Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Change -- It matters
The smell of chicken begging you to eat it,
The taste of chicken challenging the taste buds,
A visual treat in the form of the silent Arabian sea,
The Gateway of India standing tall awaiting its usual flush of visitors,
The beauty of Taj under construction,
Sitting with the police people and the dabba which is supposed to be a bullet proof vehicle to shield them from the so called terrorists (Enna koduma sir ithu),
A chat with a friend recollecting fond memories of my college and work place,
The Adrak ka chai at 3.30 in the morning,
An enlightenment, a bliss, lighting of the intellect.
How important change is. All this i wouldn’t have relished if I had not gone to the Gateway of India with my friend taking a break from the usual routine of college. Well a sudden plan, a sudden decision as usual turned out very well. It just happened – No other best sentence to describe it. We had planned to go to the Marine Drive but my inclination towards food led us towards Bade Miyan on the backside of Taj. We sat for our second stint of dinner and finished it at 1 AM. Recollecting what had happened on the dreaded night of 26/11 at Taj, we just had a lazy walk around the Taj and settled down before the entrance along with the police in charge. We had our casual chat and made our way back home at around 4 in the morning. And as I write this, I am not at all sure whether I will be able to attend tomorrow's lecture at 9 AM. Hopefully because I can’t afford to miss one another good lecture.
P.S --> Just a sheer coincidence that it is the longest day of 2009.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Attachment --> Is it Right or Wrong?
I was just wondering what attachment was? A difficult question to answer atleast for me. A few years back there was the same question which led to an argument with my Senior Project Manager. We still couldnt arrive at a conclusion after arguing for nearly 2.5 hours. Now when i think about that again, it still puzzles me. It may be termed as a love, an affection, a possessiveness, a bond. But does it really help an individual. I dont think so. An individual should operate with both heart as well as mind. A striking balance will always benefit him/her.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
A Magician's Voice
Scene 1: My entry was followed by a song sung by Asha ji. The interesting part of it was, it was something related to Chaand (jo mere sar pe dikne lag gaya hai) and she had sung the same song long before in 1984 before singing it again only now in 2009, the year in which i was born. Then a Marathi Song, obviously i couldnt understand the lyrics but i was amazed at the beauty of her voice. She was able to sustain and stretch the flow at the age of 76.
Scene 2: Since she needed the required break, The songs were juggled between Asha Bhosle ji and Javed Ali (The only Indian student of Ghulam Ali and the winner of IIFA award). A new comer but he just had the wands to pierce music into my heart. In fact, he has made me a fan of Kehne ko Jashna from Jodha Akbar. I was spellbound and this changed my whole perspective of listening to hindi songs. Till now i had never concentrated on the lyrics of any hindi song and this guy made me change my stance. It was followed by Maula Maula from Delhi- 6. Now this guy needed a break it seems.
Scene 3: So clad in a beautiful Rose Saree, walked in the Queen. Chura liya hai Tumne jo dil ko. The words did make some meaning. It was followed by Yeh Desh mein zulfoh ka andhera, Aayiye Mehrabaan, Do lafzoon ki hai Dil ki Kahaani and Pucho naa yaar kya hua. And she was narrating the funny incidents and insights on how song was recorded in earlier days. How they had to repeat the full song even if there was a slight mistake. I was and am surprised as to how the people who reach great heights could maintain their humor sense. Break.
Scene 4: Javed Ali's Entry. Songs sung - Aaj Mausam bada Beiman Bada, Hai Guzarish from Ghajini and Tumne Mujhe Dekha from Theesiri Manzil. Break.
Scene 5: The final touch laid in the hands of Asha Bhosle ji. She walked in to sing in the olden days sizzlers.Aa na gale lagao na was the first song. The tempo was in a upbeat mode and Oh mere sona re sona re, Gajna mohabet wala, Jumka gira re was much more than enough to kindle the excitement of my spirit inside me. To add an icing on the cake, a punch to the end was given in the form of my favorite song Dum maro dum. Though the concert was extended for half an hour, it ended very soon for me.
But a very nice experience after a very long time.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Chiran's Magic
I was just awestruck by his composition and just wanted to share. If at all you have the time, do listen to it..
Chiran's Magic .
Chiran,
Nee sonna maathiriyae senjutan da....
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Loop Holes ??? I got to understand it today!!!!
Saturday, September 05, 2009
DJ Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggghttt
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Is it Fair??
