Sanely Insane

The Real Deal

2012-01-30T23:10:00.001+05:30

Is that a bird? Is that a man?

Booyah!!

And, oh yeah, no thanks to GHAC!

Ghost From The Past

2012-01-30T23:03:00.004+05:30

You fall like an angel to me
And you fell and broke your wings
It was never meant to last
You were just a ghost from the past

I thought you really could be real
That my heart was ready to bleed
When I walked through pain and fear
You would totally disappear

You know that I love you, you know what I need
You know that I find you so tender so sweet
We walked through the darkness, we walked in the sun
We shared all our sorrows, we shared all our love
You said that you love me you said that you cared
So how could I know I had something to fear
Don't know where you are I know that you're hurt
I should have been able to sense your alert

You came like a stranger to me
And you said you were for real
Now I do know where this will end
I was cold and I needed a friend
I turned on the light so you could see
I was stuck in some other dream
Still my eyes were crystal clear
You came closer and shattered my tears

How could you say you want me to go
When my diamond was starting to glow
When you knew that I wanted you so
You left me alone

P.S. Don't read much into the lyrics. It's just a song!

Scream In The Night

2012-01-30T22:57:00.001+05:30

Did you hear me scream?

The still of the night shattered

Or did you think it nothing more than a dream

As my whole world fractured.

Did you think to step out?

Into the unknown dangers of the night

To see what the screaming was about

While you stayed safe in the light.

Safe behind your door

As I cried for aid

Did you hear the evil roar?

As my body he did invade

As it carved up my soul

Did you think to call?

As he swallowed my innocence whole

Did you do anything at all?

I fought a desperate losing battle

Surrounded by hundreds yet no one came

We all knew i would lose the struggle

Humiliated alone and shamed

Yet still you stay

Listening to my pain

Too scared to move, not sure what to say

So shocked, frozen into frightened refrain.

So stay safe behind your locks

Knowing while i scream

The evil will never ever knock

Upon your own house of dreams

Original credits: nighthag

Dark Humour!

2012-01-30T09:25:00.001+05:30

Just a thought ...

2012-01-29T08:03:00.001+05:30

Se7en

2012-01-29T00:40:00.000+05:30

1. Make peace with your past, so it doesn't spoil your present.

2. What others think of you is none of your business.

3. Time heals almost everything, give time, some time.

4. No one is the reason for you happiness except yourself.

5. Don't compare your life with others, you have no idea what their journey is all about.

6. Stop thinking too much, it's alright not to know all the answers.

7. Smile, you don't own all the problems in the world.

MEN & WoMEN

2011-11-22T09:53:00.001+05:30

Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.

Self-explanatory!

2011-11-21T13:00:00.001+05:30

Ah! These Quotes!

2011-11-15T09:16:00.001+05:30

"Don't waste a minute not being happy."

Thank you Brooke Shields! :)

Quotable Quote

2011-11-13T19:02:00.001+05:30

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

Ignorance and Knowledge

2011-11-06T13:50:00.000+05:30

"It is better to be ignorant and be yourself than to be very knowledgeable, because all knowledge that is not YOURS is far worse than ignorance." Osho

What is the Greatest Poverty?

2011-11-02T18:06:00.002+05:30

"The greatest poverty of all is the absence of love. The man who has not developed the capacity to love lives in a private hell of his own. A man who is filled with love is in heaven. You can look at man as a wonderful and unique plant, a plant that is capable of producing both nectar and poison. If a man lives by hate he reaps a harvest of poison; if he lives by love he gathers blossoms laden with nectar." Osho

Peak after Peak

2011-11-02T11:49:00.002+05:30

"Feel ecstatic that there is no end to life, that when you have reached on one peak, suddenly another peak starts giving you challenges, a higher one, a more arduous climb, a more dangerous reach. And when you will have reached the other peak, another peak; peaks upon peaks. It is an eternal Himalayas of life." Osho

Height Of Humiliation (Funny)

2011-11-01T18:47:00.002+05:30

A Grammar Freak Boyfriend To His Girlfriend While Breaking Up - You Are As Useless As "Ay" In Okay.

2011-10-31T19:08:00.004+05:30

If we simply avoid two things in our life,

Life would be more rewarding, fruitful and peaceful.

1. Comparing with others
2. Expecting from others

Insane!

2011-10-31T18:44:00.001+05:30

Mother Monster Performing In India

2011-10-31T18:40:00.002+05:30

Going Gaga Over Lady Gaga

2011-10-31T18:33:00.000+05:30

Creativity and rebellion go hand in hand for American singer, song writer and pop icon Lady Gaga. Arriving in India for the inauguration of a big Formula One motorsport event she was warmly welcomed and available for TV and the press. After she had sent in August a quote about creativity from the book “Creativity” by Osho via her Twitter account to her 15 millions followers on Twitter, the press followed up and she was asked about her connection to the Indian mystic Osho. The 25 year old singer from New York responded: “Oh yes Osho! I read a lot of Osho’s books and I believe “Rebellion“ was my favorite so far.

I have been reading a lot about rebellion and how creativity is the greatest form of rebellion in life. It’s important to stand up for what you believe in and to fight for equality. Equality is one of the most important things in my life – social, political, economic equality – these are all things I fight for in my country as a citizen. So I read Osho because not only do I love his work and what he writes about, but I guess I am kind of an Indian hippie!”

Source: OSHO Times

Stealing the thunder at BIC

2011-10-31T18:23:00.000+05:30

"Who is He? Why everyone is running after him? Is he a very rich man?" asked a bemused Spanish journalist to an Indian reporter at the Buddh International Circuit.

"He is Sachin Tendulkar, the God of Indian cricket," replied the Indian scribe. :)

Source: Sabysachi Baldev

Bruce!!

2011-10-28T17:48:00.003+05:30

If ever there's a song for all seasons - It is this!

Love - Freedom - Aloneness

2011-10-28T16:23:00.000+05:30

A relationship is a puzzle with no clue to it. Howsoever you try to manage it, you will never be able to manage it. Nobody has ever been able to manage it. It is made in such a way that it simply remains puzzling. The more you try to demystify it, the more mysterious it becomes. The more you try to understand it, the more elusive it is.

It is a greater koan than any koan that Zen masters give to their disciples, because their koans are meditative -- one is alone. When you are given the koan of relationship it is far more complicated, because you are two -- differently made, differently conditioned, polar opposites to each other, pulling in different directions, manipulating each other, trying to possess, dominate... there are a thousand and one problems.

While meditating, the only problem is how to be silent, how not to be caught in thoughts. In relationship there are a thousand and one problems. If you are silent, there is a problem. Just sit silently by the side of your wife and you will see - she will immediately jump upon you: "Why are you silent? What do you mean?" Or speak, and you will be in trouble - whatsoever you say, you are always misunderstood.

No relationship can ever come to a point where it is not a problem. Or if sometimes you see a relationship coming to a point where it is no longer a problem, that simply means it is not a relationship anymore. The relationship has disappeared - the fighters are tired, they have started accepting things as they are. They are bored; they don’t want to fight any more. They have accepted it, they don’t want to improve upon it.

A Happy Marriage?

2011-10-27T16:50:00.000+05:30

If you ever come across a happy marriage, don’t trust it on the surface. Just go a little deeper and you will be surprised. I have heard about one happy marriage...

A hillbilly farmer decided it was time to get married, so he saddled his mule and set off for the city to find a wife. In time, he met a woman and they were married. So they both climbed up on the mule and started back for the farm. After a while, the mule balked and refused to move.

The farmer got down, found a big stick, and beat the mule until it again began to move.
"That’s once," the farmer said.

A few miles later, the mule balked again, and the entire scene was repeated. After the beating, when the mule was moving again, the farmer said, "That’s twice."

A few miles later, the mule balked for a third time. The farmer got down, got his wife down, and then took out a pistol and shot the mule in the eye, killing it instantly.

"That was a stupid thing to do!" the wife shouted. "That was a valuable animal and just because he annoyed you, you killed him! That was stupid, criminal..." and she went on like this for some time. As she stopped for breath, the farmer said, "That’s once.

