Chennai Born Confused Softie

Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya - Review

2010-02-28T07:49:00.004+05:30

Like any Gautham Menon Fan i also went into this movie with lots of expectation as well as trepidation as all my recent escapades into the realm of watching movies in a theater ( read as desi movies) have been nothing short of disaster. Unlike the majority of those who felt the songs of ARR rocked, i honestly could not identify myself with the songs till now and went in purely for the magical moments that i presumed gautham would provide us. From the days of Minnale i have been mesemerized with the romancizer inside Gautham and had tremendous confidence in his capability to bring the subtler nuances of love which strikes a chord with you.

The Movie Started off really well, with Trisha's wedding being picturized and Simbu giving the voiceover a la 3 idiots style, not that i am complaining. Simbu and Trisha are neighbours wherein Simbu aka Karthik is a mechanical engineer trying to become an assistant director ( gautham menon and selva raghavan come into mind) and Trisha essays the role of Jessie ,a chennai based malayali , who works as a programmer analyst in Polaris ( in my 2 years of programmer analyst life , i have never seen such a programmer analyst, no wonder it happens only in movies) who always wears sari's. Boy ! she looks drop dead gorgeous in those sarees and credit should go to the costume designer for showing us a different side of Trisha. After Mounam pesiyadhey and ayudha ezhuthu , this could be defined as the movie where Trisha looks stunning. Sexiness in South Indian ishtyle. Reminds me of Jothika in kaaka kaaka. Its Love at first sight and proposal at third meeting from Simbu's side . Then some funny and awkward moments and hero heroine dance around as is the norm and then the movie stops and its the interval. we expect fireworks or suspense beyond this, but let me warn ya folks that all good things stop here.

The movie has a very thin story line where gautam wants to essay his thought by conveying that men are from mars and women are from venus i.e men are simple , uncomplicated and straight forward while women are confused, prefer convoluted talks and would want to think about 100 different things when it comes to love. yeah, yeah, we have heard it a 'hazaaar times'. what is the difference in treatment? unfortunately None...

so if you are a die hard gautham fan please read no further as it is going to be a dissection into the negatives of the movie and there are spoilers too...

Firstly Gautham talks about chemistry between the lead pair, honestly i could not find such moments in this movie. The first meeting between simbu and trisha is fine but barring that there are no standout scenes helping us to appreciate why they fall in love. Simbu and Trisha fall in love over a night in the train with a songover , reminds me of how sarath kumar became rich in surya vamsam over one song. I really felt that gautham missed a point here. You need a build up to the romance, but there was hardly any. Simbu keeps telling in the movie to Trisha that we had a fantastic chemistry !! Dude , take a hike !! chemistry is not about touching the feet , trying to kiss a girl or doing something over a songover. Chemistry involves dialogue and that was sorely missed between the lead pair. There were no standout dialogues like in kaaka kaaka or minnale or alaipayuthey . The three words in KK " Truly, madly and deeply " was so concise and powerful but sadly none here. gautham rehashes the same one with mad and deep added into a form of english which simbu's diction could accomodate. honestly, Simbu you need to hone your english speaking skills, the dialogues did not suit as the dialogue delivery in english was pretty bad !

Trisha leaves simbu for no reason and that really leaves a lot to be desired. I know that is realistic but the movie is just 2 hours, so the director cannot assume that people will accept the idiosyncrasies of the heroine. We are not that intelligent enough, Gautham. Now , gautham i have two questions to ask you

a) why do you involve the same dialogue in all movies " I wnat to make love to you " . man ! once it is fine, but 4 times .. kaaka kaaka, pachai kili, vaaranam aayiram, and now VTV.

b) and whats the obsession with using the F word so frequently . when simbu spouts the F word its so F****g irritating. he just does not get it. its like a newbie trying to spew words of exasperation like
"shit !" but ends up sounding like shirt.

In Minnale, we had the friends wedding scene, the scene where reema plays with the kids in rain, and vivek plays the best cupid celluloid had ever seen and he had brilliantly woven strings of humor and romance perfectly. In kaaka kaaka , the way the emotionless anbu selvan falls in love is portrayed brilliantly, while in alipayuthey the smart talk between the lead pair during the wedding as well as the scene where maddy meets shalini and she sheepisly asks karthik , " enna karthi, nee panakkara veetu payyana, classla last aa...." and ridicules him with a smile and maddy in his quintessential shameless manner laughs and takes the ridicule as if it was not directed at him at all.. Priceless !! . so if you think of such scenes in VTV you would be dissapointed.

I honestly feel leaving apart 2-3 songs the songs in VTV are not great. gautham-ARR is not as rocking as gautham-Harris and i hope gautham goes back to harris. i am hearing rave reviews about this music, but i just cannot relate to it. The songs are also misplaced and do not serve any purpose apart from prolonging the inevitable.

I could go on and on... but lemme stop here

Positives

Awesome Cinematography
Trisha in saree
Simbu's photographer friend - awesome dialogue delivery --- biggest positive
Few good songs
Nice Climax
No simbu punch dialogues
Nice Locales

Negatives

Bad script. There is no script beyond interval
very bad BGM
No strong Build up to the romance
No strong reason for Break up
Improper song Interludes
dance and Songs not syncronized. too heavy usage of Hip hop
Simbu speaking in English

To sum it up, if you are a frequent cinema goer, this movie is for you, better than the usual vijay , ajith stuff and tone down your expectations.

If you are the one who thinks twice before spending 500 bucks on a movie, then spare yourself the trouble !

Verdict: Half baked Musical extravaganza

Optimism... how difficult is it??

2009-12-12T21:13:00.002+05:30

I have often heard about the powers of positive thinking.. always say "yes" . never say No. the eternal optimist wins. though these sound really good are we really able to follow them. Can we be olblivious to the outcome of a certain event. " Do your best and leave the rest to fate/ destiny/ god" . " do your duty and dont worry about the outcome". as good as these sound, i find this really hard to implement. I am no eternal pessimist but optimism also has a ceiling beyond which i am unable to penetrate.

Does being a realist signify that one is a pessimist. Just like we have different probabilities for a certain event , a realist would weigh all possible outcomes and reserve a judgement on it. More or less that closely correlates to the pessimism view. Can one be a realist and also be an optimist at the same time. These are thoughts which continue to repeatedly haunt me.

will i get a pay raise? well, hmm.. most prolly not, would i be happy if i got , hell !! yeah !!

Can you execute this work within this time? hell, no....

will you become a VP by 35? highly improbable, but yeah can try...

When can you buy a house in chennai? defly not, in the near future...

not sure if answers like these fall into the realm of realism or pessimism..

The emotional realist that i am guess am more comfortable of accepting reality and moderating my expectations rather than aiming for star and reaching the moon.

any ideas of how to balance realism and optimism...

Engineering-- The Farce that it is

2009-07-13T22:38:00.003+05:30

Aug 1999 was the year that i stepped into my alma mater to pursue engineering in electronics and communication. There was this huge buzz abt ECe that you can make it big in telecommunication or computers. I really sucked at computers and was not a major fan of coding, hence ECE seemed to be better. Not that i was great at soldering or circuit design , i felt i was pretty good in math and ECE had relatively more math in it than CSE. Digital design , flip flops really fascinated me. With full zeal , all the fresh(men/women) embarked on their sojourn into the world of engineering. The first two months were really rigorous, I am not kidding, we really studied hard for the first two months. Everyone was awake till 12 AM and people got up at 5 had their bath in the icy cold waters of Siruvani which flowed through our Hostel taps and resumed their hobby of studying. People who slept were those folks who had already given up or the ones who had unique nostradamus skill to predict how things were going to be 2 months down the line.

Come October 2009 , the hostels were filled with slumber prone sloths including yours truly. Unshaved, Dishevelled Life forms roamed around the hostel corridors. Books were strewn to the corner of the room that they were deemed to be opened only during the auspicious month of april when we have our final semester exams. Radios and Casette players were blaring in full
throttle while the TV gasped for its breath on being subjugated to endless state of existence with power turned on for eternity.The zeal that accompanied the freshmen had dissappeared all of a sudden and i was privy to the celebrations too. after all it was the summer of 99 when you had the dotcom boom where anyone with an engineering degree got recruited and all you had to do to get recruited was to tresspass the placement office. There was this popular folklore running during the summer of 99 that companies would load you in their trucks to their offices even if you were not a final year student. Two of my seniors were hired in the fag end of the second year by companies. Such was the rat race for talent...

With such an invincible aura around it, the IT sector had become the poster eyed sector in the placements. Others hardly stood a chance. With the requirement for qualification being decent grades with an ability to speak english( which we have already learnt during the best part of 16 years of school education), the degree became more or less a formality. The zeal with which i studied DSP or digital circuits made no sense as the number of jobs in that sector were already too low and i just did not dig deep into it to possess the mastery to get into those niche sectors.By having 6 subjects a term the education sector really killed students by making them a jack(ass) of all trades and master of none. whatever we possessed was mere bookish knowledge and not too much into the depth. I am not going to fault my professors as i believe we had few of
the best professors in the country by virtue of studying in a government college. But they were the last of the breed as i believe no longer we have people who are passionate about teaching entering thr profession of education. and the education system did not really test us. so we studied the books the way everyone does it now ( read as roting) .

Slowly and steadily i became mired in the quagmire called as engineering which By the third year i was convinced was a farce and i had myself more to blame than others.I never understood certain subjects nor did any of my friends. the exams just did not test our ability of understanding the concepts but the ability to reproduce what was provided in the book. The excitement which i felt while solving inorganic equations in chemistry, the challenges we faced while solving thermodynamic equations or physics problems fom irudov, the constant thirst for solving more and more differential equations during my school years just evaporated during the 3 years and i too became a typical engineer. We survived as engineers for 4 years to have fun,
make friends , pass exams for the heck of getting the degree and yeah becoming eligible to get the coveted IT job. To say that i studied ECE and cannot explain the nuances of cellular technology or how to properly solder a component in a chipboard hurts me. In the end engineering turned out to be a means to the end of getting an IT job. Because we needed to
have a degree to get into IT we did engineering and the degree was not conferred because I had solid understanding of my fundamentals but because i knew what was in the book (literally).

I have often discussed this with one of my close confidante's from engineering days and he also feels the same way. we have seen a hell lot of our friends getting onto roles which were not at all in sync with what they wanted to do. I feel we as a nation lost these immensely talent folks to sectors where they dont really belong. It seemed a criminal waste of talent. Now
i hear things are even worse than during our times. Engineering is supposed to be four years of jolly ride. We are not producing Engineers but producing folks with the degree behind the name. If engineering is defined as being a degree conferred on a person who has a solid grasp of his area of interest , my gut feel says that 95% of us are not engineers.

You may wonder, why the suddent outburst ? You might question, nobody stopped you from pursuing what you wanted to, then why ?
I am not blaming anybody, but myself. Maybe i was not at all an engineer in the first place. The only grudge i have is our method of gauging a person's knowledge. we need to get out of this degree churning mills that we have and make sure that engineering degree has to be earned. have lesser subjects but make sure folks know their subjects well. let us have not more than 3
credits per semester. have more practicals and exams should test application of knowledge. when i am writing my digital circuit exam test the student on how to design counters.

Unfortunately we cannot do this as we have standardized tests and we need to have standard exams to test the so called engineers capability. With the IT sector slowing down I hope we get to see a future breed of engineers who apparently know the subject. I am not faulting the IT sector too, as all of us need to be thankful to IT sector without which the dreams of middle class wouldn't have bore fruit. IT had been an employer of choice, its just sad that we had to take the path of engineering to get to IT. maybe CSE or IT would have only been the relevant fields but other branchess were also swayed to IT as the opportunities seemed so less in their core areas.

Chemical, Civil, Mech, ECE everybody hopped into IT bandwagon. Now the bandwagon has stopped chugging at the frenetic pace, sanity should return sooner than later . Hope the me-too colleges that mushroomed for profiteering close down. We should be producing engineers according to the demand and not due to whims and fancies of every politician who owns these colleges. Can somebody haul up AICTE and ask them what the hell they are doing in terms of according accreditation to every college which has applied for approval.

I would say Our country failed to produce engineers during the late 90s and 2000's. we had degree churning mills in every nook and corner of the country. Commercialization and satisfying the demand of IT sector we have unfairly destroyed the reputation of engineers who had really earned the degree the hard way in the early 90s and prior to it. To all old timers and engineers who have studied engineering the way it should be , my sincere apologies on not being a worthy heir to your legacy. I hope the future generations will study engineering the way it is supposed to.

Dei.. How is married Life??

2009-04-13T22:23:00.003+05:30

This is the oft repeated question that all my friends, well wishers, fans( hope one of the callers or chatters was my fan.. i know its highly unlikely) ask me.. well, i got married on March 8th,2009 and its been a month.. so the "pudhu mappilai" hangover lasts and yeah lemme bask in that for a while.. Honestly i guess i dont see much of change considering that there is little change and maybe because its just been a month since i got married.

I still browse the internet as much as i used to do..
Still call my friends and put mokkai
TV la padam paakarthu nikkala
Gym schedulum affect aagala..
office la no phone calls from either side..

Few notable changes are

i get my tiffin box from home for lunch everyday instead of the "once a day in a week" routine. so the Guy who used to sell me veggie wrap every day is getting poorer by 5$ every day. So a huge thumbs up to marriage on this front :p
Mall la open'aa vella kaara figure'a sight adikka mudiyathu
By getting married i have deprived the likes of asin,bhavna,tamanna the previlige of starring in my dreams. Really feel for them.
I cant use the ruse of "Brahmana Bhojanam" to go and have food at the place of married friends. senti dialogues like " feel homesick", " unga saapadu mathiri varathu" , " innikku udambu mudiyala..eppadi samaika porennu theriyala" will no longer work...

Maybe i guess the change would not be so apparent in US where you have to be independent and routines are also so monotonous that you really dont perceive the change . i believe for my wife it should be drastically different as she is @ home as she cant work till she gets her EAD. sometimes i do feel guilty . Kya karen , marriage involves some sacrifices and she has made some for the time being. hope she gets a job soon !!

Slumdog worth the Hype??

2009-02-24T01:38:00.003+05:30

Slumdog Hits 8 !!

AR Rahman strikes double Whammy !!

Pookutty Dedicates to Country !!

These were the headlines that were resonating across all the desi channels and papers. I was confused whether to really feel Good about it or to remain oblivious to the sudden attention that we Indians were getting. Though i cheered for rahman , i was not really cheering for Danny. I wouldn't care lesser if Benjamin Button scored over Slumdog.

Its not because that i despise the film or feel like the hazaar folks out there who feel the movie is showing India in a poor light, its just that
its a british film which was shot in India. Its not a Desi movie !! Period !! Why the partiality to slumdog because it was shot in India and had Indian actors. The product was British and let me not rob the britishers of their moment of glory , while I feel really good for Rahman and Pookutty.

well, the story demanded that a underdog from the slum ( hence slumdog) braves all odds and wins against the tide. Its a story of Hope and optimism in these days of gloom and depression. But does that mean this movie is the best of all that world cinema could offer. I would say a BIG NO to it.

i would say that oscars are a medium of recognition to films par excellence which cater to the sensibilities of the oscar nomination team who i believe have not really seen the full expanse of good movies churned out by different countries. How else do we explain that most of the nominations are for movies which are in english. so calling Oscars the pinnacle of excellence in world cinema would be gross injustice to the works of magnificence created by brilliant directors across the globe spanning from Rio DE janeiro till Canberra.

The last one year i have had the pleasure of watching films from Iran, Korea, japan, south Africa and the movies are brilliant and each worthy of couple of oscars or more. Its just that the audience could easily identify with Benjamin Button and Slumdog that the nominations swelled and each bagged a handful of oscars.

Thinking about it i feel for all the glamour and glitz that the oscars have, it is necessary that they have nominations which are more hollywood centric , which would lead to more stars walking down the red carpet and adding more fizz to the glitterati.I feel the nominations are also about aggressive marketing which involves doling out huge sums which implies that we need to have a huge corporate backing like how fox searchlight was there for SDM.

Honestly i believe there are at least 3-5 Desi films which were brilliant and deserve an Oscar if Oscar typified the best in world cinema , which i now strongly believe it doesn't. I don't blame the committee as there are 1000's of movies. At least going forward in future we should have nominations for all categories applicable for all movies. Else why not, have a really glitzy mother of all awards which has 6 -9 months of selection process and have the contest across all world movies. unfortunately the film festivals are less glamorous and even press does not give it adequate coverage.

i had a lot of things in mind and its been a year since i blogged, so the thoughts could have been incoherent. so what is the essence that i really wanted to convey??

a) Congrats Danny for the oscars, but this is a british film !! and british people alone can claim rights to Danny's and SDM's legacy.

b) Congrats Rahman and Pookutty !! Rahman getting an oscar for SDM is an insult to his earlier compositions which were far far superior. anyways better late than never !! Getting an Oscar does not in any means change the desi fans impression of rahman . He has always been the best and we salute you rahman for the joy that you have provided to us over the years with your soul stirring music. The Oscar got its due recognition by being awarded to you.

c) Slumdog is a real good movie. i loved the movie. I dont see it denigrating india as the story's setting is in a slum and we obviously cant show the mansions of anil or mukesh ambani. If there are people who think that the slums are not real india , then even what SRK does in K3G is not real india. if you werenn't complaining then, why create such a big fuss now !! Lets try to eradicate the slums rather than saying how dare you show the slums to the world !!

d) Oscars worth the hype, great sets , gorgeous ladies?? ...Oh Yeah
best of world cinema??...NAh !!!

Marriage Blues

2008-04-28T04:42:00.003+05:30

This is a light humored post on what marriage can do to you. this was a real life conversation narrated to me by my friend...

Me : machi, eppadi daa irukke...

Married Guy (MG) : sooperaa keeren.. velai semma busyaa irukku

Me: dei intha vaaram sathyam la padam pogalaama, semma local padam machi..

MG : dei, kashtam daa wife thaniya iruppa..kadi aagiduvaa...

Me: ennada un wifekku friens illaiyya, namba padam pogarthe she can also go out with her friends..

MG: machi, intha oor avalukku pudhusu, no new friend and workplace kooda pudhusu..

Me: namba pasanga thaan mukkavaasi married illa.. ella wife'galaiyum friends aagitta prachanai illai illa..

MG: nee Yenna enna loosennu ninaicuttaiyya. ithellam try panniten work out aagala..

Me: why what happened

Here is the conversation which transpired between MG and MG's wife

MG : hey enna veetlaiyya irukka, why dont you go out with RK's wife..

MG W : ayyah, she's not good.. avalodalaam friendaa irukka mudiyathu..

MG : enna eppadi solra you hardly know her, you would have met her for just 20 minutes..athu kulle eppadi..

