This is me

Blogging on...

2006-05-25T04:59:00.000-07:00

I am moving to a new Blogging domain on Word press. Link
The movement would be like a Snail Crawling ..

See you there :)
Ciao

Reservations - I

2006-05-24T01:06:00.000-07:00

Hmmh.. this is a topic I am deeply dwelling into these days. I hate when people are divided into castes and creeds. And to add to that we have so much of corruption happening that good people will anyways be left out.
Mr Arjun Singh has made himself immortal. People won't forget him. Such a horrible ammendment in the history of the nation will surely never be forgotten.

Increasing the % of seats for OBC and also increasing the capacity of the institution does not guarantee good output. The level and ranking of the IITs and IIMs will drastically come down. If a person is not capable on economic grounds then he/she should be given a chance. It's wrong to relate caste with economic status.

All this makes me feel that the statement "British gaye, lekin aulad piche chod gaye" is so true. They also divided us and we are now dividing ourselves again. As if the religions issue is over, the government has found another issue.

It's all a political gimmick, more seats for OBCs = more votes. At the end it's the true Indians who are left hanging. Whenever there is an election, we dont' have any option but to choose among the parties. In this so-called "democratic" country we ourselves are the losers.

People of India, the time has come to rise. Clean our country. Fight the wrong.

AOL

2006-05-14T23:26:00.000-07:00

We attented the AOL ( Art of Living) Basic course at Sri Sri RaviShankar's Ashram at Bangalore.
It was a 3 day course on AOL. Of course we did enjoy the cool and calm stay at the Ashram which is 21kms outside of Bangalore.

It was the peace of mind and a cool attitude that i was in search for. Which i did get.

It was the first time i saw people "Dance like no one is watching" at the Satsang. It was cool. Except the bore lecture by our tutor. She would divert from one topic to another continously for 3-4 hours!!! Imagine sitting like that continously.

Anyways. I enjoyed "Sudarshan Kriya" that is taught there and also the Meditation "Dhyana" that happens.

More on this later...:)

Reservations - II

2006-05-14T23:22:00.000-07:00

This is a mail i got today morning. It's a ridiculous one.
This is just to divert our attention from actual issue of reservation to the divide-and-rule followed by the British. We are diverting from the main issue of helping talented people towards Caste and Creed fights!

This is enough.
Here's a recipe for Arjun Singh’s BC Bela Bath

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: These are not my thoughts.

With Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun
Singh declaring that there is a consideration to
provide 27 per cent reservation to the Other Backward
Classes (OBC) in all the Central Government
educational institutions, including in IIM and IIT, a
new attack started on the question of OBC
reservations. The print and electronic media have gone
to town about the issue of merit in the premier
institutions of the nation. Hence the raging debate on
the issue of reservation.

Surely these institutions have remained the property
of the Brahminic castes ever since they were
established. Although the SC/ST reservation has been
in vogue in these institutions, the Upper Castes that
manned these institutions have been using all kinds of
methods to see that the SC/ST seats do not get filled.
Whatever seats are filled with the SC/ST candidates,
they use the stick method without involving the carrot
to force them to drop out. They are now showing the
statistics of drop-out rates of SC/ST candidates and
the 100 per cent pass-out rate of the Upper Caste
candidates as a reason enough not to extend
reservations to OBCs.

Their entire argument is based on the premise that
passing out and dropping out are not political and
ideological questions. They want to tell us that all
those who pass out are nationalists and all those who
drop out are anti-nationals.

