The Absent Minded Successfuls

Why do men sometimes try to be preposterous and delirious. Perhaps God can explain or maybe not!
with God These days being no singular stuff ;-).
China is playing dirty and the underlying of grain of thinking beat me initially!
What are the odds of winning against a Super Power Bully like china. Still the Local Tibetans are clashing with the opressors. One is reminded of Peace and Tranquil on seeing a Monk. But why of all the people Monks are taking to such severe protests. It appears the Chinese are depriving Tibetans of their Homeland by dividing the section of Society on Religious lines. If rumours are to be believed more than 100 peaceful protesters were killed in the brutal action by chinese riot police in Tibet.
`Quo Vadis` China !
Lets see why does China need Lhasa and cannot mind its own business...
First of all, Tibet gives it the Strategic advantage in the Military Zone of Pakistan/India/Russia.
Secondly, In January of 2007, the Chinese government issued a report outlining the discovery of a large mineral deposit under the Tibetan Plateau. The deposit has an estimated value of $128 billion and may double Chinese reserves of zinc, copper, and lead. China is seeing this as a way to alleviate the country's dependence on foreign mineral imports necessary for its growing economy. However, critics worry that mining these vast resources will harm Tibet's fragile ecosystem as well take valuable resources away from the Tibetan people!
Is there a need for China to do this at all ?. It can instead reduce its growing population.Once the population problem is solved all the others will be solved.I feel China is over ambitious and tryign to solve the wrong problem.It means after Tibet is exhausted it will turn to India or Bangladesh.
It appears China is doing what US did to Iraq for oil. unfair enough seems to be the word...
If this is not Cruelty unlimited then pray tell me what else is ?The UN and other so-called Moral police need to do some soul-searching.Does it always need some serious happening to get them thinking ?The US cannot for now take on China, as US itself reels under recession.
The Chinese I feel are just a set of absent minded selfish mean Successful people.The poor Tibetans are being murdered in their homeland to satisfy the ever burgeoning Chinese populace and its demands. Today no country can challenge China, Not even US and Resurgent Russia.
The Chinese i feel are born without morals and are just opportunistic weasels waiting to strike.
Is Ban-Ki Moon listening. I am sure he is listening but why is he deaf and maintaining `Status Quo` ??
My heart goes out to the Tibetans and the Tibetan Monks who lost their lives.
Moral of the Story : Indeed its not a fair world. The Tibetans are gettin a raw deal and a bloody nose for just loving their Homeland. Indeed there are some absent minded Firsts(I mean the chinese bigots) among equals and like a kid i curse these so-called Firsts to be destroyed by a war which Nostradamus has predicted will happen pretty soon ;-)
RIP mere Tibetan Dostoan...feeling of helplessness looms large tonite...

Plastic Presidents

The US is electing a President
Russia will be losing an able President

All this presidential hoopla makes matters a trifle Funny on the outside(what with me being a Muted spectator living in India). Once a president makes it to the top post its more like he is greater than God. he is in a Shield where no being living or dead can harm him/her.
His word is Supreme and he can do as he likes with the rest of the world.
And of course all that comes with a Plastic smile which has a headliner of saving the world or some such crap.

The Reality however is startling to say the least. The US is currently crawling due to recession & need a president to revive the Sagging fortunes.
so it currently is like picking up a set of lingerie which can hold its selves togather.

Russians have their Best set of Lingerie after the cold war years. Putin has done what America would've never expected of him.
Europe could never expect a Resurgent Russia. Putin has held through thick and thin.
Well in the circumstances it appears he is the best thing that could happened to Russia at that time.
While the UK might be eager for his exit. It remains to be seen if Putin extends his term or gets some one able like him.
The Europeans and the Americans will be watching with close interest.

These days US Elections are the Biggest TURN OFF for me. Pick any damn news magazine and Covers sport the plastic smiles of the candidates.

In Fact the Pakistani Elections are more Funny Scandalous Dangerous and ensure continued interest for the avid politico.

~P.

Tirupati in a Day's Time

This might be ma biggest blog hiatus till now. I happened to be in Tirupati to seek the Almighty's blessings. Walked (or scaled rather) barefoot to the Hill top Temple.
Earlier in the day we (Samir n me) were fingerprinted while booking the Darshan slot. But this finger printing was never verified. Leaving a big question mark on the entire show being managed.

