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London Dreams - A Brief History of Nassha


Tired of passing away my time indolently, I browsed some folders on my computer to cleanup unwanted stuff.  I jumped from folder to folder relentlessly because suddenly everything appeared important to me. However, soon my agony was vanishing and lips turned into a smiling curve.

I found a folder that had pictures of my London trip. Aww! Nothing is so very special about it. Yet some pictures made me feel proud about my use of camera, creativity, and presence of mind.

I had been too a pub once (I mostly preferred my drink at home, that made it economical as well), and found the secret to elixir of life. Until then I had fancied various types of drink that I had taken, I had simply loved them; they were utterly awesome. This pub, however, helped me understand what drink is what. I could have used the Internet to find out about drinks, but koun itni takleef le. At this pub, all the required information was available ekdum bana banaya.

Fortunately enough I was carrying my digicam at that time and I quickly clicked pictures of the most important information that I ever came across in my life (pun intended). And here I present to you, a brief history of all the types of nassha I had...errgg....I enjoyed while in London.

Pimms - I simply loved this. It is a must during London summers. Consider your trip a waste if you visit Britain during summer and dont taste this. Know more about Pimms here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimm's



Ales - the utterly bitterly, yet delicious form of beers., and light on tummy as well. Learn more about ales here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ale

 

Lager - this is what we usually drink in India and I am sure you know a lot about it. However, still, in case you are curious to dig in more, see this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lager

 

Wines - do I mention anything about this drink of "The Rich & The Famous"? ;-] I may not be able to do enough justice explaining wines due to my poor exposure and experience. Find it out yourself - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine



Coffee - what? why not? People do get addicted to coffee. So ain't that a nassha as well?  Why do injustice to this class of nassha, please read a little bit about this as well :-D - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee

 

Ho gaya! What other nasshas are you waiting for? I don't smoke, by the way ;-)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Bevdaa salaa, hahahaha
Kiran Singh said…
Boring tha tera blog, beer aur vodka ka history ka kya photo dala tune.

Kiran
Anonymous said…
Wow! Good stuff.

Amol, your writings are so engaging and entertaining be it related to drinks or social issues or even about some 6 line poem.

Very well written boss.
Anonymous said…
this is a nice informative piece...

anyway, thanks for the appreciation on my post and i felt great to know that you took the pains to read all my poems.. :)

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