dolma vs dorma

So S and i had a bet. It all started yesterday when we were searching for the city of Colma yesterday during the exciting laptop hunt. The name colma suddenly reminded me of potoler dolma (It is stuffed potol or parwal) and i told him about the dish. He was like there is no dish by that name - it is potoler dorma. Now, i am someone who is never going to take somebody's word for anything esp. when i am dear sure i am right. So i started arguing about it. And we ended up having a bet on whether it is actually potoler dorma or dolma. i called up my junior who is my walking dictionary for bengali - and he said dolma. Victory dance for me. This morning, i saw this mail from S where the guy had actually googled and found potoler dorma. Eeeks..Give up without a fight? No way...So i googled and found potoler dolma! i went around taking a survey among my colleagues and found we couldn't reach a consensus - half of them said the dish is called dolma and half said dorma. Ultimately, the bet was a draw (no free dhosa at upudi...damn). It seems dolma is the colloquial version of dorma. Ummmm...i have a knack of winning bets - maybe because i only bet when i am dead sure!

Got the laptop - Sony Vaio. It is slick (but not sexy like MAC-oh MAC, oh MAC) and seemingly better than the toshiba i got for my sister. i know baba is only going to use it for watching movies, viewing pictures and playing games. And yes, show it off to everyone, much to my embarrassment!! It has even got a built-in web cam and microphone if baba would ever want to chat (as if!). Will get it set up tomorrow.