Mobile talk

I really liked my new Nokia 6030 Mobile. So much, that I keep staring at it for hours together :) So as I was exploring my mobile world, I got to know that I had 187 contacts in the sim memory and 32 contacts in the phone memory.
Thought of dedicating one sentence that is right now going through my mind, to a lucky few in the address book. No names, give a try if you can, in spotting whats for whom ! its great if you feel and find your sentence in here and relate it to either you or whoever :p. Browsing my phone book starting from 'A' ....

I wish I could spend a day playing cricket with all you guys, Missing you every moment :(
Your finance is a real gem. Lucky you, take care of both of you.
I guess, the person you love , really likes you; take a chance, take your time.
You are a definite character, have a lot to learn from you, I can say you are Mr.Perfect.
I know, the person you really like needs time; take your time.
I care for you you. Hence, I have to be a pessimist. But will always be happy for you.
I wish you are reading this, it is hard being me.
I liked you for what you were more than anything, don't know If I loath you now.
I really liked you once. Wish you good luck.
I hope there is hope, I don't feel it is infatuation.
I am loving each and every bit of you. Can't say why I do not love you.
You are 93% perfect, would have married you if I wrote 100%
I am getting to know more about you, you are a smart one.
I am getting to know you, I wish you had more time.
I hate what you do to yourself. I love what you are.
You have this uncanny ability to act, and also have the intuitive recognition as to when to act.
I miss the insanity in you. I miss you.
I miss you too. I miss the fun and those blade jokes.
I wish you succeed. I will see you soon.

For the rest plenty, I do care, not in a traditional way and I thank you for being in my mobile :)
p.s. each line is for a different person.

Happy Mother's day

Got up on the wrong side of my bed , snuggled out of my blankets with the cramps in my neck still refusing to abate, got grouched at the paper boy for waking me up, to collect his monthly bill at this odd hour, It was no time to wake up on a clumsy Sunday morning, as early as 9.30 huh!. I then Realized that this was a day that I had bookmarked in my mind to wish my Mom a very happy Mothers day. Called her up after scolding at myself for being so unfortunate not to be with her this time around as well, like on her Birthday the last time. The routine thoughts that normally aroused on weekends, to do something useful in life, disappeared as soon as they sparkled, and by the time I realized that its 5 PM already. Talked to a few of my good friends, Played caroms, solved some enigmatic puzzles and sudoku, watched some routine stupid stuff on TV. I thought what better way to spend Mother’s Day than learning something new about the lady of the hour, So I came up with some fill-in-the-blanks to ask my Mom.

Mom ...
I’m giving up my name and nicknames, so from now on I’d like you all to call me ________
What’s the longest stretch I’ve ever gone without sleeping, in hours?
I may not be perfect, but everyone knows I’m excellent at ________
The strangest thing I’ve ever eaten is ________
Next year is the year I’m going to learn how to ________
The day you felt proud of me (if at all) is _________
The day you felt bad about me (if at all) is _________
I used to hate ________, but now I love it.
I would have been a ________ , If I were a born baby girl.
You want me to get rid of ________

May be I would be asked the same questions on some father's day in future, by my children :D

Are you searching for a reason to be kind ?

Its pleasant to hear. Its alleviation of pains in the heart. Its a soothing solace. Its charmingly simple and serene. It's a pastoral legends striking tune. Rehman has proved himself time and again that there is no match to his strings.
This time it has a reason attached, A.R. Rehman sung this esthetically exquisite song for Nokia India's charity project 'Pray for me, brother' which is the UN Theme song for poverty alleviation mission. This tune definitely creates magic in the hearts of any music lover.

Pray For Me Brother
Composed by A.R.Rehman
Lyrics by Blaaze
Singers: A.R.Rehman and Blaaze

Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother
Pray for me sister
Are you searchin’….
Pray for me brother

Lookin’ for the answers, To all the questions in my life
Will I be alone, Will you be there, by my side
Is it something he said, Is it something he did,I wonder why
He is searchin’ For the answers
To stay alive

Could you ever listen could you ever care to speak your mind
Only for a minute for only one moment,in time
The joy is around us but show me the love,That we must find
Are you searchin’ For a reason...
to be kind, to be kind…
He said Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother
Pray for me sister
Pray for me brother

Say what you wanna say now,But keep your hearts open
Be what you wanna be now,Let’s heal the confusion
Pray for me brother

Don’t let me take When you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid Just let me live
Don’t let me take when you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid
Say what you wanna say now But keep your hearts open
Be what you wanna be now Let’s heal the confusion
Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother
I’m ashamed ah, brother be dying of poverty
when he down on his knees its only then he prays
And it’s a shame ah, brother be dying of ignorance
cos the world is a trip and everybody’s a hypocrite
Need to stop ah , taking a look at the other
I’m not ashamed of poverty
need to be making his life better
So think about it, think about it once more
coz life is a blessing and it’s not just a show, ah

Round and round the world is spinning around
We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Round and round the world is turning around
We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race
Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race

Are you searching for a reason to be kind?

