Dimaag se.......

Picking a tag from another blog......

2009-03-20T17:21:00.003+05:30

Lot of people kept telling me that i am writing too many posts related to my married life ( its actually just 2....... so now i know how boring those posts are :) ) .......... so i thought let me write something about myself....

I picked up the below list of 50 questions and thought it would be fun to answer them.... PS: Beware you are about to read more about a person who is really boring and hence the answers about himself should be boring as well.....

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Tough lot of people think i was named after the dancing Jeetendra with white shoes, i was actually named after a mantra.... can you beleive it..... u must think i am kidding... its supposedly another name for Hanuman....

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
really dont know the last time i did....

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Absolutely........ i am the only one able to understand it....

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Dont eat meat..... i am kind to animals.... i just like fur and animal tested products... ( why would you want to test products on humans first ? :) )

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
No Kids..... no tension as of now...

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Definately....... i will always have a person who would be loyal and calm you down when you are irritated and angry....

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Of course...... how else will people get the point ? .

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
I have no idea....

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Yup..... did the worlds highest bunjee jump in Macau.... not sure if i would do it again.... heights share the shit out of me.....

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL
Cereal with dry fruits in it...... dont know what is called actually....

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
No way...... just too much effort...... i never tie or untie my laces....i just wear and remove my shoes as slip ons.....

12. IF YOU WERE TO PICK YOU OWN FIRST NAME, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
No idea

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Death by choclate by Corner House... easily the most fav ice cream in bangalore.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
for some weird reason....i see if they are arrogant or not..... arrogance turns me off.....

15. RED OR PINK?
Everything for myself would be red....... everything for my wife would be pink... easily the most amazing color on women....

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I guess i am too boring..... not agressive enough i guess....

17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
actually dont miss anyone as of now.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
Yup.......... u get to know people the way they think abt themselves

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue jeans.... with reebok shoes which are white and blue.........

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Listening to my collague talk abt stuff which i dont understand...

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Black

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Dosa smells :)

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Wife

25. HOW DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Got it through a friends - friends blog...

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Cricket....wait... Tennis... wait.. F1...

27. HAIR COLOR?
Black....

28. EYE COLOR?
Very dark brown.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No

30. FAVORITE FOODS?
All food that does not contain meat... or paneer ...... u can see i am limiting myself to very small range of food....

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Both

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
GULAAL - loved it....

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
White checked shirt........ larger than my size of shirt...

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter- summers are just too hot.....

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Kisses during a hug :)

36. DESCRIBE YOUR PENCIL CUP.
NITIE cup... from Incredible India

38. FAVORITE ARTIST(s)?
Rahman music....

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
The Dilbert Principle - Scott Adams

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
No mouse pad.... any clean desk would do

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Cricket - NZ against India

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
Complete silence.....

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Europe

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Nope......... average on all counts

46. WHERE WERE U BORN?
Pollachi

47. FAVORITE PIECE OF JEWELRY?
My wedding ring....

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
Tough we studied in the same college... we met later through family...

49. FAVORITE SONG?
Roja Janeman - Roja.

50.Favorite Musical?
Sound Of Music.

What does being happy mean ?

2009-03-20T14:53:00.003+05:30

"What makes you happy? " - This is a status message that i was reading ..... i began to wonder what really makes me happy ?

I then started to wonder what does being happy mean ?

does happy mean being satisfied ?

does happy mean happy your loved ones next to you ?

does happy mean being content with the things that you have ?

or does happy mean the delight that you feel when you go ahead and achieve something ?

So I am throwing this question open to anyone who can answer it.... What does being happy mean ?

1 year of marriage continued ....

2009-03-05T17:57:00.003+05:30

this is in continuation to the post of marriage and its learning....... apart from learning all those wonderful things that are mentioned in the below post, we have been travelling a lot as well... i dont think anyone with a stable working job would have been able to travel as much as me....

Places travelled...

February
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1. We kicked started our marriage with travelling to the holy land - Nanjungud near mysore was our first stop... we stayed three days there to seek the God's blessings to keep our marriage solid as a rock...

2. Masinagudi - This was our mini HM ..... we stayed at this fabulous place called "The Wild at Northen Bay" in Masinagudi which was essentially a big bungalow converted a get away resort... this place just houses 6 rooms with a tree house as well.... we stayed in a tree house !!!

3. Tirupathi - there is a saying down south - " No marriage is ever complete, without the couple seeking the blessing of Lord Venkteshwara at Tirupathi "... so we were off to fulifill the saying and also go for a cousin's son hair removing ceremony.... More than the visit, i enjoyed the drive back from tirupathi where i was dragging with a Sumo at 160 KMPH...... thats another story anyways

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April

4. Our officail HM - Maldives - Paradise Island is easily one of the most fabulous resorts that i have ever been to... with cottages next to the water and water bungalows it was truly an amazing place to enjoy and spend some quality time with your loved one....

5. Pune and Mumbai - went back to mumbai for official work.... Godrej sent me to check out Old Age Homes and Serviced apartments in that area... Celebrated holi as well went one of the best Lounge bars in india - "Hawian Shack" - its actually listed in the top 50 lounge bars in the world !!!!

6. Pollachi - a small town near coimbatore is where my mom is from.... we had gone to visit my grand parents as well as my uncle and aunt... it is always nice to go there... it always gives me a warm feeling of meeting my grandparents and spend some time with them ......

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MAY

7. Mumbai - Back to college for my presentations -- a joke where people actually thought that i had worked a lot during my winter project-- i guess the above now would have clearly told you on how much i had actually worked.... but it was nice to spend time with guys, i still remember the time when "MAARO GROUP" got drunk in U turn and ran a bill of 10k for kust booze....

8. Pondicherry - Went down south to visit my cousins wedding... spent a couple of days there..... saw auroville and just enjoyed the whole trip with family...

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JUNE

Nothing much happend in June... i joined Cypress in June and was just chilling the first month in training and all....

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JULY

9. Macau - We were off to celebrate the 25th anniversary of my in laws in Hong Kong and Macau.... We stayed at an amazing place in Macau called Venetian which had a golf course of the 5 th floor..... Now you can imagine how big it was... we did the worlds highest bunjee jump from the Macau tower, cost me a bomb :( 7k per person... but the experience was easily worth it....

10. Hong Kong - we spent a couple of days in Macau and were back in HK for nights stay at Disney.... since i had never been to disney before i was easily fasinated there... it was a great expereience tough i am sure i would enjoyed it a lot more if i had been there 10 years ago...

