Some interesting rail vids

Back to railfanning:Some interesting ones:

• The mighty WDP4 being coupled to a rake: requires a couple of tries to really get it right. Probably something to do with the responsiveness of the control or the power of the gigantic WDP4. Or maybe the pilot was used to the oldie-but-goldie (non-microprocessor) WDMs.

• A token exchange vid: This time the Koyna Express at Ambale.
• And, this eternal favorite that did quite some rounds on the email: A careless couple misjudging the speed of a WAP-4. Luckily, nothing happened. Careless Couple crossing

Ecstatic kirtan and a divine Sunday feast

Over the last decade, I have been following a practice of celebrating special family occasions with dinner / lunch from the Govinda's restaurant at ISKCON,  Juhu in Mumbai. This Sunday, too, saw me attend an ecstatic kirtan (congregational chanting) at the temple there followed by a take away of the Sunday spread at Govinda's. Over  the years, the rates of the buffet have increased multi-fold. The weekend rates are a bit higher than the weekday rates. The take away rates are lesser than the dine in rates primarily because only a limited quantity is packed for the take away as compared to the unlimited buffet, and also because a fewer variety of dishes from the buffet are packed in. For example, if the buffet has 4 rice dishes, only 1 would be packed for the take away. The take away weekend price is now Rs. 300.

Though there are people who have opinions otherwise, I, nevertheless, found the food (prasadam) to be absolutely divine.