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2010-07-18T08:19:00.006+05:30

MY PASTA'S A HIT! SO HERE'S THE RECIPE - ON PUBLIC DEMAND

So here I was terrorised by treat threats from all my buds at Oracle. Yup, When everyone cooks up goodies and you hog on all of that, you have to treat them to ice-creams n pastries. So one month down the line when the threats started surfacing again, I decided to unleash on them the cook within. So here's the pasta I made. Proud to say t'was a hit with everyone. And on public demand, here's the recipe.

PASTA: MA WAY

Ingredients: Any Pasta(My fav: Spaghetti), Olive oil, red chillies, garlic, lots of tomato, all the veggies you like, basil, thyme, any other spices you like.

Preparation: Boil the pasta, add some salt to the water. Once the pasta's nice and soft, drain the water. Now for the sauce- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan(this one's too big for a saucepan). Smash the garlic just enough to get their peel off and the into the hot olive oil. After a couple of minutes slice some dried red chillies into and put them in. Now you can either throw in the veggies along with the tomatoes or stir fry everything except tomatoes separately, adding tomatoes to the pan with garlic and chilly(I like it this way, making the sauce separately). And as I hardly get those juicy tomatoes(Hamesha salad vaaley crisp tomatoes hi miltey hain), you can always use puree, I did it with this one - although home-made tomato pulp's great any day. Once the sauce starts cooking well throw in the veggies, throw in some salt, throw in the spices - lots of basis. Feel the need to add water? Go ahead. Feel like adding olive oil? More the merrier.. but remember, your gonna drizzle some from the top once your done. And of course salt to taste. Keep tasting and keep adding salt or spice as per taste, I also like to throw in some pepper. And once your happy n you know it.. Toss the pasta into the mix let it simmer for some time n Voila! Drizzle some Olive oil now or better still, at the time of serving.

PS: Thanks Jyotsana for making me write this, as this adds a new label to my blog- Recipe.

2010-07-03T15:06:00.003+05:30

PICKLE TIME AGAIN! IT'S THE TIME WHEN I FEEL THE PROUDEST OF MY TELUGU ROOTS

Yeehaa..! it's that time of the year again when we put fresh Aavakaaya- and many more pickles, the live-wires that run through the famous Andhra cuisine. Our cuisine has a huge profile of pickles including the great Gongura- a biological cousin of the friendly cannabis. But the big daddy of 'em all just has to be the Aavakaaya. It's a mind blowing amalgamation of tasty green mangoes, the deadly Warangal red chillies and a special Gingelly oil made from de-husked seeds specially for pickles along with lots of mustard seeds and garlic.

Some like it fresh and new, like me, with a zing of raw spice and the hot red chillies spinning their magic. Others like it aged a few months with the juices from the Mango cut by the spicy salty flavours. I'm lovin every time I lick it off my fingers. Mmmm......

PAHAR GANJ, DELHI'S RAIL ENTRANCE IS UP FOR A REVAMP

2010-06-26T23:05:00.000+05:30

This is a pic of the Main Bazaar, Pahar Ganj. Bustling with economy tourists from world over, the place - though dingy - tries to present India in the rustic hues that tourists would love to see. In fact I really love the way some of the joints here have won patrons among many expats. Book-stalls, boutiques, and joints that are a cross between a cafe and a dhaba, team up to make for a fabulous experience. While all this might make it a desirable crib for the discerning traveller, the place is, rather dingy. The many tiny corridores and super-crowded streets give it the real 'underbelly feel' - making it pretty possible for you to bump into someone selling you pot. Now you to must be thinking all this comes nowhere close to the pic here. That's because all of this might be in for some change. With Commonwealth games coming to town the government swung into action to revamp the New Delhi Rail Station only to open into the dingy Pahar Ganj. Now with days to go for the games they want to facelift Main Bazaar as well. All I hope is for this activity to not take away from the look n feel the place has acquired organically over the years.

2010-04-11T15:36:00.007+05:30

THE ROAD WHERE YOU DON WANNA STOP

Here's a song that I wrote recently. Will try to compose this one also, no matter how bad I am at it. Apart from being a confession of stupid situations I get myself into, it's also a comment on the superb, efficient and women-friendly law and order situation we have in our national capital. So here you go..

THE ROAD WHERE YOU DON WANNA STOP

Half sane
Half miserable
But for all my buds this day
This day ain't nothing liveable
Of all the roads back to our home
Tis the road less travelled
So I'ma put my foot down hard
Break every law applicable

I'ma put my foot down hard
Break every law applicable

Chorus:
Cos This is a place where you don go lone,
And this is the road where you don wanna stop
Lest you like a prick with a gun in his hand
Put the gun t'your head and ask you wachugot!

See me through please..
Don't die on me now
It's a bad country for chicks
You had better duck down
Duck down n stay like that
Although its hot,sweaty n how
Got meself into shit like this
Feels good its been so long

Got meself into shit like this
Feels good its been so long

Chorus

Who the Shanks! pulled down the windows?
All of you uninvited quetoes!
D'you really think i'ma scratch her toes?
Go away n leave us alone!

[This song is dedicated to our saviours, Saurav n Sweety]

2010-04-03T07:28:00.009+05:30

SANIAMANIA! WHO'S REALLY BOTHERED? FROM SHASHI THAROOR TO SAYALI BHAGAT. EVARONE.

Omigo!! Sania's gonna be 'Pakistan ki bahu'! Now which country will she play for? How can she marry into a terrorist country? What about 26/11. And who's really bothered about all of this? I'm the first one, because it spurred me to write something after a long long time. And Shashi Tharoor.. in an attempt to be sarcastic, asked where are the Indian guys? And if it was a diplomatic/romantic failure? Agreed he was trying to be funny. Celebs and politicians feel the need to make comment on the issue because both of them require attention desperately. Their profession needs them to keep yapping about it. I for one, don't feel the need to take a stand. Because it's a strictly personal matter. They say people without opinions are jerks, but there are exceptions. When media is sad enough to bring such stuff into public domain and the society is 'sadder' to crave for such news, you'll find plenty of issues in public domain where having an opinion is not just unnecessary but foolish.

First up, even if she was to play for Pak, anyone who actually follows tennis knows that she's past her prime, done well, peaked, won her grand slams and now is gonna settle down. It's tennis for God's sake, no one but Martina Navratilova can carry on till 40. If the marvellous story about Shoaibs first(and blind) love wasn't funny enough, it just keeps getting better. Everytime some bright soul out there tries to show that models and actors aren't such a brainless species after all, you can find someone who does more than enough to prove the contrary. This time round it is Sayali Bhagat. Says she turned down a film with Shoaib Malik because of 26/11. And miss Bhagat that's as wtf as it gets. Worst of all is the Branjelina style branding for the couple some brainy fellow came up with.. SHONIA!!

SHONIO.... O SHONIOooo... Tu bas dede mera saath.

2010-01-09T23:44:00.004+05:30

IDIOT ME!

Yeah I've seen this superbly made satire and absolutely loved it. Sure it gives the message that's been given loud n clear previously, but it really made me ponder about myself and in the end I found a lil bit of every character in me. Yup, I write this post to confess that I now clearly see all the idiots in me, and more! The message was clear in the book, and beautifully portrayed in the movie, 'Follow Your Heart'. But it posed a real uncomfortable question to me. All the frustration in life could very simply be traced back to an effort aimed at confirming to 'inspirations', if I may call them so, from outside and not from within. Yes this is where the itch starts. Many would blame parents for creating pressure, I feel this attitude is akin to blaming politicians for all the flaws of our society, rather than first looking at ourselves. If RDB taught us that we are to be blamed for our society to be screwed up, 3 Idiots was even simpler. It extends the same philosophy to our own lives. So I'm the one to be blamed for my life, if for nothing else, at least for those occasions in my life when I didn't well, 'follow my heart'. From hear popped up the real disturbing question. I say, But've always followed my heart. So where's the gap? The discomforting answer to this one, was something many won't accept. Well, I'm not sure what my heart wants, So how the F do I follow my heart??

Yes, as much as I would hate to appear to be a clueless balding young guy, it's a high to wake up to this reality. And I owe it to this movie to have made me realise this. But all is not bad. In fact the best thing I take away from this phenomenal flick and this equally phenomenal realisation is that, if I sill don't know what I want from my life or what my heart wants, then I haven't really made the most horrendous mistakes of my life yet! And I haven't committed myself to something that I simply, don't like or am not good at. So if you are as clueless about what your heart wants, that means one good thing, 'arre chachoo ALL IS WELL!!'

YAO! DELHI GOIN THE PARIS WAY

2010-01-02T11:22:00.000+05:30

Saw this first at the DU station. Now we have this spawning to other metro stations. Cycle rentals at stations could be the ultimate answere to the ultimate excuse for not using public transit systems: covering the last mile. Like many other ideas, Delhi has borrowed it from other cities. We borrowed the BRT from some latin american metropolis, and cycle rentals comes from some Paris. For me its a great green idea imported from a city that has gone significantly green in super healthy ways modern Europe has come to adopt. I hope we Delhiits too take to this trend quickly, and i'm optimistic as well. Not because we guys love to ditch the comfort of our cars for the sake of the planet, but simply because we love to 'get with it' whenever it comes to trends that are perceived as cool. From what I saw at DU, these cycles were a hit. But one could also say as a counter argument, that it's a student population, a species Delhi lacks when compared to other cities like B'lore or Chennai. And Delhi's largely family crowd ain't getting out of their cars no matter what. I'd like to believe in the former argument and would love to travel on bikes n rails whenever possible no matter which way Delhi swings. My only request of my brothers out there is, not thug these cycles from the parking please.. :D

PRACTICING WITH CHOPSTICKS

2010-01-02T10:52:00.000+05:30

Its not like I have chinese everyday. Especially not now, as i'm based out of home. I think the best way to get better is to go after every possible meal with a pair of chopsticks. And thats what I did today. Had a fun, lapping up gobi mutter with chopsticks.