We then moved to main HK where we stayed at Intercontinental Grand, the shopping in Ladies market was quite an experience, it was in this trip that most of my training happed listed in the post below :)

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AUGUST

nothing much happend in august as well, most of the time was spent in preparing for the trip to Belgium ...

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SEPTEMBER

11- 26. EUROPE : The trip was eseentially for me to get "trained" in my head office in Belgium located in a small town called Mechelen... What it turned out was to be one hell of an experience of europe, the european way - Backpacking...

Some of the places visited : The whole of Netherlands, Belgium ( Antwerp, Brussels, Mechelen, Han, Luxemborg), Italy( Rome, Pisa and Venice) and Paris....

The trip actually consisted of us going to a total of 16 places which included a number of small places like Waterloo etc....

To explain more about the trip, i guess i would need to write another psot long enough as this...

All i would like to say is that we spent nearly 35 days in europe, exploring as much as possible... i dont think i would be able to forget the time we spent there....My sincere advice for anyone going to europe, please go backpacking without agendas :)

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OCTOBER

27 - 30. I landed in India on October 10th and cypress shut down for diwali from Oct 27th to November 4th ... I took this time to go to delhi .... Stayed a couple of days in delhi and went to Pilani in Rajsthan to meet my brother in law... came back to delhi and was off to Rishikesh to do white water rafting... White water rafting in the ganges was easily one off the most amazing things i have done... truly amazing experience on the ganges.... It is said that the white water rafting on the ganges is supposedly the best in the world...
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NOVEMBER

31. Pollachi - back to pollachi to see my uncles kid... visited pollachi and coimbatore and spent time there....

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DECEMBER

32-33. Masinagudi and Ooty - Cypress gave me winter holidays this time which i used to the full extent... I had two family trips this time, one was to Masinagudi and ooty and the other was to tirchundhur and kanyakumari

the ooty trip was just fabulous... i was back at masinagudi for the river side lunches, the night safari etc and then to ooty to just chill by the fire place and go to the amazing botanical gardens....

34-37 . This was a trip with my folks, my sister and bro in law and their kids... all 8 of us left for a piligrammage tour to the holy land of madurai, tirchudur and kanyakumari...

we started our journey to madurai where we vistied the madurai meenaxi temple and then went to tirchundur and then to kanyakumari and then back to bangalore....

The intense heat in kanyakumari made me fall ill :(

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January

38,39 . two short trips to Mysore and Pollachi back....

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FEBRUARY

40. Chikamangalur - We were off to clebrate our first year anniversary to Chikamagalur....... we stayed at an amazing 7 star resort called "The Serai".....each of the rooms had its own private pool or jacuzzi..... truly an amazing place for a getaway for couples :)

41. Delhi - back to delhi for nikhil wedding ..... last minute decision and i was off to have a great time at nikhil wedding.....Nikhil finally tied the knot :P .... it was good fun pulling his leg in his wedding ...... it was nice to meet friends and spend some quality time with them

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There were other places that the misses has visited without me being Srinagar, Hyderabad etc..... I had initally counted a list of 46 places but seems to have forgotten 5 of them :) ..... will update the post once i remember them.....

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The journey continues

There are already plans in palce for going to Gokarna and Calcutta..... in the next few weeks.......

Like my friend puts it, We seem to be living the lives of gypsies :)

a failed state.....

2009-03-04T12:33:00.003+05:30

Sri lankan cricters attacked near Gaddafi stadium in Lahore...... i couldnt beleive what i was hearing... its one thing to spread terror across the border but a whole new dimension to spread terror within, attacking people who have come to help Pakistan regain status of a safe test playing nation...

Its shocking as well as depressing, how a certain section of people can go about ruining the lives of others and still be not accountable... Pakistan internal problems are affecting India... IPL to be cancelled and soon the commonwealth games may be cancelled as well... I dont think any western country would ever come to India for playing cricket for the next few years...

Pakistan itself is going to be split in a number of differnt ways...... the pact in Swat valley for imposition of Shariat law is easily going to spell doom for all the women in that state... people instead of moving forward, will easily be going back to the stone ages... Tough it may sound inconceivable, US and other countries should take over Pakistan to help it come back to life... An IRAQ type mission is far more appropriate in Pakistan than it did in IRAQ beacuse of the simple reason, that activities in Pakistan are affecting not only itself but also the countries around it...

The real problem is that Pakistan democracy has set up in such a way that nobody at any time has a clear manadate to power... The army can take over Pakistan as and when it feels like...maybe the army taking pakistan back in its hands may help in curbing such activities...

I write this in sorrow and depression and i hope that things would change for the better for all of us...

marriage and its learning :)

2009-02-26T16:44:00.004+05:30

the last time i wrote a post was when the mumbai terror attacks took place........ it has been 3 months and for some reason i have not been able to push myself to write another one.... a number of things happend after that ....

1. It has been 1 year since i have been married..... dont know what has changed and what hasnt.... but i certainly know i much more aware of brands now :)

2. i know to cook and help out a little......

3. i know most of the differnt types of clothes women wear........ i still think i know the names of only half of them ...... but i am getting there

4. i now know how much moody women can be and how much little they show of it...

5. i know that you have to drive slower when a woman sits next to you and faster when a guy sits next to you in the car....

6. a small stuble - means that you are unshaved, even tough it would been just yesterday since you last shaved...

7. i no longer have a say in what clothes i wear....

8. orkut and facebook are meant not only for communication...

9. you have to be chivalrous even to girl friends whom you have know for a long time...

10. you need to take some sweets or gifts when you go to your friends places .... i mean when i go to a guys friends place...

11. women are "more happy" when you buy them stuff that they dont ask for(even if they wouldnt need it)...and they are just "happy" when you buy them stuff that they ask for(things that they actually would need)....

12. its okay for a handbag to be worth 50k... its not that okay for a music system to be 50k

13. footwear will have a minimum of 5 different types of categories.... bags i think is 10... but i am still learning...

those are the ones i can think of as of now... been a great experience over the last year... i dont mind doing all the things above :) .... i am still learning... and will update this post again next year...

for all the married men out there.... i am sure you will be able to appreciate the things above :)

Fucked Up.....

2008-11-27T16:30:00.003+05:30

I went to sleep yesterday night seeing that the Indians were making mincemeat of the English bowlers... Seeing Sehwag and Sachin in full flow was so pleasing to the eye....