A story called ORKUT

"Orkut". My first meeting with this word was in 2nd year of graduation, when one of my friends from Pilani exclaimed saying " You are still not on Orkut ?" with a pitying look usually reserved for endangered animals. I wondered if I was missing something in life! Strange thoughts arose in my brain asking myself if I was so lame not to have known about some thing that is so very obvious for every one else or was I an educated nescient not to have known if he was speaking English, when he said "Orkut". "How ancient can you get?" said my conscience. Later, I was sent an invite to create a profile in this "about to become famous community". Stung by his critical tone I went online that very day and fashioned a new identity for myself on a site whose meaning I still don't know. It took me a while to study and know something about what actually Orkut was. Though I had a profile created, I was playing a spectator instead of a full-fledged addicted Orkut user for 2 years, attributed to the availability of internet facilities at college those days and the minuscule number of friends I had online to interact with. The saga of the journey of Orkut accompanied by cyber-silliness actually started when I forayed in to this IT sector. Since then Orkuting has become the verb used daily. At office you see the ubiquitous Orkut windows open all the time, no wonder the RDC att communications reported the Orkut site as the second most visited site only after Google mail. The gradual transformation of the "stages of orkutting" as I call, have left me with an opinion of useful-nonsense on orkut as I jot. The qualitative changes as I observed in myself on a retrospect varied from a mere visitor to orkut my passion to addicted to orkut to stingy orkut to utterly useless orkut to waste of time on orkut to I hate orkuting. No doubt orkut has helped me meet a lot of my old pals from my school and college days with whom I lost connection, but means of communication with them, through orkut I thought is not a very good medium. On Orkut, it's your calling card. And failure to leave one elicits responses like 'How dare you visit my profile and not leave a scrap?' and land you in trouble. Agree that it is more convenient than a mail. But it is also much less private. You can be as prolific as you want and portray your self as next to any Hollywood star or a President of country or what ever, on your orkut profile. This is one thing that I didn’t like, since a person cannot be judged of his identity based on his profile. You may end up anywhere, I mean anywhere! I also feel that the Dictionaries have the right time arrived for them to update the meanings of words. No longer is a 'scrap' something a dog gets after dinner [:p]. The dollar dreams of the persons who got this innovative idea to implement, have been fulfilled but after-effects are ignored by mere sentence "Conditions apply" with a * mark at some place in the agreement where we click I AGREE button when we create a profile on this "Now famous Orkut" I am sure! So be ware buddies its as addictive as a Rehman's tune.

Happy Birthday my Blog

It all started exactly an year back.The zeal to rescue a passion which was slowly thawing away, From that came the thought to blog, blog and blog more !! result: My blog was born on this same day, exactly 1 year back when I hosted my first post on the blogosphere in this same city Bangalore but at a different place at my office at 2.52 PM. Ever since then, I really loved my posts as much as I enjoyed writing them for all the comments I got on my posts, and especially for all those complete strangers I happened to befriend in this blogging world to grow so intimate that they even called me as soon as they knew, to wish on almost every occasion that I cherished and celebrated in my life.I really wished to blog more often but never to be, these days it has plummeted to very small numbers like 2,3,4 a month.All attributed to the crunch time at work and busy office schedules.Though I don't have a stunning number of posts on my blog, I cherished every post that meandered through my mind and came out materialistic. I want to Thank you too for coming along on the ride! I still feel the thrill I felt on the day when the count meter crossed 150 strikes in one single day, and the day when I received comments from some one unknown all the way from New Jersy !

So here We go, Wishes my one year little blog " Happy Blogiversary " [:)] Rock on !

Brag Brag Brag, Nonsense !

There is so much to say, Yet words don't flow.There is so much to feel, yet the heart does not melt.There is so much to do, yet my limbs are numb. Boredom, I don't know how many philosophies have evolved to beat this syndrome. But not with any specific output and always in vain. Its boring today ! I have been going through all those websites to just pass the time as I have nothing much creative to do at work today.So I keep thinking. Boredom brings out all the questions that I normally try to distract my brain from asking!! So generally my head gets more messed up! My inner soul just drives me towards reading some useful docs, but the other lazy guy in me stops him.If mans very existence has some meaning then why in the world do we feel bored? Wouldn’t living by itself make it worth while? Being bored implies I have nothing meaningful or fun to do at that time. Being lazy implies that I don’t want to do anything meaningful and fun at that time.
Boredom also puts the responsibility of self entertainment squarely on my shoulders,and that essentially points to the failure of my mind in coming up with things to do! Right now I am so bored that even thinking of doing something to do is boring.I did read all the labels on the back of my laptop and skimmed through some stupid sites which are of no use, read long back bookmarked blogs of few of my friends, checked my Rediff and Hotmail inboxes today after a long long time, and even took some online tests to know how nerd I am !! yeh you heard it right its "Nerd".Ok, here are some totally useless facts that only bored people like me read. Enjoy, I am too bored to be original enough to continue writing this piece.