2009-12-20T22:27:00.005+05:30

GOOD RIDDANCE

Swear to god there's no better stress buster than music.

2009-12-20T21:38:00.020+05:30

O YEAH BABY! WROTE DOWN CHORDS FOR THE SONG I WROTE MONTHS AGO

Wrote this song 7 long months ago. Now I guess I've got the chords right. Greatto!! Ma 1st OWN COMP!!

STONER SONGS!

E
Stoner songs!
G
In my mob!
C
Screamin out!
F D A
Lets get high!

E
Stoner songs!
G
In my mob!
C
Screamin out!
F-----D---A
Lets get high!

C----Am---C--Am-C---Am--D
Come to the horizon and go beyond
-C-Am---C----AmC-----Am-----------D
It happens when u -see all -that you never saw
---C---Am------C---Am---D---E---E
So lets get there, drift away n sing wid me..

E
Stoner songs!
G
In my mob!
C
Screamin out!
F---D-- A
Lets get high!

E
Stoner songs!
G
In my mob!
C
Screamin out!
F---D--A
Lets get high!

C---Am--C--Am---C---AmD
Like atom like is the vast uni-verse
-----------C---Am--CAm------C-Am-----------D
Look at the dark world above you to know who you are
C----Am-------C----Am-------D----E---E
duh.. raa raa.. duh.. raa raa.. duh.. raa raaaa..

E
Stoner songs!
G
In my mob!
C
Screamin out!
F---D--A
Lets get haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

I guess the Es at the end of the 2 stanzas going into the chorus need some visiting by me n all my mentors. Googlevana! Saurav! helpout guys!

Disclaimer: I was on nothing but some yummy pasta n a heavenlycup of hazlenut capuccino when I got this brainwave.

Testing my phone's email client.

2009-11-01T16:36:00.000+05:30

Ui..!

Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

2009-10-19T22:12:00.005+05:30

BIRBAL KI KHICHRI

They were the good old days when men used to be men. People never used to work their minds too much, and got flattered easily. One such man was emperor Akbar. A man spent the whole night in the palace lake. When Akbar asked him, did he not feel cold.. the man replied that the little light from the palace gave him all the warmth he needed. While that flattered the simpleton in Akbar, there was someone around to drive some sense into the emperor. He bunked the courtroom that day, calling in sick(no phones back then, must have sent a messenger). So Akbar went himself to visit dear friend Birbal. There was Birbal lying on the bed, and a pot hanging on top of him. Confused Mr. Akbar scratched his head and asked,"Dude, whats with that pot hanging over you?" And Birbal replied, "that's the khichri the doc prescribed". He went on to say, "if your palace light can keep that man in th pool warm, then the fever in my body can cook the khichri". And, that's exactly what I would say about this attempt of keeping this chinese curry warm. So that my friends, is Birbal ki khichri.

Or you might say Birbal ke chinese.

AND MORE:

2009-09-13T16:38:00.001+05:30

AND MORE:

HERE'S MORE!

2009-09-13T16:34:00.003+05:30

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WINDSCREEN STORIES: An interesting set

2009-09-13T16:34:00.001+05:30

WINDSCREEN STORIES:
An interesting set of pics from a day of driving through city streets, seem through the windshield.

ECLIPSE

2009-07-30T19:39:00.001+05:30

ECLIPSE

2009-07-19T14:20:00.007+05:30

"BUT WE'RE ALL GAY!!"

Recently I read this article in DT about whether Delhi pubs letting only couples in was 'Anti-Gay'? This reminds me of one hell of an anecdote from my first year at college. Couple of our seniors wanted to paardy.. N as the plan went around everyone hopped in and by 8 in the evening it was 13 guys game for a guys binge out. Mr Bacchan 'shaved off' to make that smooth impression on the pubbing crowd. Everyone put on their cool t's and sneakers.. N all jumped into the cab.

Yeah cab.. Its actually a mini-van.. the size of a big ambulance that we're used to calling RTVs or 'Hari Bhari' here in Delhi. Those were the times when we had made it a habit to invade the porches of big five stars in these rickety vehicles, creating a gaudy contrast with the Mercs, Audis and the Porsches in the background, much to the horror of the doormen and the front office staff.

But that never bothered us one bit. What was to happen that night was rather humiliating.. and super fun in the hind side(No.. stop thinking too much and read on). Thanks to my previous time we went out.. with Sachin Ball n Daadi, Bikes n Barells was the first choice.. If only we could get in. When we asked the cabby to drive us to Residency Towers he frowned.. saying we were wasting out money and that we would enjoy Saravana Bhavan(referred to as SB henceforth) much more. When we laughed off at this suggestion, little did we know that he'll be laughing at us all night long after what was gonna follow. We reached Bikes in out characteristic style.. our driver sane enough to notice the frowns of the valet guys. Me, Sachin and dear friends Shashi and Robbin happily entered and started ordering as well without realizing that smooth Mr. Bacchan, Shiv along with Jeenie had fell into their own trap. Shaving made them look too young, and the doorman insisted on IDs. As much as we act like who gives a damn.. ;) In the end its One for all and all for one you know.. So out we went, the driver must've thought, and rightly so.. the boys've been thrown out. Only, we were in no mood to listen to him n go to SB. So we said next stop.. Speed! a few more Kms down Annaa Salai. We had great plans, of groups of guys who look old enough going in with each of those who were stopped at Bikes. But another form of sexual discrimination awaited us at Speed. And those were the days when Junkyard Groove lead vocalist Ameet used to be on the staff at speed. Shashi bhai n co walking a little ahead of us were stopped.. The dooreman telling them with an attempted sweet smile.. "Saturday sir, we have entry only for couples." And to that the post modern thinker in Shashi had a brilliant snappy spark of a response. "But we're all Gay!!" He declared, looking back at this scattered gang of 13. They say that everyone at the entrance, was rolling over laughing. As far as me and a few others were concerned, we turned back almost instantly and rushed into to the cab like models who've just had a wardrobe malfunction rushing into the wings, red faced inside, but tryin to be cool n confident outside. Well, these days one would say its just something we could simply laugh off. But that's now.. n that was then. Again shamelessly smiling at the driver.. SB seriously looking like a real possibility now. Our last resort was.. StarRock. and after a little quarreling we managed to get it. And the rest as they say, is history.

Couldn't help but remember this night when I read this article in DT. Now I know there'll be many a friend of mine wanting to beat me up for writing this. ;)

2009-07-07T19:23:00.002+05:30

As I said, lets all get shameless and vote congress. So hear we are..
Again putting more dough into the hands that never deliver, or should
i say, the hands which have the most consistent record of not
delivering. 'Pranabda, where's the vision?' asked a headline in TOI.
People would have forgotten super procrastinating ways of the
congress, thanks to the nation being spared from a full blown cong
rule, for more that 10 years.. Not setting firm targets is she best
way to keep justify non-performance later on. The BEST way to thank
the electorate and give them exactly what they asked for is to bring
back the glorious days of opaque governance. And this budget puts us
well on our way to those days.. What's more? They justify their
proposed, non-transparent, passive and stagnant governance(simply put,
all the chori they're gonna do in the year to come), by saying that
budgets don't include declaration of policy matters..! Wow.. That's
what you call, "ek to com chori, uspe seena zori!!!"

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2009-06-30T22:40:00.005+05:30

SUSTAINABLE INEQUALITY: WHAT SAY DEAR MR. SAINATH?

I hate The Hindu! I mean, the news paper. And my friends very well know it. But today I was filled with admiration for one of their great collumnists., P Sainath. Yes, I'm getting extremely impulsive these day's. That's exactly why I'm writing this post post when I really should be practicing on my brand new six strings. And perhapse that's exactly why I got so charged up with the interview of P Sainath on NDTV that while logging into blogger I started typing psainath instead of my id. After a long time some one could actually sensitize me about the glaring inequality in our society today. You can find out more about this great dude on these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Sainath

http://www.indiatogether.org/opinions/psainath/

To tell you the truth I wasn't sensitized about inequalities and as I do believe that, inequality is at the core of our society, or any society for that matter. In fact, this once I was so dam pissed at the disastrous interpretations of equality made by most politicians, so enraged by societies inherent way of painting everyone in the same color, that I wanted to get a tattoo at the back of my neck that read, "I!=U". So, I love the inequalities in a society. They are the driver of the society. It is this gradient that makes society flow like the Ganges, metamorphosize(if there's verb like that) and not stagnate like a dead lake. But hearing from the ediot box what Mr Sainath had to say, brought an amazing thought to my mind.. I went euraka! This inequality that I romantisize, as beautiful as it well and truly is, needs to be within limits, for the sake of its own sustainability. That's when I asked myself, am I the first one to coin the term, "Sustainable Inequality"??

Now what on earth is that? I feel its best to explain with an example. I feel destiny is nothing but some mathematics.(Dunno where did that come from) Look, I feel, and we all know, that right now, and for a very long time in our history, at the receiving end of this great inequality has been our good ol' farmer. This cycle is about to change, or shall say the plunging happiness quotient of the farmer is close to getting bottomed out. Right now the world is looking at a very real scare of going without food. Focus in the next few decades will gradually shift to farms, and food production. the equation or rather the 'inequation', is going to change. There are two ways this'll happen. Either we get some sense into our heads, and bring some real focus to the farm sector, or we be the happy go lucky type society.. waiting for the farmer to catch his sickle, leave the harvest and come after us slick urbane types. The former, is what I call 'sustainable inequality'. All it says is, don't strech inequalities to a level where, simply put, it just snaps. I feel, in a broad sense, the society is also a corporation, that to a monopoly. You need to give the remuneration one deserves, cos attrition from the corporation called 'society', leads to birth of the gangsta, the rioter, the terrorist. One way or another the inequity will prevail.