I wake up today to news that bought tears to my eyes... It never happend before.... Not when people were killed in local trains, bombs planted in plain sight outside malls and multiplexes...

This time its different... This time its more than some anonymous terrorist placing bombs all over the place... Targetting the main hot spots of mumbai... Some how this time its personal...

18 hours and ongoing... 100 people dead and 300 injured... I can just sit back and watch the news ... I feel helpless... I dont know what to do....

Today is a day to mourn... Today is a day to sit back and ponder...Maybe the terrorist have won at the end of the day... They finally got people like me sitting in A/C offices to think... To feel sorrow... To feel helpless...

Congragulations.... You have won... You have shown you can do anything you want...

I hope tommorow will not be like yesterday... Not just another day... I hope to see some oppurtunity where i can contribute to bring all this to an end..

Till then i sit and mourn in my desk...

Who are we kidding ?

2008-08-27T18:41:00.003+05:30

The Olympics has come and gone........ The Chinese have shown their might in not only hosting an amazing games but also being the highest medal getter in the event.....

There has been so much talk of India hosting the 2020 Olympics ....... that you would actually start to think that it could be possible...... i know we have to hope to do big things...... but are we really in a position to host an olympics in india ????

We need to ask ourselves the following questions...... what is it that we are really good at ??? Planning - a big no, Infrastructure - in shambles all across the country, Finances - do we really have 50 billion dollars just for one event(in todays value) ??? Can we probably do half as well as China - the answer maybe a sounding no........

Then why is there so much hope and hype for hosting an olympics....... even if we do get an oppurtunity to do so...... is it going to be good for us........ with the present level of corruption in the country, it is anohter oppurtunity for our politians, beaurcrats etc to walk away with loads of money...... while the reason for it being spent would still be in shambles.....

i do know that a lot of this would depend on how well we would host the 2010 commonwealth games, the prepration for which is going on ( again muddled with corruption and confusion) ...... and i am sure that the commonwealth games would be nowhere in comparison to any other international event..... leave alone the chinese olympics.....

I just hope that if we do get a chance to host the Olympics, we are ready to take on such an oppurtunity and host the event in such a way that would make us proud....

How can you think of killing a child ?

2008-08-05T12:32:00.002+05:30

I write this post in regard to the case of Harsh and Niketa Mehta who want to abort their 25 week old feotus..... The feotus in question is "supposedly" diagnosed with congenetial heart problems which could affect the way it would live......

So now you ask the question " Should the parents abort ? " ....... On the face of it, the answer should be pretty simple - "Yes"........ why would you want a child to suffer ? The chance of not having a normal life is strong.... So lets go ahead and not give the child a chance to live.... ( It would add to ours and the child's problems you see ) ....

Bull shit........ Who are we to decide wether the child would have a normal life or not.... Shouldnt we at least give a chance to the child for a normal life ( Medically a 25 week old feotus is actually living ) ....... Shouldnt you be trying to do everything possible in this age of modern sceince to cure the child of its problems....

As the high court put it....... How is it different from mercy killing..... so if some one has problems of health, we should have a right to go ahead and kill them ( could it not be extended to that ) ....... Have people thought of the more serious consequences later.... Medical science improves...... Kids are diagnosed that they would suffer from lets Diabetes, Obescity, etc........ So the child should not suffer right ?? Lets abort it then.....

There are innumerous kids born with congential heart diseases or various other type of diseases.... And quite of few of them do make it.... We should encourage everyone to at least take that chance...... Instead of actually encouraging people to abort kids.... When you take a decision to have kids, you should be ready for all possible scenarios.....

I am pretty sure that not a lot of people would agree with me ( even my wife doesnt ) .......... but i just encourage you to look at the larger picture and i am sure you too would feel the same way and be glad that the High Court did not upload the plea.....

Hong Kong

2008-07-09T12:59:00.003+05:30

I just came back from an amazing trip to Hong Kong and Macau in which i guess i did everything that was possible ............

1. Bungy jump from Macau tower : Easily the most amazing thing that i have done....... A bungy jump from 233m high making it the worlds highest bungy jump ........ Standing at the edge literally made my world go by........ The fear, adreanalin, excitement and the sheer pleasure at the end of it all made it one of the most memorable incidents of my life.

2. Gambling : The casinos of Macau are just amazing...... They can easily be compared to the ones at Las Vegas and the new ones that are coming are supposedly better than the ones at Vegas......
played the roulette and lost 1000 bucks...... made a couple of mistakes on not listening to people around me..... else i could have made quite a bit of money.... :(

3. Bellini Lounge : easily one of the best lounges i have even been...... A live band, an amazing DJ, hot babes, booze and the whole set up was just too good.... Had a great time dancing away to glory

4. Venetian : This was the resort that we stayed ......... The biggest resort in Macau..... and easily the biggest resort i had ever seen........ this hotel had 3000 rooms.... 3 swimming pools......... 4 casinos ........9 hole golf course ( on the 5th floor :O) and an entire setup just like Venice with the Gondola rides.......

5. Gondola ride : this was just too good........ there was this person who sang songs during the ride ....... asked me and my wife to kiss under every bridge and got us a great picture of the entire thing.... just amazing

6. Disney land : from Macau we went to Disney land which was really cute...... though everything there was for kids it was really well made.......every aspect of the hotel had some amount of disney in it.... it was a great experience

7. Paolin Monastery : A monastery built around a gaint bronze Buddha.......... huge and massive Buddha which is easily more than 100 feet tall.....A cable car ride to get there.......... made very well....... really a great place to visit....

8. Mong Kok : Ladies street as it is known as is a great place for shopping and great buys......... t shirts for 100 bucks were just too good........my better half had a ball shopping in the rain....

9. Ocean Park : another place in HK but dealing with more of sea creatures..... shark aquarium, atoll reef, dolphin show etc..... also my first roller coaster ride....... was good stuff.....

I did all this stuff and more and all in just 6 days....... Was a great experience....... and guess the memories would last for quite some time..

Maaro Group

2008-06-01T11:40:00.003+05:30

I write this blog after my two years at NITIE has come to an end and i take up a new career.........

