Pittsburgh Patrika April 2019

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The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 24, No. 3, April 2019 Fresh whole fish from all over the world delivered everyday to Wholey's Market Please visit us in the Strip where we will be happy to assist you. Or order online at your convenience. We will hand-select your order with the greatest care. have provided a pit just below the table into which you can leave your legs hang, touching the ground. Kondo-esque simple decorations with Chinese and Korean characters decorate the walls. The atmosphere is one of serenity and peace. In this ambience, you just don’t eat the food. You savor it — its shades of texture, aroma, tastes and flavors. We had Korean fine noodles with kimchi and an assortment of vegetables, vegetable dumplings with rice cakes. The noise and bustle of the street, and also from other guests was muted, and you could experience the satisfying meal with total focus. On our way out, I recalled another meal I ate years ago at Watan, an Indian restaurant, again in New York City, that attempted this ambience with a Gujarati village as the setting. Seated at round tables under a [fake] banyan tree with its overhanging branches with subdued lighting keeping the outside shut out, you could enjoy the traditional Gujarati fare with all your senses. In typical Indian fashion the food was unlimited and the meal was for a fixed price. So, restaurants to be successful must pay attention not only to the quality — and quantity — of their fare but also to the ambience. It does not have to be lavish but has to be aesthetically pleasing. 30 Open seven days a week 1711 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 1-888-946-5397 www.wholey.com — By Premalata V. •
The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 24, No. 3, April 2019 Amazon’s Arrogance... ... Continued from Page 6 • The company asked the applicant cities to identify “all transit options, including bike lanes and pedestrian access” for the proposed site and to rank traffic congestion during peak commuting hours. • Amazon also asked for information about housing prices and availability, the general cost of living, and crime statistics from each of the metropolitan areas. Nearly 240 cities and metropolitan areas responded to Amazon’s call. Since many cities or counties all by themselves rarely meet all these criteria, elected officials in many areas got together with adjoining cities and counties, spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to make their proposals in glossy and eye-catching video presentations. Amazon whittled down the proposals from 238 communities to 20 Metro areas as “finalists,” much like bikini-clad beauty contestants are chosen; or worse still, like some modern day dating show. Amazon humiliated the 20 finalist metro areas by publicly teasing them by, all the while drumming up publicity for itself among different sections of society. The finalist cities were desperate to be picked up by the Prince on the White Horse. Among the twenty “finalist” metro areas that Amazon whittled down were: Indianapolis, Chicago, Denver, Nashville, Los Angeles, Dallas, Austin, Boston, New York City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC Metro area, Raleigh, NC; and Atlanta. After getting all kinds of information from 238 metro areas, and whittling them down to 20 smaller metros, when Amazon decided to split its decision between New York City and the Washington DC area, the two largest metro areas barely 250 miles apart, people and elected officials all over were irate. Many social commentators berated Amazon, stating that Amazon’s objective in this exercise was not on the second HQ, but to gather at no cost to itself all kinds of information and then use it for its other business purposes down the pike. Cowing down to pressure, New York said NO, and soon Amazon withdrew from New York City. This is the finest example of what happens when we let Corporate America’s big wigs such as Amazon run amuck and roughshod over elected state and local governments all across the nation. And how public outcry can outsmart corporate high-handedness. — By K. S Venkataraman • 31
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