tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91829708828954276572024-03-06T05:31:13.872+05:30Misadventures of a 20 Something.....Life is beautiful* <br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>
*conditions apply ;);)ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-91067572319653116872015-08-19T15:06:00.002+05:302015-08-19T15:06:47.194+05:30What if....<div class="MsoNormal">
The other day some random, weird and may be useless thoughts
crossed my mind and now they are kind of stuck in there. I am wondering if all
these years we have been sold a big lie. I now have many What ifs in my mind
without an answer to any of them.</div>
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What if there is no heaven and no hell? We have been told
that if we do good then after death we will be send to heaven and if we do bad
then we will go to hell. What if this concept is incorrect at the very core
level. What if there is no heaven and hell. There are no specific set of
parameters defined to determine the conditions to grant access to heaven or hell.
How much good does one has to do to reserve a seat in heaven? How much bad does
one has to do to be thrown in hell?</div>
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What if there is no God and no Devil? Need I say more?</div>
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What if there is no good and no bad? What is good and what
is bad and how is it determined? Is it something that we perceive; is it all about
perception. Something that is good for me can be bad for others and vice-versa.
We live in the society where if 10 people start believing a rumour, it becomes a
reality. Similarly, if 10 people start believing that something is good, it
becomes good. It could be that all those 10 people were wrong and that good
could actually be bad. How do we determine that something is good and something
is bad? Isn't our perception about good and bad is society driven? If our
perception matches with that of the society then we are in the safe zone. If
not, then be prepared to travel to hell where you had already reserved a seat
for yourself.</div>
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What if there is no karma? I always had my doubts over
karma. How can one determine that when will karma show its effect on someone?
How can one determine that when karma does show an effect on someone, that
effect is proportional to the good/bad done by the one on who karma is showing
its effect. When something bad happens to a grown up, how easily we say that it
is due to his bad karma. When something bad happens to a child then it has to
be due to his past life sins. Aren't we are taught that if we do bad then we
will rot in hell. So one does something bad in his life, goes to hell and pays
for his sin, takes birth again and again pays his tribute to karma. So on what
parameters is it measured that how much does one has to pay in hell and how
much does one has to pay in the next life. Confused I am. </div>
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What if there is no soul? What if it exists but is not
immortal? Today the world's population has crossed 7 billion mark. Let's say in
Palaeolithic era the population was somewhere around 4-5 million. So with the
increase in population, there has to be an increase in the number of souls as
well. From where are they coming? How many more souls are there? Is there a
soul in other living things as well like animals and plants? </div>
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What if there is life after 7 deaths? It is said that we are
born 7 times. What happens once we are dead for the 7th time? What happens to
our soul which is immortal? How is it determined that we had been born that
many number of times?</div>
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What if everything is figments of someone's imagination?
What if it is not? </div>
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I know what you are thinking. Yes, minds a bit messed up. Am
working on it. Although the progress has been sinfully low but will try to
catch up soon.</div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-35857749304903632622015-06-15T11:30:00.001+05:302015-06-15T12:01:30.055+05:30Cinema<div class="MsoNormal">
Cinema is a very important part of my life. It is always
there for me, it is there for me when I am happy, when I am sad, when I am
with people, when I am alone. It entertains me and makes me forget how good/bad
the life is; in-short, it is something that makes me happy. My love for movies
started at a very early stage. I must be in 1st or 2nd standard when I started
watching movies. For several years, after returning home from school, I would
sit in-front of my TV and would watch Zee Cinema and Cartoon Network. Those
were the days when there was no access to Hollywood and all we had was Zee
Cinema. I must have watched almost all the Hindi movies that has been produced
since 60s. In the late 90s I did get some fair dosage of Hollywood with movies
like Titanic, Godzilla etc. It was only when I joined college did I got exposed
to Hollywood on a much bigger scale. Over the years, apart from Hollywood, I
have explored movies of multiple genre from various movie industries of Korea,
France, China, Japan along with regional movie industries such as Tamil, Telugu
and Malayam.</div>
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So why all of a sudden am I writing about movies? This is
because I just have had a good weekend where I have watched 3 movies
back-to-back and each movie is a class in itself. </div>
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These 3 movies are: Wreck-It Ralph, Whiplash an Unbroken.</div>
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Wreck-It Ralph: It's a cartoon film (I'd prefer calling it a
cartoon film rather than an animation movie. I don't get that feel when I say "animation
movie"). We have been playing
video games ever since we were kids. But have we ever imagined that the
characters in video games may have a life of their own? This movie is the story
of one such video game character. He is the "bad-guy" in his game and
is sick of the way he is treated and wants all the preferential treatments including
a medal which is given to the "good-guy" of his game. He is told that
he needs to win a medal to get such treatment. Rest of the movie is his journey
of winning a medal and becoming a "good-guy" so that he can get some
respect in his own game. The best dialogue of the movie has to be when Ralph
says: "Turns out I don't need a medal to tell me I'm a good guy. Because
if that little kid likes me how bad can I be? " Can there be a good in
every bad and bad in every good?</div>
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Whiplash: Andrew Neiman is a young talented jazz drummer. He
wants to become the best drummer and in order to pursue his dreams, he joins
Shaffer Conservatory of Music which is one of the best music schools in the
United states. He somehow manages to join the band of Terence Fletcher.
Fletcher's band represents the school and playing in his band means getting
one-step closer to achieving the long cherished dream. But Fletcher thrives on
fear of his students and will settle at nothing but the best. His ways of teaching
are not accepted by many and causes emotional stress and anxiety issues amongst
his students. The movie is about how Andrew overcomes all the challenges that
life throws at him which includes surviving an accident and beating Terence
Fletcher in his own game. The best dialogue has to be towards the end when Neiman
tells Fletcher: "I will cue you" and then he goes on living his dream
on the stage.</div>
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This movie makes me wonder how far one can go to achieve
their dream, to achieve what they really want in life. This movie also reminded
me of my own toy drum set which I used to have during my school days. This
movie made me listen to some nice jazz music on youtube. </div>
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Unbroken: I have always admired Angelina Jolie for various
reasons. I never knew she is a producer and a director as well. I was pleasantly
surprised to know that this movie is produced and directed by her. This is a
true story of Louis Zamperini. Had never heard his name before and will never
forget it now. He is an Olympic athlete who during WW2 survives a plane crash
only to spend the next 47 days on a raft and then being caught by Japanese navy and
being send to prisoner-of-war camp. In the camp he meets a sadistic Japanese
officer who's tells them: You all are enemies of Japan and will be treated
accordingly. He singles out Louis and beats him quite often. He beats him
almost every-time he is in the frame with him. The man: Louis Zamperini is
literally unbroken. Nothing could break him and his will to live, will to
survive. He didn't just survived but even remained a true patriot even during
all the hardships which life threw at him and didn't pass on any information to
the Japanese and didn't even go against his country on the radio.</div>
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This movie teaches me that how one can go to any extent to
survive and nothing can break ones will to live. Louis Zamperini survives the
war and returns home, gets married and again visits Japan at the age of 80 to
participate in an Olympic run. It amazes me that how strong can one's will
power be to survive. There are so many different types of people in this world.
There is a Louis Zamperini who will break at nothing and will do anything to
survive, then there are those who give up their life so easily.</div>
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I must say, life cannot be so bad with movies around.</div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-40188062316231194652015-06-04T15:32:00.001+05:302015-06-05T09:59:20.453+05:30Life without goals and To Do lists<div class="MsoNormal">
Ever since I was a child I was told to make goals and have a
To Do list. As a child I was taught that how important and good it is to make a
note of all the things that are to be done and then strike them off one-by-one
as they get completed. When I reached the 10th standard people started asking
me to set some goals for myself like I should achieve at-least 80% marks in
boards, take up Science, do this do that. Few years later, I was told to set a
goal to get an admit, then make another goal of securing good marks in college,
then another goal to do something else and so on. Where ever I go, people talk
about goals, be it parents, relatives, friends, teachers, boss etc. Even a
random guy at an NGO once spoke to me about the importance of goals and how one's life is aimless, motionless and directionless without the lack of proper goals.</div>
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I was never really intrigued by this idea; was never really
good at it. I don't remember making any to do list, don't remember setting any
goals for myself either. It's not my forte; this is something that I just
cannot do. I am always amused how can people actually sit down and prepare a To
Do list, review it and again prepare a new one with a new set of goals, how they can set goals for themselves and then give their best to
achieve them. The worst part of my office is the goal setting session with my
manager. This is something that I have never done in life and something which I
don't think I will ever do. The only To Do list that I may have prepared
occasionally is the list of things that need to be done the very next day; I
can't think beyond that.</div>
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People are funny; the most amusing goal setting advice that
I would have got till date is that of setting a goal of getting married within
an year. I couldn't even understand how this is a goal. People say: What
is life without Goals? I really don't have an answer to this question. All I
know is that I cannot prepare any To Do list, I cannot set any goal for myself,
I cannot have any bucket list either. I don't think I will ever be able to do
any of these things; neither am I looking forward to it. Let's see how I
survive in this big bad world without any goals of my own.</div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-57784713967264948562015-05-24T00:58:00.002+05:302015-05-25T19:03:27.808+05:30India is no land for unmarried/divorcee/widow<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We Indians are good at judging people. We judge people based
on anything and everything. One’s marital status is one such thing. If you have
attained a certain age and are unmarried or if you are a divorcee or a widow,
then be prepared to be judged. <br />
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In India it’s tough to be a woman. If you have attained a certain age and are
still unmarried, this means that there is definitely some fault in you, there
is something wrong because of which you are not getting married. This is still
better, in-fact much better than being a divorcee or a widow. I don’t like the
way we treat a divorcee or a widow. I grew up learning about Raja Ram Mohan
Roy’s efforts to abolish the practice of Sati from India. The practice may have
been abolished but the aftermath is equally dreadful. I remember watching Deepa
Mehta’s Water which was about the life of widows. However, I do agree that
their lives may have been improved a bit (in urban India) compared to the
previous couple of decades but it still has a long way to go before widows can
live freely. There are so many restrictions imposed on widows; they are
supposed to live their entire life in a certain way even if they would not want
to.<br />
I once read a post by one of my batch mates. She had lost her husband after
just one year into the marriage. One day she pays a visit to a Church and was
introduced to someone as “The girl who lost her husband” She said that this one
incident changed her identity and all she was now was the girl who had lost her
husband, a widow. <br />
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This is still better; what angers me the most is the way we treat a divorcee.
