WITH its fluorescent lights and laminate tables, the little restaurant near the shuttered Chanakya Cinema looked like any no-frills canteen found throughout the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The difference is subtle, and the end result is the same, but if you use the terms currying and partial application interchangeably within earshot of a functional programmer, count on being corrected.
Based on the promos for the show, the series looks like any other formulaic sitcom - it's an almost carbon copy of the setup for the original Friends - but it could be worth checking out.
Obviously, there's a tremendous difference between getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster without having a say in the matter.