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Any meal gets interesting with this South Indian speciality 'Rasam'.. I am tempted to talk about it today as I had made Rasam this afternoon and all of us had a hearty meal with Rasam receiving applause:-) It is wonders of wonders coming to think of the simplest tactic of making water as tasty as it can get :) Rasam has water, tamarind, chilli, asafoetida/garlic, sugar, a special powder that has a lot of spices and grams, tomatoes and coriander... If you want to learn to make Rasam contact the nearest South Indian home... if there are no South Indians around, try Google. :-) Rasam in Today's Tamil language means "Juice", in Malayalam means "nice and entertaining", in theory means "taste".. Hey, wait I have not had a chance to Google this.. these are just my thoughts.. :) Karnataka, India takes the first place in making Rasam.. followed by Tamil Nadu... Northern India has a dish called Shorbha which seems to belong to the Rasam family... In som...

Yes, right... I am talking about Outlook... the role of Microsoft Outlook in work life.. Yesterday when someone asked me, if I would be available on Thursday morning for a discussion, it took me a while to realise that I had no idea whatsoever of my appointments on Thursday.... I had to rush to my desk to look at my Outlook calendar to say "I am free on Thursday morning"... I sat back thinking about this... Its never happened with me... I am known to remember my appointments, phone numbers, task lists, email ids and of course birthdays....I once used to argue with people that if you prioritize 'People', you cant really forget these things...what's happening now? Outlook is everything at work.... You have a task to finish, enter it in Outlook.. You have a birthday wish to send, mark it in Outlook... You need a contact number, look it up in Outlook... You want to see a message from a friend, check your Outlook... You want to write to a friend, compose it in Outlook....