On the banks of Kaveri

Kaveri -High quality South Indian restaurant 'claims the board outside Murugesannan hotel.
Thats the maximum number of lies per square inch i've seen after the RIM pamphlets and my resume .
But for a clientele which has survived testing regimens at engineering college messes ,eating Murugesannan's food is as easy as finding a Gulti named Srinivas.

If it's Roti,Kapda,Makaan and (bandwidth if Dewang Mehta insists on turning in his grave ) for the rest of India ,it's aloo,Maruti800 and 'bhaiyya' for the Delhiites and for the Tamilians like me in Gurgaon , its Kaveri and Murugesannan .

If you've shopped in Vashi or walked around the King's circle in Matunga you would appreciate the ease with which you could spot a Tamilian in an 'all india' crowd .Murugesannan's is one such face.

I've always believed that God first created a mould of Murugesannan's face and then tweaked it a bit everytime he wanted to create a new tamilian.
He is slighly darker than a black crow and slightly fairer than a very black crow .
Given a choice between a truckload of money and a 'kandavilas' vibhooti ,he would sure choose the latter.His Hindi is as bad as any other Tamilian's.
He would get away with a freaky statement like ' Saap(Its not Saab!) kho dosa fast Dheejiyena chahiyega' .In the whole of NCR, he is probably the second guy to step out of the house without sneakers (the first being your's truly).He is as bad tempered as any pallavan bus conductor and probably doesnt trust even himself.

When Kaveri's topline,middleline and bottom lines started threatening his lifeline he diversified into selling Tamil film CD's here.That was the inflexion point in his career curve .It didnt change his fortunes much but he almost got the halo back.
To err is human,to penalise is Murugesannan.
If the CD one took isnt in his custody at the end of the 24 hour ultimatum one had it.
Its a dreaded ' Have an earful .Get blacklisted.Watch Diwali release after valentines day .Dont get a 'new CD' prompt ' cycle .

Today , you can make Agarkar bowl consistently but cant stop Murugesannan sell CD's here.

I know him for 9 months now.
He doesnt even give me a smile even if i am the only customer in his hotel.
Even today he doesnt give me a CD without taking an advance.
No glib talks other than a scornful 'Sillarai illaya?'.

But i would go there again tonight.
Just to see a pockmarked scurrilous Tamilian fighting against all odds to be yet another also ran in this rat race called life.
Impossible in really nothing !