MG W : appo nee Yenna, enna loosunnu solraiyya.. you dont believe me but believe abt her character...

MG : #%#$^#$^ ... ( aadavaari maatalukku arthale vera..women's words have different meaning..)

Acceptable TamBrahm Love marriage

2008-04-18T18:46:00.004+05:30

ahaa.. the post has three topics which really intrigue me...

tambrahms,Love and marriage ... both have so many subtleties within them that when i am talking about an intersection of these three topics that alone can constitute a mini thesis...

Now that many of my so called friends became traitors by falling into the Trap called as " Committed Status" namba veetla irukkaravanga summaa irupaangalaa...

Amma-- so, entha jadagam vanthurukku paakalaama..

Prashanth-- Hmm, ( namakku thaan samarthyamae illayae, aanaa takkunnu okay sonna despo mathiri irukkum) enakku appadi ennamaa vayasu aachu??

Amma -- enna innum unna kutti kuzhandainnu ninaichundrukkaiyya.. konjam poruppoda pesu... appa was also telling you are not at all responsible..( naan kettana..) .. ( ennamo en gangla irukkara micha pasanga mattum bayangara poruppu vanthaa madhiri..)

Prashanth -- amma, gimme some time... i am still confused..

Amma -- enna confused?? kala kalthula ethellam pannidanum..thatha paati'kku vera vayasu aagarthu.. engalukkum oru kaaryam mudinjaa mathiri irukkum... ethana naalaikki naan unga appa moonjiyaiyum , vice versa paathundrukkarthu... we want to see a new face...

Prashanth -- ( ithukku mela scene potta , romba asinga padithuduvaanga) seri seri paaru.. ( gethu kaamichuttomlaa)
. amma, btw naan love panna nee othuppaiyya

Amma- poda, unakku antha samarthyam illa.. ( she hit the bulls eye...eppadi thaan theriyudho theriyala..)

Prashanth - illamaa naa panna , othippa illa..

amma - absolutely daa kanna, no issues. your happiness is our happiness..( how chweet)

amma- aana oru condition..

prashanth - ( love marriagela conditionaa?? ) enna condition

amma - Ponnu Iyeraa irukkanum from good family and younger than you..

prashanth --- $#^#$^$%^$#^$#^

This is the meaning of acceptable tambrahm love marriage ...

nambalala ithellam mudiyathu... amma kizhicha kottae thaanda mudiyathu.... freeeee

Disclaimer : ( this is purely a conversation with my mom and may not reflect the generalist opinion )

You know you are talking to a NRI when...

2008-03-19T20:20:00.002+05:30

I am sure many posts have come of this nature , but i hope i can do some justice by adding few unique points.

As soon as he/she lands in India they talk about pollution , heat and sanitation

Normally we say " machi tea adikka pogalaama" . That phrase gets replaced by " machan.. lets go grab a cup of coffee" ( tamizhla translate panna sahikkathu, machan vaada cofeeya amikki pudikalaam...eeks..)

he greets you by saying " whazzupp dude, howz life " and he asks this every day as if life is so dynamic that every day brings in a plethora of unforgettable incidents.

He doesn't understand the meaning of cool. every damn sentence has to be started with the word cool.

Just take this conversation for e.g.

NRI : Hey have you seen shyam

Desi colleague: No daa, he's on leave . his maternal aunt's grandma died.

NRI : Oh is it . COOL !!

grrr...Now whats so cool abt the poor lady's demise!!. somebody please educate these fools to think abt using the word cool.

After every weekend he comes and asks you how was the weekend. i am sure in india as well as in US everybody sleeps in the weekends and catches up with teh current one day series. so how the hell is each week going to be different.

Now comes the best part, he talks to you abt american football and a person called as tom brady. now dont get misled. those are the only two terms he knows abt american football. all you need to do is read wiki abt american football ands ask him some questions. i am sure more than 90 % of those who talk abt them have zero knowledge. chumma vethu scene.

And whenever he listens to you speaking his reaction will be interspersed with interjections like okay and most importantly ahem !!
ahem !! is so sacrosanct that invariably that is the only word he used while listening to conversations.

when he doesnt understand what you are saying he will say " i am sorry" and the poor guy or the other girl will wonder at bewilderment as to why he should be sorry. well, I am sorry is the american equivalent of " Pardon".

and you find that he smiles at everybody and props up teh question howdy doing and does not even care to listen to the answer. I know lotsa desis think that NRIs are wierdos because they seem to smile at everybody and stare at their eyes while our desi custom has taught us to look down if we dont know any person. Girls please dont mistake the NRI's glance for sight adichufying . its just a case of taken the american'ness too much into india. it should get rectified in 3 months.

thats it.. i could recollect just these stuff.

I dont know whether i am going to fall into all these traps when i return back but at least i am self aware . so guess my transition back to desi lifestyle shud be easier and faster :)

p.s: i dont accept the notion of fake accents. coz very few put up the accent. majorly in US people speak more in tam, hindi than in english :)

INA' vil oru Vellaikaaran!!

2008-02-20T01:20:00.002+05:30

This INA is not subaash chandra bose's but an abbreviation of our own Vaigai puyal Vadivel's latest disaster called Indralogathil Naa Alagappan (INA). ( I can hear swear words flying across the room... niruthungappa.... antha padam paathi kadila naane nonthu porukken)

INA released in Hartford,USA in a small run down theater called as Parkade. You can consider Parkade Cinemas to be Hartford's answer to Chennai Kapali Theater or Kamadhenu. I should say even thyagaraja is better than that. Seri matterukku varen.. We reached the theater @ around 9:50 for the !0 o clock when we saw two foreigners trying to get into the theatre screening INA. The Dabbawaala( INA potti vaanginavan- hartford distributorrrrrrrrrrr ) stopped him and said " dude, this is a theater screening indian movie. you guyz have arrived here on mistake.i thinbk you should check with the theatre folks to find out which hall is screening your movie "

Ippo thaan antha dabbawaala'kku seriyaana Bun...

The Englishkaaran replied in style " Thambi, engalukku athu ellam theriyum... enna engala paathu nakkal panriyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... "

The reaction by Dabbawaala ------ PRICELESS

We all broke out into guffaws of laughter... sadly that was the only humorous part and inside the theater we had to stretch ourselves beyond our endurable levels of tolerance to sit through and watch a farce called as INA. pathetic.... even Sam anderson provided more laughs than Vadivel.....

Next Post on Sam anderson ---- the next superstar of Tam Cinema

Gen Y Desi IT employee

2008-02-12T23:50:00.001+05:30

Buying Flat in India???? You gotta be crazy !!!

2008-02-12T21:25:00.000+05:30

Well, This post is going to be one where i am planning to capitalize my interest on mathematics, certain fundas taught in MBA, common sense and of course my Fascination with real estate.

I hear this common statement everywhere that India is growing , Real estate prices are skyrocketing, now is the time to buy, else you will be left out... I just cannot make sense of the current real estate prices. Either the supply demand is terribly imbalanced or there is too much artificial pressure to hold on to existing Levels.

My Mom says that in Mylapore land prices have touched 9000 rupees per sqaure feet. Assume that we need a 3 bed for a family of 6 which means at least 1500 sq. feet is a bare minimum.

Cost of 1500 sq. feet home = 1500*9 = 1.35 crores = .3 million
Undivided share = 400 sq. feet

Average Annual Income of a upper middle class household = 12 lakhs
Average Disposable income of upper middle class household = 8.5 lakhs (after tax)

So does that mean a 3 bed house in mylapore is out of reach of all upper middle class junta and only the rich can stay. I sure am missing a point. As far as my 15 year stay in mylapore was concerned i could say it was dominated by predominantly middle class and upper middle class people with a very miniscule proportion of rich junta. Now all of a sudden i am staring at ridiculous values which make it nearly impossible for anyone to buy a flat. if i thought mylapore was an exception you got to check the rates in the suburbs. thats even more crazy. 4000 -5000 rupees per sqaure feet in pallikaranai which does not even proper sewarage systems, schools, infrastructure etc. It just does not make any economic sense to invest in a house.

I dont know when the crash is going to come, but going by economics the current valuations seem absurd.

Let me take the example of an average IT couple household.

Average monthly Income of a household = 50,000 (after tax)
Petrol charges per month = 4000
average Household expenditure per month = 10000(electricity,internet,gas, groceries,milk,society bill,mobile,cable , gifts, impulse purchases,dresses,vacation plans, etc)

So disposable income in hand = 36000

Now he has to either pay rent or go for buying a home
Let us look at two options
a) he buys a house and stays there
b) He stays at a rented place and buys a house for investment purpose.

Lets say the couple already have cash of 15 lakhs as buffer which they can put upfront towards the house.

Now with 36000 disposable income he would have to keep a certain proportion as a safety net
Let say 10000 per month is kept aside for safety.

So that leaves just 26000 towards investment

Option a) Monthly EMI of 26000 translates to a loan of 26 lakhs over 25 years.

Option b) If he is thinking of investment , then 10k goes towards rent so he has just 16k to invest which translates to 18 lakhs loan.

So in effect an average upper middle class household with 15 lakhs security net can at max buy a house worth between 33 lakhs and 43 lakhs . and we are looking at houses in the above budget in good localities. But where are the houses? By conventional logic if the upper middle class themselves cant afford it, who can afford it?

people say that husband wife worked in US, europe made money...

I just got to say that at current valuations both need to work for 5 years save every goddamn penny and have to postpone having a child till age of 35 which is not possible. When they have lived 5-10 years in US/europe trust me they are not going to pay a fortune to invest in properties in India. Its too damn costly than the valuations we have here in the US. People also give me an absurd logic saying salaries are going to increase at 12 % a year for next 20 years. thats total bullshit.

We are going to stare at a recession. IT sector has matured and i dont think the indian market has the apetite to absorb 3 lakh graduates every year. The people who will be at maximum risk in 3-5 years time are people like me who would have reached middle management levels and would command a premium while at the same time the inclination by companies to reduce costs by replacing more experienced people with freshers is just going to increase, which in simple terms means your sal is going to get standardized in next 3-4 years. no more hikes !! period !! people gotta realize that.. Its going to become like government offices. pay scale for 10 year experienced guy aand 20 year experienced guy is going to become same. The salary graph for IT professionals will become like this

Salaries have been rising but not any more . at least in IT sector, whether we like it or not, we accept it or not, salaries are not going to rise. companies will pay premiums for freshers, but laterals nah !! and in 5 years time the pyramid will have at least 50% people with more than 5 years experience. the entire equation will change. We are defly not going to see a case where there will be 1.5 lakh freshers or people with less than 2 years work ex and only 30k middle management folks. we are going to go to a phas e where we are going to be top heavy i.e more experienced people. so either they fire us and hire freshers or retain experienced hires without hiking sal and just adjusting sal to acct for inflation. Welcome to reality world guyz !! The honeymoon is abt to get over and its time to throw caution to the winds of change. and mind you i havent taken into consideration that you will be having two kids, ageing parents , medical bills , insurance etc.

I hope this article was insightful. comments and debates are welcome.

Nitya Rocks !!

2007-12-21T21:21:00.001+05:30

Well I bet this sounds like a movie title wherein a desi girl becomes a Rock star. Whether she is a rock star on the dance floor i am not too sure, but on the Kitchen and the dining table she truly rocks !! Well my dear friends I am resuming blogging with an ode to a wonderful friend's legendary culinary skills as well as generous attitude of serving food to a brahmachari payyan (whose culinary skills extend till that of making Maggi) in the USA.

I should admit that i am a spoilt child and i did not even know how to prepare rasam while in india or for that matter cut onions. So when i landed in US and being a hardcore veggie i just ran out of options.how many days can you eat the frozen stuff?
I go to TGIF and have salad, they have a dish called quessadillo which i initially pronounce as quessaaaa'dil'lo and get embarassed and finally end up pronouncing it the right way as casadia and that too one with 'NO MEAT'. vegetarian out here involves non red meat. so the word NO MEAT is sacrosanct for a hardcore veggie like me. There were these two desi restaurants ali baba and Udupi who adopted me for nearly 3 months and served me lunchboxes but even they became stale. It was at this time that my good friend nitya entered the scene.

Nitya is one person who works extremely hard throughout the day in office and still finds time to prepare a sumptuous meal. Till date i would have received at least 10 brahmachari anna-danam in USA and i will forever be indebted to Nitya for that. For Onam we had Onam Sadya served on plaintain leaf in the USA. Can you believe that?? Pictures will definitely be uploaded. I guess it had close to 10 dishes. For Diwali we had another dinner with close to 12 dishes. we had a potluck. so me and my roomie( me is silent) prepared a form of rice and christined it as vegetable biryani pulao mix after a tedious polling contest from our fellow guinea pigs after tasting it. Thankfully no one fell sick !!

But as they say all good things come to an end and Nitya is leaving to India in january and this blog post is a dedication to her to say that me and my room-mate will definitely miss her and the signs were pretty much palpable when i took the initiative yesterday and prepared uralai fry and sambar yesterday !!! Miracles do happen !!! No more brahmachari annadanam's i guess... but who knows Nitya might change her mind and come back to the US !!

Hum Kaaana Kaane ke liye kuch bhi kah sakhthe hain aur usme hamein koi besharmi nahin !!!

NITYA ROCKS ---- This was the caption i used with interludes of superlative adjectives to describe nitya's culinary prowess and i have been pretty successfull in it..

Americavil AzhuMoonji...

2007-08-14T23:20:00.000+05:30

The day started as it has every other day in Hartford. It had been a great day in office. I returned back home and resumed my daily chores for the day. Suddenly I just couldn't handle it any more. I burst out crying. I ran to the bedroom, but it just intensified. I could not control my feelings. I was crying and the tear droplets were getting larger to an extent that it was threatening to deluge the house . I wanted to pour it out by the wash basin but the more i was within the confined walls, the more i yearned for open air to pour out the watery droplets of emotions. I ran out to the balcony and the feelings got even more stirred. In india i never felt like this. I was always protected. My Mom was there for me. The more i thought about it, the more watery my eyes became. My neighbours got frightened to a point that they were about to call 911, till i explained to them i was fine.

Why ? why god, do you bestow such cruelty upon me ? Why target me? I miss you mom !! I miss your Culinary skills !!

I greatly miss you, Cause you used to cut onions at Home while I have to do it here !!,

Any tips on how to properly cut onions without looking like a cry baby?? :)

Indian Cricket - a team of jokers

2007-03-18T11:46:00.000+05:30

I rushed in quickly yesterday from my class to watch teh india bangladesh match hoping to see some fireworks from the likes of uthappa and ganguly and what do i see a scoreboard reading 38/2 in 14 overs. I first thought it was a joke and realized that Sony had some serious business to do rather than create some tension in minds of indian viewers. Agreed the pitch was not doing good and had uneven bounce. yet it was no excuse for our famed paper tigers to get out in the manner they did. after all the cumulative match experience of sachin and dravid would be more than that of the entire bangladeshi team.

Here was a side packed with 17 and 19 yera odds taking on a team which had 3 batsman with cumulative aggregate of close to 35000 runs and whoa ! we slip to an abyssmal total of 191 !! shame on you indian cricketers !! i swear i dont want my kid in the future to eat the sunfeast biscuit and be like sachin. rather let him be a fighter who wins matches like Oram or styris. I just think we indians have got no other alternative sports to cheer that we look upon cricket as the only resort and marketers and cricketers cash on it by doing ads and piling millions with such inept displays.How can the indians take the match so lightly and capitulate to minnows like bangladesh. I agree the bangladeshi's out performed us in all departments, but where was the application. If the wicket was doing its bit why cant the indians restrain themselves and spend some time in the middle till we can cash on in the last few overs. Great teams learn from mistakes and we never do. The ad from new honda CBz catches me " Thinking is such a waste of time" . It could be the apt tagline for the indian cricket team. " OOH aah India gaya india". india are defly staring a exit like our neighbours pakistan. Pakistan i can understand they were not their full team. had they played to full strength, things could ahve been different. But what reasons can India give?

I am a bit superstitous and i honestly belive the blue billion ad should be done away with. every time they play it we lose . showing them as tigers is too much. better replace the tigers with chickens or pussy cats. that would be more befitting to this bunch of jokers who have really disspointed us. we really feel hurt, disconsolate and ego-bruised (a huge dent in our pride of being called an Indian). absolute lack of resilience !!

I raed this in a forum --- {LADEGA THO JEETEGA.... (Pepsi Advert)... I think Pepsi should Re make this Advert by adding the Slogan... "KHELEGA THO JEETEGA"
The Ad Shows 4-5 tigers coming in FIELD, after watching the Indian defeat i feel like Those Tigers were coming in Circus to Perform..!!!! } - really sums up teh state of the indian supporter

Can someone tell dravid that sehwag has forgot to hold a cricket bat. Sehwag nahi !! duck wag !!
its high time our first class infrastructure is hauled up and we have just 4-5 grade A teams. Selection norms need to be more stringent and transparent. a place in the team needs to be on current form rather than past records. agreed the bench strength is weak !! at least we can build a better team for the future and in the process discover more dhonis and karthik's who i believe will be the future of this aging paper tigers.

I seriously hope for a turnaround, but seeing sri lanka's bowling strength, i am not too sure whether we have the wherewithal to survive the onslaught of sangakkara and jayasuriya as well as face the tenacious and incisive bowling trio - vaas, murali and malinga. seems like india's world cup dreams can R.I.P.

Action plans for the next match

a) drop sehwag
b) drop sehwag
c) drop sehwag
d) bring karthik
e) bring karthik

not saying this because i am from TN, but because i see a dogged spirit in only karthik, yuvraj and dhoni.

i seriously feel we missed out romesh powar. at least he could take wickets. harbhajan is woefully out of form and bowls flat to ensure that he does not go for runs. he is just a bowler who can contain !! period !! do we need such bowlers !! its teh cptains choice

btw, if any pepsi marketer is reading this, for chrissake stop your blue billion ad !! it makes me puke !!!
e)

The trip that was jinxed right from the start

2006-10-18T14:07:00.001+05:30

I think this will be my first travelogue entry. So in all probabilities it will be bad w.r.t the style of writing but nevertheless the experiences make it an interesting read..so if you have the time and have no other useful thing to do u can scroll down an dread..

This year gandhi jayanthi happened on a monday and so we got 3 days leave and me and my roomie manu decided to meet "Pongal pandey" aka harshil in bangalore and also view the festivities at mysore. i was told that dussehra festivities at mysore are brilliant comprising of folk dances, wrestling competitions, fireworks, processions, huge crowd , blah blah.. we realized this pretty late and tried to book a hotel room on sunday the 1st of october.no hotel rooms were available and finally by sheer luck we got a double bedroom in a hotel belonging to teh taj group of hotels..( a budget one of course.. but still prices were high w.r.t the services it provided). we booked the hotel ticket through a website( a 3rd party) with whom the hotel had a tie up.