Almost all the national English dailies editorially
opposed the Arjun Singh proposal. All kinds of
progressive intellectuals opposed the proposal as a
retrograde step. Every so called progressive man/woman
coming from an Upper Class background in Delhi and
other cosmopolitan cities is worried about the future
of merit in central institutions that have brought
academic and intellectual name and fame to the nation;
and, of course, dollars and pounds to their families
by the meritorious graduates of these prime
institutions. We need to raise some simple questions
in this regard:
Why is it that while English as a language is not yet
recognised as an Indian national language, all these
central institutions teach, evaluate students and do
research only in English? Is it not a fact that
starting with central schools to IITs and IIMs, they
orient the student community to ape America and Europe
through the means of the English language? Why is it
that the same English-medium-educated and
English-speaking, and in most cases foreign-educated
intellectuals, who are now 'beating their chests'
about the death of merit in these premier
institutions, have never asked the governing forces to
teach rural children studying in government schools in
English?
When SC, ST and OBC students have been asking for
English education in the government schools, the same
media and intellectuals bring up the issue of
colonialism versus nationalism. They say a firm No,
arguing that English is a colonial language and we
must preserve the national languages through
government schools! They imply that nationalism should
be preserved by the SC, ST and OBCs, as they are the
ones who study in government schools in villages and
urban slums. But the urban Upper Castes train their
children in the colonial language without entering
into a debate about the language issue. They are like
the revolutionary pigs in George Orwell's Animal Farm,
which revolt against the two-leg animals and then they
themselves slowly learn to walk on two legs.
Everyone knows that Hindi is now a national language
but no single IIM or IIT conducts teaching and
evaluation in Hindi or in any other Indian language.
Interestingly, education is divided between Central
and State government subjects and all the central
educational institutions are reserved for English
language based education by design, which, in other
words, is reserved for the Upper Castes.
Thus English is their first and foremost stepping
stone into the merit house of success and power and
that is denied to vast SC, ST and OBC students who can
study only in the state government schools in regional
languages. The second basement of this merit is
'money' and exposure to western cultures. Most public
schools run by Upper Caste Hindus and Upper Caste
Christians are based on money power and childhood
training in Euro-American cultures. One can clearly
see the consequences of this structural difference.
The OBC leaders whom the Upper Caste intelligentsia
portray as rich and powerful, who could easily rob the
quota benefits are Mulayam Singh Yadav, Laloo Prasad
Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh, Nitish
Kumar and so on. None of these leaders can speak
fluent English and carry no westernised cultural
idiom. On the other hand, witness how anglicised
leaders like Arun Jaitley, Jairam Ramesh, Mani Shankar
Aiyar, Sitaram Yechuri, Prakash Karat and so on use
English and the western idiom. Cutting across party
ideologies, this is a class of leadership that
combines English education, imperial culture and money
as a back-up to their childhood upbringing and later
privileges. They all come from Upper Castes. Thereby,
caste, English and money nurture a particular mode of
merit. The OBCs, leave alone SC/STs, lack that
background.
The present education system cannot change the
relationships between the Upper Castes and the Lower
Castes because these communities send their children
into two different school systems. Added to this is
the OBC/SC/ST leadership's lack of vision about
English education. They also have not realised the
need for seeking English as a national language and
making it the medium of instruction in all state
government schools, especially wherever they rule.
Indeed, they remained primitivist and thus destroy the
future of children going to government schools.
The intellectuals who are opposing OBC reservation in
the central educational institutions never define what
constitutes merit. About 80-90 per cent of IIT and IIM
graduates settle down in America and Europe and that
has been the life ambition of that class/caste of
people. From childhood onwards, they are mostly Indian
Americans or Indian Europeans. When we ask why they
leave the country after getting hugely subsidised
education with the taxpayer's money - OBCs also
contribute a lot of money to the state exchequer - the
elite argument is that they are not being provided
suitable jobs by the State. If they are so meritorious
and brilliant, why are they looking for a job in the
State sector?

As per the neo-liberal logic, these meritorious guys
should have become self-employed and thereby created
millions of jobs for the not so meritorious
SC/ST/OBCs. Ideally, their innovations would have
eradicated mass poverty and would have created a
bubbling nation of equal opportunities. Instead these
premier institutions produce a skilled technical and
management labour force that basically serves the
American and European economy. With the dollar and
Euro currency that these meritorious forces earn,
their families benefit, not the nation. The media is
losing its marbles about the placement opportunities
that these fellows get in America and Europe. This
cannot be defined as merit. If technical skills are
not given with English as a speaking and writing
language, no country in the world will recognise their
skills and they will not get these jobs.
Hence, for the rural youth who get their education in
regional languages, an opportunity needs to be given
to learn in English in a friendly environment. That is
what the SC/ST and OBCs need urgently. They do not
have an equal opportunity to study in English medium
schools and their paying capacity is always much too
low. They cannot go to good schools or to costly
tutorial institutions. Once English is recognised as a
language of the nation and a neighbourhood school
system is established where a rich Brahmin child and a
poor Dalit child can study in the same school, nobody
will ask for reservation.
In the contemporary context, reservation is being
asked on caste-based criteria because caste also
decides the social, economic and educational status of
people. The Upper Caste intellectuals, instead of
getting worried about merit where it does not exist,
must talk about uniform English (and English alone)
medium schools all over the country. Then let us see
which castes will control the Indian institutions.
Till then, let there be caste-based reservations in
all institutions as that creates a level-playing field
in employment and education. If that is not allowed,
every city may become a Paris of 2005.

READ IT:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/1482489.cms

FORWARD TO ALL..SPREAD THE WORD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This was my reply:

We are diverting from the main problem. This is just another excuse for preserving the reservations.

