Dinner with the First Family
Story by Chris Graham
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Mike Lund found himself a few feet away from the First Couple at the November state dinner held at the White House in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur.
President Barack Obama broke away from small talk with First Lady Michelle Obama to talk with the people in charge of preparing the dinner, and Lund, the executive chef at Zynodoa in Downtown Staunton, had to take the lead after a fellow chef had trouble finding words. Read more
Staunton chef helps prepare Obama state dinner
Staff Report
Local executive chef Mike Lund was asked last week to help prepare the first state dinner for President Barack Obama, held last night in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur.
“The meal has been in the works for some time, but I found out that I was being considered only within the last 10 days,” said Lund, the executive chef at Zynodoa in Staunton, who spent Monday and Tuesday at the White House to assist in the preparations for the meal. Read more
Haresh Daswani: Hindu Extremists
Column by Haresh Daswani
I have watched several news reports about Hindus that have attacked Christian temples in South India. These acts were barbaric and despotic. This does, indeed, cause an international uproar that I do find unimaginable.
But they never did talk about the entire proper story. Here is a more complete situation in rural South India.
Rural villagers do not have centralized religion. They have community temples where they pray and there are village gurus who impart basic knowledge.
Due to their lack of knowledge, just like everywhere else in the world, their choice of action would not be considered civil and peaceful. They are emotionally charged and usually have a tendency to do things that we would all regret, even if we were not the ones who committed the action.
Haresh Daswani | Personal India experience
Posted by afp on February 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
It might sound strange when I will tell you that this is literal. But here goes.
Our nose has sensors that can detect up to 5,000 unique scent qualities. The diverse myriad combinations that this brings forth is what is thus constructed as a unique scent. Smell does not need to go through normal brain processing. It goes straight to the memory center and activates the first instance you have experienced such situation, it makes you relive your first time, and makes you react accordingly. India is a diverse culture of scents. Read more
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