacted? What message does the govt. send to people from this sort of response? Does this mean common people doesn't hold any value? Does this mean common people doesn't hold any stake? Does this mean only celebrities life and their families hold value? WTF.

I wonder when this shameless govt. treats everyone equal. I wonder when this shameless govt. realizes that india is a democratic country. I wonder when our shameless politicians consider people as the assets and not the cadres or their profiles. I wonder when our shameless politicians realizes that people are the donors who gifted them their current position. I wonder when our shameless politician realize that some day there would be a situation when they would be frightened to come to people for vote begging. Shame...shame on the government and shame on these shameless politicians.

Only the politicians & govt. are to be blamed? Aren't we equally responsible for electing a govt. which doesn't know the meaning of administration is just running a drama company in the state assembly? INDIA lost its eligibility to be administered on Democracy. India needs dictatorship to resurrect.

The Little Italy

The Little Italy in Greater Hyderabad. Its a pure vegetarian italian restaurant. You hardly find a pure vegetarian restaurants in Hyderabad. I found another restaurant where i can take my parents along.

I have been hearing about it since long time but never got a chance or rather i say occasion to visit it. Last week i had been there with some of my buddies. The food didn't represent anything desi and so as were in Little Italy, the taste should be italian certainly.
  
The ambience was pleasant and it was located right on the top  floor of a building constructed at the edge of a hill(obviously one among jubilee hills). We were there by 12:30PM and hardly no crowd. We opted for a corner table which gave a nice view of the surroundings and especially the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park in short KBR Park Nature Trail and the most of jubilee hills. The interiors are not so great but nice. The decor is classy and relaxing. The decorator tried to give a contemporary look and was successful to some extent.

We opted for a buffet. The price was Rs.480 for adults and Rs.345 for children. The buffet included unlimited salads & welcome drinks, one starter from the menu, one pizza from the menu, one pasta or rice item from the menu. We were quickly served with the welcome drink. For the salads we have to walk to the counter to choose from the vegetables you want to include in the salad. The salad preparation was quite interesting. You got lot of english vegetable you pick from. Different types of sauces too. I'm quite alergic to olives. But i wanted to taste the green olives. The salad was fantastic with bracoli, corn, green olives, pepper, pickles and sadly no jalapenos :(

It took quite some time to order the starters & pizzas as the menu was completely new to me and my friends as well. We ordered Bruschetta, Choice of garlic bread with cheese with onions. Bruschetta was the star among the starters. The service was decent and prompt. Enough time to hang out and have a nice time.

Garlic bread was too much of crispy. Not even able to bite. Its almost like some cookie.

                   

        Bruschetta was the best among the starters. Its crispy & cheesey.
 

Sicilia was the best among Pizza.Very spicy, spicy than regular andhra food.

                 

Fantacy was really fantastic...cheesey and lot of paneer cubes.

We were almost full with the starters & pizza. But we were to select from a pasta or mexican rice dishes. Both are not worth mentioning. Mexican rice was with brown rice, some sort of rajma and some spices.

My ratings,

Ambience - 9/10
Service - 8/10
Food - 8/10
Dinner for 2 - Rs.1100
Value for money - 8/10

40000Kms and still crunching

Since 2007 she was the one companion which accompanied  me every day in all my lows & highs. She stayed with me in all my sorrows & joys. I was harsh with her when in hurry & in sorrow.....i was smooth with her in times of joy. I ride her high in times of high spirit...i grunted on her in times of low. But she never disappointed me. Never excepted anything back; just some care. Except during my two months US visit and 7 months bangalore visit she was with me every day. She served me so much to my satisfaction.

Its my Splendor+ bike which i bought in 2007 and it crunched around 40000Kms since then and is still counting. My bike never disappointed me for my needs. I'm not on it to race. I use it for my general needs, for general commuting & sometimes purposeless rides.

It do gave me some hiccups when it was down due to some crank shaft sound in enginer. Except regular services it is the only major cost i incurred on it after its purchase. As per the mechanic, this problem would not have occured if i have used proper fuel. He also suggested to never use the petrol sold on road side from petty vendors. I though these petty vendors mix some kerosene to make some quick bucks. But not so. he said , "these vendors mix some thing called thinner which is generally used for carpentary work. The reason is, thinner costs some Rs.25 per liter where as kerosene costs around Rs.40. So thinner is more profittable compared to kerosene. Thinner has no colour and in some weather conditions block the enginer oil passage to the engine and thus the engine problem occurs". So, friends avoid road side fuel and save your vehicles.

Hmmm what else. There is one point that i get to mind.
Sometime back in 2008 i lived with some friends at Lakadikapul. One of my friend Rupesh, owned a Pulsar 150CC(as far as i remember). We used to go out often for lunch...dinner..movies. But the way would always be full of traffic and is always crowded with vehicles. So, generally when two friends start on bike they obviously get into a sort of lets-see-who-reaches-first type of thing. This happens undeclared and go unnoticed. The same thing used to happen between us as well. Some times i used to reach first and some times him. I remember him commenting "You are great yaar. You beat Pulsar with your splendor". I used to say, "Its nothing great. I just know my bike better and know when & how it behaves".

Sometimes i feel like to withheld this bike for ever. But again, nothing is permanent. In the recent past i planned to sell off this bike to get a new bike. But due to some personal reasons i plan to keep this bike for another 1 year or so. Lets see howz things go.