For the past few days, Maaro group ( thats what we called ourselves ) had continously been remembering all the incidents that we had at NITIE........... From the most hilarious moments to the sad ones, we have been there and done that...... This is a group that was formed beacuse of the promixmity of the inmates of Hostel 5 at NITIE........ It is such a diverse group, with different intersts, different temperments and most importantly different idealogies...... The thing that made us stick together was our continous enthusiasm to marrofy others :)

Maaro group Members

1. Me - The harmless guy
2. Nikhil - aka Tau - The raunchy dancer
3. Anuj - Dracula boy
4. Chirag - Charlie's Angels boy
5. Deepak - The KBG dude
6. Anurag- The nerd- DK Srivastav look alike
7. Arup - the passionate ( read senti ) dude
8. Bishit - Sub group dude, laptop dude, PK man etc
9. Vinnet - The Rani man

The group as u can see is very diverse........ It dint do much....... It just marrofied each other..... WE dint talk about studies, politics, careers etc ......... We just got together and had a great deal of fun.........

Whatever it was......... It was a great group with a great set of people......... Whatever were our differences, we always stood by each other .......

Thank you guys !!! for making my life at NITIE truly memorable ........

Appendix

The list of stuff that we did are

1. Mandi,
2. Bishti laptop,
3. Deepak and his tree,
4. Bishty and the sub groups
5. Nikhil and his rauncy dances,
6. Anuj and his dracula,
7. Chirag and his charlie's angels,
8. The midnight buffets,
9. the bike trips to marine drive
10. Jeet - the most "harmless guy",
11. Vineet ko rani mat bolna,
12. deepak a.k.a. KBG or KGB whtever;
16. bansi and johri incident,
17. tau and dude: they were just frens :) ;
19. Chirag- Chirag chauhan incident
20. Tau and all his fights with various restaurant managers
23. Tau ka deepak ki ass mein room fresher spray karna.
24. tau ke birthday par huggies gift karna(1st yr).. :P :P
25. 1st batch party ke baad dustbins todna ...
26. 4th floor ka woh cricket.
27. Post Prerana party in that bus.
28. IIM-Indore ka woh victory lap jo kabhi ho na paya ...
29. Jeetu ke woh red dye hair ...
30. Bisht nd the amoeba story .. bisht and his cat ..
31. nitie lake ke trips ... ofcourse nt the one wen i was the guide.
33. johri se kapde sukhane ki jagah par tau ka jaghadna.
35. vineet ke saath woh exam se phele games khelna.

36. lectures mein late entry karna, chajjar ke roll call par sabka saath bolna, roll 69, 96, sem mein subah ek bhi class na jaane ka record banana ...

37. and finally deepak hai hai ... deepak haai hai .. hone par yuvraj ka 6 marna
44. Beating Vineet and Deepak in some game of cards we were supposd to be amateurs in
45. Hard fought tennis games wid jeetu
46. Ultra-serious discussions wid bishti during exam days on ppo road
47. Studyin wid bansilal - where in bansi asks u to explain wht uve read in every 5 mins
48. Relyin on Tau to clear finance papers (and ultimately scorin more than him -: )

To Vote or not to Vote

2008-05-05T11:41:00.005+05:30

Karnataka Elections

Today morning i was on my way to get my voter id made and it struck me then that even if i get a voter's id card for whom should i vote ?? This is the first time in my life that i am in a big dilemma whether to vote or not...

Its not that i dont want to vote ........... I want to vote for a party that would be ensured of a majority in the coming to elections ... Karnataka has seen a very bad phase in the past few years .......... Mainly to the antics of Deve Gowda and his sons..... Another government such as the same would send this state to the doldrums........

There are three major parties in Karnataka ....... The Congress, JD(S) and the BJP.........of the above three JD(S) is clearly out of the mind not only for me but for all the educated voters who have seen the antics of the Gowdas.......

Of the other two parties , both of them have their share of problems ........ The congress seems to be a good choice but there is a lot of infighting within the Congress Ranks..... If they do come to power , there is no clarity on who would be chief minister.......... Would they make Krishna again as the CM or Mallika Kharge or someone else..... So you don't know what would be the push of the Congress government if voted to power..... Would be rural or urban or both... Only time would tell....

BJP also seems to be a good choice..... The biggest advantage with the BJP is that they have a clear CM candidate in the form of Yediyurappa ..... He seems to have the will to do some work ......

The other way of thinking is to think at the Micro level.... Compare candidates in your constituency and vote accordingly...... But this would end up giving skewed results and maybe again a hung assembly........ So its always better to vote looking at the larger picture....

I still haven't decided on whom to vote for this elections........ Maybe by the 10th i will have some clear idea....

Rahul Gandhi for PM ???

2008-04-15T11:47:00.003+05:30

It was all over the news yesterday.............. more and more people are supporting Rahul Gandhi candidature for the PM post......

Seems to a great idea....... a young and dynamic personality at the top...... Clearly sending out a signal to the whole world, that India is strong and now is ready to make a mark in the world.....

Rahul Gandhi could be a leader who can be bold and not afraid to take some tough decisions....A person who can guide a young India in the 21st century.....

Lets see how things shape up in the coming elections..... All this can be possible only if Congress can come back to power if it can just shake up the inflation mess that it has gotten itself into...

Friendhsip....

2008-04-08T14:52:00.003+05:30

This post is written in continuation with a conversation with a friend of mine from NITIE ........ it was abt an awesome trio that the three of them had formed at NITIE ........

Before u start imagining a threesome of guys and stop reading this post, this is not to describe their physical relationship ( i hope that they dint have any )...... but to describe the great friendship that they shared with each other ..... if i must stray ........ the chemistry that they shared between themselves was simply fantastic to see.......

Great friends are generally hard to find ......... Maybe thats what we believe...... but the truth is that, friends are there for the taking........ we just have to go ahead and grab them.... good friends are like great opportunities that we have to take when they come by .........

This is why you will generally see outgoing people having more friends than others....... Why people who firmly believe in the phrase "A friend in need, is a friend in deed " ......... Why those who are always ready to help others have more people standing by them.....

It is also seen that people who have the ability to behave differently with different people also have a great number of friends.........They have this great ability to make people around them comfortable.......

So what does it take to be a great friend................ treat everyone you meet as a possible friend.... never be content with your set of friends ...... the more people that you meet , the more u can learn about yourself and people around u ( networking helps !!! ) ......... understand that each person is different and behave accordingly... and always be there to help .....

if u can do all this, u are sure to have a great circle of friends........ else u can always dance some raunchy steps and make friends :P

30 things i am going to bore you with.......

