Breaking The Ice

Neha : Do you think anything has changed in your life after marriage

Vivek : Hmmm. Why this question suddenly?

Neha : Just like that. Some of my friends were asking me this question and I can think of a big list, just wanted to know what you think about this.

Vivek : I'll have to think about it.

Neha : Hey you have not posted anything on your blog for a long time, why don't you write a post on this topic.

Vivek : Wonderful.You know what I've been thinking of posting something for a long long time but somehow can't start only.

Neha : And why is that?

Vivek : There is this small poem from Gulzar which will aptly describe why I'm not able to write anything.

Nazm Uljhi Hui Hai Seene Mein
Misre Atke Hai Hothon Par.
Lafs Kagaj Par Baiththe Hi Nahi..
Udte Firte Hai Titliyon Ki Tarah.

Kab Se Baithaa Hun Main Jaanam
Saade kaagaz Pe Likh Ke Naam Tera
Bas Tera Naam Hi Mukammal Hai
Is Se Behtar Bhi Nazm Kyaa Hogi

( Translates to
A poem is tangled in my chest.
Stanzas are trapped at my lips,
Fluttering like butterflies
words refuse to settle on paper.
I have labored for hours my darling
After I wrote your name
on a blank sheet of paper.
Your name itself is so beautiful.
What poem can excel that? .. (Thank you Google and Rumi.. whoever you are for the wonderful translation. Sorry I lifted it without your permission :-) !!!)


Neha : Aapki Zarra-Nawazi ka behad-behad shukriya.

Vivek : Kya baat hai.. You also getting in poetic mood. :-)

Neha : Bus Janaab Ki Meherbaaniyan Hai.

Vivek : Acha let's come back to the main topic, you wanted to know what has changed for me after marriage.

Neha : Yup

Vivek : You want to know good things or bad things.

Neha : Acha.. bad things bhi hai kya ;-)

Vivek : Why not? A coin always has two sides.

Neha : Hmm.. Tell me both.

Vivek : Done... Next post will be on this topic. Keep watching this space.



P.S. - Note that Jhum has been replaced by Neha in this and all the future posts , as all the imaginations in the name of Jhum have become a reality in form of Neha. :-)

So Another year has passed by. Generally speaking, the year wasn't that great for the world. Infact it was one of the worst years that I've seen in my life. A year marred by bomb-blast, terrorist attacks, financial meltdowns, rising prices, etc etc. I am actually thinking if anything good happened this year, yes there were lot of success in cricket and other sports for India, India's Chandrayan mission was successful, but apart from that how hard I think I am not able to find any thing good that happened this year.

But personally speaking the year was good for me, should I say a landmark year for me.And if I compare it with 2007 then I won't be wrong if I say this year was one of the best and 2007 was one of the worst.

January was just great, after a lot of unsuccessful attempts at job interviews I did manage to clear one, and that too a big one. Cisco. And this co-incided exactly with the with a new member in the family. Cousin sister was blessed with a baby girl, no wonder she is named Angel :-) . This was followed by another offer from NetApp. A double delight in the space of 5 days. I had a chance to make it triple delight but decided not to.

February was tough, and busy. Lot of work was left to be finished before I left Alcatel-Lucent. The month was difficult also, because the managers there were trying to convince me not to leave the company. It was difficult because I hate to say no and that's what I had to do.Feb 29th was the last day at Lucent and it was difficult. Wrote a big thank-you mail to my team-mates. Will surely miss them all.

March started with a bang. India's win in the CB series was exciting and so was first day at NetApp. Surely a great place to work and to add to it some real good people around. Made some really good friends in a very short period of time. Did some mistakes that I shouldn't have done. And then had a big accident. Luckily nothing happened to me but my sparky was badly damaged. She had to be towed away to the garage. And it took more than 3 months to get it back in shape.

April, May June was all fun. Lived my life to the fullest. Never had so much fun in life as I had in those three months. I was really happy with myself.

July was a turning point in my life. Parents decided that I had enough of fun and that was it. My so called independent and exciting days were about to get over. But before that I had to things that I really hated to do. I'm sorry A..... . It just did not happen. Thanks for being a lovely friend, may God give you all the happiness and everything else that you wish for.

Met Tumul after a long time. And he is the reason why I'm engaged now , never thought this will happen so soon!!!

August was spent in realising that I was officially committed. And my birthday this year was really great, the best so far. All thanks to Neha.:-) She made me feel really special. Made me realise that all the running-behind-the-girl days were over and its time to be the special one for someone special. Love You Neha :-)

September and October, I just did two things. Work and talk over the phone. Work was hectic but was enjoying every bit of it and in the meanwhile got some award also at the work place which was really very satisfying and for the first time in my 3 years at work, I felt I could make a difference.

November first half was spent in planning for the trip to kolkata to celebrate Neha's birthday and second half in catching up with the work. I realised that I have raised the bar at the workplace quite high and was always catching my tail but the work was never finishing.

December was again the same thing but the thought of a long vacation ahead made it even more exciting. Last few days of the year was spent chillaxing at home. Nothing is better in this world than sleeping in mom's lap. A good end to a good year.

And unlike last two years I did manage to take bath on the first day of the year. :-)

God Tussi Great Ho!!

God is so Unkind and Unfair. No He really is. Not that I realised it today but its just that the belief strengthened today.
This post is dedicated to the one and only Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav. Not because I'll be entering Bihar in few hours from now but because of his great service to Indian Railways and the ideas he has implented to increase the revenues of railway and making it a one of the biggest profit making public sector organisation

Before I start this post I would also want to thank Ramdev Baba without him and without Aastha Channel the possibility of writing this post was almost Zilch!
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Right now I'm in a train travelling from Howrah to Patna and to my surprise the coach is brand new.So I happily check my ticket, 26 is my berth no... Immediately the mathematical part of my brain starts calculating, ah Shit! Its a middle berth..
F****** bad luck. I enter the train, what do I see there are 9 berths in each coupe instead of normal 8. The side one also has a middle berth now. And then the very generous Murphy was very kind to me. I had the same F****** side middle berth.
The reason why I thank Ramdev Baba was because if not for him and his yoga positions I would have never been able to write this post from train.The height of this F***** side middle berth is just about enough to keep the lapton on my stomach and open it.The bed to ceiling distance for this berth would be hardly 2ft, just imagine how cramped up this place is. All thanks to Lalu Bhaiya. I dont know where does he get all this F***** brilliantly stupid ideas from.

Anyways let's come to the main story, because as they say when life throws lemons at you, squeeze them , make lemonades and have fun. So even if its 2ft of head space I wanted to and so I will write a post now.

When I was young ( people around me managed to convince me that I've become old, old enough to get married and so I'm engaged now and hence no longer young ) . Ah! lost track. Let me start again. When I was young and a little desperate the first thing I used to do before boarding a train was to check the passenger's list of my coach and at the same time pray to God, God! My Lord! This time, for once .. just for once please put at least one Girl of my age in my coupe.
But as I said God is so unfair and unkind, in last 7 years I swear to God never did he answer my prayers.
So when I lost my young-ness (does that word even exist!) and desperateness that is after I got engaged I prayed to God again. Oh God! My lord,please put some good guys in my coupe, who play cards and a fun company so that I do not get bored.

As I said He is so unkind and unfair, He for some reason, (I'm sure to tease me ) put a good looking girl in the berth above mine. I looked up ( in the sky) and asked why!!! for what F****** reason you making fun of me Why now?
Anyways, I decided I will not talk to that girl first. I don't need to. If she talks then it is fine but I will not make the first move. I dont need to (I know what you are thinking. yes I'm a stupid narrow minded A****** ). 16 hrs passed and I didn't speak a word to her. Though out of those 16 hrs , she was sitting facing me for 8 hrs. Anyways after doing all the timepass I decided to strike a conversation with her. We started talking and we talked for about 15 mins or so, Came to know she is an engineer working in a bangalore based MNC and 2 years junior to me. After 15 mins for some reason I told her that I've to meet my fiance in Kolkata. And that was the last sentence in our conversation. Trust me we stopped talking then and there only. I felt like some kind of untouchable. No its not that I wanted to talk to her, but I felt I was not treated as a normal human being. Anyways I thought these are all Pyar ke side effects and it happens with everyone.
But that was not enough. After some 4-5 hrs she talked to me again. And guess what she said.
"Bhaiya yeh charger laga denge" . I said yeah sure and told myself, you know what , it still hurts when some pretty girl calls you bhaiya.

By the way my miseries didnt stop here. I boarded the train from howrah to Patna. And guess , what is the situation now.
Two very beautiful girls in my coupe and two each in coupe adjoining to my coupe.

God Tussi great Ho!!

I'm a Lawyer!!

Just a mere thought of the person who tried to break-in into my car on that lonely stretch of Mysore Road and later who threw the big stone on my car that led to a nasty accident still scares me.Its more than 6 months now but the thought of that day still sends chill through my spine.
Makes me think did I act cowardly that day. But when I think again, I realise that I was not coward, it is just that i did not act smart and did not use my brains. Anyways you can't change the past.
I always used to have this reccurent dream of being stuck up in something like that and I always used to fight with the person. I always used to think that if I'm ever stuck in some kind of robbery or kidnap I will always resist but then what we think and what we do is not always same. That day was a lesson well learnt.

Just after I hit the milestone and was bleeding profusely there were few people gathered around to see what has happened. A young man, may be in his early 30's stopped there to help me. He immediately called an ambulance and checked if I was fine. Then he noticed that my car was badly hit and it would need a major repair. He said you need to file a FIR
so that you can claim for an insurance as it was very evident that the car was new.He also explained the whole procedure of what I have to do and what do I have to tell the police.
Then he said you have my number, I am a lawyer i will help you out in claiming the insuance. Before he said that, I thought what a self less person he was. He had stopped to help me and did everything he could do at that time. But when he said that one line I was confused, whether this help was coming because he saw a prospective client in me. It might be a silly thought but then it made me think do we ever do anything without any motive ???

Rock-On!!!

Vivek : What's the best thing you can do if I give you 200 bucks...

Jhum : Hmmm.. Let me think.. Probably I will go and have chocolate ice cream at the best ice cream parlour in town.

Vivek : I'll give you a better option, go and watch "Rock On".

Jhum : Hmmm.. Abhi to movie release bhi nahi hui, how can you say that?

Vivek : Arey there was a pre-release show today, I booked the tickets and went. Fundoo stuff... I just can't get over it.

Jhum : Are aisa kya tha movie mein? DCH types

Vivek : Yeah.. Kind of DCH revisited, but I would rate it better than DCH.

Jhum : Kya bol rahe ho...Aisa kya tha movie mein

Vivek : You got to see it to feel it. Its about relationships, its about emotions, its about your dreams and if you think there is still something missing then there is Farhaan Akhtar. What a talented guy he is.. There are very few guys who I really admire and Farhaan Akhtar is definitely one of them.
The movie touches you, it makes you miss people who are very close to you. It makes you happy,it makes you jump in joy it makes your day!!!

Jhum : Oh my God!! So much tarif, then toh I definitely got to see this.

Vivek : Hey, don't go with any expectations, watch it without any thoughts, just let yourself immerse in the MAGIK created by the movie.

Jhum : I'm sure the movie must be really good, otherwise tum to bhool hi gaye the mujhe.

Vivek : I know :-) You know when we came out of the theatre, everyone of us was humming the songs of the movie and when we got into the car it was Rock On all the way. Music playing at full volume and everyone of us singing gala phar ke :-)
The true happiness wala feeling, that is when you feel really happy Dil Se, aisi feeling aa rahi thi.

Jhum : That's so sweet!!

Vivek : Anyways... Whatever the critics say, don't read it, just go and watch the movie... you very hardly get to see beautiful pictures and am sure you don't want to miss this one..

Jhum : Will do that.. chal its very late now, I'll talk to you later..

Vivek : Sure.. chal good nite and sweet dreams....


P.S : Mota, Bondwa, Chomsu..miss you yar... we definitely need a re-union..Rock On guys ;-).

What do you do when your life goes in a Auto-Pilot mode? As in when you don’t take any decisions, you just let things happen on their own as if you don’t care.
What do you do when you have to accept things when you don’t want to. What do you do when you have to say Yes when you actually wanted to say NO or vice-versa.

Take a break?? Yes and that’s what I’m doing. A trip to home, with more than 100hrs to spend on train and that too Alone… It can’t get better than this!!!

Momma I’m coming home :-)

Itna Lamba Kash Lo yaaron..

Itna Lamba Kash Lo Yaaron,
Dum Nikal Jaaye...
Yeh Zindagi Sulgao yaaron,
Gam Nikal Jaaye...


Jhum : You looked so tensed yesterday... Is everything alright?

Vivek : Badi fikar hai meri... :-)

Jhum : Oh ho.. majak mat karo.. Tell na.. what happened

Vivek : Nothing re.. Just had a bad start to the morning.

Jhum : Kya hua, I didn't call you in the morning isliye kya :-D

Vivek : No... I don't expect your calls these days..

Jhum : Then?

Vivek : Did you read yesterday's paper, about a scientist family committing suicide, the father died and others survived.

Jhum : Oh ya.. I did.. so sad na.. wat about them.

Vivek : I knew the family

Jhum : How?

Vivek : The girl who survived, Shruti, I taught her last year for few days. Shit man.. the family looked so happy today. I
can's still believe that they were in so much trouble.

Jhum : Oh that's so bad...

