Protests and cooking

Been offline this past week because k and i got out of town to avoid the farmers' protest in reaction to the high court's decision to give tamil nadu more water from the Cauvery river which would require Karnaaka to release a siginficant amount of the water it currenty receives from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery water dispute is an issue that, according to one news source( NDTV or CNN-IBN), is over 200 years old. With the erection of the KSR dam in Karnataka many arid regions flourished agriculturally. One of those areas is a large town between Bangalore and Mysore called Mandya, where most of the protests are occurring. For the week bus and train service to tamil nadu and between Bangalore and Mysore had stoppped. Many schools in both Bangalore and Mysore and in between closed as did many businesses. Tomorrow, Monday, in Mysore, the protesters have called for a bandh which means that the city will shut down for the day. I seem to follow the protests, although in the nOrtheast everyday strife occrs as some folks fight for independence.

Anyway, today was a cooking day. Usually i enjoy cooking, but i don't like cooking in other people's kitchens. So i was slightly stressed out as i made a simple meal of dahl, rice, and chicken curry. the pots and pans are even different, all the spices i would've used weren't to be found. So i sucked it up and worked with what was on the shelf. I felt a sense of relief as i put the finishing touches on the dahl ( the chicken and rice were ready to go). then i had to transport the rice from the kitchen to the table. The vessel that the rice was in has to be picked up with tongs. As i carried it, the tongs slipped and the rice fell on the floor. I just groaned and stared at the helter skelter mess of beautifully cooked white rice laying on the floor. i picked up what was salvageable and laid the table. Now i just want to shower and sleep. hmm, t eat or not to eat...