Deccani Naan - A great example of simple being super good!

Being a vegetarian, have always savoured irani chai with Osmania busicuits, biryani, mirchi ka salan, tomatar kutt, bagara baingan, ashrafi, kubani ka meeta, double ka meeta and its stupid cousin shahi tukda  in Hyderabad and after so many years got an opportunity to try the Deccani Naan which is the simple and super bread of Hyderabad. Hyderabad cuisine is an amalgam of Turkish,Arabian, Mogul, DumPukt, Telangana, and  Maratha cuisines,  Hyderabadi cuisine offers a great variety that consists of all kinds of items ranging from the very subtle to the very spicy.

Deccani Naan is reportedly borrowed from Turkish cuisine, simple ingredients put through a tandoor like oven which is probably the secret of its fresh, soft, irresistible taste. At Rs.12/- a piece it is a must have when visiting Hyderabad.

Cache in a Calamity - lucre during the Chennai floods

Politicians using the calamity to increase popularity and thereby get votes is one kind of business, and there are many others types of commercial loot using a calamity as an opportunity for some quick and big bucks. Amma got all relief supplies stickered with her photo at every entry point to the city ensuring that all credit went to her for all the material sent by good Samaritans from neighbouring states.

A lot of material was confiscated on the highway before Chennai, not allowing material to go to the interior villages. This is called more aid to those who have already received plenty of aid. One engineering college on the Bangalore highway has collected plenty of rice and water bottles in this way. I think armed highway robbery like it happens in the Chambal valley is far better than this!

A bottle of water for Rs.100/- , a litre of milk for Rs.100/- , vegetables at Rs.100/- a Kg are some prices during the floods. black marketing, hoarding, and profiteering was the first quick money scheme.

Kits issued to people are purchased back for say Rs.20/- . Many times the kit might have cost the donor Rs.100-150 and it is recycled by paying the recipient a small sum of money, which is enough because he/she has already got the essentials.

There is still opportunity aplenty starting with using the PM's largesse, to billing for construction of new dwellings for snatching what was due to the poor family distressed and displaced by the floods.

Greed in a calamity, what a curse! The selfless, generous, and caring are another breed and thankfully outnumber the thugs in the general population, but then...................