1.Albert Einstein was dead, So did his final words with him. The nurse by his side didn't understand German !

2.It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary!!!! (I mean if her name is :p )

3.In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was a custom for her to splash it into the face of the nearest man. ( Poor beings, I wonder who went to market to fetch them !).

4.In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

5.The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. (is it because it is tallest? )

6.A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving

7.Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.(Now who the hell is he !)

8.6% of men propose over the telephone! (60 % reject may be)

9.It is now possible to print human skin with an ink jet printer! (but why do we want to print the human skin?)

10.There are 23 doctors in the U.S. called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon!

BTW, I dint say you what my nerd score is right? 98%, They say I am a Nerd God :)

Do you really think I am that nerd? well you just need to be smart enough to show up that nerd, Adios!

Mr. Narayana Murthy for president ?

Its hectic, Its damn disgusting to stay late if I had to jot in my blog now at office on this subject with all these project delivery tensions, issues and stuff ! but I am here to vent out all the anger and aroused belligerence from the dribbling blood in my nerves on this much hyped protagonist and proclaimed next president of INDIA Mr.Narayana Murthy, The founder and chief mentor of Infosys.

After reading this news article on the Deccan herald this morning, I really felt mortified on why the people of India are striking a common tune to nominate a person, whom I think do not rightfully deserve the most revered and honored name " the First Person of India "
Do you think that Mr. Narayana Murthy depicts the fast rebelling, slowly emerging, brightly Shining, seriously growing INDIA, with an epaulet of an Indian flag on his shoulder where ever he go and portrays the true face of India, and his hair stand stiff on listening to our national anthem ? Well think again !

Your Highness Mr president Abdul Kalam, was in town on Sunday and Monday at the Mysore Infosys campus, and what greeted him at the stunning campus was not the mellifluous rendition of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem sung by humans, but the electronic version of crappy mis tuned version of notes which sounded more like some polyphonic ring tone than a National Anthem.

Reason? well, this is what the host himself has to connote,

"We had arranged for five people to sing the anthem. But then we canceled it as we have foreigners on board here. They should not be embarrassed while we sing the anthem," - Narayana Murthy.

Infosys said last year it had some 1,800 foreigners on its rolls. But there are no precise figures on how many foreigners were at the Infosys Mysore campus, which is designed to seat 6,400 students, yesterday. But it is on record that it had offered jobs to 126 students from 82 foreign universities last year.But still, Even if that figure of foreigners is ten times greater, does it mean Mr Murthy’s company is willing to slavishly mute his nation’s anthem for their sake?
The national anthem of the winning team and the national anthem of the two competing teams are played at all the Football games and other games like rugby etc even at the Olympics which is witnessed by global television audience, which is always foreign.If that is OK, why is it difficult for Infosys professionals who also happened to be foreigners to listen to a 52-second, five-stanza number? Or for their faculty to make them listen to it? I don't really understand what is the precise embarrassment that foreigners feel by listening to their host-country’s national anthem as was averred by Mr.Murthy. But, above all, coming to a foreign country, to a foreign city, to a foreign company is all about learning, appreciating, assimilating, understanding, and respecting that country’s, that city’s, that company’s culture.
If Infosys’ foreigners—all the 126 or whatever multiples of them—are not doing that, then they have missed a vital ingredient of their education and even more vital ingredient of their excursion I suppose.I don't think they might have neither objected to listen to our national anthem nor be embarrassed with it. Narayana Murthy is being spoken as the “fantastic” next President. Hopefully, the would be Rashtrapati will not have similar views on the National Anthem being sung in the presence of foreigners.

On the same Discussion which I had with my friends at office, I came to know that a local kannada news paper Praja Vani alleges that 90 per cent of the 5,000 employees who had assembled for the Kalam function yesterday at the Infosys campus didn’t know the lyrics of the national anthem by heart.I don't have any feeling to reveal, either to pity them or feel ashamed of them or what ever, Only thing I can do is to show these lyrics of JANA GANA MANA for those ignorant Infoscions. Let go what ever, hope India would be in better hands !

" Water " A review from my eye

I don’t know why, but I always prefer the comfort of my room over a movie hall or a multiplex when it comes to watching good meaningful movies....'water' I wanted to watch not only because its a DeepaMehta movie...but the topic it is dealing with. Thankfully, I could dig one out from the debris at my nearest CD vendor a couple of days back, and I got a chance to view it. The plight of the widows or for that matter the sufferings of a 'woman' is always a topic creating much hype and for these obvious reasons the more realism You can bring in it the better it creates a buzz, a favorite for film makers treading the non conventional path, and thus here was another film with magnificent cinematography, trying to recreate Benaras , somewhere in Srilanka.....oh yes I have to give it to the cinematographer for the beautiful imageries...but beyond that I found nothing 'new' or outstanding that will separate the film as something extra ordinary. Well its my version of course and I am only being critical from an analyst's point of view. On the whole I really feel its a wonderfully shot film....the story line drags at points and yet catches on....the scenes where the clouds enshrouds the sky is worth gaping at I feel.....surprisingly John Abraham actually 'acted'....need I say anything bout Seema Biswas, she is outstanding in her own right...but the one who surpasses them all is the child actor Sarala named chuiya in the movie....the child-widow, the reason why the film was worth a watch.....somebody I dint like at all and felt had taken away much from the movie by her 'not so good' performance was Lisa Ray...her Hindi was pretty anglicized, and though was a pretty picture she just could not bring out the suffering, the pain, the helplessness, the excruciation that the widows endured in the bygone days,