We took a bus from bengalooru bus stand on sunday morning and reached the hotel by 9 AM. teh hotel design looked pretty impressive.I had some fundoo designs and i thought we were going to have a ball of a time. ( with billiards, gym, jacuzzi and stuff..) but fate had something else in store for us and we were in for a rude shock !!

we go there and show our transaction receipt which we got from the 3rd party and the hotel fellas tell us we dont have a reservation. They said the 3rd party had not conveyed to them that we were coming and all hotel rooms were booked. we plead, request, argue, those dumbos dont understand. half an hour passes one hour apasses 2 hours these guyz were just fumbling asking us to wait and calling up different people rather than trying to find a soolution.

I lose my temper, its been 2 hours and i still was not done with my bath and felt itchy twitchy. i call up the 3rd party representative and blast them and in the vein , my marketing passion unfolds and i start lecturing her abt "customer centricity" much to the chagrin of my friends. Harshil being a suave guy(gujju naa, helps) realized the gravity of the situation, knowing that i would blow up the fuse took the phone from me and handled the situation with aplomb and ease which led to the 3rd party dealer requesting the hotel people to give us 2 single rooms.they finally relented and gave us two single rooms which increased the existing hole in our purse.

then i go to the lady at the reception to pay the bill the bill comes to 1408. ( we had paid some advance amt earlier while booking). I pay her 1500 initially and then pay her 10 rs and ask her to give me 100 back. she does not listen. she uses her calculator subtracts 1500 from 1408 it comes as -92 then she adds 10 (since i had given 10 later) , it comes as -82 and she asks me why she should pay me 100. i was already frustrated for waiting 2 hrs in the lobby , on top of it she is asking me to explain mathematics to her.grrrrrrrrrr..... i bet she is a graduate.. but that was really so dumb !!!

we finally get into the room.have a quick bath and rush out. we have breakfast at some hotel called "original" ramdas bhavan or something..then we ask the locals where we can meet a tour operator.

We go to find a tour operator from the bus stand. an auto wallah takes us to the tour operator and then the tour operator says that we will be covering a list of 15 places and asks the autowallah to take us to where the bus is parked. this is where the second list of suffereings start .We were unable to find the bus and after roaming here and there and a few phone calls to the operator we finally reached that place. and for reaching there the autowallah again fleeced us. we could not sight any bus but the coordinators stated that the bus will come.finally no bus came and one tata sumo came. there were already 11 people inside it and we were also queeezed into it.my seating was the worst. beneath my seat there were bags which could have contained dresses of a 4 member family for 10 days. i had no leg space and my leg was in fact touching teh roof of the car. i looked like a total idiot sitting
there. i protested but to no avail the driver said he will put it above the car once he reaches the hills.

the driver who drove us was a number one a$$h***. couldn't drive for nuts. he looks
behind, talks with someone behind, and presses the accelerator and drives the car forward, outcome being him hitting a stationary car which was caught up in a traffic jam. a huge blunder and the bugger does nbot even apologize and scold the other guy. what a parody !! he was giving some totally illogical explanations and finally insulted the guy by saying he will pay 100 rupees towards the damages. a big fight ensued and another hour of our time was wasted.from there we went to chamundi hills. nothing much to rave abt it. were there for half an hour and then went to mysore palace. we could see a 1 kilometer long queue and it was impossible to get into the palace and see it within a hour or two. so the palace plan was royally screwed.we just saw the palace exteriors took some snaps, tried desperately to getinto teh NDTV video footage, posed with the sculpted lions, tried some camera tricks and came back after half an hour to the mini bus.( from mysore palace a larger crowd was there so
all of us got into a mini bus).

then we get a shock as we get into the mini bus, the guy charges each of us 15 rs/head for guide charges . as it is he gave no useful info and he takes us to philomena chgurch and says that the height of the church is 175 feet from the BOTTOM.( as if its some KBC final question and every dumbass knows that u measue the height from the bottom). To listen to this stupid info i had to pay 15 bucks..i could have very well given it to a more deserving person.

from there we went to srirangapattinam and the guide showed us the ruins of the palace, tippu's toilet,bedrooms, his place of death and what not.. totally arbit..
from there we went to a vishnu temple. Here is where the ultimate event happened.

i wanted to go for a ride on a horse . so i enquired about the cost of the ride which turned out to be 60 rupees. i also took a photo with myself on the horse. after finishing the ride, i gave a 100 rupee note to the horse owner and he gave me back 60 rupees.

Me: hey, you have given me just 60 you ought to give me 70
horse owner: you took photo naa, for that 10 rupees sir..
Me: dude, hold on, teh camera is mine
horse owner: so what sir, horse is mine.

i was stumped !!

then we proceeded to brindavan gardens. as luck would have it we were held up in a tarffic jam for more than 3 hours and reached brindavan gardens at 9: 30. finally lady luck smiled on us and there was a last dussehra special screening of the fountain show which was a visual treat and somewhat compensated us for all the bullshit we had been experiencing the entire day.we reached our hotel by 11 and food was there. we were damn hungry and seeing the menu items on teh buffet we immediately ordered it. and yes !! you guessed it right..the food was terrible..had some two scoops of rice and finished . ate for not more than 15 minutes. food was awful. spent a solid 175 for that sham !!

and that ended the ennui !!

next day we caught the first bus to bangalore...

College memories rekindled back..

2006-09-13T17:29:00.000+05:30

Watched SOK over the weekend. a really dissapointing movie. cant believe that the director is from the gautham factory. anyways there was consolation on two grounds.

a) bhumika wearing a churidhar that too white one..
b) the college setting in coimbatore..

these two things really brought back nostalgic memories. For reasons which are strange and absurd i absolutely adore and love bhumika. i hated her in the second half where she looked anaemic.how i wish there was a bhumika replica in my company !!( if wishes were horses..i know what you people are getting at..still..). memories of Tea bought from the roadside tea stall outside my college for 1.5 and samosa for 1.25 during the 10:50 are still freshly etched in mymind. the samosa was onion samosa. at times when we had the extra luxury of a few more tad of notes, we used to take a majestic strut and go and have cold coffee at KB. andha naal nyabagam...

in my PG i would say i had equally fond memories but not of those kind which i can repeatedly brag about to everyone. is time travel possible? i seriously wanna re-live my 4 years of CIT life and try to make up for some lost time and some bad misunderstandings and minor altercations with some close friends.

CENTRAL theater does not exist now in coimbatore but that was the theater which gave us a feeling as if we were demi gods as they screened only english and hindi movies and going there meant that we were the dudes. ( not denying the fact that they ocassionally ran X-rated movies) .

Now was inspired by the fact that surya had written down a diary during the college days. i started blogging only after i left CIT and i think i need to jot down some memories of people , activities, locations, funny quips and what not else. some might be happy some sorrowful but nevertheless it has been an enriching experience at CIT.

this post was written in impulse after watching sok and another terrible attempt on continuing to blog. but i think now there are lotta activities happening that i think i can really write about some interesting stuff..

for instance every TDH is getting married and that itself will qualify for a comedy of errors and humorous posts.i get reminded of the serial Mr. yogi whenevere i think of marriages. the frivolous reasons of people rejecting others or the eligibility criteria set up for marriage is too humorous.

i know its been too arbit..if u have been reading till this instant i presume u were totally jobless and my apologies for wasting your vetti time with this vetti post. will try to write something meaningful..

Trying to survive !!

2006-08-08T16:51:00.000+05:30

Blogs have been enabled after a long time by my company's server. praise them for the ingenious move. My ability to write has detioriorated so badly that i am at loss of topics to write. I contemplated on quitting blogging buthaving done it for 2 years its reallky very difficult to give up !! i will try surviving and i am gonna fight. I am not going to lose the blog friends i have made over the years. I am currently at loss of good blogs which have come recently. if you guyz have any ideas abt real good blogs please ctrl-c ctrl-v it in the comments section. need to remove some redundant blogs from my blogroll and tell other bloggers who had removed me from their blogroll that i do exist.

i narrowed down on few choices of topics which i am going to blog

1) Movie reviews - with a marketing perspective ( considering that i have a liking for both movies and marketing)

2) plan to become a voracious reader so book reviews will also be included.

3)daily thathuvams in tamil...obviously kadi'isms..

4) i have got so pissed off with kittu maama and susie maami that i am going to write a equally bad series called as "chennai ambi and mumbai maami" - two people who have got engaged..dialogues might be in tanglish...

5)and some really inane topics in forums which beats the sh** out of you..

next topic --- why has orkut become so popular !!

Where are the leaders !!

2006-07-07T12:15:00.000+05:30

Today's AIIMs strike is yet another testimony to the fact that the present government does not have any power at all. The govt: decides against disinvestment bowing to pressure from DMK. And here we have ministers, who even without consulting the top brass of government issue sweepstakes statements and orders. The latest to join the bandwagon is anbumani ramadoss who had sacked Mr.Venugopal the director of AIIMS purely to satiate his ego and that too without an overwhelming majority of board against the decision of DR. ramadoss(pun intended). I thought the governments role was more to do with managing the country and not trying to destroy it. The present congress government is one of the weakest I have ever seen or read about. Absolutely lacks power. Where is the PM when the doctors are protesting and I hear that one person called as sarvesh has died at AIIMs due to lack of doctors attending on him.

From whatever I can gather out from this article venugoapl seems to be a revered person in the medical profession and one who has sacrificed his entire life towards the medical profession. Removing him not only mars his illustrious career graph but also wounds him deeply for a selfless service which he has done so far. No wonder u see the huge protests and some even calling it the black day of Indian medical history. Read this.

now when we knew manmohan singh would become the PM the stock market immediately rose by a whooping amount. There was widespread anticipation and expectation. Than you sir, you have disappointed us completely. We looked for a leader, we don't have one now. He goes into hibernation . This was the same case during the reservation issues. If he feels he does not have the power to take decisions its better to resign and keep his untarnished name intact rather than getting subdued by people with vested interests.

we in Tamil nadu had an inkling of hope that parties like lok paritran would be the next big power in India. hmm..That also turns out to be a damp Squibb. Power corrupts everyone !! How true !!

Paarijatham - As Fresh as the Title !!

2006-06-27T11:58:00.000+05:30

I bet all of you would have read umpteen reviews about this movie , but I will try to do do some justice to my review in terms of analyzing it according to the audience's expectation.

Amidst all the kokki kumar's , don seras, kokki saamis and thalainagaram dons paarijaatham comes as a breather and lends credibility to its title with a screenplay that is as fresh and refreshing as a cup of morning filter coffee( stolen this line from kanda naal mudhal) . Some people might not agree but I believe that after kanda naal mudhal if I can talk about a clean movie satisfying all audiences then paarijatham is it. Bhagyaraj the veteran fires on all cylinders and leaves no stone unturned in ensuring that parijatham is the perfect launching pad for his daughter saranya.

I am not going to talk about the story as it robs the reader of the thrill of the movie. The trailer itself teases you with both prithviraj and saranya having two moms and two dads respectively. This raises the expectation level and you are not disappointed with the outcome. It takes a master story teller like bhagyaraj to come out with a plot like this. Though this might remind you of subtle similarities with his earlier film rajakumari, the treatment given here is much superior.

What are the major highlights??

a)Screenplay - moves at a rapid pace as well has the ability to keep the viewers interest glued to it. Well interwoven scenes and a surprise is always there to be unfolded. The thrill keeps on increasing. Though not to the level of kadhal kottai, the thrill is sustained till the end. Though the climax is a bit of let down, till the end the movie is racy. Not a single dull moment.

b) Prithviraj - Honestly where was this actor all along ? Boy, he amazes me with his sense of humour and histrionic skills. His voice is also pretty unique ( the malayali accent) and adds to the comic situation. The actor showcased his abilities in kanaa kandein and he comes of age in paarijatham.

c) Music - the new boy dharan is the music director to watch for in the future. holds immense potential.All songs are peppy and in sync with the GEN Y 's expectations. Esp: the song unnai kandene takes u to the next level.

d) Camera - Each and every shot has been captured so beautifully that you wonder how on earth was a old timer like bhagyaraj who earlier gave us the forgettable sokka thangam able to extract so much from a cameraman. whoever was behind the scenes, hats off to him !! The freeze effect in the song unnai kandene rocks. While u have directors like shankar who spend millions in such techniques, bhagyaraj optimally spends and yet brings out effects which are a treat to watch on screen. The clear distinction between the actor's facial expressions and the rain is yet another highlight. The colour contrasting has been done extremely well and costumes have been chosen in sync with the background.

e) sharanya - poor girl, its her debut film and it would be ironical if I don't say anything abt her. She has done what was expected out of her. She is not a bomb , but I guess has potential to act in character roles. She has to watch her weight. Again full credit for bhagyaraj for portraying sharanya in a manner which suits her best.( remember ghajini where nayan was portrayed in the worst manner possible.. nayan looked dashing in kalvanin kadhali though..)

The humour is good, there are some sentiments and of coz some powerful performances by seetha, prakash raj, roja and bhagyaraj. the first half is filled full with humour and romance while the second half is filled with anticipation and events of suspense .

i would rate the song " unnai kandene" on par with love songs like "vassegara", "uyirin uyire"," pani thuli" . though many might disagree with me I think the song picturisation team deserves a pat on their back for such a wonderful song.

Overall a thoroughly enjoyable film. If you are looking at newness or something different then this film is not for you while on the other hand if you are looking for good time pass and hoping to come out of the theater happy and with some good memories then paarijaatham is a movie not to be missed !!

highly recommended for all those jobless buggers who want to see some good movie.

star rating : ****( 4 out of 5)
P.s: I am not paid by anyone for writing this review. And my mumbai post will come ina day or two. First time I am going to write a travelogue,manu gave me my snaps today only..)

24..Yeah thats how old i am today !!

2006-06-21T09:35:00.000+05:30

Yeah !! u guessed it right.. i turned 24 today. a Giant step forward. my first birthday as a post graduate.So whats the big deal?? Well, i suppose i need to behave, rather act intelligent, matured and expected to be dignified and blah blah.. the question is will i be able to? Old habits die hard !!

new year resolutions matter a damn as i never take them. for a change how abt taking it on birthdays? My only resolution will be to blog more and start a blog if possible about marketing.

Yesterday was pretty decent as i had taken a internal exam conducted by my company and lo !! believe it or not !! i passed ! that saves me the trouble of writing it again. was flooded with phone calls today. thanks a ton to all my friends and well wishers who took the trouble of calling me. Harshil was the first person to call from bangalore and it was really kind of him to remain awake and call me..
the sweetest surprise was a call from my cousin in US who took the trouble of checking my orkut profile for my number and calling me. so sweet of her !!

so the day has begun well and i need to start doing some use cases today. and yeah !! i grew richer by a few tad of notes given by my father.. they still think i am a kid..

what's up with me all these days !!

2006-06-13T13:44:00.000+05:30

why didn't i post for these many days..
Did not have time towards teh final days of college
wanted to write a post abt my mumbai trip but all my snaps were corrupted so was waiting to fix it.. i know thats a dumb excuse
and most importantly was aimless and jobless and lazy and did not know what to write.

i graduated from great lakes on april 27th and it was really a momentous ocassion as it was my first convocation ceremony. all of us were dressed in the customary robes and the entire taj ballroom bore a semblance of a congregation of intelligentsia. i seriously am at loss of words when i write this post because i have lost touch and also because i guess i have become too lazy that i am not able to give blogging its due respect which i used to. so if the post is boring , my sincere apologies towards it. It was highly exciting and wearing those caps , for once i looked like a geek and it was defly a momnetous moment in my life when i got a medal from adi godrej. yet to get the photos.

after the convocation we had two parties , one at sparks and the other at flames. both rocked and special thanks to our juniors who organized the le royal meridian getto with some fantastic music and dance renditions. though we knew them for just 10 days i guess we did share a good chemistry. So in short the last few days at great lakes i literally had a blast..

then went to mumbai for a 4 day trip. me, manu, harshil and shirish(my roomies) went to mumbai and i dont think i can do justice to teh trip by writing it in this post.ate close to 50 items and mumbai really rocked. we stayed in a flat with which i am still in love with. awesome flat..my friends were asking why i was so mad abt the flat..somehow the colours the huge window panes the elevation..brilliant flat.. if i buy a flat in the future..( i know its tough but all of us can dream i guess..) this flat will be the base for it..

after that 25 days of idling my time in chennai..joined cogni on may 22nd and the honeymoon still continues.

saw parijatham and fanaah and next post will be on parijatham..and yeah my mumbai post is getting ready..

I am not quitting

2006-06-06T13:13:00.000+05:30

hey..if ya people thought that u were lucky that i wont bore you any further with my ramblings..hard luck.. i break the monotony of 50 days with a arbit post just to get myself started..will continue to post henceforth..i am not a quitter!!..

Is this really love??

2006-04-24T18:58:00.001+05:30

Harshil's space

2006-04-16T08:15:00.000+05:30

for the uninitiated, harshil shah is my room mate and he has also been bit by the blogging bug. And Boy!! he does write really well .. he did not request me to add this but i felt it would do him a world of good if i gave a link from here..

Here goes the Link

What do you call a person who..!!

2006-04-13T15:19:00.000+05:30

What do you call a person

who has consistently scored 90 + in his school days..
who got 476 /500 in CBSE board with 79 marks in english..
who watches all tamil new films..
gets 440 odd rank in IIT JEE and studies mech in IIT madras..
who downloads even satyaraj's movies like 6'2 and gives u his review..
who studies just before exams and manages to score 9 pointer in UG..
who wrote CAT just for the heck of it and managed to get just 6 calls with 99.79 percentile..
who persuaded his father to buy a pulsar because he wanted to get the joy of riding in a bike before 23 years as he believes he in all probability will be travelling only by cars or flights..
who listens to all sorta music and loves rock and doesn't miss any head banging oppurtunity..
who religiously plays cricket and plays in all hostel matches..
who freaks out like crazy..
who is 100% connected to orkut with close to 1000+ scraps..

and who has few options in life after his UG in IITM like

A job in ITC ( sal close to what IIMites get..)

An admit from IIMA

an admit from MIT( Massachusset Institute of Technology)

well... he happens to be Hari prashanth's cousin --- and his name is ganesh.... ( ain't it obvious that my cousins are supposed to be intelligent lest they get inferiority complex on comparing with me..)

wrote this post as he got the IIMA letter yesterday..felt i needed to dedicate one post to him.. way 2 go daa chotu..proud of you... and girls below age 21 who are reading this my cousin is also really good looking..;)

Colour of poverty is Red !!