We should have reservation for talent. SC/ST and OBC already have so many benefits. They get admissions at low percentages and other scholarships which are not given to other talented people. We lose out on good people for these reservations.

I have seen so many SC / ST who are richer than most upper castes. And upper castes do not indicate wealth!!

Am I capable ?

2006-05-11T01:59:00.000-07:00

I am not going through an appraisal time. Actually it's a promotions time in my co. But as usual i did'nt make it. In my opinion I should have. But i guess the co feels that i will stay with them whatever it may be. I am may be a person who is easily replaceable. But i know i am not. Anyways.. those are my opinions.

I am not jealous about anyone getting promoted. But when i know I should have then i fight for it.

If i dont' get reason about why another person is promoted or rather when i am not satisfied with the answer i surely go an cross question. I do have that much right.

It's a big bad world out there. And being in bangalore you have to just have to give an inkinling to any consultant and you'll have 10s of interviews to answer.

But the point is not about changing jobs (of course it would come out if conditions worsen.), it's rather about why you are denied something. I need to get the reason why i was denied. This time i need the truth. Coz i know the reason i am told is not. The reason does not fit into my bill of understanding.

At the end of all this talks and blah blahs, I know I am good. :D
At any cost I cannot lower my morale. And that's what I am attempting to do.

Some days back I was going mad thinking about all sorts of reasons why I was denied promotion. I had lost all hope in me. I guess it happens when you feel you are not appreciated. As I mentioned in my profile, I am a phoenix. I am trying to rise once again.. :D

Hope this thinking continues... :)

IIPM ???

2006-05-10T02:55:00.000-07:00

Read the posts submitted by Gaurav Sabnis. IIPM Scam.

JAM Mag report on IIPM. Click here.
More on IIPM here.

Gaurav keep up the good work!

One more link for updates on the IIPM issue here.
And thanks to Diabolic Preacher for giving me the link!!

Times Of India - What's wrong with them ?

2006-05-10T01:15:00.000-07:00

This is the News clip that i got from TOI epaper Bangalore edition dated 10th May 06.
Found this snap really irritating.

I wonder whether the reporter was cooly enjoying it ?
Why did'nt that fellow help the couple rather than click snaps ? That too 4 of them in sequence. What the heck!

Has TOI lost it's sanity in putting up this snap ? For me it indicates the lack of editorial skills with the TOI!

----------------------------------------------------------------------

This sequence of photos shows how a motorist and his pillion rider slipped and fell while trying to take a turn on the slippery M G Road after sudden showers lashed parts of Bangalore on Tuesday.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Unanswered Questions..

2006-05-07T10:08:00.000-07:00

This year has been bad from the start. I lost 2 close people this year itself.

I have questions left unanswered. i have so much to tell. May be i wasted time by not telling them.

I learnt a big lesson. if you have to tell someone about your thoughts do it now. there may not be any tomorrow.

As for me it's going to be some days of silence for me.

:-(

PS: I don't know why I am sharing these thoughts. I guess it's what going on in my mind right now. Some place anonymous.

My Favorite TV Show - II

2006-04-25T03:24:00.000-07:00

My all time fav show. It's a show about twenty somethings who move towards being thirty somethings. The way they share with each other, the way each one is portrayed is really superb.

Cast:
Jennifer Aniston ............ Rachel Green
Courteney Cox ............... Monica Geller
Matthew Perry ............... Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer ............. Ross Geller
Lisa Kudrow ................. Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc ................ Joey Tribbiani

Friends Theme Song Lyrics
Title: "I'll Be There for You"
By: "The Rembrandts"

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
But ... I'll be there for you

When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'cause you're there for me too.

Lovely Snaps :-)

A bit on my opinions about the show:
A lovely show of 6 friends who come together only to be friends forever. They hang out at a place called "Central Perk". All of them gather there most of the time or at Monica's house. It's a place to share and talk with others. It's lovely the way each one expresses.

Monica Geller - A cleaning enthusiast. A Cook by profession. Bakes and bakes and bakes and cleans and cleans and cleans! Shez hyper about cleaning. She keeps her house perfect and has rules about using stuff in her house. A virgo kind of personality.

Ross Geller - A Paleontologist by profession who can just get started with dinosaurs any time! Most joked about thing is his marriage with a woman who turns out to be a lesbian! Has a kid - Ben. Has a crush on Rachelle since school!

Rachelle Green - A Rich gal who runs out on her wedding day! The first meeting of friends is when Rachelle meets Monica in Central Perk. She shows off her ring and on the wedding day she ends up turning to Monica for help. Shez never worked before and tries hard to find a job. She works as an assitant in Central Perk for some days. Then joins a fashion boutique and finally is in Ralph-Lauren. A cutie with a lovely haircut.