I wish Mr. Sainath would actually come across this post and have the time to comment on this.

HERE'S MORE

2009-06-30T00:06:00.001+05:30

HERE'S MORE!
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2009-06-30T00:00:00.002+05:30

EVERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL DESERVES AN EYE
That's what i learn't when i screwed up the tuning of my guitar. Yes! I finally bought myself a guitar! And i post this pic of mine, thanks to my buddy Google's advice. Now he says posting pics of me playin the guitar'll be an incentive for me to make sure i learn it and not just keep it like a trophy in my room. And yes, i do plan to join Noida School of Rock next week. Its funny actually how, Gokul(google) n i, both had guitarist roommates through college, guitars, amps n stuff all over my room, which doubled up as a jampad, n we never learn't to play. Perhapse attracted to more creative stuff ;). But now, with life between work and home proving to be a drag, i had to find a way to let my impulses out. How i wish i had learn't to play back at college. But no worries, i'll most probably be back to school next week. NSR seems to be the best in Noida. N where did i buy my guitar from? The best n perhapse the only watering hole for music around Noida, Onstage. What a mind blowing collection of guitars! I leave you a few pics of 'em..

2009-06-21T18:58:00.006+05:30

MAMMA 'N' PAPA LIED TO US!

Ya! Remember all those times at school when you never used to study? Parents used to go on ranting.. 'work hard now! One should work hard as a student, So u can enjoy all life long later.' Bull. When a friend of mine recently asked me if Im enjoying in Delhi.. I gave him a lecture.. You do enjoy somewhat, but nothing like student days.. It doesn't matter where you are.. One can truly enjoy only as a student..1s u start work.. Aah.. Its all run off the mill. So there you go all kiddos in school.. Don't buy that crap about hard working students. Go out n enjoy! Squeeze every bit outta this time you got. As another friend of mine wrote in his facebook profile a while ago, 'there's nothing like college life. When else do your parents shell out thousands of rs. Jus for you to go to a strange place and get drunk every night!' Of course, after accusing parents of lying.. You've gotta give them the due credit. Right?

2009-05-30T00:42:00.001+05:30

I SAY.. THEY SAY

Phones off :(
Pissed off :(
When i jus wanna talk to som1 i need...
Beats off :(
moods off :(
such a long long time its been...

Don wanna meet up..
No Don wanna catch up, they sayaay..
Cos it hurts,
hurts so bad when its time to say babayaay..

Phones off :(
Pissed off :(
When i jus wanna talk to someone I need...
Beats off :(
moods off :(
such a long long time its been...

Don wanna call up..
Don wanna try to ring up, I sayaay..
Cos it hurts,
Hurts so bad when there's no one on the other siaide..

Phones off :(

Pissed off :(

Beats off :(

moods off :(

WOhh.... FI.

POTENTIALLY LETHAL POST!

2009-05-27T21:10:00.001+05:30

POTENTIALLY LETHAL POST! Mind blowing white Bentley on the road. Slowed down, annoyed many a driver on road but took a few pics. The more exciting part? Posting m all whilst i'm driving down home. Talking on phone while driving's mad enough.. Sending texts and mails is stupid, downright insane, and potentially lethal in the feroceas delhi traffic. So please don't try this if you love your life.. Or atleast your car. I love my car although its a modest 800cc Maruti and not a Bentley and won't risk it again. And yes, this proves the fears of critics of mobile blogging. Bad content i know, but hey, this is my first moblog. Check 1, 2, 3..

2009-05-11T22:31:00.006+05:30

CHAMPION ABUSER, DALIT KI BETI.. WANT SOME PAPPI??

Yeah that's exactly why I get enraged at the thought of Maya getting the top job. Because she is Dalit ki beti. Call me a communal exploitative Brahmin.. but a Dalit ki beti becoming PM is an absolute disgrace. Why? Because electorate vote for her, because she is Dalit, because she is a female.. in a nutshell, gimme her caste, gimme a sex, screw merit.

I remember a godforsaken communist from Tamil Nadu(I'll soon remember the name) once asked on a TV debate while advocating reservations, Why do you have this prejudice, that people from lower castes can never score good marks? His passionate question was actually a retort to a poor hapless and concerned lady from the audience who said that, When she goes in for a critical operation, she wants to be sure that the doc became a surgeon on merit and not because of his caste. You can have your own judgement on that.

Vote for her cos she's a female? In my view, there can hardly be a worse way to disgrace the female kind. If you can please pickup one of the Sunday additions of the Times of India from last month. In the cover article of Times Life, a woman asks, Why can't you just take me for a person? Why do I always have to be a woman? When all that matters is my merit and not my sex. Again you decide.

Now, lets talk about Maya memsaab's merit. You don't have entrance exams and cutoff's in politics (every one's invited). But you can always judge their Karma. And a look at the track record of Maya will show you, one can hardly contest the fact that she's the champion of abuse of power. The ease with which she slams cases and the way she invoked NSA on Varun is a striking and potentially lethal attack on the legal system of India. My Social Studies teacher had once taught me in school that the Judiciary of this country especially the Supreme Court is what has kept democracy afloat and breathing in this country. I'm afraid if this wretched female increases her influence at the centre, she might perpetually damage both the Judiciary and the Election Commission.

In fact inspired by Sanju Baba, I thought what would happen if he or me, my utter distatste for her notwithstanding, actually went on to give her a Jhappi and a Pappi? ..eeeek! First of all she might do a Rakhi-Mika scene. Might just give her consent initially, so she could get some political mileage out of it later. And then, in true Maya style, might slap a rape case on me!! The problem is, if the accusation is somehow proved in the Supreme Court, I myself would commit suicide without waiting for any judgement to pass!

Yaaaak.. still can't believe I cooked that up.. Sanju c'mon man, even Bapu would think twice before displaying the least bit of affection for her.

2009-05-01T04:36:00.013+05:30

AM BACK TO REWORDING!
VICTIM: ROCKSTAR
ARTIST:NICKELBACK

So there's this guy sitting in the cubicle next to me at office who's got this strip of text pinned up on his board. "Go in direction where your heart takes you. Live the life you dream of." It got me thinking, I mean its not such a dreamy life this. We write code and mostly try and enhance an already delivered code. Sometimes interesting, boring at other times. But I'm still wondering, what time of my workday actually corresponds to those inspiring lines! Perhaps all they can do is inspire my weekend.

And this is what I make of my first six months at work:

Rockstar

Well we all jus wanna be big rockstars
Goin to the IT office in the mornin bus
The girls are all married n all guys have a ponch
We stare at the screen like a kid watchin porn

N we hangout at the rest-o-bar
No one takes a swig cos its office hours
Gotta get back to work n get back in the cab
After we put in 'those late long hours'

Hell yeah.. Still wanna be a rockstar..

'll i'm smokin my pot n downin beer
N driving fast down DND
There's no where else you wanna be
But with me

So how you gonna do it

Your gonna trade that ganji
For a lil' black dress
Walk down to my car
Get me impressed

Cos we all jus wanna be big dopechi's
Screamin high all day havin loud orgies
And by nighfall go get back home
Be nice lil' kiddo of ya lovin mom

Dichotomy tears apart
Life's like that, one big facade

2009-04-28T23:01:00.009+05:30

LETS GET SHAMELESS AND VOTE CONGRESS TO POWER

And you thought only our politicians can take a U turn on issues and be hypocrites? Hah.. I can go 1 better. I'll tell you why we should vote for the congress. First the congress has a long tradition of rendering India spineless.. from Jawahar Lal Nehru to Manmohan Singh. Suits us doesn't it? After all keeping a straight spine and a stiff posture is quite tough. So we can go ahead with the grand preparations of playing second fiddle to China under congress rule, or better still, become a Chinese Colony with Karat and co. at the helm. We should vote for congress as we haven't had enough terrorist attacks. Not that BJP disappointed us on that front, but Congress' hospitality to terrorists has been par excellence. And when I speak of terrorism, I include everything, first the naxal (as they're homegrown) and then the external fundamentalists. Its a federal manner of facilitating terrorism. At center the Congress softens the legal deterrence, so these bastards have the balls to go about their dirty monkey business all across the country, while at state level all Congress ruled states prove to be the safest havens for terrorists and their arsenal. Perhaps even safer than the Durand line these days. AP, Maharashtra, and even Delhi. We should vote for congress because, c'mon admit it, we love to procrastinate. So much for the Rural Employment Program, which has been consistently falling extremely short of targets each year with an incremental difference. That, the figures while ground realities show that workers haven't even got their meager Rs,100 a day wage since 2-3 months. Get lost you Congress morons, the poor can get better jobs on they're own provided the great private entrepreneurial efforts today's India can reach the really needy villages. But how can Congress let that happen? The PM's Rural Road Development Program persued aggressively by the NDA government, which set India up for some inevitable growth in the years to follow, has also consistently shrinked in scale ever since the Congress ka haath took over. We should vote for congress because we love getting humiliated in the International Community. Or rather we're not even aware of the happenings out there, which gives congress the balls to stand up and talk about 'common man'. From the External affairs minister who resigned to the Home minister who resigned, epitome of disgrace. And now you have mister Quatrochi escaping scott free. And remember the CBI's humiliation in Argentina when they tried to nab him? Please don't get me wrong, I love Italians, and definitely do accept Sonia as an Indian. But, then why do I feel that she must've been dating Quatrochi before ourman Rajiv stepped into the frame? ;) Am kiddin, but no sensible brain can deny some connection. And you see that's why we should vote for Congress, cos they're the lone keepers of our undying traditions, 'Family before the Nation!'. And finally we should vate for the Congress as the 'Congress ka haath' reminds us that we're the mere subjects of the family, whose blessings we seek to have a life in this country. They're the party of the 'Aam Aadmi', a threat to India more grave that any terrorist. India is doomed so long as Indians don't realize that no 'Aadmi' is 'aam'. And Congress you must vote for, if you don't want to become 'khas' from 'aam', if you are the loyal subject and not sovereign.