2008-04-02T11:33:00.003+05:30

This post is a clear rip off from a freind's blog ( since she asked me to it) ............ me being as chivalrous as always, obliged so that i could bore her with 30 things abt myself the same way she bored me :P

Now i am wondering why i am so jobless that i am giving into my friends request such as this............. But still i thought it would be a great way to find out about myself more than i actually know ;)

30 things about me........... Here goes

1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER:
One of the worst movies ever seen by me........ Movie name : "There will be blood " ......... lot of irritation and frustration and 210 bucks out of the pocket

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
Havent been reading books since late........ Thought of starting with magazines which start with the letter P :D

3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
Snakes and Ladders........... Easily the most simple game to play with...... Just keep rolling the dice ( now u can see how lazy i actually am )

4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
Actually India Today though i read only the last page for the gossip .........

5. FAVORITE SMELLS?
My wife's perfume :)

6. FAVORITE SOUNDS?
Rain drops .............. Errie sounds when u go into the jungle....

7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Not having the time of my life. Every minute. ( By know u shld have realized that this too is a rip off my friends blog )

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE?
How i can sleep longer

9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
All sagar's in bangalore.......... Just too good

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
Riya and Nikhil ( i know what u are thinking ) .........

11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D...?
1. Mercedes SLR 500
2. Bose Jewel box speakers
3. A water bed
4. Armani clothes
5. Bipasha Basu :P

Just kidding........... I think i wouldnt buy nething of the above......... Will love the way i am

12. DO YOU DRIVE FAST?
When irritated and frustrated.... Have been cursed more than 100 times for the same......

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
Actually sleep with two teddy bears and one of them moves :)

14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY?
Cool........ Best thing in the world..... Amazing time to drink coffee and go sleep

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
An ambassodor .......... blue one......... in which 10 of us used to travel..... moved like a charm

16. FAVORITE DRINK?
Choclate Martini at the Olive Beach........... Easily the best cocktail that i have had

17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD
Sleep more

18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
Yuck !!!

19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
Had colored it but everyone around me hated it......

20. NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS YOU HAVE LIVED IN.
bangalore bangalore bangalore and yes a little of mumbai

21. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
F1 ........... Cricket was my fav.......... But F1 has taken over......... Mayb 20-20 would put cricket on top again

22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU.
Calm and cool headed ........ She should be thankful to me as i have given her the best thing in her world :)

23. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Loads of suitcase with all my stuff in it

24. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN?
Love the way i am.......... Though John Abraham also would be a good option ( then i would get Bipasha Basu for some time :))

25. MORNING PERSON, OR NIGHT OWL?
Neither........ Same way the whole day ( Late nights u will see me in bed)

26. OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
Neither.

27. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX?
In a jaccuzzi with a glass of vodka........

28. FAVORITE PIE?
Banana and Walnut pie...... really does taste yum........

29. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Belgium Dark Choclate...... ( Inspired from Hum Tum )......... tastes yum....... used to travel 20k just to eat it

30. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU TAGGED THIS TO, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
Dont think any one would do........

Everyone who had the patience to do read this has to write something abt themselves and bore me :P .....

Past few months

2008-03-11T10:53:00.003+05:30

It has been one month since i got married ........... In fact today is my anniversary ....... It has been one hell of a roller coaster the past few months which have changed my life forever.......

It has been some time since i last blogged..... Various things have happened in the last six months that has changed me as a person and my life as a whole.......

The first thing being Prerana........ One of the biggest things that has ever happened in my life..... Gave me so much learning on the personal front that i will never be able to forget it......... I personally consider it to be one of the greatest achievement in my life.......... One of the very few things that i have worked so passionately for.....

Just after Prerana i went home to meet the girl of my dreams (though it dint seem that way then )............ after meeting her a few times...... we decided to get married together ........ things went on with rocket speed from there on....... we got engaged in a month....... and married after two months.......

we had a fairy tale wedding for sure....... the setting for the muhurthum and the reception was just perfect (check out the pics in my orkut profile for them ) ........ the ring ceremony , haldi function, cocktail party, the friends party, the sangeeth ..... the party went on and on......... as my friend put it we had a 8 step process to get married.......

Placements - in between all the wedding prep, another important moment of my life... placements were round the corner........ after dissapointing first few days..... it started to turn around with Barclays bank offering me retail sales in kanpur.... then i got four offers on the final day to take the final count to 5....... i got offers from Cognizant, ICICI bank, Kotak, Godrej Properties and barclays......... I finally took up the offer from Godrej properties so that i could enter the real estate field........ i still dont know wether it was a good decision or not :)

i guess very few people would have a had a roller coaster ride that i have had for the past few months....... now its time to settle down and enjoy the next few months.........

To kill or not to kill.......

2007-05-27T19:19:00.000+05:30

Just came back from watching a neat movie called "Shootout at Lokandwala".... the movie deals with an incident that took place in 1992 when the cops killed 6 gangsters in a resedential locality when they could have just arrested them...... Now you might say that, what was the need for the killing ( i am sure all you human rights activisits must be thinking the same)....... Arrest them and have law take its course...... The question now arises Does LAW take its course....

To set the facts right..... These 6 people were gangsters......ppl who used to terrorize and kill people for money ( supari as they call it) ........ never spared anyone....... kill without regret and sometimes just for the heck of it..... Now the question would arise, are these people's lives worth anything??

The COPS side: The police generally beleive that these people can never change and hence it is better off to get rid of them..... They would continue to do the same thing once they get out.... More lives would be in danger if they are released on some pretext or the other....

The Human Rights Side: No more person is gulity until proven in a court of law.... Also every human being must be given a chance to redeem himself..... People cannot be killed just because they killed others..... If that is to be so, then what would be the difference between humans and animals......

The Gangster's Side: These are generally people who come from extreme poverty and take exotortion and killing as a way out for easy money.... There are others that do it for the power that they get by killing others..... These are people who love to see the fear in others and get a kick out of it....

My side :) : No person should be allowed to kill in the first place and if he does he should not be allowed to go free or with just imprisonment........ He should be dealt with fiercely and must be set an example for future killers..... There may be some mistakes in these encounter killings which would be due to negligence or just cops trying to take advantage of such a thing...... But if these people are also dealt with firmly, then even this would come down resulting in an creating a scene in which such incidents do not happen.......

Kill such people if neccecary ..........

2007-05-16T21:14:00.000+05:30

Who should be president??