Chandler Bing - He hates his surname! Bing! Mr & Mrs. Bing!! The Bings! ( at the time of his marriage to Monica)! Hez a comp professional and works in a data entry company. He shares his room with Joey. Falls for Monica on Ross's wedding day.

Phoebe Buffay - Shez tried out various jobs. Searches for her mother. Is a cute match for Joey. Both don't belong to this world!

Joey Tribbiani - Is a small time actor by profession. Moves into Chandler's apartment after Chandler's psycho roomate is thrown out. Has a crush on Rachelle.

All episodes can re-re-re-re watched. I've watched most of the Seasons on Zee Cafe and Star World. Once the final season gets' over that's the end of the serial. All move away. Rachelle will be moving to Paris. Monica and Chandler will move into a new house. Phoebe is married to Marc. All seperate out.

But all in all a must-watch serial. Highly Recommended for a good dose about friendship :-)

Taxing Taxes

2006-04-25T00:10:00.000-07:00

I am tired of paying taxes and more of them each year.

Well, I honestly pay my taxes- income tax, professional tax, service tax, VAT and other taxes payable.

Question : What am I getting in return?
Answer : More taxes!!

I get - no proper electricity, water shortage, bad roads, traffic congestion.
I have to pay more money for petrol, more money paid for anything any person needs.

What do I end up saving ? Nothing !! A BIG ZERO!!

Right now I just read that my under construction flat in pune is going to cost more .. reason ? Hike in service tax for the builder.. which is getting vasooled from me. Naturally. Then there is some WCT - Work Construction Tax being charged..

So I pay taxes, I get proper bills for my purchase..and blah and blah, only to be charged more!!
Honesty pays back..it doenst'.. honesty means you pay more!!

In US, you pay some 30 or 40% of ur salary as taxes and you get more benefits. Over here i pay more than that and what i get is more taxing, scams by politicians.. my hard - earned money is going waste.. why am I here ?
No doubt, we have a huge Brain Drain.. and I now feel it should continue..

Well I am in a foul mood today thanks to more taxing..

Reservations in Private Sector!!

2006-04-24T22:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I specifically went to Petition online.

I read and signed the online petition: "Reservation in Private Sector Not Required."

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RESPVT/

Today morning I got this in Email: -

Note: This is from an email and not written by me. I have just posted it coz it's true and i agree with it.

ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in Wipro ?"

As expected most of the posts agree with him...here is someone who put his pt in a v diff way.. :))

I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century.

We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal.

Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.

There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST and OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and politicians (that can really help the country.. )

Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the ministers and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)

Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...
Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country.

Let's be proud of being an INDIAN..

May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please Sign the online petition and prove your love for the country.
Let's make India a Truly Secular Nation. Jai Hind!

Indian Idol 2 - Total Dumb & Blind Show

2006-04-22T10:03:00.000-07:00

I have been following Indian Idol2 since the last few weeks.

Sandeep Acharya has become the Indian Idol. That fellow is no comparision to how Karunya sings.
These shows are not promoting talent but basing on how Indians vote. It's basically how your known people vote for you. Not basing on how good you are!!

Karunya has been performing really good !! The results are really shocking! Good talent is wasted!!!

At such points there should be a judges veto which would be of some use!

It's a sad day!

My Favorite TV Shows - I

2006-04-22T04:34:00.000-07:00

My Fav show these days is "Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai. It comes on Star One at around 8:30 pm IST on tuesdays.

It's based on a Gujju Family living in a high class society in Mumbai (with only rare traces of Gujju styles!).

Indravadan Sarabhai (Satish Shah) and his wife Maya Sarabhai (Ratna Pathak Shah) stay in a posh mumbai suburb. Maya is a sophisticated Saas who believes in having a high class thinking and behaving. Maya hates middle class attitudes and styles.

Indravadan is a perfect complement for his wife. His thoughts are simple and lives an easy going life. "Indu" as his wife calls him, has only one enemy, "Madhu Fuffa", his bro-in-law.

Sahil Sarabhai ( Sumeet Raghavan) is their elder son and Monisha Sarabhai (Roopali Ganguly) is his wife. Sahil is a doc by profession. They stay in a flat opposite theirs. Monisha is from a middle Class Punjabi family. She is the "Sale Queen". She goes crazy when she reads of a Sale going on in any shop. "aaila Sale" is her fav line!!

Her middle class behavior is the fav topic to have a fight between the saas and bahu..

Roshesh Sarabhai (Rajesh Kumar) is the youngest son. He's Momma's pet and loves to write poetry. He's a wannabe actor. He does small parts in plays. He's ascent is the one that makes him cute.