2006-04-09T12:28:00.000+05:30

As you people all know i am still a student and towards the fag end of my course. so as is the case with all students i too am cash strapped !! despite such limitations i still like to live life king size...

me and my roommates decided to go to a restaurant and the budget per person was the smallest 3 digit number . we brainstormed for half an hour and finalised on a set of three hotels. then based on lucky dip we decided to goto wang's kitchen. But as luck would have it all the jobless buggers in the city lined up in wang's kitchen and the queue extended to a length which could be compared to that of the "jarugandi" tirupathi queue.

Still undeterred by the outcome we decided to explore unchartered territories. Boarded our street hawks and vroomed and zoomed across the streets of adyar and besant nagar. Then suddenly we saw a shoddy building with peeled paint and a board hung below that. it read " shangri la " - chinese restaurant. my ingenious roommate the future mckinsey consultant - harshil shah figured out that this would be the cheapest chinese restaurant on planet cons . and considering all (me and my other 3 roomies) our intelligent quotients we immediately accepted his analysis and marched towards the first floor where the hotel was located. as soon as we entered the corridor , one chinese guard saluted us. we were amazed that even the cheapest chinese hotels were trying to provide highest levels of customer satisfaction.( yeah, we are so dumb that we still did not figure out the real picture)

then reality dawned us as we entered the restaurant wherein it looked like a posh 3 star hotel. filled fully with chinese frescoes, chinese incense sticks, what not else.. we wanted to run away but unfortunately one of our professors was dining there and he saw us. so we were forced to get in.

the fated moment arrived. we got the menu card. prices ranged from 270,300, 350,400....!@#$@!#$

we did a sort algorithm searching for the cheapest price and there it was soup -- bingo 130 rs...what????

Me to the waiter --- can we get a 1/4 soup......

waiter...#$#@$%#$# ( looking damn red..) ( the reaction on his face --- priceless !!)

yeah..its true colour of poverty is red..

My heart beats for...

2006-04-05T11:34:00.000+05:30

Listening to kanmoodi thiramkumbodhu song from sachin and my heart immediately starts beating for...

MBA... what do you gain.. apart from knowledge

2006-04-02T14:18:00.000+05:30

Apart from the learnings that the different professors have imparted on me, i believe there are a lot more takeaways from my one year MBA life...

I understood that you need to use jargons like crazy shit and no matter whatever question anybody asks you, the answer is incomplete unless its replete with words like strategy, competitive advantage , focus and other arbit stuff...

You realize that there are 3 sets of people in your college - the thayir sadams i.e the locals who still relish on thalaivar's dialogues, swoon to gaana ulaganathan's songs and crave for a tamil movie to be released every week , the hybrids who are locals but have adapted to western culture and are predominant nocturnal animals swaying in different directions in discos and pubs as well as swearing that nothing beats english movies and the third being the north indians who are the very much similar to thayir sadhams but swearing their loyalty to shahrukh and others.

Google is the mother of all inventions and a MBA student without google is equivalent to a soldier without his armour and artillery in the battlefield. Google rocks !!!

Treats become more common and bumps become more harder and heavier considering that you have well built 25 year + individuals as your classmates who adore you so much that they would like to leave their footprints on you for a lifetime..

Some come in to study and get a job, but fortunately/unfortunately add a excess baggage in their kitty in the form of a commited status..

You start talking a hell lot of hindi and english and your dialect oscillates between the local language english and hindi.. and it is pain in the a$$ for other juntha to talk to you.. "

one sample--

" abbe yaar aaj kaa tests tho fundamentals ko zyaada hi test kiyaa..its a total dumeel machaan"

your vocabulary gets restricted and you start using the word stud as the superlative synonym for anthing which is good.. you use it so often that the other person gets highly irritated..

by the time the course ends orkut seems to be the best invention after google and people say networking karna hota hai..the question is with whom??

I used to view cafe cofee day as a place to burn money , but now it seems perfectly normal and barristas and amethyst are perfectly normal places for meeting up . In fact there is no better meeting spot apart from these, maybe bessie still has a edge.

paying 70 Rs for a movie is perfectly normal while earlier in engineering paying anything more than 20 was considered as sacrilege.

i found out how to celebrate the wierdest birthday parties.

On a serious note, an MBA does enable you to work really effective in a team, be a good team player and leader as and when situation demands, take up responsibility and try to come out with innovative ideas or solutions. do have some wierd ideas to start a biz but dont have the ba**s to take the risk... risk taking is one thing which i have not gained here..apart from that its been a roller coaster ride so far..

Hello!!! is this prashanth ???

2006-03-26T19:05:00.000+05:30

A week back Mr.A calls me...

" Hello, ji kya yeh prashanth hai ??" (Is this prashanth)

Yes, this is prashanth, may i know who is on the other side of the line..

"My name is A, i belong to pakodapur, i and my friend have sent our great lakes application form two days back..I haven't got any intimation from college. my application number is 123456 and my friends is 234567..can you look into it and let me know..."

"No problem dude, call me in another 2 days i will let ya know.."

4 days later he calls me at 9:30 in the night..and this time his voice is husky...

"Hoi prashanth ji meri application ka kya haal hai" ( what's my application status)

dude, congrats, you and your friend both got shortlisted, you have interview on so and so date"

and he speaks some gibberish and the phone disconnects..

I receive a call at 12:30 in the night again..

I pick up my phone sleepily and answer " Hello"

HOi prashanth Ji, mein A bol raha hoon... actually i was in the bar when i called you at 9:30 , i could not make out what you said, can you repeat it again...

Me...grrr.........

this is what you get for doing social service !!!

Height of vettiness

2006-03-20T21:51:00.001+05:30

What do you call a person who goes to each one's orkut and scraps messages like this...???

dei vasanth naa mattum vidama unnoda scrap la ezhudarein ..nee ezhuda ve mattein gare

doesn't come to college and scraps back to 50 odd people the same message

maama, enna aale kannum , enna pannara

for more info go here

Pattiyal - U fall in love with these two gangsters!!

2006-03-20T11:51:00.000+05:30

watched pattiyal yesterday along with vk, cub,prasad and satish. Tamil cinema is entering a new era with new directors ruling the roost and Vishnuvardhan proving that his last movie arinthum ariyamalum was no flash in the pan. He does a classic act even in Pattiyal and comes out with a movie which is both fresh as well as one that lingers in your heart for a long long time..

The movie starts with bharat killing a person in style and then walking away from the scene personifying complete innocence and hopping on to the pillion seat behind arya. The scene then moves to a song which has some comic picturisations.
Bharath and arya are hired killers who work for Saami( VC hanifa) and stick on to their tasks. Bharath as the mute and deaf gangster steals the show while aarya proves yet again that he is the most apt actor on the film circuit to act as a gangster or rowdy or should you call it vishnuvardhan's talent to extract the maximum from him.

I dont want to give the entire story as the film's suspense gets lost. Padmapriya features as arya's ladylove and pooja as bharath's ladylove. There is very little scope for Pooja but she has performed commendably within her limitations and its padmapriya who comes out with a stunning performance. this girl is a absolute natural and emotes with ease. Limited potential but brilliant performance.

Arya is rough, uncouth a bit barbaric a man without emotions and his dialogue delivery is the highlight. The comic timing of his dialogues is a major plus. the camarderie between the two lead actors is the highlight and the unique bonding between the two friends is something new to be seen in tamil cinema. A very realistic depiction.

The ironies highlighted in the climax is the masterpiece or masterstroke from vishnuvardhan. though the film is replete with gore and bloodshed , for the story i think it was necessary.

major pluses

Bharath and aarya
Cameraman - donno who it is, but this guy has got talent...awesome work
Music - Yuvan again rocking to glory...
editing - scenes were really continuous..
Screenplay - movie moves damn fast in the first half that you realize that a hour has passed only when the interval comes

Minuses

hardly any, maybe the movie is a bit slow in middle of second half..

Verdict : Must watch for anyone who wants to see good tamil cinema..

A very realistic gangster movie, closely inspired by satya and also executed well...3 cheers to vishnuvardhan !!!

HOli hai...

2006-03-16T12:30:00.000+05:30

Celebrated holi with much fanfare..30 guyz became rogues on holi day and indulged in colourful revelry...

started with 3 people and the gang became 30 in the end.. ajay,priyadarshi,anup and modi were the guyz who were smeared with alll sorta colours... chennai for a moment became as some sorta place in north india.. went to every guy'z place near the campus pulled them out and yup then they got the treatment....

manu my roommate got the shocker of his life..he is one of the most decent,studious chaps who always goes in formals to college and well , you should see his head yesterday..he looked like a blue haired dude..all girls would have drooled over him..ohh..boy manu !! i bet he enjoyed every moment of it..

Orkut --- comedies and love triangles..

2006-03-10T13:54:00.000+05:30

Just could not stop blogging... wanted to write abt this for a long time and have now written it..

One of the most Vetti tools on the net....
started as a dating service but spread it tentacles to cover other aspects..
I too started orkutting with the intent of flirting , but graduallly realized its pointless and now resort to vetti arattai.. and of coz networking with people of similar tastes and interests..

what i find really funny is some of the replies in the scraps of some really gorgeous girls... they are drop dead gorgeous and you really wonder whether they are real, but still some dumbos go and post some stupid inane scraps...a sample of it below...

incidentally majority of the scraps are from software professionals..:)

Hi ABCD,
I am interested in doing friendship with me.I am a software professional.
Are u interested?

Hello BCD,
I liked ur passions as dey r mine as well....do u play guitar or just listen....Well I am a s/w professional but a big music freak.. So If u think v cud b frens den its ok else sorry dear..
bye n have a nice time

hello dce,

i find u r very beautiful.
would l like to know u more
what do u say

u look gorgeous
it wood b nice 2 hav such a beautiful face on my frend list
n u r d one 2 help me out
ok den bye dear frend
hav a good day
n plz do reply

i & how r u...MIss M..i m J..can i ADD u...its my request,,it is not my ORDER..pleazz...inkara nahi kerna..ok..beyyyyyy

hi i m comming to ur INDIA ...... 1st March ..... where r u live .. if u dont mind ...R

Awesome selling workshop

2006-03-01T19:28:00.000+05:30

I am attending a workshop on pricing and selling by prof VK murti.. simply scintillating... a brilliant case study has been given. the beauty of teh case study is its been divided into 15 parts each part dealing a different situation involving the selling process. had teh case been given as a single doc.. the charm would have been lost. after each part we discussed as to what needs to be done and how the person reacted. gave so much insight and so much selling knowledge that i believe i have got my 4.5 lakh of education worth in this class alone. Mind blowing.. though i gave just 50% attention the case just took me out of the world. A real life effective selling process converted to a brilliant case.

This is the first time i am writing abt the quality of education and i must say i am previliged to be taught among the best faculty in the country and world. then next few weeks are gonna be even more better as the rest of my electives are taught by real studs..i mean real studs..some prominent people are rama bijapurkar,nirmal gupta,ranjan bannerjee, Ravi C ....wow.. what an end to a eventful year..somewhat like dhoni's blitzkrieg at lahore..

Silence for 5 days

2006-02-18T16:00:00.000+05:30

Had my tonsilitis operation and i am muted for 5 days... still 3 days remain

can you believe it.. i am not talking for 5 days!!

Still Single !!!

2006-02-15T11:05:00.000+05:30

For those who were still single and Lonely yesterday

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !!! :LOL

My shilpa

2006-02-13T00:22:00.000+05:30

With valentine day s round the corner -- this is my idea of a story...

for a change i am the hero and u can t believe it..well,read it when u find time..

Son, today I ll tell you a story. It s a story close to my own heart. I do hope it will show you the right path. Saying this, the 50-odd-year-old gentleman moved from the seat he was occupying, to the huge bay window overlooking the lush greenery of Coimabatore. A faraway look crept into his eyes.

Some thirty years ago, there was as boy your age. We will just call him our hero . I knew him as I know my own flesh and blood. Talented and carefree, he lived each day as it came. Planning for the future was absurd, according to him. Academics were the last thing on his mind. The only reason you could usually find him in the library of the Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) was his passion for books. The other place you would spot him in was the lush lawn in front of his hostel. He could spend hours talking to a spellbound audience – after all, he wasn t the best debater and orator in Coimbatore for nothing.

Life ambled along at a leisurely pace for an entire year. Then Cupid struck. It was her dark, curious eyes that stopped him in his tracks. She was looking for something. She went up to the librarian. As she looked up, a beam of sunlight fell on her face, creating a halo around her. The soft beam played on her lustrous black hair, twinkled for a flash and disappeared in her deep dark eyes, gently kissed her lovely lips and flirted with her ivory cheeks Is Erich Segal s Love Story out? I can t find it.
The librarian replied, It s due back today. Check later.

Love Story? Why! That s why I came here in the first place – to return this! our hero thought. And the book passed hands, as did a grateful smile from her to him.

Our hero, smitten as he was, found out all about this girl. Alas! She was the brightest student in the college! How would an average student approach a girl who already had a reputation for being interested in nothing but her books? To compound matters, she was in a different course.

Days passed into weeks, months and years. Our hero desperately tried to match her in academics, but to no avail. Success came so easily to her, but always seemed to elude him. Two years passed swiftly by. Our hero, slowly and silently, fell madly in love. The sylvan avenues of CIT stopped being just roads. They became the paths to his dream – a dream that always revealed itself to him, but never came within hid grasp. Our hero waited for her to return every book to the library so that he could touch it, leaf through it before anyone else did. It helped that she had exactly the same reading tastes as him.
At the end of another two years, our hero realized that he had to do something. Hers was a three-year course and she would soon be leaving college. His was a four-year course - he still had another year to go.

So he mustered up all his courage and told her the condition of his heart. She merely remarked that if he wanted to marry her, he d have to ask her parents.

Ah! our hero thought, There s the perfect girl to take home to mother. She graduated and left the college, but not before he had extracted from her a promise to keep in touch.

A regular correspondence soon blossomed into a strong bond. Our hero was still out to impress her. He worked very hard. He had just one objective and he intended to achieve it. His happiness knew no bounds when she joined CIT for her masters degree. But life is not always fair – and she moved to another, better college.

One day our hero invited her to see his computer project – a piece of work that had created waves at even international symposiums and won him innumerable awards. He had no hopes of her actually coming – she lived too far away, and in any case, why would she be interested in some computer project? But come she did. And much as his heart was a-flutter, so was his software, which stubbornly refused to work.

That s not the way it happens in movies, he thought ruefully. But neither did movies have such a lovely guest – who extricated our hero from his chagrin by her charm and graciousness.

Time went by and our hero didn t know what to do, or what to think. At times, it seemed that she was so close – she was his own, they were destined to be together. At others, she seemed so distant, so aloof that he wondered whether he wasn t just chasing a chimera. His tortured mind sought rest and refuge, but what could his heart do when the refuge it sought was the very cause of his misery? The cause and the cure were one – and where one began and the other ended, he couldn t tell.
The only place he found peace in was the beautiful Krishna temple in Coimbatore. The pristine white marble structure against a lush backdrop of myriad hues of green was his sanctuary. Krishna s idol was his mentor and friend. Our hero always conversed with him – sometimes for hours together. Whether he was happy or sad, our hero never failed to tell the Lord. In the thousand lamps lit for the Lord, he saw her face – as he had first seen it in the library, and it gave him strength to persevere.

Soon he finished his studies and got a great job in Bangalore. He asked for her hand again – and got the same response this time too. However, this time, she did tell him that he was one of her two best male friends. This bittersweet news gave him both pleasure and anxiety. Who was this other friend? Now our hero had to prove himself better than this other friend.
He worked and worked, inspired by the thousand lamps at Krishna s feet, and by the thousand images of that one face that he loved so dearly. Finally, he cleared the country s toughest examination and took admission in the best management institute in the country – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Two years later he had a job to die for. He was everything that anyone could ask for in a son - in – law.

So this time our hero went straight to the girl s parents. They agreed.

Within a week, they were engaged. At the engagement our hero asked our heroine, Where is your other best friend ? she replied, He never existed – but had I told you that, would you have worked this hard?
And then, our hero knew he had always been right in his choice.

Son, I m only trying to tell you that anything worth having will not come easy. If you love her, you ll have to win her – otherwise you won t be Able to cherish her.

Yes dad you re right. Thanks a ton. Saying this he got up, a light of determination shining in his eyes and left.
Honey, where did Prateek go? It s time for lunch now. Both of you are just the same – father and son are never on time, upbraided the gentle 50-odd-year-old lady.

As she walked towards her husband of 27 years, the sunlight fell on her face, creating a halo around her. The soft beam played on her salt-and-pepper hair, twinkled for a flash, and disappeared in her deep dark eyes, gently kissed her lovely lips, and flirted with the very slight wrinkles on her ivory cheeks.

Sweetheart, I was just telling our son our love story. Let s prepare to welcome another beautiful young bride to our home. Then, taking his wife in his arms he said, But I m sure she s not as beautiful as you are.
Don t be so sure, after all – he s your son!

Prashanthin thattuvam

2006-02-10T18:57:00.000+05:30

CALENDARla DATE Kizhikarthu Mukkiyam illa..

Antha DATEla NEEEEEEE ennatha KIZHICHANRATHU thaaan Mukkiyam...

ithu eppadi irukku..

Chinna pasanga(Kids)..antics..so chweet..

2006-02-08T16:18:00.000+05:30

My grandma's place is a hotbed for the desi dennis the menaces. there are close to 5 kids below age 3 and ellam semma vaal pasangaa.. ( mischievious kids)

today i had to go and give some eatables to my grandma and seeing my helmet and fruit boy like looks the vaal pasanga decided to play their antics on me. the kids surrounded me and called uncle..(enna, uncleaa...hello naan innum chinna payyan thaan..annannu koopturkalame..)(could have called me as "Anna"-brother in tamil)

seri , i was caught unawares...

the kids asked me
"Uncle what is this??"
"Ohh.. kids are getting damn inquisitive.. this is a helmet.."
seeing their inquisitiveness i decided to indulge them a bit and put on the helmet on their head..as soon as i removed the helmet from one kid's head the other's cried in chorus.." Uncle, Uncle..enakku.."

okes... i put the helmet in all their heads and as i was about to take it off and leave the vaal payyan on whose head it was took off for a sprint and shouted

"Uncle , enna pudingaa paakalaam" -- try to catch me if you can..

the kid was just 3 so i thought it would be very easy to catch them, but the kid was a reincarnation of maurice green. ran all round the flat and my grandma's flat periphery is also very narrow so i could not really catch him.. it took me 10 minutes before i finally caught up with him huffing and panting...

I had to be in college in the next 1/2 an hour and as i was about to remove the helmet the vaal payyan throws some tantrums and starts crying..now what do i do..i tell him i will come after half an hour and give him the helmet for life..

the intelligent kid stops crying and now asks where you are going?

i reply college

How do you goto college??