I agree it was an Oscar stuff, but it could have been better to go a step higher from Oscar nominee to Oscar winner yet its a What left me a bit unhappy was the death of the heroin at the end who sacrifices her life when she could not battle out the life's causes and The little Kid is handed over to Gandi ji to be taken care. the film ends on that note. yet, the film is worth watching for various other reasons if not for the story and performances.

The Speaking Coin

In spite of several whole-hearted attempts to go to sleep, I haven’t been too successful. So here I am after all those mundane daily working hours at office.Its been hectic at office and the spirits of people in the team have plummeted to crash down like the stocks on the fifth day, because of controversies with mails and misunderstandings.In this flood was my second mail to my second line manager this time, which got the guts off that guy for sure I guess !! He could not answer to most of my questions which proved there is quite a bit of wrong committed which requires apology.With all these thoughts, my 2 hour journey to office every day in those BMTC buses has become haven to lot of incidents, comedies, misfortunes etc. The "grow up stronger" song, I am listening to as I write this reminds me that I'm nowhere near almost famous yet.
Caring a damn to what ever they are busy with, I had this thought to play punter with my coin (Of course I am the only betting person against none !) I intend to run a small research survey among inhabitants of a Coin Land in order to ascertain their opinion on the recent developments in my world. This research is not likely to prove reliable to most of the world. That said, I don’t really care so I’m going to go ahead and toss up my coin for questions. I present my findings below for the benefit of those who have nothing better to do than to seek reason behind an insane man’s actions.I remember the logic and mental ability from my 7th standard where I matched Heads on the coin to true and the Tails to false to solve some questions, and may this is what is called effective reuse of the Code in this globalized software terminology where anything and everything which has some thing to do with usage of a little bit of brains is called hard work.I mean to remind you that I am a Software guy lolz !! :p
Here it goes

Mr.Me: Will I have a good day at work?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Will I get to go home on time?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Will the girl in the next cubicle smile at me?
Mr.Coin: yes

Mr.Me: Will I ever know what I want before I lose it?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Is my 2nd line manager mad?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Will this headache go away?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Is there a point to this?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Do I already know everything I need to know?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Can I be a rock star?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Do I owe anyone an apology?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Does anyone owe me one?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Am I completely incompetent at everything I do?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Will I ever be able to make my own decisions?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Can I be someone else?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Will India win the World cup?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Do I ever really like any of the people around me?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Then will they stop being so irritating?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Am I crazy?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Are my parents proud of me?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Do my friends really like me?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Does God exist?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Am I God?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Does anything ever matter?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Is everything you’ve told me above true?
Mr.Coin: No

Mr.Me: Is any of it true?
Mr.Coin: Yes

Mr.Me: Should I believe all of it to make life easier?
Mr.Coin: Yes

there we go, the Coin did speak, and I arrived at my office and the the girl had already smiled before I did.I am now with crossed fingers to decide on the probability of the success which the coin just said on my sojourn way, the Coins are as believable as anything else.

Happy Valentine's day

It is the most colorful and loveliest day for all those people waiting to express love and get a positive response from their beloved. So I was out with a perfectly planned and rehearsed sketch to impress my valentine. Woke up early, had put on a beautiful dress that depicts me as a person and also matches my mindset. Then I stepped out as my mobile rang my favorite Titanic song "every night in my dreams" and the number flashed was of "My love". We decided to meet at the perfect place for the day and so went to the Oswal green park which is very serene, that is just half way between our houses. I, with a bunch of fresh cut red roses in my right hand on half knees and she, standing in front of me, blushing as if she knew nothing that is going to happen, and her palm nicely held in my palm just about waiting for a kiss. We were both very avid as the moment I dreamt for all the while is actually about to happen. I knew she would accept my proposal to stride along me all my life and would agree to hold my hands till the very end. And as the moment unfurled, My mind went blank, what ever I thought of telling her to show up as a modern day romeio with all the qualities that she wanted in "her perfect man" were not anymore in my mind. All the words that I could utter were those three magical words, first I thought I was very naive to have proposed like that but then, I thought the actual content is delivered to her heart and was awaiting a reply from her like a batsman waiting for the ball never knowing if he would be bowled or would hit it for a sixer :p (I know I am very crappy here). Suddenly I felt this jolt at my back and I heard my roomies yelling it was 10 AM and I have to wake up to reach office on time :) I woke up knowing that I don't have anything better to do in Bangalore on this most romantic day of the year than to sit in front of the same system at my office and do all the routine project stuff and blog away the pain of not having something better to do than this. Should I call it the pain or illusion of pain ? well I am not sure anymore. Especially when I consider myself to be beyond these pity emotions :D. But now, more than ever, am really glad of the fact that I am a normal human, to whom the laws of nature apply in the same way :D and be a cool guy thinking of all those movie dialogs where the Hero says how happy he is being single and ready to mingle :) Any way, I wanted to say a very happy Valentines day to all the people in Love. Cheers and be happy guys!! for, you are being loved by someone not common.

