impulse shopping

here's one thing i like so much about working in connaught place-- whatever you need is probably within walking distance and very affordable if you have the patience. example-- i left our broken umbrella in the auto rickshaw yesterday and have ever since been meaning to buy another. today i went out to lunch with shakti and his friend karthik, and on the way i saw a boy selling very cute umbrellas for Rs.100. mission accomplished.

for lunch i went to the canteen at the andhra pradeh bhawan. they have unlimited south indian thali for Rs.50. it was very clean for the amount of people they have eating there. unlimited thali is not like unlimited buffet where you get up yourself to get more food. instead, every 10 seconds someone comes to your table to fill up your plate. i have to admit i was sceptical about south indians eating veggies (i thought they only ate idlis dosas and uttapams and rice and fish), but this was very very good food. in the back of the room was a large table of young white boys in suits who turned out to be Mormon missionaries.

i'm not sure about tonight's plan. i have a dinner invite, so i might take that up.