"In my bike"

then i want a ride and he immediately goes to my bike and sits on top of it..

whoosh, now what do i do??

no other choice, take him for a round and as i am about to ask him to alight down from my hoodibaaba he says he wants another round... i had no other choice but to oblige..

and as soon as i neared teh flat his grandma had been a bit considerate and immediately took him from the bike..

before the other kids could sense what was happening i zoomed towards the college on my hoodibaaba...

Though they made me sweat i guess it was nice and yes very chweet..eventful day!!

Are u trying to dress decently!!! Beware

2006-02-07T22:31:00.000+05:30

"Dei , machan Congrats daa.."..reverbrated the voice of ajay.."

I was left wondering what the hell was happening..did some other company shortlist me or did some other company select me based on my star profiled resume(..konjam exaggerations..kindly adjust) or was term 4 results out wherein I had come in as a topper.."

Oru ezhavum puriyalaa.."

"..Ethukku daa maama, congrats??.."

"Heard that u are getting married??, sollave illa, what u wont call people like us??.."

"ahaa..kelambitaangaiyya..".

I replied thanks

The whole college is abuzz with my marriage .. everybody knows the girl barring the bridegroom, hmm, that me..

So, how did this suddenly happen??

All thanks to that $#%#@%@ room-mate of mine #$%#$---- Harshil.

Since I came from home for the past 1 week , I did not visit my room and hence due to persuasions from mom came up cleanly shaved and of course wore some decent dress.

Guyz , just couldn't take it.. whichever shirt I wear guyz started asking whether it was a new shirt..even if I strongly confronted their allegations there were no takers and majority opinion was formed. Added to the agony once I had discussed about the type of girls I would prefer in a casual talk with my mom and lo!! My roommate bibin heard it..

Since that day he has been very wary whenever he sees a change in me..

So for one week I came to college dressed decently and that created a uproar( as if I came in naked other days, I still don't understand the reaction..)

So its decided guyz!!! Not me, not my parents but my friends who have decided that I am getting married. The girls name is shilpa. Don't know how they came upon such a name.. Shilpa...meri jaan..kahaan hai tu.... All my friends seem to know u , why are u still hiding,please show your face...( Harshil shah....@$#@$#@$@#$)

Now they are planning on a event called as OUR honey**** wherein all of us will go in as a batch to celebrate it.. I don't get it at all..its outrageous.."

Nevertheless good time pass.. so people who have been dressing shoddily and try to change, think twice before you change !!!

Do you want to be a witty or vetti payyan??

2006-02-03T15:17:00.000+05:30

For the sake of this post let us assume that witty and vetti characteristics are complimentary and cannot co-exist together..

we read in Economic times( supposedly the tabloid for intellectuals) an article which stated that "women prefer witty men"... P read through the article and looked at me with droopy eyes and sighed " mama, if this were true, why am i still single?"... my first reaction would have been to laugh away at it , but on serious second thoughts i felt a sympathy wave towards P overwhelming me ...

after all P had been the most celebrated student in GL this year for his sheer ability to remain focussed and get a dream job using his dream card...mind you it ain't that easy and he beat some of the finance studs to get the coveted job which immediately saw his market cap in MCDEX market zoom by 150%(matrimonial commodities and derivatives exchange)...

though P looks like a dud he sure is a stud..one of the intellectual chaps with a very good sense of humour..boy!! he sure has got his humour hormones in the right place..

then on doing some discounted compatability flows(DCF) between P and the opposite gender and doing a perceptual map of P vis a vis fellow studs at GL we found out a very interesting observation..

its not enough being a witty guy... the need of the hour is to be a vetti payyan..

If u r a witty guy u just get intermediary station tickets...

The post on witty guyz is here

If u are a Vetti Payyan u get both intermediary as well as destination tickets..so guyz hurry and become a vetti payyan..

The post on Vetti Payyan is here

Comparisons - an unnecessary evil

2006-01-28T12:34:00.000+05:30

I was chatting with a long time friend and she casually remarked that i was getting too much worked on what my peers were doing and she said that i would need to take stock of bigger pressures later in life and it is totally unwarranted to have any pressures at this point and all the more for trivial reasons.

generally i would have justified why i am doing like that, but for a change i self -introspected and found that it was really true. I was getting more and more into teh viscious circle and the comparisons never stop. you pass 12th..then they ask why not IITs..then u finish BE then again the questions why not MS..okies then when u get a job in XYZ then the question why not ABC..u work in XYZ for 2 years then why not MBA ...then u do MBA..why MBA from GSBC and not the IIIMs and like minded institutes.. u finish MBA and get job in PQR then why not a job in I-bank or consulting..My god!!! wont it ever stop!!!

even if i have been content the society thrusts it pressures on to me and boy!! the stress has till now been killing me.. Is this really necessary...

some people are born intelligent and some become intelligent down the lane and i belong to the latter category, but society believes there exists only one creed and it is the former.

I think i have been cribbing ever since i passed out from engineering and have never really found what i want. cribbing i feel is a result of insecurity as well as inability to understand what u really want. In the broader sense if i think what i really want i must admit i have done reasonably well both in professional and personal front. if i am not proud of my achievemnets who else will be. i am pretty sure that there will be a thousand people who would like to be in my shoes. The case of grass looking greener on the other side has always led me in pursuit of trvial greener pastures which i am now confident i will never find as whichever pasture i go turns from green to red.The problem is not with pastures but with mindset.

As a starting block i will start to feel good about myself, reduce the cribbings and most importantly will stop the comparisons.the comparisons wouldn't have been there had i been in some other place like noida, blore , hydie etc.. but anyways knowing that i am responsible for my actions and decisions i am gonna enesure that i have all the more reasons to celebrate my existense and achievements rather than rant abt it..

A big damn to another set of comparisons which come..

hey u gotta go to US and earn $%^&$% or work in#@$@#$ in ndia .. then only girls will marry you..

hell!! with it!! I am not an IITian ..i am not an IIMite but i defly am a simple human with decent list of achievements..and i am good at certain things which the elitists from the elite instis are not.. a BIG "O" to my self confidence..(O podu..)

LOgic pesina adikkeraanga

2006-01-25T20:03:00.000+05:30

similar to the lines of Vk's stories here is another real life depiction..

the two characters in the story are V and P.

V is sleeping head down and body in a upside down manner in one of the class rooms. P being a very sincere friend of V was perturbed and sensed something was wrong. P immediately went near V and similar to the fashion Ram stroked the squirrel in ramayan gently stroked him and woke him up and asked him

P : " Enna daa Maama thoongindrukkaiyaa.."
V: " Dei..arive illaiyaa..thoongravanaa yaaraavuthu ezhuppuvaangalaaaa.."
p: " Dei thoonginaavane thaan daa ezhuppa mudiyum thoongathavane ezhuppa mudiyumaa.."

avalo thaan... V did not talk to P for 2 days and hit P on his already broken leg twice.

what will poor P do?? after all he made a logical statement....such are the vagaries of the world!!!

A must visit Blog

2006-01-24T19:02:00.000+05:30

the last few months i have rarely read any blogs and is evident in the falling count of visitors in my blog.. today i have started to read through a lotta blogs apart from the usuals like scudie, vetti payyan, madhubala , venky etc. today i happened to chance upon the blog of vikki... boy.. his stories on shreya are a must read..

Vikki maama I am your fan number 1 (in case the position is not taken..) ..

as the title of kanda naal muthal..his stories are as fresh as a cup of cofee..

a Must read!!!

Idhu dhaan da Dhillu(Getthu..)

2006-01-20T13:58:00.000+05:30

Sounds like a telugu movie title..

well, this post is a salute to a person who has the guts to leave a really cushy job and follow his dreams..

way 2 go dude !!!

i swear i dont have as much guts nor the talent to do stuff like you..

Life sometimes gives u a chance.. and Yeah i get a JOB

2006-01-18T14:39:00.000+05:30

after a terrible week i managed to land up a JOB finally.. Yeah!! i did manage to land up a job with my previous employer. I am relieved!!

20000 Hits

2006-01-10T13:32:00.000+05:30

A Temporary Break from blogging

2005-12-21T17:43:00.000+05:30

too many classes lotta assignments and placements starting by jan i guess 24 hours itself is very less..

so will take a long one month hiatus from blogging.

signora...

Prashanth

Movie mania

2005-12-10T13:05:00.000+05:30

so whatzupp with me all these days ..nothing much i guess apart from doing some papers ,analysis and lotssaaaaa movies. well i was fully loaded with vettiness since 4th term that i killed time by doing all sorta odd things,movies and well vetti arattai.. but not for long.... last 5 days i have attended close to 35 hours of lecture studied for some 20 hours finished two books and started another book.

saw kanda naal muthal and thavamaai thavamirunthu....great movies..will post reviewslater..

mood as on date -- really sullen and confused..reason--dont ask why!!

My Vision -

2005-12-08T12:34:00.000+05:30

hee.. hee as if i am an abdul kalam all of a sudden all my profs are hell bent on asking what my vision is..if i say i wanna get loads of money and bask to glory in hawaii will anyone accept...anyways for academic purposes here goes my vision..

I am a hard working person and stay focused on to my goals until I achieve it. I am also a creative person with a latent talent for thinking out of the box. These traits if honed properly will equip me to accomplish my vision of becoming a marketing head of a FMCG major by 2015. I am shaping my creative, managerial and leadership skills by undergoing a MBA program. Apart from making me realize the above traits the program by the sheer weight of its rigor and extremely competitive fellow classmates enables me to think freely, make group decisions as well as communicate my ideas in a very crisp manner. The program also enhances my communication skills and the ability to take up opportunity, which involves risk.

Apart from my career growth, I will use my financial strength, abilities, societal status and influence to the max of my abilities to help the poor and needy of the nation. I would like to get involved with an NGO as soon as my MBA is over.

I donâ€™t want to be branded as a â€œAll work No Play â€œ man and would like to work in a environment which provides me with the leisure and time to spend time with my family and friends. This will help me in maintaining my personal life intact which I believe would form the strong foundation to a successful corporate and social life.

my friend suggested that i blog this coz he found it highly comical and unrealistic...sadly i really sat for close to a hour to write this and i get such an compliment...(wails while writing)

Whats your birthday

2005-12-02T11:38:00.000+05:30

Your Birthdate: June 21

You're a restless rebel with an unpredictable nature.
Bright but unbridled, you tend to seek out wild experiences over new ideas.
People are frustrated by your great potential, but you love your unconventional life.
You're a heartbreaker. People get attached to you, and then you're gone.

Your strength: Your thirst for adventure

Your weakness: Not taking time for slow pleasures

Your power color: Hot pink

Your power symbol: Figure eight

Your power month: March

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Rejuvenation

2005-11-28T11:44:00.000+05:30

I think i was too lazy all these days to update my blog and moreover irritated with my ability or incompetency of pushing myself hard. I had initially dreamt of getting a job in top 3 FMCG majors in india , but having realized that the companies dont goto campuses which are 2 years old , i felt as if my efforts were pointless and started concentrated more on college fests and papers as i felt this would be my last graduation and this would be the last instance wherein i can participate in contests. but now i realize i think i am losing my originality and humour (felt i had some..) by not blogging i am going to come back to more ardent blogging in the days to come.

one achievement finally ---- got selected for a case contest 2nd round in IIMC and waiting for the final results. happy that at least i crossed the first hurdle..

reg placements - as on date feel that the majority of companies coming here are IT , so chances are more of getting back to IT rather than a different field which would pay as much as IT. I strongly hope my perception turns out to be wrong.

achievements in college - won best manager in ICFAI,MOP and Hindusthan.won marketing events in ICFAI and MOP. came within top 30 teams in the country in IIMA mousetrap online event . so a decent list though would have been happy if any of my case analysis had been selected..

coming to humour....

we have one mallu guy who uses the customary "o" for enunciating anything starting with a.
he spelt audit as oodit..

we asked him how he will enunciate ambit....no points for guessing...;)

Lattitude 13'05

2005-11-14T21:24:00.000+05:30

This is the name of our college 's first B-school fest...

logon to below site for more details

lemme know your views on the design..was done by a soora enthu chinthan..3 cheers to him..

will be doing some viral marketing for this event on this blog..so keep watching this space..

Lattitude'13'05

Is my blog dying???

2005-10-24T16:41:00.000+05:30

dont know..suddenly the fervour for writing blogs is missing..3 months b4 placements start and already confused as hell as to what to do..sent 3-4 googled papers for contests and got rejects but nevertheless still trying out the luck..in the melee of these things blogs have taken a back seat. can anyone suggest anything to revive my interest. absolutely at loss of topics to write...does it signal the end??

Ghajjini - a visual delight

2005-10-19T17:30:00.000+05:30

Suttum vizhi - this is the tenth consecutive time i am playing this song before proceeding on to write this blog. reason?? Asinnnnnnnnn......why else??????...any doubts on that???

Asin asin asin to the power of infinity...i want to write her name for infinite times but due to timeconstraints restricting to mathematical notation....

boy !!! she is drop dead gorgeous in this film..... i knew this girl had oodles of talent but ladles of beauty too...it is a perfect mix and i would say the concoction of beauty and acting in this film is perfect.

As scudie says ASIn a definite A+ . being a asin psycho i would love to give (A +)^infinity..again mathematical constraints..:(

Now coming to Surya.. He has matured as an actor and with this movie surya joins the elite three namely vikrm and vijay. Superstar slot no one can take..so the maharaja is still superstar..the 3 princes are surya,vikram and vijay. others are miles behind. Surya as sanjay ramasamy is slick,suave and sooper cool. he looks so dapper in the coat suit. Girls must be drooling over his looks. i should say after a very very long time has a tamil hero looked so good. I think the craze for a male actor's looks in a tamil film was last seen in kadhal desam for abbas. Surya goes one step forward in this film with looks , the ironed hair style is "Semma hot Machi" . I might try it out as soon as i get a job. heard that it costs around 400 for a week.lets see..;-)

dancing skills are good and i mean really good especially the oru maalai song. i strongly disagree with scudie on this count.

regarding acting the most important part..aah full marks to both the actors. considering that acting has taken a backseat while i write a review i think a round of applause is due for the hair designers and make up men. hats off guyz !!! brilliant job!!

Asin is too good in comedy..esp the scene where she says " naan sanjay ramasamyyaa love pannala paa..""...so cute... can see the movie once more for that scene alone.. Surya underplays in the first half as sanjay and second half is rebellious.

nayantara - misplaced entity - zero value..ROI - zero

comedy interludes between asin and surya are too good.

the director deserves a pat on his back for apt indianisation of the memento plot.

harris this is the fourth hit for him in this year...seems like harris is a lucky mascot for films as all his films are a hit this year...

Asin - Simran has been re-born and her new name is ASIN

verdict - must watch for all those who love asin and for those who don't too...

gaurav Vs IIPM..We are with u gaurav

2005-10-13T11:42:00.000+05:30

the hottest topic in blogosphere. this post is dedicated to gaurav and signifying my support to gaurav. i still don't understand why the mainstream media is silent. i agree that they are a major ad-spender, but does that mean that u can cover up the bitter truth. i always have high regards for the Hindu and indian express . i dont know why they are trying to cover behind the screens. Does this mean that we have to send mails like the bangalore episode to attract attention and make the truth come out.

I salute gaurav for his stance of offering to resign. The entire list of events are listed at Kaps blog. i am really happy at the amount of support for gaurav . if democracy still exists in our country , then gaurav you will win. with the outpouring of support for gaurav i believe IIPM has grossly underestimated the power of indian bloggers. media its upto you guyz to stand up and support us or get lost out on veritability accounts. People may stop believing you and turn to us for news. better support the truth else i believe you are digging your grave. Its a matter of time before this news really explodes on the international scene. it takes just one post to tell the truth to the world and i believe the movement for freedom of speech for bloggers have started. maybe this heralds the dawn of the rising unity of bloggers in india and The Rising

Guyz Yes... "THE INDIAN BLOGGERS MUTINY FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION" has started.

all blog readers as a sign of your continuing support to gaurav kindly write at least one post for him.

Gaurav we are with uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu........

Short shirts..appidinaa???

2005-10-04T17:58:00.000+05:30

maama,
ethukku daa..short shirts podraanga... i asked my friend

he replied " they like to follow KISS (keep it short and simple) philosophy"

adeenga!!! ithenna koothaa irukka... no correlation between logic and philosophy.

i have always found short shirts uncomfortable and suiting guyz who have a well built body..

w.r.t girls, i dont know why they wear it?? they wear it and when they sit in chair , constantly have their hand at the back tugging at the shirt and trying to make the length reach till the chair's seat which is virtually impossible..so that leaves them holding on to the shirt for the entire duration..

do you need to endure such agony..
a shirt's purpose is to cover your top and not to keep you occupied by tugging at it...

can anyone explain the logic behind these short shirts??

Scudie's hykoo...

2005-09-28T12:24:00.000+05:30

this was one of the comments scudie posted in my last post and i dont want it to go it to waste..let talent be recognised...

dunno if Chapell rox
dunno if Ganguly sucks
they've both made big bucks
the cricket loving public are sittin ducks
the bcci is now in a fix
the courts have been thrown into the mix
i take this opportunity to tell them all
go SUCK YOUR DICKS

scudie thalaivaa..unnai thalai vanangiroom..(we salute thy..abhi,happy??)

ganguly chappel drama ends - result compromise

2005-09-27T19:01:00.000+05:30

shit !!! this is the most absurd climax..nah..anti-climax ..though expected this was real shit !!! ganguly's ass needed to be kicked...anyways i guess ganguly will be kicked after the next series as the pressure will be on him...and he will defly not perform..we need some serious ass kicking of other players...next post will have some real revealing stats of the bowlers..i am happy harbhajan will be under the scanner..he has been a junior ganguly and no wonder was supporting him..the next series is going to be a whitewash loss for the team and ganguly-bhajji will be kicked out due to non performance . thats my prediction..hope it is true....

as far as BCCI is concerned.....

a big fu*********kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu to u guyz.....

Ganguly..your days are over,,can u please GET OUT of the team!!

2005-09-27T11:34:00.000+05:30

It has got too far...its high time ganguly quitted the team.. this is a huge post of some real good analysis's from various sites.
The post first details ganguly's stats followed by the chronology of events leading to the spat between ganguly-chappell , which are followed by public opinion and finally my opinion.Ganguly supporters please take a hike and for once think rationally. if u r seriously looking at development of indian cricket kindly take your man out of the team else please do keep him and let us watch him score glorious hundreds against extremely talented and world renowned teams like zimbabwe,UAE,bangkladesh,kenya and many other world beating teams.

