A Chai Wallah?

If you saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and enjoyed it as I did, you’ll remember  the game show host continually making snide comments in a very derogatory tone about the chaiwalla!

He made it sound like the lowest of the low, and that anyone so employed could not possibly have any intelligence whatsoever.

The movie piqued my interest, and I thought you might like to read some of the background info I gathered ….

A western couple now living in India ask (and answer!):
        What’s a Chai Wallah?    and    About Chai Pilgrimage.

Some enterprising immigrants in England set up a chai shop:
        Chaiwalla

Exactly what is it that they drink?
        Masala Chai

While I drink straight black tea all the time, I’ve never been offered chai.  With all this new understanding, I will definitely give it a try if I get the chance.

A Thoroughly Musical Ford

Check this out –
        Making a musical Ford

Kim Komando wrote about this in early March, 2009 – I don’t know where or
when this ad actually aired, but it is incredibly ingenious – and it had to take
a ton of time and money to put it all together.

First Ford refused bail-out money.
Second, they didn’t go bankrupt.
Third, they are increasing market share and maybe increasing production, in the
spirit of the original Henry Ford.
Fourth: They put out the bucks for an ad like that!

This is definitely the kind of spirit and thinking that once defined America – and we need to foster that attitude and encourage such enterprise again.
(btw – it appears the ad was made in London, England …)

We’ve been a mostly GM and Dodge family for the past 25 years, but now I’m starting to think that maybe Ford really does have a better idea …….

Here’s Kim’s original article:
        Kim Komando: Ode to a Ford

[Thanks to Tom for putting this in front of my eyes.]