We at times even use it as slang; use it to hurl abuses at someone. I remember
watching a reality show where two contestants were fighting and were hurling
abuses at each other and it was only when one said to another: “Saali Divorcee”
that the fight ended because it was too much to take for that contestant who
was just out of a bad marriage. As if the trauma of going through a bad
marriage/divorce is not enough, we have to remind them that they are a divorcee
and most of the times make it look like it’s their fault. It is ok to remain
married to a wrong person but it is not ok to set yourself free. <br />
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What scares me the most is that it’s us, the so-called-educated class of urban
India, who don’t shy from treating women in such a manner. There is this
friend who used to like a girl. All used to address that girl as “His Girl”.
One day he told us that she is a divorcee. Since that day, that girl became
from “His Girl” to “That Divorcee”. As we got to know that she is a divorcee,
she ceased to exist as a friend, a daughter, a sister; all she was now was a
divorcee. One of my friends was persuading me to get married. She said that if
I will not marry now, at a later age, I will only get a divorcee. I replied
that so what if I get a divorcee. If I am able to connect with the girl then
what’s wrong in marrying a divorcee or a widow. The look at my friends face
said it all; it said everything about how we feel for a divorcee or a widow. If
you are young and it’s your first marriage, it’s not ok to marry a divorcee or
a widow. </div>
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It’s tough to be a woman. I don’t even wish to mention the
countless honor killings, female feticide, rape, domestic violence etc. Men may
have more physical strength than women but women are stronger than men both:
mentally and emotionally. Still, all that I see around make me feel lucky that
I don’t belong to the so-called-weaker sex.<br />
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I have not travelled much and have not seen the rural India. But from what all
I have seen in urban India, I don’t even want to imagine the scene in rural
India. I often wonder that why can’t we treat women in a normal way. Why can’t
we mind our own business and leave them alone, why do we tend to outcast them
as if they have committed some crime and hold them responsible for all the bad
that had happened to them? They have gone through some pretty bad phases in
their lives. The least we could do is to not make their lives more miserable by
treating them differently. Why is it so difficult to understand that they are
not different; they are just like anyone else. Last week I read an article
which said that in Paleolithic era, people used to believe in gender quality;
women had equal rights and it was they who invented and began using farming and
agriculture. What happened to us in the modern era? Guess we evolved!!</div>
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<span style="color: #403152; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">It is the season of reality shows. These days, every other
channel is airing some or the other reality show. The concept used to interest
me when it was started a few years ago. Over the years it grew popular but so
did the stories surrounding them. There have been countless stories about how
the reality shows are rigged, how everything that we see is scripted and nothing
is real in the reality shows, how it is spoiling the children who are so crazy
for the show that they are ready to put their studies at a backseat to
participate and so on. I used to feel that it is something pretty stupid and
useless.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #403152; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Reality shows can be grouped into 2 categories. One in
which the so-called-celebrities are the contestants and the one which has
common people as the contestants. The other day I happen to see this particular
reality show where the contestants were the common people like you and me. One
such contestant caught my attention. He was disabled and was doing things which
were not possible even for a perfectly able person and that was pretty
inspiring. In that moment I realized that reality shows too can be inspiring. It
may be rigged and what not but the stories that it shares about common people
from various backgrounds, who, most of the time are underprivileged and are
capable of doing unimaginable things due to their strong will and determination,
are pretty inspiring. These people put in a lot of effort to develop some or
the other kind of skill/talent but their effort is restricted to a limited set
of audience but the reality shows provide them a platform to showcase their
talent to the world which is pretty cool. They get their 5 minutes of fame and
I am sure it boots up their confidence level and the will to go on and do
something good in their lives. Yes, I do believe that reality shows too can be
inspiring.</span></div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-13103476280889757752015-05-09T12:26:00.002+05:302015-05-09T12:38:32.677+05:30 How would it be to change your profession every 2 years!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Switching companies every now and then is pretty common
these days. In fact as a fresher, unless the person is in some very good
company or profile, it is considered a bad career move if he sticks to his job
for more than 2 years. There is a common notion that in the initial years, a
software engineer can grow only by switching jobs. But, how about switching the
profession? </div>
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I am a Software Engineer and have always worked in some or the
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of the outside world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eight weekends of
teaching in a school and recording 2 shows for a friend doesn’t count. I often
wonder how it would be to change my profession, my line of work, every 2 years.
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I recently got a slight glimpse of the insides of the
theater world, got to see some behind the scene action. One of my friends is a theater artist and performs for various production houses. Last month, he was
performing in one of the countless plays that take place every week in
Bangalore and asked me to record his play. It was then when I got a chance to
look at the proceedings that take place behind the scene. I got a chance to
see how a bunch of amateurs get together for their rehearsals, how they manage
their props, how they get nervous before every show as if they were appearing
for some exam, how all the teams do their stage rehearsals before the show
begins, how they manage the sound and the lights during the show, how the
producer gives special instructions to all the actors, stage attendants, prop
managers, sound and lights manager before the show begins, how the director
bullies his actors, how it feels to film a show. This one experience has made
me crave for various experiences from different fields and now I
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I want to be an HR and experience how difficult it is to
keep the employees happy, want to be a doctor and save a life, want to be a
teacher and educate children, want to be a CA and audit a firm, want to be a
Judge and give a sentence, want to be a writer and write a
romantic-cum-thriller-cum-sci-fi novel, want to be a traveler and write a
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country, want to be an investment banker and be a part of a merger, want to be
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to be a businessman and negotiate with the vendors and customers, want to be a
priest in a church and listen to people’s confessions, want to be a politician
and help someone, want to be an astronaut and travel space, want to be a super-hero
and save the world, want to be a police officer and solve a criminal case, want to be a
scientist and discover something cool, want to be a chocolatier and craft
delicious pieces of chocolates, want to be an environmentalist and protect the
environment, want to be a musician and create some soul cleansing music, want
to be a sportsperson and play for the country, want to be a stand-up comedian
and make people laugh, want to be a time traveler and experience history in
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Obviously, this is not a real-time scenario and it is
not possible in the real world. But for someone like me who lives a delusional
life, who is a day-dreamer and dreams with open eyes, this entire idea, is
quite intriguing. Just imagine the new challenges that a new profession will
bring with it. It will have its own share of risks involved, but how cool would
it be to be a Software Engineer one day and a teacher the next? I have been
thinking about it from quite some time now. I have friends who were brave
enough to attempt such a transition at an early phase of their lives, some of
which are now very successful in their new profession. Such people can also be
seen at Tedx and Converge; so I believe that this is something which is doable.
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The other day I was talking to a very good friend of mine
when in context of the topic of discussion, the friend said “We are all alone, nothing
is permanent, not friends, not anyone. We all eventually drift apart and die.
The only person that is with you for life is you.” I didn't agree but at that moment all I could say was
that this is not true and if one feels this way, this merely means that one has
not yet found someone to fall back on and the day that person is found, one
will change his/her opinion.</div>
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I don’t like philosophy; I don’t even like discussing it
with anyone. But what my friend said prompted me to think about it; more so,
even write about it. I don’t think about every jibber-jabber that goes through my
ears; there is a lot that goes in throughout the day but I process only what I
feel is worth processing. Now this friend of mine is very wise and way smarter than I am; whatever she
says rings a bell in ears and keeps lingering for days, months and years to come; so
naturally when there was a conflict, it was definitely worth giving a thought. </div>
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I thought about a concept or we may say - a feeling which
has almost vanished, some may have not even heard of it and may shrug it off as
something alien. Hint: it has name and is prefixed with the word “Unconditional”.
Doesn’t ring a bell yet? Good news for you; you belong to the majority of
people. I am talking about “Unconditional Love”, “Unconditional Support” and “Unconditional
Friendship”. Yes, I do believe that there can be unconditional friendship, unconditional
love, and unconditional support. I do believe that someone can selflessly and unconditionally
be there with us/for us without expecting anything in return.</div>
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The answer to what my friend said revolves around it. If we
have someone in our lives who is ready to lend us unconditional support,
unconditional love and unconditional friendship then we will never be alone, it
will be permanent and you will not be the only person with you for life. Yes,
it is extremely difficult to find someone like this so it is on the verge of extension.