What use is the Finger Printing?? read this to see some Brit usage of the same(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/nheathrow107.xml)


Comign back to the darshan it was a little Chaotic and Hurried process. At the end when we had the Prasadam we were overjoyed we finally had completed the entire process which is very strenous. In fact due to unforeseen delays we would have missed the Bus 2 Bangalore.

If you ever happen to visit Tirupati here are some pointers.
1. the weather is severe so make sure you drink lot of water/Juice
2. If climbing to the Temple make sure u wear loose T-shirt and trousers. You will sweat profusely.
3. Confirm 3 times your Darshan timings else you might be in for a long wait once u reach the temple.
4. Plan your return Bus a little late in the Night. Also Volvo buses are a must.
5. If possible stay for a day atleast in Tirupati city.

God Bless!

~Prasanna.

QSQT : Mobile Dimensions of Cinema

ha ha ha hey hey hey ho ho ho....

I was couching at home and chanced upon the movie "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" being aired on some channel. This movie was and still is a Huge hit when it comes to indian cinema.

The point I want to mention is that. The hero and heroine in the movie fall in love in a Jungle.

And all hell breaks loose when the parents come to know of this.

But imagine if they *had* mobiles then !

The hero would have cautioned the heroine in advance so every damn thing would have moved Peacfully. NO Story for the movie :).

New age cinema story writing becomes that much more difficult with a mobile phones.

The Hypthetical scenarios cease to exist with the cell around :)

~Cheers!

Kahaan gaye woh log !!!

Thinking of India in the NanoAge sure feels good. India is study in contrast to Pakistan which was born on the same day. India is a hyper developed country which is underdeveloped in some ways. It has intellectuals fuelling the world economy.Scientists who work for Fortune 100 companies to world class universities. The indians are simply irresistible.

From Roti-Naan to the Nano car its been a jolly good ride...
What could have been a Super sonic Flight to stardom for india was cut short by the British colonising and bleeding from ages.

Corruption was not present in the pre-East India Company age. It was the british divide and rule culture which spoilt the Indian Moral Fabric. Why I do care of pre-Independence facts ??

There is a very Huge fault line which was drawn at the time of slavery.

All natural resources were drained by the UK Government. Which lead to a rich india languishing into a under developed poor state.

Corruption started raising its ugly head then.

And then it rose exponentially :(

Now we have reached a stage of Point of No Return. Any government job now involves hidden costs(bribes).
There used to be an age of self-reliance and the outside world used to rely on Bharat Varsh(India) for Gold, Spices, Cotton, Silk etc.

Now sadly we see Foreign companies encircling us in a tightened Noose. From toothpaste to boots every thing is now with a Foreign Label. Videshi seems to be the order of marketing. I still used to remember the Shoe maker "Power" with its unique logo. The indigenous companies has vanished without a trace. BPL, Videocon, Godrej, Kelvinator seem to have faded away. It would be interesting to know what really happened. was it lack of innovation or cheap immitation from MNCs which did them in. How much ever we want to use desi items, videsi items are stock piled in our markets.

The Tata, Mittal way of buying companies may be good to grow inorganically in a short period. But is there some soul searching by the government on why it cannot help a company be a global giant like Samsung or LG.

Other countries actively promote their companies with a sense of pride not seen here in india. Take the case of Corus/Arcelor deals, The native governments were against it. But had to bow to the Business acumen of indians. what is stopping these giants to cultivate local companies and go global. Only Vijay mallya seems to be the person who goes the distance. Indeed he is as shrewd and intelligent a business man as his dad was.
The next 2/3 years I see a domination of chinese products and goods and unless India goes through a industrial revolution. We will end up consuming and fuelling the global economy rather than using our local Products. Wonder where all the indian MBAs are and in what way they are helping India in this Century.

I myself would love to be an entrepreneur but due to paucity of funds I remain as an Engineer waiting to make things happen for india.Lets hope by next 26th January I do something +ve for India and the Indian community at large.

-Jai Hind ! Vande Mataram !

Quotation for the Year 2008

From one Emerson essay:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.

Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.

— 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'

— Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood?

Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Are you going Bonkers with the hunky Dorky gibberish....well then Read my next post about New Year Resolutions.

Uncomfortably Numb

Its becoming a damn cold place this bengaluru...
Fireplace required badly @home...Wat say folks ?These days the Bangalore chill is jus amazing in itself. Its so very cold n breezy and more often the beautiful weather takes me to Europe. My Thought experiments imagine me sitting in a Huge European mansion next to the Fireplace...
How Cozy that would be ??

Palace of Versailles....??


Hmm...my thots are getting greedy now ...

so I;ll cut the crap a lil...
I feel I should have a Fireplace in a corner of my house...where i can sip a hot coffee over a Samosa or something...
Well you may not subscribe to my views but then its like u toss a coin thousand times whats the probability of it comin up Heads ?
A fire place in a Shaandar Haveli [not a bhoot ka bungla beedu !] with an Arm rest chair ? Sounds good kya ?



listening to Lionel Richie "hello"or maybe the pink flyod number uncomfortably Numb!Can it be cooler than that ?Wah kya kehne hain !


My Thot experiment might as well delay me for my office bus :)!

~Adios 4 now amigos.

Flavours of the Gun culture...

Recent killing of a fellow classmate in a Delhi(gurgoan) School by 2 students had everyone sitting up and taking notice.
The crime was done with an un-licensed revolver which brings us back to the Centre stage with America.
America is happening man !!! The Gun culture is now in India albeit it is a ddifferent one.
Though the murders in the US are more by deranged and mentally unstable individuals the killing of two andhraites seemed to be a diabolic murder. The Indian gun culture is more of murders due to the accessibility and the allure of inflicting sheer pain.
The fatal trigger is fired in more of a power show rather than self-defence.
I advocate a liberal approach in life, So when it comes to playing with anybodys life with Guns and providing un-inhibited accessibility to them should be punished with the highest sentence possible.The legal loopholes also need to be plugged.
Not that this is the first instance in India.
Mafiosi have been havin pitched battles across the country with local-made guns. But the entry of guns into school marks the ebb in the Culture as more money flows into india. The rich and famous parents now have lethal toys and these toys are finding their way into schools.

Well the realm of dangerous possibilites looms large with guns in the Delhi bronx.

ps : Incidentally i have hit the 300th post with this one!

Burkha Dutt...

• Blog hiatus notwiithstanding...I wanna write like anything...I am defying the laws of Human gravity (Minimum 8 hrs sleep)....
  I rarely hit the bed for more than 6 hrs these dayz.
  
  @ work its been more of debugging strange and unexplained glitches in the raw PCBs we have for sampling. its been one helluva 'Software is from MARS then Hardwarew is from Venus' month for me.
  Some glitches we have attributed to hardware problems.And some software ones we are yet to fathom as they are very unpredictable.
  All this has made sure i face new interesting situations day in and day out...
  Well yes... Methinks I have turned into a Supersonic hedge hog ...office<->work...Dexterity of some colleagues is truly amazing
  yeah thats been my routine... thesez few days.
  on a collision course with a balanced Lifestyle..
  
  
  koming bac to the TubeWatch Sundays is all for this show on NDTV...where this burkha Dutt(pun intended) calls all the minority committee people on her so called show.
  
  Agreed Barkha is a brilliant Journo ... but everybody has a right to change and she has changed from her earlier times (change is for the worse). Some highlights from her recent shows aired on sundays.
  
  
• It beats me that always the Hindus are marginalised on the show.
• Any topic she is interested has many takers in the audience but not many against her.
• The majority community is always the target of all the Talk on the show.
• Same old people show up as Liberals!

Sometimes its a total shame...she shows off as a benevolent listener. where in essence it appears stage managed and the comments are pot pourri for each individual.
In fact so predictable is the show one could easily fancy himself being out numbered out voted if ever participating against the burkha Dutt and her cotroversial topics.
I have nothing against minorities but it appears its like a bag which anybody can take a shot at on her show.
Really I don;t feel like investing my sundays on such sheer ego cruises of the minorities sponsored by the Dutt female.
On some level the hard talk is also stage managed to a T. but then its not a Stage Managed Free for All :) ROTFL.
A good rule of thumb is watch howz she headed and just check the audience. People are expecting the female to come to them with a mike. Like all the Talk-Show People they are fed with Questions.
Sometimes its the altruism shown makes you wonder whether it is this in the real world or is it only virtual ??

