Warrier's Collage on Thursday February 13, 2025

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday, February 13, 2025 Praise for HAL 🙏 (See C) A Cover Story In Praise Of Masala Dosa* Ask any true masala dosa addict. Making and eating masala dosa is an art. It is an acquired trait. The most important rules to follow… 1. The dosa should be big and uniformly crisp till you finish the last piece. 2. It should retain its shape till the last bit gets over. 3. It should have a slight fermented taste. 4. The filling should be thick enough not to sog the belly of the dosa. 5 Watery chutney or sambar which do not stick to the dosa. There should be a cordial adhesion between them. 6 Soggy or over-thick dosas have nothing to do with masalas. They are only for amateurs who eat dosa with lentil powders or sugar. 7 Wash your hands and eat your dosa with your hands… eating with spoon and fork or fork and knife is a joke on our dosa's pride. 8 Dosas without enough oil poured when getting done is a let-down. Please be lavish in pouring oil. 9 Do not change the shape into oval, triangular or conical. Make a round one and fold it into halves like the orthodox one. 10 Dosas should be eaten straight from the stove to the plate… crisp and hot. And most importantly… Eat it in style from the sides moving slowly to the centre where the potato masala is waiting. Do not jump into the centre like Narasimha tearing the belly of Hiranyakashipu. Dosas are to be eaten decently not with two hands or brutally tearing into the middle of the elegant dosa. *Adapted from a Dosa Puranam received from Vathsala Jayaraman, Chennai B Family Pension Excerpts from Hitguj, January 15, 2025 Excerpts from RBI Retirees Bulletin "Hitguj" : "It is necessary to send intimation of the death of a Pensioner or the spouse of a Pensioner, as early as possible, to the Centralized Pension Cell (CPC) situated on 6th floor of RBI,Building No.C - 7 at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051. Initially,one can inform via email (helpdeskcpc@rbi.org.in) followed by a letter along with the Death Certificate,and relevant particulars of the deceased.A copy of this letter should also be sent to the Employees Health Section of the Central Office / Mumbai Office" C Media Response The Hindu Business Line Letters February 12, 2025 HAL's progress* This refers to the report "HAL order book to touch Rs2.5 lakh cr in FY26 : CMD" (HBL, February 12). HAL is one of India's pioneering PSU which has survived several challenges across decades. Actually it's participation in production of aircraft for defence should have made the going easy for HAL. Perhaps untill a decade ago it's production units didn't get the preferential treatment or support it deserved from government. Now HAL has asserted it's position among competitors across the world and the country is proud of the achievements. M G Warrier Mumbai *Published on February 13, 2025 D Penny Wise https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250210&instance_id=147157&nl=from-the-times®i_id=72915469&segment_id=190638&user_id=b88a386eed084ba3be8f37689552daeb