More Indian strangeness

Pizza. It’s gone past the Italian variety and the American variety and evolved into a distinct species. Including Chicken Tikka Masala pizza and, my favourite, sheek kabab pizza with fresh coriander and onions

Cricket. Miserable Indian form. We lost 4-0 of a 5-match series (1 was rain-washed) against South Africa. Consequently, the issue was raised in the Indian parliament, and it’s been going on for a couple of days. Yesterdays the Times of India had a mid-page twin columns on whether or not parliamentarians ought to discuss cricket while in session.\

Food. Went to an interesting restaurant last night. "Continental" dishes, chicken tikka, nans, mexican quiche, carribean grilled chicken, shepherd's pie, and desserts like tiramisu. Here's a bit of the menu.

I wasn't brave enough to try the pasta... the al dente scare. Otherwise the food was good - excellent; although the chef was quite generous with the garlic.

Autorickshaws. My mom and aunt went to buy stuff, and their autorick ran out of petrol, so the person got them another one. Except, this other autorick had 3 kittens sitting underneath, so they had to wait till a bunch of schoolkids took them out and carried them away...