And it is said, after that they lived forever in married happiness!

Fucking Cussing

2011-10-26T21:07:00.000+05:30

Sick and tired of the untiring cussing on display.

Poke Me

2011-10-18T16:54:00.000+05:30

I'm On Facebook ;-)

Between Angels and Insects - Papa Roach

2011-10-18T16:52:00.002+05:30

Last Resort - Papa Roach

2011-10-18T16:50:00.001+05:30

The Greatest Rock Band

Last Resort - Papa Roach

2011-10-18T16:40:00.002+05:30

Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort
Suffocation
No breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding

This is my last resort

Cut my life into pieces
I've reached my last resort
Suffocation
No breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding
Do you even care if I die bleeding
Who did me wrong
Who did me right
If I took my life tonight
Chances are that I might
Mutilation outta sight
And I'm contemplating suicide

'Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/papa+roach/last+resort_20104495.html ]
I never realized I was spread too thin
Till it was too late
And I was empty within
Hungry
Feeding on chaos
And living in sin
Downward spiral where do I begin
It all started when I lost my mother
No love for myself
And no love for another
Searching to find a love up on a higher level
Finding nothing but questions and devils

'Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me in fine
Losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing's alright
Nothing is fine
I'm running and I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying

I can't go on living this way

Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort
Suffocation
No breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding
Who did me wrong
Who did me right
If I took my life tonight
Chances are dynamite
Mutilation outta sight
And I'm contemplating suicide

'Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing's alright
Nothing is fine
I'm running and I'm crying

I can't go on living this way
Can't go on
Living this way
Nothing's alright

2011-10-18T16:28:00.003+05:30

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

The Art of Eating

2011-10-17T11:10:00.002+05:30

Whenever you are half-hearted in anything, it lingers longer.

If you are sitting at your table and eating, and if you eat only half-heartedly and your hunger remains, then you will continue to think about food the whole day. You can try fasting and you will see: you will continuously think about food. But if you have eaten well — and when I say eaten well, I don’t mean only that you have stuffed your stomach. Then it is not necessarily so that you have eaten well. You could have stuffed yourself. But eating well is an art. It is not just stuffing. It is great art: to taste the food, to smell the food, to touch the food, to chew the food, to digest the food, and to digest it as divine. It is divine; it is a gift from the divine.

Hindus say, Anam Brahma – food is divine. So with deep respect you eat, and while eating you forget everything, because it is a prayer. It is an existential prayer. You are eating the divine and the divine is going to give you nourishment. It is a gift to be accepted with deep love and gratitude. And you don’t stuff the body, because stuffing the body is being anti-body. It is the other pole.

There are people who are obsessed with fasting, and there are people who are obsessed with stuffing themselves. Both are wrong because in both the ways the body loses balance. A real lover of the body eats only to the point where body feels perfectly quiet, balanced, tranquil; where body feels to be neither leaning to the left nor to the right, but just in the middle. It is an art to understand the language of the body, to understand the language of your stomach, to understand what is needed, to give only that which is needed, and to give that in an artistic way, in an aesthetic way.

Animals eat, man eats. Then what is the difference? Man makes a great aesthetic experience out of eating. What is the point of having a beautiful dining table? What is the point of having candles burning there? What is the point of incense? What is the point of asking friends to come and participate? It is to make it an art, not just stuffing. But these are outward signs of the art; the inward signs are to understand the language of your body, to listen to it, to be sensitive to its needs. And then you eat, and then the whole day you will not remember food at all. Only when the body is hungry again will the remembrance come. Then it is natural.

Osho, The Beloved, Vol.1, Talk #4
Copyright: Osho International Foundation

The Food of Love

2011-10-17T11:04:00.002+05:30

As life is.... I divide it in three parts: breakfast, lunch, supper. The childhood is the breakfast-time. And as it happens if you have not been given your breakfast today, you will feel very, very hungry, out of all proportion, at lunchtime. And if you have missed lunch also, then of course at supper you will be almost mad. Love is food — that’s why I divide life in three: breakfast, lunch, supper.

Love is food: food for the soul. When a child sucks at his mother’s breast for the first time, he is sucking two things, not only milk. Milk is going into his body and love is going into his soul. Love is invisible, just as soul is invisible; milk is visible just as body is visible. If you have eyes to see, you can see two things together dripping into the child’s being from the mother’s breast. Milk is just the visible part of love; love is the invisible part of milk — the warmth, the love, the compassion, the blessing.

If the child has missed at his breakfast, then when he is young he will be too needy for love – and that creates trouble. Then he will be too impatient for love – that creates trouble. Then he will be in such a hurry for love – that creates trouble because love grows very slowly, it needs patience. And the more in a hurry you are, the greater is the possibility that you will miss.

Have you watched it in yourself and in others? The people who are too much in need of love always suffer, because they always feel that nobody is going to fulfill them. In fact, nobody is going to be their mother again. In a mother-child relationship, nothing was expected from the child. What can a child do? He is helpless. He cannot return anything. At the most he can smile, that’s all, or follow with his eyes where the mother is going, that’s all. Small, beautiful gestures, but nothing else can he do. The mother has to give, the child has to receive.

If at breakfast-time you have missed this, then you will be looking for a woman who can be your mother. Now, a woman is looking for a lover, not for a son; trouble is bound to be there. Unless by chance, by accident, you can find some woman who is looking for a son. Then things will settle; then two illnesses will fit together.

It always happens: a pessimist always finds an optimist to fit; a sadist always finds a masochist to fit; a dominating person always finds one who is in need of being dominated, then they fit. You cannot find two masochists living together, never. I have watched thousands of couples: up to now I have not been able to come to a single couple in which both the partners are sadists or both the partners are masochists. It is impossible to live together; they have to fit. Only opposites fit, and people always fall in love with the opposite.

If you can meet a woman who is in search of a son – that too is ugly, that too is ill, because a woman naturally should be seeking a lover, not a child. And this is the problem, and the problem becomes more complicated: even if she is looking for a son, she is unaware of it; and even if you are looking for a mother, you are unaware of it. In fact, if a woman tries to mother you, you will feel hurt. You will say, “What are you doing? Am I a child?” And you are looking for a mother. Thousands, millions of people are looking for a mother.

That’s why man seems so much interested in women’s breasts – otherwise there is no need to be so interested in women’s breasts. The interest simply shows that in your childhood, at your breakfast-time, you have missed something. It continues, it hovers on your mind, it haunts you. Breasts are for breakfast time. Now why do you go on thinking and painting.

Watch deep down, because it is not your responsibility, it is nothing to do with you. You cannot change your mother now. It happened as it happened, but you can become conscious – you can become conscious of all these things inside. And by becoming conscious a miracle happens. If you become conscious of these things, they start dropping. They can cling to you only in deep unconsciousness. A profound consciousness begins to be a transforming force.

So just become conscious! If you have some childish attitudes towards love, become conscious, find out, search deep. And just by becoming conscious, they drop. So nothing else is needed. Not that first you have to become conscious and then you have to ask “What to do now?” The moment you become conscious they disappear, because by becoming conscious you are becoming adult.

A child is not conscious. A child lives in a deep unconsciousness. By becoming conscious you are becoming adult, mature, so all that was clinging in your unconsciousness will disappear. Just as you bring light in a room and the darkness disappears; bring consciousness deep in your heart.

Then there are people who miss their lunch also. Then in their old age they become what you call “dirty old people.” Then in their old age they continuously think of sex and nothing else. They may not talk about sex in a direct way — they may start talking against sex — but they will talk about sex. Their being against makes no difference.

You go and listen to the so-called saints in India, and you will always find them continuously talking against sex and praising brahmacharya. These people have even missed their lunch. Now suppertime has come – and they are mad. Now they know that death is coming any moment. And when death is approaching near, and time is disappearing from their hands, if they become neurotic it seems natural.