The post for the President of India is open and there is already a rat race on for someone to become one....... Let me clarify....... There is no rat race among the contestants but among the various parties supporting these contestants....... Each party wants to put up a president of their choice so that he doesnt eat their head later and do exactly as what the party says later.......

Let us go through the contestants..... APJ Kalam( though he has declined to continue - for some reason his name keeps popping up), The Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekawat, Karan Singh ( Congress Oldie), Atal Behari Vajpayee himself( i am not kidding), Amitabh Bachan ( my god- thank god that they dropped his name) and so forth.....

Now to come to think of it...... Does it really matter in a country like India?? Does the president have any powers at all?? he basically does what the Prime Minister ( reading ruling party ) tells him...... For Gods sake even his speeches to the parliment are prepared by PMO office.....

We had a really great president for the past 5 years in the form of APJ Abdul Kalam.... He is one person who i truly admire..... His vision and desire to make a difference to all the people around him is truly amazing.... But was he able to do anything constructive...... Did a president post ( which is supposed to be the highest power on paper) give him an oppurtunity to do anything....

Now the question that has raged over the decades..... Does India really need a president?? Does he do anything worthwhile other than give speeches and smile at the camera?? Oh yes he sometimes sends back the laws passed by the parliment....... But at the end of the day he signs them anyways ..... So there is no point of him sending it back in the first place.......

My take is that ....... India doesnt need a president ...... too much money is wasted on that position which really doesnt do anything ( read elections, flights, security etc).... But there is no one who is courageous enough to stand up and say it for the fear of backlash...... So people just go ahead do nothing...... It is one of the things that u cant do anything about but you just live with it....

2007-05-06T11:35:00.000+05:30

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2007-05-02T10:30:00.000+05:30

Murund Jaljeera Beach.........

Just came back from the wonderful murund beach near kashid......... Spent two days there .... A beach which is really isolated from commercialization....... Neat places to stay in.......... Food is good and most importantly great place to drink :) ........

It all started when three musketeers ( me , anuj and nikhil ) planned to do something on saturday........ but confusion reigned supreme when me and anuj were planning to go to pune and nikhil at the same time was coming to mumbai......... After we sorted that out which meant that anuj would go to pune and then get back by sunday evening and nikhil would come on saturday to mumbai and we all would leave on monday morning..........

Monday morning........... I am still not sure of wether we would be going or not............ After a little bit of haggling, we finally left at 1pm (when we were supposed to leave by 10 am) .......... We caught my favourite bus no 25 to churchgate and then went to the gateway from there......... We then took a ferry to alibagh at 3 pm..........

When we reached alibagh, we realized that it was one pathetic beach and there was absolutely nothing to do there......... We then decided to go to kashid ......... When then reached kashid by taking two autorickshaws only to realize that everything in kashid shuts down at 7 pm and nothing ever happens in the night.......

We were pissed off to say the least......... People then asked us to go to Murund jalgeera beack where the place is lit up and u get acco right on the beach.......... We then again left to murund beach and finally found a great place where there was civilization and a great beach........

The amazing part of this beach was that it was truly empty ................... It was like the place which was free from people swarming over, hawkers all over the place etc............. The waves of the beach were just right.............. It wasnt violent nor was it feeble......... U could just drift away in the water for some distance ( which i did........... ) ..........

If u r in mumbai and have a couple of days off......... I definately recommend that u deffinately do go to this beach ..........

Recommendation : Kashid by day and Murund by night :) ( they are just half an hour apart)

2007-04-30T12:43:00.000+05:30

Kisses galore.........

I am writing this post due to some of the recent kissing and cuddling events that are happening......... How can a country that boasts so much of its freedom of expression, thought blah blah...... Make such a big fuss when there is no need for it......

lets take it case by case....... First the Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere incident......... Two people minding their own business......... You could say that shilpa shetty was taken aback when she was kissed in such a manner by gere......... But you could see that she was enjoying it........ If she dint have a problem then why should others have one.......people should have had a problem if either shilpa had a problem or there was some sort of nudity involved..............

Lets take the next one......... The aishwarya and hrithik kiss in Dhoom......... a simple smooch u could say......... people had such a big problem with that........... articles saying that the marriage is now off due to the kiss etc.......... Give me a break.......... Do people seriously think that abhishek would not have known about the kiss when he himself was acting in the movie.........
hypocriacy........ thats all it is........... people loved it when mallika sherwat was doing it in murder but when aishwarya rai does it........... all hell breaks loose........

lets take the third one............ Couples getting beaten up because of just sitting together and cuddling with each other in mumbai and pune......This is not carried out by some fundamentalist group or something like that.......... But they were beaten up by cops ........... the same people who are supposed to safegaurd the system......... is a little time with your loved one too much to ask for??

The more i think about it.......... the more it hits me that these events are carried out with no good intention in mind.......... its just to get some cheap publicity and make some headlines for the numerous newspapers and tv channels.......I hope the people who are supposed to protect the system such as cops and the courts get some sense and put an end to all this crap........

2007-04-22T11:43:00.000+05:30

Where does my life take me from here.........

Its been 9 months since i have started my MBA and in another 9 months i would have completed my MBA ......... A scary thought indeed ........... The whole of my student life would be over.........

Lots of thoughts go through my head when i think about this......... At one end i think about a comfortable job which i would get at the end of 9 months and at the other is the lingering thought of entreprenuarship ........... At one end is the thought of finally being free and at the other is the lingering thought of marriage ( yes people in my community do get married early ........ so dont be surprised if u can invitation card from me :) ) ..........

Job vs Entreprenuar.......... I have spent countless nights thinking abt it......... And sometimes i feel the only take away from the MBA course is the confidence that i have now of doing something on my own ........ A job would mean a secured life ahead ( may not be the most relaxing ) ........ Nothing to worry about financially............ You will always get a second chance......... Day to day activities would seem to get organized ..........

But is it worth getting sucked into the job and only after 20 years would you really be ready to become an entreprenaur again.......... Or is it worth taking the risk and go out and do something for yourself.......... If reqd through away all those years of technical education......... Try and do something at the age of 35 or try doing something at the age of 55 that is the real question........

I have no idea what i will end up doing............ If you have some thoughts which could help me ........pls leave a comment ................

2007-04-15T10:41:00.000+05:30

This is what i got when i tried to find out if i am open mided or not.......... Try it its good fun...... You will learn stuff abt yourself.........