2009-04-22T21:50:00.002+05:30

COME BACK DARLING YOU WON'T FIND NIRVANA.. ONLY CHINA

Help.. help! this friend of mine who also gives an insight into her mind on the dopelist has gone absconding into the hills! I suspect she's joined a cult of pot smoking babas and must must be lying transed somewhere in the Himalayas searching for Nirvana. Anybody from the hills find this stoned shorty who just doesn't fit in there along with a gang of ganja babas, kindly rescue her. Tell her, her loving friends n family await and that there's no Shangri La over there,only China. Hope you're back by the time I post this. Huh.. Btw why am I posting this on my blog???

2009-04-19T17:30:00.003+05:30

I KILLED TWO LOVERS: FEELIN DAM GUILTY :(

Saw two huge cockroaches in the sink when I was about to turn open the tap. They were huge and making love to each other. No way on earth they could have harmed me. But we humans don't have it in us to see the beauty in every creation and love it. So there I was, the antagonist of the love story, standing with a hit spray in my hand. To my human ey0e they appeared too ugly to be spared, and also the prospect of their numerous kiddos forming troops in my home was dreadful. (Despite living in a ground floor flat I've rarely have cockroach menace.) 'Woosshh..' came the spray, the two wouldn't have had the time nor the sense to know what just struck them.. There they lay dead like the lead characters of QSQT. For all the guilt I'm talking about, confronted with the same situation again, I don't think i'll act any dfferent.

2009-04-16T21:50:00.004+05:30

WE ARE ALL LOTUS: KAMAL VAALAA BUTTON DABAYEN!

BJP poll symbol is actually an apt symbol of every Indian. We all specialize in creating wonderful and colorful lives in the middle of the worst crap. That's precisely been the functional motto of the BJP for the longest time. They might have many communal agendas which can easily be passed as BJP's prime motto, but as a voter I feel the only functional purpose of BJP is to rid the nation of the 'specta(se)cular procrastination' that we have been infected with ever since we got rid of the queen's rule. Some call the event as Independence.

BJP's the only anti-procrastination and pro-growth party today. The reason why it has in its league people with rather disturbing comunal ajendas is simple and apparent to any sensible mind. If you've gotto beat Congress at its own game of devide and rule, you have to have your own votebanks. Precisely the reason for the video being posted at the end of the post. The cause is our own ignorence of our own independence. The day the masses of India understand that, 'their government is not a king who should be kind to them (as the Congress ka haath seems to sybolize), but merely an orchestrator of a social framefork, which we then, as free men, have to use for our collective and individual growth', that day all parties have to choose between existence and votebank politics.

So you want to be the one who makes the difference, out of the crap and into the bloom? You have to vote for that Lotus gang, yes, the same gang to which that godforsaken Pramod Muthalikh and co. belong. My friends, its sad but true..

2009-04-12T19:05:00.005+05:30

STONER SONGS!

Stoner songs!
In my mob!
Screamin out!
Lets get high!

Stoner songs!
In my mob!
Screamin out!
Lets get high!

Come to the horizon and go beyond
It happens when u see all that you never saw
So lets get there, drift away n sing wid me..

Stoner songs!
In my mob!
Screamin out!
Lets get high!

Stoner songs!
In my mob!
Screamin out!
Lets get high!

Like atom like is the vast universe
Look at the dark world above you to know who you are
duh.. raa raa.. duh.. raa raa.. duh.. raa raaaa..

Stoner songs!
In my mob!
Screamin out!
Lets get haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

2009-03-22T23:35:00.006+05:30

ROUND ABOUT DELHI!

Its a boring drag, office to home, home to office 360 minutes a day go away traveling. The good part? If your in the mood you can really appreciate the well groomed Lutyens' Delhi. And especially its roundabouts, which are plush and flowery in spring. Here are some pics I took.

Akbar Road-Man Singh Road

Akbar Road

Akbar Road

Teen Murti Marg - Akbar Road

Teen Murti Bhavan

Kautilya Marg - Teen Murti Marg

Sardar Patel Marg

There are much better picture of this part of Delhi all over the web. Do check 'em out.

2009-02-21T21:34:00.003+05:30

BHARAT FIRST! HEY THE BUTTON SUITS MY COLOR PALLET...

But even if it doesn't suit yours, you should get too... I'm blessed to have a few friends who grossly disagree with my (political) perceptions but still understand that my views are my own. The best part? They're game for detailed deliberations and debates. Cause it's important to have a political view point and then, to refine it by asking questions n answering them. The button is a propagation of my viewpoint, what I feel is the best for the country. Let me just say that I support Advani because I'm for a strong India, a an India whose mere mention would be a deterrent to terrorists, a proactive India, an India with a spine.

There's no problem in our democracy apart from hypocrisy. The problem is, very few people actually realize that they're their own rulers.. Friends, Left, Right or Center, the pathetic state of our politics, desperately needs us to have a view and most importantly.. MAKE IT COUNT.

2009-01-26T18:59:00.003+05:30

PSEUDOPODIA

I wanna be here too n there too
Life is all bout what I really wat to
Doooooooo..........................
Miss yooooooooo...............
Hate yooooooooo...............
Love yooooooooo...............

Pseudopodia is the way to be
Every direction has a taste that's - never before
want cocktails
Don gimme just one taste - ever again

I'm here n I was with you too
You're there but here too
Transistor suddenly came to life
When I lost it n just nudged yoooo
Some guys I just lost
Cos I couldn't be here n there too

Pseudopodia is the way to be
Million things - huh - million places - huh - never before
Everywhere anytime
So I can see it comin - never again!!

2009-01-16T01:31:00.011+05:30

TRIPPY MIDNIGHT IMAGINATION.. DAMMMM...!!

Ripley gipley.. zipey rippey
Blip blip.. clip clip
C'mon!! Quit sleepin at night
Up! Set it all right
Don suit 'em.. Suit yourself
Jump around be an elf
Run around the stilt
Deflate tires.. no guilt
No booze, no grass
Get high cos you jus kicked some ass
Go crazy
Shakin to Marley
Wanna have a good night?
Rather not sleep tight.........................

I just sms'd it to my buddies and heres the playlist that impregnated me with this trip.. Miss You, everybody, Sweetest Goodbye,Trench Town, I'm Happy(Gorillaz), Speed of sound, Hailies Song, Yellow, Sing for the Moment, Lonely, Buffalo Soldier, no women no cry, Golden Brown(sranglers), Let it Loose, Rabbit Chase (Snatch), Fallin in Love(Elvis), Hard to Concentrate, Time of your Life, Serenity, Voodoo, Wet Sand, Slow Cheetah.

Its almost gonna be 3 am and now, I guess this video's a perfect fit to the whole context.
So before I crash..

2008-12-11T23:05:00.000+05:30

RED ALERT HYDERABAD!!
Bombay was on red alert and I was on my way back to room. And I suddenly realized I was walking down the area which is potentially the most prime terror target in the city. The hotel where we celebrated with our first salary had mechine guns popping out of sand bag bunkers at its entrance. Travelling in one of the cabs watching those loud decoratre Hyderabadi autos zip by... My cabbies' playing the famous Mohra numbers, while autowalaas here have loud sub-woofers. You can actually feel the melting pot that this city has become off late in the music these dudes play. Chillin in Hyd.. Great place to be.. the story about the numerous supercars on Hyderabad's roads'll be some other post.

2008-12-01T22:22:00.005+05:30

SMILEY IN THE SKY :)

Today's one of the days when i saw these small immeterial things bring a smile to you in a rather pissing off day, which is all that really matters in the end. People around me know what's pissing me off. What my last post was all about.. the fiasco with my mails today and all this reminding me of my Ultimate Blues.

But this cumulative depression was suddenly cured when I was walking back from site. I looked up at the sky... BEEEAAUTIFULL!! the moon, the eversparkling lady Venus and Jupiter smiling down at us. The smiley in the sky cheered me up so much, i didn't even mind the evermad traffic of Hyderabad that was hellbent on steamrolling every pedestrian out there. Hyderamad traffic made me smile again when we guys spotted a typical hyderabadi auto, decorated loud, had 'BACHNA AE HASINO' written behind it.

Coming back to the smiley in the sky, I'm reminded of my sky-gazing days. Promise myself to get back at it. For the uninetiated just try and spot Venus, one of these days in the evening.. and I bet you'll be seduced into sky-gazing.

Can't help but imagine tonight's sky as nature sarcastic reaction towards the way we guys on earth are tearing each other apart. Reminding us that, "Hey! we'r in such a beautiful place!!"

2008-11-27T15:55:00.006+05:30

SPANKING NEW BRAND OF ATTACKS! MODERN URBAN WARFARE, NOW IN INDIA!!
Yes its new! But look at it instantaneously, 'people running around in downtown Mumbai pelting grenades and firing AK47s, run out of primary ammo? make do with handguns', its nothing but a small scale enactment of how the Red army would've driven Nazis out of Warsaw, the script just going wrong about the conclusion, India successfully holds on to Mumbai.. or so it appears. The funniest part being, the made in India side of the story. Think of it, some of the attackers might have even voted in an election along with us!!
Going forward, enter new age weapons and technology, and we'll have the opportunity to witness modern urban warfare in a nearby neighborhood. I'm not going to write anything constructive. I'm busy, as well as pissed at the same time, so use my writing as nothing but a vent. Assuming that this new breed of terrorists are as relentless as the normal bomb blasters, we could well agree that we're perpetually at war. Cut the crap about everyone at war with terror all the time.. this is proper war you know.. grenades AKs and all? Correction, we're always on the defensive. OK lets be frank, we lag behind in our own defence. We don't even defend ourselves, we wait to be punched in our face and hold a first aid box in one hand, "READY TO MEET ANY EVENTUALITY!!". Yes that's what a shameless politician just shouted from the tube!

