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Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian…Indian Airlines experience today :)

I took an early morning flight (6am) out of Bangalore- and had this truly interesting chat with one of the stewards in the Indian Airlines flight as he got ready to serve the food.

Steward: Sir- what are you? Vegetarian or Non-vegetarian?

Me: What are the options?

Steward: Sorry Sir, I was not offering options, I just want to know if you are Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian?

Me: What does that mean?

Steward: We have a problem at times because we have limited Vegetarian meals onboard- and if you are not vegetarian, I will give you a Non-Veg meal- which allows the other Vegetarians to have their veg breakfast.

Me: You mean, I really don't have a choice? I should eat Non-Veg if I am not vegetarian  - in general. Is that what you mean? (lucky I am wearing a seat belt- lest I fall off my seat).

Steward: Sorry but Yes sir. (big smile).

Me: Ok, I am Vegetarian! (Yeah!).

And he served the Vegetarian food to me and walked away – and achieved what many other employees have  done before to Air India – lost yet another customer!

And just to end the story on a positive tone- I took Jet airways from Kolkata to Guwahati and back. They upgraded me (one way without me asking – and the other way by me asking). 

I am a Jet customer for life! What can I say? 

Did I miss the bus?

 

The Indian Stock Market has taken off like a ROCKET.

I was, like thousands of other Indians waiting for the “right” time to invest.

First hurdle was the Elections – that  came  and went  by.  Catching a lot of people by surprise, it brought a lot of cheer- and the markets took off. I waited for the markets to come down again waiting for the inevitable “Correction” and for the jubilation to die down… and boy! was I wrong…

The Indian juggernaut is at it again- and looks like there is NO looking back! In a world where there is very little optimism, the Indian market is oozing with it.

Here is an article in The Economic Times that says it all “At 5.8%, growth hits the fast track”

• Markets welcomed the news that signalled a pause in the country’s economic slowdown with Sensex gaining more than 300 points on Friday.
• The rupee too strengthened to Rs 47.23 versus US dollar on the news.

India’s good show and expectations contrast with the world economy, which is expected to contract by 2.6% in 2009, according the United Nation’s mid-year update to its World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009 report released on Wednesday. This indicates a deeper global financial crisis than earlier feared as the original report issued in January saw a drop of 0.5% in a worst-case scenario.

Brings me back to my original question….. Should I wait for the correction Or Have I really missed the bus?

Let me mull it through!