These neurotic people have stories in the old scriptures that when they meditate, apsaras — beautiful women from heaven — descend. Naked they dance around them. Why should they do such a thing? Who is bothered about an old man sitting in the Himalayas meditating. Who is bothered? He is almost dead — who is bothered? Those apsaras from heaven, they can find better people. In fact, so many people are chasing apsaras, how can they find time to chase rishis, these so-called saints? No, it has nothing to do with apsaras or with heaven or anything.

It is just that these people have missed breakfast and lunch both. And by suppertime their imagination is playing tremendous games with them. It is their imagination, starved imagination.

Do one thing: you just go on a fast for three weeks, and then everywhere you will start seeing food – everywhere! Even you may see a full moon rushing into the sky and you will say it looks like bread, a chapati. That’s how it will happen. You will start projecting, your imagination will be playing games with you.

If this happens, then compassion never arises. Move slowly, alert, watching, be loving. If you are sexual I don’t say: Drop sex. I say make it more alert, make it more prayerful, make it more profound, so that it can become love. If you are loving, then make it even more grateful; bring deeper gratitude, joy, celebration, prayer to it, meditation to it, so that it can become compassion.

Unless compassion has happened to you, don’t think that you have lived rightly or that you have lived at all. Compassion is the flowering. And when compassion happens to one person, millions are healed. Whosoever comes around him is healed. Compassion is therapeutic.

Osho, A Sudden Clash of Thunder, Talk #8
Copyright: Osho International Foundation

Aquarian Love

2011-08-05T07:54:00.001+05:30

The moment Aquarians feel the love they give is taken for granted or unappreciated they wil leave you right where you are at.

Aquarians fall deeply in love, without any prejudice. They love is like either all or nothing, and there is no inbetween.

Once an Aquarian falls in love, they can go insane. *cough*

Aquarians will stay in a relationship as long as they are given their own personal space and freedom.

Un-Quotes

2011-08-05T07:27:00.004+05:30

If u want to commit suicide, you should jump down from your ego to your IQ.

You might have had me at hello.. but you DAMN sure made my day at goodbye.

If you cant keep an open mind.....keep a closed mouth.

The problem with helping a man when he is in trouble is that he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

The problem with loving a woman too much is that she will take it for granted.

Musings from a corner ...

2011-01-26T15:55:00.001+05:30

Life - what do you make of it?

Is it as beautiful and effortless as a flowing river?
(or)
Is it a complex and tiring journey, always wondering about the whereabouts of the destination?

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In life, if you want to change something for the better and in the due process searching for a good reason to motivate yourself to accomplish the desired change, let the reason be only one thing - Do it for yourself. Let the reason come from within your own consciousness, let the reason be 'you'.

That reason, which does not originate from within you is utterly useless. That reason which originates from an external source will only put you in dire straits.

Let the reason be you, let the reason originate out of your own happiness more than anything else.

The Great Indian Rupee

2011-01-06T20:18:00.000+05:30

1 Lakh = 1 Peti
1 Crore = 1 Koka
500 Crore = 1 Koda
1000 Crore = 1 Radia
10000 Crore = 1 Kalmadi
100000 Crore = 1 Raja
10 Kalmadi + 1 Raja = 1 Sharad Pawar

And Last But By No Means The Least
10 Sharad Pawar = 1 Madam

The Srikrishna Committee Report On Telangana

2011-01-06T20:13:00.000+05:30

The Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana has been made public. For those of you who are having trouble downloading it from the Government websites, here is a link for download - CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

File Format: PDF
File Size: 11.43 MB
No.Of Pages: 505

A Quote Worth Quoting!!

2010-08-19T23:29:00.001+05:30

By far, Religion has been the greatest form of Perversion ever conceived! - Moi

Nain ...

2010-08-19T23:22:00.000+05:30

Tere Mast Mast Do Nain, Mere Dil Ka Le Gaye Chain!!

Well, in this case, quite literally so!! :D

Fool's Trust - by OSHO

2010-03-09T13:56:00.000+05:30

A fool is one who goes on trusting; a fool is one who goes on trusting against all his experience. You deceive him, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you. Then you will say that he is a fool, he does not learn. His trust is tremendous; his trust is so pure that nobody can corrupt it. Be a fool in the Taoist sense, in the Zen sense. Don't try to create a wall of knowledge around you. Whatsoever experience comes to you, let it happen, and then go on dropping it. Go on cleaning your mind continuously; go on dying to the past so you remain in the present, herenow, as if just born, just a babe. In the beginning it is going to be very difficult. The world will start taking advantage of you...let them. They are poor fellows. Even if you are cheated and deceived and robbed, let it happen, because that which is really yours cannot be robbed from you, that which is really yours nobody can steal from you. And each time you don't allow situations to corrupt you, that opportunity will become an integration inside. Your soul will become more crystallized.

When "HE" Smiles !!

2009-11-15T08:07:00.004+05:30

Truly a smile from the heavens!

Very Hot !!!!!

2009-11-15T07:56:00.003+05:30

A few days back, i found something ridiculously funny, when i was going through my inbox on Yahoo! I was astonished looking at the subject line of that particular mail.

Here's a screenshot of my Inbox - Check out the SUBJECT LINE !!

I have no more words for the stupidity on display out there!!!

Quote of the Day

2009-10-13T14:49:00.000+05:30

"Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity"

^_^

Insert A Click-able Link To Your Blog

2009-08-21T11:20:00.010+05:30

Ah! At last the amateur in me has found how to insert a click-able link on Blogger!

All these days i just used to click on the "insert link" option, paste the link in the pop-up dialog box and click ok. But then it wouldn't work!

But now i've learned it is pretty simple to insert a click-able link. Let's go thru it.

Say you want to link to my blog, sanely-insane.blogspot.com, all you have to do is -

-> Click on insert link, paste the website address of the link in the pop-up box and click Ok. Then it would appear like this -

-> Now you have to enter the "Text" which you want to appear on your click-able link in between the <>

For example:

And your link will appear like this -

My Blog

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And if you want to make people think that are you are good in html and stuff, you can do like this and a small description will appear when they hover their cursor over the link

Example:

And your link will appear like this -

My Blog

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Going further, if you want your link to open in a new window, do the following -

Example:

And it'll open in a new window like this -

My Blog

SIMPLE! Ain't it!! Now go flaunt your HTML skills to the world!! ;-)

They Solve Assignments!

2009-08-21T10:58:00.005+05:30

Now there's a website wherein you can get professional help in completing your assignments!! The first time i stumbled upon that website, i was like "LOL", but then I realised it is a good business idea after all at the end of the day!!

The website am talking about is - We Solve Assigments

I ain't no promoter of that website. I'm just sharing it on my blog cuz i've found it interesting and maybe some people would find it useful too!!

What these guys at WeSolveAssignments.com do is provide assistance in completing the various assignments at High School, Bachelors, Masters and specially MBA - not for free ( :P ) but at a price!! They have a separate set of prices for doing the complete assignments and a separate pricing if you just need editing and proof-reading of the assigments already done by you!

They claim to have an in house as well as an external team of professors who will be providing the assistance!! Interesting, Yeah!!

P.S. The links to "Testimonials" and "Samples" aren't working on their website! ;-)

Indians ...

2009-08-09T09:02:00.005+05:30

Before i even say a word - take a look at the image below:

That is a screen shot of a topic in a community on the famous social networking site - orkut.

Well, i wouldn't want to say anything more, because it is self-explanatory. Ain't it!?

P.S. Incidentally the name of that community is "Why Are So Many People Stupid?"

Now who is the stupid? That I leave it to you! ;-)

InflaSHUN

2009-07-29T17:26:00.003+05:30

Life is..

2009-07-28T17:46:00.006+05:30

Life is...

Leaving the house in the morning,
dressed in clothes that you bought
on credit card for work, driving through
the traffic in a car that you are still
paying for, putting in fuel
that you cannot afford, in order to get to the
job that you hate but need so badly
so that you can pay for clothes, car
fuel and the house that you leave empty
the whole day, in order to live in it.