But, there is one thing that has kept us sailing till now and that is hope;
hope that one day we will find the one who will love us unconditionally, hope
that one day we will find a friend who will be by our side and will lend us
unconditional friendship and support. </div>
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So what can we do till the time we do not find such a
person? Had I known the answer to that, I would have got a Nobel by now. We believe that we
are strong enough to take on the world all alone but at times when we begin to
dwindle, we do hope that we may have someone to fall back on. Even if we cannot
reach out to that someone in person, just by knowing that he/she exists and got
our backs, gives us strength to face the world. We may find companion/soul mate/friend
in various forms. It may not necessarily be your
wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/parents/siblings. I remember how one of my
friends mother was telling about her soul mate who was her girl-friend since their childhood which led me to believe that one may find a soul mate in friends as well;
how one other friend of mine calls his hard-disks his companion, how another
friend calls his dog his companion/soul mate.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Long story short- We are alone - until we find someone who
is ready to give us unconditional love/support and friendship. Nothing is
permanent – agreed; it all ends when you die but we have seen stories in the
past where it did last a lifetime and I would call it permanent if it lasts a
lifetime. We all eventually drift apart – there may be conflicts of interests
but they can easily be resolved as well; law of magnetism doesn’t apply here;
like minds do attract and can resolve the conflicts as well. We all die – this is
the ultimate truth which cannot be used as an excuse to say that we are all
alone and nothing is permanent. The only person that is with you for life is
you – Strongly disagree; this is only till we don’t find the one who can be
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Well I think this should be enough for the day; this is way more than I
can take in a month. My head is already heavy by such heavy stuff and before it bursts
open, I shall rather get myself a bar of snickers. Oh!! did I find something on which I can fall back on when in distress? I always knew chocolate is there for me "unconditionally" :)</div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-47453396428067687352015-04-20T21:02:00.000+05:302015-04-20T21:12:35.642+05:30When are you getting married?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The entire world seems to be asking me this question.
Everyone just wants to know that why am I still single and when am I getting
married. It was fine in the beginning but after a while, the repeated questions
began to piss me off. I had absolutely no clue how to shut people off without
being rude to them. So I thought of being creative. No, in order to get
creative, I did not decide to get married.</div>
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<br /></div>
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My creative instincts told me that one way to stop people
from pissing me off is to piss them off in return. I thought that if I will
answer “Next Month” to all the questions pertaining to “Marriage”, people will get
pissed off and will stop bothering me with such questions.</div>
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Finally the day came when I rolled out this strategy.</div>
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K: When are you getting married?</div>
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Me: Next month</div>
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K: Wow!! You didn’t tell me anything about it. So what is
the date?</div>
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Me: That will be decided next month only.</div>
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K: Huh!! Where is the wedding?</div>
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Me: That will able be finalized next month only.</div>
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K: What!! Ok, at-least tell me who is the girl?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me: You know what!! That will also be finalized next month
only.</div>
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K: Stop pissing me off and tell me properly.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me: I am telling you properly. What else do you want to
know?</div>
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K: Fuck off.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me: With pleasure.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This worked wonders for me. People actually stopped asking
me such questions knowing very well what my answer would be and thus my life
became a bit simpler. But in due course of time, I got bored with the same
reply to different sets of people. So, I decided to take it to the next level.</div>
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K: When are you getting married?</div>
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Me: Well there are 2 answers to this question. Both of which
are actually not true. So, which one would you like to know?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
K: Interesting. I would like to hear the 1<sup>st</sup> one.</div>
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Me: Parents are looking for a good girl. I will marry when
they will find one.</div>
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K: And what is the 2<sup>nd</sup> one?</div>
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Me: I am looking for a good girl. I will marry when I will find one.</div>
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K: So this means you and your parents are looking for the
same type of girl – a good girl.</div>
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Me: Nope. We both are looking for a different type of girl.
Definition of a “good girl” is different for both of us.</div>
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K: Care to explain?</div>
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Me: Well you can imagine the qualities of a “good girl” that
my parents are looking for. It’s the same with all the parents, nothing new in
it. However, my definition of a “good girl” is a bit different. For me a good
girl is the one who comes to my flat at night and without saying a word, leaves
in the morning.</div>
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K: Wdf?</div>
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Me: Yeah. How can I live with one-gina my entire life?? So I
am looking for my kind of “good girl”.</div>
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K: You are sick.</div>
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Me: Why? Because I said that I cannot live with one-gina my
entire life.</div>
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K: Do I need to explain that to you; you moron, you filthy womanizer,
you bahenchod.</div>
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Me: Damn you hypocrites. You can pay thousands of bucks to
Russell Peters to watch him crack this joke and can give him a standing ovation
for this one but when I crack the same one for free; I become a moron and a womanizer?</div>
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K: Duh!! Ok ok ok!! So you said both of these are not true.
So what is the true reason for you being single and not getting married?</div>
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Me: Sorry, I cannot tell you that. If I will tell you, I
will have to kill you. You don’t want to die. Do you?</div>
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K: You have a sick sense of humor.</div>
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Me: I would like to believe that I have a sarcastic sense of
humor</div>
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K: Bhak Bahenchod!!!!!!!</div>
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ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-36116886677431390182013-04-24T20:45:00.000+05:302013-04-28T16:27:21.803+05:30God and Karma !!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have met many people who do not believe in God but believe in Karma. So my question is that if there is no God then who determines our karma? Who keeps a track of all our good and bad deeds and gives us it's fruit accordingly? If not for God then who brings on the karma upon us? </div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-90065710653294143452013-03-08T08:42:00.000+05:302013-03-08T14:36:16.472+05:30Yeh Dil....<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bow to those who can write poetry with such an ease. This is because I had once made a vain attempt at poetry and I know how difficult, nearly impossible it is for me to write one. Now L wrote one and wanted me to share it in this place. And I happily obliged him (obviously in exchange of a favor. Yeah I know I am an opportunist). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here it goes....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Duniya kehti hai ki yeh ek 10 saal ke bacche jitna naadan
hai,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aur ek 60 saal ke buddhe jitna gambheer aur zimmedaar hai,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kyon nahi apni umar jitna soch paata hai yeh dil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Waise hai bada majboot yeh, rakh sakta hai sabhi ka khyaal,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Phir kyon khud ka khyaal rakhne waale kissi ki chahat karta
hai yeh dil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hairaan hai, pareshan hai, nadaan hai, kahin khoya hua hai,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bas apne hone ka matlab dhoonda rehta hai yeh dil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yeh dil, yeh dil, yeh dil….</span></div>
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-50181938460765551002013-02-18T16:10:00.004+05:302013-02-18T16:35:18.667+05:30Bad vs. GoodI always knew that I am not good in reasoning or arguing with people. And if the person is high on Old Monk, it becomes almost impossible for me to argue or reason with him. One such incident happened with me recently. Now this friend of mine liked a girl, poured his heart out to her through a mail, started talking to her for hours and went to her city to meet her and finally screwed up and now is not even friends with her. The girl has cut him off from her life and doesn’t even want to be friends with him. He drank a full bottle of Old Monk and what happened next can be read below.<br />
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L: I want to become a bad man.<br />
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Me: Why, what will you achieve with it?<br />
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L: I will achieve true love, friendship and everything that I couldn’t achieve by being a nice guy.<br />
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Me: WDF!! How will you achieve that by being a bad person?<br />
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L: You #@%^$&$*. Let me explain it to you in detail.<br />
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Bad Person: He does whatever he wants to do. He can look straight into your eyes and can say lies in such a way that you will be totally convinced by him. He can make girls go weak on their knees by his lies and false promises and once the innocent girls fall for him, he can take full advantage of them, abuse them and in the end leave them. He has no self conscious, no self esteem and no guilt feeling. He does not feel or care about others, he does not care about how others would feel or how badly would others lives be affected by his actions. He just lives for himself, can indulge in all sorts of pleasure, can get high whenever he wants without caring about his health or other things as a matter of fact, can easily spoil other innocent souls and can make friends who can die for them. A bad person lives life king size. He fears nothing. He does not care if someone cuts him out of his life as he doesn’t value people and can always find a substitute. He does not live long, he will have a short life span of some 30-35 years but no matter how short his life is, he lives a complete and content life. Since he does not care about others, he never gets the need of crying for others, his eyes are never teary. He does not care about his family; does not care about earning or saving money, life a free life and eventually die. Even if his life span is short, his life isn’t. All through his life, he does everything he wants to do. His actions may be wrong in the eyes of other people but for him whatever he is doing is the only correct thing to do and what others are doing is wrong. Since he has no morals, no principles, no guilt factor, no responsibilities, no remorse of any sort, no feelings, he lives a burden free and happy life.<br />
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Good Person: He lives a miserable and pathetic life which lasts for some 65-70 years. All through his life he is worried about his family, slogs like a dog and saves money for his family and amongst all these things, he forgets his likes and dislikes and just lives for his parents, kids and wife. He has immense guilt factor and whenever he does something wrong or bad to someone, he feels sorry for it his entire life. He always craves for true love and friendship and if he does a couple of mistakes – which he is bound to do as he is a mere mortal and not God, no matter how sorry he feels about it, he ends up losing his friends. He has an immense self esteem and guilt feeling and regrets a lot if he knowingly/unknowingly harms someone. His eyes will be always teary on remembering the not-so-good things he had done to others, on remembering the mistakes he had done which made him lose his friends. All through his life he suffers a lot and when he becomes old, his health deteriorates, he worries about his kids and grand kids and if his wife passes away before him kicking the bucket, he is left all alone in the world. For him the pain becomes unbearable when he couldn’t get the girl he loves but since the girl is an awesome person, a genuine and a true friend, he wishes to be friends with her for the next 50 years of his life but ultimately ends up being cut off from her life as he had committed some mistakes due to which he does not remain worthy of being friends with her irrespective of the fact that he deeply regrets his actions. He is never given a second chance to prove himself and he is never remembered for the good things he has done to others but is always remembered for the one or two goof-ups which categorize him as an extremely cheap person.<br />
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L: Now you know why I want to be a bad person. But it’s too late to change myself now. So I have decided that in this life I will be a very nice and good person, will do good to others and when I will die, I will ask God that in return of all my good deeds grant me one wish and I will wish that in my next life I should be born as a very bad person. We all have to die so it’s better to be a bad person and live life king size and die at 35 rather than be a nice person and slog till 70 and die a miserable life.<br />
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I was left dumbstruck and got scared a bit because for a moment I actually started wondering whether all that he was saying might actually be true!!!! But then sanity prevailed and may be the next day when he will be sober, I will try to put some sense in his coconut.
ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-42506251629139319412011-11-10T21:59:00.006+05:302013-02-23T12:02:13.584+05:30Arranged Marriage!!!!This is probably the first time when I have started hating facebook. Every one in 5 friends from my friend list are either married or are getting married and my wall is filled with status updates like “Engaged, in a relationship, married”.<br />
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Not so long ago I had written a post about <a href="http://laddu-chocolates.blogspot.com/2009/04/love-marriage_14.html">Love Marriage</a> where my entire clan wanted know whether I had a girl friend here in Bangalore and whether in future I will be going for a love marriage or an arranged marriage. That was the time when going by the experiences of my friends I had started believing that one should never fall into the trap of this so called “Love” because once you are in a relationship it will suck the blood out of you and your entire life will revolve around your girl and all you will think about is making her happy and doing things that makes her happy and in the process your own happiness will be lost somewhere in between these nonsensical things. Moreover such relation always comes in between friends and have the tendency to spoil the friendship. Once you are in a relationship, you will have no time left for friends, not even your very good friends. This has happened with so many people that I know and has happened recently with a very close friend of mine and in such cases it's always the friendship that goes for a toss. So basically I believe that Love Marriage sucks.<br />
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So this leaves me to the concept of an “Arranged Marriage”. I have never tried to explore this territory until now when certain factors led me to think about it in a great detail and that analysis told me that this concept of Arranged Marriage sucks in a bigger way than the Love Marriage.<br />
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To understand that last sentence we need to see how arranged marriages work in India. As we all are well aware of the 1000s of year’s of old tradition where the guys parents will select the girl and when they are satisfied with the girl, her family and her educational background etc, the guy will be shown the picture of the girl and one fine day in the presence of 100s of relatives he will get a chance to see the girl (Read - only see, not talk) and that time he will have to tell whether he is ready to marry the girl and within 2 hours he will get engaged to the girl. How silly could the process be? How can one decide to marry a girl in such a short duration?<br />
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Exactly the same had happened with a very close friend of mine. His parents’ chose a girl, showed him the picture of the girl and he got ready for the marriage. He said this is how it works and if parents are happy with the girl, why should I have an issue!! Are you kidding me !! <br />
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Now my point is how one can decide to spend his entire life with a stranger with who he has just met and not even spoken even a single word!! What if after engagement he finds out that his frequency doesn’t matches with that of the girl!! The idea of spending life with some stranger is scarier than the scariest of the movie ever made till date. <br />
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Again there are some stats present which demonstrates that out of all the arranged marriages ever done, less than 5% ends in divorce where as the number is much more in case of love marriages, but again how much can one trust the stats when we all know that stats are made on the spot in order to suite the situation.<br />
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Until now I have never thought about all this at all but now after giving it a thought I have started hating Arranged Marriage and I am not a big fan of Love Marriage either, so where does this leave me? Now one may wonder that why am I discussing such a thing now. So this is because in another year or two I would have to go through the same process that I have mentioned above and the very thought of it scares the shit out of me. Well I guess some things are best left unsaid.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-8207591459017183492011-06-12T13:30:00.008+05:302015-01-30T20:20:41.741+05:30Of love losses and more..Summer vacations were over and the school had reopened after 2 months of holidays. He woke up early that morning, got ready, took out his bicycle from the garage and left for school. On reaching there he parked his bicycle in the stand and started walking towards the main building. He was a little early to school and the doors to the main building were yet to open so he had to wait in the reception for some time. It was then that he saw her. She was in her sports uniform which was a yellow shirt and navy blue skirt. It was not like he had never seen a girl before. He had studied in a coeducational institute his entire life so he was always surrounded by girls, yet it was something different with that girl. It was the love at first sight; or so he thought. Was he matured enough to understand the meaning of love? After all he was just in 9th standard. I don’t know whether it was his love or infatuation for the girl, neither do I think will I ever get to know this in future. After 10 minutes when the doors to the main building opened, she walked inside and he just followed her. He wanted to know her class and so he followed her till 7-C. Yes, she was in 7th standard and he was in 9th. She kept her bag in the class and went to the basket ball field. He was least interested in sports and was unaware of the fact that students who are in school sports team come early to practice, thus the reason for her being in sports uniform.<br />
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He didn’t feel like doing anything the entire day at school. Although he was physically present in 9-B, his mind kept wondering in 7-C. He was thinking about her the entire day. He started recalling the awful subjects he has studied in 7th standard and the equally awful teachers who taught those subjects. He felt sorry for her that she has to go through all the torture of studying those subjects and tolerating those miserable and pathetic teachers. Finally at 1:45pm the school bell rang thus marking the end of the day at school. Still thinking about her he went to the stands along with his other friends who stay close to his house and also come to school by their bicycles, took his bicycle from the stand and left for home along with his friends. This was a routine that his friends and he used to follow – coming back to home from school together on their respective bicycles. They used to ride in a group and enjoy the ride back home. It was so much fun, but that day he didn’t enjoy the ride at all. He mind was riding with someone else, not his friends. <br />
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Next day he made sure his parents woke him up early so that he can reach school before time and can see her. The same happened and he again saw her at the reception. After some time the doors opened and they both went to their respective classes. He followed the same routine for one full week. After a week he decided to find out more about her. He decided to follow her to her house after school. He was worried because he was on bicycle and he was not sure about her mode of commutation. After the last period got over, he ran and stood near her class. After a while she came out and he followed her. She went to the basket ball court and again practised for half hour. He was impressed by her hard work and dedication towards sports. I am still not sure why her dedication in sports impressed her because he doesn’t give a damn to sports. Was he in love? Finally her practise got over and she headed to the stands. On watching her crossing the swings and heading for the stands his heart started pounding heavily and he started praying to God. His prayers were answered and the next moment he saw her unlocking her bicycle and taking it out of the stands. Now was the time for some real action. He also took out his bicycle and started following her. After half hour of stalking her, he was standing outside her house and was in a state of shock and bewilderment. It was hard for him to believe that her house was just 2 kms from his house. He couldn’t believe his luck.<br />
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Now this was his new routine. Daily after school he would wait for her till she finishes her practise and would then follow her to her house. As few more days passed, he calculated her approximate arrival time at school and then he started leaving his home for school accordingly so that he can catch her on the way to school. Since he stopped coming back home with his friends, they got suspicious and finally one day he had to tell them about her. As expected, everyone made so much fun of him and he was embarrassed to the core but nothing could stop him from following her after school. Yes, he was in love.<br />
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Now you must be thinking that he was a brave guy and was in love and so would have definitely spoken to her after a few days/weeks/months!! Ok years at least!! Well then sorry to disappoint you. He could never summon up enough courage to talk to her, such a coward he was.<br />
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Two years passed and now he was in 11th standard and she was in 9th. On scoring good marks in his 10th board examinations, he got a bike from his dad. He was happy to get a new bike but was also worried that how would he now follow her because it would be very difficult to follow someone on a bicycle when you are riding a bike. With mixed feelings he entered the stands and while he was parking his bike he saw a brand new scooty entering the stands and then he had a look at the person riding it. He could not have asked for more. It was his girl on the scooty. I don’t remember if he was that happy ever again in his life. All his problems were solved in a second and now he can easily go after her on his bike because now even she was on scooty. And exactly this is what that happened, he continued following her on his bike. On the way to home, he would increase the speed of his bike and would overtake her and then would slow down and allow her to overtake him and then would again overtake her. By this time the girl was sure that something was wrong with this guy and whenever she sees him, she used to turn her face. This was highly demotivating for him and to make the matters worse, his friends who were pretty sure about him-being-in-love started teasing him with that girl which obviously didn’t go down well with him. But no matter what, he didn’t stop loving her. He was made the school prefect in 12th standard and just for the sake of show-off he volunteered for the lunch duty in her class and used to go there every day during lunch time and act like a boss of the class. Still a coward he was, he didn’t speak to her even a single time during those 4 years of his school. <br />
