Month February 2014

Consumers Stop Hotels From Fleecing

In Tamil Nadu the State Government has opened up Restaurants selling good tasty food at affordable Prices.

The low-cost canteens in Chennai, serving breakfast and lunch at rock-bottom rates, are an instant hit. And the welldressed office-going crowd does not seem to mind sharing space with the slum-dweller for that tasty rice-sambar sold at Rs.5 and curd-rice sold at Rs.3.

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Other hotels charge anything between Rs 18 per plate of two Idlis and Curd Rice around Rs 20.

You do not get a Masala Dosa for anything less than Rs 70!

Why?

People think it is beneath their dignity to question this extortion.

Imagine people with a salary fo Rs 400 to 5000 per month ,are staying alone and have to take food in restaurants.

is this not fleecing?

Why consumer groups are silent on this issue?

I saw a Talk show in Vijay TV Neeya Naana where the Hoteliers met with the customers for a discussion.

And they offer you what they think you like, never an authentic Tamil Nadu Cuisine except Idli Vada Ponga and Poori (which has become South Indian now( and a few other items)

Whys no specific Tamil specialties?

I can name quite a few.

Think about it,

Tila Ellu Sesame Seeds Hinduism Vishnu Sat Tila Ekadasi

There was a question in one of he communities of which I am a member on the place of Sesame seeds in Pitru Karma, Oblations to ancestors.

Hindus offer Sesame seeds,Tila in Sanskrit, Ellu in Tamil, along with water while offering their gratitude to their departed relatives.

The question was why we asked to use this in small quantities.

When Lord Brahma created the world, He created Five different varieties of Plants and Sesame was one among these.

This was considered to be very best among Grains, so much so Viswakarma,The Divine Architect, created Tilothma on Brahma's request out of Tila,Sesame seeds.

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In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Tilottama is described to have been created by the divine architect Vishwakarma, at Brahma's request, by taking the best quality of everything as the ingredients. She was responsible for bringing about the mutual destruction of the Asuras (demons), Sunda andUpasunda. Even gods like Shiva and Indra are described to be enamoured of Tilottama.

While a legend talks about a pre-birth as an ugly widow, another narrates how she was cursed to be born as a Daitya (demon) princess Usha by sage Durvasa."

Being the very best only limited quantity is used as a practice,as more quantity is superfluous.