"THE ANGREZ " - Movie review

In hundred steps, one step is always fumbled, In hundred movies we miss one good movie, this happened with me too,Last week I watched a gem of an old movie which I some how missed watching when it was released, and believe me friends, this movie called "THE ANGREZ" definitely deserves a mention in this prestigious blog of mine :p The rookie cast of the movie should be appreciated for the efforts it has taken in bringing it to people.I am so much amazed at the authenticity of the exact delivery of the words and sentences used in their full form, the exact replica which you hear in the interior parts of Apun kaa Hydraabad.This film tends to bring out its inherent flavor and the spicy tastes, the praise must go to the dialogs writer, he has done everything possible to overlook all commercial compulsions in penning the dialogs of this film.I think the crew really enjoyed the making of the movie than making of money, that is the primary reason why it came out in flying colors.with all these software parks, International Airport, and many more super money intensive ventures being started in Hyderabad today, the old look of Hyderabad is slowly on the loosing track.the Ismail bhai and his gangs are very rare to find these days, and this is a very timely film to save these people from extinction to eternity on digital format.His film will remain a very entertaining documentary down the history lane to the times our beautiful city was a witness to, I am sure this film is very entertaining and funnier than many contemporary films being made today. I am happy that I saw this film finally.Lucky me !! I f you are a mad fan of Hyderabad as I am, and like every thing about it, the dialect and our very own Hyderabadi Zubaan, then do watch this movie, its really worth your bucks.The only song in the movie which is all about Hyderabad sung in English is simply awesome !! I loved it like an ice cream.It seems that the crew of the Movie were going on their knees with a red rose in hand and proposing the fair damsel that is Hyderabad, and swearing their undying love to this maiden to eternity preserved in digital,laser disk format permanently :) I know it does not reach the team of the movie but Kudos to the team once again for their achievement.

I am the Reason !!

To strike the right cord at the right time is difficult, that too when it is against someone who is a cadre above you is definitely being courageous. There was no other option other than to retaliate the topical scenario that was happening at office. It was appraisal time and there was fear added to what I was contemplating to do. It was THIS letter to my manager that I had to send desperately, to change what was happening to me at office. I was working for 12 hours every day, where actually I am supposed to work for 8. I don't really say I was "working" But I was compelled to stay at office to attend the calls with The US team, and to discuss some issues that could have well been done in the day time by mail coordination. More over I was really frustrated by these questions that bore my mind when ever I stayed late at office, Why the hell does the US team not come earlier or leave late for discussions with us in IBM-RDC India? Why should only we in RDC suffer at their expense by working late after 10PM? Are we slaves to work in their time? Do we have more than 24 hours a day? What is that we are being paid if we stayed late? Why should we not maintain a work-life balance? I dared to send the letter to my manager, and I should say that I had answers to what ever I wanted with in 2 days, The scenario has changed, the MR status calls were made in advance by an hour (that means the US team would be joining the call at 8 AM instead of 9 AM), The off shift allowances which we had to be paid for working late would be paid soon (manager confirmed this in another mail to all the team mates). I had this year ending appraisal meeting, I was challenging enough to articulate all my accomplishments this year. All the hard work that I have done all these days to handle my projects would be recognized with some incentive in the near future, my manager said. I was also given a good appraisal at the end of the year, rating that I was given was good enough (I felt I deserved more!! but you know how selfish these human beings are :p). Every thing is well now, and I am leaving on time, my friends are awoke by the time I reach my room in contrast to earlier time, when I would reach my room by 12 midnight and every one would have slept!! I feel much satisfied now. I made it possible, in IBM lingo we say " I am the Reason " !

Cheers to TEAM INDIA :)

My first attempt to be a bit more imaginative ( I call it weird :P ) came out in flying colors after I uploaded my first video in google videos.This video which I have created is an outcome of 6.45 Hours of brain hammering + skipped supper + loads of research to prepare a movie.The intension is obviously to cheer the men in Blue a head of world cup and instill the confidence to romp home successfully after capturing the battle and be crowned as the caribbean kings.

Note: The true fun in watching this video would be only after allowing it to load completely, instead of watching it in bits and pieces as it buffers.

Gooo goooo India !!!!!!