End of the political Menopause

When the month of November had started all political activity both international and domestic had some lows.

But this month proved to be heightened with political pot shots by seasoned vile politicians.

While on the international scene pakistan has had some serious back room dealings.Benazir arrived to her death trap only to escape by sheer luck.and Now Nawaz sharif has come back. Both the events had the Musharraf conditional approval i believe.

Both the former PMs know they cannot enter without his backing, who himself is backed by the US.Thats why both demanded 'Return to Democracy' instead of a more strong tirade against the Musharraf coup.it remains to be seen which of the two make it to the highest post. It sure will take 2008 for that to happen.

On the domestic front the Gowda clans unleashed their lies, bigotry to an extreme extent such that even their own family members and relatives might not trust the Father-Sons Combination.

While all accounts seemed to point this as a highlight of november, in came the Nandigram Massacres.

Farmers were beaten up in an attempt to acquire their land forcibly.

This was state sponsored and the Buddhadev bhattacharya government to this day justifies Nandigram. Which is such a shame for a democratic setup like india.

The Left government started drawing severe flak from all quarters and from even the West Bengal High Court.Thats when the cunning government seemed to have scored over the Deve Gowda Politics.

They unleashed religious fundamentalism out of the blue to divert the attention away from the Nandigram Massacre to the 'Taslima Nasreen hate'.

This was an occasion the Moslem Fundamentals in Kolkata had been badly waiting for. They totally played into the hands of the left and started a Riot to evict Taslima out of Kolkata.

The Buddhadev Bhattacharya government in what seemed(?) a knee-jerk reaction moved Taslima to Jaipur after 2 days of rioting in Kolkata.

I think Taslima was a victim of the Nandigram controversy though she is in no way remotely connected to it, but the overtones found its way to her. an issue over her was raised Out of the blue & she had to leave her Safe house in a hurry.

This only shows how mean and self-centred the Politician is today. I think the Bengal politicians have squarely beaten the karnataka counterparts this november.
Well lets see today is just Nov 25th and a full 5 days to unleash some more dirty politiks.

Lets see which state comes a topper.

~P

What Karnataka/India needs now ?

NO we don;t need elections, we also despise the politicians. We need educated Bureaucrats who can introduce schemes to improve quality of life.

It does not take much for instance to do get started on the below activities as a start.

HealthCare:
Computerise all the Doctors Clinics such that each patient information, Diagnosis etc is stored in a Central repository.
This way each Doctor is accountable. The populace has a right to information about the diagnosis. Also gives a count of the population density etc.Statistics on the health ailments per year/per quarter basis.

Education:Centralise the admission and educational details of each and every student in schools/colleges.This is not difficult at all.better Statistics on the output and where the students are headed can be derived per year based on the results.

Transport:Identify requirement for subways and Bridges at intersection which cause accidents.this might be bit expensive but what the heck is the TAX paid for ??As a heavily taxed professional I need to know why it is not spent on such activities rather than on needless party banners/meetings/ show of strengths etc.

Prognosis:

Why does the CM have to travel in Skoda when he is just a public servant and a normal Ambassador would be just fine.Unless of course it is his own income. But then Farmers owning swanky cars is un-heard of. Which leads to the TAX question. does he pay tax if yes then how can he afford the luxury ??
These three things at a minimum would summarize what i would do immediately to improve life in Bangalore and Karnataka for a start.
Hey all these require a miniscule amount of the Treasury. Yet we do not see this being done.There are no hopes also for such schemes in the near future.
What does it need to be a Politician. The person has to see beyond what an average individual needs as part of his basic amenities. This person has to be really empathetic to people needs.An average guy like me can best serve a typical cubicle job.Who then can do the above activities with panache.

Sudha Murthy or Narayana Murthy are strong contenders.

They distribute wealth.which is kind of unheard or sacrilege to our present day politicians.
Overall things are going from bad2worse to even worse.With the JD(S) tactics/antics, the Political landscape is a mudslinging and lying zone, unparalleled maybe during our ancient times in India.
JD(S) can put even Chanakya to shame with their back stabbing, lying and cheating techniques.