Awake-ning

2009-07-28T09:21:00.002+05:30

Ah! Feels great to be back on my blog after quite a while! It is like i've awakened to my blog!!! lol! And hence i've picked up a new template to celebrate my "Awake-ning"!

Incidentally, the new template is named "Awake" :D

Always wanted a nice and clean looking template for my blog and lo! I've found one!!

Thanks to "Pocket" for such a nice theme!!

Nano Dreams Of A Billion People!!

2009-03-23T07:17:00.002+05:30

History will be made today in the Indian Automobile Industry when Tata Motors launches the World's least expensive car, "Nano" - a car that is capable of redefining the way we Indians travel.

Nano is the dream project of Tata Group Chairman Mr.Ratan Tata, who has described Nano as the "The People's Car"

True to its name - Nano will be available to the Indian customers at an Ex-Showroom price tag of Rs.1.20 lakh to 1.30 lakh, depending on the version of the car.

Nano will sport a 623cc engine with 33bhp and the Tata Group claims Nano will give a mileage of 20 km per litre.

So get ready for the 23rd of March, 2009 which is going to usher in a dawn in the world of automobiles. Three cheers to Ratan Tata and Group.

Hip Hip Hurray
Hip Hip Hurray
Hip Hip Hurray

The Four Liquid Stages Of Life

2009-03-22T21:16:00.002+05:30

What a way to describe Life!!! Without saying a single word!!!

Indian Cricket Team's New Jersey

2009-02-19T08:21:00.002+05:30

Dhoni's Devils, The Men In Blue - We'll be seeing them in a new avatar when come to play, the next time around. Nike has redesigned a New Jersey for the Indian Cricket Team. So the next time they come to play in a ODI or a T20 international, they will be seen in a new dark blue attire!!!

Check it out!! Indian team members pose wearing the new jersey!

Mahi..All the way...

The new jersey can be seen in the upcoming tour of New Zealand!

My Verdict On The New Jersey : 5/10 :| I certainly think the old jersey's much much better than the current one!!! Just a peek at the old one -

Old is Gold - But Change is inevitable! :)

Cost Cutting, Anyone?!

2009-02-11T19:31:00.002+05:30

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-20T16:35:00.000+05:30

'Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so love the people who treat you right,
forget about the ones who don't,
and believe that everything happens for a reason.
If you get a chance, take it.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy,
They just promised it would be worth it.'

Gtalk Freezes Due To Winamp 5.5

2008-12-20T16:24:00.001+05:30

Winamp is one of the best music players i have ever used which has loads of features, unlike Windows Media Player. In Google Talk there is this option to show the currently playing music track as status message. This was working in the older versions of Winamp, but when i upgraded my winamp to Winamp 5.5 and tried to show the the currently playing music track as status in Gtalk, Gtalk freezes and stops responding. Winamp was working fine so i tried out it with Windows Media Player, then Gtalk was able to show the status perfectly and it was working fine. But come on, i don’t want to use win media player, really i don’t, neither do i want to use older version of Winamp cos winamp 5.5 is freaking cool. So i found out this solution in Gtalk Help, finally they have solved it Phew. Cos, i have been searching for a solution for quite some time.

Step 1: Go to the root directory of Winamp which is usually in C:\Program Files\Winamp\

Step 2: Select Tools->Folder Options->View (Tab) and uncheck the hide extensions for known file types and click Ok.

Step 3: Now create an empty file (Right click the mouse -> New -> Text document), so the default file would be like “New Text Document.txt”.

Step4: Rename the above file to “winamp.m3u” and save.

Step5: Close Winamp and Google Talk. Now open again and Your Show Current music track status should work.

SOURCE: Gowthaman.net

Quotable Quotes

2008-10-26T10:34:00.002+05:30

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ..."

"I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar."

"The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think."

"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people."

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car."

"Behind every successful man is a surprised woman."

THE BEST QUOTE EVER

2008-09-13T19:24:00.003+05:30

I found this incredible quote in a profile on orkut!!!

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a Ride!" (Author Unknown)

1000 Visitors!!

2008-09-13T01:43:00.003+05:30

Sounds Like LOL....but the fact of the matter is that the visitors count to my blog has just touched the 1000 mark!! And it feels great...I know it's not such a big deal, but still i feel proud because, when i started this blog, i've had no intention that i'd continue blogging for so long as i've did till now!!

And the stupidest and craziest thing is that, this hobby of mine (blogging) has helped me in getting my first ever job!!! Believe it or not, it's true!!! That's the reason why i said "Sounds Like LOL" during the beginning of this post! :D And that's exactly the reason why i'm making such a big deal of this '1000' mark! :P

Cheers to Blogging!!!

The Big Three Blogs Of Indian Film Industry

2008-09-11T09:39:00.004+05:30

The Maverick Director Ram Gopal Varma's Blog
http://rgvarma.spaces.live.com/

Mr.Perfectionist of 'Bollywood' - Aamir Khan
http://aamirkhan.com/

And last but by no means the least - The BIGGEST of 'em all,
The 'Big B'log - Amitabh Bachchan
http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/

And you thought that we were the only ones blogging, eh?!!!

An Issue Blown Out Of Extreme Proportions

2008-09-11T09:10:00.003+05:30

Arrggh....What the heck is happening around us?

An off-the-cuff remark at an audio release function of a new film has ignited a spark. Let's just put things in perspective - We'll first take a look at what Jaya Bachchan had actually said -

During the launch of the music album of Abhishek-starred “Drona”, Jaya Bachchan had pulled up Director Goldie Behl and Actor Abhishek Bachchan for speaking in English and jokingly said “Hum toh UP walle hain, hume Hindi mein hi bolna chahiye”.

Now i fail to understand how does that remark of Jaya Bachchan qualify as an anti-Maratha statement? The self-proclaimed saviour of the Maharashtran culture - the MNS chief: also the chief architect behind all the drama that unfolded post-jaya comments, Raj Thackeray should understand one thing - People are seeing and listening everything that is going on and they are intelligent enough to understand what is right and what is wrong. Kindly do spare us your political gimmicks and do something worthwhile!

And from the Bachchan's side both Jaya and Amitabh have already apologised publicly to the media. Now this vandalism of public property should at all cost be reigned in. As Mr.Bachchan himself said, now that they've apologised, the law should take it's own course now.....

Chrome Snatches Share From IE

2008-09-09T19:07:00.004+05:30

It has happened - the most obvious thing that was expected when Google launched its own web browser Chrome was that it would eat into the market share of Microsoft's IE.

A leading web metrics vendor has said today that, "Internet Explorer users abandoned the browser last week to try out Google Inc.'s new Chrome."

While Chrome accounted for 0.7% of all browsers used last week on average, Microsoft Corp.'s IE lost 1.4 percentage points in market share during the same period, said U.S.-based tracking company Net Applications. Microsoft's browser ended the week with a 71% share.

It had to happen right? Cuz I personally feel that IE is the most disgusting browser ever made! The only reason why it maintains a market share of 71% is that it comes bundled with the Windows OS!!!

Meanwhile, Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox, Apple Inc.'s Safari and Opera Software ASA's Opera also posted gains at IE's expense. Firefox's share climbed by 0.3 points, from 19.5% to 19.8% last week. Apple's Safari boosted its market share even more, from 6.3% to 6.7%, while Opera bumped up its share by 0.01 points, ending the week at 0.75%.

"IE took the entire market share hit from Chrome," said Vince Vizzaccaro, Net Applications' executive vice president of marketing. "And the rest of the alternative browsers all had gains as well."

Last week, Net Applications pegged Chrome's market share at approximately 1% within the first 24 hours. Then, Vizzaccaro wouldn't speculate on which browser or browsers had lost share to Chrome. "These are very early results, but when considering whether Chrome market share would come from IE or from other browsers, it's definitely coming from IE," Vizzaccaro said today.

Chrome's high point since its Sept. 2 debut was last Friday, when it averaged 1.2% for the day. On Monday, it averaged 0.9%.