Ever since I have started writing my blog, I wished to write about the one whom I loved the most from my childhood.I was crazy about her from my puerility. Day in and day out always wanted her, craving for the fun and frolic that I had with it.There is no better time to bring it up here and jot down a few things about my first love "CRICKET".

Now that the world cup is just a few days ahead and the team India is fitting in to the groove elegantly with sheer fighting spirits with two back to back series wins in its kitty, it seems we have all the needed armory with acute strengths and in firm shape to pierce any opposition to shatters and decimate any attack to ashes to lift the most coveted cup of cricket.Yeh! we are looking stronger after these wins and these offer that quintessential feel-good ahead of the Caribbean extravaganza.We have sent the message clear, that we are very much in contention for bringing back the Word cup.The men in blue seems to have gained back the much needed inspiration, motivation, perseverance, tenacity, bravery and above all the passion for the game called cricket, after the fantastic comeback of a few players like Sourav and Zaheer in to the team. That flexibility in batting and that extra depth in the bowling department puts us at an option to choose the best 11 every game.It looks like we have a lot of options to choose the players from, as everyone is performing now and thats a very good sign and has positive competition for the place in the playing 11 in the team as well.After tickling my Grey cells for a while, I am up with my playing eleven for the world cup,

1) Utthapa
2) Ganguly
3) Tendulkar
4) Dravid
5) Yuraj
6) Shewag
7) Dhoni
8) Munaf/Pathan
9) Agarkar
10) Bhajji
11) Zaheer

Coming to the justification of various options that I have choosen,
The marauding batsman Uthappa and Sourav have already proved that they can provide us the solid starts that we need to utilize the Power plays,Dada has that natural elegance of adapting to the situation even if a wicket falls at the beginning. Following them would be the much proclaimed and accepted topical worlds greatest batsman Sachin and to fit in next like a brick is our captain and rock solid Rahul Dravid to steady the ship in crisis and hold the innings together. The middle order looks fabulous and in great strength with the trio of powerful batsmen Yuvraj, Dhoni and Sehwag.Then to choose the four bowlers is the toughest job. Zaheer and Bajji would surely be there, then if we want that extra depth in batting, we would have to go with Agarkar and Pathan, but Munaf and Sreesanth would also be in consideration for better bowling attack if we need. With this we would have Tendulkar, Sourav, Sehwag and Yuvi as our fifth bowling options who together should complete 10 overs. The only concern and the aspect of the game that we should continue to improve to the stage up to the world cup is fielding. Barring Yuvi and Uthappa the infield lacks athleticism, and apart from Sreesanth and Agarkar, no one has a strong throwing arm in the deep. The slip cordon is ok with Dravid and Sachin, but all the seniors in the team have tiered legs and their fielding is soggy at times. Our fielding has to be world class if we are to win the World cup.
But you have it in you Team INDIA, go fight like real Tigers. There is entire Nation to support you, bring back the glory and decorate our crown with another World cup victory. Go Go INDIA ... We are here to cheer for you :)

Magic Duo - Thanks & Sorry

Do you really mean it?? yeh, I am talking about the same words that come out a hundred times every day for every petty thing and seldom on some really required situations. Thanks and Sorry. Mechanical repetition of these words has robbed them of their true essence, the heartfelt gratitude that the words seek to express. Real thanksgiving goes deeper than mere words; it arises out of appreciation and gratitude sometimes even for the gift of life out of a sense of wonder and humility, acknowledgment and submission. We can recall plenty of incidents when these words are uttered distantly and impassively. But, very few of us would be able to recount even a single incident in the recent past when a warm and heartfelt gratitude was either given or received. Gratitude is more than just another emotion or expression of humility. It is an attitude, a way of life, even a gateway to a happy, positive and reassured life. Incredible as it might seem, this simple emotion has the potential to release positive forces like love, hope, compassion, humility, joy, reassurance and faith in an individual's life. In the material world, gratitude is like a smile which sooths us instantly of the wrong committed and helps the other feel proud for the help rendered. If sincere, it transmits immense joy to both the giver and receiver even in those domains where there is a very practical exchange of money and services, It has the power to change a foe in to a friend. An attitude to gratitude towards life itself helps us look beyond the material world and view life as the gift as it truly is. It helps us focus on those little blessings of life, which are otherwise either shrugged off or taken for granted. A loving spouse, affectionate children, caring friends, supportive family, and fulfilling career, the blessings are different for different people. But most of the time, we fail to realize the importance of these simple blessings while we still have them, and end up valuing them only when we lose them or when it is too late. What we're left with is a lingering regret of never having cared enough, allowing ourselves to feel dejected and guilty. Gratitude helps us experience the present and cherish the beauty of life. The permanence of life and its gifts is a universal truth. Gratitude is probably one of the most effective cures for that widespread affliction called negative attitude. But there is no market for your sorrows, so never advertise your feelings, be thankful and convey when you really mean it. Do you feel the same way to have had an un-supporting manager as me?? Be grateful that you have an option to leave the job and start afresh [: p]. You have a loved one not talking to you now? Be grateful for all the moments you could spend with her when she was around. Be sorry to her and exchange your talk to reunite. The attitude to gratitude helps us keep faith and hope alive, even when we hit a real low. Most importantly, it dissipates those typical and unavoidable negative perspectives, where Ego overtakes the hearts wishes, which often results in self-destruction of intimacy, to make times tougher. The words 'thank you' and 'Sorry' have the potential to change the course of your life. Listing out all the things you feel grateful for, is a therapeutic exercise that is sure to chase away the most persistent blues. Say 'Thanks or Sorry ' see the magical change these words bring in your perspective towards life. This is one Gandhigiri kinda thing that I had inherited from the movie Lage Rahoo Munnaa Bhai. After all this the next post of mine to follow, I am thinking, would be about the letter to my manager at the end of the previous year, during the appraisal time, which has done great magic in getting things done as per my wish !!! So keep waiting… and thanks for reading.