So why cry about the economic dowturn and a growth rate less than 8%?? After all at 6% we'll still hold the record for the highest wartime economic growth in history! And i'm sure this record'll stand unbeaten into eternity. As we can do what no one else can. Just don't give a dam when Indians die, atleast NOT before they die, you'll save up enough to post a wartime growth.

This might be the most pethetic blog i've ever written but it gives me immense pleasure and satisfaction.

Also Read: So They Can Blast Again and Whome Are We Kidding

2008-10-20T21:52:00.003+05:30

RELY ON US: MERU, ANTITHESIS IF THE LONDON TAXI DRIVER

They say the London caby's are the smartest. And today, I arrived at Hyderabad for my ILP, and found their antithesis in one of the Meru Cab drivers. However convincing their punchline 'RELY ON US' may try to be, one can't rely on a chap who drives a cab and doesn't know where the Rail Station of the city is. Next I asked him to go to Gachi Bowli, where the ILP training center as well as the accommodation is, he asked me if I know the rout to that place!! Now at this point it is prudent to specify that Gachibowli and Hi tech city are the most frequented routs due to high corporate traffic directed there. Finally, we somehow reached Gachibowli and our man misses the place drives a couple of kilometers and then turns back again. Accommodation is decent, but I feel like a construction worker, with almost a whole new country coming up from scratch all around me. And the ILP accommodation at Gachibowli guy's, its no different. Its actually a half constructed building that's recovering its costs even before getting completely built. Jokes apart, as rickety as it may look from the outside, interiors are decent. Beware of mosquitoes guys you don't wanna be down with Chikungunya during ILP. It's also a bit of a letdown that girls live somewhere far off - Now that explains why so many ILP blogs talk about people staying late at the CMC center, till they'r kicked out including weekends.

ps- This post was Originally written on hyderamad.blogspot.com

2008-10-05T22:33:00.004+05:30

A - A - A.. SERVE SOMEBODY

Yeah.. So when I was bout to say I've joined the earning population of this great society, I came to realize that I won't pocket any money while i'm training.. As in, I'm being paid but the salary will be credited only after the ILP's over, so Cheers!!

I'm on pocket money for sometime to come..

But whatever I'm one of the lucky few to have been called early enough, when companies are loath to pay even the people already on rolls. Well if you gotta serve somebody (i'm listenin to it right now), guess TCS is the best option..

Heeeee..

So what the hell am I cribbin bout.. Cheers again!! Btw nice song, n a good video too.. but the track i'm listenin to is different, Dylan's Guitar'll get you tranced in this one

2008-09-13T19:42:00.018+05:30

SO THEY CAN BLAST AGAIN / THE DOVE IS KILLIN EVERYONE

I took her out, it was a Friday night
I wore Cologne, to get the feeling right
We started making out, and she took off her pants
But then bomb blast behind me

And that's about the time they made a ghost of me
Indians shouldn't take their lives so seriously.. Wat
ever happened to national security
Compassion is hypocrisy
And they say i should take it chill
So they can blast again
So they can blast again

Then later on, they wanna try phone
They called a mob, from a paid phone
The f****in circuit closed, the detonator charged
They'd all the marbles n the keels

And that's about the time they praised The One who weeps
Indians shouldn't take their lives so seriously.. Wat
ever happened to national security
THE DOVE IS KILLIN EVERYONE
But we won't go strangle Laden
So they can blast again
So they can blast again

And that's what the status quo does to me
Cos I do take my life seriously
Can't have'em doin their thing in my home
THE DOVE IS KILLIN EVERYONE
But we won't kill'em in their camp
So they can blast again
So they can blast again

So they can blast again

Another Set of Serial Blasts! This time in Delhi. Another song I reworded.. this Blink182 number's was a wierd target for me to reword. But for some reasons it just had to be this one.

I'm freaked out n frustrated..

Again referring to the absolutely pusillanimous international security policy I'm now more hopeless and less optimistic than what i was while writing 'WHOM ARE WE KIDDING?'. I've chosen this happy punk song cos first of all the recurrence of the attacks is well reflected in th recurring "SO THEY CAN BLAST AGAIN" and also i feel the contrast between the feel of the music and that of the lyrics i've put in, is striking. This difference i hope brings out how cheap n easy it is to take Indian lives.

In a faint hope that next time we vote, we talk politics, we write or express our views in any dam fashion, do anything socially significant.. We have national Security at the top of our minds.

Huh.. Guess i should try writing songs now rather than reword them..

2008-09-09T23:10:00.006+05:30

PERPETUAL UNIVERSE: SWEET CHILD O' MINE

Bewildered by crazy concerns about the earth eating black hole I thought does the universe actually end? Certainly it does if it has a beginning. The point is.. how sure are we of a beginning? Retracing the expanding universe to a tiny unity is one thing, but looking beyond this extrapolated time line i feel a perpetual machine is a logical possibility. A universe where the cycles of expansion and collapse are more or less sinusoidal.

The very thought of a perpetual universe amazingly reminds me of something I thought of when I was a toddler. As a lil kid who didn't quite know of something called death, I very conveniently explained immortality to myself. I used to be up to all mischievous things and when stopped by my parents i would yell back that when I grow up.. all of you will become little and then, I'll boss over you!!

As illogical as it may sound, I feel that's the most natural conclusion for anything perpetual. Conceiving the notion of a perpetual universe, i feel would indeed throw a very different light on.. everything (and would certainly prove Einstein's wronged theory right!). Hypothetical as it sounds now, an unending universe for me is a signal that existence can indeed be sustainable. That all beautiful things are not doomed. That life in fact can be immortal!

Come to think of it, immortality of humans or that of life in general, is neither illogical nor immoral. If mass and energy together can be indestructible so can life. Again just like them life'll have to change forms. Yes the world as we know it will come to an end. It happens everyday to many people.. but life goes on. A belief in this perpetuity might give a new more moral question to humanity in general and to astrophysics in particular. The question of what we want the universe to be rather than what Universe has in store for us..

By the way the CERN experiment is not about a perpetual universe, and certainly not about immortality. Its just gonna checkout the conditions immediately after big bang.. (if at all there was a bang)

2008-08-31T00:32:00.015+05:30

WORST PAKOMENTARY!!

Off late the Pakistani's have found a befitting reply to Sidduisms. In fact they go one up, cos they're so successful in missing the context completely! Here's the best of Pakomentary that I observed during many matches of the tri-series in Pakistan, courtesy Ramiz Raja with some help from Aamir Sohail.

Its not clear as to how complimentary it was of Ramiz to say that "Simon Toffel won't refer to the third umpire unless it was absolutely not necessary"!

Though the "halp from flet track" accent could be accommodated the basics for all curators went for a six, when Ramiz gave this expert comment during the pitch report,"Its as flet as a mirror, a nightmare for the bats.."!

Cut to the middle of a blazing Sehwag innings and the Pakomentric sense of humor cuts loose complimenting an in form Sehwag. A boundary past midwicket n Aamir Sohail says "Sehwag's lovin it" and Ramiz snaps back"cos he ate at Mcdonald's".

That's not all that they find funny. There's no stopping this duo from having a blast in the box as they get overjoyed to see Mohammed Yousuf bust his package while fielding, dragging they're giggles into the countless replays they relish.

There's no end to Ramiz's fantasies as he fancies branding the Dhoni-Rohit partnership which was decently consolidating the innings, "this Dhoni-Sharma relationship.."!

After analyzing the match (and taking tables for bar charts) our man arrives at the presentation ceremony, where he promptly cautions the presentation party to handover the correct trophy to the man of the match!

Top it all up as the match referee is called on to receive his memento, our man blurts out, "YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR GOGGLES, THE MATCH IS ALL OVER!!"

2008-08-02T13:00:00.011+05:30

GET IT RIGHT BEFORE LATE, IT'S INDIA OR CHINA NOT INDIA AND CHINA

I would like to start this reply quoting our Finance Minister Mr. Chidambaram. He said "Some people in India do not want India to b ahead of China". My friends please.. its my humble request, we the people of India need to realize that the greatest threat to India today is from China. China is our greatest, strongest, meanest, and most hazardous enemy ever. Its common Indian mentality to hate the people who are at the top, who dictate terms because of their success. USA is one such country which, like any other successful country is trying to control world affairs. India has always held its own turf against USA.

1. We snubbed USA when it came to protecting our farmers at the WTO on the issue of farm subsidies.

2. We have always been vocally against USA on the issue of attacking Iran.

Now lets examine another excerpt from the mail i got: "USA does not like the amicable relationship between India-Iran and also India-China. If India-China relationship gets stronger, then both these can rule the Eastern Part of the Globe which USA wants to break as pertheir divide & rule."

This part of this communist propaganda is nothing but a personification of hypocrisy.
It is impossible to divide India and China any further. China has always acted like our enemy and still does. I'll show you how:

1. Any man women or child who says "I'M PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN" will never take China for a friend. Last time we befriended them they replied with a war which has still scarred our nation with deep divisions in Tibet and the north east. It was a slap so bad no one, with any dignity can forget. Its simple.. "IF YOU FEEL ANY DIGNITY IN BEING AN INDIAN YOU'LL NEVER THINK OF INDIA AND CHINA AS FRIENDS. CHINA IS OUR ENEMY. PERIOD."

2. Everyone knows we could have won the war with our superior air force. But Nehru the coward visionary got scared and left the North East to fend for itself. Ever since that time China has supported the Junta in Burma and use it as a potential base against India. They build logistic support there and maintain military capacity in a clandestine fashion, they're also building ports and canals there to get access to the Bay of Bengal. They have always supported Pakistan, Maoists supported by China are gaining ground in Nepal like never before, they own Myanmar from all practical and strategic perspectives, now they're building ports close to Andaman and as far as Sri Lanka and increasing their influence around India."CHINA IS ENCIRCLING INDIA IN A VERY THREATENING WAY" If we still don't wake up.. India will forever be a Subordinate to China, like UK is to USA, ever since its misadventures at Suez.

