I went to a govt owned prawn factory today..it is situated to the left of Peerless hospital near Hiland Park,Kolkata and spreads over a large area..at least a hundread acres.the vast campus was originally a govt one..u've heard the name of Benfish if u are a bengalee, but later on
it has been sold to private export firms for 60 lakhs a building basis.
each of the buildings has a wierd spiral way to their reservoirs..there i saw a number of stages.
1.the praws come from outside in baskets
2.they are sorted according to sizes
3.samples are taken from each baskets and.. no. of prawns per kg (k) is calculated.
say it is around 30-35..varying for diff sizes.
4.then the basket is weighed in weighing machines (duh?!)..that is around 25 kgs..
and then calculating the no. of prawns per basket (25k) and then tabulating it.
5.dressing them..this consists of cutting the head n cleaning out the non-muscular portions
6.cleaning in fresh water and packaging..
7.making a slab by letting the ice freeze along with a kg of prawn
8.packing in packets and then in paper cover.then they tighten the tapes and..
it's up for grab for all the raveneous foodies abroad!!!
this entire process is done in an air conditioned underground chamber.believe it or not, from the girls who were sorting the prawns to the overseer or the dresser, all ..all are south indians!!need not say about the company owner!!!and yes..they know how to do business with prawns.
kudos to the fishermen!!!
ps:
I got hold of a slab for us (I think it's illegal,however) and had it for dinner.I swear,it was a
culinary delight!!!the taste still lingers in my tongue.. :-P
Sunday, July 23, 2006
let's 'Prince' ourselves..
well..enough of making mockery of the kid..common man, u gotta appreciate his prowess!I do support the statements that his being a five-year old helped his case..but still that was also
major point the army was working on.
In brief,the kid showed stamina in being strangled there in a 4.5inch diameter hole..
n living 50 hrs straight without any living being except insects and all..and his only connection
to outside world being a hanging cam, light n occassional food n water coming from above!
the army's work was a fine act of engineering craft injected with a mother's care.the way they reached the child was a remainder of the fact the our army can do anything in this world given the right effort,resource and intention.
also applaudible was zee news',as they transmitted the live feed from the spot for hours..wothout any commercial break.fearing an outlash or not,they provided us with a real-time information nevertheless. the political leaders were also at the working best..
it was quiet a scene!!!
I object the way the child was taken out.the jawan who went there n took him out is no less
a leader..yet why didn't he feature anywhere?he was handed to a major and then to MP's wife!not a monopoly that we wanted to see!
anyways,all's well that ends well!the coincidental mix of the place being the battlefield of kaurava-pandavas..Kurukhetra , the name being Prince, the scary memories of mumbai violence and the phenomenal work of the jawans made it
a national glory-story..which we all needed somehow.the pictures of all the religious stations praying hard
for a kid was a reminder that "united is the way to fight the terror"!
let us 'prince' ourselves..
jai hind!!
major point the army was working on.
In brief,the kid showed stamina in being strangled there in a 4.5inch diameter hole..
n living 50 hrs straight without any living being except insects and all..and his only connection
to outside world being a hanging cam, light n occassional food n water coming from above!
the army's work was a fine act of engineering craft injected with a mother's care.the way they reached the child was a remainder of the fact the our army can do anything in this world given the right effort,resource and intention.
also applaudible was zee news',as they transmitted the live feed from the spot for hours..wothout any commercial break.fearing an outlash or not,they provided us with a real-time information nevertheless. the political leaders were also at the working best..
it was quiet a scene!!!
I object the way the child was taken out.the jawan who went there n took him out is no less
a leader..yet why didn't he feature anywhere?he was handed to a major and then to MP's wife!not a monopoly that we wanted to see!
anyways,all's well that ends well!the coincidental mix of the place being the battlefield of kaurava-pandavas..Kurukhetra , the name being Prince, the scary memories of mumbai violence and the phenomenal work of the jawans made it
a national glory-story..which we all needed somehow.the pictures of all the religious stations praying hard
for a kid was a reminder that "united is the way to fight the terror"!
let us 'prince' ourselves..
jai hind!!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
the first cut
with respect to India Govt.'z decision to block the sites such as geocities.com,I think we, bloggers should be highly perturbed as this is like trying to have a grab over our virtual freedom.this space happens to be the place where we pen down whatever comes across us..certainly not to be watched over by some political parties.mind you, a Govt is nothing but a political party on power..and I personally despise them all.
whatever the cause of concern may be..do u think this can be a method to stop terrorism?can't they be a bit more sareful while handling the security measures?I see this attempt as a fake try ,just to show-off that they are working..wherein reality,they are crippling those who were really working.
what di u say?
whatever the cause of concern may be..do u think this can be a method to stop terrorism?can't they be a bit more sareful while handling the security measures?I see this attempt as a fake try ,just to show-off that they are working..wherein reality,they are crippling those who were really working.
what di u say?
Saturday, July 01, 2006
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