Surely the DNA of the Politician has matured over the years (for the worse).
At these times i feel a dictator is required for India.The Nandigram shameful episode shows the Congress-Left high handed acts. Which are a complete disregard to Human Life. The people of Nandigram had to resort to exteme measures despite voting for the Left from many years.Why did this happen ? The Left is mostly made up of hypocratic Zamindars and land lords who seldom even think of the populace. This is reflected in the growth of West bengal which is ordinary compared to other states.

Nandigram massacre was a bad day in the History of India. Was it possible to avoid such land grabbing by the Ruling party ??Then what was required in the constituition to prevent other such incidents ??

Was our constituition framed in a Hurry ? or is it that its a Frozen piece of document which is taken for the ride by the present day coalition governments. We surely need a dictator of the mould of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. On name which crops up immediately is Shashi Tharoor. But that is not to be!

But its such a pity we are bound by our so-called Democratic value system which leaves holes for the parasitic politicians to come in and bleed the country!

~P

[Weekend Musing] my Guitar weeps

Lost is the feeling inside...

Caffeination won;t help today i know...

Once upon this time .... not long back though ...I used to Jam Systolic

‘the Reverbs’ really used to stir me to potent new levels

bringing out the hidden vocal part of me to life...

the music in me just waiting to exhale...

my guitar weeps ...(Gibson)

Weekend Happiness iz calling where am i ?

Music is for the battered soul

some caviar for the greased out soul

My dictionary is missing pages ... or is it just me ?

Tired i may seem but thatz in thots only ...

The countless whisperings of friends I want to relate to but never get the time...

this birthday was a dry fruit something...sweet and short...gone too soon...

I seem light years away from a total 'Freak Out' partdee (read as SYSTOLICa-JAM)

Something is headed my way or is it am certainly headed some way...!

Did I hear someone just say ? Get well soon Mamoooo!

hey ... Apan ke Kaann baj rele hain kya ? or is it just only me ??

Thoda jyada likh diya na ?? :)

I Curse you all Sangeet Premi to have a great weekend :)

(including me of corz : the curse works recursively you see ROTFL)

Baap ka maal samjho life ko aur aish karte raho :)

~P~

Global Harming - Look whos talking

Itz the election season(mania ?) in the US of A.Your Tely might be filled with trash on how global warming is screwing the world.

The US media talk seems to be centred around the third world and other countries contributing to the global warming phenomenon.

If not for the Wars the oil consumption in the US has reached alarming levels.

Thanks to the oil price check and bohomie with the OPEC.

The Gasoline consumption levels reach new highs in the US.
US is actually throttling the Globe into a world devoid of any Oil.

and they talk of Global warming and its causes :)

wow, who started it all ? eh ?Global Harming was the Bush Famili affair wasn;t it ?
But then who cares...until oil prices for Texans are under control. Texan George W cares two hoots about Global warming/farming etc.

He has done his best in the Harming variety and now it is upto the next Moron to take it further :)

Really he has given it his 100% ROTL.

Omigosh what the others can do to salvage can never match the rate of depletion caused by warring with islamic countries, going after them hammer and tongs [or was it Hummer and Bombs] was the quickest way to carbonize the world and deplete the Ozone layer.

"Homeland security" assumed a new meaning with the americans attacking their (quite) far off neighbours (iraq) with preposterous charges(nukes, chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction, ha ha ha).
The bad blood formed recently between Russia and US over critical Defence standings just points to a Coldest War emerging which can have disastrous consequences if ....anyways ... god forbid.

It surely is no harbinger of times but the stillness before the storm.
Bush's "war on terror" was taken an extra mile by the Pakistani general this week. For him any pakistani is a Terror and hence the "War on Terror" continues un-abashed,

albeit with a new stylish and fascist name "The Emergency".

and now something totally different

A prayer for the Pakistanis in their hour of Emergency

~ 'Om Shanti Om' (read as Home Shanty Home)

How B-Czar !!!

Manmohan singh continues to be the b-grade Czar and the A-grade still rests with the Czarina. Why did Ronen Sen and the Government show such (perhaps nasty) impatience in signing a deal.