You Are 68% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded.
Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.
But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.
You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

2007-04-15T09:40:00.000+05:30

9 months after joining MBA

its been a whole 9 months since i have joined NITIE...... so i thought i would do an introspection to see what all an MBA has given me and what i have lost ............

Things that i have lost

1. I have lost loads of hair ( MBA is driving me to baldness :))

2. I have lost weight and lost my awesome good looks ( who i am kidding ;) )

3. I have lost sleep ......... Have had numerous sleepless nights ......... Most important thing to remember as i was a person who used to sleep 10 hours a day before joining MBA

4. I have lost a chance to stay in bangalore ( i am a big bangalore fan )

5. Lost a chance to stay with my nephew and neice :(((( ........

6. Lost a chance to spend time with all the hot babes of bangalore .......... NITIE doesnt have ne babes :((((

7. Lost a chance to continously earna 30k a month salary......and a comfortable life.........

The list goes on and on...........

Things that i have gained ..............

1. A great deal of self confidence which has led me to beleive that i can take on the best and beat them at their own game..........

2. Some amount of entreprenurial thought ..........

3. An expereince of a lifetime........... no amount of words that can describe it..........

4. Made some great friends whom i will never forget.........

5. learnt a great deal about group dynamics ...........

6. Most importantly learnt a great deal of MBA fart which would help to navigate any situation :) ..........

I have had a great experience in the last 9 months and hope to have a better one in the next 9..... A sincere advice to everyone is to do an MBA as you will gain a great deal from it........ Dont get choosy abt the colleges u get, its the experience and learning that u gain the most than the initial placement................

2007-03-09T12:45:00.000+05:30

Second last man standing !!!

Recently i took part in an event called Last man standing at SIBM pune...... I was shortlisted for the event from a hundred entires......... They were 17 of us in the final shortlist and we had to fight it out among ourselves to be the " Last Man Standing"........

Before i go ahead, let me tell u what this event is................. Its a three day event and as the organizers called "55 hours of continous torture ".......... It consits of 15 events, both formal and informal, and the guy with the maximum number of points at the end of three days was declared the winner.....

On the day of the event only 17 of us had turned up........ People were there from various colleges such as NMIMS, Great Lakes, SIBM, SCMHRD, Sydenam etc...... Now let us take each day at a time......

Day 1 :

It started off with an event called Radio Play, where two ppl had to talk over the radio for 5 min in a funny situation.......... I was a mud wrestler confessing to a priest over the crimes that i had done....... It got very vulgar but it was good fun.......

The next event was a press brief and questions thrown at u............ This was ok, wasnt really that intresting......

At the end of these two rounds .......... two ppl were elliminated both of which were hot babes from MICA and SCMHRD :( ........ I thought my luck had begun to run out then itself ;)

The next event was a really nice event called Euroclubs....... where u were a manager with some of money and u had to bid for players..... It involved a great deal of stratergy......

At the end of this we were asked to design a condom ad for the small man ( hope u get what i mean :)) ...... The best part was there was a hot girl from SIBM on the jury and trying to explain the ad to her got a lil intresting :) ............

We then had a corporate finance case study and considering my knowledge in fin u can guess urself on how well it went.......

We went back to our hostel thinking that it was the end of the day....... Thinking we might get some sleep after a hard days work .............. Our wish was shortlived as they came knocking at our door at 3 am in the morning ............. We just had two hours of sleep.......

We were given a fairy tale at 3am and we were asked to analyse it and find out the management fundas in it.............. MBA fart back to the rescue.... :)

At 5 am in the morning we were asked to come ready to do some physical excercises......... It involved doing 15 pushups and then going up and down 5 stairs with a carton containing 12 bottles of water............I did the whole excercise in flat two min after which i felt so exhausted that i thought that i would never get up............

That brought us to the end of day 1............ At the end of which two ppl withdrew from the event citing inablity to cope up with the pressure.............

the last man standing gang................................

Day 2 :

Day 2 started with a set of informal events such as SuDuKo , Crystal Maze , Sock matching and Lemon and spoon races.........

We then had to a fashion show for the entire SIBM............. The theme was south indian........ The audience made fun of us made us to dance and what not........... it was good fun..........

We then had a business quiz at which i luckily fared well..............

At the end of this another 5 of them were elliminated and for the final four rounds we had just 6 of us........

We then had a every nice event in which we had to design the cricket world cup trophy...... The best part was that we had to make a real live trophy with thermcol, fevicol, paper cutter......

We then had to sell the trophy to the ICC.............

My world cup trophy
Might look a lil shabby ..... But i sold it well :) ................

After which we went back to our rooms, trying to get some sleep....

At 1 am we were given a huge case study and asked to analyse it and submit it by 5 am........

After trying to mix some sleep and do the case.......... At 5 am we get shock when they said that they were just mocking us and the case is not going to be there for evaluvation....... The 6 of us felt like tearing our hair apart...........

The day still dint end when we were asked to run the pune marathon............ We had to then run three km....... after which we were allowed to sleep for an hour .............

Day 3:

Day 3 had just three formal events which were a HR case where u had to take a stand

The second was a tuncoat where u had to argue about the benifits of oragnized retail or Walmart......

The third one again was a collosal case study where u had to suggest on how a company called verbatium can beat a market leader 3M.......

To skip all the events, read from here :) .....................

We then waited for the results and for my dissapointment i did not win................After three days fo hard work they had just one prize of 40k and i came second................. i lost by 5 marks..........

From that day onwards i have been known as second last man standing :)

All and a all a great event and i had great fun taking part in it.........................

2007-02-14T01:44:00.000+05:30

TOPA night valentines day party!!!!

I just came back from one of the most amazing parties that i have been to........ The valentines day party that was organized by a group in our college called TOPA ( Theatre of Performing Arts ) ......... One of the most raunchiest and 'sexplicit' parties i have ever been........ People cracking XXX jokes all over the place........ People digging out information from the personal lives of people and making fun of the same........

It started with a "nipple sucking contest"......... Before you get carried away........... I am talking about drinking from a milk bottle............ These baby milk bottles were filled with soft drinks and people were asked to suck and drink it through the nipple........ It was hilarious........ The 'chooza' of our batch won and proved his credibilty being the 'chooza'........... In the girls. the class CR took the top honors and both of them were crowned ' Mr and Ms chooza' ............

The next event was in which people were asked to do acts suggested by the audience........... There was raunchy dances, proposals and even smooches to the wall........ The raunchy dance by Brijesh was simply awesome....... The proposals from Alankar and Deepak were good........ Few people ran away when their names were called............ As Tau puts it " Uska Fat gayi"..........