Sources
Cricinfo
indiatimes

STATISTICS

A cursory look at the stats don't reveal the rot that has set in - in his last 14 Tests, starting with the second Test of that series in Australia, Ganguly's stats read 681 runs at 35.84, with one century and five fifties. Not outstanding figures, but quite acceptable, you might think. The problem is that many of those runs have been against soft opposition and bowling attacks: Ganguly has had his share of the easy runs against the minnows, but he hasn't done much of note against the tougher teams. Whittle away the flab accumulated against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and the stats read 421 runs in 16 innings at 26.31 with only three half-centuries. Dig even deeper, and it turns out that one of those three fifties - against South Africa at Kanpur - came after the top three had laid a splendid platform: he came in to bat with the score reading a comforting 298 for 3. The main criticism against Ganguly the batsman is that he hasn't scored much lately, but also that he's hardly ever contributed when the team has needed him to. (Click here for Ganguly's score in his last 19 innings.)

ganguly versus	Innings	Average	100s/ 50s
Zim and B'desh	3	86.67	1/ 2
The rest	16	26.31	0/ 3

The last time Ganguly's Test average was more than 50 was when India toured Australia in 1999-2000. In 53 Tests since then, he averages only 35.96 (56.17 against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in ten Tests, 32.23 against the rest).

To make matters worse, his form has plummeted in the one-dayers too, a format in which he was considered one of the best in the world not very long ago. His last 42 matches have fetched him no hundreds, just seven fifties, and an average of 26.05, a huge fall from his career average of more than 40. And if the minnows are excluded from the calculations, the numbers are even dismal. Ganguly's leadership skills and the team's results meant that his place wasn't questioned, but with both those factors on the decline, Ganguly's batting form will increasingly come into focus in the near future.

Ganguly's ODIs travails

Ganguly versus	Innings	Average	100s/ 50s
Zim, B'desh, Kenya, UAE	10	33.90	0/ 4
The rest	32	22.68	0/ 3

check his last 42 matches record??

Cricinfo chronicles the relationship between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell which started off in such endearing fashion but has ended up with much mutual recrimination.

August 2003

Ganguly heads off to Australia to take coaching tips from Chappell. Advice such as `don't look out for bouncers' and 'try and move your back-foot to middle stump and look to play forward all the time' are reported in the press. Ganguly goes on to make a classic century at the Gabba.

April 6, 2005

Ganguly puts forth Chappell's candidature before senior board officials twice, during the one-day series against Pakistan.

July 4, 2005
Chappell speaks to Cricinfo on the dynamics of the coach-captain relationship. "Once the game starts, the captain's the one out on the field," he says. "He's the boss, it's his team. I think that's a very important demarcation between the two roles. The coach can't make any runs, can't take any wickets, and can't take any catches. He can't change the bowlers or order the field placings. That's the captain's job and he's got to have the support of the players."

July 9, 2005
Indian selectors announce probables for the pre-season camp in Bangalore. Chappell is keen on having Ganguly at the camp for a few days despite his assignments with Glamorgan in the English County Championship.

July 13, 2005
Ganguly joins the camp in Bangalore for two days. "Chappell will get help from everybody," Ganguly said. "There is Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and a whole lot of young boys. So, I am sure that they are going to make his way easier. I hope he enjoys with the boys."

Friendly start: Sourav Ganguly seeks Greg Chappell's help to sort out his short-ball woes Â© Getty Images

India lose the final of the Indian Oil Cup in Sri Lanka, where Ganguly makes 79 runs in 3 games, and falters again in the final of the Videocon Cup in Harare, where he manages 26.

September 8-10, 2005
Chappell and Ganguly are involved in a few mutual discussions during India's warm-up game at Mutare where Chappell suggests that India would be better served if Ganguly focused on getting his batting organised by stepping down from the captaincy.

September 11, 2005
Chappell admits that Ganguly's continuing slump is bound to affect the "other areas of his game", but added "I have no doubts he can make runs again. He's well aware of what he needs to do. There are some good signs on the way he's batted on this tour."

September 12, 2005
The matter of team selection comes up again before the first Test. Chappell reiterates that India should pick the best XI and when Ganguly pushes him for a frank opinion, Chappell says that left to him, he would have both Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in the team ahead of Ganguly.

An angry Ganguly storms off to the dressing-room, summons Rahul Dravid and Amitabh Chowdhary, the manager, and informs them that he was packing his bags. Chowdhary asks Chappell to join in and all decide that Ganguly leaving in the middle of a tour would be disastrous.

Sourav Ganguly:'You can imagine the character of a person who within hours of a truce goes and writes such an e-mail' Â© Getty Images

September 15, 2005

Ganguly labours to his first century in 20 months and tells the media that he was asked to step down before the Test and that he found "extra determination" for this innings.

Ganguly's statement has the Indian media in a tizzy and rumours and stories fly thick and fast as India complete a convincing win at Bulawayo.

September 16, 2005

Both Ganguly and Chappell keep their counsel after the Test. "It's not right for me to make a statement now," said Ganguly. "You know what has been happening in Indian cricket. Other people are making the decisions; my silence says everything so I'll stick to it. Things come up from time to time and people get frustrated. They say things which probably they don't really mean and are not as important as they are made out to be. I think if we keep looking at success a lot of these issues would fade away."

Chappell adds that he is interested in following the right process: "There are some things which you can't control. We can only concentrate on what we are doing. I have been through this before. There is always going to be something bubbling around the place. We can't get worried about it or get involved in it."

September 17, 2005

Chappell dismisses reports that he threatened to resign. "I have no time to respond to such reports, it's absolute bullshit," he says. "Neither have I threatened to resign nor do I intend to resign."

Ganguly heads off for the scenic Victoria Falls while informing the media to the contrary. Chappell, on the other hand, heads for Harare, the venue of the second Test.

September 19, 2005

Chappell reads out a statement where he professes his respect for Ganguly and said the private discussion was aimed at motivating Ganguly for the Bulawayo Test. "It is disappointing that what was a private discussion between the captain and myself, has become a cause of public speculation. Even more disappointing is that much of what has been written does not represent the discussion fairly.

"It was a frank discussion about Indian cricket's present and future, and much of what I said was aimed at motivating Sourav for the Bulawayo Test match. In that regard our exchange was beneficial. Sourav and I share a mutual respect going back a long time. Thankfully, it is strong enough to survive what has occurred in the past week. I have great respect for what Sourav has achieved in his playing and captaincy career and look forward to working with him in the future."

September 20, 2005

Sachin Tendulkar speaks on the matter and says, "Such talks should not come out of the dressing-room and if it comes out then it's not right. Dressing-room discussions should remain within the dressing-room only. [The Indian board] should speak to the players after they come back. We would get the real story once they talk to the officials [after returning home]."

Sourav Ganguly: will he survive this messy episode? Â© Getty Images

September 21, 2005

Ganguly says he has no problems in playing under anyone else. "Playing for India is more than enough," he tells The Sportstar, "and I have been captain for five years all around the world. I've got nothing left to prove as a captain. Really did not matter to me, actually it felt nice to play without any thoughts and just concentrate on my game. It doesn't matter who is the captain, it has to be a team and all 16 contributing if India has to do well from now on till whatever time."

September 23, 2005

Chappell questions Ganguly's ability to captain the side in an e-mail to Ranbir Singh Mahendra, Indian board president. Mahendra confirms receiving the mail.

Ganguly tells the Ananda Bazaar Patrika: "I will say whatever I want to the board. I hope the board will give me a chance to explain. You can imagine the character of a person who within hours of a truce goes and writes such an e-mail."

September 24, 2005

Ganguly returns from Zimbabwe and says the issue should stay between Chappell and him and not be allowed to drag down the team. He terms the e-mail as a "sensitive issue" and adds, "I will talk to the board on the issue if they ask me. It is a sensitive issue at the present moment and I do not want to say anything to stir it up again."

September 25, 2005
The full text of Greg Chappell's e-mail to BCCI is released by the media. More damning accusations against Ganguly surface. "This team has been made to be fearful and distrusting by the rumour mongering and deceit that is Sourav's modus operandi of divide and rule. Certain players have been treated with favour, all of them bowlers, while others have been shunted up and down the order or left out of the team to suit Sourav's whims."

Harbhajan speaks out in support of his captain: "Ganguly has rebuilt this team and whatever the team has achieved so far, credit goes to the captain". He accuses Chappell of instilling "fear and insecurity" among the players.

More team members rally around their captain. "You can't just talk to the Indian captain like that, asking him to stand down on the morning of a Test. Sourav has led India for long now and that's not the way a coach should talk, no matter what his stature is," said one player, who obviously did not want to be named.

Fans shout slogans against Sourav Ganguly Â© Getty Images

BCCI responds by gagging Indian players and tells them to "exercise restraint" and avoid speaking out on the issue.

September 26, 2005
Ian Chappell bats for his brother: "If Indian cricket wanted someone who would passionately seek to help players who wanted to improve, would do his utmost to put the best team on the field for every match without fear or favour and would offer a frank opinion when asked, then they were on the right track with Greg Chappell."

Raj Singh Dungarpur, former BCCI president, accuses the Dalmiya camp for the e-mail leak. He says Ganguly has "no place in the future of Indian cricket" and that "If Dalmiya did not rule Indian cricket, Ganguly would have gone a long time ago". He lashes out against Harbhajan Singh as well: "He should concentrate on his arm, rather than talk about whether Ganguly is right or wrong ... once a chucker always a chucker".

Sourav Ganguly's maternal grandfather passes away. This throws an uncertainty over Ganguly's participation in the review committee meeting to be held tomorrow.

OPINION POLL

Source - outlook
Ganguly vs Chappell
Who's right? Who's wrong? Tell us what you think of the unfolding farce in Indian cricket and match your answers with the magazine survey.

Did Greg Chappell do the right thing in suggesting that Ganguly sit out and let Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif play the Test match?

Yes 82.46%
No 14.47%
Can't Say 3.07%

Total Votes:- 228

Do you think senior players like Ganguly, Laxman, Kumble are frustrated under Chappell?

No 40.53%
Yes 30.4%
Can't Say 29.07%

Total Votes:- 227

Should Saurav Ganguly step down as captain on return

Yes 85.46%
No 11.89%
Can't Say 2.64%

Total Votes:- 227

Did Ganguly do the right thing in revealing to the press that he had been asked to step down before the Test?

No 90.31%
Yes 8.37%
Can't Say 1.32%

Total Votes:- 227

Is it possible for Chappell and Ganguly to work well together, or will the peace be tenuous?

No 77.19%
Yes 13.6%
Can't Say 9.21%

Total Votes:- 228

Is Chappell in a hurry to impose his views on the team and assert his will?

No 53.95%
Yes 35.09%
Can't Say 10.96%

Total Votes:- 228

indiatimes poll

Do you think Chappell is honest in his intentions?

Yes 86%
No 10%
Can't Say 4%

its been too long a post will air my views in next post..

Innocence personified

2005-09-23T16:04:00.000+05:30

naanum sudarshanum...

enna parthu niraiyya per thellavaarinnu solraanga..ithu nyaayaamaa???....

naan oru appavi...!!!

Harischandran varaan ..poi solla poraan..

2005-09-19T14:55:00.000+05:30

Any ideas of what the topic is all about. Guyz have all of a sudden started perusing through their past and googling has touched a new high in terms of frenzy...the whole campus is abuzz with people proclaiming that they have achieved this and that... some want to even put LKG achievements....

yeah..u r right.. the resume preparation season has started..

suddendly all harischandra's have been re-born and people want to say so much about themselves. generally they say people are different and have different abilities and tastes , but suddenly everybody seems similar and u find that there are millions of people who share the same key competencies abilities.. u suddenly realize that u have so many long lost cousins across the globe that their profile and your match. The way you describe yourself and the way they have described themselves match such a way that u are left to believe that telepathy does exist in this world.

This is the time when we are subjected to super comedy stuff's..

got merit card from LKG to 3rd standard.
came 2nd in hopping competition(now,how many ran in the race..i bet its two..)
class representative
maths olympiad participant
best performer in company
top 2% among all performers in company(if everyone falls under 2% then where are the remaining 98%)
Arranged Treasure hunt competition in my company
got a+,a,b,b+ in certain subjects..
able to handle stress when the odds are stacked against me...(guyz this ain't an essay writing contest)
manage my team leader effectively(what?????)

My only achievement has been to evade the poilice maama and get away after paying a 10 Rs bribe for coming in no entry. will that qualify as a good marketing ability and streetsmartness???(somebody help me,gotta finish resume by 2day)

this happens in all colleegs i guess..
i have seen it happen in my undergrad days when my interest absolutely coincided with that of my roommate who had already been placed. we had so much overlap in interests that barring the grades and name everything else was same. what a coincidence.

Now that placement frenzy has started i better start preparing for it and i heard that P&G might come. keeping fingers crossed. prashanth start studying!!!(again an oxymoron) ..nevertheless lemme make an attempt...

btw i guess i look konjam decent in the photo wherein i wear a suit..i dont want any comments on this please..i have had enough of the encomiums and lavish praises abt my looks..u might make other readers jealous..so please spare your comments..

Disclaimer - some of the statements made above are fictional and added for humour sake.No hard feelings please!!

B-school Gyaan

2005-09-16T09:17:00.000+05:30

If you become a successful manager u become a best seller
else you become a case study

the CEO is the company's bottleneck
the company grows as proportionate to his vision's width...

Scudie magan..Mavane Thappichittada!!

2005-09-12T15:12:00.000+05:30

Oru kalloriyin kadhai(OKK) illa Vadai - Oru kalloriyil Tea kadai would have at least made the film title interesting....

a big f**k uuuuuuuuuuuu to all those who said the film was good.... even worse would be an understatement..

After Kaal one of the worst movies to have watched...nandha periyasamy ... better go into hibernation...there are close to a 1000 guyz after your head..

after diligent planning for 3 days we decided to watch the movie..

Scudie did some market research for us and got the tickets for OKK . he first went and asked some movie goers about thotti(kutti) jaya and the review was its better to watch the film in VCD's . our hero immediately got into the conclusion that it is better to watch OKK , only to be warned after the film that this film is not woth to be watched even if somebody pays for the film. at least we could have got to see some stunts,good songs and brilliant camerawork from thotti . we tried ah aah and did not get the tickets. SO OKK clicked and we got trapped.

let me do a SWOT ( strength ,weakness, oppurtunity,threat) for this film.

Strengths

Yuvan's two songs..have the same (almost similar) tunes

director's ability to Keep the audience wondering who the hero is

Charu Haasan donning the role of a hypnotist and saying "come on" frightening the wits out of all viewers. excellent thriller stuff..spine chilling experience.

a senti scene with watch man ...must watch ...they celebrate watch man's b'day and watch man speaks non stop for 5 minutes leaving the entire audience to gasp fro breath.

aarya trying to act like citizen ajith....awesome..

sonia agrawal's dialogue saying that if u love someone u shud never say thanks....what a romantic statement

hero's logic to leave class at 12 PM to sight adichify the heroine...heights of love...unbeatable...

some 3-4 medical jargons for which even the director does not know the meanings

Weakness

story
script
direction

thats all...

Oppurtunities

Sonia agarwal..could have been used to act in a few more scenes..

threats

oru naal oru kanavu can give stiff competition to be the worst movie of teh season..

aiyyo!! paati aala vidu..

2005-09-09T18:32:00.000+05:30

a interesting conversation with my grand ma..
most of the below post is in tamil..so kindly adjust..

patti - ennada ambi, computerla irukkur a ponnu yaaru daa..(screensaver)

me - athaan naan kattika pora ponnu paati..

patti - (shocked) enna da solra, unmaiyaaa solraa??

me - aaamaam paati unmai thaan..ennoda collegela padikkiraa..

paati - ethulaam nalla illa da ambi, unna mala pola nambinen nee ippadi pannuvenu ninaichu kooda paakala..seri ponnu peru enna??

me - madhumitha..

paati - enna avaalum brahmnaala???

me - aamaam paati aana iyengar

paati - enna daa iyengaara?? dei namba kudumbathukku ithellam seri varathu daa... (asking my mother) yen di shantha unakku ithellam theriyumaa..iyengar ponname.. ganapathy onnum sollalaya?(my father)

amma - intha kalathula namba solrathu yaar ketkara, love panni kalyanam panni vendiyathu thaan..yenna panrathu..

paati - seri ponnu appa enna panraru, nemba vasathikku eedanavaala..

me - ponnu appa RBI'la GM aa irukkarr..

paati - apponaa padichu mudinjodanaiye kalyanamaa...

me - illa paati 2-3 varusham pogattum..

paati - ponnukuu evalo vayasu??

me - 22

paati - 5 lakhs kuduthu padikka anupcha nee vanthu panra karyathuu paaru..konjam kooda nalla illa.. nambathule athuvum nee ippadi pannuvennu naan konjam kooda ninaikala..seri ithellam unga thatha kitta sollidalaama..enime nanga ethukku onukku ponnu paarkanum,neeye ellam senjiitte..

me - ayyo paati alla vidu, antha ponnu vera yaarum illa cinema actress ASIN . neenga paartha thaan enakku ponnu laam..kavuthudatheengaa....

scudie tag's me..

2005-09-08T13:34:00.000+05:30

Seven things I plan to do before I die

1. Study in a college like Kellogg or wharton..high hopes u might say..
2. Make some quick bucks of coz legitemately.
3. Give some of it away.
4. Travel A lot.
5. Direct a movie which i will not release for fear of being hit by rotten tomatoes
6. Get married and if possible have some kids.
7. become a professor at the age of 45.

Seven things I CAN do

1. Try to read more
2. Beat pavan academically in at least one more subject
3. Get a girlfriend
4. Listen to some english rock music
5. Stop teasing Bibin.
6. Sleep less
7. Drive my car

Seven things I CANNOT do

1. Stop being lazy
2. being quiet for more than a hour(excluding time when i sleep)
3. Get a girlfriend
4. Understand women
5. stop teasing bibin.
6. Stop talking about thalaivar rajni during lunch sessions.
7.Read more

Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex.

1. Fair complexion..yeah to a certain extent i am rascist
2. Nice long hair
3. Open-mindedness
4. Lack of make-up
5. Good sense of humour and shud not laugh when i say that i had idli for breakfast.
6.Should watch a lot of tamil films and willing to watch it in theaters with me.
7. shouldn't be a nancyi.e too puch female peter'isms..