But one another scene in the movie which moved me was the scene which involved that little girl selvi, when Shobana goes searching for Muthu. When that little girl Selvi takes Tamanna home.
When Tamanna asks on whether she is studying, she replies with a dejected face that her father had stopped her studies just because her brother wanted to continue with his studies. This situation still prevails in many parts of our country. The girl child are still discriminated and are not allowed to study.
Wake up. The pillars of our country. It is time to stand high and do something. Be the change. Our country needs our help. It is time for action.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Hum Honge Kamiyaab
Hum Honge Kamiyaab, Hum Honge Kamiyaab
Hum Honge Kamiyaab Ek Din,
Man main hai vishwas pura hai vishwas,
Hum Honge Kamiyaab Ek Din
Hogi Shanthi Charo aur, Hogi Shanthi Charo aur
Hogi Shanthi Charo aur Ek Din,
Man main hai vishwas pura hai vishwas,
Hogi Shanthi Charo aur Ek Din
Hum Chalenge Saath Saath, Hum Chalenge Saath Saath,
Hum Chalenge Saath Saath Ek Din,
Man main hai vishwas pura hai vishwas,
Hum Chalenge Saath Saath Ek Din
Nahi Dar kisi ka aaj, Nahi bhay kisika aaj,
Nahi Dar kisi ka aaj ke Din,
Man main hai vishwas pura hai vishwas,
Nahi Dar kisi ka aaj ke Din
Well i was just reminded of my school after seeing the movie Kalloori. Nostalgia.
Thought of penning it down.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
2 Choices
Now after reading this, you have the decision to make on whether this piece is interesting or boring. After that you can be either happy or angry. You may either congratulate me or plan to hit me. And for your information, i had written 2 consecutive articles in a space of 2 days.
Sari Sari Sari aluga koodathu...
Monday, August 17, 2009
A Battle between Mind and Intellect
Since i completed my first part of college life. Again when i start afresh, my intellect has gone for a toss. Well it is about my concentration that i am worried about. I still remember the day when i studied for 9 hours continuous without a single break. And now 1.5 hours and 6 breaks in between.. Where am i heading to???
Is my mind gaining control over my Intellect. I will have to stop this at any cost..
The sooner the better!!!
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Another Beautiful Day
I write this because of two important reasons, one i was reminded of one such thought which provoked me to have so many friends in my life and this is the first time that i had really celebrated the Friendship day other than sending sms and wishing each other...
Thanks to Vipul, Chandini, Pravin, Shantanu, Bhawna and Prakruti. Though it was for a short period of 1 hour and a very short one, it was very entertaining.... Believe me, it was the best one could do, that too knowing about these many in such a short span of time...
Now moving on to that particular thought, well i was a very timid guy in my school days...I used to take a lot of time to gel with people unknown to me... i still remember when one of my dad's friend asked me "How are you?", i just smiled trying to show that i am happy and didnt even bother to ask him back...The same thing continued during my first semester of my college days.. I would have been the same guy till now when one my college mate insulted me (I dont want to go into the details). Well that was when i took a resolution that when i come out of the college, i should be known by each and every guy well... That was the turning point...There i took the gaint leap and till today i continue that, to make as many friends as possible and not lose touch with them....
It wouldnt be good if i dont mention about the Hero who made me understand the power of friendship... Touch wood, it is none other than my DAD who still has maintained his friendship with his MCom Classmates for nearly 25-30 years...
Touch wood, Touch wood, Touch wood for all!!!!
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Greatest Gift!!!
Was just seeing Abhiyum Naanum.. Kudos to Director Radha Mohan for having brought out the emotions of relationship well. Just got me back to my childhood days on how my parents would have enjoyed my torture...
No wonder the greatest gift a child can have, are Mom and Dad and a heart to enjoy the relationship.
Mind = Monkey
Though i was planning to listen to the whole lecture carefully, my mind took over my Intellect and i was sleeping for most of the lecture. At one situation it was so worse that, the person sitting in front of me was asking a question and i was sleeping nicely. Probably late nights was taking its toll.
Today was basically an awareness creating session. Now what exactly happenned!!!
A general question was put up - Are we all following the herd mentality?? Ya to an extent i can agree to this. Most of the people do what they are doing just because others are doing it or they are being forced to do and which they never want to do. People never muster their courage to do what they want. But let me see that in a different angle, in today's world a person survives only when he is able to bend according to the situations. Now if he doesnt do what other person wants him to do, then he/she is sure to face the axe.
When does this get over or Why does our mind do this...??