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Finally his 12th boards got over and it was time for him to leave the school. It was the day of the last assembly, which would be his last day at school. A night before that he wrote a 4 pages long love letter. The very next morning he went to temple and prayed to God for strength so that he can talk to her and give her the letter. He had finally decided that no matter what, today he is going to talk to her. He wrote the letter in his best handwriting, folded it neatly and kept it in his blazer’s inner pocket. He was happy, excited and scared; all at the same time. On reaching school, his eyes kept searching his girl but he couldn’t find her. She was nowhere to be seen. Finally the last assembly got over and he bid farewell to all his friends, his eyes still looking for her. He badly wanted to see her and talk to her. He cursed himself for not talking to her all these years and waiting for the last day to tell her his feelings. His 4 years flashed before his eyes, all the moments he had dreamed about her and had followed her to her house. It was all waste as he couldn’t see her anywhere and is losing his only change to talk to her. The school was almost empty now and he also finally decided to leave. He tore the letter and threw it in a dustbin. He couldn’t forgive himself the entire life for not talking to her earlier and waiting for the last moment. <br />
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He still tried to meet her after school but couldn’t succeed as she had started commuting in a car with her dad. He even tried to meet her outside her house and wasted many evenings loafing around her house only to realize that she had shifted to some other area far from his house. Later he also got busy with his studies so he had to stop looking for her. Last he heard about her, she got married soon after her schooling got over and now she is a mother of a kid and is well settled in Delhi. <br />
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After some time he joined college. He was very happy to finally join some decent college and immediately made many good friends in college. She was one such friend. It all started in the 1st year with text messages and before he could understand anything, he was in love with her. She was a cute South Indian girl from his class. They were very good friends during the 1st year of college, but due to some misunderstandings, had a fallout in the 2nd year and had not spoken to each other since then. He still adores her and calls her cutie and still maintains a separate folder in his desktop with her pictures stolen from her orkut and facebook account. Last he heard about her, her family is soon getting her married.<br />
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After completing his college, he started working in a company. When his training got over, he was moved to a project. There he noticed a girl in his wing, quite close to his cubicle. She would always dress up in a yellow/orange top which would suit her a lot. One fine day she came to office in a black saree. It was then he realized that girls could look pretty in a saree too. His friends told him that she is in saree because it’s a festival and she has kept fast for her husband for his good health. He refused to believe that she is married. After some time he found out that she is married and has a 1 year old son. Last he heard about her, she had shifted to US with her husband and son. <br />
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Few months later he again noticed a girl in his office cafeteria. She was a contractor from some other company. This time he decided that no matter what, he had to talk to her, and yes he did finally spoke to her. He befriended her only to find out that she got engaged 2 months ago and is all set to get married the very next month. She personally invited him to her marriage which he obviously didn’t attend. Last he heard about her, she had shifted to Singapore with her husband and is working in some company there. <br />
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Again he noticed a girl in his office lobby. She was slim, fair, long black hairs, blue eyes. The moment he saw her he fell in love with her. He started dreaming about her and was dying to talk to her. (Well people don’t get him wrong. He was not the kind of guy who could fall in love with every other girl he laid his eyes upon. Since he was in 8th standard, this was just the 5th time that he was in love). So through some series of misfortunate events, he did get a chance to talk to her. They were now friends or rather I should say acquaintances. His feelings for her kept on increasing and when they were at the peak, he found out that she was already married for 2 years. Now this meant that all was over for him. Taking lessons from last time’s fiasco, his friends had taught him how to differentiate between married women and an unmarried girl but this girl showed no signs of that of married women and so he failed to recognize her and fell for her. Last he heard about her, she was working in some company in Bangalore and was living happily with her husband.<br />
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Few years later, he met another girl. She was a blogger like
him and had a flair for writing. He found her blog amazing and wanted to talk
to her. He sent her a friend request on facebook without any hope of getting
accepted. Lo and Behold, she accepted his friend request. But that was the end
of the story at that point. He used to check out her pictures and posts but
could never-even summon up the courage to talk to her. After years of waiting,
he somehow managed to talk to her. They both started talking to each other on
facebook, on watsapp, mails, phone calls, skype etc. He was totally into her
and thought that he has finally found the chosen one. But it all got over in a
month. Last he heard about her, she is happily married and is living with her
husband.<br />
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He was a coward but not weak or vulnerable. All these love losses didn’t break him. He didn’t become a Devdas and got on to smoking or drinking or drugs. He was and is still strong and is waiting for his next (mis)adventure with girl(s).ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-46284766463424215262011-02-15T11:24:00.005+05:302011-02-19T20:19:23.222+05:30Worse than dead..So are you happy now?<br /><br />Well you should be happy. You did whatever you wanted to do, no matter how cowardly it is.<br /><br /><i>Please stop it.</i><br /><br />Yeah this is what you have been doing all this time. Making me shut up, but today I won’t shut my mouth. Also now you are no more capable enough to make me shut my mouth. So why did you do it?<br /><br /><i>You know why I did it.</i><br /><br />Yes, but I want it to hear from you.<br /><br /><i>Please stop torturing me.</i><br /><br />Are you aware of the circumstances of what you have done?<br /><br /><i>I never thought this would happen. I thought everything would be over soon. I had never though in the wildest of my dreams that I would land up here. This is scariest thing ever happened to me.</i><br /><br />Well you never know what is there in store for you. I feel you deserve this.<br /><br /><i>Please stop it.</i><br /><br />Nope, today I will not stop. You have to talk to me. You have been escaping from me your entire life but today you have closed all the doors for yourself. There is no escape now.<br /><br /><i>Ok. What do you want to know?</i><br /><br />I have lots of questions but to start with, I want to know why did you do it?<br /><br /><i>As you know, she dumped me and I am out of my job. I have to support my parents and also a nubile sister. I was just not able to cope up with the pressure.</i><br /><br />Bravo. So this is why you did it!! I am proud of you.<br /><br /><i>You always knew I am going to do this. I have been thinking about this from quite some time.</i><br /><br />I thought you had dropped this idea the day your sister made you promise that you would never-ever do this in your life, not even think about it. You didn’t think about her also? Well you did not give a damn to your parents, forget sister. <br /><br /><i>So do you mean to say that I don’t care about my parents and sister?</i><br /><br />Someone insane can also tell that you don’t care about anyone, but yourself. You are a sick, mean and selfish bastard. Didn’t you see how inconsolable your parents and sister were?<br /><br /><i>What is done is done. I guess I will have to live like this my entire life. Now I am not even capable of doing it again.</i><br /><br />Yes, now you can do nothing but to wait for some miracle to happen. Didn’t you hear those doctors discussing amongst themselves? They said only a miracle can cure your paralysis. Earlier you were capable of doing lots of things but a coward you are, you lost all the hope in life and slit your wrist with a blade. Were you thinking that this would cure all you problems? Now look at yourself. Due to the excessive bleeding you had a stroke and your whole body had been paralyzed. You cannot even move a finger, not even talk to anyone. The only thing you can do is to talk with me – the other half of your brain who had always tried to tell you that it’s never too late for anything and you can still do and get whatever you want but you had never listened to me. I had always believed in you, always thought you can achieve something in life. But now you are not left with any other option. Now even I have lost all hope in you. Now you are worse than dead.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-79804042337442398692010-11-03T11:18:00.004+05:302010-11-03T11:28:23.722+05:30What a rip off #2I had travelled a lot in train during my college days. My train journeys were generally long and boring. But there had been quite a few incidences that had transformed my ordinary train journey into an extraordinary one. One of such incidents can be read <a href="http://laddu-chocolates.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-rip-off_09.html">here</a>. And now I would like to talk about the other one which is amongst the top of all the (mis)adventures I had ever been into during my college days.<br /><br />The semester exams coming to an end and there was excitement everywhere; excitement that the exams would be over soon and we would go home. Finally the day came when the exams got over and I boarded a train to Delhi. Dalla and Baba were also with me. Customarily, the first thing we did was to check out if there were any hot girls in our compartment. Not finding any, with a sheer disappointment we mentally prepared ourselves for another long, boring and a dull 40 hours journey; little knowing that this time the lady luck is on our side. After 5 minutes, two girls came and sat on the opposite seat.<br /><br />One of them was wearing a green top and other one was in a red hot top and they both were in tracks. They seemed to be in late 20’s and were wearing a lot of makeup and were looking hot. We couldn’t believe our luck. Now we know that these 40 hours in train would not be long and boring. We didn’t make the first move and started talking to them immediately. Instead, to draw their attention towards us, we started talking to each other about stuffs like how cool our college is, how rocking our hostel life is and how good the city is and other random stuffs just as a show-off. <br /><br />Our intention was pure and simple – draw their attention towards us. Although we were desperate to talk to them, we didn’t want to look like one so we waited for them to make the first move. <br /><br />To our despair they didn’t initiate talking that whole day. Next day they wanted to get their cell phones charged so they spoke to us for the first time. One of them asked us if we can go to the ac compartment and get their phones charged. Now although I was desperate to talk to them, I was not ready to take the pain of going all the way to the ac compartment and wait there till their phones get charged. Dalla saw this as a huge opportunity to befriend them and went to the ac compartment and got their phones charged. Thanks to him, at least they started communicating with us. They asked us all about our college, hostel, home, exams, girlfriends and what not. In the mean time they demanded cool drinks from the pantry. This time it was baba’s turn to go and I was saved again but not for long. At the next station they demanded some magazine from the book stall on the railway platform and I had to go and get it for them. The made us work the entire day and none of us could say a simple ‘no’ to them. <br /><br />At night I decided to go to bed a little early because I had to get down at 4 in morning. Dalla and baba were in train till noon so they decided to stay awake for some more time. As I was about to sleep, one of them said to me – <br /><br />chick in the red hot top – your hostel and college sounds really exciting.