Maya and Monisha share a good chemistry of a typical saas bahu. Maya trying to adjust with a middle class bahu who isn't the least bit sophisticated like her.

Whenver there is fight, there are 2 parties :
maya and roshesh,
monisha and indu.

Sahil is as usual stuck between taking side with his mom or his wife!

Other Characters:

Madhu fufa : Is indu's bro-in-law. He's deaf and hears only when some speaks loudly. He's always after Indu saying "ehh ?""ehh ?""ehh ?""ehh ?".

Sonya (different actresses) : Maya’s daughter, she is into occult, mainly tarot. She is quite acclaimed for it in the circles that she moves in. Not as snobbish as Maya but still quite uppity.

Dushyant (Deven Bhojani) : Sonya’s husband, he is a joru ka gulam and a gizmo freak. Hes' always on the look out for broken stuff. Whenever he has to explain how something works, he takes Roshesh as the model!!

Each episode has a different story to tell.

The situations are unique and very well written and directed. A must watch :)

It's over!! Yipee!!

2006-04-19T05:59:00.000-07:00

I wanted to spell Yipee like Woppie!! The Roshesh Sarabhai dialogue from Star One comedy Serial "Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai - One of my most loved serials! Roshesh says this in a special way which makes it cute.

Coming to the main point of this entry. The presentation i was supposed to "voluntarily" give is over!! Finally! Phew!! What a relaxation. If you read my 7 tags, presentation is one of the most hated thing for me!

Since last 2 weeks i've been trying to give it.
First attempt - There was no room available! People were in a hurry to book rooms, I guess to save people attending my presentation from the trauma :d

Second attempt - Was supposed to be last thursday. But Rajkumar expired and whole bangalore was in Curfew. What a way to stop my presentation i wonder! Me thinks people thought it would be killer one :D

Third attempt - Just mailed my boss in the afternoon about having the presentation today evening! And lo, in just hours it's over! It was short one.. not sure about the sweet part though. But people were happy it was small :D (Me also, me also!)

Well I am relaxed for a few days before the next topic comes by.... Ciao..:)

Bangalore Burns

2006-04-13T20:50:00.000-07:00

12th April 2006
We were at our new campus on Mysore Road when the news of Rajkumar's death spread.
It happened jus 15mins after we left office at 1:30 pm.

Everyone was contemplating what would happen next. The same way when he was kidnapped by Veerapan, his fans had burnt bangalore. History repeated once again and i guess this time on a large scale.

On our return journey from Mysore road to Bannerghatta road, we could see black smoke coming out from a far distance. We couldnt' guess what had happened. People were burning tyres all along the way, the police was trying to control them, the autowallahs were on a high (asking for more than double or a round figure i guess), Rajkumar's portraits were making hte rounds of the roads with garlands and people shouting slogans.

There was not a single shop open on the whole route. People were asked to head home and thursday was declared a holiday. There were overcrowded buses all the way. Lot of people asking for lifts , searching for a way home, walking the way home!

Since all shops closed down (more due to the violence and less due to mourning), people who eat out regularly at nearby restaurants or darshini's were stranded. I could see a few ten of them but there would lakhs more stranded and without food! They had money to buy food, but there was no one to give food!!
it was the most pathetic situation :-( I wonder what happened to the people stuck in an emergency !! God save them.

Petrol pumps were closed. Along the 20km route i could not see even a pharmacy open!!

It was the worst situation i've seen in bangalore since the last 2 and 1/2 years.

Bangalore the garden city was brought down to a standstill in a matter of minutes!!!

13th April 2006
It was silence on the roads. Govt Buses BMTC were closed. Autos were travelling to smaller distances and were very scanty. Dial a taxi was not working till 5 pm
Cable had cut off channels other than those showing Rajkumar movies. So we were stuck with kannada and news channels.

All News channels were saying that Bangalore was shut down to mourn the death of Rajkumar. But it was quite the contrary. The shops and traffic was shut due to the so called "fans" of Rajkumar.

On ushe tv they were showing, the fans praying their homage to the late actor. Outside, Bangalore burnt. Buses, cars, 2 wheelers were being burnt. "Fans" hit police and later police gave back!! This continued.

We cooked some food for us and got our friends over also.

Till the end of the day it was a day of marathi plays for us.

Finally it was the death of a Police and 4 other people that shocked us. We did have our 1 min of silence for these people.

14th April 2006
Shops have opened. Buses have started. Autos are back. and so is the noise. After yesterday's calm, the storm is back.
Bangalore has started to stand back on its' feet. But like me, there will be a scare till things settle down fully.
_________________________________________

I am yet to come to terms as to why all this happened.
Can the goverment be blamed for all this ? Should any one be blamed ?