3. CHINA CLAIMS SIKKIM. If you don't know, they refused to give Visas to Sikkim IAS officers as they claim Sikkim is theirs and Sikkim residents need no Visa to travel to China.

4. CHINA IS INHUMAN. I don't even need to elaborate on this. Go search the net and you'll find how communists in general and China in particular fare in Human Rights. So far as Government is concerned CHINA KNOWS NO RELIGION, NO DIGNITY FOR HUMANITY, NO DECENCY, to say the least. Any religious buildings preserved are only for the sake of tourism. How Cheap can you get?!

5. CHINA IS IRRESPONSIBLE TOWARDS MOTHER NATURE. You'll get ample info on this too. It'll also serve well to prove that we cannot afford to increase the production of thermal power any further.. Its unethical.. Its suicidal. Global warming (of which China is the leading cause) will soon cause Gangotri and with it Ganga to vanish!!

6. CHINA ATTACKS INDIA IN ANY CHEAP WAY POSSIBLE. IT'S DIVERTING WATER FROM BRAHMAPUTRA TO STOP INDIA TO GET AMPLE WATER SUPPLY. When north east's development is hurdled.. the divisive sentiments are used against Indian intigrity.

7. CHINA IS AGAINST ANYTHING SYMBOLIZING INDIA. China is the only country in the world that supports TIGER SKIN TRADE. China wants our national animal extinct. It has stooped low enough to actively support hunting and trade of tigers hunted inside our national reserves. This could be controlled only when Dalai Lama appealed to Tibetans.

I think its enough to break any illusions one might have about India and China prospering together " to rule the eastern world!!!" LAUGHS :D

Coming to Nuclear deal.

1. Our military purpose reactors will not under any IAEA scanner whatsoever. We're not dependent on USA for fuel. We have lots of suppliers like France, Australia, New Zealand to choose from.. including Russia(Keep that in mind).

2. Do you realize what this deal means? We will be the only nation outside the NSG to have supply of Nuclear fuel and technology while we rightfully pursue our military nuclear program. Its a vindication of India being the most responsible Nuclear weapons state.

3. Safety of fuel supply. There's every provision for India to stockpile nuclear fuel. We can develop a contingency stock for our reactors, which can be used if India does Nuclear tests, and if any country unintelligently decides to stop supplies. After all this, if the deal is broken, who cares, we can even use this fuel to develop weapons. No one can dictate terms to India in such a scenario. As such it'll be very bad business sense to stop supplies.. even if India does a nuclear test.

4. Don't you see the opportunity?! Why do you think USA wants the nuclear deal. There's no oil in India for American companies to exploit. India has only 1 greatest resource in the world. They want to exploit India's abundant cheap labor. Which the IT sector already facilitates in India and the manufacturing industry, in China. NOW.. Remember America is all about the capitalist interests of its companies. American nuclear companies, through this deal would be hoping to develop cheap technology in Asia rather than expensive productuion in America. This is impossible in China, their only remaining option? India.
Ones production facilities are established in India.. India will be the cheapest provider of nuclear technology in the world. We will then be the people laying sanctions not recieving them. DO YOU REALIZE THE STATURE OF INDIA IN THE WORLD THEN? You don't become a superpower through sheer hard work. You need to be smart.

AFTER ALL THIS.. IT'S CLEAR:

1. BOTH U.S. AND CHINA ARE RIGHT IN FLEXING THEIR MUSCLE AGAINST POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. ITS WE WHO NEED TO STOP ACTING FOOLISH AND REALIZE THAT THE THREAT IS FROM CHINA NOT U.S.A.

2. U.S.A NEEDS US MORE THAN WE NEED THEM.. WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS.. THEY DON'T.

3. CHINA AND INDIA ARE BOTH RISING, AND ONLY ONE OF US WILL SURVIVE TO WORLD SUPREMACY.. ITS A FIGHT TO DEATH.

INDIA'S POWER WILL GROW ONLY AND ONLY WHEN CHINA'S POWER WILL BE FULLY OR PARTLY DESTROYED

WAKE UP!!!!!

2008-07-25T22:12:00.004+05:30

WHOM ARE WE TRYING TO FOOL? WE AREN'T 1 BIT RESILIENT.. WE'RE JUST NOT BOTHERED, WAITING TO BE BLOWN APART

One more blast and we've got the intelligent Bangalorean reiterating that we're resilient and won't be bothered by such cowardly acts. We almost claim victory by 'not being scared'. Agreed scaring us is the prime aim of terrorism in general. But to complete the whole story.. We ain't scared, that is, until we or someone we love is blown away, in one of these blasts which we, by our own (sometimes proudly) admitted resilience, have accepted to be a norm of life in India. Loose a limb in this blast and you'll be scared for the rest of your sad life.. but if the blast didn't let Venkat Babu complete his snack at Gokul Chat... hmm.. no I'm not scared, I'm 'resiliently' NOT BOTHERED! By the way, i really can't expect a lot many people to remember Gokul Chat.. After all we're so proudly amnesiatic about terrorist attacks on our nation, we're so not bothered when Indian lives are lost. This is the absolute and grim reality of our public perception which we're dubious enough to brand as the "never say die spirit" of the Mumbaikar and the "resilience" of the Bangalorean.

Fine, so we can't be not bothered.. Done- I'm angry at all these attacks, matched in their regularity only by the fall of wickets in the Indian batting lineup. So what do I do? Cancel my plan t hit Elevate tonight? No! I could start by at least cutting the crap about not being bothered. I could believe that collectively we could all act to make terrorist attacks at least a rarity if not history. We could agree that we and our indifference to the whole scenario has some part to play in today's blast. We could all express our opinion in ways even more effective than writups or blogs like these.. Anything that would make national security an issue.. a "Chunaavi Muddaa".

Lets face it.. We as public find a lot of issues more important than National Security. This, in an amazing organic democracy like ours has translated into a pathetic and shamefully reactive international/security policy rather than a proactive one, in existence, I would say, ever since the days of Nehru (remember the sweet memories of the crushing defeat to Mao?- i wasn't even born then). We the junta where no one is aam have to take strong steps towards spreading awareness that National Security and a more aggressive international policy are the most alarming national needs to be addressed by us, the Nation, today. This threat today is as dangerous from China as eternal it has been from the fundamentalist forces. Sadly, both these threats are increasingly finding agents in Indians (Bangalore attack could be a made in India). I find it prudent to quote Chidambaram here.. "There are some people in the country who do not want India to catch up with China. They do not want India to be ahead of China,". I do not wish to get diverted, but you see Naxals are as big a threat to Indian lives as the fundamentalist terrorist groups. Yes we are being soft on all anti Indian elements.. But we are a democracy and we can today, change this by putting the right issues in perspective. But for that to happen we first have to be... yeah.. BOTHERED!

2008-01-14T00:05:00.006+05:30

U D R

Upload to Download Ratio. A simple way to measure how much information one puts on the Web in return of what the web provides us. Heres the inspiration:

1. We are all always, surrounded by information provided by people. Today our exposure to web increases our exposure to information.

WAIT not just information, 'Knowledge'.

This Knowledge varies with the culture of the Authors.

I've heard many a concerned parents say:
"Internet has ruined my children and exposed them to 'western' influences"

2. From many genuine points of view, chiefly from a logical standpoint, this exposure to the web has detrimental effects on exposed culture(s) and communities which do not contribute to the majority of the content on the web,

I've heard some wise man say..
"Preserving diverse cultures is preserving diverse interpretations of life itself"
So,

3. If we measure the amount of content contributed by individuals (and thus groups of individuals) on the web in relation to the amount they read or absorb i any other form, it could to be a tangible measure of what influence is an individual is having on the web in return to the influence the web has on the individual, thus giving the Upload to Download Ratio or the UDR.

4. Obviously the higher the UDR the higher influence the concerned individual has on the web.

5. Encouraging higher UDR will help the web become a better represented place. Naturally when we take groups of people with common culture into account.. the cultures with a higher UDR are better preserved while being exposed to the web and all its influences.. Good or bad.

6. Further more a software can be written to simply measure the UDR at every connected terminal, and provide the details to not just the individual but also to a central server to analyse the data on a group, population and country level.

information>Knowledge>culture>content>(ratio of content written to content read)>UDR

2008-01-11T22:40:00.002+05:30

WE(b) 2.0?

For most, socializing is a natural evolutionary progression. In fact, out of the confines of the house, school was our first platform for socializing... Information not just from a limited source and medium but from various sources syndicated by various people and then is given to us in various forms. Now to my eyes the original source blurs in the layers of syndication in this brave new world. Much like whats happening on the web today.. we are increasingly interacting not with chunks of information or code but effectively with people.

So doesn't it sound like WEB 2.0? Social networking, syndication, wikis, communities facilitating more and more collaboration among people... Are we today observing a replay of our own evolution, as increasingly social beings, in the virtual world? This video sure did get me thinking..

Perhaps theres no better version of the wondrous invention web is. Web 2.0: Same old web, new methodology, new objectives.. socialize, collaborate.. its just a brand new us. WE 2.0?

wat say? C'mon i need some feedback here..

2008-01-09T20:28:00.000+05:30

WHERE IS THE PRIDE??