Seven things I say most

1. Dai
2. Oth$$
3. Baa$$ (Anniyan has made this word an integral part of every kid's vocabulary)
4. Machan/Machi/Mama/Mapillai
5. are are are
6. freeya vidu
7. Galeej

Seven celebrity crushes

1. Asin
2. Bhumika chawla
3. Kate winslet
4. Priya Gill
5. Preethi jhangianil
6. Gayathri joshi
7. catherine zeta jones

Seven people I want to tag

Vijai
Gopal
Bhars
Vinod
kaps
Ram.C
Siva

Memories are sweet

2005-09-02T10:03:00.000+05:30

Blogging after a great hiatus . with a ligament tear in my right knee and exams and assignment i was left wondering whether i would still retain the earlier passion for blogging. currently chinese class is going on and people are saying something..ta muchin shwo ta chin muchin jyau taa.. makes any sense..neither does it to me.. chinese is a damn difficult language.. for us indians its really difficult to learn it and the sir is doing his best us the knowledge, but its the language which in its basics itself seems so tough..

yesterday was a great day and i felt really happy..i have always desired a lot of things but when it came to achieving something i have failed and have compromised. not that i have missed anything big in life, but i always feel that i should achieve one of my larger goals thru the path which i want to tread and not one which comes up as a alternative. one might say that all roads lead to rome, but at least in one instance i want to reach rome via the road which i want to travel and not roads wherein i have lost my way and then somehow after fumbling through various roads reach rome finally.

in that sense i would say with respect to the colleges where i wanted to study and the girl with whom i wanted to be more close with had been disappointments. well , now i don't have any regrets as to how my life has shaped but i would have preferred the elusive road .

Yesterday i was chatting with one of my college/school crushes, and as we were talking she said some stuff. i felt real happy . things which you did not know , things which had been so interesting had been in the lark for 6 years. i cant reveal the conversation for privacy purposes,but somehow it made me feel so full. I think back at the ironies which existed and for a moment i felt what if?? but then, we all know all we get back from the past is just memories and hushed away those if's and but's . it was so nice to hear that a girl had really thought about me and well,had those feelings. both of us never conveyed it for years altogether and when one of us did the other wasn't ready for it . thats the beauty of irony. there have been so many ironies in my life that i dont know whether i can laugh at it or cry at it. but as of now , i am having a hearty laugh.hoping that doesn't leave a lump in my throat.

Uncle Bala's interview at Pg

2005-08-24T12:03:00.001+05:30

Pagalguy aka allwyn :lol and subbu came down over here to take the interview of Uncle Bala. Hope it gives good publicity to Great lakes. The interview is given below
Interview

Cricket in Great lakes

2005-08-18T20:59:00.000+05:30

All assignments and no play makes Prashanth a super dull boy/man....
Mebbe God's answer to that came in in the form of a cricket match between two great lakes teams..
since we dont have a proper full time campus as on date we had to look forward to outside venues.
and bingo..we landed up at anna university college ground right behind our college..
the match was inaugaurated by our associate dean and we won the toss..

i was unanimously elected as the team captain..find it hard to believe??even i found it..after all people trust my abilities so much that i had to finally yield in to their pleas to be their captain and guide them..how magnanimous u might say..please stop extolling me..its okay..its not such a big sacrifice..

we scored 127 in 20 overs with tariq,pavan,saurabh and deepak chipping in with useful runs.
the opponents had an extremely talented player in aditya suresh who took the match away from us with a solid knock of 47 runs. my bowling was at its worst i conceded 30 runs in 3.4 overs.

anyways it was great fun and helped us flex our muscles..a good and well deserved break i guess..
the pics are shown below..

KBC

2005-08-05T11:36:00.000+05:30

if u guyz are thinking its kaun banega crorepathi , think again..its about K.B.Chandrasekar a person who himself is a multi millionaire and a succesful entrepreneur. the article below talks about him.

credits to Satish

In the series of great guest lectures at Great Lakes , lets meet Mr. K B Chandrasekhar , a great technology entrepreneur, in this writeup. Chandra is the co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Jamcracker Inc., a provider of on-demand delivery and management software. He is also the co-founder and chairman of e4e Inc., a global technology holding company, and chairman of Aztec Software and Technology Services Ltd., This is a guy who started his company with a mere $4500 and is today, one of the most admired techies of the Silicon Valley.

To describe in one line, he sets the place electrifying, wherever he goes. His energy and enthusiasm are extremely contagious.

Chandra gave us a motivating talk about his journey as an entrepreneur, his ups and down and shared with us the mistakes that he committed and the learnings and his comeback.

Lessons Learnt

Straddling two worlds - irrational exuberance and nuclear winters
Startup companies typically undergo two extremes, one is an irrational exuberance that makes them think that growth is permanent and the other extreme the nuclear winters, when the entire world seem to be falling apart around you. Resilience is the way to survival!

Adapting to market realities - The thought that we are not always right has to learnt and one has to necessarily adapt to the realities of the market. This is all the more important in a very dynamic industry like the Hi-tec.

Make swift decisions
Decision made on time is as much important as making the right decisions. This is one of the important reasons for the series of startups that Chandra could do.

Doomed if you do, domed if you don't
Its all about guts. When you know that, either way your are doomed, better try what you want to try before getting doomed. In Chandra's words, sometimes, when you are almost drowned, there could jus one strand of hair that's floating in the water and suddenly someone might lift you up by pulling that one hair of yours.

Tourists come and go but entrepreneurs stay for passion
Fire in the belly! Anyone who gets to listen to his lecture would recall his name with energy and passion. The belief that we are here to stay makes one keep going...

Luck matters and you need lots of its succeed
Finally, thou' luck has different names and perceptions, that concept of lots of external factors coming together in favour of your business idea is a must!

Chandra is known to be extremely interested in the India and the youth. He has sponsored the setting up of an research center at his almamater MIT, Chennai.

Thought for the day

2005-07-30T10:20:00.000+05:30

why does it always have to be me??
i enevitably seem to get the most controversial doubts..?
but i swear its not my fault...
was listening to a song from the film "Unnai ninaithu"

the lyricist pops up a question

"Shahjahan has built a taj mahal to profess his love for a lady
what has any women done for a man??"

why has it been like that..is it because it has always been a male dominated society??
is it because women were not given their freedom to express their feelings??

what cud be the reason??

A different sorta poem

2005-07-23T13:19:00.000+05:30

till now we have written poems just extolling people..i thought why not do the reverse..just wrote one which could be used to send it to a person who torments you like anything..
here it goes..

I dread the moment i sleep
coz that is when you torment me,
i dread the moment i am besides you
coz that is when you make me lose my self,
Your Ogling grin could send shivers
down the spine of even the most brave hearted men ,
if you were a slipper i would like to be a shoe ,
so that ,at least that will keep us seperated,
The mere idea of taking you out,
is enough to churn my stomach ,
The price of cotton candy is 5 Rs,
But if you eat half and give then it is worth peanuts,
I daren't go to Horror movies
as your mere presence is enough ,
You always relieve me of my burden
By reducing the weight of my purse ,
God created some intelligent men/women(whichever suits you),
wish I had been one ,before meeting you

Great Lakes - Updates

2005-07-22T15:16:00.000+05:30

Updates from Vijay

Extended absence attributed to assignments and bad health.

It has been a while since I wrote something about our college. Term II has been lighter in terms of classes and hectic in terms of assignments and non class learnings. This term we had Financial Management , OB, Market Research, MicroEconomics, and Chinese. The term is almost over and time flies really fast.
We had a good presentation on our Market Research project. The concept was about the a value added service in a coffee pub. We learnt a lot about the perceptions of people during the course of this project.

All our seniors have been placed and we expect the same when we sit for placements in about 7 to 8 months from now. Our curriculum needs us to specialise in two disciplines. One major and one minor. I intend to major in Finance and have marketing as my minor. Crisil is offering three courses in the specialisation phase.

And yesterday we had a presentation by Deloittee on 'Careers in Deloittee'.

And our beloved Uncle Bala is here and he will be handling ManAc for us. He addressed the batch yesterday. People are destined to be motivated when they hear him. We also have a couple of Guest leactures in pipe line. And want to know who the speakers are ??

Mr Vivek Paul and Dr Jagdish Seth (remember Power of 3 ??). We had a Guest lecture by Dr YV Reddy (yes, Governor of RBI) last week and Deepak Jain (Kellogg School of Mngt) will address us next month.

So, lots happening at Great Lakes and we are confident that we will rise and shine in the corporate world.

Rahman the Master - I salute thy!!!

2005-07-22T12:12:00.000+05:30

I am listening to rahman's latest offering - Anbe aaruyire,....spell binding... the best album of the year..definitely even beats my personal thalaivar's album chandramukhi by a mile...

Speechless after listening to it.. rahman fires on all cylinders after a huge hiatus...

flavour of the season - anbe aaruyire and Maestro illayaraja's Thiruvasagam....

if u still haven't got these albums..hurry else you are wasting a great part of your life in denying this supreme offering..

Mayilirage from Aa AAhh..... rocks rocks...rocks rocks.... rocks..rocks.. whata melody...
to the ppl who sang this i am willing to kiss their feet... definite buy ..aah aahhhh....

review on all songs in next post..

got exams and assignment to complete..so till then no reviews..i need time to review rahman's latest masterpiece,.....

The Best compliment in recent times

2005-07-18T13:13:00.000+05:30

This was a compliment sent by my friend..i would say i felt i was on seventh heaven after reading it. after few weeks of pessimism and hating the way i was behaving , this SMS infused a fresh lease of hope and siome signs of optimism.

" here go the contents "
Hey i happened to get a forward ..few days bak..abt why guyz dont have gfs..and today got a link toharipi2.blogspot.com ... and then 4m marketing thing abt GLIm..i figured its u..kewl da..urs is one of the best forwards i recently read..and i have already started bragging that i know this guy...******(identity not revealed)

thanks a ton to the people who have forwarded it..
u got to be in my shoes to experience the feeling i am experiencing..no words..

heights of exaltation...

My first poem

2005-07-16T12:18:00.000+05:30

i have seen lotta bloggers write poems..i have written a few but never published it..coz they were and will be bad..
who carez.. this is my blog i write whatever shit i want!!

disclaimer - this poem does not relate anywhere to my current status...i agree this might be in total deviation from my earlier post,but still i like this one of mine..

if u have the habit of avoiding shitty writing,i strongly advise you against going further than this line. read it at your own risk

The air of life knocked my doors,
When asked what its name was,replied back as love
Where were you yesterday,ohh air of life..

I lost my self as soon as i saw you
On regaining consciousness,things have changed
what have you done ohh silent assassin

All along i was searching the reason for my existence
till i saw you and realized why!!
In-numerous women have walked across my life
None have disturbed me as much as you have.
Why were u so late,ohh delayed VIP?

I found the better part of my life when i looked at your eyes,
realizing that you are fire i am daring to touch you
Please return back my stolen heart to me,
will you come back or disappear??
will you be mine or dissolve for eternity??
Why dont you reply,you heart stealer

Thank you all

2005-07-16T11:20:00.000+05:30

I would like to thank all of you people who took some time off their valuable and busy schedule to complete the online questionnaire. it was a thankless job and i am really amazed by the magnanimity of all you peepz who filled it up. i know that the survey was vague, but we got in the desired results out of it. i bet the research wouldn't have been possible without help from you peepz..

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu once again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what the f**k is wrong with blogger

2005-07-13T10:50:00.000+05:30

i remove the below post and still it comes up in my blog.. what the hell is happening??anybody any idea??

Yipee !!! been featured in Blog Mela

2005-07-11T17:51:00.001+05:30

Thanks Nilu for featuring me in BLOG MELA
. next post will be on a incident which brought me to ground level and taught me humility.

Prashanth

Guyz please help me !!!!

2005-07-08T16:03:00.000+05:30

I have an market research assignment to be completed.. i request all my readers to take 3-4 minutes of their time in completing the below survey... God Bless you ppl... i don't know how i could still be existing without help from wonderful people like you. Mebbe its because of you ppl that kali yug hasn't still started... still reading this... please do me a favor by clicking the below link and complete the survey.

Thanks in advance

Please Click on the link below to take the survey.

Click here

again a million and zillion thanks...

Prashanth

Why Some Men don't get em at all !!!

2005-07-01T19:37:00.000+05:30

The oft repeated topic . it seems to be a mystery until you really start thinking. one of my personal favorites.Why some men can never fall in love or never get girl friends. many of us just keep complaining without thinking on what the inherent problem is.
Thankfully i did it as a case study and found out some important issues which might concur with a majority of ppl who are rocking the same boat as mine.

1)
You always sit in the last bench with the other class rogues and other pazhams who feel that its possible to get marks sitting in last row.in case of workplace no girls are there in your project and u have like minded ppl like you as colleagues and wherein your entertainment oscillates between the bars and cinema theaters.

2) You use profanity only in your mother tongue or national language like tamil,malalyalam,hindi. the hep words like fcuk,a$$hole never come up even if you want to use it and u revert to the local dialect.So your perception is relegated to that of a local - low class a la simbu ishtyle...

3) U obviously cant groove and dance and dance around in a group in a disc by just shaking your head or grooving your hip.Desi music directors are your favorites.Deva simply rocks and u cant wait for a gaana or a bangra number to crop up.
Unf you are too adept at dancing dappankuthu or desi dance not the americanised western hip hop dance.

4) U perceive discotheque to be a place where u will have a chance to unleash your dancing potential(dappankuthu) and occupy the center stage with 10 other fellow rogues immediately throwing out the babes from the vicinity of the dance floor. this automatically repels the women from you( they consider u as out of civilization, unf we are the only ppl who can really dance..)

5) Your intelliegence level mostly can take in just jackie chan,arnold and stallone flicks.It can take in just action films whose contents can be absorbed. You just can't take major english romance films. desi romance rocks. we invariably are the DDLJ and hum aapke hai kaun typos. rajni , kamal ,shahrukh,mohanlal,mammotty,chiranjeevi rock. tom cruise is a dud!!! and invariably sucks...(obv..its becoz of jealousy..)

6) You obviously dont know how to make use of yahoo messenger and is used to scold your online friends with the best choice of invectives, spread rumours abt other guyz,and ask them to book the latest movie tickets.
You unfortunately dont know how to flirt using yahoo messenger and are frequently at loss of topics when you want to chat with some girl.whereas u r deluged with strange topics to discuss with your friend with whom you had lost touch for the past decade or so.

7) You cant eat spanish,chinese foods and fav: restaurant invariably happens to be woodlands,saravana bhavan or anandha bhavan types. of coz we cant forget karpagam mess and mami's kadai and murugan idly. we frankly are clueless as to what are bella ciao,wang's kitchen and things like that unless we happen to go an a treat organised by the other guyz...:)

8)You dont see a reason why u have to go tobarristas or qwiky's when the local corner "nair kada chaaya" tastes like nectar and satisfies you more than a barristas. lime tea is the best tea to have been invented by an human and you are thankful to nair for providing it to you.

9)Most of the jokes you know are adult jokes which you can discuss only with your other fellow comrades and which again takes the oppurtunity from telling a joke to the girl and impressing her. besides you seriously tell very good jokes which the blondes can't comprehend or think it is vulgar.you have to tell some absolutely "Kadi jokes"( terrible bores) to make them laugh which though you try hard u will never be able to.

10) you seriously cant start a topic with a member of the oppoisite sex. i have seen guyz chatting with girls purely with emoticons for more than a hour. you can never do that. you will have to crack real dumb jokes to start the conversation or falsely extol them. the most important drawback we have is that we cant talk about what she had for breakfast.You seriously can't talk about that. we refer to those kinda talk in tamil as kadalai.

Boy : what did you have for breakfast??

Girl : i had idli ....

Boy: Is it??? same pinch no back pinch i too had idli ..(he slyly pinches her) and laughs..

Girl : Ouchhh(artificially)...it hurts..

Boy: ohh.. I am sorry and (tries to apologise..)..then say "; i had sambhar for idli.."

girl: (excitedly)..sambharrrrrrrr............ i had chutney....and giggles...

i swear i cant tolerate any longer than this...this is not figment of imagination..i have seen this...though i agree there may be exceptions..

11) U cant sing bryan adams ,sting,george michael's song.. when they talk about linking park you cannot even imagine who they are and the closest link you can associate with them is Panagal park.

12) U seriously are clueless as to what rock music are

13) all thru college life u belong to this boyz gang and even in your gang nobody has a girlfriend so there is absolutely an absence of the inspirational factor.

WITH ALL these attributes its difficult for guyz like us to fall in love or find a girl. but it is not a sin after all. i guess we are not made for it. let us accept that and be proud of that. we are one among the few in the vanishing tribe and amen to it..

we haVE THE uniqueness that we remain single till we get married and having that trait is really a virtue and who knows, we might be the elite clique in the future. so all those of you who feel sad that they dont have Gf's chill !!! we are not made for it and i swear for our characteristics a GF would not have added any value addition and we are better off staying single till 28 or 30.

Purely personal opinion

Yikes!!! I turn 23

2005-06-21T15:51:00.000+05:30

Yup,
23 years before this fated day one of god's blessed creations took form in this planet . From then on the world has never looked back and it has been non stop development both on technological as well as social grounds. some say that the rise of india's prowess in the 21st century can be majorly attributed to the birth of this great gentleman. being a very modest guy,facing repeated pleas for revealing the identity of this great person i am sorry that i am forced to reveal the truth to the entire world.

The Name of the gentleman is Hariprashanth who is currently a student of Great Lakes. He can be reached thru this blog.:lol:
Please dont get jealous. Next Birth one of you will defly be destined to be reborn as HariPrashanth.

anyways leaving the above trivialities aside , yup i am 23 as on date.My parents got me an pair of shirt and trousers from rex.I helped myself to 3 tees from roovy.Roovy seriously rocks in terms of providing trendy dresses at a cost which doesn't burn a hole in your pocket.Uma got me a coolers,but she still owes me another one. she said she will get me a ray-ban. Hope i dont get deluged by film offers when some producers see me on the streets with my ray-ban. i like vijay,simbu and the other stars and to say it in tamil "Avanga Pozhappula Mann alli poda virumbalaa..."."Pozhachu pogattum chinna pasangaa.."

i know whatever i have said above is crap but who carez ,not everyday is your b'day and today i am entitled to write whatever i want.

Going to see Anniyan today and pretty excited about it. Well my roomies gave me B'day bumps yesterday night and we tried to scare our other roomie bibin at the night by wrapping white lungis over our head, pricked him in the head with a stick and when he looked out there were 3 hooded guyz outside the grill with nokia phonelight showing their gleaming teeth and knives. Boy Bibin was almost scared to death.this happened around 3:30 Am. gotta do my FinMan assignment. i am supposed to do analysis abt reebok.Bibin help me yaar.

Great Lakes barnding is getting better and better with each and every passing day. CTS,TCS,Infy and HCL are treating us on par with IIMs which is great news and Uncle bala has communicated the positive feedback which he has been getting about Great Lakes from the indian top corporate honchos.Praise the lord for giving me the intelligence to choose Great lakes.

Amma also made a statement saying that "get a decent job,we want to see you get married by 26".Going by Great lakes branding and progress all i have to do is to do my MBA with ardour and passion and rest will follow suit.Who knows i might be hot property 3 years down the line. Advance Bookings,well not now....after i join my job i will let u know of the bookings or shall we call it as IPO??:lol

I Miss...