Bangalore is one the most hi-tech cities in India. But the crowd didnt' seem to be the one who were fans. They were people who had anger in them. this way was just to let it out. Get our all the frustrations against others. But was this the right time? Who suffered ? The friends and families of these same people must have undergone the misery. But still it wasn't lessened. There was more violence after the first day.

D says " It was the government's mistake. Even after 12hours, there was no control on the situation."
I think it's right. "Situation in control" in a News comment by our CM, equals to "Situation in whose control??" by the conman.

Hope things improve faster than the shutdown. :D

A Dog ?

2006-04-11T04:30:00.000-07:00

Our manager is getting married in april. So the team was discussing what we can give as a gift. Dinner sets, microwaves, house interiors etc was discussed. one of the leads R suggested let's get a dog.
They are going to stay alone in a house so let's get them a dog for company! I would have killed the person who would have got me such a thing!

I feel that such gifts should be for both people.

That was one of the most funny thoughts that i have heard today. I dont' know how many would like this thought. I know the thought is unique but just imagine going to the marriage hall with a dog!

To add further to this, another colleague A suggested giving a cat to his wife!! I wonder who's getting married :D

Meri team adhi pagal thi, aaj confirm hua ki puri paagal hai :))))

So we have now decided in common opinion that for R we get a dog as a wedding gift and a cat for A. :D

As of now I think we are going with the microwave...

Yada Kadachit - Marathi Play

2006-04-06T02:35:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we spent time watching some Marathi Plays.

We specially watched "Yada Kadachit" - A mast malvani play!!
I would recommend it to be a must watch for any Marathi Natak Lover!

The whole language is Malvani where they dont' pronounce words with a "ळ" => the infinity alphabet. All instances of this aplhabet become "ल".

All the dialogues are cool with teasers on the Mah govt and others.

This play has the Mahabharat scenes and interferences from characters from Ramayan.
For more details refer to this link - the synopsis of the play.

My fav line:
"(गर गर, गर गर, गरा!! बोला कोन फोडणार माशाचा डोला !!" (gar gar, gar gar, gara, bola kon fodnar mashya cha dola)
- Scene of draupadi swayamvar. This mod draupadi is having the "goldfish soap" in her hand and saying the line.

"D"

2006-04-06T00:59:00.000-07:00

This not the D from D gang or any one else.

This is my very own D stands for Digambar.

He is the only VVVVVIP person in my life. My "bestest" friend-philosopher-guide. And a lot more.

I just started thinking about him when i was writing my thoughts about my appraisal. why i wanted a promotion and what is the figure i want to see in it. I think too much.

But D's not like this. He's happy and content with what he's receiving. He smiles when he's tense. Does'nt show. Doesn't think much. Sometimes i need to frown and show some fury to make him understand things. But after few days he's back to normal.

I dont 'want him to lose any of his qualities. That's what keeps us together.
My anger, his calmness.
My praticality, his no-care attitude.
My fast racing thoughts, his no much thinking.
My promptness, his easy-going ness
My right-now attitude, his later-on.

In true sense we complement each other a bit too much.
May be we see things differently but we find things which we lack in the other.

I just want to say thanks to D for being there for me in all situations forever.

Murphy's Laws

2006-03-31T04:20:00.000-08:00

Found a very good site for Murphy's Techonology Laws

My fav quotes ? They are so so true!

* The first myth of management is that it exists.

* We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.

* The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.

* A difficult task will be halted near completion by one tiny, previously insignificant detail.

Self Tagged

2006-03-30T23:26:00.000-08:00

I read Punds Blog - Saat
Then I decided to tag myself on what i think about 7 different things.

It turned out as follows:

7 things I wish to do before I die
Well I have lot of things to do.. the following are a few that are on my mind right now.

- Buy a Merc (top - end version of course)
- Have my own house ( not flat )
- Build a house for my parents
- Go on a world tour with my family
- Have my own baby girl
- Start my own company
- Move out from Software into a lot more creative field

7 things I do not enjoy
I really hate bad gossipers ( people who cannot stop talking /commenting on others).

- Talking with Egoistic people ( the 'I' people) and Gossip Mongers
- Talking on the phone
- Cooking
- Walking (Sadly it's in this list)
- Spending time when there's no much work in office ( it's a pain)
- Watching sports channels
- Preparing for interviews or presentations

7 things that attracted me to Blogging
Blogging became a passion for me since a year. I dont' only write but i love reading other blogs. Kinds of allows people to see inside you.