Well there are a few reasons as explained by Vedanta folks!!!
- We are so obssessed with our Likes and Dislikes that we dont tend to think outside that. Hatke, is it really bad to have our own tastes. When one says that we need to focus on what we are doing and only when we have our own Likes that we progress faster towards our goal.
- Another one, we always spend time about our past worries and future anxieties. Ya to an extent, i can agree to this but i seriously doubt whether it is really possible for a person to spend time concentrating on the present. Probably yes, for a saint. But are we human beings really prepared to attain that height. and is it feasible in this fast moving world. I dont think so, in fact close to impossible.
- The last was Desire for what you do not have. As John D Rockefeller (First billionaire) had answered for "How much money is enough money?" - Just a little bit more. Well i could seriously support my fullest to this point. We all run behind what we do not have. Though i really understand that a person is never contented with what he/she has, it is always possible for a person to control his/ her desires to an extent...
Well this was just the starting... Let us see what happens in the future (i meant our classes).
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Power of Ssssshhhhhh…
When confronted with a question on why he always keeps silent on all the questions posed to him, he coolly replies “Keeping Silent is also an answer for a question”. Except for the final part of his tenure, we all know about all the revolutions he brought about in India.
Now what does Silence help us achieve in conversation:-
- We remain calm, so we are in better control of the situation.
- Even if there is indifference in opinion, it allows the other person to think whether it would be right for him/her to put forth his point.
- The other person gets an idea of whether you are interested in the conversation.
- It can command respect in a way.
- Empathy Empathy Empathy. You can always think in other person’s {point of view} shoes (If you get a chance, then do run away with it.)
- A speedy solution to a problem.
- It is a win-win situation for all.
Well I know there are many more, but no more boring. Abi tho picture baaki hai dosth.
A favourite dialogue, as it goes from a Tamil movie – “Oruthan ethana pera adikuran nu mukkiyam illa, gammunu evalo peru kitta adi vaanguraan nu thaan mukkiyam.”
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Mumbai Trains!!!
within minutes you are inside the train. Within a very short span of 20 secs, all the people are out and in. I was simply blowed off by the beaming energy shown by the Mumbaikars. Hats off to the Mumbai locals!!!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Beat the Heat
Today i sit in Mumbai which is pretty cool. The rain gods are showering their love for me. I was just wondering about how i had spent the time in Trivandrum, Chennai and Kolkata. Contrary to the climate here the Sun god had decided to show me his powers in all the 3 cities. Probably my body has become too laxed to accept the torture as i have had the privilege of working in an AC office or there is something seriously wrong with the Environment. Inda Koduma because Trivandrum which a few years back was pretty cool, is now equalling Chennai in terms of heat in the afternoon. Nothing can be blamed on the mankind as the time is running so fast that if a person doesnt run the race of life, he/she fail's to qualify for the race. One thing is for sure, if we dont take the necessary precautionary steps right from this moment, then it is our future generations who are going to face the axe. I dont want to reiterate through all the basic things which all of us know like Plant more trees, Say No to plastics blah blah... Just that if all of us can take a step ahead in implementing atleast one of these then our future generations are at safe hands. Manam irundaal margabandu... It is now upto an individual to provide a greener environment or a browner environment to his/her generation.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
God's Own Country Again
Before I start, No net connection to post these. Just had come to net centre today after 20 long days, so posting it late.
My spree of lie’s didn’t help me to stay in Chennai. Have reached Trivandrum safely but that too after a small drama of missing the Train. Will write off that later.
To describe God’s Own Country, It is no exception to the most beautiful Nature as well as Girls ;). Didn’t get much time in the beginning to explore the former part as I was busy oor suthifying (With my mom only. Didn’t go to many places. In fact went only to temples ) and exploring the office premises. Now I do have opened up my database. But the count here in Infosys is pretty small. So have to search in other offices which happens only during my lunch time.
To tell something about our office, We have 2 buildings here. Thejaswini (7 Floors) and Bhavani (6 Floors) (But i couldn’t find anyone with that name). We have our office in both the buildings. The first and the third floor in Bhavani and the second floor in Thejaswini is occupied by Infosys. I am seated in Bhavani. Lot of space crunch to manage which they are coming up with a new SEZ here in Trivandrum, some 3KMS from the current location. Lot of companies surrounds us(TCS, UST Global, Allainz Cornhill ............). The people here are so silent that even a phone ring would make them stand and look at you as an alien. So for a person like me, it is going to be very tough who shouts from one to the other in Mahindra City, Chennai. My drought (Project off course) which was on for 4 long months due to a very great person (My PM. Hope you can understand) has come to an end at last. Have got a project here. Going to work for a client called WAITROSE, a grocery shop in simple terms. A hectic project (as usual) and we would be joining the project in design phase which starts in April first week. They are expecting the peak size to go up to 45.