2 Women molested on new year's eve in Mumbai and the Police chief was in with some inspirational words:

He termed it "just an offence", and asked the media not to "blow the case out of proportion", adding that TV channels and newspapers were "itching for something like this to happen."
add to that..
"I cannot post a cop to police every man in the city. These things can happen anywhere, even right here where we are,"
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Next,
Terrorists attack Indian Army barracks and the police official in charge says: "Sometimes they succeed, as sometimes we do."
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Ultimately, I feel, the failure at work isn't as incredible as is the attitude itself! An attitude that is so accommodating of failure! These incidents took place in two different parts of the country and we all know this attitude isn't limited to cops alone. All we ought to ask ourselves is, WHERE IS THE PRIDE?

2007-11-12T17:08:00.000+05:30

I WANNA BE THE MINORITY!!

Music has always taken its inspiration from social and political issues ever since the caveman first sang.. This is inspired by the Gujjar-Meena battle for being designated as the erstwhile condemned and the contemporary privileged..
So ergo es.. This is how they sing the greenday number in India..

I WANNA BE THE MINORITY
I DON'T NEED NO AUTHORITY
DOWN WITH THE IMMORAL MAJORITY
CAUS' I WANNA BE THE MINORITY

I SWEAR
OF HAVING BEEN THROWN
IN THE DUNGEONS IN MY PAST
TO BUY ME A FUTURE THAT IS IN THE FAST
LANE SO THAT I KEEP GETTIN AROUND THE LINE
PUSH 'EM ALL TA LEMME THROUGH, THE ONLY WAY I KNOW

CAUS'.. I WANNA BE THE MINORITY
I DON'T NEED NO AUTHORITY
DOWN WITH THE IMMORAL MAJORITY
CAUS' I WANNA BE THE MINORITY

Greenday - Minority
Uploaded by chris38

Heres a very interesting article on the issue written by a frien of mine.. Checkout shabbirhussain.blogster.com

2007-09-15T16:10:00.000+05:30

GREATEST T20 FOR A LONG LONG TIME TO COME!!

Couldn't have asked for a better Indo-Pak T20 encounter for the very 1st time! What a spectacular cliffhanger to be tied in the end. I believe that the committed fielding display with which our two subcontinental teams are not usually associated with.. was proof of how an Indo-Pak tie brings out the best in both of our teams.

And again, there couldn't have been a better icing on the cake for such a ferociously contested match- bowlouts. Its heartening to see that India actually prepared for this specific tie breaker contest, and came out with a surprise list of bowlout specialists. Its a great feeling to be wittness to such historic matches isn't it...

2007-07-31T22:21:00.000+05:30

AN INSPIRING STORY- INDIAN WOMEN TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN LIBERIAI

As part of a UN peacekeeping effort Indian women are being deployed in Liberia the war torn country sandwiched between Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The whole region of west Africa is one of the most volatile regions in the world where even peace keeping soldiers have been found to defying human rights. Now sending Indian women to Monrovia is being seen and anticipated as a very effective way of bringing some order into this country where a whole generation has seen and learnt nothing but bloodshed and violence.

2007-07-12T06:34:00.000+05:30

TCS ROCKS!
Yo Baby! Made it to TCS 1st up in the recruitment season.. Now the rest of year the promises to be a breeze through.

2007-06-16T23:52:00.000+05:30

TAJ'S STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT TO TOP SEVEN SHOULD BE SEEN AS A REFLECTION OF GLOBAL ATTITUDES RATHER THAN JUST INDIAN ATTITUDE

The struggle faced by the Taj in the race to the top 7 is certainly a shame to Indians as well as a very grim fact for the entire world.. why so? The fact that the Taj is struggling to make it to the top7 needs to be perceived as the general global attitude. Now certainly the global attitude of the world simply cannot be that of indifference towards India. No country has been the subject of such concentrated global attention ever after Germany during the war I suppose. Then why didn't international vote put this monument of love in the top 7 right from the start? I feel its rather the world's indifference towards love.

What makes Taj wonderful? Its much beyond the splendid and most gigantic aggregate of exquisite marble. The Taj is a wonder in every right because of it's very purpose. It's an expression of eternal passion for ones love. An expression of deep sorrow upon the death of someone you love. This love is certainly getting lesser and lesser apparent in the world today.. certainly rendering the inherent splendor of this, 'teardrop on the cheek of time' very difficult to comprehend to by the contemporary world.

2007-06-12T18:34:00.000+05:30

SYRIANA. IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET, YOU BETTER DO.

What a movie...!! Never has the connection between Capitol Hill, common men half-way across the globe and the not so common men of the 'free world' been mirrored in such a crystal clear fashion. If you haven't watched it yet make it a point to watch it...

2007-02-02T17:49:00.000+05:30

MERZHIN AND JUNKYARD MADE MY DAY!!

They said Sarang wasn't as good as always. But Junkyard Groove, Merzhin n my college buddies made my day. Hugely talented Junkyard Groove were simply awesome. But somethimg that I won't ever forget was the performence by Merzhin. Bringing there pipes and fluits on gave it a truly europian feel, while keeping the music essentially rock. In fact one feels like tap dancing during some of the fluite n pipe solos... I feel thats exactly how rock from various parts of the world needs to be like.

2007-01-19T17:25:00.000+05:30

BATUK CAVES- MY VIEW OF WHAT THE DISCOVERERS WOULD'VE THOUGHT

Ha.. back from my trip of Malayasia and Singapore, this is gonna be the season of travellogs. Batuk caves took me as close as you can get to pure enjoyment. HUGE cave- as huge as two football grounds, as high as two huge theaters. It's simply enthralling, making your way uptill the cave with the huge and densely vegetated peaks hanging above you. The discoverers of the place made it a holy shrine of Lord Shiva. I believe they did so looking at the spectacular long leaf shaped openings in the roof of the cave tha resembled the three eyes of Lordshiva.

2007-01-03T16:10:00.000+05:30

AN AMERICAN TRYING OUT JADOO KI JHAPPEES IN WASHINGTON

Just read it in TOI yesterday. An American in Washington has been going around hugging people for a month, now giving what he calls 'free hugs'. And thats what is written on the placcard he holds while going around giving these free hugs, whose origins it should be noted, can be traced to our very own Munnabhai and his 'Jadoo ki Jhappees' in the original M.B.B.S. version of the movie. Wonder whatever inspired him, it sure is an amazing concept.

2007-01-02T23:40:00.000+05:30

RETIRING A CHAMP... WE'LL MISS YOU SCHUMI

I'll miss this superb racer in action. He's someone you couldn't overtake, even if you are at the wheel of the meanest machine... He owned the tarmac in most races this season. Keeping the best machines at his tail, nudging cars if required to move ahead and going over the grass when he has to, just to stay right there at the top, he truely retired as the best driver his last season. Doesn't seeing a guy like him race, instill that hunger to win in you? But for the engine failure this would've been another schumacher year. Nonetheless this legend is leaving as a champ of his sport.

2006-09-13T21:07:00.000+05:30

MRAMS: THE POWERFUL UNIVERSAL MEMORY SOLUTION FOR ALL FUTURE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS

Here's an abstract of my research on this technology.

Over the last decade, we have witnessed a 'communication explosion' with which portable computing and communication devices are fast become an integral part of our lives. Consequently, there is a growing demand for non-volatile, high density and high-speed memory solutions in an industry pressing hard towards developing a system on a chip. No memory solutions currently available combine all these characteristics. We present a review of Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) and its basic read-write operations. MRAMS employ the 'Tunnel Magneto Resistive (TMR) effect' observed across nanometer scale tunneling deposits. Special reference is given to the recent improvisations in its programming techniques that have led to the development of the 'Toggle MRAMS' which are far more robust than their predecessors. Combining all the above mentioned characteristics with almost limitless read-write endurance, this revolutionary technology holds the promise of becoming the universal memory solution for all computing applications.

2006-06-20T20:25:00.000+05:30

GREAT QUOTE

just read it in 1 of my old RDs....

"I started off mesmarized by socialist ideas. But when I had to run a country I discovered you have to create wealth first"

- Lee Kuan Yew

Doesn't look or sound all that phenomenal, does he? But his achievements stand taller than the sky scrapers in his country. Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore, in its stupendous journey from the third world to the first world. I find him really very inspiring and ended up drawing a sketch of him. Now I'm looking for a Singapore skyline as a backgroung. Guess i'll capture it as I visit the place in about 5-6 days.

2006-06-14T00:26:00.000+05:30

IS IT FRANCE OR ARSENAL PLAYING??

He! He! France were no where close to being any where in contention for the cup.. Proud day for baldies... but for Zidane n more importantly Fabien Barthez, France wud've got screwed.. i don't get why do they have 2 always build up so much aroud Henry alone.. they'r not not a stupid premership team they'r a national side and they have more players.. i'm afraid if they go on like this then the funda is simple.. mark Henry well n France can't do anything to you.. If teams are rallying around Euoropian gods like this... Brazil's gonna be all the more exciting to watch. Gonna watch it now...

2006-04-28T17:58:00.000+05:30

WAY TO GO SCHUMI... THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU AND F1

Perhaps last Sunday we saw one of the best races F1 had to offer for the season. This is the kind of stuff that people look for in F1. And believe me this view is not taken because of the human nature of getting excited on seeing the weaker outdoing the stronger. Oh yes, Alonso is definitely the boss in his Renault. But this race offered exactly the kind of comeptition we would want to see in F1. This race was not just about being fast for Micheal but about keeping the faster Alonso behind him. This was a race to remember because this time round, pure racing skill decisively overtook the technological advantage a better Renault had over the Ferrari.

Micheal sure did show that this was Ferrari's home. His relentless precision at every bend making the slightest errors in the chasing Renaults menouvers apparent. Champion Fernando Alonso provided optimum entertainment by not solely depending on the pitstop strategy to try and overtake Schumacher; giving a display of one of the best chases we'll see this season. However, it wasn't just Schumi but the whole team Ferrari showing thorough professionalism in making Micheal emerge out of his 2nd pitstop just ahead of Alonso. That was the breathtaking moment of the race after which one safely bet on the Ferrari, the intimidating performance of Alonso in the superb Renault on the Ferrari's tail not withstanding.