PS : By the way, I just found to have compiled 50 Posts on my blog, my first one was way back in April 2006, and at that time, I naively planned to post something, every now and then with out much gap, Like 30 posts per month : p. But as it often happens in life, our best-laid plans go away. Still, it's an accomplishment to have shown up 50 times in this space for me. (btw - blogger numbers them, I'm not so abject to have counted them!!) Blogging has helped me to rediscover the love for writing that I had almost forgotten and made me inclined to jot what ever, but I still thrive on mediocrity and conformity, for the fear of being compelled to host another treat, to my friends if flagged up and boast of any kind of un awarded achievement !! [ I am very poor this month, had 4K tax deductions from my salary :( ] all falls wrong at the same time, Stupid salary, I think I am hating it these days, Errrr! Only for this month...

The year It was ....

Quick Handshakes, Hellos and Hiis, strangers, Many new faces, Formal dresses, Project Deadlines, Confusion, Craziness, Scattered rooms, Disheveled cloths, Strange Pathways, Petty conversations, Debates and Discussions, Titters and Smiles, Excitement, Nervousness, First Days, Code reviews, Escalations, Friday fun days, Online quizzes, Awards and rewards, Pubs and discos, Short cricket matches, Interesting chats, Relaxation, Quiet Talks, Online games, Google talk, BMTC busses, Unending Journeys, office carriers, Brand new Library, EGL Quad , Sunset, Golf Parks, Beauty, Late night office, Pizzas, Laptop, Music, IM, Ipod, Corner House, Chicken Biryani, Friends, Chocolate Milkshakes, Memorable Giggles and Laughter, Solitude, A few tears, Early Mornings, Swollen Eyes, Cappuccino, Frantic Thoughts, A hand on the shoulder, Concerned Eyes, Thoughtfulness, Stalking, Old Friends, Wonderful People, Laughter, Saturday nights, Movies, INOX theater, Snacks, Snuggles, Cold Windy Nights, Long Lone Walks, Movies, Blushing girls, Garden talks, Long Distance Phone Calls, Birthdays, Love Songs, Cool cakes, Jealousy, Betrayal, Heartbroken, Care, trust, Consideration, Blogging, Everyday forward mails, Random videos, Endless Hours, Holding Hands, Dancing, Proposals, Winter Evenings, Wandering Thoughts, Reminiscing, Long tours, picnics, mocking, dumbsy, Dares, Adventures, Surprises, Excitement, Parties, Fun, Hurried Goodbyes, Promises, Rethinking, Long phone calls, Brown Eyes, Hope, Rejections, Agreements, PVR cinemas, Shares, Salaries, Appraisals, Gossip, Reimbursements, Mid night strolling, Excuses, TOI news Paper, Critics, Suggestions …. And Many more

Bye Bye Vidya !!

How good a team were we !! Rollicking all the time. Enjoying each moment at our work. Always oozing with youthful exuberance. Cracking jokes, Mocking and shooting those humorous satires on each other all the time.But the permanent absence of one, from this rocking team of ours would cause a dent for sure and we don't know how would we be to each other after Vidya had left.The void can never be filled, The jokes that we shoot on each other, Those fun and frolic filled fightings, Those Little squabbles for gaining upper hand by commenting that one team always had less work than the other.Those little niggles and quibbles with Vidya for all those "working from home" mails !!!!!. But all that was for fun, This last working day mail from Vidya was a real heartener to all our team members,We miss her as much as she would be missing all of us,all those Tom and Jerry brabbles, pettifoggeries and every moment that we enjoyed at work. We promised her of attending her Wedding on feb 10 at Udipi,and we would surely keep our promise.Wish you success always Vidya, have a beautiful life all through your journey ahead, sayanora with saddened souls.

Your are in 2007 !!!!

What reflects new year 2007? You are in 2007 when ...

