Indian chowmein tastes the best, when you are actually present, near the hawker, watching it get made.
Of course you are hungry. You see a chinese stall, with decent looking people wearing full sleeved shirts, with IT company lanyards around their necks, polishing off their plates. Enough positive signals for you to partake in.
You tell the wiry looking guy, you need one half plate, he barely registers your request, as he is busy murdering the noodles with hellfire. His forehead glistening with sweat, in the light of a petromax.
You patiently wait, as fumes of various spices enter your nostrils. Suddenly the guy throws a handful of veggies in his cauldron, they scream as they touch the red hot surface. Then he slaps the base of a bottle to emit questionable chilli sauce, while the stove hisses fire. Then all of it’s tossed with violence. Endlessly. You get hungrier.
Each time you think, maybe it’s done. He tosses it again. It’s less of cooking and more of a performance, a ticketed show, in which you get a complimentary plate of veg chowmein with a spelling mistake. Nothing elevates the taste of Indian street food more than a typo.
Everyone around the stall is just watches it get made, nobody is checking their phone. After JCB digging, this is the 2nd most watchable thing on the streets.
Then finally it’s done. Half plates come out from a tub, being manned by a teenage helper from the same village, then magically, the chowmein walah, distributes the Kadhaai-ful of noodles equally in all half-plates. Someone throws in some freshly cut onion on top. And then it’s served to you with a fork planted in it. Onions taste like apples, sweet, when had with this half plate spice bomb. Don’t miss.
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@bhaumikgowande Same with Pune. We need to use this as a short term job creation opportunity and employ thousands of traffic wardens to discipline traffic. 3 years of sustained campaign needed. @PMOIndia
@narendramodi@larsentoubro Hmmm.. what are we getting ready for?
We definitely need a dozen plus world class and global top 3 kinda scale conglomerates in each of their fields.
@supriya_sule Completely wrong to chop these. Unfortunately after protests, now what will end up happening is the garden department will systematically ignore this patch and let it die in a systemic manner over a decade. Every week few trees will start dying or disappearing.
An Incredible Story!
A ₹3,480 crore IPO of Physics Wallah has hit the market. While reading about this issue, I came across information about a village called Patwa Toli in Bihar.
This year, 45 students from this village cleared JEE, and 38 of them cleared JEE Advanced, meaning 38 students from a single village secured admission to IITs.
Patwa Toli is a village of traditional weavers. There is not a single coaching institute here. Instead, it has a community-driven education system run by current and former students of the village.
The Patwas are traditional weavers, originally from Rajasthan. They were brought to Bihar by Raja Man Singh during Emperor Akbar’s reign to produce a specific type of cloth used in Hindu funeral rituals. Over time, their weaving industry flourished so much that the village earned the title Manchester of Bihar. Today, however, it is better known as the Village of IITians.
The spark of educational transformation was ignited in 1991 when Jitendra Patwa became the first student from the village to gain admission to IIT. His success inspired an entire generation. Although he now lives abroad, he has never forgotten his roots. Through the NGO Vriksha Foundation, he and other IIT alumni continue to support educational initiatives in the village.
The educational model followed here is truly unique. Students from earlier batches mentor the next generation. Whenever a junior student faces difficulty, they seek help from their seniors. Over time, this has created a continuous support network where everyone helps one another move forward.
The foundation has established a digital classroom and a well-equipped library. Expert teachers from cities such as Delhi and Mumbai conduct online classes. A dedicated team continuously monitors students’ progress to ensure that no one is left behind. This is a remarkable blend of modern technology and community participation.
This is more than an educational program—it is a movement that is transforming lives. For many students, attending expensive coaching classes in big cities was once an impossible dream. Today, they can pursue those aspirations from their own village. Most importantly, the doors of opportunity have also opened for girls, enabling them to dream of a brighter future.
Patwa Toli teaches us an important lesson: when an entire community decides to invest in its children, extraordinary things can happen. A united community is the real need of the hour. If schools improve, villages will progress. #Bihar #education #IIT
Do you think slow moving low power, LCV, light commercial vehicles is the root cause of urban traffic? Why not mandate % increase in efficiency and power of these to also reduce overall oil consumption...