And of course,
Jenson Buttons comic showstopper in the pitstop made the race even more difficult to forget. Eh.. by the way Montoya grabbed the last podium didn't he?!

2006-03-09T23:33:00.000+05:30

GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE RAILS... WOW!!

Its been a long time since i posted something... So this time its gonna be real long. And why won't it be... after all this post is about my journey across these beautiful landscapes of India, from Delhi to Chennai on board Indian Railways Tamil Nadu Express(don't remember the train no.). Ironically I'm writing this on board Air Sahara Flight# S2 314 Delhi to Chennai. After asking the air hostess for a pen and something to scribble on.

I must tell you, if you've got the time, the Indian Railways is a far better way (if not the best) to traverse accross the length of India than any airliner... I never used roadways on this route though.

The journey starts at the New Delhi Railway Station. I get into the coach and lockup the luggage, securing it with chains. Others look on with amusement, for many consider AC coaches 'safe'. Well, I like to play safe in some cases.

Cut the crap, cut to the 'oh so awesome journey'. I slept early that night after boarding the train, while the express ran past Agra and Gwalior. I woke up in between for a few seconds, just enough to register that the board on the platform read Jhansi.

I love gazing at the countryside. It is always advisable to rise and set with the sun on such a journey. Well, at least rise. So I rise at Lalitpur when the subtle rays from the big huge sun are still quite lateral. The station signals the end of Uttar Pradesh and the beginning of Madhya Pradesh. Lalitpur is a small countryside village which has quite sometimes, when I passed it, offered me an awesome sunrise over the partly cultivated lands. I woke up in time to catch a few glimpses of the beautiful Chambal Valley. On the sidelines of the railway I see rough hilly terrain punctuated with small bits of plain land or steps on a hill which are invariably cultivated. As we draw nearer to Bhopal I see more and more of plains, so more of the fields. We guys from the city need to take a look at the country side of our country to get some idea of how many people in the country rely on agriculture as for a living. Gosh... I know we are 1 billion but still, do we eat so much? Or rather, can we have so much?.... Whatever be the exports.

Bhopal 11 o'clock, we are way behind schedule. I had a breakfast of toasted bread and omlet which I had booked with the pantry guy the previous night. As the train approaches Bhopal there is a view that I hardly miss. The train doesn't stop at Sanchi, but a couple of minutes before the train runs past the Sanchi station, one can have an awesome view of the famous Sanchi Stupa. Given what one sees from the train, I can only imagine how captivating it would be visit it.

A couple of hours before leaving Bhopal, the train travels through some real rough terrains. It then draws closer to the ghats. The train stops at a small station called Chichonda. A station which no normal person from some city or town would remember, even after travelling this route several times. And that is exactly why everyone starts cursing the driver, the crew, and the admininstration for making an 'express train' stop at such insignificant stations. Well few realise that the train stops here to have an additional engine attached at the rear to help the train cruise through the ghats. And you to see the ghats for their beauty. The jungles in this region are awesome and considerably green even in the autumn, as trees here shed leaves at different times of the year. However, no tree sheds a leaf during the monsoons. And one simply has to see the beauty of the ghats in this season. The best forest sites I can recall are in these ghats in the monsoons. The whole forest appears doubly thick and just about everything you see on the land is green.

Those scenes make me go poetic like no other time.. I feel one could think, "have the peaks risen in hight overjoyed with the astonishingly thick forest cover around" or, "has the sky lowered down, dying to kiss the irresistably beautifull landscape"... seeing the green peaks appear covered in low altitude clouds. Excuse me cos this is'nt what I saw in this trip but couldn't resist recalling what I saw during one of my trips down this route during the monsoons.

There are two sets of ghats in southern madhya pradesh. 1st come the Vindhyas and further down south come the Satpuras, the two being seperated by Narmada. The train comes out on the Vindhyas into the Narmada valley stopping at Dharakhoh to get rid of the engine at the rear engine. You know what the frustrated passengers gotta say about it. After a few kilometers of flood plains the train goes honking over the long bridge over the huge river bed of the mighty Narmada the river is huge and during the monsoons the water level comes up towards the bridge. As of now its a narrow band of water announcing the perinialit of the river. After we cross the Narmada we cross another station - Hoshangabad- to reach an important junction Itarasi, preceded by the Hanuman temple built by the Madhya rail workes' union. Before we we enter the station I see 2 pairs of old and keen eyes who are it appears inspecting the weels, breaks, shocks, and other mechanics under each coach. I grab an Aloo-Poori at the stations which is popular for its platform food, before the train heads out of the Narmada valley into the Satpura range. These ghats are equally enthralling but have many tunnels to offer. First steep high trenches made by dynamite tease you as though there is a tunnel ahead and then collapses to give way to rocky hill slopes. The tunnels entrances reveal the chronology of the the humugous task of laying 2 lanes of rail tracks on this huge route spanning accross the subcontinent. As we enter the steep ghats the two tracks running tracks runnin side by side till now fork out. One of the tracks goes along the hill slopes and enters tunnels all of which along that track are dated - 1912. Yup built some 6 years less than a century ago. Going on these tracks i see the parellel track going into an exciting series of tunnels and via-ducts -inter-hill bridges (as the railways call them). Ive enjoyed the route on the other track as aell and its dam exciting. Just imagine- go through a tunnel and dr you are flying between the two hills. You barely hit the next hill slope and in you go down another tunnel. This repeats untill you've ran through some 3 hills. The tunnels of this route have the year 1966 written at their entrance, anouncing the year untill which a solitary track ran through this captivating wilderness. if you'r luck the train will stop somewhere among these beautifull woods. Not that i've snapped lions n tigers over here but even watching monkeys could be a delight, in the wild - rather than an top of your apartmant complex. After we're through with this roller-coaster in the ghats we're through the steepest of the terrain. It smoothensout slowly as slopes give way to orange tree plantations. they'r huge ond produce the famous Nagpur oranges. Among this 'orange county' we cross the station of Pandurna. You can see the the 'Santra Mandi' accross the station. Pandurna signals the end of Madhya Pradesh and the beginning of Maharashtra. An hour of orange fieldswith sies of a few hills at the horizon before I see the western coal fields... we'r at Nagpur. I grab some snacks at the commisem, (don't precisely know how's the IRTCT's restuarant spelt). Its been a morathon blog this one... so the journey from Nagpur on would be another eventfull story... another exciting write up...

2005-12-02T01:35:00.001+05:30

OKEY HAD A NICE PARTY BUT BOY NOTHIN BEATS NOIDA

Finally I caught up with my College buddies at RPM. Had lots a fun on that overcrowded floor. I'd rather say it was a bit too cramped for a day disc - You tend to njoy such squeezed spaces at nights when your not to much in your senses, dont u? Any ways Delhi crowd n music charms me in its own way. Hung out an hour here n there around Priya. Though I caught up wid lots a Punjabi numbers which I miss so much in Chennai, but one thing that i can't help but say is, when it comes to party places, nothin beats the hep sector 18 man. Yeah, NOIDA's place to be.

2005-12-01T22:12:00.000+05:30

DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH MONEY IS SPENT

I found this awesome must-read on Amit Verma's blog India Uncut where he quotes Milton Friedman-

There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government!

2005-11-30T00:36:00.000+05:30

AWESOME PERFORMANCE BY TEAM INDIA TO DRAW THE SERIES!!

Mekya ji dil khush ho gya Indian team di performance nu dekh! Though at Calcutta, they were beaten up badly by SA, rather the pitch and the dew I should say, they came back strongly and gave, a performance worthy of the men in blue, and entertainment deserved by the electrifying crowds at Mumbai. A day n night match in winters in India makes winning and losing simply a function of the dew factor - an issue needed to be taken care of in the future. This was most evident at Calcutta. But it's quite heartening from an Indian standpoint to know that conditions in Mumbai were rather fair thus not making the toss all that important. The captain Dravid did well to highlight this fact at the presentation. All in all an awesome season for Indian cricket with many positives. The biggest positive being- the team of stars is still a team of both old n new stars but now, almost eveyone's firing to get us these victories much deserved by such a starry aggregation.

2005-11-29T22:34:00.000+05:30

SOUND AS MONODIRECTIONAL AS A LIGHT BEAM!!

Ain't that great?! Yes, I just came accross a cutting edge technology developed by Dr. Joseph Pompie of MIT at its Media Laboratory which enables you to put sound where you want. Using this technology you can make sure that sound is heard only in a radius of a few ft. at a definite distance from the loud speaker(which is specific to its design) in the direction in which the louspeaker is facing. And the rest of the space can be keep quite. I'm damn fascinated by the technology and am trying to get more n more info on it. I'll keep posting it whenever I get more info.

Technology. Physicists researching in the area of sonar and other detection systems discovered about 4 decades ago that sound waves will be more directional if their wavelength is very small compared to their sound source. Audible sound comin out of regular speakers has a wavelength comparable to their source. So the sound produced by those speakers is omnidirectional. On the other hand this new technology uses ultrasound produced out of disc like loudspeakers having large cross section area. Ultrasound as we know, has a small wavelength of just a few millimeters results in highly directional sound. Now, the question is - "How on earth is ultrasound be heard by our earthly human ear?" Knowing the inherent qualities of the atmosphere we know that air causes the wavelength of the ultrasound waves to increase n come into the audible range. The distance at which this transition occurs can be calculated, thus making apparent atleast the possibility, if not the viability, of engineering loudspeakers giving out highly directional sound for specific applications.

Applications. Manufactured at holosonics, audiospotlights have been installed amusement parks and museums like Boston Science Museum. Dalmer Chrysler has ordered for installation of audio spotlight system in their cars as well, so different costumers could.

All my understanding of this topic and the graphic is courtesy audiospotlight.com