<br />me – yup, it is an amazing place. <br />chick in the red hot top – are all engineering colleges exciting or it’s just yours?<br />me – I bet college and hostel life is rocking where ever you go and engineering is so cool. (Obviously I eliminated the part that engineering sucks during exams)<br />chick in the red hot top - is that so?? that’s why my son says that he wants to be an engineer. <br />chick in green top to the chick in the red hot top – yeah and my son wants to be in your son’s college just like he is now with your son in the same class. They are inseparable friends.<br />me – (with a little surprise and disappointment) oh so you both have a son.<br />chick in green top – yes I have only one son and she has one son and one daughter.<br />me – oh ok. so your son is in which standard? 1st ? <br />chick in green top – what!! our son’s are in 12th standard. <br />me – (wdf !! wdf!! ) WHAT !! you both have sons who are in 12th standard ? (wdf !! wdf!! )<br />chick in the red hot top – yeah we do. Why are you so surprised? Why can’t our sons be in 12th standard?<br />me – no, yes; I mean yeah of course your son can be in 12th standard, why can’t he be in 12th standard. He can definitely be in 12th standard. Once I was also in 12th standard. (I had no clue of what I was speaking) Ok I have to get up early tomorrow morning so I should better sleep now.<br /> <br />With this I ended the conversation with them. I was shocked and I didn’t know how to react. I looked at dalla and baba. Apparently they were listening to our conversation and were in the same state of shock and speechlessness as I was in and they also decided to sleep immediately.<br /><br />I didn’t get sleep for a long time. All sorts of bad and weird thoughts were coming to my mind. Come to think of it; we were trying to flirt with two women who were having sons in 12th standard!! The first thing I decided to do on reaching home was to get my eyes tested. Something must be seriously wrong with my eyes as it couldn’t differentiate between a girl in her late 20’s and a woman who has a son in 12th standard. I just prayed that our actions had not made them suspicious that we were trying to flirt with them the entire day.<br /><br />I started consoling myself by telling my mind that it’s not entirely my fault that I did such a thing. Their dress and makeup were equally guilty. I started wondering what all this fuss about makeup is. Makeup – its dictionary meaning is “Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance”. But believe me, it’s much more then this. Makeup is something that completely transforms a girl into something we can never-ever imagine. It is some kind of layer that is coated on our eyes that makes us lose our power to see the real face behind that makeup and hence we are forced to live in some delusion. Makeup is one of the most powerful weapons ever invented on earth.<br /><br />I don’t know for how long I was thinking stuffs like this. Finally I got sleep and woke up in morning. Those two ladies were still sleeping, I woke up dalla and baba and we all decided not to discuss about this accident and just forget everything considering it as one of the worst nightmares we’d ever had.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-28117928664088787112010-09-24T16:32:00.010+05:302011-10-06T12:11:59.208+05:30Who the hell wants to have a kid like him??These days my neighbour’s kids are giving me sleepless nights. One of the kids is 1 or 2 years old and is a big pain in the ass. He is always crying for something or the other. We share a common boundary and gallery so I can clearly hear him wailing all night. The other one is around 5 and is no less than his younger brother. He crossed all the limits yesterday. I was watching a movie in my room when the door bell rang. I got up and opened the door but couldn't see anyone around so came back to my room and continued with the movie. Luckily I was facing the window and after 5 minutes I saw that kid running towards my door, pressing the door bell and running back. I then knew he is playing some cheap prank on me. He came for the third time but as I saw him approaching towards my door, I ran outside, opened the door and jumped on him. The kid was taken aback and started crying. I then scolded him and told him not to do that again. I came back to my room and started thinking how mischievous little kids are. Then I remembered about this particular kid.<br /><br />This kid was in lower kindergarten but smart enough to dodge his teachers and parents by lying on certain things to cover up his fault. He started day dreaming in kindergarten itself, used to think about flying kites on the terrace of his house and even sometimes taught his classmates how to fly a kite not caring about the teachers scolding. He used to kill big ants just to see the colour of their blood. He didn't stop stealing pencil boxes from his friends bags until he got humiliated in the class in front of his friends. He used to mix brufen (an antibiotic pink in colour) with gems and give it to his friends and laugh hysterically after seeing the priceless expression on his friends face when they chew that antibiotic. <br /><br />He was always sleeping in class, whether it was the first day of his school the last. He was very violent when he was in 2nd or 3rd standard and used to beat up his classmates without any reason. He forcibly used to eat his friends lunchbox but had to stop when one of his friend’s mom came down to school to complain about him. He was quite innocent when he was in 2nd standard; didn’t know the true meaning of the song ‘choli ke picche kya hai’ and used to sing out loudly in class and school campus. He always knew how to make the best use of scissors by cutting his bench partner’s bag and on being caught by teachers justifying his action innocently by saying that it is fun to cut a friend’s bag rather than cutting his own bag. He used to take fights with his classmates and one day he went to the extent of cutting his own hands with a blade just to prove that his friend started the fight.<br /><br />Many a times he threw his bicycle from first floor when his parents refused to take him on a ride. He once tried to imitate his dad by switching on the ignition of his car and putting it on gear little knowing anything about the clutch, break or gear. His favourite event at any school picnic takes place in the bus, on the way to the picnic spot when he manages to convince his friends to indulge with him in his little prank of popping their heads out of the bus window, making expressions as if they were scared or frightened and then shout ‘help-help’ to the local public. <br /><br />He didn't stop even when due to some problem in legs he had to walk with the help of sticks. He started beating his classmates with the very same stick he used for walking. He also enjoyed dirtying his classroom walls with his stick pad. On finding his classroom empty, during school hours he went to the extent of peeing behind the doors of his classroom. Writing stuffs at the back of others shirt in school was pretty normal. He learned how to bunk assembly and hide in biology lab and then hide his teacher’s compass box and lunch box. After growing up a little more, along with his friends he started stalking girls followed by the regular ogling and catcallings. On learning how to ride a bike, doing stunts on the road became his favourite time pass and chasing the girl on who he had a severe crush became his hobby. He puts all his strength and energy in finding out the printing press where the exam papers of his school were printed and on failing to do so bribing his math and physics teacher to pass in class. <br /><br />Yeah obviously there were quite a few casualties during these operations. Many a times in front of the whole class he got severe beatings from his teachers, punishment outside principal’s office once almost every month, scolding from his parents; but this kid was, is and will always be unstoppable.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-72404107835083574582010-07-27T15:52:00.012+05:302010-07-28T10:37:30.226+05:30Ego....“Have you gone crazy!! I have no ego issues. “shouted Kshitij at the top of his voice.<br /><br />Really!! You don’t like hearing a ‘no’ for an answer, you don’t like borrowing money from your friends even when you need it, you don’t like going on a friend’s treat because you have never treated them and still you say you have no ego issues. Small-small things define your attitude towards life and you have a very high self esteem. Self esteem = not hearing ‘no’ = ego. Well this may not be always true but it is in your case.<br /><br />Navya’s words kept Kshitij wondering. He met her some 2 years back and they became very good friends. Navya was a very helpful, sweet and friendly girl and Kshitij was always there by her side whenever she needed him, he can do anything to help her, to be with her. They both share a passion for food, both can hog like pigs, they were hogging buddies. They had nothing else in common except for this one more thing – ego. They both have ego issues. Navya always knew that she is suffering from this disease, Kshitij didn’t; but Navya could always see the symptoms of this disease in him. It was she who made him realize this. Their friendship lasted for some two years. They fought a lot in those two years and also spend some very good moments together. No matter how much they fight, in the end they were good friends.<br /><br />Things changed one day. They again fought with each other on some stupid issue, but this time the fight was different. This was their last fight as they never fought after that and this was because they never remained friends after that. It was the ego that came in their way and eventually they both stopped talking to each other, stopped having lunch with each other. Navya left India after 2 months. Kshitij couldn’t even say goodbye to her as he had to go to his home around the time Navya was leaving India. He didn’t even meet her before going home and by the time he came back, Navya was gone.<br /><br />It has been three years now. They had never spoken to each other since their last fight. Kshitij could never forget his friend and the same was with Navya. They both liked each other so much and were such good fiends but could not speak again. They often wonder at the power of this ego which has separated two good friends with such an ease, their ego was even bigger then their friendship. They know it’s just an ego that is coming in between their friendship, yet they made no effort to make any amendments; they are still suffering from this disease. Such is the power of this ego. <br /><br />May be one day they will find a cure to this disease and will realize what all they have been losing all these years and then they will be friends again, that will be the day they will realize that life is so short and one cannot afford to waste it on stupid things like this. One day.... some day.....<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">After writing this story I realized how difficult it is to write fiction. Kudos to all those people out there who write fiction with such an ease.