- I can be anonymous and express out myself. It's like maintaining a diary.
- I can let out steam without talking with someone. The punching bag concept works for me through Blogging.
- I can share my thoughts without anyone commenting on them.
- I can expresse myself in whichever way i want to. By being critical or whatever.
- I can write just about anything... hmmh
- I did'nt want to write out on my diary or notepad since they can be found.. though i still pen down when i am in a really mad state of mind.
- I found that there are lot of people and it was really a safe medium to express yourself.

7 Books I like
Well City of Joy remains at the top. The most amazing true life book which made me cry and stop reading at times. Reality does hurt.

- City of Joy
- Kane and Abel
- Tell me your dreams
- Harry Potter
- Five Point Someone
- Windmills of the Gods
- The seven habits of highly effective people

7 things I say most often
Well most of them seem to be shivis which i've learnt from my marathi mitr..

- Oh God!
- Kharech ?
- Aila
- Chyala
- Oh Sh...!
- Get lost
- Kide sangta ?? :O

7 Movies I love to watch
Movies are my passion. I watch movies most of the time on Cable and hit the theatres when there's a new movie or i am really bored. I prefer realistic and comedy movies. Sci-fi is also featuring in with the Harry Potter movies hitting theatres. :D

- Hera Pheri
- Astitva
- Page 3
- Bollywood Calling
- Mr and Mrs Iyer
- Harry potter movies
- Munnabhai MBBS
- Home Alone 1,2,3

I was touched by Mohobattein when it was released. May be coz i was going through a fight with myself while choosing between my parents and D. Well at that time my parent's won.
But i finally got D :) . It was at that time that i decided that i wasn't weak like the role ash played. I would never do such a thing.

7 pieces of Music I enjoy
I like songs based on their lyrics not by music or singer or anything. The song has to make sense to me. I started listening to English songs since the last 3-4 years. If i was tagged earlier it would be all senti good lyrics wala songs that would be listed here.

- "Hotel California" by Eagles
- "Mohe Rang De Basanti" in RDB
- "Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife
- "Shape of My heart" by BSB
- "Mangalyam Shive Tantunane" in Saathiya
- "Words" by Boyzone
- "Dil Se" by A.R.Rahman

7 people I am tagging
Well i tagged myself.. so others are excused..

My First Birthday

2006-03-30T23:15:00.000-08:00

I finally took some pain and got my childhood pictures scanned/copied. I took pictures of my childhood pictures in our digicam. They came out pretty good.

Here are a few.

1. My Grand Ma's and Grand pa, my aunty with Ashish.

2. My aunty's uncles and the others. My mom ( very thin) and my Dad (with lot's of hair)

3. A complete family pic. My mom, me and my dad.

4. That's me!!!! My dad call me "Battery eyes" ( till date!!) :D

Hee hee..

Birthday

2006-03-16T00:12:00.000-08:00

I celebrated my birthday on Sunday 12th March. My team celebrated it on 13th March.
The team cake was Chocolate Ribbon. While my actual birthday cake was a Chocolate Mousse Cake from Sweet Chariot. Yummy! A first time treat to my favorite Mousse!!

That’s me with Chocolate make-up.

Chocolate Ribbon Cake

Outing

2006-02-16T03:33:00.000-08:00

Wednesday (15th Feb 06)

Team outing to Wonder La on Mysore Road.

TimeDiary
7:30 am - Woke up and got ready for the day ahead. Picked up comfy clothes for an outing.
8:45 am - Left for office.
9:10 am - Reached office and noticed that breakfast was still on its way.. :d Tried to track my speedpost letter. Without any results :(
9:45 am - All went to cafeteria for breakfast. Took some snaps and enjoyed the breakfast with sambar coming in coffee cups ;)
10:30 am - We all left for wonderla in a mazda. Uncomfy but ok. Some discussions ongoing all the way. Some snaps. Some "snakes" ( as some people write outside their eateries..instead of snacks").
12 noon - Reached WonderLa. Our boss got us ticks and we all went into the amusement park.

After this I lost track of time.

We decided to go for Wet rides first.
We all jumped into the swimming pool like kids jumping into a puddle of water :d
I almost drowned the first time i went on a slide. I dont' know swimming and i had entered the water very fast. Was there for some few hard secs of my life!! I thought this is it.. my life's over.

I was groping around in water trying to catch any damn thing that comes in my way. Finally someone pulled me out of the water and i am here writing this blog ;) For all further rides, my colleagues were around to save me from any such incidents. We went on all possible water rides available - Water pendulum, harakiri etc etc.The last one and the most amazing was the Wonder Splash ride. Here's a of glimpse of it.