Google launched Chrome as a beta for Windows XP and Vista last week. On Sunday, Google patched Chrome for the first time to quash several bugs, including multiple security vulnerabilities.

The Great Indian Road Signs

2008-09-08T20:30:00.001+05:30

| View | Upload your own

What Makes An Indian An Indian

2008-09-08T20:28:00.004+05:30

This is what makes an Indian an INDIAN :)

P.S. Pardon the spelling sense of the last word ;-)

Cessna Aircraft Crashes In Hyderabad

2008-09-08T19:29:00.003+05:30

A Cessna Aircraft, used for training purposes, has crashed into the residential locality of Sanath Nagar, in Hyderabad today, killing both the persons onboard - a Trainee Pilot (on the spot) and a Captain (succumbed on his way to the hospital).

When such an incident happens, that too in a residential locality, the locals would obviously rush to the spot - either out of curiosity or with an intention to help : but what i found more shocking was - it was ONLY THE LOCALS who were seen to be doing the task of recovering the bodies from the badly damaged aircraft - which i think is the duty of the experts.

With all due respect to the local people of Sanath Nagar, who gave their everything in retrieving the bodies from the aircraft, i still think that it is a job to be done by those who are trained to do so. The only help from the "Experts" came in the form of the Fire Department, which doused the flames blazing out from the aircraft. The policemen were just watching the scene of accident - no crowd control, no barricading..just nothing!!!

Incidents like these are a shame on our society. :|

Chrome Baby Chrome

2008-09-06T08:57:00.004+05:30

Google has unveiled ANOTHER product - this time in the form of 'Chrome' - a new browser with a clean and no-frills attached kind of look.

And what more - Chrome has already captured 1% of the market share within the first four days of its launch!! And am not kidding!!!

Browsers like Netscape and Opera which are available in the market for a loong loong time, are yet to capture even a 1% market share and here is Chrome, already with a 1% market share.

Features wise, Chrome has a long way to go. It is yet to have a Bookmarks manager, RSS Reader and many more...

All in all a good browser...But I'd still prefer my FIREFOX for it's better security and vast number of really useful add-ons!

Chiranjeevi | Praja Rajyam

2008-08-27T09:37:00.003+05:30

At last, on the occasion of Mother Theresa's birthday - Telugu matinee idol - 'Mega Star' Chiranjeevi announced his party name and flag in front of a sea of humanity, which seemed like an eternity...

It was indeed a mammoth of a gathering and i think we should appreciate the strength and resolve of Chiranjeevi, for making a good "FIRST" speech in front of lakhs of people.

Finally, here's hoping that his party would not end up like "JUST ANOTHER PARTY" in the midst of innumerable other parties, which have mushroomed in our country!!!

Take Back Reserved Bandwidth In Windows XP

2008-08-27T09:22:00.002+05:30

Did you know that Windows XP reserves 20% bandwidth of our PRECIOUS bandwidth for its own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc.)?

Surprising but True!!!

But there is a way to get it back : Here's how to do it -

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the ""

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

Works on XP Pro, and 2000

Unable to copy text from some websites ?

2008-08-27T08:53:00.003+05:30

I'm sure many of you have come across some websites which do not allow for "copying text" - because of various reasons.

But with the help of our very own Firefox, we can easily copy text from almost any website on the web.

Here's how -

Open Firefox - Go to Tools > Options > Content > Disable JavaScript and Java.

And voila! The text can be copied without any trouble!

Awesome Image of Lord Shiva

2008-08-18T09:36:00.003+05:30

Breath-taking idol of Lord Shiva at a temple in Bengaluru

Some Funny Pics

2008-08-13T14:44:00.000+05:30

Oh! How I Wish I Was A Lion !!!

Always Been Mom's Favourite !!!

Second Worst News Ever!!!

Snake Crawling Up The Wrong Hole !!!

2008-08-13T10:38:00.002+05:30

LOVE and ANGER - Two Strong Emotions

2008-08-09T13:41:00.000+05:30

Read on-

While Dad was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on the side of the car. In his anger, Dad took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, his child said "Dad when will my fingers grow back?" Dad was so hurt. He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times. Sitting back he looked at the scratches, child wrote "I LOVE YOU DAD" Anger and Love has no limits.

Self Realisation !!!

2008-08-06T19:48:00.001+05:30

If this is what self realisation does!!!! LOL!!!

The Dark Side of B-School Culture in India

2008-08-06T19:35:00.005+05:30

This is a video of women students from IIM Calcutta 'welcoming' the XLRI Jamshedpur team during a sports meet.

Osho on Sex

2008-08-03T15:37:00.001+05:30

One of the greatest enlightened master - speaking about Sex -

Sexual Desire is just the porch of love: one has to move on from there, one is not to live there.

There is nothing wrong with passing through the porch, remember. I am not condemning the porch. You will have to pass through the porch if you want to enter the palace, but don’t stop there, don’t make a home there, don’t get stuck there, don’t think that this is all that life is. Certainly, pass through sex — you will have to, it is an unavoidable part of life — but pass through it to go beyond it in the same way that you use stairs or pass over a bridge to go somewhere beyond it.

Wondrous possibilities are hidden inside you. You have known love as sex, as passion, as attachment. You are only acquainted with the hell of life. And think a little, sometimes even in this hell you are getting some glimpses of bliss. Then what to say about heaven? Even in sex you get a little glimpse of bliss, even while on the porch something about the palace is revealed. If there is incense burning inside the palace then some fragrance will be carried outside even on the porch. If peace prevails inside the palace then some coolness will descend even on the porch. If there is music inside the palace then some melody can certainly be heard even on the porch.

Even in sex there is some echo of enlightenment. Even in sex there is some reflection of the Divine, but this reflection is nothing more than the reflection of the moon on a lake. It is just a reflection: a little disturbance in the lake and the reflection is destroyed. It is nothing real, but still it is the reflection. In sex is the reflection of love itself that is formed on a lake. It is a reflection formed on the lake of the body and mind. Look upwards…if you have found that the reflection in the lake is so beautiful, then look up at the moon whose reflection it is.

Between Nothingness and Eternity

2008-08-03T15:26:00.000+05:30

Barren of events,
Rich in pretensions
My earthly life.

Obscurity
My real name.

Wholly unto myself
I exist.

I wrap no soul
In my embrace.

No mentor worthy
Of my calibre
Have I.

I am all alone
Between failure
And frustration.

I am the red thread
Between
Nothingness
And Eternity.

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Isn't it AMAZING!!!

My Current State of Mind

2008-07-26T08:27:00.003+05:30

Uh-Oh!! The Indian Cricket Team!!

2008-07-26T08:03:00.002+05:30

Dejav vu....all over again....

The famed indian batting lineup falling like a pack of cards...on a pitch where 4 different batsmen from the opposition blazed away to Centuries...

What a pity!!! Three relatively newcomers to the international scene, viz..Warnapura, Samaraweera and Dilshan happen to score centuries and our batsmen??!!! Phew...

Mr.Selector - "Get back the YOUNG Indian Team"

~~ 6 Months ~~

2008-07-13T17:23:00.002+05:30

6 months!!! Yes!! Before I cud even realise, It's been since months since i've gotten into my first ever job!!

And voila!! What a dramatic time it's been for me!!! Seen so much, done so much in those 6 months!!!

I still remember my first day in office - The 10th of January, 2008

"Remember, Remember, the 10th of January!!!" :D

Everyone was buzzing with activity!! Got a little intimidated...To make things worse, i was given a seat with no one sitting beside me on either side...it was a frustrating time...A newbie being seated all alone in an alien place!! Yeah!! Lesson to remember!! Never make a newbie sit alone...Very Bad!!

Few months into my job...new role and new responsibilities...phew what not!! Some liked me and some envied me!! And then started the downtrend(Well, not for me..for the company!!!)...Downsizing, cost cutting....Blah-Blah...

Now, after 6 months, the team is less than half of what used to be!!! No more buzzing activity...Just a gloomy and boring atmosphere.....

Sigh!!! What a transformation it has been....in a short span of 6 months!!