This was and is by no means a small deal which can be signed without the Czarina's permissions.So does that mean the pressure mounted by US was too much to handle for Manmohan singh. Sonia was always for the deal. being Italian obviously has its effects in this one.
Restricting and constraining our nuclear dimensions spoils the Nuke edge india has over pakistan. Also mighty China will then make mincemeat of india.
The american flirting is not Funny at all.

Like the saying goes...way to a man;s heart is through his stomach. US seems to be trying by stuffing unwanted pizza down indian throat.

The Nuke deal is most bizarre...Its like a Joint account owned by India and US.But then the account is locked from day one for indiaIts one helluva bad way to make friends, if it happens to be the US interest then they are way off ...

When the chips are down US comfortably allies with the Fench,Germans,Chinese also. So India should not live in this false hope of "Friend with Benefits" theory in the long term.

my objections might sound mere observations. But then eminent scientists have this opinion.

vile question save from whom ? czar and czarina seem to be in a hurry !

czarina might well be saying "eat cakes if not bread"

Forgive the questioning and slightly lecturing overtones of mine.

The Indian in me just comes out clean soemtimes.

~P

Wild Wild East

Ah .. so very Quiet mornings i like them...today being sunday...its unusually tranquil.

this Sombre morning has a big news....Pakistan in turmoil again...Emergency declared.

Musharuff the famous baby sitter for Al Qaeda, Taliban has bushwhacked his whole country, which is not something new.

If you follow one of my old blogs you would notice i had predicted this 6 months before. I also have predicted :-) a possible Musharuf assasination on the lines of Zia.

Taliban and al qaeda seem to be the Frankenstein;s monster Musharuf cannot control now.

The spinning wheel seems to have stopped again for now. The lawlessness resembles the Wild Wild West ha ha ha...Indian politics also follows suit. But there seems to be some semblance of Democracy still in india.

Moot Question : Why doesn't Musharuf get along fine with other pakistanis ?

Being a Mohajir he always wanted to prove his loyalty to Pakistan and rise among others. The result was Kargil....which resulted in significant gains and mileage for musharuf. But he seems to have lost it now. He cannot control the Judiciary nor the bureaucracy. The vile politicians anyways fight among themselves so he luckily need not control them. Right now he just commands the Militia.

Well whats in the 'know' may not be the truth....musharuf has the media under wraps. So what you see is not whats the ground reality.

Musharuf is reduced to a bullet proof shit head who is commanded partly by the US.
There is no semblance of sanity for pakistan since he took over the reigns. Terrorism was sponsored by ISI and surrogately managed by the Pakistan Army commanded by musharuf.

This had its most severe implications when the army tried to disassociate from the hardliners. They could not...Terrorists by then had complete control of the Madrasas and the general public. The piece of shit that pakistan is reduced is its own undoing. It Never does mind its own business. poking its head here and there....to borrow a lie from Ronen Sen ... like "Headless Chicken" ha ha ha.

Bothering neighbouring state politics is its survival card. The Internal debt notwithstanding sometimes it feels its control and influence in neighbouring Islamic states politics is the only option to bargain with the US. While it might be true, musharuf realises that he is just a bullet away from death.

And hence he can never give democracy a chance in pakistan. It might be too costly for his life. His Love and favouring of terrorism has bought forward his own downfall.

Always the Pakistan army has bent the rules and broken them at will in its proxy war against India. But while India is pre-occupied with its increased Global Economic Powerhouse image, Pakistan is not doing its "Problem-Child" image any good.

I might sound like a genuine philosopher, But yes i feel Pakistanis need maybe Buddhism which teaches non-violence and meditation which is the need of hour...

[It tantamounts to sacrilege i know, I might even be eliminated for suggesting this "Losing Religion Thingy" :) or invite a Fatwa]

But what the heck I know nobody;s even listening to that or buying that ;-)
Musharuf can't help himself from the deep shit he;s gotten into, forget about helping the pakistani people. No pensions either for him, he cannot say from here lead a normal life outside of the dictatorship.

Mostly pakistan politics today is comprised of F$%^in hypocrites.

Sharif, Musharuf, Bhutto...all have had their moments of shame...no one can claim they resurrected Pakistan.

so what would the doctor (not Kofi annan for chrissake) prescribe to the pakis right now? valium ? morphine ?

