Jalebi Uncoiled: 22. Not let down by age

Sunday, December 27, 2009

22. Not let down by age

Octagenarian politician N D Tiwari, who was caught in a compromising position with three women in the prestigious Raj Bhawan in Hyderabad as alleged by the `sex tape' aired on televsion chanels since Dec 24, 2009, has proved the common adage - that Indians have more(sex)in the brain than in the groins. Though the old man flocked with women in bed, his resignation from the coveted post of Governor was on `health grounds'. Amusing!

Without doubt, such acts cannot be a one-off episode. These have a history! No wonder, in a musical evening in Dehradun on Dec 26 wherein well-known gharwali singer Narendra Singh Negi sang his smash-hit Nauchami Narayan, a cult song that derides the former chief minister for his alleged romantic escapades, a voice from the crowd hollered `he has been caught this time.'

Tiwari's lifestyle has been a common public knowledge. Any number of people that this blogger could talk to confirmed of having known about it. Consequently, not many were surprised by what they saw. Amazingly, why is it that what is in common knowledge doesn't get acknowledged by the powers-that-be? Seems no one has the courage to tell the emperor what he's wearing.....or not wearing.

2 comments:

Vijay Rai said...: A good comment indeed.

The ND Tiwari episode is 'Thandi Jalebi" for people knew what has been going on from 'below his belt'.
A sting operation let the press and the public know what was mostly known already.
The operation that I think should follow now is 'nasbandi', in national interest.

Vijay Rai; December 28, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Vimal said...: no girl has claimed as his doughter, issue of asstes is also involve here. but or bhi gun hai jamne main TIWARIJI ke siva.
mostly are same. JO PAKDA GAYA VO CHOR...........; January 19, 2010 at 7:39 PM

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The World of Jalebi

In 1870, Hobson-Jobson (a glossary of Anglo-Indian terms) specified that 'jelaubee' originates from the Arabic word zalabiya and the Persian word zalibiya and described it as 'a rich sweetmeat made of sugar and ghee, with a little flour, melted and trickled into a pan so as to form a kind of interlaced work, when baked.' Recipes for that original zalabiya have been found in West Asian cookbooks dating back to the 10th and 13th century, and ancient texts indicate that by the 15th century, the dish had made its journey from Persia to the tables of rich Indian merchants.

Meanwhile, this irresistible concoction seems to have travelled to other lands as well. In Lebanon, the sweetmeat is shaped like a finger rather than a swirl. In Afghanistan, it’s eaten alongside fish in the winter months. In Egypt, the Jewish community makes it to celebrate Hanukkah. It is a salutary reminder that food and language, arts and ideas, values and lifestyles are all products of give-and-take between the peoples of the world.

From The Golden Oldie by Shabnam Minwalla

Jalebi Management

Can the mouth-watering jalebi orchestrate global business? The uniform taste of the sweetmeat from its central form to its irregular extremities is worth imitating for any organisation's smooth functioning, says this book. "A jalebi connects at different fragile points to get bigger and bigger. The moral fibre in any country or any corporate culture can also grow when thought is not confined within the box,' writes Shombit Sengupta in Jalebi Management, a provocative out-of-the-box (sweet) management book based on critical social observation.