Now coming to my Favorite. FOOD. Lot of food courts, there are nearly 21 vendors inside Techno park. So you can imagine the plethora of options available to us. Chikking Chicken, Zero Degree, Baskin and Robbins, Bikes, Subway, Geethanjali, Rangoli, and lot more . Not able to recollect the names of many. But I feel the cost of the food is pretty costly unlike Chennai. To add on to these, there are many options to be tried outside Techno park which suits our pocket.
Have got a house pretty near to office, just 1.4 KMS from office. But the rent is on the higher side (5.5 K). So finally things getting settled. Let’s see how my life gets molded with time.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Just an info to share
P.S--> The information furnished below is purely based on what i have heard. No research work has gone into this. So this piece of information may be totally true or totally vary according to insurance companies or individuals. Risk edukaradu rusk saapduramaathiri na, you can go ahead and read.
Consider an Insurance company that promises a return of Rs 125 in a period of 10 years for Rs 100 that we invest. The amount is divided into two, one for Shares and the other for Debt (Debt is something like Vaddi i.e they lend the money to the one who is in need, for some interest.). The percentage of division, of course is decided by the fund manager who is exclusively present for these kinds of work. Let us say Rs 50 goes in Shares and the rest goes into debt. So for the 10 years they will keep on investing the original amount as well the returns that they get, in shares and debt. And at the end of 10 years, say they get back Rs 200. but what they had promised was just Rs 125. They give us the money that was promised and the rest is invested in Debt. And it is a general rule in the world of Insurance that If the share market goes down, the Debt automatically increases and vice-versa. And there never happens a situation where one can see a loss in Debt (this is logical).
Monday, January 26, 2009
Marathon - First Prize
We had to go to a place which was some 2Kms ahead and take a U turn and return.Just before the race, i had only one thing in mind. At any cost, we should complete the Marathon. Urundu Urundavathu reach the finishing line. With this only target in mind, i geared up for the race. With no space in the front, stood in the end with just a few friends beside me. An ambulance and a sumo was supposed to follow us all throughout the race. Water and Glucose was kept at regular check points. This all was done considering the safety of the employees. Once the signal was given, i sprinted like a bullet. Not even a single break in between.When i had completed more than 75% of the race, i could still see few people huffing and panting to reach that distance. Well if all this had hapenned, then i would have been really happy. But nothing as mentioned above hapenned. I completed first but from the last. The 4 KMs had created a false impression in my mind. I realized this only while running. Only one part of this was true. I was standing in the last with few folks beside me. The signal was given and the race started. But all the folks standing first ran very fast. I was one of the few who were left behind. And i was the only person who stopped at the first check point to have water. At the second check point, i saw one of my friend who was in the same position as me. As usual had water at the second check point too. We both were not in a position to run so we both started walking joking and laughing all the way. We would have just completed 25% of our distance, a guy was making his return journey( He was the winner. Well he was a sportsperson. A hockey player. Right from the beginning, he ran at the same pace.). With just 300 metres to complete the race and with the finishing point in our sight, we started running the rest of the distance. The only solace that we got was a standing ovation from a few guys who saw us running the last few steps. Well my intention was fulfilled, i completed the Marathon with a bit of running and more of walking. And one important learning from this was, my stamina was and is very very less. Hope to improve that in the coming days.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Trip to Thiruvannamalai
Some 3 learnings which i could never forget:-
- One Only Money is respected everywhere be it temple. Because when i had put a 10 Rs note on the darshan plate, that pujari gave me the prasad of ash and kumkum whereas none of the others got it. Only then did i realize this.
- Two, Eyes sorry boards always mislead us. So experience each and everything before concluding. It was about the 2KMs that i had mentioned earlier.
- Third, on the lighter side. Rajagopal vaayala mattum thaan vada suduvan. While we were walking, he was saying "On the way back, no one should sleep. The FM should be in full sound. Prem it is your duty to not let Ravi sleep." Do you know who was the first person to sleep. It was none other than Rajagopal. and the second one to follow was Prem. And he would get up in between and would blabber something and again sleep off.