Vivek : Ya..the girl was so intelligent. She had a bright future ahead, but looks like everything will be ruined now

Jhum : Why do people have to take such drastic steps.

Vivek : Even I was wondering the same whole day. It seems the whole family was in a big debt and that's why they took the drastic step. But now what, the father has died, though the mother was also working but now its gonna be even more tough for them. Sometimes a few decisions can change the whole life.

Jhum : Hmmm

Vivek : I'm feeling so bad for the kids. Anyways.. I just wonder sometimes when do people give up, or what makes them give up. There are moments of weakness, when you feel really low, when you feel like doing things that you normally shouldn't do.

Jhum : Ya,,,and research says if somehow you overcome those moments then everything will be fine.

Vivek : Some say the people who commit suicide are very strong. it really requires some effort to do such co-wardly act.

Jhum : Hmmm...I reas this news about a boy putting a webcam on and committing suicide showing it live to his girl-friend who recently had ditched him.

Vivek : Girls are always like that..They always ditch ... On a serious note, I just hate people who commit suicide because of failed realtionship. But in general there are some situtations where suicides is justified.

Jhum : Hey let's not talk about this self-happy thing. It makes me feel sick.

Vivek : Ya me too... I was sulking whole day yesterday. I just hope things change for the family and they start their new lives with new hope. Though its bookish but then every day is a new day.

Jhum : Hope so...

Vivek : Chal I have to go now.. will talk to you later.

Jhum : Arey... what change. You are saying bye first ?

Vivek : He He He... Just that I don't like talking much these days... It makes me feel tired :-)

Jhum : What stupid reason

Vivek : Ok how about this.. I find girls boring now :-)

Jhum : What!!! Bye.. I don't wanna talk to u ..

Vivek : Hey I didn't mean that

Jhum : Bye!!!!!

Vivek : Hey waiiiiiiiiiit!!!

Kaat diya...Now i have to find new ways to say sorry.. Girls are so boring I say!!!!


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P.S.- RIP MR Vijay Kumar Choyal

Good.. Bad... Ugly

The GOOD

Sachin to play against Chennai SuperKings

Balaji becomes the first bowler to take Hat-trick in IPL.

Shoaib Akhtar demolishes DelhiDareDevils.

Cheer-Leaders will not wear revealing clothes.


The BAD


MNS party workers want Bombay Stock Exchange to be renamed as Mumbai Stock Exchange, give a 7 day notice to the BSE.

Inflation on a rise, Comman man suffers.

IIMs increase Annual Fee

Vatsy posts another pointless blog!!!!

And...
The UGLY

Nargis torments Burma. 25,000 including 10,000 children feared dead. A generation lost!!!

Earthquake rattles China .... 15,000 dead, millions left homeless

Firing at Indo-Pak border,Indian army kills Infiltrators. Cease-fire at risk

Terror Strikes in Rajasthan,Serial Bomb blast in Jaipur...20 dead hundreds Injured!!!

Taare Zameen Par :-)

Jhum : You remember once I sent you a forward about stars

Vivek : You have sent me so many forwards, which one you talking about?

Jhum : I don't remember exactly but it was something like reaching for a star, u know u can't reach it but u keep trying coz.. may be 1 day that star just might fall for you...

Vivek : Ya I kind of remember...not exactly though..

Jhum : We had a long discussion on this topic.. how can u forget.. stupid!!!

Vivek : Oops!! I've become old u see ;-)

Jhum : You bet

Vivek : So what about that forward

Jhum : Nothing about it .. just that you were putting all that crap about getting stars or rather excuses for not getting the stars in your g-talk status msgs...

Vivek : Oh ok.. but they were just for timepass... Was listening to the respective songs, liked the lines and hence it was there..

Jhum : I know.. Actually you said one very interesting thing in that day's discussion when I sent you that forward

Vivek : I really don't remember.. I keep giving fundae and keep forgetting them :)

Jhum : Chaman ho tum!!

Vivek : Thanks for the compliment.. Anyways wat did I say that day...

Jhum: You said you will not wait for the star to fall for you, you'll rather make plans to reach for it and you were sure that you will each there

Vivek : Did I say that? :-)

Jhum : So.. that was all bull-shit is it?

Vivek : He He He... I dunno..

Jhum : Then

Vivek : Then wat??

Jhum : Did your plans succeed... did you reach your star?

Vivek : Scientifically speaking it is impossible to reach to a star J

Jhum : So that means you waiting for it to fall for you J

Vivek : Achanak se yeh sab questions kaha se aa gaye ???

Jhum : Batao Na!!!

Vivek : I don’t care for the stars anymore…!!!

Jhum : You don’t care ya you have given up on your dreams

Vivek : Let’s not talk about all that

Jhum : Why??

Vivek : Coz I don’t want to discuss about realizing dreams and all that bakwaas

Jhum : bakwaas!!! I think you were the one who at one time was so desperate about fulfilling all your dreams

Vivek : I don’t have any dream to be fulfilled now

Jhum : What!! Matlab tumhare zindagi mein koi lakshya nahi hai!!!

Vivek : Nahi… mere zindagi mein bus preity zinta hai … J Stop being filmy… that’s completely my territory J

Jhum : Bina lakshya ke zindagi bekaar hai Vivek

Vivek : Lakshya ke saath bhi zindagi bekaar hai.. When something you really want to achieve and for some reason you were not able to achieve then it hurts a lot.

Jhum : So you don’t want to fight because you are scared of losing?

Vivek : I didn’t say that…

Jhum : But u meant that…

Vivek : Nopes.. Pata nahi yar… even I’m confused… But What I feel, it is the journey that matters and not the destination.. I enjoy the efforts I put in something to achieve it more than when I actually achieve that thing(though I rarerly achieve those things J ). When you achieve something it loses its value.. Gold is precious because its availability is less. The day it is as abundant as sand it will lose its value…

Jhum : Fir se funde chalu J So wat’s the funda for today

Vivek : He he he.. how can I miss that… Funda for today is simple and copied ;-)

KARMANYE WADHIKARASYE MA PHALESHU KADACHAN

Do things as you want to do it and do it with full passion. Result is immaterial if you are satisfied with your efforts. Its just that even if you fail at the end of the day you should not feel that you did not give your 100%...And if you have given your best then it doesn’t matter if you reach the stars or not… the thing that matters is that atleast you tried and not like people who just keep dreaming about reaching stars

Jhum : Bus bus.. bahut ho gaya.. bas ek chance milna chahiye aur funde chalu J

Vivek : Aur kya..

Jhum : So wat’s your star…

Vivek : You.. you’re my star!!! J

Jhum : Hum na sudhre the… hum na sudhrenge!!!!

Vivek : J Why do u ask such questions when you yourself know the answer

Jhum : I’m going to sleep now.. Goodnight!!

Vivek : Hum na sudhre the… hum na sudhrenge!!!!

Diffrentiating Life!!!

d/dx {LIFE}

When the derivative of a function at a point becomes zero, there exists a local maxima or a minima....We were taught this in higher secondary and the explaination given was that at every local maxima or minima the slope changes its sign, and that's why the slope becomes zero at that point and hence the derivative is zero।

I know it sounds stupid but in my school days I was really amazed by this maxima and minima funda। I used to think whoever has discovered this must be a genius. As I grew up, and become more mature (They say I still have a long way to go ;-)) I realised that there is nothing great about this discovery. We see this funda every day in our life. We have our highs and then thing start to fall apart. We have our lows and then things start to get better.Though not in a perfect sinusoidal way but life does go up and down every now and then.

Talking about sinusoidal stuff, I remember calculating Root Mean Square for different function to get some kind of average। We never used to deal with the peak value. It was always about averages, and mostly root mean square. Root mean square made sure that you get positive values at the end, because we always were concerned about the magnitude and never about the sign. So how is our life different from all those RMS calculations in current electricity. The problem with us is that we are always considered about the Peaks!!! We always talk about the happiest day and the saddest day of our lives.We take out only positives from the happiest day and only negatives from the saddest day. We don't realise that life is all about averages, it all evens out they say!!! .

We don't realise that the peaks are less, the most common is an ordinary day, when nothing great happens, when there is nothing special to talk about ( A friend of mine for last one year has always given one same answer to this question every single day॥ Wassup ? and the answer is nothing special) But we are always considered about the peak days when we were happiest and when we were really sad।

Just few examples। Few months back I had one hell of a day from morning to late night a thing that has to go wrong went wrong and things that I expected will never go wrong also went wrong. At the end of the day when I reached home I was in a terrible shape, it was so easy for me to cry that day (considering the fact that I'm very emotional॥ ;- ) ) but I did not. Infact i was smiling. I don't know why but I found the whole day very funny. It was like one nightmare where all dreams where shattered, all planning went for a toss, and things that you really valued for and loved were in a bad shape.

Similarly about an year back I had a happiest day of my life।Everything that has to go right was going right. It was like a beautiful dream painted with colours of reality. I think even if I had asked for a moon that day I would have got it. At the end of day I really felt like crying , to be frank it was tough to believe what had actually happened.

Taking the maxima minima part first, things did get better than what had happened on that nightmarish day। The next day everything started falling in place(well almost) and as the say life goes on, it went on...

And things did start to fall apart after that dream day, infact it fell apart so much that I for once thought that the happiest day shouldn't have come!!!


Now Root mean square teaches us about how life is not about only peaks। It is about average of what happens everyday। It is about the small happiness we get everyday and small teachings we learn everytime we fail। And no matter how deep ur trough is, or how high your crest is, what comes out after doing a root mean square is a postive value hence proving what SRK said...



Hamari filmo ki tarah, asal zindagi mein bhi anth mein sab thik thak ho hi jata hai aur agar nahi hua to Picture Abhi Baaki Hai Doston!!!

P.S. - May be I am not able to convey what I actually want to write, but whenever you are not feeling good and think that God has been unkind to you, just sit back and relax.. Try connecting the dots and believe me when you see the bigger picture, you'll realise its not that bad :-)

Happy FOOL's Day!!! :-)

Vivek : Hey Happy Budday...

Jhum : Hmmm.. Thanks and wish u the same !!!

Vivek : Wish u the same??? Today is ur budday and not mine Miss BeautiFOOL

Jhum : Everyone knows who the FOOL is !!

Vivek : Yeah, right!! that's why I wished you first ;-)

Jhum : By the way somebody said bye to me few weeks back

Vivek : I just wanted to wish you on your birthday and nothing else ;-)

Jhum : So I will get one more post in your blog

Vivek : You bet!! Chal me going to sleep now !!!

Jhum : :-) Goodnight

Vivek : GoodNight and sweet dreams!!

R u Free 2nite?

Time : Evening, around 5 pm.

Date : About two months back

SMS : So… r u free today evening?

Sent to : A number saved on my cell which I assumed was of a friend’s friend. This message was the first message I sent to her after talking over gtalk whole day.
(Just to clarify things I had taken an off that day and was not wasting my office resources )

Two minutes later……

Trin Trin…Trin Trin (My mobile rings)

Call from unknown number, but it looks a little familiar, must be some credit card exec.
Anyways, i picked up the call…

Me : Hello

She : Hello… Who is this?

Me : Excuse Me… You have called, you should tell me who are you?

She : I got a message from your no.


Me thinks… “Oh Shit! Did I send the msg on wrong no?? But it was her no. only….


Me : This is Vivek here.

She : Vivek, Vivek Vatsal…

Me : Yes…


Me still thinking …is that her only and playing prank on me or I actually have sent the msg to some wrong no.

She : Oh Hi, Vivek, this is Priya from Cisco Systems


Me falls from the sky… Trying to regain my composure… and trying to speak as if nothing has happened

Me : Oh.. I’m so sorry.. I was sending that msg to a friend, looks like by mistake I sent it to you.


She : Hey that’s ok…

And then she started laughing whole heartedly.... I was feeling like such a moron, of all the people how can I do such a mistake and that too with a HR from CISCO...

Me: I’m really very sorry.


She : No problems, anyways your offer letter is ready , you can come and collect it.

She again starts laughing :-( Poor Me!!!


Me : Ya sure… thanks and sorry once again


Me disconnected the Phone immediately!!!!!



Surely one of the most embarrassing moments of my life :-D



By the way I have the correct no. of my friend’s friend now but still struggling to find her free sometime 

Random Thoughts!!!

Its 1.30 in the night and I for some reason want to write a post. It sometimes is so difficult to look for a right topic and right lines to write when you are really in a mood to write. Mom says a person writes best when he feels something and then writes about it. So true!! But what if a person is not feeling anything and just wants to write something. Does that piece of creative writing end up as piece of shit? May be yes...

As I am writng this, one of my favourites oldies is playing in the background. There are two three couplets in the song which I really like (No specific reasons).
The first one is

Mubarak-e-Tumhe Ke Tum,
Kisi Ke Noor Ho Gaye....
Kisi Ke Itne Paas Ho,
Ke Sabse Dur Ho Gaye.........

and one more is

Kisi Ka Pyar Leke Tum,
Naya Jahan Basaoge...
Yeh Sham Jab Bhi Aayegi,
Tum Humko Yaad Aaoge.....

.....And what can be a better ending to this post than the starting lines of this song

Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh..
Kaha Shuru Kaha Khatam!!!!
Yeh Manzilein Hai Kaun Si...
Na Woh samajh sake na Hum!!!!

