The article is on spot and I have felt the same way in few famous hotels like Mariott and Hilton. During a long stay in Hilton's hotel we saw that our toilet floor and pots are cleaned by maid by the used towels. Imagine we have to use the same next day, how hygienic is it? When I complained about it there was straight away 20% discount.
Re: Re: This is actually on Spot
by Jiju on Sep 07, 2012 12:58 PM
idiot John, he told this for information instead of accepting the 20% discount and staying quiet like you.
"The discovery of the sea-route to India by Vasco Da Gama led the British to come to India for trading" !!
Really ??
Was that really the reason?
Do you mean to suggest that there was no trade between Indian kingdoms and European nations before the discovery of the sea route round the Cape of good hope??
Now, when do you think the British first came to India for trading?
When did Vasco Da Gama arrive??
And the British came for pepper????
Really??
Now, where in India do you think the British come and set up shop first??
Where were they present in India for their trade initially??
And what did they trade in??
Pepper??
Or was it cotton, silk, opium, precious stones, etc.??
From where they set up shop in India (it was actually Surat on the Gujarat coast), could they trade in Pepper??
Look up a few history texts in a little more detail and then come back so we can continue our little debate!!
About a decade back, I was going with my friend to Chennai. Near Mamanddoor there is a bus stop. In the restaurant there, I discovered that hot potatoes were peeled by a person by dancing bare feet over it. This was to be used in masala dosa bhaji. Eat only in good restaurant.
A friend of mine who used to be a dealer in ice making machines in the 90s told me once that he noticed cockroaches in the kitchens of 'The Leela Kempinski' and 'Juhu Centaur' in Mumbai! In 'The Leela Kempinski', the insects were seen crawling around in the semi-darkness below the ornate and very very opulent counters on which all kinds of pastry making was being done! At 'Juhu Centaur', they were snugly massed together in one revolting group under an awning! He added that these sights will remain embedded in his memory and that he never feels the kind of silent longing most middle class Indian commoners do to visit, eat at or stay at five star hotels !
In this context, I remember reading how the management of a British hospital reacted when a cockroach was reported to be seen in one of its toilets. The patients were immedietly admitted in other hospitals, the doctors and staff were either laid off or given long vacations, the hospital closed and fumigated for three months at a stretch !!
The malayalam saying 'Kakka kulichaal kokkakilla' (a crow cannot become a crane try however it may) comes immedietly to mind given how the two scenarios compare !!
Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it does !
by Ash Shardy on Sep 01, 2012 04:28 PM
My Personal Experience in Leela Library Bar Banglore... I spent Rs 10,000 for a few drinks there... in the evening... and mosquitoes were biting ...
Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it does !
by arvin g on Sep 01, 2012 04:44 PM
u still have that slave mentality that britishers were better...
Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it does !
by vaibavalakshmi on Sep 01, 2012 08:06 PM
A tyical malayaliattitude , becoz they were the one who allowed the britishers inside through pepper merchandise
Re: Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it does !
by piri on Sep 01, 2012 08:44 PM
The Britishers came to India through 'pepper merchandise' ???
Really??
You should meet the ICHR panel immediately!
They will be only too wonderstruck with such profound information!
Re: Re: Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it do
by thaha on Sep 02, 2012 02:06 AM
yes...Its a true fact....the advent of britishers to india was preceeded by the discovery of sea route to india by vasco da gama and he landed in Kerala navigating through capr of good hope in S. Africa...This led East INdia company to come to india for trading...and yes..pepper was the diamond then....My humble rquest to you, Piri" is not to suddenly refer somebody to ICHR panel and please think before doing so...good luck and wishing you a good day......
Re: Re: Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it do
by kumar sm on Sep 02, 2012 08:22 AM
Yes. they came to india through pepper trade along with cardomom and others... Piri, you are good at articulation but not so good at facts.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever i
by piri on Sep 02, 2012 02:17 PM
"Yes, they came to India through pepper trade along with cardamom and others" ??????????????
Really??
Was it the British or was it the Portuguese ???
?????
British or Portuguese ??
Please refer to any history text and come back and let us carry on our debate!
Also, please find out where exactly the British set shop in India!!
You might be mighty surprised to find that they did so in Surat on the Gujarat coast!!
In fact, the British were never really present in strength in Kerala!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever i
by Upadhyayula Muralikrishna on Sep 03, 2012 06:36 AM
Britishers took cardomom from India and implanted condoms in the guise of population control measure!
Re: Re: A leopard cannot change its spots, whatever it does !
by anish ahemed on Sep 02, 2012 02:12 AM
Definitely India would have flourished better under the British..lets call a spade a spade...
