The Fighting Karelas.....

I am not a frequent coffee drinker,  à la  sitting in CCD and imbibing the same coffee under different fancy names. . Neither am I a special spokesperson for karelas.

But I just came across this review of a certain CCD(Cafe Coffee Day, a chain ) in downtown Mumbai, , where the blogger, Karan Shah was upset with the place , and indicated his opinion and rating by posting a picture of Karelas, or bitter gourd.

In keeping with the current election season, where many with great hi-fi pretensions to power are losing it , thanks to the emergence of the Aam Aadmi (~ordinary man, no connection to the party by that name) , it was only fitting that I register my protest on behalf of the karelas.

Sometimes, truth is bitter .......   first in Hindi and then in English ......

पैसेवाले कैंडिडेट्स , मेकअप लगाके कांच कि पार्टीशन के पीछेसे झूठा हस्नेवले कैंडिडेट्स, क्रीम लगा लगाके फेअर और लवली दिखनेवाले कैंडिडेट्स, और कॉफी के नाम पर वोही वोही चीज़ कागज़ कि नाव में देनेवाले , आप को क्या समझेगा , आम भाजी काँटेवाले करेला कैंडिडेट्स, APMC के दाम के नीचे खंदें झुके हुए , नमक के पानी में कभी कभी डुबाकर काट काट कर , या कभी भर भर के चुनाव कि गर्मी में जले हुए लोग कैसे होते है ? ऐ CCDवालों हम हरे है, रंगीन है , लेकिन फिर भी जीते है। …

Fake smiles from inside "protective" glass partitions, so many candidates dotted ,smeared and lavished with cream in an effort to be Fair and Lovely, and those that serve the same caffeinated bilge in different paper boats; How will you ever understand the Bitter Life of a Gourd the Karela candidates, that impresses the Aam Aadmi despite the uneven poky exteriors, bent under the pricing of the APMC diktats, tolerating a salty immersion, and a stuffing while being roundly singed in oil, in the heat of 2014 ? Hey CCD types, we are green, and we win !