<br /></span>ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-22953245305140163762010-07-16T12:44:00.008+05:302011-10-06T22:50:03.677+05:30Should I really celebrate??I still remember the day - 28th July, 2008. There were some 20 other people like me in the lounge of the Executive Inn, dressed in formals, waiting for the cab to come. A mixed feeling of excitement and happiness could be seen on everyone’s face. In a few days it will be 28th July again. It has been two years since then. Things have changed a lot in these two years. The feeling of excitement, happiness has long lost its place and commotion, confusion has taken over. I don’t know whether I should celebrate or I should curse myself on completing 2 years in this place. Just within a few months of joining I realized that this is not the place for me. I was never meant to be here; still I am here for the past two years. Since then I have been trying to get out in vain. I am still not sure what to do. Despite of the dislike I am still here, this place is fun even though everything here except a few people sucks. But it's not fun any more as friends are leaving this place and going. The force that was bonding me to this place is now breaking. Coming months are going to be very tough now. Have to think of something fast; very fast. I will be completing two years in this place in a few days but there is no excitement anywhere. So should I really celebrate?? Well I don't see any reason to do so.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-112653859241482772010-06-18T19:11:00.002+05:302010-06-25T16:06:16.019+05:30How is IT effecting our lives..Nope, this post is not at all about the technical stuff neither it has anything to do with the things that are once imaginary but due to the evolution of technology are very much possible now nor am I trying to explain how simple and easy life has become due to the evolution of technology. Instead, I am trying to look at the other aspects of IT, the way we are getting indulged in it and how it has started affecting our daily life.<br /><br />I had a mixed feeling of happy and sad when I read this article in which people had mentioned about some weird incidences that had happened to them. Happy because I was not alone to experience such a thing, there were others also who were going crazy like me, sad because I was thinking how the future would be if this continues to happen. Anyways who cares about the future. So this is what people have to say, the incidences which can clearly be termed as the side effect of IT.<br /><br />Once I was on call with my father and mom was not around. I went on to ask, "Why is mom not attending the status call?"<br /><br />Once after talking to one of my friends I ended the conversation saying.. "ok bye.. in case of any issues will call you back"<br /><br />While watching TV when I want to check the time, I look at the bottom right corner of my TV for time. <br /><br />Once late night when I went home after work, I was trying to flash my id card to open the lock and only after few seconds I realized what I am trying to do.<br /><br />I got a thought of doing an Alt+Tab while switching from news channel to the DVD while watching TV.<br /><br />When I went to a movie theatre from office directly, I showed the guy at the entrance my ID card and walked in. He had to call me back asking for ticket. <br /><br />I would like to mention about the conversation I had in a hospital with another techie like me while waiting for our turns to visit the doctor.<br />N - Hi, I am N.<br />Me – Hi, I am laddu<br />N – So where do you work?<br />Me – I work in so and so company.<br />N – Why are you here?<br />Me – I met with an accident.<br />N – Oh. Ok<br />After some 10 minutes.<br />N – This doctor is taking so much time to check every patient. Btw what is your login id?<br />Me – It is axch….. arrr.. What do you mean by my login id?<br />N – Oh sorry. I mean what is your visiting number?<br />Me – 22<br />N – Oh mine is 24.<br />Me – ok<br /><br />She wanted to ask me my visiting number but the first thing that came in her mind was the login id. Since the time I had this conversation with her I am wondering about the deep impact IT is making on our lives. May be the impact is much more on a techie then a human being. (Yes, sometimes I do wonder whether techies are human beings !!!!!) <br />Sometime back I heard this ad on radio. In this ad the teacher is asking the kid to make the sound of various animals.<br />Teacher – How does a cat speak?<br />Kid – meow-meow. <br />Teacher - How does a dog speak?<br />Kid – bow-bow<br />Teacher - How does a mouse speak?<br />Kid – click-click<br /><br />Do I need to say anything more about this ad? Here are few pics and a video which I have collected from various sources and are self explanatory like the above mentioned ad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q8_9BbBh9uJQJ3cvnP51kdSmMAJNdla4rKmXk2ED8XpvkcLsld3Y8d4ESnN-4Jj3VyAVDaOg_2Jw2hnNLCTlAIYaZxJ9KBtGA252cAYuUfJ9JFbhmVbLjYs1WjWgVX6KNnT6joTEM_Q/s1600/was+i+born.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q8_9BbBh9uJQJ3cvnP51kdSmMAJNdla4rKmXk2ED8XpvkcLsld3Y8d4ESnN-4Jj3VyAVDaOg_2Jw2hnNLCTlAIYaZxJ9KBtGA252cAYuUfJ9JFbhmVbLjYs1WjWgVX6KNnT6joTEM_Q/s200/was+i+born.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485081684428143826" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViXJxONetXatXhf2UmNxOUdXSc5yizh45O73j4Zsfn97e-Oi0O3bIQ1GLfuVMI2mgqWNbSXcRtVNDGM4LMMY2sWhZIf6Z-9U4wj_QhNeZVlfOF8H8RLs6bElo4FwBfPAkyZsRoRUFfRc/s1600/punishment.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViXJxONetXatXhf2UmNxOUdXSc5yizh45O73j4Zsfn97e-Oi0O3bIQ1GLfuVMI2mgqWNbSXcRtVNDGM4LMMY2sWhZIf6Z-9U4wj_QhNeZVlfOF8H8RLs6bElo4FwBfPAkyZsRoRUFfRc/s200/punishment.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485081655867283058" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAdRnZ02LzZODVRCfxNF6HiJ9H3DAQ5l8YQQD7sWH7Ra3icou1uA9GIYcwE_DE3EhyphenhyphenHBSXLwNOqfTMJEaXA8p-HW-CJKLrbcjW5yV5DPhgNSlVJev4WH2rXXFnU3Ecsci0nHRR-BS1Ic/s1600/outsource+homework.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAdRnZ02LzZODVRCfxNF6HiJ9H3DAQ5l8YQQD7sWH7Ra3icou1uA9GIYcwE_DE3EhyphenhyphenHBSXLwNOqfTMJEaXA8p-HW-CJKLrbcjW5yV5DPhgNSlVJev4WH2rXXFnU3Ecsci0nHRR-BS1Ic/s200/outsource+homework.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485081640696839042" border="0"></a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/1yuW9AyAq4I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/1yuW9AyAq4I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I have read somewhere – Software engineers never die. They just go offline.<br />P.S – People this does not mean that if tomorrow I go offline you should consider me as dead.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-19859640316509272172010-04-05T14:16:00.001+05:302010-04-14T16:37:05.596+05:30One hell of a trip it was....I had never been to Pondicherry. I suddenly got some urgent work there this Saturday so had to rush there. It was on a very short notice so I didn’t get direct tickets, had to go through Chennai. So I started my journey on Thursday night. I was supposed to catch a bus to Chennai from Shanti-Nagar bus stop. There was this guy in the bus. All through the way to bus stop he was crying out loudly while talking to someone on cell about the build he gave and it got failed and he was supposed to finish his work by Monday and now he won’t be able to deliver it and this is appraisal time and the mail got escalated. Now I was expecting some peace when I left office but I had to hear all this crap. Finally I reached the bus stop and boarded the bus to Chennai. <br /><br />I was happy that finally I am getting out of this IT crap and will get to enjoy life for a few days. But there was something else in store for me. I must have done some sins in the past and the almighty chose this day to punish me for my sins. There was a group of 4 girls and 2 guys. As Friday was off thus making it an extended weekend, they decided to encash the opportunity like everyone else and planned a quick visit to their native places – Chennai. As they got settled down in the bus they started complaining about their company. They started with how they dreamed of getting into development and ended in testing; how bad their appraisal go; how they were transferred to Bangalore in spite of opting for Chennai etc.etc. They were discussing on how to shift to development and grab an opportunity to go on site. Now there was this a**hole sitting behind them. He was listening to them. As they paused to take a break he started his own story. He had a 4 plus years of experience into this IT industry so he thought it was his birth right to jump into someone else’s discussions and give them free gyaan at the cost of the comfort of other poor souls who were desperately seeking a way out of this IT and were trying to get some sleep. He started saying that the freshers are like raw material, you can mould them into anything and you all are freshers, should learn new technology and get knowledge blabh blabh blabh…. I felt like stabbing him to death or hacking his mail account and sending his resignation letter to his lead. But I was helpless. Somehow with great difficulty I got sleep.<br /><br />I reached Chennai in morning and immediately got a bus to Pondicherry. I was happy that finally I am out of all the noises; or so I thought. First hour of the journey was ok and then the bus came out of the city and hit the highway. Now the driver of the bus was a bit old and was driving carefully and at a moderate speed. There were these 3 jerks that started complaining to the conductor about how slowly the driver is driving even though it is a highway. The conductor ignored them and went at the back of the bus and sat down there. Those 3 were getting impatient and after 10 minutes started shouting at the driver like crazy asking him to drive fast. One of them was sitting next to me and the other two were exactly behind me. They were shouting in my ears. The driver stopped the bus and he also started shouting at them. It felt like they would kill each other over the speed of the bus and will make me go deaf by shouting out so loudly. My head was aching badly with all the torture I had been through right from the moment I had started my journey from my home. As if all this was not enough, a dust particle went into my eye and caused a lot of irritation. I tried everything to get it out, washed my eyes several times with water but all my efforts went in vain. I finally gave up and thought of going to some doctor in Pondicherry if the problem persists. <br /><br />Finally somehow I reached Pondicherry, alive but with a head ache and irritation in eye. It was around 10 A.M and it was scorching hot. One of my friends had done all the arrangements. I directly went to the hotel and the first thing I did was to wash my eyes again with cold water and it was gone; the dust particle was no more stuck in my eyes. I felt relaxed, checked in the hotel and after taking bath went to bed with a bad head ache thinking how bad my journey was. I woke up after some 3 hours and zappp – head ache was also gone. I was normal now. My friend had arrived a day earlier and got a bike on rent. Now it was the time to explore Pondicherry.