Like i can say sitting here in Bangalore-"Wish you were here !!! what a Wonderful World !!!"

No paki can ever say that about Pakistan where Violence persists in the age of Tolerance.

~P

[QOTM] Men will be Men

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

- George Orwell (1903-1950) British novelist, essayist, and critic.

Cunning men will be Cunning Men till their death....

Some might be educated, but education transforms them to educated thugs.

People like Musharuf are a menace to mankind. ( i don;t call him a General, i don;t think he is one...he breaks the rules so thats not militist behaviour)

Karnataka politicians are also in the same league of extra-ordinarily cunning politicians.

call them plotticians rather :)

When you have leaders like then who needs enemies.

ZZindagi ki fat fati...

apun bas bina break ki gadi ke jaisa hogayla hain.. rukne ka sawaalich nahi...

Meere bare mein in logon ko thik se maloolmeich nahi?

Apan ko jyada machmach ka aadat nahin haan...kasam se...

Shaan patti karich nahi sakta apan ... malum hain Life main ek time pe mandwali karna padta hain bawa... warna Kharche pani ke wande honge naa ...

baaki aajkal Office main sab bhai log underground ho gayela hain...diwali hain naa...saala chutti pe chutti maar rahe hain... mereko chutti nahi mil rahela hain...

bole to Manager logon ki pungi baj gayi hain :)

cut to cut bole to .... bombay janeka plan hain beedu ...

bombay ka bahut yaad ata hain..

udhar saala dombivali main apun mast maje main rehta tha.

Life main cricket ek chod ke aur kuch cheez ka parwaich nahin rehta tha...
idhar IT main phas ne ke baad se aila life main bole to shendi lag gayela hain...IT industry main dimag ka dahi hogayela hain
udhar woh ganpati ka chanda ikhata karne ke vaste apun punter log sabko salam thokta tha...
bole to alag majaa tha...
bindaas nachte the dahi handi pe building ke khopche main holi jalate the full aag lagake...aur woh shivjai kaa killa bananake waste woh mavle logon ko ekdum mastse sajata tha...maa kasam....kya majaa ata tha re..
baaki sab jhakaas ...bole to apun hill jaata tha - har saal ganpati - holi - dahi handi ke time pe...
kabhi bheja satak jata ta tha to Nehru maidan mein jaake cricket khelte the beedu log sabakkha mumbai firse ek baar ghoomne kaa lag riela hain baap...
waise apunka life bhi mast gayela hain ... school / college main mereko chikna bolte the...chikni log ;-)apan kisi chikni ko line nahi deyta tha...saala bahut darta tha...chikni log sochti thi kya ajib dhakkan hain line nahi deyta :)arey apan ko chava banne main interest to tha lekin saala daring nahi kar paya kabhi...sab chirkut samazhte the saala apan ko...
woh keedaich nahi tha mere main....laundiya ghoomane kaa...waise apan ko maloom hain ... ladki patana halwa nahi hain bawa ...
Item log abhi idhar se kalti maarneka...mereko apanke gali ke punter logon ke saath dinner pe janeka hain

Ekich biradriwaley hain sab...khaneka aish karneka..yehich apne life main hoenga :)
Aey tension nahi lene kaa ... idharich ruk main chota sa break mafiq gaya aur aya kya ?

woh kya hain naa...cut to cut baat karne ka apna to aadat hain !
Chal weekend ki pungi mat bajaa....jaake mast se ek picture dekh le...

tu bhi kya yaad karenga... kisi Sircuit se pala padeyla tha...

~P

What would happen if i had to start all over ?? Tmrw

Funny this thot occured and haunted me for some time as i was walkin home from office ...

What would happen if i had to start all over my life again...Tomorrow.

I wud be the same person eventually. won;t i...the basic DNA is same !

I will be like ive always been... a little confused a little ambitious a little conspicous

Sometimes they say love or lack of love change ppl.

I think needs that special someone to go some extra distance in life. Same with me ... (I happen to be waiting for that special someone though)

Regd the "Let Me Live" feeling, i mean thats what keeps us all ticking doesn;t it ??

As a person I might be a bit sarcastic, I might be a bit outrageous....But i am always nice to people and i htink that quality can never be taken out of me.

