Sunday, September 30, 2007  The Aroma of Relativity and
Nostalgia  It is funny how memory associations work. Doing thing
A makes you think of something else (thing B) that is at a
superficial level unconnected. The un-connected'ness varies with
the time of the day the thought crosses your mind. 2:00 AM on a
saturday night is a bad time to be doing anything, least of all
think of Paneer Soda (sweet carbonated water). A month before,
when in Sholingar, I drank Paneer Soda (goli soda) after a
really long time. There is something unique about the soda and
it's bottle. It had been years since I had drank goli soda
directly from that bottle. Although most shops have this bottle,
you don't get to drink it raw. They usually mangle the contents
with lime and give you some goop that's significantly inferior
in taste. Paneer soda has that exquisite taste and simplicity
that is rarely found in any other bottled drink. I had never
mastered the art of drinking from that bottle. For newbies, goli
soda is a bottle that has a