1) You wake up and go straight to check your mails on internet with out smelling the brewing cup of coffee.
2) When you want to be updated about all the Gossip on Stars than the actual important news to debate with your friends.
3) You go back to your home to get your forgotten mobile with out which your day does not seem to go along,and laugh at yourself when you remember that you have in fact grown 20 years with out it.
4) When you are tilt your heads to just smile :)
5) When you feel that your Maid earns more than you when she takes her monthly wage from you.
7) When you crave for peace of mind and need a vacation to meet your family in person.
8) when you don't have time to find that number 6) was missing in this list
9) When you have 7-8 items that you need to carry to office (Id card, Desk keys, Comb, Hanky, Mobile, Watch, wallet) each day.

10) When you become so bored and tiered at office, that you desperately need some time to relax your mind by reading other stuff like these blogs, personal mails etc.
11) When you have at least 10 phone numbers to reach your family of 4.
12) When your child says "what a beautiful screen saver !!!" when he is taken to an aquarium museum.

Resolutions 2007......

Did you happen see the fireworks? No? Well, we have just bade a glitzy adieu to 2006, to ring in the New Year in a grand, grand fashion.The Spot of new year obviously brings joys, rejuvenates the pressed up souls, creates a new beginning in the fresh lives.Its a source of all new episodes which brings the troglodyte in an individual to a new form with his creative and innovative ideas to make him move with the moving world as a sophisticated individual. With the ushering of the New Year, steps in the resolutions one has to take and follow for this year. I have my share adopted already for this new year 2007 !!
1) In polar to my last year 2006, I have resolved to keep all my resolutions, and to strictly follow them by each word (I know this sounds a bit insane and a bit crazy!!, hmmmm at least few of them If not all.. )
2) Wake up early in the morning everyday between 9 and 10 AM :P
3) Stay away from "This is girl is charmingly Beautiful" syndrome.
4) Carry forward all my last years resolutions (Copy + Paste Kinda thing)
5) Give more time for Myself, My friends, and My family. Keep in touch with everyone, write letters when ever possible.
6) Transform from a Workaholic being to a more holistic social being by giving preference to Life than Work.
7) Stop all those Tom and Jerry Squabbles with Kutty, which worsened our intimacy all this year.
8) Watch only The worth watching movies instead of all of them for just passing time in theaters (Just recalled the movies I have seen this year, was stunned to know that it was more than 75!!)
9) Allocate more time to read all my Favorite Novels again.
10) Take some serious time for preparing for CAT
11) Do not procrastinate anything, complete it when I desire to complete.

Happy Birth Day ra Rama ....

Time: 10th December 00:00 AM, in fact its 5 minutes past Midnight.
Location: IBM, EGA-1B-249, Domlur-Bangalore.
Importance: My Best Buddies Birthday.

This is my axiom; I guess many skeptics would find it hard to take. But believe it or not, faith can move mountains. You are what you believe yourself to be. Your body, language , style everything speaks volumes about you. That is again shaped by the thought you have of yourself and way adopt to drive it. Now, having said about what faith can do, I can’t stop saying about one thing that has become a synonym of faith in my life, Ramakanth. Yes my best friend for this life.The only person that I have been all my life waiting and for whom I would die a throb for. True definition of a friend, whom I trust to the core.

Human life is full of ups and downs. There are many a occasion when one gets so much frustrated that he wants to end his life, but this feeling will not remain for long time. This feeling of disinterest in this material world and relationship is for very short time. At this time one needs proper consultation from someone who is very close to that buddy or some expert or a psychiatric .As human life is very important. It is mentioned in Indian mythology that after passing 84 crores lives, we are born human....Yeh may be that’s why I think I had this friend to support me at each point when I was traveling through some very grueling periods of life. The period when none believed what went wrong on my part to have become bad in a few hearts. I still remember the day when Rama came to give some moral or emotional strength to face the hardship in my B-Tech days with courage. I thank him for what he has been all through my Life. And today is one more colorful day in his life, for, Its his 23rd Birthday. I can only wish him a very happy birthday as I am not with him today to celebrate his birthday as we did the last year midnight, in the bright lights on the Tank Bund Hyderabad. Happy Birthday raa Rama. Live Long.










The words which he wrote in one of my birthday letters are still safe in my diary and echo each time in my ears when ever I feel down and out with problems, "Things happen not as we want them to, but according to a pre-ordained scheme of things, over which we have little control. We were not consulted about the choice of our parents, place of birth, our sex. Neither will we be consulted about our time of death, its place and manner. The cards are dealt to us. We have to play them to the best of our ability. We do not gain anything by fretting or fuming over things over which we have no control whatsoever. We only become unhappy in the process. Accept gracefully the things given to us, the good or bad, and abjectly surrender to the dictates of destiny. Life does not lend itself to strictly scientific analysis. In the rough and tumble of life two plus two may not necessarily equal to four. There are many questions for which we have no answers" . May be I never heard any thing like this even from my Dad and Mom, I dont know If I want to find a Dad and Mom or for that instance any of the ones whom I met in this Life, in my next life, But I would not be born with out Rama as My friend again. Happy Birth day raa and I love you for what you have been to me.