<br /><br />It is a nice but hot place. The very first thing one should do is to get a bike on rent because it’s very difficult to commute through bus and auto guys will rob you of your cash. I had lunch in a café. There they have this special Italian pizza which they will bake on wooden bricks and in a weird kind of oven. They don’t use microwave. Then there is a bakery. The rates are very less. You can get fresh breads, cakes, pastries at a very low rate. Going forward on the same road you can go to the ashram. I am not so much into ashram so I didn’t go there. The ashram is famous and people who come there do visit that ashram. My friend didn’t find it interesting and so I also ditched the plan of visiting it. Also it gets closed in evening and there is about a km walk from the parking to go to the ashram so all the interest of visiting that ashram vanished in a second because no-way I was in for a km walk in that sun. It was very hot there. <br /><br />As it was hot we came back to the hotel and went to the terrace and sat there under the shade. I had seen this kind of view only in movies. We were facing Bay of Bengal. For a moment I was stunned, there was nothing but just water in front of my eyes. There was nothing beyond that. The waves were hitting the shore, creating a soft noise. One can spend hours sitting at a place like this. <br /><br />In evening two more people joined us. One of them told that there is a beach somewhere in Pondicherry where we can see lots of foreigners and that too in the proper costume. He was not sure about the name of the beach so we made him call his friend who was his source of such valuable information. His friend gave us the directions and we reached there within half hour. The name of the beach is Auro beach. This was the second time in a day that I was stunned. Again I have seen such things only in movies. What a view it was, not the beach but the people out there. I forgot to admire the beach and was just admiring the people who were in their proper costumes. There was a small building on the side of the beach where all foreigners were going after taking bath in the beach. We also try to enter but were stopped. We were told that Indians are not allowed inside so we couldn’t enter. I think it was some place to stay only for foreigners. After spending some quality time on the beach we went to the market. <br />The market is also huge and it’s mainly for clothes and handicraft materials. Then we went to Pondicherry beach for some time, had dinner somewhere came back to hotel and slept.<br /><br />Next day I finished the work for which I was there by 12.30 P.M. Went to the market again and then went to Pondicherry beach. It’s a beautiful beach. There is a café on the beach by name Le Café which is open 24*7. One can easily sit there and spend hours. We spend some time there and then had lunch in the India Coffee House. It was awesome. My friends had to buy some stuffs for their girl friends so we did some shopping. By that time it was evening and we again went to Pondicherry beach. The beach road is blocked after 5pm and we cannot take our vehicles to the road. We can park it in parking and just walk on the beach and the road. It was even more beautiful in the evening with the lightings on one side of the road and the beach on the other. <br /><br />There are also many good churches. I went to just one of them. We returned the bike at night and caught the train back to Bangalore. As a whole it was an amazing trip. Pondicherry is also famous for cheep liquor but since none of us drink, it wasn’t of any use for us. Well if someone is fond of food, booze, beaches it is surely a place to visit.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-152875112675062432009-12-23T15:03:00.000+05:302010-01-07T10:47:30.692+05:30Priceless....Last few days were hectic. Gave two exams and many more yet to come. <br />P.S: Don't you dare ask me how I did in exams.... <br /><br />Saw this pic and MasterCard ad somewhere which I would like to share with everyone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns_AlS5sMCkZhRUIWPwKv75hoL3-sNeCiNacyZWfA6xkkAZMuVgQ_YKZLAQHCKipymqYOEkU9sa6VvPlZT1ypQZBUGW5b3Fo9Zr-r0P4_-EXKEL9UHuQkRvYHt5P9b8J4broyw2qY3AE/s1600-h/window.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns_AlS5sMCkZhRUIWPwKv75hoL3-sNeCiNacyZWfA6xkkAZMuVgQ_YKZLAQHCKipymqYOEkU9sa6VvPlZT1ypQZBUGW5b3Fo9Zr-r0P4_-EXKEL9UHuQkRvYHt5P9b8J4broyw2qY3AE/s320/window.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418363393991903394" /></a><br /><br />My condition is somewhat like this. Have nothing new to write.<br /><br />And the MasterCard advertisement which goes like this-<br /><br />GMAT - 250$<br />Manhattan GMAT classes - 1400$ <br />Application to each school - 200$<br />Travel cost for interview - 350$<br /><br />One admit from the dream school - PRICELESS!!<br /><br />After this,<br /><br />Tuition fees - 80000$...<br /><br /><br />But...<br />After MBA, dreams you convert into reality.....PRICELESS!! <br /><br />(I am sure many of my friends would relate to it.)ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-2557855695537970092009-11-29T19:52:00.000+05:302009-11-30T11:09:16.549+05:30This year it's different....1/12- This day comes every year....<br />But this year it's different; this year it's special, very special.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-76942932505379152902009-11-06T17:15:00.000+05:302009-11-08T09:42:39.198+05:301st anniversary....During my college days I didn’t like the concept of blogging at all. I use to feel that it is a waste of time and laugh out at my friends who were bloggers. I couldn’t understand the logic of putting down your views, writing stories on some website and also reading out some crap written by others.<br /><br />My views changed completely after I joined office. Thanks to few of my friends who inspired me to read blogs and then one fine day I actually made one of my own and not just that, I also wrote a post. Still that time I was not at all sure if I would be able to maintain my blog and post regularly. But here I am writing and updating my blog regularly and celebrating the 1st anniversary of my blog. It’s a big deal for me that after 1 year I am still alive here.<br /><br />I would like to thank all my friends and fellow bloggers who have tolerated me and my writing so far. I don’t think I can write but my friends say I sometimes write well. That time I know I have made some really good friends who actually don’t want to tell me about my atrocious writing. Thank you guys.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-55636086864266784502009-10-25T19:11:00.000+05:302009-10-26T09:12:35.497+05:30I refuse to grow up....We all are actors wearing masks and pretending to be someone we are not. This might be hard to accept for us but yes, this is the truth. We are someone else when we are with our parents/relatives pretending to be all decent, we jump into some other character when we are with our gf/bf pretending to be loyal and faithful, when with elders/teachers/colleagues we are the one who is trying to present himself as mature and intelligent. I am not saying that one is not decent, loyal, mature or intelligent that he needs to pretend all the time but we cant disregard the fact that we have done this at some point of our life or still do or will do in future. One thing I understand that may be we pretend because we try to create a good impression on others.<br /><br />But not with friends. We can be ourselves in front of our friends(I mean really good friends). With friends we need not to fear about creating any impression because they know us well. If we are 30 but still a kid by heart, we can show our true side to our freinds which cannot be the case with others who will consider us immature if we do so but our friends won't because they know us and understand us well. Afterall this is what friends are for- you can be as stupid as you want to be, as childish as you want to be, do whatever you feel like. There is a child in all of us but yes we would be considered immature if we show our childish behaviour to others and here is when friends come to our rescue. We won't be considered immature if we behave like that in front of our friends. Ofcourse we should know how to present ourself when we are with other people. We cannot afford to be called immature by others. What matters is how we put our views to others. One can argue that you are 30 and a kid by heart so how can you present yourself as a mature person in front of others so here I would like to say that being 30 and a kid by heart is different from being 30 and a kid by mind. Altough you are a kid by heart, your mind which is mature enough will eventually stop you from acting as a kid in front of others and the same mind will set you free to be what you are when you are with your friends.<br /><br />Many a times we deprive ourselves with small-small things which we love to do and which gives us happiness like blowing in a glass full of juice through straw and creating bubbles, dancing in the rain, playing a silly prank which can make others laugh, hop on a swing and sway till we have forgotten all our worries, licking a cone icecream, hog on to chocolates. We deprive ourselves of hapiness because we know that we are mature and we are not supposed to act in such a way in front of others but there is no need to deprive ourselves with such happiness in front of our friends. I ask in this fast-forward life when we have no time for anything, when emotions and happiness have no place in life, when the life is just limited to home-office-home, if we find little happiness by being a kid or doing what you feel like in front of your close friends, what is wrong in it? I act in front of others but don't want to do the same when I am with friends.I don't know about others but I don't want to grow up at the cost of happiness. I value happiness more than anything else and thus in front of my pals I refuse to grow up.ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182970882895427657.post-88672808607307991862009-10-02T10:17:00.003+05:302011-10-11T18:41:39.194+05:30I Love You Jaanu....No, no people please don’t get me wrong. I am perfectly normal, have not fallen in love or anything worthless like that. It’s just that these days I am seeing certain things which I feel are very awkward/farcical/nonsensical and which prompted me to write about it.<br /><br />I happened to waste my time on a certain book which was full of such nonsensical stuffs.<br />In that book two people were deeply and madly in love with each other and they call each other lovingly by names- not the normal ones but the absurd ones like “jaanu”, “coochie-pie”, “sweetie-pie” and lots of other pies along with “darling”, “baby”. Also, they never happen to talk in a normal way. They used things like “Is my baby awake”, “My coochie-pie; have you finished your lunch/dinner?”, “Mera baby kya kar raha hai”, “I miss you jaanu” followed by “I love you jaanu” in their normal conversations. Now who the hell in the world talk like this????<br /><br />Its ok you are in love but I can’t understand the fun of calling him/her “my baby, coochie-pie” etc. Can’t they just talk in a normal way?? I then thought it’s just that psycho writer who wrote all this crap until I came across those couples who actually talk in this fashion. It so happened that one of my friends was very happy one day. I asked him the reason- he said “today my gf had called me shona”. I asked him what it means to which he replied that it’s just a fun way of calling your beloved. It’s not that I don’t like love stories-I am a big movie buff, but still I just can’t digest the idea behind “sweetie-pie and coochie-pie”.<br /><br />I was discussing this with one of my friends and he said it is pretty normal for people to do such stuffs when they are in love and he backed his statement with the messages in his Inbox. Those were from his gf. (Hope you all understand what types of messages were those)<br />He went on to the extent by saying that one day I will also do all such things when I will be actually in love or when I will get engaged. (How dare he!!) <br />I can never imaging myself getting indulged in such things. Yuck,yuck,yuck!!!!ladduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169846934207617462noreply@blogger.com12