I am a spendthrift yes! but then without money I can adjust to the situation and still end up having a goood time.
I feel I cannot be caught up by situations...I want to catch situations and turn them around :_)
Wealth brings lot of problems honey,
heard of anybody wealthy and happy ??

I think one can b happy or one can be wealthy :)

This is the small world i live in...a small social life thats about it for me. Thats the INBOX,

and I don;t give a damn about the OUTBOX { the world at large} as long as the SENT ITEMS has some happiness i can give to people.
Sometimes i sound so morbid thatz bcoz sometimes i feel morbid inside me .... but like my name spells happiness I make people happy...I bring smile on sour faces that is the important thing for me.

I don't intend to sound comically brilliant if it ain't dead serious a matter .....

I was happy 2 souls benefited from me today

I could tell you But that'll have to wait for another time n Blog!

~P

Sleep perchance 2 Dream (:-:)

Itz Friday night...

It was one hell of a bus ride for me today.

left office @ 8pm and reached home at 10:30ish - take that 2 n a half hrs in a bus.

Was so exhausted in teh end that could not even dine properly.

Right now i feel like that old spice ad which showed a White water Surfer being engulfed by a huge wave of water.

I feel I am surfing the net and suddenly there is this huge wave of sleep coming over me.( See this video for the original old spice ad )

am gonna succumb any moment now :)

The best thing about my daily sleep is that i never ever remember the dreams.

I know i do get some vivid dreams but i can never recollect what why and wheres of them.

Boon or Bane.. I don;t know....

If you read Sigmund Freud, "Interpretation of Dreams" - Dreams are the signals of whats in store of us in the very near future.

Well... to say the least I am kind of future blind that way....but of what use can dreams be if wats gonna happen is gonan happen anyway ???

It would be better not to know about some things ...:) that way the suspense stays in life !

wat say ? any comments ?

This time itz a Huge wave yaar....I am faling apart with sleep. I am being hammered now !

~Guten Nacht

e chal e shaane..hawa aane de

bhai ab mere blogs aisey hi hotey hain padh lena fursat main....

bole to "i am like this only"

This is my all in a weeks time post!

I am down with chronic fever [ doc says typhoid :( ] and i am unable to do the usual chores(Office work yaar) Dimaag ka dahi ho gayela hain!

so basically taking rest @ home sweet home

Regd the Twenty20 match ... Australia still finds T20 a 'Son of a bitch'

watched the Federer vs Nalbandian match....man what a match..it waz...

Dil mein Tennis khelneki tamannah jagrut hogayi.

[chal e chal Hawa aan de chal...mereko Tennis khelna kidhar ata hain :) ]

....now about some Little Tasks of mine !!! U know i have some things i always planned to finish(from past 5 years now) but have been pending...aah. aargh! procrastination ??

Nope....its not what ur thinking....just never got the time to do some chota mota things as other things got important :(

Finally ...managed to get one pending thing off my head with Dad;s help....without his help I could not finish most of the Domestic chores

btw in office there was Ehtnic Day on last Friday

As soon as i got into the Company bus the ethnicity started inkling in...all the women were clad in sarees.. all the guyz were like jaws popping out n saying
Is route ki "Saree" liney mast hain !!! (ROTFL).

Bein a Workaholic has its shades of grey. When the Blues get to me...I find ways to un-wind. Sometimes I relax by playing TT But nowadays there is no damn Pardner for TT ( this is 2 much TT used to have quite a following in Samsung bangalore)

the guy whu used to play TT wid me got committed(engaged) last month and now he is always on the fone with his Fiancee[chak de beedu].

So Black Coffee it is for me then !!!

its such a Sedative that gives me an instant high,

Agreed caffeine is bad But then when Life is such a Travelling Circus you need such aritificial props now and then yaar...
basically Profession ke side effects :(

Me waz thinking of havin a Sadak chaap Dosa!!

[can't afford it now though...me munching tablets currently :(]

Thot of watching a movie...but the Damn channels are showing movies of the Guns n Roses types...

I need something on the lines of "Eyes Wide Shut" ... A little spooky...a little weird which can wire me to the TV (for at least 2 hrs).

u know my sombre mood is now more of Kalti maar types ...I wanna sleep like a child ...

[ n Care a Damn abt the World at large....]

~zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz