Due to 3 idoits air in the atmosphere...everyaround is like...all izz Well....all izz well...but frm ystrday,i m actually not feelng well..
When ever we are not well, i swear...i feel so home sick.
Living in a big city..with aspirations..freedom,..does sound nice...we are allowed todo whtever we want to..no timelines...no nightout restrictions...but on the other side, When we fall sick...its the worst...No one around us to take care of us...I m lucky enough to have jimmy beside me, bcoz it makes us more sick...if no one is takng care when u r ill, actually if someone even asking you how r u feelng , makes a difference.
i was missng home so much..speciallly mom, when at home, we throw all kind of tantrums," doesnt like this, will not eat this n dat", now realizng the facts, when we hav to b well n go to office,as there is no one to take care of you n you cant afford to fall sick.
I hope , i would b able to go home early, but too much work to do, as hav to take leave next week , for a friends weddg...In doston ke liye kya kya karna padtha hian...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
What is Life...
I hope this thought must hav came in everyone's mind.Mine too.
I keep on asking myself :-
Life is not as easy as its spelling! right ...
So true! But one more fact is that it does spell out its complexity…ya really...
Life is sometimes Lovely when things are going our way, when everything around us is so colorful! When things don’t go our way for a few times, it becomes Irritating. We lose our temper on petty issues. When we feel we cannot solve problems we try to elude them. Sort of try to make them a part of us, just as cancer cells growing amidst the normal cells. We know it’s going to proliferate but we are astonished to see the speed with which the problems proliferate. When situation goes out of our hands, we stop pulling our hair instead we scratch our skin. That’s when life becomes really Frustrating. We find ourselves to be direction-less, hopeless and without any strength to carry on. A time comes when we step forward to begin the journey in search of Euthanasia.
But –We still have a long way to go before our wish is granted. Life is like a cycle. It keeps turning… L and then I then F then half-expected E. But when we are close to another component of E, that is Excruciating pain, we find the wheel turning back to where it all started. Life becomes Lovely.
A man is a man and not God (Governor Of Death) right,.
So unless He wants us to, we cannot put an end to the cycle of Life.I hate ppl who commit suicide, We have to live life as it comes. Simple or complex, perhaps depends upon our way of looking at it. A prisoner waiting in custody for a death sentence or a dove flapping its wings to fly, whichever way you look at it…
The Ultimate Truth is Freedom..
I keep on asking myself :-
Life is not as easy as its spelling! right ...
So true! But one more fact is that it does spell out its complexity…ya really...
Life is sometimes Lovely when things are going our way, when everything around us is so colorful! When things don’t go our way for a few times, it becomes Irritating. We lose our temper on petty issues. When we feel we cannot solve problems we try to elude them. Sort of try to make them a part of us, just as cancer cells growing amidst the normal cells. We know it’s going to proliferate but we are astonished to see the speed with which the problems proliferate. When situation goes out of our hands, we stop pulling our hair instead we scratch our skin. That’s when life becomes really Frustrating. We find ourselves to be direction-less, hopeless and without any strength to carry on. A time comes when we step forward to begin the journey in search of Euthanasia.
But –We still have a long way to go before our wish is granted. Life is like a cycle. It keeps turning… L and then I then F then half-expected E. But when we are close to another component of E, that is Excruciating pain, we find the wheel turning back to where it all started. Life becomes Lovely.
A man is a man and not God (Governor Of Death) right,.
So unless He wants us to, we cannot put an end to the cycle of Life.I hate ppl who commit suicide, We have to live life as it comes. Simple or complex, perhaps depends upon our way of looking at it. A prisoner waiting in custody for a death sentence or a dove flapping its wings to fly, whichever way you look at it…
The Ultimate Truth is Freedom..
Monday, January 18, 2010
Ego & Self Respect
Past few days I have been thinking about something,As was havng a discussion with my friends... It started as a thought, turned into discussion with friends and now the next step is this post. Please note, I did not say it ends in a post. Because, this is not the end! I expect some input from the reader’s as well...
What is self –respect and what is Ego?
Is there any difference? If yes, what?
Let us talk about the definitions:
Self – respect: The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
Ego: An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
According to me, there is a very thin line between self-respect and Ego. One ends and the other begins. Ego is overdoing self-respect. I also believe that the line is never fixed, it shifts. So how do we exactly study the line, I thought.
I tweeted my thoughts and received response from one of my followers who also added that “Self - respect is a positive spin and Ego a negative spin to the same trait. To be simple one could say Ego - I am the best, Self - respect - I am not worse than anyone else.”
I found this interesting and decided to study “the fibres of thin line” between the two. I had a discussion with a few friends. Most of them had to say the same thing, a few differed. What follows is the discussion between friends and me. ..
What is self –respect and what is Ego?
Is there any difference? If yes, what?
Let us talk about the definitions:
Self – respect: The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
Ego: An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
According to me, there is a very thin line between self-respect and Ego. One ends and the other begins. Ego is overdoing self-respect. I also believe that the line is never fixed, it shifts. So how do we exactly study the line, I thought.
I tweeted my thoughts and received response from one of my followers who also added that “Self - respect is a positive spin and Ego a negative spin to the same trait. To be simple one could say Ego - I am the best, Self - respect - I am not worse than anyone else.”
I found this interesting and decided to study “the fibres of thin line” between the two. I had a discussion with a few friends. Most of them had to say the same thing, a few differed. What follows is the discussion between friends and me. ..
Sunday, January 17, 2010
This is a small canto shared by someone close to me...I liked it thus wanna shared it on my blog...here it is..
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up ...
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up ...
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Right Vs Wrong
Right and wrong are questions of morality and social relevance, that play a pivotal role in our lives. Being a social entity, there is a tremendous amount of shaping that happens, our thoughts and behaviours (external atleast) are to a very large extent governed by the do's and dont's that we have internalised over the period of our life span. However, there comes a time in our life when we find ourselves in a situation where there is a clear conflict between our commonly accepted notion of right and what the mind finds and thinks should be right. This is the exact contradiction that I have been facing for a very very long time. This strife is not just related to one particular incident but has expanding its tentacles to so many parts of my life that it has now become almost second nature for me to have parallel thoughts running in my head. There is no resolution to this that I have been able to find.
Here, what Osho says -
What is my definition of right?
That which is harmonious with existence is right, and that which is
disharmonious with existence is wrong. You will have to be very alert each
moment, because it has to be decided each moment afresh. You cannot depend on readymade answers for what is right and what is wrong.
Disappointingly, this time around I could not find solace is his words. At a macro level this might hold true, but them looking at it from my perspective, it still falls short of being deemed as a solution.
My passage through life has been one of disharmony. Infact, thats the only way I have progressed. Everytime when there has been a disharmony (real or perceived) in my life, it has motivated me towards progress. My entire existence is an exercise in resistance. There where is the question of finding the balance and equilibrium. When entire life has been nothing more than an unstable equilibrium where does the question of harmony arise. Its like talking about balancing a deck of cards on a pencil which itself is standing on its tip.
Here, what Osho says -
What is my definition of right?
That which is harmonious with existence is right, and that which is
disharmonious with existence is wrong. You will have to be very alert each
moment, because it has to be decided each moment afresh. You cannot depend on readymade answers for what is right and what is wrong.
Disappointingly, this time around I could not find solace is his words. At a macro level this might hold true, but them looking at it from my perspective, it still falls short of being deemed as a solution.
My passage through life has been one of disharmony. Infact, thats the only way I have progressed. Everytime when there has been a disharmony (real or perceived) in my life, it has motivated me towards progress. My entire existence is an exercise in resistance. There where is the question of finding the balance and equilibrium. When entire life has been nothing more than an unstable equilibrium where does the question of harmony arise. Its like talking about balancing a deck of cards on a pencil which itself is standing on its tip.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Past is Past .Move on...
We keep on preserving something from the past , isnt it? ...Holding on to the past is something we all do...
There are so many intense emotions that are a inseparable part of our memories, that often it’s hard to think about something from the past and separate the feelings associated with the event. And yet whenever we come across someone trying to overcome and recover from something tragic and unfortunate, the only word of advice that we offer is - move on...But its too difficult for me..although..
At one point of time I was considered by my friends to be a caring people, who use to be ever thoughtful, full advice and suggestions. At that time on innumerable occasions for varied events that occurred in the lives of people around me, the only advice that I had to offer was - move on. And to my surprise it seemed to be working for all but one person. And that person was me.
Gradually, I came to realize that the grand face that I was putting up in front of so many others was merely a facade, a means that I had devised to keep running away from myself. To keep avoiding myself, my thoughts and my feelings. Seemed ironical to me that a person, who kept advising others to accept things as they had happened in the past and move on, was unable to put his own words to practice...I keep on moving from places to places, from friends to friends, from situation to situatiosn, but was not able to move on...i often wonder why????
Now when I see myself, I am no longer the person I was a couple of years back. I no longer have the endless list of friends. No longer do I stretch myself and do anything remotely thoughtful. I have turned into a slight introvert. I like to spend time with myself. There are periods of long silence that I often go through and there is nothing grand about them, they don’t carry any spiritual or higher significance. Those are spells in which I merely do not have anything to express or to share with others around me.
I haven't as yet figured out a way to reconcile with a thousand thoughts from my past and the feelings that they invoke whenever they cross my mind. And I am not even remotely close to finding a solution.
Sometimes knowledge can be a burden. You know there is a problem and you know there is a solution to it and you know how to get started and still you are standing still. There is no reason to it. There is no explanation to it.
Nietzsche has said - "He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how".
I stand on the opposite end of it - I am aware of the how but I cannot figure out the why. And this is not just a head spin of the famous quote that I have done here. I have overcome my lack of creative inspiration by borrowing words from a great philosopher and re-arranging them. This is my problem statement.
I think that the only way to get started maybe to start with my personal search for meaning. I don’t think that I am the only one who has encountered this kind of dilemma. No wonder "Who am I?" is the question that people have been asking for centuries.
There are so many intense emotions that are a inseparable part of our memories, that often it’s hard to think about something from the past and separate the feelings associated with the event. And yet whenever we come across someone trying to overcome and recover from something tragic and unfortunate, the only word of advice that we offer is - move on...But its too difficult for me..although..
At one point of time I was considered by my friends to be a caring people, who use to be ever thoughtful, full advice and suggestions. At that time on innumerable occasions for varied events that occurred in the lives of people around me, the only advice that I had to offer was - move on. And to my surprise it seemed to be working for all but one person. And that person was me.
Gradually, I came to realize that the grand face that I was putting up in front of so many others was merely a facade, a means that I had devised to keep running away from myself. To keep avoiding myself, my thoughts and my feelings. Seemed ironical to me that a person, who kept advising others to accept things as they had happened in the past and move on, was unable to put his own words to practice...I keep on moving from places to places, from friends to friends, from situation to situatiosn, but was not able to move on...i often wonder why????
Now when I see myself, I am no longer the person I was a couple of years back. I no longer have the endless list of friends. No longer do I stretch myself and do anything remotely thoughtful. I have turned into a slight introvert. I like to spend time with myself. There are periods of long silence that I often go through and there is nothing grand about them, they don’t carry any spiritual or higher significance. Those are spells in which I merely do not have anything to express or to share with others around me.
I haven't as yet figured out a way to reconcile with a thousand thoughts from my past and the feelings that they invoke whenever they cross my mind. And I am not even remotely close to finding a solution.
Sometimes knowledge can be a burden. You know there is a problem and you know there is a solution to it and you know how to get started and still you are standing still. There is no reason to it. There is no explanation to it.
Nietzsche has said - "He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how".
I stand on the opposite end of it - I am aware of the how but I cannot figure out the why. And this is not just a head spin of the famous quote that I have done here. I have overcome my lack of creative inspiration by borrowing words from a great philosopher and re-arranging them. This is my problem statement.
I think that the only way to get started maybe to start with my personal search for meaning. I don’t think that I am the only one who has encountered this kind of dilemma. No wonder "Who am I?" is the question that people have been asking for centuries.
Mirror Mirror on the wall
Often even the mirror doesn’t show the reality. We only see what we want to see. It is our perception that we see in the mirror. And perception is nothing more than our interpretation of everything within us and beyond. The looking glass through which we choose to see both the inside and the outside world. If the world seems to have turned sepia all of a sudden, it is because of the tinted lens that we put on and not due to change in world order...thus, the image seems to be diffirent in different situations...
The same holds true for relationships and the way we choose to connect with the world. If we are empty from inside then no matter how complete the other person is, all that we will see is portions of his/ her that are empty too.(it must have been true to every individual, at some point of time in life) The glass will always seem to be half empty. The world around us will always seem to have a void.No matter how hard we attempt to fill the void by filling it with more and more companionship, activities and actions, the feeling of emptiness is going to remain there, forever. And gradually when all our attempts start to fail, we start to head towards despair and hopelessness starts to crop in from all spheres.
The only way to end this misery is look inwards, and accept oneself. Accept oneself for the person we are, for the past we had, our current and past relations, and for all that that constitutes a part of our being. It is only when start the process of accepting and becoming at peace with oneself that we will start to understanding things in a wider perspective and start to appreciate things that form a part of external reality.
And it is only after reaching this stage that we can start to look for a meaning and fulfilling relationship. One which does not bind us down and lead us to despair, but instead, liberates us and pushes us up towards greater heights of love and happiness....isnt it???
The same holds true for relationships and the way we choose to connect with the world. If we are empty from inside then no matter how complete the other person is, all that we will see is portions of his/ her that are empty too.(it must have been true to every individual, at some point of time in life) The glass will always seem to be half empty. The world around us will always seem to have a void.No matter how hard we attempt to fill the void by filling it with more and more companionship, activities and actions, the feeling of emptiness is going to remain there, forever. And gradually when all our attempts start to fail, we start to head towards despair and hopelessness starts to crop in from all spheres.
The only way to end this misery is look inwards, and accept oneself. Accept oneself for the person we are, for the past we had, our current and past relations, and for all that that constitutes a part of our being. It is only when start the process of accepting and becoming at peace with oneself that we will start to understanding things in a wider perspective and start to appreciate things that form a part of external reality.
And it is only after reaching this stage that we can start to look for a meaning and fulfilling relationship. One which does not bind us down and lead us to despair, but instead, liberates us and pushes us up towards greater heights of love and happiness....isnt it???
Monday, January 11, 2010
Thoughts of Silence
Finally after more than a week of wait, I am publishing this chain of thoughts as it is. There are too many missing links in the flow and too much has been left unsaid. However, I believe letting it stay back any longer is not going to solve the purpose. So here goes one more post in an attempt to understand myself and my experiment with silence. I think I have forewarned enough about the incoherence of thoughts and expressions to explain further
For most of us silence is a very unsettling experience. Especially if it is for a prolonged period of time. We tend to re-act to silence by trying to run away from it the best we can. Ironically as it might be but silence makes us more restless and fidgety. I for one for a major part have been that ways.
Only off late have noticed a gradual change in me from being uncomfortable and afraid of it I have been moving towards phases of mindful silence. I call it so because these are phases when I am merely an observant. Fully aware and being passive (by choice), just letting silence unroll.
It has not been an easy roll out till date. The emotional turmoil which I am going through keeps coming to the surface, resulting in a struggle between keeping peace and once again letting the vicious chain of thoughts take control.
Just came across this sentence in a book on Zen Buddhism –
Mindfulness is an energy that can hold the suffering, the anger, the despair, if you know how to hold your suffering for long enough, you get relief..
After going through a prolonged period of suffering and being emotionally drained out in the last few months, my only hope is letting silence take control and show me the path of healing. Putting these thoughts into words has not been an easy task for me. Being an introvert, all my struggles and conflicts as well as the source of their solution always lies inside. However this time I know this is not going to work for me. I am gathering the courage to bring it out step by step. I seek solutions and understanding which lies beyond me and bring the lost harmony.
For most of us silence is a very unsettling experience. Especially if it is for a prolonged period of time. We tend to re-act to silence by trying to run away from it the best we can. Ironically as it might be but silence makes us more restless and fidgety. I for one for a major part have been that ways.
Only off late have noticed a gradual change in me from being uncomfortable and afraid of it I have been moving towards phases of mindful silence. I call it so because these are phases when I am merely an observant. Fully aware and being passive (by choice), just letting silence unroll.
It has not been an easy roll out till date. The emotional turmoil which I am going through keeps coming to the surface, resulting in a struggle between keeping peace and once again letting the vicious chain of thoughts take control.
Just came across this sentence in a book on Zen Buddhism –
Mindfulness is an energy that can hold the suffering, the anger, the despair, if you know how to hold your suffering for long enough, you get relief..
After going through a prolonged period of suffering and being emotionally drained out in the last few months, my only hope is letting silence take control and show me the path of healing. Putting these thoughts into words has not been an easy task for me. Being an introvert, all my struggles and conflicts as well as the source of their solution always lies inside. However this time I know this is not going to work for me. I am gathering the courage to bring it out step by step. I seek solutions and understanding which lies beyond me and bring the lost harmony.
Searching for words , with whom we chat for hours !!!
Just had a conversation with very good friend of mine from school, actually after 5 long years, there were many things to share but, it just went to a casual exchane of info..Wondered why when we bump into someone whom we have been out of touch with since ages, the conversation starts almost on the same note-
How have you been ?
Good. How about you ?
Fine.
So what’s up, its been really a while since we last spoke.
Yeah. True. So what’s up?
Well, nothing much.
How is job going ?
Good. And yours?
Well some rough patches here and there, but smooth sail most of the time.
Good. And how is your girlfriend (or boyfriend or significant other)
Chal raha hai.
Lets sit sometime and catch up like old times.
Sure would love to do that.
(exchange of contact info)
(Goodbyes)
And then never bothering to get in touch again.
I am not sure about the rest of the people, but this surely happens with me a lot of times. And these are the same people who at one point of time were the closest college, school, classes or building buddies. With the passing of time one just gets busy with ones own life.
Well can actually categorise them into three possible reasons for this- first, Genuine lack of interest and little common ground, we all change with time so our interests, hobbies too could change thus leaving the commonalities behind; second, there are new additions into our world the toll of work & pressure that come alongside which takes away a major portion of our time, then comes the significant other, not to miss out the family & some new friends. The older ones just drift apart for no specific reasons. It just happens!!! Third, so much water has passed down the bridge that you really don’t know where to start.
Well there are times when I can actually categorise some of my old friends into all of these scenarios. A chance phone conversation with an old school pal who in school was my best friend made me realize we have grown into very different people & with absolutely different interests left me wondering how?? the conversation just did not move ahead from the regular exchange of pleasantries. I did whine about it a little while…but then was back to my normal self coz the absence or presence of this long lost friend of mine would not make a difference to my world now.
So many times I have faced something which is a mix of the second and third situation. Even when I met up with someone who was really a good friend at one point of time and I really want to share all that life has been through since we last met, don’t really know where to start from. But we did manage to gather the past & voila…it was just like old times…& this has happened not once but a couple of times & we just manage to pick up from where we left last..,
Leaves me with a thought what’s going to be like say five years down the line? Will I be writing another blog post about how I have outgrown the current people in my life or will some stay all along and some drift away?
Only time can answer this one!!!
How have you been ?
Good. How about you ?
Fine.
So what’s up, its been really a while since we last spoke.
Yeah. True. So what’s up?
Well, nothing much.
How is job going ?
Good. And yours?
Well some rough patches here and there, but smooth sail most of the time.
Good. And how is your girlfriend (or boyfriend or significant other)
Chal raha hai.
Lets sit sometime and catch up like old times.
Sure would love to do that.
(exchange of contact info)
(Goodbyes)
And then never bothering to get in touch again.
I am not sure about the rest of the people, but this surely happens with me a lot of times. And these are the same people who at one point of time were the closest college, school, classes or building buddies. With the passing of time one just gets busy with ones own life.
Well can actually categorise them into three possible reasons for this- first, Genuine lack of interest and little common ground, we all change with time so our interests, hobbies too could change thus leaving the commonalities behind; second, there are new additions into our world the toll of work & pressure that come alongside which takes away a major portion of our time, then comes the significant other, not to miss out the family & some new friends. The older ones just drift apart for no specific reasons. It just happens!!! Third, so much water has passed down the bridge that you really don’t know where to start.
Well there are times when I can actually categorise some of my old friends into all of these scenarios. A chance phone conversation with an old school pal who in school was my best friend made me realize we have grown into very different people & with absolutely different interests left me wondering how?? the conversation just did not move ahead from the regular exchange of pleasantries. I did whine about it a little while…but then was back to my normal self coz the absence or presence of this long lost friend of mine would not make a difference to my world now.
So many times I have faced something which is a mix of the second and third situation. Even when I met up with someone who was really a good friend at one point of time and I really want to share all that life has been through since we last met, don’t really know where to start from. But we did manage to gather the past & voila…it was just like old times…& this has happened not once but a couple of times & we just manage to pick up from where we left last..,
Leaves me with a thought what’s going to be like say five years down the line? Will I be writing another blog post about how I have outgrown the current people in my life or will some stay all along and some drift away?
Only time can answer this one!!!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Digital disguise..
I just set up a friend's PC. I haven't done that in a while..Wow..really..
It was a real fun to do so...but..
Apparently, a computer is now not a computer, it's an opportunity to upsell you.
First, the setup insisted (for my own safety) that I sign up for an eternal subscription to Norton. Then it defaulted (opt out) to sending me promotional emails. Then there were the dozens (at least it felt like dozens) of buttons and searches I had to endure to switch the search box from Bing to Google. And the icons on the desktop that had been paid for by various partners and the this-comes-with-that of just about everything.
The digital world, even the high end brands, has become a sleazy carnival, complete with hawkers, barkers and a bearded lady. By the time someone actually gets to your site, they've been conned, popped up, popped under and upsold so many times they really have no choice but to be skeptical.
Basically, it's a race to the bottom, with so many people spamming trackbacks, planning popups and scheming to trick the surfer with this or that that we've bullied people into a corner of believing no one.
You can play along, or you can be so clean and so straightforward that people are stunned into loyalty. You know, as in, "do it for the user," and "offer stuff that just works" and "this is what you get and that's all you get and you won't have to wonder about the fine print."
Rare and refreshing. An opportunity, in fact...whts say !!!
It was a real fun to do so...but..
Apparently, a computer is now not a computer, it's an opportunity to upsell you.
First, the setup insisted (for my own safety) that I sign up for an eternal subscription to Norton. Then it defaulted (opt out) to sending me promotional emails. Then there were the dozens (at least it felt like dozens) of buttons and searches I had to endure to switch the search box from Bing to Google. And the icons on the desktop that had been paid for by various partners and the this-comes-with-that of just about everything.
The digital world, even the high end brands, has become a sleazy carnival, complete with hawkers, barkers and a bearded lady. By the time someone actually gets to your site, they've been conned, popped up, popped under and upsold so many times they really have no choice but to be skeptical.
Basically, it's a race to the bottom, with so many people spamming trackbacks, planning popups and scheming to trick the surfer with this or that that we've bullied people into a corner of believing no one.
You can play along, or you can be so clean and so straightforward that people are stunned into loyalty. You know, as in, "do it for the user," and "offer stuff that just works" and "this is what you get and that's all you get and you won't have to wonder about the fine print."
Rare and refreshing. An opportunity, in fact...whts say !!!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
No Onions Nor Garlic !!!
After a tired weekend, I prefered to read something, thus, I chose a book which was much recommended by a very good of mine hmmm Thus just finished Srividya Natarajan’s ‘No Onions Nor Garlic’,although it was published much earlier,(which I wasnt aware of this author), but due to his strong recommendation , I picked this one,..Its a complete laugh riot that depicts caste politics in Madras University. The narrative is fast-paced, packed with situations that are hilarious and characters who are caricatured representations of TamBrams, dalits (or well pronounced by foreign ethnographers as ‘daylight’) and bumptious academicians. The author displays total irreverence to the practices and beliefs of TamBrams in particular, and satarises the academic pretensions of professors and scholars in the University. A good read, though the novel gets verbose at places and the loud humour goes overboard at times.
It’s difficult to get across just how funny and thoroughly entertaining this novel is. A goddess idol can be ordered with larger breasts. A cow dung artist is treated with postcolonial studies seriousness. Deconstructionist Derrida is invited to a conference and doesn’t show. Natarajan does hi-lo humor, connecting penis jokes with deconstructionism. This novel is packed with sanctimony-deflating wit, and nearly every other page induces fits of giggles
Anyways , its worth reading the book., i am looking forwad for more to come from Srividya's Kitty..I guess soon some film director will pick this n make a movie....
It’s difficult to get across just how funny and thoroughly entertaining this novel is. A goddess idol can be ordered with larger breasts. A cow dung artist is treated with postcolonial studies seriousness. Deconstructionist Derrida is invited to a conference and doesn’t show. Natarajan does hi-lo humor, connecting penis jokes with deconstructionism. This novel is packed with sanctimony-deflating wit, and nearly every other page induces fits of giggles
Anyways , its worth reading the book., i am looking forwad for more to come from Srividya's Kitty..I guess soon some film director will pick this n make a movie....
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Controversial 3 idoits...
As we all are aware that 3 idiots are breakng all the recoreds set by any indian movie similarly like the book of Chetan.Now Amir & the Director refused all the cliams made by him ...we all know that this movie is a fine pick of the book..
I was a young teen in college probably, when I had read Five point someone (FPS). Any author whose creation is a rage all over the country ,books sold like hot cakes and there is a huge fan following, making a movie based on the story would be an honor for the author. J.K.Rowling rightly got her share of fame and success when her popular Harry Potter Series were transformed to movies. Why was Bhagat singled out then? Why did director Hirani and Producer Chopra find it so difficult to give credit to the talented author? That wouldn’t have harmed the film I am sure.
Anybody who has read FPS would agree that the plot of the story and major incidents of the movie (like the atmosphere of Raju’s home, the dialogues of his Mother, or the character Viru Shastrabudhhe lifted from the novel character Prof Cherian, Raju’s attempt to commit suicide, the ragging scene, Viru’s daughter falling in love with a student …..And so on).The complete idea was cut, copied from FPS and pasted in 3 IDIOTS without even giving the slightest of credit to the original author. What a shame!
Now when Bhagat claims for credit I don’t think he is wrong. The director and team have literally conspired and cheated him. Had the title mentioned that 3IDIOTS is an adaptation of FPS, Bhagat wouldn’t have felt cheated. It was painful to read that his mother cried post she saw the premiere of the movie sans his name or due credit given. Obviously I would feel the same if that happened to me! This is not expected from big shot directors. Even Bollywood movies are coped from Hollywood, however they do mention that its been inspired or adapted from certain movie. If honesty is that difficult to express, then these experiments are certainly unimpressionable. No doubts 3 IDIOTS was a good movie with little twisted characters and scenes yet wholly inspired by FPS. Nobody can deny the fact and I stand for truth. I empathize with Bhagat and feel that he was denied what he deserved. This is not a publicity stunt. The book was written years ago...& even if it is, do consider that chetan passed out from the iit and iims he is surely not an easy duck to shoot he knws how to make money and get freee publicity whats wrong in that everyone is money crazy so he is doing rt and one thing more he is also emotionally attached with the his ist boook ...
Had I been in his place, I would have sued the director who made false promises to him. It’s shameful and extremely disheartening for a creative person. Frankly, his idea was stolen. Just because he did not have a patent right and was misleaded, there is nothing he can do. I wish I had a magic wand in my hands to rewind time and make it happen the way it should have been.
Just a thought: If the movie team had given Bhagat the due credit, wouldn’t have people seen the movie? Or wouldn’t they have appreciated it? Success was inevitable so why was the game played fowl? This means the director had less faith in him. Aamir khan too has been dragged into this without his fault anywhere. He says what the producer asks him to After all he is paid for all this, right?
I was a young teen in college probably, when I had read Five point someone (FPS). Any author whose creation is a rage all over the country ,books sold like hot cakes and there is a huge fan following, making a movie based on the story would be an honor for the author. J.K.Rowling rightly got her share of fame and success when her popular Harry Potter Series were transformed to movies. Why was Bhagat singled out then? Why did director Hirani and Producer Chopra find it so difficult to give credit to the talented author? That wouldn’t have harmed the film I am sure.
Anybody who has read FPS would agree that the plot of the story and major incidents of the movie (like the atmosphere of Raju’s home, the dialogues of his Mother, or the character Viru Shastrabudhhe lifted from the novel character Prof Cherian, Raju’s attempt to commit suicide, the ragging scene, Viru’s daughter falling in love with a student …..And so on).The complete idea was cut, copied from FPS and pasted in 3 IDIOTS without even giving the slightest of credit to the original author. What a shame!
Now when Bhagat claims for credit I don’t think he is wrong. The director and team have literally conspired and cheated him. Had the title mentioned that 3IDIOTS is an adaptation of FPS, Bhagat wouldn’t have felt cheated. It was painful to read that his mother cried post she saw the premiere of the movie sans his name or due credit given. Obviously I would feel the same if that happened to me! This is not expected from big shot directors. Even Bollywood movies are coped from Hollywood, however they do mention that its been inspired or adapted from certain movie. If honesty is that difficult to express, then these experiments are certainly unimpressionable. No doubts 3 IDIOTS was a good movie with little twisted characters and scenes yet wholly inspired by FPS. Nobody can deny the fact and I stand for truth. I empathize with Bhagat and feel that he was denied what he deserved. This is not a publicity stunt. The book was written years ago...& even if it is, do consider that chetan passed out from the iit and iims he is surely not an easy duck to shoot he knws how to make money and get freee publicity whats wrong in that everyone is money crazy so he is doing rt and one thing more he is also emotionally attached with the his ist boook ...
Had I been in his place, I would have sued the director who made false promises to him. It’s shameful and extremely disheartening for a creative person. Frankly, his idea was stolen. Just because he did not have a patent right and was misleaded, there is nothing he can do. I wish I had a magic wand in my hands to rewind time and make it happen the way it should have been.
Just a thought: If the movie team had given Bhagat the due credit, wouldn’t have people seen the movie? Or wouldn’t they have appreciated it? Success was inevitable so why was the game played fowl? This means the director had less faith in him. Aamir khan too has been dragged into this without his fault anywhere. He says what the producer asks him to After all he is paid for all this, right?
Monday, January 4, 2010
Technological updates in 2010
virtualisation
Despite its obvious benefits in operational efficiency, footprint and power consumption reduction, largely virtualisation has been utilised in the data centre infrastructure – servers, storage and so on. In 2010, we anticipate greater adoption of virtualisation for desktops. Although the primary reason for slower adoption of desktop virtualisation is the complexity of its technology and its impact on end-user experience if not done properly, one cannot undermine the advantages it offers in terms of better management and cost efficiencies. There is considerable progress being made in enhancing user experience and reducing complexity for ‘virtualising’ desktops thereby boosting its demand in the coming year.
Redesigning applications for cloud models
Cloud computing is certain to witness greater adoption in 2010, especially from an applications perspective. As tools and platforms mature, more and more applications will get built into the cloud than what has been witnessed in the last one year. Hitherto adoption of the cloud model and underlying technologies such as virtualisation have been largely tried out in converting ‘infrastructure’ into a ‘service’. The next level of evolution is taking this to the platform and application level. Enterprises will begin to rearchitect their legacy application portfolio to suit this new virtualised environment.
Corporate applications on mobile devices
There will be a spurt in the usage of mobile devices that allows us the liberty to not necessarily be physically connected to a corporate network to access information. While smartphones form a large chunk of this trend, there are other specialised mobile devices enabled with wireless communications capabilities via which corporate applications can be accessed. For instance, mobile point-of-sale terminals. We see mobile technologies as an underlying technique for delivering corporate applications for people on move.
Social Networking
Social networking is ubiquitously used for engaging and interacting amongst family and friends. But we now see the technology and platforms built for essentially personal and social interactions catapulting to the next level to serve the purpose of corporate interactions. One will see very interesting applications being built on social networking platforms as a collaborative tool for geographically dispersed teams to work together more closely. Google Wave is a good example of this trend.
Green Computing
Considering that cost savings and energy efficiency are two sides of the same coin, this will drive greater adoption of green computing among enterprises. Companies are now looking to use data centres that are modular and standardised, allowing optimisation of their power consumption. Touted as Performance Optimised Data Centres (POD), they give more flexibility to customers for balancing their capital expenditures and operating expenses while seamlessly meeting their needs for additional capacity
Despite its obvious benefits in operational efficiency, footprint and power consumption reduction, largely virtualisation has been utilised in the data centre infrastructure – servers, storage and so on. In 2010, we anticipate greater adoption of virtualisation for desktops. Although the primary reason for slower adoption of desktop virtualisation is the complexity of its technology and its impact on end-user experience if not done properly, one cannot undermine the advantages it offers in terms of better management and cost efficiencies. There is considerable progress being made in enhancing user experience and reducing complexity for ‘virtualising’ desktops thereby boosting its demand in the coming year.
Redesigning applications for cloud models
Cloud computing is certain to witness greater adoption in 2010, especially from an applications perspective. As tools and platforms mature, more and more applications will get built into the cloud than what has been witnessed in the last one year. Hitherto adoption of the cloud model and underlying technologies such as virtualisation have been largely tried out in converting ‘infrastructure’ into a ‘service’. The next level of evolution is taking this to the platform and application level. Enterprises will begin to rearchitect their legacy application portfolio to suit this new virtualised environment.
Corporate applications on mobile devices
There will be a spurt in the usage of mobile devices that allows us the liberty to not necessarily be physically connected to a corporate network to access information. While smartphones form a large chunk of this trend, there are other specialised mobile devices enabled with wireless communications capabilities via which corporate applications can be accessed. For instance, mobile point-of-sale terminals. We see mobile technologies as an underlying technique for delivering corporate applications for people on move.
Social Networking
Social networking is ubiquitously used for engaging and interacting amongst family and friends. But we now see the technology and platforms built for essentially personal and social interactions catapulting to the next level to serve the purpose of corporate interactions. One will see very interesting applications being built on social networking platforms as a collaborative tool for geographically dispersed teams to work together more closely. Google Wave is a good example of this trend.
Green Computing
Considering that cost savings and energy efficiency are two sides of the same coin, this will drive greater adoption of green computing among enterprises. Companies are now looking to use data centres that are modular and standardised, allowing optimisation of their power consumption. Touted as Performance Optimised Data Centres (POD), they give more flexibility to customers for balancing their capital expenditures and operating expenses while seamlessly meeting their needs for additional capacity
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Sectorial Overview: 2010
This is the end of the calendar year 2009. The year started with a depressed market. However, the market sentiments made a U-turn in the course of the year and the markets are closing with over a 100 percent gain from their lows. Positive sentiments are prevailing in the markets.
The market will appreciate even further from the current levels as the world economy is improving and the earnings of domestic companies would gain momentum in the coming few quarters. In general, every stock with strong fundamentals has the potential to gain during a bull run. However, some sectors usually perform better than the others.
Investors have to analyse the economic and business conditions, and figure out the favourably-placed stocks and sectors in order to get better returns in the markets .
Based on the current situation , these are some of the sectors that are expected to perform well in the medium to long terms:
1. Information technology:
The information technology sector has performed very well during the second half of 2009. Positive developments in the global economic conditions have kept the IT stocks in a bullish mode. As economic conditions are improving in the developed markets, these stocks will perform well in the near to medium terms.
However, investors should track the currency movements in the international markets. The sharp appreciation of the rupee against the dollar can play spoilsport for these stocks. Investors should invest in large-cap companies with strong balance sheets for better gains. These companies also have a wider base and more power to hedge against sharp currency movements.
Stocks to look for: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra.
2. Auto:
The automobile sector is another one where stocks appreciated significantly this year. Most of the frontrunning companies in the auto sector have managed to show good volume growths during the last few months.
The volume growth is expected to remain strong given the positive sentiments of consumers and availability of easy financing. Those invested in this sector can stay invested with a short to medium term perspective.
Stocks to look for: Maruti, M&M, Tata Motors, Hero Honda.
3. Public sector units:
Investors can look at taking positions in select public sector unit (PSU) stocks. There are talks on consolidation, disinvestment, increasing the public holding etc.
These stocks are also good for diversity in a portfolio. Investors should do their homework before taking any investment decision.
For example, the proposed disinvestment is not going to change anything from the control perspective of PSUs and the money collected as part of this disinvestment would mostly go to the government.
Stocks to look for: NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, SBI.
4. Hospitality:
As the domestic economy is coming back on to a high growth path and the world economy is coming out of recession, the hotel industry is expected to benefit. Currently, India accounts for around 0.5 percent of world tourism.
A strong GDP growth, improving infrastructure, confidence in the country's economic prospects, and open sky policy has improved the outlook for the tourism industry here. This positive outlook would increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country.
Domestic tourism is also gaining momentum due to increased confidence of consumers, rising disposable incomes, cheaper airfares and better connectivity.
Stocks to look for: Jet Airways, ITC, IHC.
5. Power:
Power is one of the sectors that have a huge potential to grow here, but investors looking at investing in the power sector should plan for the long term (more than 2-3 years) as this sector is investment-intensive and returns are mostly back-ended.
With a stable government at the centre, one can expect more reforms and ease in terms of structural issues to execute projects.
Stocks to look for: Reliance Power, NTPC, Tata Power.
6. Pharma:
Traditionally, the pharma sector is seen as a defensive sector in the market. However, the stocks in pharma sector have given very good returns in the recent past. The pharma sector growth in the recent past has been driven by the growing middle income segment and their growing affordability, and greater access to healthcare.
The outperformance of pharma stocks is expected to continue in the medium to long terms. Pharma stocks also add diversity and defence to the investment portfolio.
Stocks to look for: Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, Glenmark, Apollo.
Source: Economic times.
The market will appreciate even further from the current levels as the world economy is improving and the earnings of domestic companies would gain momentum in the coming few quarters. In general, every stock with strong fundamentals has the potential to gain during a bull run. However, some sectors usually perform better than the others.
Investors have to analyse the economic and business conditions, and figure out the favourably-placed stocks and sectors in order to get better returns in the markets .
Based on the current situation , these are some of the sectors that are expected to perform well in the medium to long terms:
1. Information technology:
The information technology sector has performed very well during the second half of 2009. Positive developments in the global economic conditions have kept the IT stocks in a bullish mode. As economic conditions are improving in the developed markets, these stocks will perform well in the near to medium terms.
However, investors should track the currency movements in the international markets. The sharp appreciation of the rupee against the dollar can play spoilsport for these stocks. Investors should invest in large-cap companies with strong balance sheets for better gains. These companies also have a wider base and more power to hedge against sharp currency movements.
Stocks to look for: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra.
2. Auto:
The automobile sector is another one where stocks appreciated significantly this year. Most of the frontrunning companies in the auto sector have managed to show good volume growths during the last few months.
The volume growth is expected to remain strong given the positive sentiments of consumers and availability of easy financing. Those invested in this sector can stay invested with a short to medium term perspective.
Stocks to look for: Maruti, M&M, Tata Motors, Hero Honda.
3. Public sector units:
Investors can look at taking positions in select public sector unit (PSU) stocks. There are talks on consolidation, disinvestment, increasing the public holding etc.
These stocks are also good for diversity in a portfolio. Investors should do their homework before taking any investment decision.
For example, the proposed disinvestment is not going to change anything from the control perspective of PSUs and the money collected as part of this disinvestment would mostly go to the government.
Stocks to look for: NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, SBI.
4. Hospitality:
As the domestic economy is coming back on to a high growth path and the world economy is coming out of recession, the hotel industry is expected to benefit. Currently, India accounts for around 0.5 percent of world tourism.
A strong GDP growth, improving infrastructure, confidence in the country's economic prospects, and open sky policy has improved the outlook for the tourism industry here. This positive outlook would increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country.
Domestic tourism is also gaining momentum due to increased confidence of consumers, rising disposable incomes, cheaper airfares and better connectivity.
Stocks to look for: Jet Airways, ITC, IHC.
5. Power:
Power is one of the sectors that have a huge potential to grow here, but investors looking at investing in the power sector should plan for the long term (more than 2-3 years) as this sector is investment-intensive and returns are mostly back-ended.
With a stable government at the centre, one can expect more reforms and ease in terms of structural issues to execute projects.
Stocks to look for: Reliance Power, NTPC, Tata Power.
6. Pharma:
Traditionally, the pharma sector is seen as a defensive sector in the market. However, the stocks in pharma sector have given very good returns in the recent past. The pharma sector growth in the recent past has been driven by the growing middle income segment and their growing affordability, and greater access to healthcare.
The outperformance of pharma stocks is expected to continue in the medium to long terms. Pharma stocks also add diversity and defence to the investment portfolio.
Stocks to look for: Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, Glenmark, Apollo.
Source: Economic times.
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