Sagar Ratna

So again in the office today, there was a discussion on where to go for lunch. The first idea was to order-in, but we all could not decide on one place to order from, let alone one place that would have everything each of us wanted. There were three of us, Ahsan who claims never to have gone to a veg restaurant, Akshit, who hates bhindi and likes paneer, and me, who likes bhindi and hates paneer. 

Fucking paneer, it is not even a vegetable. I have never had a veg meal in Delhi with others where paneer was not on the table. People will not eat mix veg and chole, even though both the dishes typically have paneer as well. One paneer dish is essential. I wanted something like mix veg or bhindi do pyaza, or chana or chole, but have never been able to get a group together, go out to a restaurant, order two curries and whatever breads we want, like normal people. I miss Mani's in thane where we order navratan khurma and veg kholapuri. This Ahsan fellow does not believe that Moghul cuisine includes veg dishes. 

Fucking Delhi people with their gluten and paneer diet. 

Anyway, so curries and breads was out of the question. The other two were just looking at the menu puzzled, so I had to make a decision. I called for bisibele bath and curd rice, which everyone genuinely enjoyed. We then ordered two filter coffees, and I showed Ahsan the correct way to cool it in the wide, shallow bowl known as a dabara. Akhit ordered a mango milkshake, which was somehow available as a special despite the season not arriving yet. 

The lunch was consumed over a very serious discussion on whether or not Sagar Ratna was a South Indian restaurant. I tried to explain to them that Sagar Ratna started off in New Delhi, that the first branch was in Def Col, and that the restaurant was not widely known in South India, with the only branch that I know of in Mangalore. Those two argued that the inclusion of the banana leaf on the logo makes it a South Indian restaurant for North Indian people, even though it brands itself as a pure veg restaurant that serves South India, North Indian and even Chinese cuisine. 

I gave up the argument. We went to the place and returned by car, which was refreshing as I feel bikes are death traps. 

It was a good day for me at work. I have a brand new Asus TUF A14 laptop, that I really liked at the launch, and which is the one I would personally use. I also got back on Warframe yesterday, partially completed the Old Peace quest, and am on the last season of Camp Cretaceous: Chaos Theory, after watching all of Camp Cretaceous while sick with bronchitis over the past week. Anyway, so on my desk was my work laptop, the Nothing 4a Pro running benchmarks, the TUF A14 as the primary machine, connected to a new HyperX Pulsefire Saga gaming mouse, and the OnePlus Pad on the left as a secondary display. I finally felt like I am back at Digit lol. 

Then the work itself was very good. I bashed out eight copies on ISRO, all based on a single standing committee report. Three copies were on the target dates announced for Chandrayaan 4, the Venus Orbiter Mission and the Chandrayaan 5/LUPEX mission. One copy was a consolidated piece on all new targets, including deployment of BAS, development of the NGLV, and the LVM3 variant with the semicryogenic booster. Then I did three pieces on criticism of the underutilisation of funds, then large number of vacancies, and the licensing of technologies to private companies at ridiculously low prices. The final copy was a roundup of all the criticisms. So a good day at work, plan to do at least three more pieces on the same report, one on daily monitoring of rainforests in Brazil, another on the call for a comprehensive space law, and one on the development of the semicryogenic engine. Maybe I will do story on the revenue collapse of Antrix as well. 

Now I have to go back home, and get my final antibacterial shot. The vein in my right arm has been injected six times in close proximity, and I am fearing that the perforation will tear up the vein lol. So, wrapped up everything just in time, my stories, this blog and sending the mail to transport. OKTATABYEBYEEE.