Ek kahani Khatam to Duji.... Shuru ho gayi Mamu :-)

Vivek : Hi
Jhum : Ha... Bolo...
Vivek : Everything is changing around me.
Jhum : So....
Vivek : I think you been there for a long time now... I think its time I tell you bye....
Jhum : Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!! How can you do this to me ..... If you think I'm gonna say this then you are wrong... Even I'm bored of you... :-)
Vivek : So let's say bye to each other with a smile.. Thanks for being the inspiration behind all those boring posts and amazingly irritating conversations ;-)..
Jhum : Hmmm... I'll take that as a compliment ;-) It was really great to find a mention in otherwise boring place.
Vivek : Bye Bye Jhum :-)
Jhum : Bye Bye Vivek :-)

Let's do the Mumbai Salsa!!!

Jhum : You have become so boring
Vivek : Why.. what happened ???
Jhum : So many things happening around the world and you have nothing to talk about.
Vivek : Hmmm... yeah even i feel so.. I have lost that flair for writing..
Jhum : Abe.. who is talking about ur blogs.. I'm talking in general you don't have anything to talk... All you say is aur batao.. aur batao...
Vivek : Ha Ha Ha... I thought girls like guys who speak less... ;-)
Jhum : Girls like guys who are what they are.. they don't like fakies!!! You look FAKE when you try to act mature!!!
Vivek : Fake... this word sounds so much like picked up from MTV Roadies
Jhum : Ya.. Right!!
Vivek : You know Jhum, I was watching a movie yesterday
Jhum : Which one...
Vivek : Mumbai Salsa
Jhum : Oh that Metro kinda movie...
Vivek : Ya u can say that..
Jhum : So what about it.
Vivek : There were two fundoo dump-ing scenes in the movie. The first involved the main guy being dumped by his girl friend coz she was going to US for a long time and she didnt want to continue with a long-distance relationship. Poor guy had his girl-friend's name Tattoed on his fore-arm just like Beckham has done it for Victoria.
Jhum : He He He
Vivek : And the best scene was when he is talking to his friends and says "Jab bhi main is tatoo ko dekhta hoon lagta hai mere haathon par deewar style mein likha hua hai Main Ullu Ka Patha Hoon....
Jhum : Bechara
Vivek : The next scene is even better.Another Guy meets his girl-friend at the lounge-bar and gives her a disc saying its the collection of her favourite songs. Guy then leaves saying he has left his mobile in the car. Girl goes to the DJ and gives the disc to him asking him to play it.DJ does the needful and guess what was there in the disc. A speech in which boy confesses about dumping her. It was playing at full volume with all the people listening to it in the lounge bar. You should have looked at the girl's face and her reaction.And just when the girl decides to call him and ask him wat's happening, the disc plays " Aur Ha mujhe call karne ki koshish mat karna... I've changed my no. " Amazingly funny scenes...
Jhum : Looks like I have to get a DVD today and watch it..
Vivek : Ya Ya.. go ahead.. watch it... Starting part is really funny.
Jhum : What do they do after the break-up.
Vivek : Simple.. they both hook-up.
Jhum : Chhay... that's so bad
Vivek : What's bad in that. Life is all about moving on. What else he/she should have done, become a devdas?
Jhum : Nooooo... but just after one relationship how can you fall for a next one immediately
Vivek : Hey.. m sorry on this.. I have absolutely no idea about this.
Jhum : Don't tell me that you never had a break-up.
Vivek : Nope.... You're still there na ;-)
Jhum : I should try it once then.
Vivek.. Try what? dumping me?
Jhum : Dump you.. Why will I dump you.. You're not my boyfriend!!
Vivek : He He He.. Then what do u wanna try
Jhum : I'll see what's your reaction when I stop talking to you
Vivek : Hmmm...The movie had one more scene... The guy's boss says to the guy after his breakup... "jab personal life mein bhuchal aa jaye to samjho career mein tarakki karne wale ho"
Jhum : What's the funda behind that ?
Vivek : How will I know, No experience u see!!!
Jhum : Oye u changing your job na..
Vivek : Ya
Jhum : So u also getting some kinda tarakki with respect to your career
Vivek : Ya... I know what you hinting at...
Jhum : What...
Vivek : yahi ki what bhuchaal came in my personal life...
Jhum : :-) No.... i was just asking for a treat.
Vivek : Very intelligent
Jhum : I know
Vivek : Toh kab mil rahi ho?
Jhum : Bus..There you go.. Fir se milna hai.. Don't u have anything else to talk?
Vivek : You only asked for the treat na..
Jhum : Chalo m sleeping now...
Vivek : Fir se wohi bahana....
Jhum : Good night
Vivek. Arey suno toh................................................

Happy New Year!!!!

Whenever you reach a destination, you look back and analyse how your journey was. The year 2007 ended few hours back and when I look back it was a year which was full sinusoidal. I had my ups and i had my downs.Here is my 2007 in short

The year 2007 started on a hectic note, or should I say a very see-off(ing) note. Early morning I was at Yashwantpur railway station see-offing a very close friend's parents, then afternoon was spent at airport see-off(ing) my sister andher family. Evening was spent at Bangalore City railway station see-offing a close friend and night at the bus stand see-off(ing) another very close friend. Covering more than 100kms on one day on bike, was tiring but it was all worth the time spent with the people you value most in your life.
Oops.... In between all this I did not get time to take bath on 1st Jan 2007!!!!!

February was special. Mom and Dad were to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Had a big blast at home. Morning was meant for puja and evening for cake cutting and partying. Both Mom and Dad were looking so beautiful together and so happy also. Wish them many many many more years of happiness and togetherness.

March was scary. It showed me the preview of things to come in near future. I knew things are not going to be all rosy-pinky!!!

April had a mix of everything, I had some of my best moments of life which I'm sure I'm never going to forget and then I had worst fights of my life. Ended the month with a peaceful soul-searching long journey on bike to Ooty.

May was plain boring. I could just see things becoming from bad to worse. Everything was falling out of shape. Similar situation in June.

July was exciting though. I found so many ways to get out of bad moods. Some of them did work. Also did a lot of work towards fulfilling one of my dreams. Though the task looked little difficult but eventually everything turned out in my favour( though not exactly).

August was special, I got into my first truly committed relationship. I got a new girl friend, who I am sure is never going to leave me. I got my first CAR. A sparkling red, brand new Chevy Spark. First drive back home was really special. Did manage to fulfill one of my dream but to be frank it was very short-lived. Had it been a little longer then all the efforts that went in, and the efforts that are still required would all have been worth it. Celebrated one of the most boring birthdays, and it was a true let-down when I had expected so much from it.

September came and went, I probably was too much busy with my new found heart-throb and didn't care a bit about things happening around.

October started with a disaster with one of the most cherished and special dream getting shattered once and for all. And I for once did not cry when something so important was left unrealised. I surely have grown up or have given up all together to my fate :-)

November was again meant for a trip back home. A rather long trip and for the first time I did not feel like coming back. Left home with almost moist eyes first time after leaving patna in last 6 years. Month-end was meant to be work at full pace. For the first time I felt little stressed out at work, but must say enjoyed every moment of it.

December start was meant for a rude shock. All the luxuries that I was enjoying with extra salary that I was getting for last 7 months, was noticed. And the extra salary given was being taken back. Result... I'm getting pea-nuts now which is not even bare minimum for survival... Poor me:-(

Ended the month/year with a trip to mangalore/gokarna. On the beaches, some of them deserted, a true soul-searching experience. And yes ended the year with a small fight, and then some lonely moments again. But before the new year would have set in, everything was fine and me back in the good mood :-)

Just realised that even this year, I did not take bath on 1st Jan !!!

Fear of Failure

If there is one thing that I have hated all my life is that "one-line". Though some time back i had become quite used to it, I mean I knew people will tell this , and I used to tell this even before they thought of saying and I was not at all concerned about it. But of late things have changed. This line has again started getting onto my nerves. When ever somebody tells that "one line" to me, I feel like running away from evereything, I feel like hitting that person. I feel like hitting myself... I really hate it. And that line now has resulted in my confidence going down. Fear of Failure has creeped into my thoughts, my brain, my soul. I am scared to work towards my dreams.
I want to get rid of it. I want to get my old confidence back...

But HOW????

Work-Formula!!!!

Jhum : Why has your blog become so inactive? I mean its almost 40 days now and you haven't posted anything.

Vivek : I know.

Jhum : Tu thik to hai na.??? Sab bhalo toh???

Vivek : Pata nahi yar... Don't feel like doing anything.

Jhum : Happens... Just a phase...

Vivek : Arey... I'm not depressed and all. I'm in a perfectly good mood.

Jhum : Then??

Vivek : Just one problem

Jhum : What is it?

Vivek : Somehow I have caught one bug, the one I dreaded the most. I was totally free from it till sometime back but now,I think it has affected me.

Jhum : Hmmm...somebody is getting philosophical

Vivek : Somebody is pulling my leg!!!

Jhum : Arey nahi yar.. just kidding.. acha tell me what bug?

Vivek : Go away.. I won't tell now...

Jhum : Hmmm.. we will discuss about it later, I am not in a mood to get serious...

Vivek : Ya right.. me too... may be some other time..

Jhum : Aise you know, these days you have stopped telling your stupid jokes.

Vivek : What are you saying, my roommates are complaining about my ever growing PJs!!!

Jhum : Oh really?

Vivek: Pata hai Jhum, there is one more problem these days.

Jhum : Ab kya hua.

Vivek :About 2-3 months back I changed my Deodrant brand..

Jhum : So?

Vivek: Now it seems this deodrant has a very long lasting smell and and it seems it is also very good

Jhum : Is it?? how do you know?

Vivek : Coz everyone keeps asking me which perfume you have put, its really nice. Everyone bole toh everyone, my friends, female friends, relatives, colleagues, my seniors at office,Everyone...

Jhum : That's nice.. I'm sure it must be AXE.... I have seen in ad people getting attracted by the AXE effect.

Vivek : Nope.. It is not AXE :-)

Jhum : Then wat is it?

Vivek : Wohi to problem hai, I can't tell the name.

Jhum : Arey.. Naam batane mein kya problem hai, you want it to be a secret kya?

Vivek : Nothing like that, Infact I want everyone to know about it.

Jhum :Toh fir batao :-)

Vivek : Actually the brand shares its name with a thing that we feel little shy to talk about...

Jhum : He He He... So you talking about the same thing that Vrijesh Hirjee advertises these days, asking people to guess the name of the thing and then call him to win prizes

Vivek : You're so intelligent!!!!

Jhum : So wat's the brand name.. i mean there are so many available in the market.. Which one shares the name with your deodrant.

Vivek : Go the a shop and find it out and suggest all your male friends also to try it out... It does WORK!!! :-)

Jhum : U r such a hypocrite!!! I don't wanna talk to you.. Bye..

Vivek : Arey Suno toh....

Jhum : Good night and Bye!!!

Nasha-Nasha

I had a bad night yesterday. A severe headache coupled with so many unanswered questions. Last time I faced something similar was when I was trying to solve the IRIS puzzles on the IIM-Indore site.

Anyways I don't think I'm still over it. After reaching back home, only thing I did before surrendering to sleep was to go through various sites and posts and try to get all my questions answered which were in some way or other were disturbing me.
Did get answers to few of them but at the end realised it was all beyond my thinking and imaginations.

The Aatma - Parmatma concept, the body - soul concept, the heaven -hell concept, the dream-reality concept, they don't entice me. I'm not saying I'm above all this, its just that they all are way above my thinking. I think I'm a very "chota sa" human being with little or no frustrations towards the life or the system for that matter. Yes, I do feel dejected sometimes, I do feel defeated sometimes but to link all this with the aatma thing is just too much to ask from me.


I watched "No-Smoking" yesterday and if somebody asks me whether to see it or not I would say it is like the "saap chuchundar ka khel". If you don't see it you'll miss a phenomenon and if you see it you'll end up asking yourself, why did I come here. No, its not that movie is bad, but you need to have a super IQ, EQ, SQ and an AQ(art-quotient) to understand what the movie was trying to say exactly, or maybe you need to see it again and again and again to understand each and every metaphor that the movie had.

I'm no Einstein or an Osho, the fight between the body and soul doesn't make any sense to me. But may be for Anurag Kashyap it did. May be for hundreds of people from the aam-junta it will make a sense. People who can think out of the box, but for a average and above -average intelligent movie-goers it won't, trust me it won't. And that's why so much of criticism for this movie. Coming out of the theatre I could see people holding their, shaking it contemplating what went in last twenty mins.
I also had lot of questions and I'm sure a day will come when I'll have answers to all of them.

Its a movie you must watch and then regret why you watched it. Its that kind of movie which will make you think and will get you nightmares (I had few last night!!!)



"To be is to do"--Socrates.....

"To do is to be"--Jean-Paul Sartre.....

"Do be do be do"--Frank Sinatra....

98863*****

Vivek : Hieeee!


Jhum : Hiiiieee! Where were you all these days ?

Vivek : Why??

Jhum : U didn't call me that's why.

Vivek : U were missing me kya ? :-)

Jhum : Why will I miss you, just that I had loads of free time and I didn't have anyone to talk to..

Vivek : You could have called me then.. Hamesha mujhe hi call karna padega kya!!

Jhum : Ya I could have, but why should I call first.

Vivek : Arey... You won't become small if you call first, infact I'll also feel good that you do remember me sometimes.

Jhum : That's what I don't want you to realise...

Vivek : Pata hai Jhum, we lose contact with so many people whom we used to call as friend at one point of time just because we think that the other person should call first. Comeon yar, what difference does it make who ever calls first.

Jhum : But not all of us is free like you.

Vivek :Its not about being free, its just about managing your time. Don't tell me that it is difficult for a person to take out 5 mins from their busy schedule and call a friend.

Jhum : It is!!!

Vivek : You know earlier I used to call all my close friends atleast once a week and now I hardly call anyone.

Jhum : See... Even you have changed.

Vivek : People like you have made me change.

Jhum : Now how is that.

Vivek : Coz even I'm fed up of calling people everytime. I feel they don't need me anymore, not that they needed me earlier.

Jhum : Tum pagal ho gaye ho... Phone karne ya nahi karne se dosti thodi khatm ho jati hai.

Vivek : You won't understand this Jhum. In hostel days if some friends used to smile at a girl toh woh bhi sabko pata chal jata, and now I know nothing about many of my friends. I don't even know which city they are in.

Jhum :That's your fault

Vivek : Galti kabhi ek side se nahi hoti hai

Jhum : Comeon Vivek, itni choti choti baton ko dil se nahi lagate.

Vivek : Dil se kaun laga raha hai. One day my room-mate and I were discussing about the calls we get apart from family members. and after some research we realised that in last one week only calls we got were from those beautiful ladies who wanted to sell their credit cards or give personal loans.. (Vivek whispers " Actually we need something else " ;-) )

Jhum : Hmmm... and wat about my calls.

Vivek : Its always outgoing and never incoming.

Jhum : Hmmm ok :-) So do u mean to say that you want your phone to be continuosly ringing.

Vivek : Nah.. not that way, but I do like it when somebody calls me just to say "Hi" or ask about my whereabouts

Jhum : Ok I'll call you every now and say Hi and will disconnect.. Howzzat???

Vivek : Very Funny!!

Jhum : Hey that's my dialogue.. Copycat!!!

Vivek : Whatever!!!

Jhum : Ok Vivek. I'll tell all my friends to call all their friends atleast once a week or in two weeks and say "Hi" coz vivek wants people to keep in touch... happy now??

Vivek : Happy now??? Tumse baat karta hoon to aise hi Happy rahta hoon ..

Jhum : Tum nahi sudhroge,bus chance milna chahiye... Chalo I will sleep now, have to get up early tomorrow.

Vivek : You also won't change, hamesha neend ki hi padi rahti hai...

Jhum : :-) I'm really very tired, Will talk to you some other day.

Vivek : Ok, No problems... Chal Good night

Jhum : Good night.. bye

Vivek : Bye




P.S. - For all those money minded people, STD rates have come down drastically, its just 1rs min now and local calls are almost free, so pick up the phone now, and call a friend whom you have not spoken to for a long time, may be he/she is also thinking about you but just hesitant to call you. And like you, may be he/she also likes it when somebody calls them for no reason but just to say a simple "HI"....

Ek Shaqs

Details to come, but as of now this song is doing something to me... Just wanted to share the lyrics here... Its a new song by Abhijeet Sawant... Amazing song !!!


(ek shaqs raaste mein kahin choot gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha) - 2


woh shaqs jiske kaandhe pe sir rakhe mein soya
seene se lagke jiske kayi baar mein roya
jiski zulfon ke khusboo mein raaton mein khoya
jis jism ki barsaat mein yeh jism bheegoya
(ek din kisi baat pe jab woh rooth gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha) - 2
ek shaqs raaste mein kahin choot gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha


rehta hoon qaid abhi jiski yaadon ke pehare mein
hai labz jiska zinda meri baahon ke ghere mein
jiske khwaabon ko maine neend mein sanjoya
jiske ashqko ko maine apani ankhon pe piroya
(ek din kisi baat pe jab woh rooth gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha) - 2
ek shaqs raaste mein kahin choot gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha


ek shaqs raaste mein kahin choot gaya tha
us haadse ke baad, yeh dil toot gaya tha
ek shaqs raaste mein... raaste mein

Jhum Kaun Hai??

Jhum : Why do you blog ?
Vivek : why are you asking that.
Jhum : Coz nobody reads your blog. Why do you waste your efforts.
Vivek: I don't blog for others.
Jhum : Oh really??
Vivek : Yes :-) , I mean yes, i do like people reading my blog but it is not that I won't write if nobody reads it.
Jhum : So why do you write..

Vivek: For myself.
Jhum : ?????
Vivek : Are yar.. why are you bugging me.. You don't want me to write kya ??
Jhum : :-)
Vivek : You know Jhum, everyone (I mean the people who happen to read my blog) keeps me asking who is Jhum?
Jhum : So you told them..
Vivek : I don't know... I just told them that you are an imaginary character.
Jhum : Male/Female
Vivek : I'll prefer a female :)
Jhum : But who am I?
Vivek : You are Jhum...
Jhum : Ab tu paka raha hai .. Acha Vivek tell me, if you have to describe me in few words how will you describe.
Vivek : You know jhum, wat's the problem with u, u ask way too many questions....
Jhum : All females do... U preferred a female.. right?
Vivek : No... not all of them do.
Jhum : U have to get close to a girl to understand this...
Vivek : You mean physically close ? :D
Jhum : Pervert mind... NO...
Vivek : Then
Jhum : Emotionally close..
Vivek : Yar par there are lot of tensions attached with it..
Jhum : Aren't u attached to me emotionally??
Vivek : But u r an imaginary character.. right ? :-)
Jhum : Forget it.. this isn't going anywhere.. Just accept it that girls have the birthright to ask questions.
Vivek : Ok.. as u say madam!!!
Jhum : U still have not told me who I am?
Vivek : You know who you are, I need not tell this :-)
Jhum : Abe waise nahi.. I mean... describe me
Vivek : You are the God's greatest gift to a ManKIND...!!!!!
Jhum : Sorry, my mobile is discharged... talk to you later :-)
Vivek : Bye Bye

Criss-Cross

Random Thoughts!!!!


Jhum : You know Vivek, sometimes I wonder why do things have to change.

Vivek: They change for better.

Jhum: Come on, Don't give me a bookish answer, you also know that's not true.

Vivek : Who said that?

Jhum : Don't tell me that you are happy with how the things are shaping out for you.

Vivek: If I say I'm happy then I'll be fooling myself, but to be frank it isn't that bad also

Jhum : But is it that Good?

Vivek: Well its all in the mind...

Jhum : Again bookish!!!

Vivek: You know what Jhum, whenever you are at cross-roads in life, whichever path
you choose, it doesn't matter, you'll always feel the other path would have been better.

Jhum: No, I never think that.... I never regret on any of my decisions.

Vivek: I'm not saying you repent, you will at some point of time think that wish you would have taken the other path.

Jhum : So what's wrong in that.?

Vivek: When did I say that this is wrong, I'm just trying to say that we often compare
things and that leads to depression.

Jhum: I'm not depressed.

Vivek : But you are not liking the things that are changing right??

Jhum: Hey.. one min... you can't always be happy.

Vivek : Its all relative, whatever makes you happy now will not always make you happy.

Jhum : I know that, but still...

Vivek: still what?

Jhum : Things should not change as long as you are happy with them

Vivek: Hey, that's what life is all about...

Jhum: F****** life theories!!!!

Vivek : Ha Ha Ha

Jhum: Why are you laughing

Vivek: You make me smile...

Jhum: How many times you gonna tell this.

Vivek: As long as you make me smile

Jhum: So what will you do when I'm not there to make you smile.

Vivek : Somebody else will make me smile :-) , You see.. everyone in this world is redundant and can be replaced, this might sound harsh but is true !!!!

Jhum : Agree!!!! But you know Vivek, how much ever fundaes you give, how much mature you try to sound, people will still think you as a KID !!!!

Vivek : Jhum, know what, things will change... and will change for better !!!!

Howzzat!!!!

Chak De India :-)

Jhum - What makes you happy ?

Me - You!!!

Jhum - I'm not going to be there forever, there should be something else also that makes you happy

Me - Why you asking this. I'm generally happy. Can't you see me smiling all the time.

Jhum- Yes I can see that but to be happy all the time and to really feel happy for something are two different things. So tell me what makes you feel really happy.

Me - I told you na...

Jhum - So you mean to say if I'm not there you will never be happy.

Me - No it is not like that.

Jhum - Then...

Me - I don't know.....

Jhum - You don't know what makes you happy and you say you are always happy. That means your smile is fake.

Me - No it is not like that, I don't know...

Jhum - Ok the day you find something that made you really happy do let me know.

Me - Sure, but how will I know that I am really happy with something or I really felt happy for something.

Jhum- Its simple.You said I make you happy.. right... Tell me how do you know that.

Me - Coz whenever I think about you, I smile without any reason.

Jhum - Exactly. The day you find something that makes you smile just by thinking about it that will be the thing that makes you feel really happy. Got it?

Me- Yo!


From that day I am looking for the things that make me feel happy or should I say really happy.Things have been little difficult over last few months. To actually smile without any reason had become a thing of past.No its not that I have been going through tough times or a difficult phase, its just that nothing was happening that was worth getting happy for.

Yes I did get a new girl friend recently, and she is HOT, and I do enjoy when I'm with her but she comes with a lot of tension. I mean most of the time there is just one thought going in the mind, to protect her from the horrible bangalore traffic. Thankfully she has been very co-operative and nothing has happened to her till now (Touch-wood !!!)

Anyways coming back to the main point, I finally had one such moment yesterday that made me smile just by thinking about it.Cricket is a funny game and like it happens in life , you lose some and then you win some.... After a disastrous WC in west indies, it was heartening to see the INDIA's performance in this T20 WC. And yesterday's win against the mighty aussies was one such moment that I am going to cherish for a long long time. It was amazing to see such a humdinger of a match and to end up on the winning side when you are pushed right against the wall, when all the odds are against you is something special.

Every moment of yesterday's match was special, whether it be Sree's dangerous stares and glares after everytime the batsmen used to miss the ball or his expression of joy after getting a dismissal, or be it Yuvi's fists in the air after Hussey's dismissal or be it Bhajji's bhangra on the field when India's victory was sure or the Dhoni's calmness and smiles or be it the togetherness in the team and the huddle after they finally won the battle, it was a night to remember. The sheer joy of seeing India winning more often than not was quite a feeling. Just thinking about the match with the aussies brings a smile to my face.

Hey Jhum, India winning cricket matches and that too important and the close matches makes me happy !!!!!


Hope the winning form continues and we win the cup tonight... Wishing Dhoni and his boys all the best...

World Cup abhi mangta hai!!!!

MUMBAIed!!!!

If I say Bangalore was MUMBAIed today I wouldn't be wrong. In just one hour of rain the city was literally crawling. The otherwise twenty minutes journey to my home took painfully long four hours. Already crippled with the worst traffic in the country , the MUMBAI style rain and the idiotic traffic sense of people made everyone's life who were on their way back to home, miserable. The low lying areas like BTM were knee deep in water add to it the peak time traffic and then the vehicles breaking down due to the water flooding, the movement of vehicles came to a stand still.

I started for home at 8pm hoping to reach home early and watch the highly awaited first T20 match for India. But things weren't going to be that smooth. By the time I reached home it was 12.20 . Luckily it was raining in africa also and the match was abandoned. Hope to see some live action tomorrow. And rain or no rain I'm leaving office at 6 pm tomorrow, I don't want to take any chance for the Indo-Pak match.

By the way if you are stuck in traffic, play your favourite music as loud as possible and rest assured that by the time you reach home your patience level will be intact and at the road you won't lose your temper, even if some ppl have zero driving sense and have started driving on the wrong side causing further mayhem and a perfect deadlock!!!!

Anyways it was fun all the while, seeing people faces, smiling at each other, asking how long and hearing funny answers!!!!

and Thank God my Sparky reached home in one piece and without any scratch :-)

Black or White

This post is dedicated to a close friend who recently had a fight with his friend and was very upset about it. I hope they patch up soon and be happy as they always were... Good luck Mate!!!


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I have changed,
That’s what you think,
You have changed,
That’s what I think.
And we are no longer together
That’s what everyone think.

I did not make any mistake,
You know that.
You did not make any mistake
I know that.
But we both are responsible for it.
That’s what the feeling of everyone around us.

They say people are not wrong,
It is just the times that are bad.
They also say
Times Change,
But how and when
That we both have to find out.

They say life never gives you a second chance
It is either now or never
But then they say there’s always a next time.
You learn by your mistakes and then do well.
So is it going to be never again
Or over and over again???

The whites and the blacks are mixing
Life for some reason is showing us shades of grey.Now it is totally upto us,
Which part we want to see.
Its all in the mind
And I know
Sooner or later
We are going to find out
Everything we thought as black,
Was not actually black.
It was just the dark glasses we were wearing
Everything was just WHITE!!!!


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Roses or Thorns

7 PM - Location - Forum Mall, near my office
Wat's going on in my mind - Shit... I forgot to take my bike from the service centre and it is closed now :(
8PM- Location - Somewhere on my way to home in an auto
Wat's going on in my mind - Thank God I didn't have to return home by bike today. Driving in rain and traffic with laptop is so difficult. Auto seems so convinient sometimes :)
8.35 PM - Location - Just 50 mts from my home
Wat's going on in my mind - Shit.. This stupid auto has to stop just 50 mts from home.. Now will have to run in the rain :(
8.37 PM - Location - On the stairs to my home
Wat's going on in my mind - Shit.. I left my earphones in the Auto :(
8:40 PM.. Location - Near the auto
Wat's going on in my mind - Thank God the auto had gone bad, it was waiting there only, got my earphones back :)

Moral of the Story.....Wish we could look at the bigger picture all the time...Important thing is all that happens is for good only, its just that we don't realise it :)

Woh Subah Kabhi To Aayegi!!!

Of the many super powers I wish to have, one is to read people's mind and know what they are going through and what they have been through.
Every one of us have a story to tell. And everyone of us needs someone with whom they can share all their thoughts. Some of us are lucky to have a person who is very close and you can share absolutely everything with them. It may be a close friend, ur partner, your sibling or your parents. While Some of us are not that lucky or rather some of us do not trust anybody and will prefer to sulk rather than telling anyone anything. And some of us write everything they feel in a diary/blog. Though the diary means keeping everything personal again but blog makes the whole world let know that what you are going through.

Now don't get ideas now. I'm not going through any bad phase, or there is something that I want the whole world to know.. Its just that while google-ing I came across many blogs and I happened to read them.
A common connection between most of them.. A failed love story, frustration, depression and every other negative words that you can think of.

But the blog that touched me most (I do get emotional at times :) ) was one by Abhinav (not sure if the name is right, I do now even know who he is)
Apparently he was very serious about a girl, whom he was trying to woo for last 3 years but when the time came to take a decision about spending the life together girl refused saying that she won't go against her parents.(Quite a normal trend I must say ;) )


In one of the post he said that when he was feeling very low, a friend came and told him don't be upset Jesus Loves You. And he was happy, thinking atleast there is someone in this world who loves him. But all the happiness was gone in a second when the same friend told him next that everyone else thinks you're an idiot!!!
Poor Guy!!!
He also talked about the good times that he spent with that girl. The things that changed in his life. And how he became a better person. And now that he wants to be with her for all his life, he realised that things can never be rosy-pinky!!!

Anyways... Life is like that only.. You win some and then you loose some... Important thing is to keep yourself going. Getting disheartened by the failures is what cowards do..
So just get up and get going coz nothing is permanent in this world. Learn to adapt to the changes and you will be a happier and a wiser person :)

Happened to hear this song after a long long time yesterday and I think it aptly fits the post.


EK Woh Din Bhi The..
Ek Yeh Din Bhi Hain..
Ek Woh Rat Thi..
Ek Yeh Raat Hain...

Raat Yeh Bhi Guzar Jayegi!!!!!
Raat Yeh Bhi Guzar Jayegi!!!!

Main aur Meri Tanhai!!!

Love is in the air.. Atleast the weather makes you feel so. Such an amazing weather outside, clouds hovering all over the sky, a bit of drizzle every now and then and a little chill in the wind. Makes you feel so good. And what am I doing, sitting at home, watching tv. I mean it is not a bad thing to do but given such a lovely weather outside I'll be a idiot only to waste my time on the idiot box. When you're very active all throughout the week, juggling between different tasks it is perfectly ok to laze around on sundays.Afterall the sunday comes just once in a week.There were times when I just hated sitting idle. There were sundays when I used to be out all day. There used to be times when I had so many people to meet and mark my attendance. There were sundays that were spent socialising whole day. There were times I used to make so many phone calls.. There were sundays when I used to get so many phone calls.. And now... The perfect peace..I'm absolutely VELLA and I'm loving it..

You Rock Baby!!!

This post is dedicated to Ankita Mishra.
No, You got it wrong.. Ankita is not my latest crush.
Well she is or rather was one of the contestant at Indian Idol -3.. Yes yes.. even I've started watching reality shows ;)
I happened to see a glimpse of Ankita's performance on Indian Idol on June 1 thanks to the commercial break on Laughter challenge !!! She sang the title track of the movie Khushi... "Aayi re Aayi re Khushi". Whoa.. that was something.. Ok I agree, she is not amongst the best singers on the Indian Idol, but who said Indian Idol is all about singing. No one can deny this fact that she is/was the best performer amongst all the contestants. Her confidence level, her facial expressions, her latkas and jhatkas.. everything was just perfect. Anyways after that performance I became an instant fan of her.
But what really touched me was her reaction after she was eliminated from the show last friday night. I've seen so many contestants getting eliminated from various show. And one thing common to all of them was the feeling of despair on their face when they get eliminated, but not with Ankita. Yes she was heart-broken, her hopes shattered but that did not deter her from letting her smile go. It is easier to smile when you things are in your favour but it is so very difficult when nothing is going your way. And she did just that. She started the show with a smile and that smile was their all the way.
She ended her campaign on the show with an another electrifying performance and that too after she was eliminated and everyone around her was in tears. (To a some extent even I was ;) ) But she kept smiling and then on Alisha's demand the last ecstatic performance that made even Javed Akthar to dance to her tunes which she had promised in her earlier performances.
An amazing personality!!!! Hats off to you Ankita!!!
I hope you scale new heights in your life. And yes I'll vote for you (my first ever vote ) if you are there in the wild card entry round. Hope to see you again on Indian idol!!!

By the way.. Here are the two things that keep me going all the time..

Tough times never last, but tough people do!!!
and
The darkest part of the night comes just before the dawn.

So whenever you are feeling down and out, just keep going and keep smiling coz' things and situations are meant to change and change for better!!!

I've been trying to write something for last few weeks.. Did write 3-4 half posts but got bored mid-way and couldn't complete. So now because it is difficult for me to write a full post (lack of motivation .. u see) just copying a lyrics of a song Sar Jhuka.. Khuda Hoon main!!!
The song is from the movie Paanch which never got to release. Its one of those song that I listen to when I'm down and depressed. Makes me feel good... Wish I could also go on top of some building and shout my heart out !!!! Anyways here goes the lyrics..

Ek Din Bas Ek Din...
Apne Saare Zakhm Gin!!!
Ek Raat Bas Ek Raat..
Tu Soch Kya Hua Tere Saath!!!
Khud Se Kahan Tak Bhaagoge...
Subah Jati Hai Kab Jaagoge...
Duniya Ne Kata, Katte Gaye...
Khud Ko Kahan Tak Kaatoge!!!!!

Saas Lo ...
Dum Bharo ...
Chillakar Sab Se Kaho...
Sar Jhuka ,
Khuda Hoon Main!!!!
Aasamano Par Khada Hoon Main...
Main Khudaaaaaaaa....... Hoon Khudaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Har Sparsh Mein Khichaaw Hai...
Har Dosti Mein Tanav Hai...
Dua Bhi Hai ...Bala Bhi Hai...
Meri Dava Mera Ghaav Hai...
Aadhi Roshni... Aadhe Andhera...
Tum Jo Sochte Ho Woh Tum Ho..
Socho Jaago Sab Ko Jagaao...

Saas Lo ...
Dum Bharo ...
Chillakar Sab Se Kaho...
Sar Jhuka ,
Khuda Hoon Main!!!!
Aasmano Par Khada Hoon Main...
Main Khudaaaaaaaa....... Hoon Khudaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Ye Sahi Hai Ye Galat..
Meri Mano Socho Mat!!
Ye Na Pehno Woh Na Bolo ..
Ho Sake To Mu Na Kholo!!
Ye Padho Mat Woh Suno Mat..
Main Chunuga Tum Chuno Mat!!
Katte Jaao ... Mitte Jaao....
Dabna Sikho Dabte Jaao...
Bas Ab Aur Nahin Aur Nahin Ab Aur Nahin

Saas Lo ...
Dum Bharo ...
Chillakar Sab Se Kaho...
Sar Jhuka ,
Khuda Hoon Main!!!!
Aasamano Par Khada Hoon Main...
Main Khudaaaaaaaa....... Hoon Khudaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Thodi Khusi aur Thoda Gam...

A lot has been already said about the dismal performance of the Indian Cricket Team at the world cup. The drift between the coach and the players, the divide between senior players and junior players, the sponsorship deals, the match fixing issue and what not. But the bottom line is that We're out of the world cup. I had not thought of this even in the wildest of my dreams. I was expecting us to reach atleast semi-finals and may be win the cup also. But anyways its a forgotten story now and will have to wait for another 4 years for this dream to get shattered again. But about one thing I'm sure , it doesn't matter how do we play over next 4 years, The hope, the craziness and dreams of winning the Cup will again reach its zenith when the next cup starts.

Anyways I was just wondering if winners can be good teachers. Greg Chappell was in doubt a great player but the way the team has performed under his coaching, i don't think it has been as good as it was when John Wright was the coach.
May be its not Chappell's fault, but the truth is there is no positives to take out from his coaching. The team is no longer United. Atleast media is making you feel so.Srikanth made a very good point that during Chappell's stint as coach, three key players have gone down below par as far as their performance is concerned. Sehwag, Harbhajan and Pathan. The most of the wins that India had during recent past when they were going through a dream phase can mostly be attributed to the fact that Pathan was taking early wickets and was also scoring runs. It gave India an edge over other teams.

Anyways.. I just had one doubt. Who makes a better teacher/coach. A proven winner or a Looser. A person who has been winning all his life will tell you what are the things that you should do to win. What are the things you should do to achieve your goals.But a person who has not been winning all his life and has ended up on the lossing side more often than not, will tell you what not to do if you want to win.In my opinion both are equally important. And that's why I think that a person who has a mixed life, had some succeses and some loss also to his credit can become a better mentor and a better teacher.That is why in my opinion Dav Whatmore will be a much better coach than Greg Chappell is and John Wright was a much better coach. And that is why Kapil Dev was not as successful as a Coach as he was as a cricketer. I can give so many examples. John Buchanan the Australian coach was never a great cricketer but he has been a very successful coach.

Thing is you got to have the right balance of everything in life. Remember if you want it to be the best always go for a mixed bag. Otherwise life will get too monotonous.


And that is why always order a Tandoori Platter as starter ;-)

Azaadi

Something is just not right. I'm going into the Philosophical mood more often than not. Its 4 am and I'm still awake. Don't know why but I just don't feel like sleeping. And this is happening for the third time during this week. Yes I do have a lot of things going in my mind these days. Lot of things which I should be worrying about. Lot of decisions to be made. Lot of pending work to be finished. Lot of promises to be kept. Lot of expectations to be fulfilled. But I just wanna run away from everything. I just don't wanna think about anything.

Lot of people I interact with are also going through tough phase these days. That in all is making the whole atmoshphere depressing. I wanna get out of it.


I WANNA BREAK FREE....



Kyun Pareshan Hai Tu..
Kahi Jahaan Aur Bhi Hai..
Kitne Haseen Yahan .... Aur Bhi Hai...
Oh Ho Ho.. Aur Bhi Hai...
Kyu Pareshan Hai Tu...

Ab Naaa Jaaaa!!!

Aankhen band kar loon jo main ,
Dekhoon bas tumhe ..

Khawbon mein bhi keh sakta hoon ,
Apna tumhe ..

Rehne de mera yeh vehem pe hi yakeen ,
Na ja abhi ..

Pyaar ki yeh raat hai ,
Ab Na Jaa ..

Choti si ek baat hai ,
Ab na jaa ..

Tumhi se hai meri neendein ,
Na bhi ho toh kya ..

Tumhi si hain meri baatein ,
Na bhi ho toh kya ..

Kehne de taaron ko Kahani ankahi ,
Na ja abhi ..

Pyaar ki yeh raat hai
Ab na jaa ..

Choti si ek baat hai ,
Ab na jaa ..

Pal do pal ka saath hai
Ab na jaa ..

Jaado si yeh raat hai
Ab na ja ..

Mathe pe pyar ki bunde ,
Bikhre se kai sawal ..

Aankhon mein kitne mausam ,
Pal mein beete kitne saal ..

Rehne de jahan bhi le jaaye zindagi ,
Na ja abhi ..

Pyar ki yeh raat hai ,
Ab Na jaa ..

Chotisi ek bat hai ,
Ab Na jaa ..

Pal do pal ka saath hai ,
Ab Na jaa ..

Jaado si yeh raat hai ,
Ab Na jaa ............


- Lyrics of Ab Na Jaa song by Euphoria..
Probably it means much more than a lyrics to me Now !!!

Ek Baar Waqt Se.. Lamha Gira Kahi... Waha Dastaan Mili.. Lamha Kahi Nahi....

Just two years back I used to think that I know everything. I know how people are, I know how people behave in different situations, I know how do I want my life to be. And since I thought that I knew everything I had no worries in life.

Let's go into flashback. About twenty years back.. I didn't know anything, I did not know how people are and how they behave. I did not know what life is forget about how I wanted my life to be. And since I did not know anything I had no worries in life.

Things have changed. People around me have changed (atleast I think that way, may be I'm wrong), situations have changed. Life has a whole lot new meaning now and to be very frank I'm lost. Whatever I used to think, whatever I wanted from life, whatever my principles were, all seem to be wrong. As they say.. I'm into my mid-life and entered the so called Mid-Life crisis phase.

The more I get to know about things, I get a feeling that more are the things that I do not know.
I'm standing at the cross-roads where all the paths seem to reach the correct destination at one moment and at the other they all seem to be wrong.

The shades of gray that I thought never existed are raising their ugly heads. Black and white are becoming less and less prominent.

I know it won't but I want the time to stop for some time......

The 'AXE' Effect

First things first.. If you are planning to take a new broadband connection at home, My sincere advice do not go for Tata Indicom. Its the worst broadband service available in the market. Speed is good but the problem is the connection, that will go down after ever 15-20 days and then you have to wait for same amount of time before it gets fixed again and that includes millions of phone calls to the unresponsive customer care.

Finally after a long long wait I've a net connection up and running at home and to add onto the fun a lot of free time also. So i started with the best time-pass site, and that has to be Orkut. Going through the profiles of old hostel friends and trying to figure out what they are upto in life these days gave an amazing sense of satisfaction. The midnite gossip session of hostel that were a source of know-it-all thing about the hostellites has now been replaced by orkut.
I'm not going to tell about the things I came to know from Orkut, coz we all know what use does it serve. ;-)

Well.. I'll try to put here things or effects that I've observed in me, you and everyone else around because of orkut. By the way every bit of this is original and is not copied from any forwards :-) And as the part of disclaimer, this is an art of fiction and I do not take any responsibility of any of it being true....

1.)The 'Camera' Effect
You start posing for cameras and want the soft copy of every pic that has 'YOU' in the frame, afterall 'YOU' never know which profile pic will look good on orkut. In short every pose 'YOU' make, every photo 'YOU' shoot is directly or indirectly shot keeping Orkut in mind.

2.) The 'Social' Effect
Threats about Nuclear Bombs, and Bio-Chemical bombs is a thing of past. We are now facing another serious issue. Its the threat of a Social Bomb.And that is publicising about something that 'YOU' did or were caught doing or may be you never did, on Orkut amongst all your friends/relatives/known/unknown.
"Abe tu kal kiske sath ghoom raha tha.. Acha nahi batayega, ruk kal orkut par sabko scrap karta hoon, Ravi caught with three girls in forum". And bechara ravi has to tell it all. After all everyone of us is scared of a Gang Bang!!!!

3.)The 'Relationship' Effect
There are three stages in the relation-ship status on orkut for all the bachelors. (Married people have no option other than Married for them). The first stage is single, where you are eyeing on lot of girls/boys but none of them is giving you any signal what so ever. The second stage is No Answer. In this stage you are eyeing on only one girl/boy and she/he is giving either giving you either confusing signals or absolutely no signal. And the third stage is when that one person whom you were eyeing on has given you a Green signal and then 'YOU' are committed.
The added advantage of being in this stage is increased no. of scraps, people asking you "abe kaun hai woh"?

4.) The 'FAN' Effect
'YOU' tend to become the fan of all the people in your friend's list, even if you hate them or even if you don't know them in a hope that they will respond to it in a postive way and increase your fan count!!! So next time you see someone whom you hated the most in hostel or some arbit stranger in your fan's list, remember they are the publicity/attention hungry people who love to see more than 100 fans in their profile, please acknowledge them. After all its a good practice to feed the hungry.

5.) The 'Character' Effect
After reading testimonials of some known person you start wondering whether this guy is really so good. I was going through a profile of a most hated person of my batch in the hostel, who in everyone's opinion was also one of the most self-centered individual had so many good things written about him in his testimonials.Something like He is a gem of a person, a most caring person I've come across. And then i noticed that all this were written by a person of the fairer sex who also happened to be the reason for that guy's relationship status being committed. So in short don't believe in the testimonials written for an individual by a person of opposite sex.

6.) The 'Name' Effect
Changing your profile name on Orkut is another publicity stunt. Basically to increase the scrap count. So if you see anyone who has changed his profile name on Orkut, please scrap him/her. Again as I said its a good practice to feed the hungry.

7.)The 'Unsolicited Scrap' Effect
a)****This is for Guys ***** If some girl has not put her pic on orkut there are two things possible, either she is very beautiful and is getting unsolicited scraps in heaps and that is why she has removed her pics, or she is not beautiful and at the same time not self-confident of herself. In either case don't try on her, In first case, 99% of chance is there that she is already going out with some one (Good ones are always taken u see!!!) and in the second case, the girl is not worth a try (not because she is not beautiful but because she is not self confident!!! Hope people don't take me wrong here).
b) *****This is for Girls**** If some unknown person is trying to be friends with you by writing sweet scraps, chances are that he is writing the same scrap to other twenty three thousand four hundred forty six girls also.
You are the best person to decide to accept his friend's request or not. Its always better to go through his scrap book first.




P.S.- The title to this blog is another publicity stunt. Hope it works the same way on my blog as seen on TV!!! :-)

Re Bhaiyya Choote Lagaan!!!

Next two months are going to be very tough considering the fact the that I have not done the required investments to save the taxes, a big chunk of my not-so-fat pay packet will be taken by the government.

I'm not complaining after all it is my mistake. I should have started saving a long time back but when money is there in your bank account and you have so many new places to visit and eat, so many new clothes to be tried, so many people to talk to over phone, so many things to buy for your home needs and so many people who still are expecting gifts from you how will you manage to save anything.

Anyways its a lesson well learnt and now that I'm quite used to of seeing my bank account turning green on the last day of every month , I think now I'm well equipped to take care of my expenditures as well as to maintain good savings.

It would have been so nice if Government gave tax exemption to all those spend-thrift idiots like me for 1 full year. The day you start earning you have to pay the tax. There should be some child-concession,(aren't we like a baby only in the earning world) or something like that for all the starters. Atleast give them some time to realise the importance of money and savings.
When I was in school or for that matter college, the 4 hours budget presented every year just seemed to be a shear waste of time.

I always used to wonder what makes my Dad sit through that extra boring session of our Honourable Finance minister giving a bhasan in the otherwise empty Loksabha. And the headlines in the news paper next day saying "cigarette, Gaadi mahanga, Tv, computer kharidna aur aasan" were equally boring. And every year there will be a pie chart in the news paper showing where did that rupee come from and where does it go. I used to wonder who is interested in all these stats. Why the hell anyone will be bothered about the sources of income and how is it spent. Only thing I understood at that time was, whatever money is collected from us goes to the politicians in the name of ghotala.


But now it does make a difference to me. I'm worried about rising prices because it is me now who has to pay for it and not my DAD. I'm worried about the income tax slabs. It is my hard earned money (if I say so ;) ) that is going to the government.I'm bothered about how the money is being spent, and where is it spent.The changing policies of government does affect my personal budget. And as every honest citizen of the country I pray that taxes are not increased this year.
And I'm going to make sure next year that I make optimum use of government's policy and not give any extra cent to the govt. as LAGAAN!!!


By the way savings and investment does help in contributing to our economy. The more the money flows the more it grows. So save money, invest it properly in the right channels, save on TAXES and pay the remaining. Remember the money that goes from you today comes back to you again in one form or other. Aakhir paisa aur Duniya dono GOL hai...


PS: The rising prices of cigarrette gives me immense pleasure as I save more money, I don't smoke you see ;-)

Banna Chahte Ho Duniya ki no.1 Country ?

"Aaabaabbbabababbababaaababbababababaaaaaabbbbbababababbabababa"

Well to begin with, the last line means long time no C..
But on the serious note, Its really a long time since I wrote anything. Out of topic.. NO ways..
Of late there have been so many things to talk about.

The recent Shilpa Shetty/ Big Brother episode or The comaback Man Sourav Ganguly, The Stylish SRK in KBC (I really loved it, the way he spoke, the way he interacted with the participants and his presence on the screen.. Makes u smile.. doesn't he!! ) or be it our own Guru Kant Desai making stories both in reel life and real life..

They all created so much news.. A 24 hour full masala for the news channels as well as the viewers
To be very frank none of these are going to make any difference in my life. None of these are important to me.
May be Ganguly coming back in form does make a little difference to me and many other eternally optimistic Indians but still its not much of a news.

Kare Koi Bhare koi..

The recent riot in eastern parts of bangalore claimed a life of 12 year old orphan. A police man Thimmaiah was seriously injured and his fighting for his life in the hospital. Saddam Hussein not only killed hundreds of people (Its what the junta all over the world say) but even after his death he is claiming lives of the innocent.. What happened over the last week was just an after effect of Saddam's execution. It does not make sense to me in any way how a procession/rally/demonstration after 20 days of Saddam's execution is going to be of any use.. George Bush or for that matter any other American/Britisher is least bothered about these rallies happening in a third world country.
But we Indians will be bothered and are bothered by these demonstrations. Public property being looted, houses being ransacked, innocent people being killed.

Yes all these affects me. A miniscule fraction of my hard earned money (Sitting in the office doing TP and writing a blog is really a tough job) going as Income tax is being used for the development of public property. And when the public property is destroyed it is my loss and it is also the loss of other millions of people who honestly pay the Tax.

I'm not against rallies or Dharnas (I'm talking as if my thinking is going to make any difference).
If you are against something, go ahead, protest against it, but do it peacefully. I've seen some pictures in which people are carrying talwars and big butcher knives. Do these people think that Saddam's executors are here in bangalore only. Or do the VHP activists think that by looting shops of the local muslims they'll avenge the last fight.

For me Saddam Hussein getting hanged is not a big issue, but may be for some one it is and they have every right to protest against it. What does that 12 year old kid has to do with Saddam Hussein. I'm not too sure even if he knew who Saddam was. What was the fault of the policeman, Just the fact that he was doing his duty..

Should we not also hang the politcians for whom the human life is just another piece of flesh which is of no use to them.

Should we not also hang the local rowdies who incite the whole riot resulting in loss of lives and property just to make few extra bucks for themselves.

Should we not protest against the aam junta getting killed just coz they are so common that even if some of them die its not going to make any difference.

Is a dead man worth so many lives and so much of tension, insecurity, and law lessness..

Are we really progressing..


Do we really love our country ????


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The India Poised Campaign's Transcript!!!


There are two Indias in this country. One India is straining at the leash, eager to spring forth and live up to all the adjectives that the world has been recently showering upon us.

The other India is the leash.

One India says "Give me a chance, and I'll prove myself."

The other India says "Prove yourself first, and maybe then, you'll have a chance."

One India lives in the optimism of our hearts.

The other India lurks in the scepticism of our minds.

One India wants.

The other India hopes.

One India leads.

The other India follows.

These conversions are on the rise. With each passing day, more and more people from the other India are coming over to this side. And quietly, while the world is not looking, a pulsating, dynamic India is emerging.

An India whose faith in success is far greater than its fear of failure.

An India that no longer boycotts foreign-made goods, but buys out the companies that makes them instead.

History, they say, is a bad motorist. It rarely ever signals its intentions when it's taking a turn.

This is that rarely ever moment. History is turning a page.

For over half a century, our nation has sprung, stumbled, run, fallen, rolled over, got up and dusted ourself, and cantered, sometimes lurched on.

But now, in our sixtieth year as a free nation, the ride has brought us to the edge of time's great precipice.

And one India, a tiny little voice at the back of the head, is looking down at the bottom of the ravine, and hesitating. The other India is looking up at the sky and saying, "It's time to fly."

Proud to be an Indian ???

We, the eternally optimistic Indians!!!!

We love to loose..

And then console ourselves..

To prepare for one more fight...

Hoping for that elusive win...

Only to loose again...

But we don't ever give up!!!

We the Eternally Optimistic Indians!!!


Everytime we fall..

We stand up again..

Winning is a dream..

That Keeps us going...

Loosing is a habit..

That help us falling...

Anytime, Everytime..

But we don't ever give up !!!!

We the Eternally Optimistic Indians!!!


We love our "Chalta hai" Attitude

It Makes our life tick

We don't want to offend others

We don't want others to loose

Hence we ourselves give up

To make other's dream come true

We sacrifice ours..

Only to hope for a day

When someone will sacrifice their dream for us

Only to realise that no one is like us..

But we Never Give Up..

We the Eternally Optimistic Indians!!!

Bluffmaster

Bluffmaster is surely one of those movies that i can watch umpteen no. of times and still not get bored. Though the movie had many scenes which you'll love to see again and again.. but my favourite is.. don't ask me why... Even i don't know


Sim: Kyu mera peecha kar rahe ho tum Roy

Roy: Peecha nahi kar raha hoon kuch kaam tha isliye aaya hoon

Sim: Oh kuch kaam se aaye the...to aaj aap kya bane hai.. lawyer, doctor inspector...

Roy: Main bus yahi kahne aaya tha tum aur yeh ladka ek sath ache lag rahe hai

Sim: Thank you!

Roy: Ekdum bhai bahan jaise

Sim : Amit mera mangetar hai Roy

Roy: Tumhe hasata hai?

Sim: Kam se kam rulata to nahi hai

Roy: Toh..hasa nahi pata rula nahi pata iska matlab tumhare dil par asar nahi kar paya aur tum usse shadi karne ja rahi ho...main yeh nahi janta Sim ki woh tumhe kitna chahta hai par yeh janta hoon ki mujhse jyada tumhe koi pyar nahi kar sakta..

Sim : Mujhe der ho rahi hai Roy

Roy: Sim... tum bhale hi mujhse dur chali jao lekin main tumse dur nahi ja sakta.. bus ek mauka de do sim main badal gaya hoon...

Mr. Malhotra aapka bill..

Sim : Mr.Malhotra.. tum badal gaye ho sudhar gaye ho...pata hai tumhari problem kya hai... tum ek bar nahi baar baar badalte ho!!!!

Kahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai, Meri Jaan Mujhe Khabar Hai!!!

I know what are you staring at....

And I was so embarrassed!!

How many of you have habit of reading the one-liners printed on girls' t-shirts. I have and sometimes it becomes so embarrassing. As soon as I see a printed t-shirt I just can't stop myself reading them and so many times got caught by girls staring at the t-shirt.

Now how do I explain to them that it is not what they are thinking. I mean guys don't always think about the same thing, sometimes they do want to read a joke or that funny one-liner or the girl's condition that day.

I saw a girl who was wearing a t-shirt saying I'm having a bad hair day. And just then as a reaction to that I started observing her hair came to a conclusion that T-shirts don't lie!!!

After a strenuous day at work (Yes, I do work sometimes!!!) I usually go to forum to relax. Today it happened again, got caught by a girl staring at her t-shirt (Believe me I was just trying to read it) and it said No machine can read this barcode and a bar code below that.
Seeing that I started wondering what it would be like putting that t-shirt (only the t-shirt, mind you!!!) under the scanner and verifying what the t-shirt said, probably I was just trying to prove to myself that T-shirts don't lie!!! And then it happened. I think my eyes got glued to a same position for a long time and this female caught me staring . And so did her boy-friend and both of them started giving me dirty looks. I was so embarrased!!! I so much wanted to tell her that I was not looking at what she was thinking. Trying to decipher the barcode was my sole intention.
But it was of no use. They both crossed me with some special comments (Thank God I didn't hear them!!!).

My sincere request to all the females.

I respect you all, I mean all the girls out here. You all are so beautiful in your own way.
Please stop wearing those funny/attractive/thought-provoking one-liner t-shirts , and if you do wear them please don't mind guys staring at them. I again say we don't always think about the same thing!!!

Tere Jane Se to Kuch Badla Nahi!!!

I came across this wonderful verse from Gulzar. It precedes the song Tere Jane Se to Kuch badla nahi from the album Sunset Point.
The lines are so simple but conveys a whole lot of thing...
A failed love story, a broken heart, a never ending wait and......


Dholak Ki thap dur daraj ke Mohallon tak sunai di
jab use khabar mili to woh bhi pahucha
khidkiyo darwazo se jhank jhank kar uski nazar pakadne ki koshish karta raha
mehandi se sazi tak dulahan tak pahuchna mushkil tha
ek saheli dulhan ke liye chai ki pyali lekar aayi
usne to maangi nahi thi
saheli ne aankh jhapak kar kaha,
pilo cup mein paigaam bhi hai
cup ki tah mein usne angoothi rakh kar bheji thi
usne angoothi hothon se pili aur ungali mein pahan li
saheli ke mehandi lagi hatheli par likh ke bhej diya
usi sunset par milna jo pool par mila tha
lekin sandesa pahucha nahi
woh ja chuka tha
pal bhar mein sab badal gaya
aur kuch bhi nahi badla
jo badla tha woh to guzar gaya......

Yeh Duniya yaaron Daud Hai!!!

Lage Raho Munnabhai Version
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sahar ki is daud mein daud kar karna kya hai...
agar yahi jeena hai doston to fir marna kya hai....
pehli barish mein train late hone ki fikar hai,
bhool gaye bhigte hue tahalna kya hai!!!
serial ke kirdaron ka sara haal hai malum,
par ma ke haal puchne ki fursat kaha hai!!!
ab ret par nange pao tahalte kyu nahi?
108 hai channel par bhil dil bahalte kyu nahi?
internet par duniya se to touch mein hai,
par paros mein kaun rahta hai jante tak nahi...
mobile landline sabki bharmar hai,
par jigri dost tak pahuche aise taar kaha hai..
kab dubte hue suraj ko dekha tha yaad hai?
kab jana tha shaam ka guzarna yaad hai?

to doston Sahar ki is daud mein daud kar karna kya hai...
agar yahi jeena hai doston to fir marna kya hai.....



Vatsy's effort to duplicate it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diwali aate hi pollution ke baatein karne lagte hai
bhool gaye chup chup ke patakhe fodna kya hai
Kaun sa rasta kaun se shopping mall ko jata hai sab hai malum
par bagal wale baniye ki dukan mein kya kya milta hai yeh dekhne ke fursat kaha hai
ab garmiyon mein chhat par sote kyu nahi
75 tarah ke hai coldrinks par pyas bujhte kyu nahi
sms par hi haal e dil bayan kar dete ho
chitti kaise likhi jati hai jaante tak nahi
debit/credit card sabki bharmar hai
par dusro mein baant sako aisa pyar kaha hai
kab ugte hue suraj ko dekha tha yaad hai
kab jana the subah ka hona yaad hai


to doston Sahar ki is daud mein daud kar karna kya hai..
agar yahi jeena hai doston to fir marna kya hai.....

Main SuperMan Banna Chahta Hoon!!!

I felt like wearing the red chaddis on my trousers today. I wanted to have all the powers today and I wanted to use them responsibly!!

There is some construction work going on Chalgatta Road near the GVC campus. The part outside the GVC campus is completely dug and there is just small part left open for two wheelers to pass. And unfortunately only one two-wheeler can pass through that strech at a time. Private security gaurds try to manage the impatient drivers (that includes me ) and make sure that no deadlock happens.
A gaurd today was trying to do the same thing. But a Sunny deol look alike didn't seem to like it. Mr Deol was a sitting as a pillion on the bike and he I don't know for what reason felt offended by the gaurd. Mr Deol got off the bike, went close to the gaurd and slapped him with all force.
The gaurd who was a very thin fellow looked so helpless. He turned around for help and saw a traffic inspector nearby. His eyes explained everything. He wanted help. Traffic Inspector made a move towards Mr Deol, and Mr Deol towards his bike as if nothing has happened.

I felt like getting down of my bike and hitting Mr Deol with double the force. But then He was twice my size, (width wise) and He was a localite and I a refugee. Even If i would have tried to intervene nobody would have supported me.

I want to wear the red chaddis. I want to have the power. I don't just want to be a mere spectator. I want 'an' to lie on the right side of Human!!!

I want to be a SuperMan....................

Hazaaro Khwaishein Aisi..

"A thousand desires such as these
A thousand moments to set this night on fire,
reach out and you can touch them,
you can touch them with your silences
you can reach them with your lust
rivers, mountains, rains,
rain against a torrid hillscape
A thousand desires such as these"

Reach out and you can touch them, I thought no desire is unreachable. I thought I just have to try for it and try seriously for it and I'll be there.And now I'm about to give up. I'm about to give up a long cherished desire.Have I given my 100%?I don't know. Well, how does it matter.The desire which was unreachable when it made its presence felt is still unreachable.I did whatever best I could do, and I'm almost satisfed with my efforts but just because you want to fulfill your dreams, just because somebody said if you really want something the whole world will conspire for you to get it, the nature won't change its course, miracles won't happen.I've realised it and all the hopes that I had are about to get shattered.





I'm giving up on my dream!!!

Chal Joothe!!!

Life ke fundae...

Wow!! there are so many of them. Some of them contradicting each other and some sound so illogical.
It makes me think are all the philosophies given by the so called great philosophers and great thinkers applicable to everyone. The credit for this blog goes to Pritesh.
I was going through Pritesh's blog and he had written some amrut vachan ( actually he had copied that from another friend Goli's blog who in turn must have copied from somewhere else :).. the copying chain goes on & on & on)

As a kid I always used to wonder there must be some definite rule to live a happy life. There must be some philosophies which if you follow life will never seem difficult. Even if you are not able to understand the things happening around you and thinking why me... then also, at some point of time everything will be fine. You'll come to realise why you.
Philosophers or Mr. P (in general) has explaination for everything.

I read this line in my school days which most of us believe in.. Ishwaram yat karoti shobhnam karoti which translates to Watever happens is for good (God does all that )
Ah! this makes you feel good..When you are in deep shit, you pray ( By the way..most of us pray only when things go out of control and we are in a deep shit!!!) and then you hope that everything will be fine. Sometimes you come out of it. God is there, your belief in him strengthens. But then sometimes you don't. You get further down in the shit. And then you start thinking why me!!! Mr. P said if things are not going your way God is just trying to test your patience.
You again ask Why ME???
Mr. P said because God thinks you as your dearest child and He knows you have the power to get out of the shit. He knows how much deep you can go inside the shit and when you reach your limit He'll take you out.
You think Just because you have the patience and power to survive in deep shit you're being forced into it.
Mr P said life is like that only. The more elastic you are the more you'll be streched.

I want to loose my elasticity... I don't want to be streched any further... I don't want to go further down the shit... I don't want to loose all the time, i don't want to make pillars of success.. I got to win now. Falling all over again and again.. Is this justice???

Then Mr. P said Don't expect life to be FAIR!!!!

Maine Samay Rok Ke.........Part-2

Karmanye va dhikarasthe, Ma phaleshu kadachana...

Wait... I'm not going to start any Geeta Pravachan here. That's not my job and I would never want to do it also.
Either the Life has come to a stand-still or it is moving very fast.
I don't have the time for myself. I don't have the time to think about what I want to do. I don't have the time to contemplate on what I have done till now. Am I running behind the schedule or is just that I was always like that and my life needs some more planning. But to have some plans or rather make some plans, I need time. Can't I stop the time. Can't it stop by itself for me.

I'm busy with nothing. I'm busy with the things that are not going to help me in anyway. I'm not getting time to do what I need to do. Am I wasting my time?

Sometimes I feel I'm different . Why only me. I think everyone in this world at some point of time thinks the same about themselves.
But then things happening around me make me realise that I'm not. Infact nobody is. We all are the same. HUMANs!!!
I wanted to have super natural powers like superman, but realised wearing chaddis on my pant will not help me fly.
I thought that if required I can do anything, I thought I can get anything if I really want it, coz I believed that impossible is nothing.
I realised an lies on the wrong side of H. I'm an HUMAN and not HanUMAN. (Grammatical mistake is intentional )

To be continued...

Maine Samay Rok Ke.........

Its more than a year now since I started working. Its more than a year now since I last attended the college. Its more than a year now since I had fun in the hostel.

Life was never so easy, or should I say Life was never so dull. Wake up in the morning, get ready for the day, and leave for the office. Ah I forgot my brekfast! Empty stomach now doesn't make any noise. There is no mess food to crib about. You get used to a cup of coffee which will satisfy your stomach needs till lunch time.
I reach office cursing the bangalore traffic which is getting worse day after day. Oh Shit! another one way introduced.Journey to office becomes even longer.
Checking mails and replying back to all the scraps I got on orkut is the next thing I do. Slowly getting into the mood of doing what I am paid for... WORK!!! But then a time for another coffee break. A small conversation with the colleague about the current scenario in the company. A sudden realisation I have lot of things to finish before the end of the day. Back to my seat doing the same old routine work, how many times I have to run the same thing again and again. Why this darn thing can't show a regular behaviour. When will I be over it .
Lunch time is nearing and then I message all my lunch partners to get ready for it.
Lunch and a small walk after it takes away another hour. Back to work, trying not to sleep in between the work I end up working in between the sleep.
Somehow with few more coffee breaks and snacks break manage to finish the day's work. But its already night, time to go back home. Ah I forgot again.. This road was a one way..
Should have taken a right turn there only. Traffic is not helping me either.
Reaching home is another challenge everyday.
Call all your near and dear ones (Oh.. There are so many of them..Time's up buddy... rest ones next day) and then eat your dinner, which you only have to take it (The thing I hate most. I can never decide how much can I eat. Mom, wish you were here ).
Why can't they show Laughter Challenge everyday, I want to feel light after reaching home, I want to smile after I reach home, I don't want to see the over-weight tulsi or the ever sobbing parvati and I don't want to know Kya hoga Nimmo ka and I definitely don't want to know ka gajab hua jab luv hua.
Cursing all the mahilas in the world for whom all the prime time on all the prime channels is dedicated I change to music channels. Oh Huzoooooooor... Tera Tera Tera Surooooooooooor. How can the same song be played on all the music channels at the same time. Oops! they are not same, atleast the music details displayed on the screen says so. But don't they all sound the same. Himesh everywhere. Midnite hot no longer seems hot. Better to sleep, I decide.


That's all I've done on all the days in the last year sans weekend.

To be continued..More to come... Wait Till

Vatsy-Speaks!!!

Get a Life Dude!!!!

Here I'm...
On this page..
Again........

All this while was wondering what to write next. Every morning I had one thought with few points also. But time is not always on your side.

Started with writing about all the good things in life and how to remain postive anytime, everytime.
Couldn't finish that post because of a late realisation. You can't always be happy in your life. and everything that happens is not for good. Though till now my stern believe was exactly the opposite.

A friend once said Everything is good in the end, if it is not good, it is not the end.

Who decides the end? And if you talking about life, how can end of life be good and when you are just 24.
AP died last friday and he was just 24. 24 is no age to die.
Its the time when you live your life to the fullest. Its the time when you try to realise all your unfulfilled dreams you saw in your college life.

Just out of college, earning handsome salary, trying to flirt with girls and in a process make few girl friends, party all night and work all day, booze on friday nite,sleep through the weekends. And then suddenly everything comes to a stand-still.

It is THE END for him.
AND IT IS NO GOOD!!!!!!!

The CAT RACE!!!

The CAT Race!!!
Its that time of the year again. The time when branches of UTI bank start seeing a huge rush outside their usually not so crowded bank. The time when people start realising there is not much time left to fulfill their Dollar Dreams. (Oops!! I shouln't refer it that way). The time when people starts taking note of their percentiles in the not so important mock RACE. Yes you got it right. Its the time when hundreds and thousands of young and old, guys and girls start buying their set of bell. And with these Bell the day dreaming of making full use of it starts. Yes they all want to BELL the CAT.


Are you in the RAT RACE?

The Rats wanted to Bell the Cat so that they can eat the cheese easily sans any fear.

What's the cheese here?

The winners gets it all. Big Money, Huge Responsibilties,Fame, Cover Photo in various magazines, And if you're lucky enough then may be chance to show-off yourself at the Prime Time on the idiot-box.

Why do YOU want CHEESE??? Why are you the RAT???

Just few years back there was a huge respect for Engineers and IT guys (Like me!!!). But now in a city like Bangalore where people say if you throw a stone it'll either hit a dog or will hit a software engineer you are just a part of the huge crowd. You're no longer different. There are so many YOU.You want to be different from the crowd. The problem is again there are so many YOU. There are so many YOU who want to be different. So all of YOU start fighting for that CHEESE. YOU have to somehow BELL the CAT. YOU're the RAT now.

You hate your master and you start wondering how will it feel to be in his position.You realise few years back your master was just like you and then he had some CHEESE which made him very powerful and your bloody MASTER. Getting that cheese wouldn't have been difficult but the problem is everyone is like YOU. All of YOU start wondering about the same thing. They all want to eat the CHEESE.So all of YOU start fighting for that CHEESE. YOU have to somehow BELL the CAT. YOU're the RAT now.

You just acquired your bachelor's degree . You don't want a regular 9 to 5 work. You don't want to sit at the same place all your life. You want to travel all around the world. Some one said you have to have some cheese for that extra punch in your life. You decide to have some cheese now.There are so many YOU. All of YOu wants that punch in their life.They all want to eat the CHEESE.So all of YOU start fighting for that CHEESE. YOU have to somehow BELL the CAT. YOU're the RAT now.

You saw in television that Mr X is going to be a rich man. He has just been hired by a bank who have shown a dream of making money at an astonishing rate to millions of people and Mr X will be working towards that dream. Mr X has to fulfill the dreams of millions. Millions want to be a millionaire. The bank thinks Mr X is the right man to do it. So they make him a millionaire. Mr X dream is fulfilled and now its upto him to make others a millionaire. You dont want to be the part of others group. You dont want anyone like Mr X to make millions for you. You want to be Mr. X, make millions for youself and in a process if possible make millions for others also. Mr X had cheese. You have to have the same cheese. The problem is there are so many YOU who don't need Mr. X but wants to be Mr. X. There are so many YOU.They all want to eat the CHEESE. So all of YOU start fighting for that CHEESE. YOU have to somehow BELL the CAT. YOU're the RAT now.

You had a girl-friend. You wanted to spend the rest of your life with her. She also wanted the same. But her parents didn't. They thought that love is not important. Cheese is all that counts. So she is married to a person having cheese. You want your revenge. You want the cheese. There are so many YOU. So many you, who have been betrayed by the girl or the parent just because they think love is not important. It is the cheese that counts.There are so many YOU.They all want to eat the CHEESE.So all of YOU start fighting for that CHEESE. YOU have to somehow BELL the CAT. YOU're the RAT now.


Welcome to the world of RATS. May you get your share of CHEESE.


Vatsy says he doesn't need the cheese. He doesn't want to be a RAT. He doesn't want to be the part of the RAT race or rather the CAT race.

He's different and he doesn't need the cheese to prove that he's different. He's the part of the crowd yet he stands out, he doesn't hate his master and he knows neither his subordinates hate him. He doesn't want to be a Mr X. He's not the part of the others group.He believes that there are somethings money can't buy and no cheese can get you that. And he doesn't want to take revenge just because somebody thought CHEESE is more important than LOVE.


Vatsy-Speaks!!!

Names People Have!!!

Names People Have!!!

Talking about names I told Aditya Tumul and Vivek Vatsal as names are so cool[They are cool otherwise also :)].
What if our names were in karnataka tradition. P A Aditya (For those who don't know its Patna Anil Aditya), It sounds as if we're talking about some P.A. (Personal Assistant) and not a software engineer.
For me it will be B B Vivek( Begusarai Balraj Vivek). It would have been so confusing for me , thinking whether people are calling me or my wife (B B).

Thank God I was not born in Karnataka (No offences to anyone!!!) South Indian names are long and generally very so difficult to pronounce.

Welcome to the world of names... Just think if people are given names according to their traits.

P K Gire and P K Dhutt will be the names for all the drunkards who have habit of falling down after few rounds of drinks

If marriages are done after matching names instead of horoscopes, guess with whom the famous writer Shoba De be married to. The BCCI chief Jaywant LeLe
Shobha De & Jaywant Lele

The Talwars and The Katarias will be arch business rivals.

Puneet Khare and Durga Khote will be the Bunty-Babli of the names world.
People with surname Kalra will be given a permanent bed in the hospital.

People in search of happiness will go to Anand Karade.. who i'm sure will make anyone happy.
Mitra's will be your best friends
And everyone who gets drowned will be called Dubey after death.

There was this one guy in my batch with his surname as prusty, and people replaced the letter U with O. No wonder he had a tough time dealing with all the sex Crazy Maniacs of the hostel.

My room-mate has his surname as Dusre, I'm sure his son will be called Teesre and grandson Chauthe and so on...
Another room-mate's surname is Sarkar, am still waiting for him to join politics.

More to Come... wait till

Vatsy-Speaks

The Name Game

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha.

Does that ring any bell? Well its the full name of the famous Indian Athlete P T Usha. As a kid in a quiz contest I was asked if I know the full name of P T Usha (Prior to that I used to think her name was Petee Usha and not P T Usha.. How stupid of me). That day I came to know about the P T being her initials and not the name Petee.
Anyways I didn't get any points for that question and lost the quiz contest (FYI-There were many other questions also which were responsible for my loss). Then it was Quiz Master's turn to answer the unanswered questions. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, how did he pronounce that, I asked myself. I still cannot pronounce it and to be very frank I still don't remember it. This time the unanswered question was answered by the Best when it comes to answering the questions. GOOGLE.

Google also told me what does P T Usha's name actually signifies. Well her name has three parts, the IP Address, Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway. Figure out which one is which as per the explanation below.
The first name Pilavullakandi indicates the geographical origin, The Second name Thekkeparambil is the name of her "house" and finally the final part Usha is her Name.

One fine day a friend [I'm not going to take her name :)] asked me why do you all Biharis have two names. She was obviously referring to my two bihari classmates Aditya Tumul, Anshu Pratik and myself. I said, Good question.. I'll ask my GrandPa and will let you know.

But it really made me think. What if my name was something like that of P T Usha, B P Vivek or B P Vatsal. Or what if my GrandPa had known that I'll be studying and working in karnataka and named me according to karanataka tradition as B B Vivek or B B Vatsal or what I was named in the common north Indian way as Vivek Poddar.
All of it sounds so UnCool!!! (No offences to anyone!!!)

Vivek Vatsal or for that Aditya Tumul sounds so Cool and so Unique. Its so easy to get a mail-id with your full name (You never want your id to be Pilavullakandi_Thekkeparambil_Usha@gmail.com ... Nobody will ever mail you. Even the spammers and You will never get a message saying abhishek_sinha@gmail.com is not available. would you like to have ur id as abhishek_sinha_2232_36273@gmail.com)

Anyways I thought and thought and then thought some more. Why did my grandpa wanted to hide my family name. Why is my name not Vivek Poddar. (Though i dont have any regrets.. I am so much in love with my name )
Why does most of the biharis don't have their family name like other north Indians. Why is Kumar and Kumari most preferred second name in bihar (Thank God my name was not Vivek Kumar..or something more common like Abhishek Kumar. Whichever School I went to had Abhishek Kumar 1 Abhishek Kumar 2, Abhishek Kumar 3.. As if there is a 47% reservation for people with name Abhishek Kumar.)

I didn't have any answer to it. And I was not to keen on doing a Google on it, so i asked the person who knows it all. The Bond himself, Aditya Tumul. Abe why is your name Aditya Tumul and not Aditya Srivastava (Aditya Srivastava sounds so filmy. I kind of remember a movie with Abhishek Bachchan as Aditya Srivastava ). The Bond had an answer.
In Bihar the caste system is very prominent and people try not to reveal their caste as much as possible. He may be correct but I don't think it is very convincing.
I still don't have any concrete explanation for it. And I welcome if anyone having two names (People with second name Kumar are also welcome ) can drop in with their comments and the reason.


More about names.. coming soon..
Wait till


Vatsy-Speaks


JUST FYI
Wat google says about surnames....

Indian surnames, where formalized, fall into seven general types.
Patronymics and Ancestry, where the father's name or an ancester's given name is used in its original form or in a derived form (e.g. Aggarwal or Agrawal or Agrawala derived from the ancestor Agrasen).
Occupations ( Chaudhury, Patel or Patil meaning Village Headman, Gandhi, Kulkarni, Kapadia, Nadkarni, Patwardhan, Patwari, Chamar) and priestly distinctions (Trivedi, Chaturvedi, Twivedi, Purohit, Bhattar, Mukhopadhyay.) In addition many Parsi, Bohra and Gujarati families have used English trade names as last names since the 18th and 19th centuries (Contractor, Engineer, Builder).
Caste or clan names (Gaudar, Vaish, Parmar, Kamma, Sindhi).
Place names or names derived from places of ancestral origin (Marwari, Gawaskar, Mangeshkar, Kapoor, Karnad).
Muslim surnames, generally following the same rules used in Pakistan. Khan among the most popular, often signifying Afghan/Central Asian descent.
Bestowed titles or other honorifics (titles bestowed by Kings, Nawabs and other nobles before British Raj (Wali, Rai, Rao) and those bestowed by the British (Rai, Bahadur). In Bengal, it is also common custom to create hybrid surnames based on the previous last names and new titles (Raichoudhury)
Names indicating nobility or feudal associations or honorifics (Varma, Singh, Burman, Raja, Tagore, Thakur)
Colonial Surnames forced on natives based on tax or after religious conversion, particularly in Goa which was under Portuguese control (DeCruz, Pinto). Often, surnames of Portugene noble families were used as the surnames of the converted.
The convention is to write the first name followed by middle names and surname. It is common to use the father's first name as the middle name even though it is not universal. In some Indian states like Maharashtra, official documents list the family name first, followed by a comma and the given names.
It is customary for wives to take the surname of their husband after marriage. In modern times, in urban areas at least, this practice is not universal. In some rural areas, particularly in North India, wives may also take a new first name after their nupitals. Children inherit their surnames from their father.
In some parts of Southern India, no formal Surname is used, either because none is designated or because the family has decided to forgo its existing clan name. This practice is prevalent in Kerala where someone who belongs to the Nair (a corruption of "Nyakar" pointing to a warrior past) clan for example, could forgo its usage completely in modern times, preferring just to use the initials of the father, ancestral village or "house" instead. An example of this usage is the name of olympian P. T. Usha (Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, where the first name indicates the geographical origin and the second is the name of her "house"). Wife or child takes the given name of the husband or father (Usha married Satish, and may therefore be called Usha Satish or simply S. Usha).
Sikhs generally use the words Singh ("lion") and Kaur ("princess") as surnames added to the otherwise unisex first names of men and women, respectively. It is also common to use a different surname after Singh in which case Singh or Kaur are used as middle names (Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Surinder Kaur Badal). In modern times, many Sikh women also use "Singh" as their last name following the western concept of patronymic or marital inheritance (Surinder K. Singh). Other middle names or honorifics that are sometimes used as surnames include Kumar, Dev, Lal, and Chand.
The modern day spellings of names originated when families translated their surnames to English, with no standardization across the country. Variations are regional, based on how the name was translated from the local language to English in the 18th, 19th or 20th centuries during British rule. Therefore, it is understood in the local traditions that Agrawal and Aggarwal represent the same name derived from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab respectively. Similarly, Tagore derives from Bengal while Thakur is from Hindi-speaking areas. The officially-recorded spellings tended to become the standard for that family. In the modern times, some states have attempted at standardization, particularly where the surnames were corrupted because of the early British insistence of shortening them for convinience. Thus Bandopadhyay became Banerji, Mukhopadhay became Mukherji, Chattopadhyay became Chatterji etc. This coupled with various other spelling variations created several surnames based on the original surnames. The West Bengal Government now insists on re-converting all the variations to their original form when the child is enrolled in school.
Some parts of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia have similar patronymic customs as that of India.



Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname

Finally..... Vatsy Speaks!!!

After 5 unsuccessful attempts spread over last 15 days I've finally arrived in the world of bloggers.
They say(Don't ask me who.. Even I don't know ) if you cross the first hurdle then eventually at some point of time you'll reach the last hurdle.
For me the problem was at the first hurdle. To think of something creative as my profile-id was a tough task. I did do a lot of research but couldn't come up with anything creative so finally settled with Vatsy-Speaks. Though it's not the best of the ideas that came up in my mind but this one is certainly the simplest of them all.

So what is Vatsy going to speak about. Is it going to be personal experiences, or about individuals, or topics like why is Bangalore so crowded or may be why do Terrorists have to do a blast in local train in Mumbai at peak time or something philosophical like why don't you get everything you want in Life?

Well its gonna be little bit of everything (That's what I've thought of till now) depending on my mood. And for those who don't know my status messages on Yahoo! and G-Talk are a general indication of my mood. So if I do happen to make an entry in the blog its generally going to be the description of the status message on that day.

More to come... Till then...

Wait for Vatsy to Speak!!!!