One of the BEST Forwarded Mails I Ever Received !!

2008-06-21T19:42:00.002+05:30

Have some patience and read on... :P

One of the best ever!!!

It begins now -

"Girls -- Please have a sense of humor!

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.

FOR EXAMPLE:

One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."

I said, "WHAT??!! What was that?!"

So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear...

"You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."

She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, "Lets get a pair for each outfit."

We went on to the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you... she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey." She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, "I think this is all
dear, let's go to the cashier."

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it."

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled, "WHAT?"

I then said, "Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman."

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"

Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either....but at least that bitch knows I'm smarter than her.

Alright Ladies. Forward this if you agree. Hell even if you disagree, forward it anyway."

Be Naturally Victorious !

2008-06-17T19:23:00.000+05:30

To have power means to enjoy the variety of life. When there is the inner strength there is enthusiasm to give the best and also to learn and improve with every obstacle. To work with inner power is to be like a skilled player whose focus is on enjoying the match too rather than just on winning. When we have learned the art of focusing on our strengths, we are able to enjoy the variety scenes that life brings for me. We would enjoy dealing with all these different scenes in a natural and easy way, and also be naturally victorious. And so we have the benefit of double enjoyment.

+ve Thinking - True Love Enables Us To Give !

2008-06-17T19:22:00.000+05:30

Love enables one to be free from mistakes. The one who has discovered the true love within is able to express this love under all circumstances. Love enables one to naturally and intuitively to give the best and so the right thing is done. Every word and act reflects the love and concern, thus benefiting others naturally. There is perfection visible in such a person. True love enables us to give, without effort required to be put in. There is no effort doing the right things, but we do what is required to be done. There is a sense of satisfaction in giving without expecting. Also there is an experience of personal growth with every new situation enabling to move towards greater heights of maturity.

What Happens When An Email Is Sent To A Wrong Address?

2008-05-20T06:58:00.001+05:30

A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in
his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife.

However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address,
and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile....Somewhere in Houston, a widow had just
returned from her husband's funeral.

The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting condolence messages from
relatives and friends.

After reading the first message, she fainted. The widow's son Rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor,and saw the computer screen which read

To: My Loving Wife

Subject: I've Reached

Date: 17 oct 2006

I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have
computers here,

And we are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones.

I've just reached and have been checked in.

I see that everything has been prepared for your
arrival tomorrow.

Expecting you here tomorrow,

Your beloved husband

:D

Me and the Autowallahs!!!!

2008-04-21T22:17:00.003+05:30

It all started when i got into my Intermediate, (+2 or Plus 2 or wateva u call it!!) - my tryst with the Ever (In)Famous Hyderabadi Autowallahs!!

My college was hardly 2 kms from where i used to stay, and the nearest bus stop was almost 1 to 1.5 kms from my home!! :D So what do u do? Walk for 1.5 kms to catch a bus to your college, which is just 2km away from home or catch an auto (which is easily available) and reach the college ASAP.....comfortably at a fare of Rs.15-20 per trip!!! :D

Naturally i opted for the auto and hence began my LOOONG and (IN)Famous Journey and Association with the "Hyderabadi Autowallahs!!!"

And it is no exaggeration that with the amount of money i'd spend for travelling by autos since that time (nearly 6 years), i cud easily have bought the "Great Indian Middle Class Dream Car OF All Time" - A Maruti 800!! :D

More to come on my experience with the autowallahs!!! Keep comin back for more!! ;-)

An Interview of a Different Kind!!!!

2008-03-21T09:17:00.002+05:30

Read it and enjoy....... ....

Interviewer: Tell me about yourself.

Candidate: I am Kondesh Kulkarni. I did my engineering from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology.

Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before!

Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admission into it . What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly in 12th.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I prefer to call him 'baap') - "I can not invest so much of money".(The baap actually said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the most be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya.

Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering.

Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know , these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. .It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years.

Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.

Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it.

Interviewer : Good to know that you want cricket matches to be banned.

Candidate: No, no.. I am talking about Exams!!

Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?

Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it. In fact, when i flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST(Bus corporation in Maharashtra ) through some relative ..

Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study?

Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education itself was so much of pain!!

Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you worked?

Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current platform . Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms ! (Vashi and Andheri are the places in Mumbai)

Interviewer: And which languages have you used?

Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and ma ny other languages.

Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?

Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!

Interviewer : Do you know anything about Assembly Language?

Candidate : Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly ..

Interviewer: What is your general project experience?

Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of th e times they are in pipeline!

Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?

Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows.

Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience?

Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like - 'Showstoppers ' , 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM','quality' ,'versioncontrol ','deadlines' , 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes!

Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?

Candidate: Not much.

1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand.

2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent.

3. I believe in flexi-timings.

4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt and jeans.

5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest wednesday off also, so as to avoid breakdown due to overwork.

6. I wo uld like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably 1-2 months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe . But considering the fact that there is a world cup 2011, I don't mind going there in that period .. As you can see I am modest and don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection?

Interviewer: he he he ha ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. ..:-)) We look forward to working with you ... welcome to our company

Super English

2008-03-21T09:13:00.000+05:30

In Tamilnadu, there is a well known person by name , Mr. Jeppier , Chairman of Sathyabama deemed university and some more self financing colleges , always speaks in English. That college students have collected & published a book by name "Jappier's Spoken English"

... Njoy .............his.......... .....English. ......... .......

Now , here are some classic English sentences from the great "Jappier's Spoken English"

# At the ground:
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All of you stand in a straight circle.
There is no wind in the balloon.
The girl with the mirror please comes her....{Means: girl with specs please come here).

# To a boy , angrily:
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I talk , he talk , why you middle middle talk?

# While punishing students:
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You , rotate the ground four times...
You , go and understand the tree...
You three of you stand together separately.
Why are you late - say YES or NO .....(?)

# While addressing students about Dress Code: (he is very strict abt this )
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Every body should wear dress to college
Boys no proplum
Girls are pig proplum . (pig=big)
Girls should wear only slawar no nitee.
Girls should not wear T sirt , U shirt , V shirt.. but if you want to wear ..... remove it when inside the campus and put it oout side the campus

# Sir at his best:
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Sir had once gone to a film with his wife. By chance , he happened to see one of our boys at the theatre , though the boy did no t see them.
So the next day at s school... (to that boy) - "Yesterday I saw you
WITH MY WIFE at the Cinema Theatre"

# Sir at his best inside the Class room:
------------ --------- --------- --------- -------
Open the doors of the window. Let the atmosphere come in.
Open the doors of the window. Let the Air Force come in.
Cut an apple into two halves - I will take the bigger half.
Shhh...Quiet , boys...the principal JUST PASSED AWAY in the corridor
You , meet me behind the class. (Meaning AFTER the class..)
This one is cool >> "Both of u three get out of the class."
Close the doors of the windows please. I have winter in my nose today...
Take Copper Wire of any metal especially of Silver.....
Take 5 cm wire of any length....

Last but not the least some Jeppiar experiences ...

Once Sir had come late to a college function , by the time he reached , the function had begun , so he went to the dais , and said , sorry I am late , because on the way my car hit 2 muttons (Meaning goats).

At Sathyabama college day 2002:

"This college strict u the worry no .... U get good marks , I the happy , tomorrow u get good job , jpr the happy , tomorrow u marry I the enjoy"

At St. Josephs college of engineering fresh years day 2003:

"No ragging this college. Anybody rag we arrest the police "

VERY IMPORTANT: Enjoy this English, but don't forget your English!

Google = God ?

2008-03-21T09:04:00.003+05:30

PROOF #1
Google is the closest thing to an Omniscient (all-knowing) entity in existence, which can be scientifically verified. She indexes over 9.5 billion WebPages, which is more than any other search engine on the web today. Not only is Google the closest known entity to being Omniscient, but She also sorts through this vast amount of knowledge using Her patented PageRank technology, organizing said data and making it easily accessible to us mere mortals.

PROOF #2
Google is everywhere at once (Omnipresent). Google is virtually everywhere on earth at the same time. Billions of indexed WebPages hosted from every corner of the earth. With the proliferation of Wi-Fi networks, one will eventually be able to access Google from anywhere on earth, truly making Her an omnipresent entity.

PROOF #3
Google answers prayers. One can pray to Google by doing a search for whatever question or problem is plaguing them. As an example, you can quickly find information on alternative cancer treatments, ways to improve your health, new and innovative medical discoveries and generally anything that resembles a typical prayer. Ask Google and She will show you the way, but showing you is all She can do, for you must help yourself from that point on.

PROOF #4
Google is potentially immortal. She cannot be considered a physical being such as ourselves. Her Algorithms are spread out across many servers; if any of which were taken down or damaged, another would undoubtedly take its place. Google can theoretically last forever.

PROOF #5
Google is infinite. The Internet can theoretically grow forever, and Google will forever index its infinite growth.

PROOF #6
Google remembers all. Google caches WebPages regularly and stores them on its massive servers. In fact, by uploading your thoughts and opinions to the internet, you will forever live on in Google's cache, even after you die, in a sort of "Google Afterlife".

PROOF #7
Google can "do no evil" (Omnibenevolent). Part of Google's corporate philosophy is the belief that a company can make money without being evil.

PROOF #8
According to Google trends, the term "Google" is searched for more than the terms "God", "Jesus", "Allah", "Buddha", "Christianity", "Islam", "Buddhism" and "Judaism" combined.
God is thought to be an entity in which we mortals can turn to when in a time of need. Google clearly fulfils this to a much larger degree than traditional "gods", as shown in the image below (click to enlarge).

PROOF #9
Evidence of Google's existence is abundant. There is more evidence for the existence of Google than any other God worshiped today. Extraordinary evidence requires extraordinary proof. If seeing is believing, then surf over to http://www.google.com/ and experience for yourself Google's awesome power.

SOURCE: http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/Proof_Google_Is_God.html

The Great Indian Automotive - Tata Nano

2008-01-11T19:22:00.000+05:30

The Much Awaited 1 Lakh Car From The Tata's - Nano Is Here....

All Eyes On Ye!

Here It Is

Tata Nano

One Proud INDIAN

Bajaj Unveils Concept Car - "Lite"

2008-01-09T10:37:00.000+05:30

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: Rajiv Bajaj (left), Managing Director, Bajaj Auto, unveiling the concept car ‘Lite’ in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto pulled a little stunt: it unveiled the small car that it plans to produce within two to four years from now.

It wasn’t a prototype, but a concept car that had been designed with the help of unnamed overseas designers and rigged out by by its engineers.

The company, which has been wrestling with the idea of a small car for over a decade, says it will roll out its car in collaboration with Renault of France and Nissan of Japan. Neither Renault nor Nissan was part of today’s show — and the car bore a Bajaj badge.

Rajiv Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Auto, refused to spell out the price of the car. “It certainly will not be a Rs 1-lakh car,” he said.

Last year, Renault had announced plans to introduce a $3,000 car (about Rs 1.2 lakh) in the country and had opened discussions with Bajaj Auto.

“I know Carlos Ghosn (president and CEO of Renault and Nissan) has set a target of 2010 for the Bajaj-Renault car. While it is hard to put any time frame, we expect to have the product ready in two to four years,” Bajaj added.

Bajaj said the car would be powered by both diesel and petrol engines. He added that it would have a “unique transmission” — somewhere between manual and automatic — which left reporters a little bemused.

A new manufacturing plant will be set up at Chakan, in Pune, which in “all probability” will produce the car.

Bajaj said the company was looking to gain expertise from Renault not only in the development of engines but also in the actual production of cars, besides gaining global market access.

Image Courtesy : The Hindu

THE SENSEX MILESTONES

2008-01-09T10:22:00.000+05:30

The SENSEX as we already know has touched the 21,000 mark. Let's have a look at it's major milestones - The journey to the 21,000 mark!

1000 - July 25, 1990
2000 - Jan 3, 1992
3000 - Feb 29, 1992
4000 - Mar 30, 1992
5000 - Oct 8, 1999
6000 - Feb 11, 2000
7000 - Jun 20, 2005
8000 - Sept 8, 2005
9000 - Nov 28, 2005
10000 - Feb 6, 2006
11000 - Mar 21, 2006
12000 - Apr 20, 2006
13000 - Oct 30, 2006
14000 - Dec 5, 2006
15000 - Jul 6, 2007
16000 - Sept 19, 2007
17000 - Sept 26, 2007
18000 - Oct 9, 2007
19000 - Oct 15, 2007
20000 - Oct 29, 2007

ICC Gives In - But The Fight Is Still On!!

2008-01-08T21:17:00.000+05:30

The monopolistic cricket body - ICC finally gives in to the demands of the BCCI - but only after the Indian team threatened to pull out of the ongoing series.

The BCCI at last acts like a body which cares for its players. In the past we have seen many an incident/issues being left unattended by the BCCI, in the process showing utter lack of commitment to its players. Kudos BCCI for standing up and acting like a MAN! Only just!

But i guess we certainly have not heard the last of this controversy!!! Definitely not! BCCI should see to it that the 3 match ban on Harbhajan is revoked!!

Let's face some facts now -

1. Australians are never the ones to be trusted (they never will be!)
2. Kick out all the Aussie players from the Indian Endorsements
3. ICC exists because of the HUGE revenues it generates directly and indirectly from India (just think what will happen to the poor ICC if India were to pull out of all the International matches - ICC will come down crumbling like a pack of cards at the feet of the Indian cricket authorities)
4. Indian cricketers need to be more bold in their approach - if some one is conspiring against them - just have the guts to walk out of the cricket field.

Go India Go - Play Cricket Aggressively and Sportively - Let's Not Lose The Spirit!

Sensex Hits 21,000 Points

2008-01-08T21:13:00.000+05:30

THE BULLS ARE ON A ROLL!!!!

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex crossed the 21,000 level in early morning trade for the first time today on heavy buying by funds.

Scaling a new peak, the Sensex spurted 264.88 points to touch 21,077.53 points in the first five minutes of trade.

Similarly, the wide-base National Stock Exchange's Nifty also hit 6327.65 points, up 48.55 points, as most of the index related shares traded higher.

It took 49 sessions for the Sensex to move from 20000 to 21000 points.

Reliance, Bharti Airtel, RCOM, HDFC were among the top gainers!!!

Tata Motors 1 Lakh Car - SCOOP !!!

2008-01-05T13:09:00.000+05:30

Just 5 days to go before the most expected car launch in recent times is going take place...

Indian automaker Tata Motors is scheduled to launch their Rs. 1 lakh car sometime around Oct-end this year, but before that 1-lakh car is going to make its first public appearance on the 10th of Jan at the Delhi Auto Expo.

The car is expected to revolutionize the automobile market in India as it would give the option to two wheeler owners to consider upgrading to a cheap car.

The company has been very secretive about the project and few details have been released to the media.

However, here is a nice little scoop on how the car will look like -

The image is small and not very clear but it looks like a shrunk version of the Daewoo Matiz which was sold in the Indian market till some years back.

World's Worst Predictions

2008-01-05T09:27:00.000+05:30

Some of the world's worst predictions...

It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything.
- Albert Einstein's teacher to his father, 1895

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.
- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
- H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

Weird Fact of the Day

2008-01-05T09:22:00.000+05:30

Did you know that all polar bears are left handed? Try shaking hands with one! :P

2007 - The Year That Was

2007-12-31T12:57:00.000+05:30

2007 was a real learning experience for me! I've never learnt so much, I've never gone through so much and I've never been so Happy n Distressed in such an alternative fashion ever in my entire life before, the way i did in the year 2007...

It made me cry, it made me laugh, it made me depressed and IT MADE ME like never before and in the process changed me and changed me forever!

I can never forget the stakeholders involved in those happier, sad, depressing, learning and enriching experiences i've had to go thru in 2007...

All in all - it was an unforgettable year and i just wanna say one thing now -

THANK YOU 2007 - YOU MAY LEAVE NOW

IIM-A Once Again - Sunday ET B-School Survey

2007-12-30T21:30:00.000+05:30

They are factories producing business leaders of the future. And are going to play a big role in making India, the talent capital of the world. B-schools have always been a hot subject for business publications in the country, but it’s their perceptual value that makes them ‘hot’ amongst the hiring fraternity.

As 2007 draws to a close, Sunday ET commissioned global research major Synovate to identify some of the big B-schools to watch out for in 2008, on the perceptual benchmarks laid down by India Inc.

The survey of the top CEO and HR heads had a story to tell. While some IIMs, ISB and the likes of FMS were bunched together as the top choices by the industry, it was interesting to note second rungs making a prominent mark amongst the top 20 B-schools.

And threaten the popularity of some B-schools that have traditionally ruled the chart. Savour this. Symbiosis, Pune and IMI Delhi outscored the likes of XLRI and IIM Lucknow and others like K J Somaiya and S P Jain Institute finding a stronger favour over IIM Kozikode and MDI Gurgaon. This clearly points to the fact that second line of management education is readying itself and will keep big brothers on their toes.

However, Big Bs still rule. The IIM-A bags the top slot followed by IIM-B among the top B-schools in the country. And which management institute has the best faculty and is constantly up-grading? It’s IIM-A once again!

Source: ET

Do We Indians Have To Condemn Benazir Bhutto's Death?

2007-12-28T11:19:00.000+05:30

Well Well Well....The Good Old "Chicken Hearted" Indian Media is at it AGAIN!!!

All the National, Regional & Local News channels are competing with each other in mourning the death of the So-Called "Leader" - Ms.Benazir Bhutto.

If we brush aside the over-enthusiastic news channels, the Newspapers were no different! A Reputed national newspaper like The Hindu - has a main page fully covering this story of Ms.Bhutto's death!!!

Well...when was the last time we had a Full Front page coverage of news about the various developments in India or for that matter the world?

My Question Is - what favour has Benazir Bhutto done to India, that her untimely death is being given so much of an importance?

Did anybody forget or didn't know that incidentally it was the "Bhutto's regime" that supported the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence - a spying organization of Pakistan, that was radicalized by General Zia-ul-Haq) which made terrorism and Islam boil in the same cauldron and which is responsible for the thousands and thousands of innocent deaths in the Kashmir Valley???

Did we forgot that? Is the Indian Media so idiotic as to forget that and go on covering her death as if a national tragedy has happened to India, just for the sake of stupid TRPs...Let them kill themselves...they only get what they deserve. After all "What goes around comes around!"

JAI HIND!!!

Stupid Quote of the Day

2007-12-27T09:12:00.000+05:30

"Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan."
- Mary Somerville, radio presenter, in 1948

The Man With No Face

2007-12-26T16:16:00.000+05:30

The man with no face - medical science offers new hope to face-eating tumor man

Above: Jose Mestre and his sister Guida in London. Pictures below show Jose aged 14 when the tumor was still small, and as he is now.

A victim of horrific facial disfigurement - known as "the man with no face" - has been given new hope by the advancement of medical science.

Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, Portugal, has been losing his face to a huge growth for the past 35 years, distorting it out of all recognition - and it's still growing.

The tumor on 51-year-old Jose's face is a collection of blood vessels that have expanded, producing a raised red area on the skin.

Jose was born with a strawberry-coloured birthmark on his upper lip. At puberty it began growing, eventually smothering his lips, nose and one of his eyes. Now it is 33cm long and weighs 3kg.

But Jose's religious faith - as a Jehovah's Witness he refuses to accept a blood transfusion - has prevented him from having surgery to remove the growth.

Jose's rare condition was the subject of a Discovery Channel TV documentary 'The Man With No Face', part of the 'My Shocking Story' series.

It reveals how top medical experts in London have now held out hope of helping Jose, a well-known figure around the streets of Lisbon.

A leading British surgeon has offered to treat Jose using ultrasound waves to coagulate the blood before the operation.

This should remove the risk of heavy bleeding - satisfying his religious beliefs about blood transfusions in the process.

Dr Iain Hutchison, of St Bartholomew's in London, is confident an operation with a harmonic scalpel could make him look a lot more normal.

Discovery Channel said: "Surrounded by a loving family, it seems incredible that he has not been treated and his face was allowed to grow so big. However, through years of medical misinformation, some misdiagnosis, lack of finances, and reluctance to undergo treatment due to religious beliefs, the growth has continued to obliterate his face."

My Shocking Story follows Jose on a journey through Europe to seek medical advice for one last chance to stop his face from suffocating him.

In this journey of a lifetime he travels by train, via Paris, to Britain, to meet the top experts in London. He goes through a series of tests, consultations, and meets other patients with a similar affliction. In London he also spends time with his sister Guida and the rest of his family, enjoys being a tourist in London, while making the biggest decision of his life.

Jose's dream is to live a long and normal life. Following the showing of the Discovery documentary he continues to adhere to his 'no blood transfusion' religious principles. But he has agreed to go back to the London hospital in 2008, when doctors hope to carry out specialist surgery to begin removing parts of his tumor, without the need for blood transfusions.

Stupid Quote of the Day

2007-12-26T16:15:00.000+05:30

"There will never be a bigger plane built."

- Boeing engineer, after first flight of the 247, a twin-engined aeroplane that held ten people

Quote of the Day

2007-12-26T15:58:00.001+05:30

"The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less."
-Brendan Behan

Sanely Insane

The Real Deal

Ghost From The Past

Scream In The Night

Dark Humour!

Just a thought ...

Se7en

MEN & WoMEN

Self-explanatory!

Ah! These Quotes!

Quotable Quote

Ignorance and Knowledge

What is the Greatest Poverty?

Peak after Peak

Height Of Humiliation (Funny)

Insane!

Mother Monster Performing In India

Going Gaga Over Lady Gaga

Stealing the thunder at BIC

Bruce!!

Love - Freedom - Aloneness

A Happy Marriage?

Fucking Cussing

Poke Me

Between Angels and Insects - Papa Roach

Last Resort - Papa Roach

Last Resort - Papa Roach

The Art of Eating

The Food of Love

Aquarian Love

Un-Quotes

Musings from a corner ...

The Great Indian Rupee

The Srikrishna Committee Report On Telangana

A Quote Worth Quoting!!

Nain ...

Fool's Trust - by OSHO

When "HE" Smiles !!

Very Hot !!!!!

Quote of the Day

Insert A Click-able Link To Your Blog

They Solve Assignments!

Indians ...

InflaSHUN

Life is..

Awake-ning

Nano Dreams Of A Billion People!!

The Four Liquid Stages Of Life

Indian Cricket Team's New Jersey

Cost Cutting, Anyone?!

Quote Of The Day

Gtalk Freezes Due To Winamp 5.5

Quotable Quotes

THE BEST QUOTE EVER

1000 Visitors!!

The Big Three Blogs Of Indian Film Industry

An Issue Blown Out Of Extreme Proportions

Chrome Snatches Share From IE

The Great Indian Road Signs

What Makes An Indian An Indian

Cessna Aircraft Crashes In Hyderabad

Chrome Baby Chrome

Chiranjeevi | Praja Rajyam

Take Back Reserved Bandwidth In Windows XP

Unable to copy text from some websites ?

Awesome Image of Lord Shiva

Some Funny Pics

Snake Crawling Up The Wrong Hole !!!

LOVE and ANGER - Two Strong Emotions

Self Realisation !!!

The Dark Side of B-School Culture in India

Osho on Sex

Between Nothingness and Eternity

My Current State of Mind

Uh-Oh!! The Indian Cricket Team!!

~*~ 6 Months ~*~

One of the BEST Forwarded Mails I Ever Received !!

Be Naturally Victorious !

+ve Thinking - True Love Enables Us To Give !

What Happens When An Email Is Sent To A Wrong Address?

~~ 6 Months ~~