Finally we felt the pangs of hunger and didnt realise it was 3 pm! So we went to our locker rooms changed and headed towards the restaurant.

We ate a lot and after some digestion break we hit off for the dry rides.

The first one was a total ulta pulta ride.

It first takes a full 180 deg turn to make you comfy. I opened my eyes at that time only to feel like a bat!!! After that all the fast motion started making me dizzy. Unlike i expected i did'nt puke! Well that was quite an achievement considering my fear of heights. That was the last 360 deg ride i went on!

The rest went on all such rides with giant wheels bringing you down with your heads down!!!

The next step was to visit the clock tower with a giant wheel atop it!
Here's a snap:

The height of the tower is 50 m and the giant wheel is another 30 m on top of it.
My acrophobia started on the way atop the tower. with a glass on one side of the lift it was getting worse. Finally i landed safe and sound. But nowhere near to the boundary of the terrace. I wasn't going to go onto the giant wheel but was dragged into it. Thinking that boxes will be all covered and i won't be able to see much! Only to my dismay the base of the box was like this:

I could see ground 80 m below me!!! I closed my eyes after this! And when the giant wheel moved.. I was...

But i enjoyed the whole trip. I did things i never thought i would do ever! Like sliding into cold water swimming pool, going on a topsy-turvy a ride, gliding along a water slide from a height and most important going in the Giant Wheel! Well I havent' conquered the acrophobia but i hope to strengthen myself and get back to it!

That's all about it right now.. I enjoyed a good day out!

Movie Review - Rang De Basanti

2006-02-14T19:54:00.000-08:00

I watched Rang De Basanti (RDB) at the 10 pm show in PVR cinema, Bangalore.

I give the movie a 4 * rating..Lovely movie about friends and bonding. A good one here.

The first movie where the audience were silently listening to what was being said.
There were ovations for the dialogue of Atul Kulkarni saying "Sarfaroshi ki tammana ab humare dil mein hai"!!

"History repeats itself" in this movie.

A must watch!

Photos

2006-02-06T22:52:00.000-08:00

Added some photos from my Christmas to New Year trip to Goa my hometown :)

2006-02-06T22:38:00.000-08:00

sunset in goa

2006-02-06T22:33:00.000-08:00

a road in goa

2006-02-06T22:32:00.000-08:00

sunset in goa

2006-02-06T22:31:00.000-08:00

sunset in goa

2006-02-06T22:30:00.000-08:00

star fish

2006-02-06T22:29:00.002-08:00

star fish

2006-02-06T22:29:00.001-08:00

sunset in goa

2006-02-06T22:29:00.000-08:00

goa :)

2006-02-06T22:27:00.000-08:00

goa

2006-02-06T22:25:00.003-08:00

Another Christmas crib

2006-02-06T22:25:00.002-08:00

goa

2006-02-06T22:25:00.001-08:00

star fish

2006-02-06T22:25:00.000-08:00

goa

2006-02-06T22:24:00.001-08:00

star fish

2006-02-06T22:24:00.000-08:00

goa..

2006-02-06T22:23:00.000-08:00

Christmas Crib

Beauty of goa

2006-02-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

" Zinda " - Movie

2006-01-26T23:05:00.000-08:00

I saw the movie "Zinda" yesterday. PVR complex, Forum, row 1.

The black and white movie in first row was like Sanjay Dutt being King kong!

There are some hard-to-watch scenes in the movie (especially from the f irst row). I dont' want to give the details here but the movie over all is a good watch.

Sanjay Dutts' struggle and then his preparation to face the person. all is good.
It's the reason now. Why for 14 years ?
Bala is served only "fried wontons" for breakfast, lunch and dinner "Bala" adjusts to eating wontons. And we have given up on wontons. Suddenly he's freed. HE finds some cash in his pocket with his diary and pen. He hires a cab ( driver is Lara). Then comes in John Abraham. The person. Not the reason.
The storyline is good. Except for the gruelling scenes.

I liked the movie overall.

Zutshi just passes. Thik thak acting. Lara is dumb as usual. Manjrekar is good.
Fight sequences are too loud with Sanjay Dutt beating up Skiny guys one at a time.
The reason is the greatest part of the movie.

A 2 hr movie and not a long story line.

my first post

2006-01-17T23:38:00.000-08:00

Welcome!

In my first post on this blog, i just want to mention that the thoughts i am going to express here are what i feel at a certain time. I dont' intend to harm anyone through this posting. :D

Thik hai bas huyi bakwas. Yeh blog sirf aur sirf mere thoughts vyakt ( express) karega !

Tata bye bye for now
:D