Before we went on to the next event.........Two of them were given PPOs to join the TOPA group...... They were asked to do a raunchy dance and you can say it cant get more raunchier than this........... The guy took his shirt off and started dancing around the girl and to everyones suprise the girl responded matching the guys each move .............

The last thing on the agenda was the "Mr and Ms TOPA" ............ There were 5 girls and 5 guys.... Each of them were asked innermost secrets and who ever comes up with the most creative and wackhy answers.......... Two of them took the top honors for sheer presence of mind..... It was really hilarious..........

That bought to the end of a great party with some people taking it to the dance floor............ Most of us left after a couple of songs ( cos there is nt much fun dancing if u r nt drunk ;)) .........
One of the great parties that i had been too......

2007-02-04T10:33:00.000+05:30

Valentine's day is here.........

Its still a week away but neways the prep for the same is on.............. The time for love ( archies wants you to beleive) ........... The time to show that you care for the people whom you love......... The time for romance suposedly..........

I in fact have never got the meaning or the reason for the same............ being a cynic , i feel that valentine's day is just a marketing gimmick that companies use to emotionally black mail people ( i fall into the trap too.......... ) so that they buy their stuff ( which are generally completely useless..... greeting cards, teddy bears, heart shaped ballons, flowers etc) .......

Now i begin to wonder why all men (committed or not ) fear this particular day.......... Committed men ( married or not ) fear this day as cos the people they love and care ( mainly girlfriends and wives ) expect them to do something special......... The worst part is, men being lazy and generally not creative end up doing the same thing...... Run at the last possible minute, to the nearest archies showroom and buy something really stupid such as gaint teddy bear or a heart shaped one and some flowers to give it to their loved ones........... I have no idea who benefits from this excercise.... is it women ( who get stuff they just like for a minute and then throw it away ) or archies ( gift shop ) gallery......... which makes a nice profit............

Women on the other hand have no comittment to do anything at all......... Some women again buy useless stuff for the guys ( photo frames, heart shaped key chains and this is even better - > pens with hearts on them) ........... I have never seen people buy something sensible for each other............ I mean u can buy ur loved ones stuff like clothes , shoes etc.......... They would at least use it or exchange it..........

Now for the people who r nt committed ............ This is the time pressure mounts on them......... people giving them weird stares as if they are losers of the first order.......... friends making fun of u and pairing with every single girl u know.......... Telling you the weirdest stuff like " Love is in the air" ............. and stuff like that......... My god !!!! please give us poor souls a break...........

The worst that can happen is when you have to take off from work on that day......... I had to last year as luck would have it.......... My IIML interview was on the exact same day.... As i went up to my TL for a leave........ A big notorious smile came on his face.......... People areound you start giving funny smiles .......... you somehow squeeze your way out of it and you think thank god thats the end of it............... But as if the curse would just not let go of you......... You get back to work on the day just after vaentine's day............ the curious and funny smiles are back staring at u........ people asking u what u did yesterday with a wink in their eyes..... the torture just doesnt seem to end..........

Finally my take is that......... valentines day, fathers day, mothers day, sisters day, brothers day, friendships day ....... this is the best one "Rose day" .......... are all good for gift shops and restaurants.......... we need to acknowledge people on this day and move on......... cos u cant show ur love for a person on just one day in the whole year........dont make too much of a big deal out of it............. chill and enjoy the day.........

2007-01-30T12:26:00.000+05:30

My first case study competition win !!!

It happend two days back ( jan 28th to be precise) ............. Me and a friend of mine had gone over to a B school called Nirma (yup its from the washing powder nirma fame :)) in ahemadabad..... We had written a white paper on "Emerging retail scenario in India " ( it was more of copy paste :)) .......... We happend to get shortlisted from over 60 entries (an achievement in itself as the students from top B schools such as IIMs , FMS, IIFT and from NITIE :) had participated for it).........

We were then invited to give a presentation in Nirma........ We went there more to enjoy the experience ( read babes ) and winning was one of the last things in our mind....... We started off with a video which i had made for the event........ As you would have it, the powerpoint versions did not match and the video failed to make its mark :( (one whole day of work went down the drain...) the presentation went on well.......... We waited till evening for the results.........Though everyone had told us that we had done well..... I wasnt sure of winning......

Then it happend..... the prof called out our names and for a moment i couldnt beleive it......... It was like a dream come true :)............ Dont think i will ever forget that day, when i met hot babes and ended up winning a case study competition.......... It somewhat had fairy tale sort of ending .....

2007-01-22T23:16:00.000+05:30

NITIE - Best B school in India

You might smile at the above statement and say that i am making such a statement cos i am studying in NITIE. But i am saying this because it really is!!!!

This is one B school where you have freedom to do what you want ( and I mean it too).... It is a college where there isnt much work and all u do is attend classes(with great difficulty)..... sleep a lot , copy all the assignments and still end up doing pretty well in your acads and get decent jobs as well.....

I sometimes wonder on how does this actually work..... How come we do so much less than the other B schools and still do well or better than most of them....... Then it hits me, its the freedom and the time that we have........ Freedom to do what we want helps us in actually learning from real life situations..... Be it organizing fests, placements, talks , summits etc...... We learn by making mistakes........ We learn by not repeating mistakes that seniors commit....... This is the sort of learning that is maximum in NITIE compared to any other B school......

Secondly, its the free time that we get due to which we are able to take part in numerous competitions.... Working on real life case studies and events actually gives you learning which no amount of classroom teaching can..... We are always trying to find out the best stratergy for companies like Dabur, Brittania, Cognizant, Mindtree.......

This is why i say that NITIE is one of the best B schools in India........ Its because of its unique format........ Which ends up giving you a right mix of learning and hands on experience with real life situations.........

2007-01-08T15:21:00.000+05:30

My first blog..... Had been planning to do this for some time now.... i have finally found some josh to start it :).........

I shall start off by wishing all of you a very happy new year.....

The new year has begun well for me..... Spent the first few days at home with family before i had to come back to mumbai .......... There is a nice feeling abt this new year....... Though i have no idea why........ It may be just the start of another new day..... But it is also something more...... It gives u an oppurtunity to look at things that happ in the previous year and look forward to the next.........

Today was the first day of the third module.......... It turned out to be a quiet affair as not many people have come back as yet and we ended up having just one class.......

Lets see how things go on.........