I just got back from lunch, having tried the Indica Indian Bistro at 257 North Craig. It was a fine example of the way more restaurants should be managed. Relative to CMU campus, it's a moderate hike, almost as far as India Garden. Set in what presumably was a house at some point, the atmosphere is very open, with very little dividing the waiters and the diners. They had a buffet, but I went instead with Paneer Kadai. The food was very good, although the sides wern't as described on the menu. The sauce on the meal was incredibly tasty, and I surprisingly didn't mind the peppers and onions that accompanied the Paneer chunks. Because of the layout of the room, the waiters were able to tell precisely when my water needed refilling or when I had finished with each part, which was very nice. The place was a bit upscale -- I'm glad I wore one of my decent jackets there. Menu selection wasn't as wide as I've seen at other Indian places (17 entrees), but there was ample variety, I suspect, for most people. Prices were higher than I normally like to pay for a meal, so I won't be going there every day, but I definitely will be going there as an occasional treat. It's a good place.

While walking back, I read the following interesting paragraph from Trotsky's book..

The destiny of the state-appropriated means of production will be decided in the long run according as these differences in personal existence evolve in one direction or the other. If a ship is declared collective property, but the passengers continue to be devided into first, second, and third class, it is clear that, for the third-class passengers, differences in the conditions of life will have infinitely more importance than the juridical change in proprietorship. The first-class passengers, on the other hand, will propound, together with their coffee and cigars, the thought that collective ownereship is everything and a comfortable cabin nothing at all. Antagonisms growing out of this may will explode the unstable collective.

Interesting.