2005-06-14T19:33:00.000+05:30

I miss playing cricket in my flat...
i miss playing with latha akka's kids who have grown up now and relocated to a new flat...
I miss eating the masala vadai at the basement tgea shop in CTS..
I miss CIT Kali kadai's egg bonda...
I miss the girl on whom i had my last crush..
I miss the days when we used to brew maanja and fly kites in my flat..
I miss superb cartoons like swat cats,johny quest on cartoon network..donno whether they still are on air..
I miss the tea kadai Pongal in CTS and the 10 member gang...

Time really flies and it tells me i am getting older...i want to do so many things but i am not able to..suddenly life seems mechanical..i am chasing something to ensure my tomorrow will be better and the process will continue till i die..

Is Time travel possible....??

Mera Apple aa gaya..

2005-06-09T18:47:00.000+05:30

finally it has arrived..my baby namely my apple Lappie had arrived this tuesday.its an apple iBook G4.by looks it beats all the other existing windows OS based Lappies.Wonder how guyz can go in for Laptops with windows OS. Dell Latitude - what a dull attitude..j.k(i expect brickbats!!!;-)..some of my friends have gone in for dell lappie..my way of getting a swipe at them.. )

This is Yours truly Pointing to his latest prize catch..	Chandru and swami proudly displaying their babies...
Full Web space for my baby..	The Emperors Lined Up

The features are absolutely amazing with Tiger OS which truly rocks..

Apple - Windows OS Users Envy Our Pride ;)

Features abt Apple in next post..

i am right now slogging it out for my MacroEco exam on satday...Hope i dont get a "C"!!

Speed Dating

2005-06-05T15:22:00.000+05:30

This is the latest and hottest new concept to hit the indian market. witha growing middle class and increase in wants as well as growing acceptance of western culture this is definitely a goldmine. i foresee a tremendous potential in this concept. As far as my knowledge is concerned this is prevalent in just Mumbai i guess.

So what is speed dating??

Here is roughly how a speed dating event works, though the intricacies could vary from event to event.

i. Men and women, usually working professionals, in the age group of 24 to 34 are brought together for an evening of face-to-face interactions.

The number could alternate between 20 and 30 couples.

ii. At the venue, you will find a series of tables lined up. Each table has a couple of chairs.

Hence, the number of women must match the number of men. Else, as they say, three is a crowd.

You will be given a sheet of paper to make notes. The idea is to help you keep track of anyone you take a fancy to. Now take a seat with your first 'date' for the evening.

iii. A gong goes off. Your time begins.

This is your cue to interact with your partner.

You have between three and five minutes to ask your partner anything and vice versa.

Interests, backgrounds, salaries, quirks -- take your pick. Don't forget to note down your partner's name on your sheet before you begin.

You could also make notes based on what you feel about your current partner.

Key words -- like 'bad breath', 'bombshell', 'arrogant', 'well-travelled' and 'scuba diver' -- do well to help you juggle your memory at the end of the session.

v. When your time is up, the gong goes off again.

Now, place a tick or a cross on your sheet next to your date's name.

The former signifies you would like to meet the person again. The latter, of course, means you are not interested.

Exercise discretion while doing this, so you don't hurt any feelings.

Don't linger at your date's table forever. As the emcee quips, "It is not a wedding bell, so get on with it!"

vi. Time to chat up your next date.

The men play musical chairs, while the ladies sit pretty and await the next man.

Remember the face-off between the belligerent Will Smith and the feisty Eva Mendes in the Hollywood film, Hitch? The venue is a speed dating event, furiously in progress.

vii. By the end of the session, you meet 20 to 30 singles in a span of 60 to 110 minutes!

The next day, you will receive a mail notifying you of perfect matches, along with the respective e-mail ids.

These are people who placed a tick mark on their sheets. You would have done the same for them, of course.

Now, it is up to you and your suitor/s to take the liaison forward and steer it in the right direction.

Courtesy : rediff.com

Why not a concept like this in chennai?? its going to be a huge market and you are going to get the conservative south indian into the picture. this concept will definitely sell. u get to meet so may people with diverse backgrounds and interests, who knows u might find out your better half..;).

Let me chalk out the cost plan for this event.
in bombay it costs around 1500 per person including a drink.
in chennai u can start off it at 750-850 per person with a drink or dinner whichever is feasible and capitalize on the initial market mover advantage. all you would be requiring is a place to conduct the events and of coz a catering service. A 2000-2500 square foot room should suffice. area cud be the ECR belt .
initial promos would be like giving free passes to girls and then making it a equal pay for both the sexes.Girls u oughtta consider yourselves lucky,whenever it comes to freebies it is u ppl who bag it up in the first place.any entrepeneur listening??hello??

Changed Template!!

2005-06-01T22:00:00.000+05:30

Hi peepz,
i thought vindy's site rocked in terms of site layout..and i have copied it to the T...of coz vindy sent me his layout..this seems to be more professional and user friendly to the eyes..comments are always welcome as to what else could be done..any enhancements...guyz pour in your views pleez..Regards,
Prashanth

First Month @ Great Lakes

2005-05-30T15:59:00.000+05:30

Hiya peepz,

here comes haripi express - part 2 with all details about the first month life @ Great lakes.Its been a hectic ride so far with my average hours of sleep reducing from 10/day to 6 /day with signs forboding that it is going to get much worser. . we have 8 sujects this term including chinese with 2 subjects already been completed . we have also finished the final exam of FinAc last saturday.

The subjects we have this term are FinAc,macroeconomics,statistics,marketing,strategy ,chinese,Business communication and corporate finance. So far 6 subjects have been taught by 4 foreign profs and two by reputed indian faculty.The quality of faculty has been so good that i can say that these are the best teachers i have gt after my 12th wherein i had a gem of a maths teacher.All foreign profs are PhD's in their respective fields. so that shud give u an idea of the knowledge level they poses and the best part has been that they have come down to our level to teach and ensure that whatever they impart has been completely absorbed by the students.

so far the toughest subject seems to be macroecon becoz it involves a great deal of studying as well as analytical skills.But the prof has done such a great job in making sure that our basics are proper w.r.t classical and keynesian economics.The last class wherein we had a case analysis of the indian economy post liberalisation was spellbinding. we had done close to 10 assignments in macroecon alone . The prof is a gold medallist in ecnomics and frequently writes for businesline.

FinAc we had a prof from FIU teaching us , Strategy by a prof from Texas alington,Buss comm by a prof from IIT,Chicago and marketing also by a faculty from IIT,chicago.i am mentioning the profs becoz i feel last year not many knew about the quality of faculty who had taught our seniors. this year its getting even beter eith a wide diaspora of international faculty.

The classes are held with a clear focus on equal class participation.we are divided into groups and we do some projects in groups which brings out the cameraderie between us.

The unique USP of Great lakes has been the focus of learning chinese . we have been getting a person of great repute who knows close to 10 languages teaching us. class is great fun as all of us shout chinese and its queer when we hear strange sounds. regarding chinese i would like to give u guyz a brief intro. chinese language is based on how it is enunciated.phonetics play a very important role.for eg: li can be spelt in four different tones which carry different meanings.the tones are high low,base and a curvy tone. curvy means like wuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

we also learnt how to call numbers till 1 crore.

for eg : 111111 is called as yi shr yi wan yi chyan yi bai yi shr yi . how does it sound?? the emphasis shud def be on the enunciation.

we had two done 2 mock presentations one on submitting a business proposal to the mayor of chennai abt a new start up business and the oher on teamwork.it was videotaped and we got an idea as to what our weaknesseses were when it comes to presentation skills.

we also had 3 guest lectures one on brand positioning,one on winning vision and other abt murugappa group by their director vellayan.

thats all reg great lakes.more abt Great lakes in the next express.

rajni Thalaivaa-- thou are the Emperor of Tamil cinema

2005-05-18T16:53:00.000+05:30

Source : Sify.com

Chandramukhi is turning out to be bigger than Padayappa or Baasha, in terms of box-office collections! All existing box-office records are being swept away by the Chandramukhi tsunami wave at turnstiles. It has become the favourite summer outing among families all over Tamil Nadu and there is a repeat audience for the film.

This clearly indicates the final verdict that Chandramukhi is a blockbuster of gargantuan propositions. In Chennai city (in 21 days) the film has collected a distributors share of Rs 1.27 Crore and is all set to break the Padayappa record of Rs 1.45 Crore! According to a trade analyst, the film may garner Rs 2.25 to Rs 2.50 Crore from Chennai city alone in the long run, making it the highest collecting film in history!

In Kovai territory, comprising Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Pollachi on 24 prints, Chandramukhi collected Rs 2.36 Crore in 21 days and may become the first ever film to cross the magic Rs 3 Crore figure from this area in the long run. In Tamil Naduâ€™s biggest territory the NSC area (North Arcot, South Arcot and Chengalpettu) the film is likely to get a distributors share of Rs 8 Crore! And down south in TK area (Tirunelveli- Kanyakumari) the collections are likely to be Rs 1.50 Crore twice of what Padayappa did!

If one were to go by these figures, then Chandramukhi will do business worth Rs 22.5 Crore from theatrical rights in Tamil Nadu. The normal practice in film trade to calculate the box-office takings of a mega blockbuster is to multiply the Chennai city distributors share by 2.5 = Tamil Nadu distributors share. And if family and repeat audience continue to support the film till the schools reopen (June 1) and there after if collections donâ€™t drop drastically and average around 50 percent, then Chandramukhi may do theatrical business worth Rs 25 Crore from Tamil Nadu.

In Bangalore, Rajnikanthâ€™s home town Chandramukhi will do Rs 1.50 Crore and from rest of Karnataka another Rs 1.50 Crore making it Rs 3 Crore. From Kerala the film is likely to make a distributors share of Rs 1.50 Crore. In Andhra also the Telugu dubbed version of the film is a super hit and is poised to make around Rs 8 Crore! And in other North Indian belts like Mumbai, Pune, Belguam, Ahmedabad, Ranchi and Delhi it has a potential to collect Rs 50 Lakhs mainly from multiplexes.

Overseas also Chandramukhi is a big hit especially in Malaysia, UAE, US and as per trade buzz, the film will be the first Tamil movie to do business over $ 1 Million (Rs 4.3 Crore). It is expected to do Rs 7 Crore overseas including DVD and local TV rights.

So the bottom line is that Chandramukhi has the potential to do business worth Rs 45 Crore worldwide with almost 60 percent coming from Tamil Nadu theatrical rights alone. It is truly amazing that a Tamil film could do such bumper business worth $ 10 Million!

Rajni thalaivaa â€“ you are the Emperor of Tamil cinema

10,000 i go..

2005-05-14T14:06:00.000+05:30

Its been a great day. my site counter records 10,000 visitors. the steam has really picked up over the last two months when it had clocked close to 4000 visitors.thats good news i guess which indirectly means that my englipiss is not that bad after all.

classes have started but its been a laid back week as far as last week is concerned. i am starting to feel the butterflies churning in my stomach as i seem to be the only person chilling out.gotta pull over my socks and start studying otherwise the wagon will leave me behind. guyz are workaholics ,thats what i feel. enthusiasm to study is really infectious. any senior MBA grad,have u ever been in this kinda situation??help pleeez..

saw XXX-2 and after seeing kaal i felt XXX-2 was much better. my friends told me its the worst english film currently screened but the theory of relativity helped me cope up with the film and i survived.

Kaal Movie review -an Forgettable experience

2005-05-10T14:17:00.000+05:30

" Vivek Oberoi kaa kaal achaa thaa ki woh screen ke peeche thaa....
meri kaal itni buri thi ki main screen ke bahaar tha... "

This aptly summarises my predicament while watching KAAL --- BIG time s**king movie..

the movie starts on a very high note with the "kaal Kaal hai " song showing the vivacious curves of mallaika and your body grooves in sync with mallaika during the entire duration of the song. i hardly watched shah rukh.. the screen presence of SRK was not realy felt. malaika stole the show and she is the Modern day rekha--always young..

U start having high expectations.. the director does not dissapoint u initially. he has a sequence wherein the camera traces the path taken by a tiger in attacking its prey.From there the movie draws a flak till the end. YOu expect the story to be like "Ghosts in darkness",but u r in shock the movie goes nowhere like that.. u think it might be A CRIME THRILLER BUT IT STILL IS NOT EVEN A CRIME THRILLER. Then WTF is it?? if i knew it i woukld have told u..

after the initial scene,u see a girl in a skimpy micro mini and a coloured tops showing 70 % of her body running across a a field carrying a cell phone. u are bewildered as to what is happening .the camera immediately moves on to a guy who runs as if he is maurice green incarnate with a bare body. any guesses for who it is?? yeah..u guessed it right it is john abraham...

he looks so flabby as u are left to wonder why he did a salman act in the first place.as to the babe in the skimpy dress u are in full anticipation as to who it is..its all well till the moment the camera shows the face of teh heroine...aaahhhh......... she looks older than my grandmaa..no wonderits esha deol..i think her mother would have looked far more younger than her..another loss of airtime ..

Then the scene shifts to the forest where a set of 4 ppl will be talking totally uncorrelated bullshit in a new landrover. i am not giving u guyz a chance to guess who it is..yeah vivek oberoi,lara dutta and two other chaps.

now the vehicle stops in the mid of the forest and they are guided into the forest by an absolutely wierd guide.the guide looks as if he is totally lost and gives wierd smiles and tells some really stupid shlokas.

then some stupid sequences and finally the movie gets over. thank god and teh director has been considerate enuf to leave us with a song in the end. guyz were so pissed off that all of us watched the songs and asked for repeating the initial malaika arora song for 6-7 times for getting our money's worth.

Okies the pluses

only one - the cameraman.he focuses it artistically on the ..well u know what..;-)

MInuses

No story
No songs
NO steamy scenes
No fight
No coherence

acting was at its pathetic best and vivek oberoi must take a break from acting. he seriously seems to have lost his skills. he is the saurav ganguly of indian cinema--pathetic. But one guy had overtaken him in terms of pathetic acting and the honours goto Ajay devgan. My god!! he was terrible..i dont blame him though it was the director i guess...

Punch dialogues : " Cut the crap "by vivek... btw the crowd was shouting the dialogue all thru the film.
then the best dialogue of the film by ajay " Pani tho nadi ka hotha hai" ..wierdest dialogues u can ever hear

lara dutta did some decent skin show by roaming in micro minis in forests. what a costume designer.my god micro minis and a short top in forests.thats height of creativity.

the tigers come once in the movie and they never return back. guyz got so pissed off that in the end we were hoping the tiger comes and does something to esha or lara. nothing like that happened. shit..

in screen esha was saying to john.." krish mujhe bahuth dar lag raha hai,mujhe gar janna hai"
we retorted saying " hume bhi jaana hai ..saale jaldi film ko samapth kar.."

esha tried hard to showcase her potential in well..,but unfortunately no one was interested.

one scene ---unbelieveable creativity .. a hand comes in fronnt of a guy and BG score is damn scary and in a sort of anti climax u realise that it is that fellow's hand and he brings it in such a way to wipe teh sweat of his face.. such dumb creativity..yuck..

so how were we able to sustain it??

we were 6 of us and fully loaded with comments hence we enjoyed it..otherwise...

we calculated the ROI for the film..

investment - 75 rs thank god i did not get the 90 rs ticket

10 rs - first song
10 rs - last song
5 rs - first scene
5 rs - lara dutta
2 rs - esha deol
5 rs - tigers
1+1+1 rs - owl + snake + monkey

so net till now comes to 40 rs

- 25 rs for horrible acting of ajay devagan
-10 for vivek esp the scene where he confronts john
-5 for the squeals which lara and esha give out..
- 10 for other characters

so net worth is - 10 that is the producer will have to pay u 10 rs for watching the film...

verdict ---- Must avoid ...age sex nationality no bar..

Melvin where have u been all these days??

2005-05-07T10:01:00.000+05:30

i bet u ppl have no clue abt who melvin is.. well i was randomly surfing and i found out a site of melvin dorai.he is an indian american writer and i must say i have been impressed with his humour.

one of a really witty and humorous article abt Why we like anna kounikova...

must read..
ciao..

First week @ GLIM

2005-05-02T09:53:00.000+05:30

Well,
guyz i guess i am going to post after a huge hiatus in PG that too a very long one.so kindly adjust.well , college for us started on April 21st and we did not have much events except for giving the college our orginal certificates and other formalities.so not much of intro or general exchanges happened on the first day.

April 22nd we had our formal induction at tidel park auditorium which was graced by Uncle bala(well, we are supposed to call him like that and we love to call it that way.. ),DR. s krishnamoorthy(former chairman of SAIL,maruthi blah blah..),MALLIKA SRINIVASAN( DIRECTOR,TAFE) and miss mangalam srinivasan. it saw the launch of a new initiative by GLIM called as SWIM(successful women in mangement) where MRS mallika is expected to head it from front. we had a series of advices and lectures on the same day and uncle bala i must say immediately got into the act and i must confess that he is brilliant in conveying his point and keeping up the crowd in rapt attention. he has got an amazing sense of humour and conveying management fundas using the simplest of terms.

April 23rd and 24th

we had a series of lectures by some eminent personalities in the business arena,the most prominent of them being the CEO of ma foi consulting Mr. Pandiarajan. There were other lectures on Systems thinking,Personal mastery,Marketing basics and HR basics. these lectures were there to make us aquainted as to what is B-school education. Some were really good and others were really heavy . anyways it helped us in knowing what was in store for us once the courses started.

April 25th and 26th

The best part of the learning so far. We had an Fun oriented Outdoor learning (FOOL ) programme conducted at MGM beach resorts for all the batch.

The main objectives of the program were the following:

To ensure that all the students are well acquainted with each other, they lose their inhibitions and the concept of classmates as family members is internalized by all participants.
To unleash the latent talents in people, by giving them a platform to perform.
To introduce key management concepts like, teamwork, leadership and time-management in an innovative & practical way. Also to make sure people have fun during the program.
Experience:

The program was extremely well designed and perfectly executed. Everybody had a tremendous amount of fun and learning. Everybody was richer through this experience because they made new friends and realized some very key insights about important concepts like, friendship, teamwork, leadership and most importantly we realized we are limited by our perceived limitations but in reality we can achieve more than

We think if we try.

Listed below are some of the best activities undertaken by us.

Trekking: This trek unlike normal treks was based on teamwork. All of us were divided into five teams of 7-8 members each. There were certain constraints applied to each team these were: two people were to pretend that they were blind, other two people were to pretend they were dumb, finally two other people were to pretend they were deaf. This was a unique experience which brought out the trust aspect of a team because it is very difficult to navigate the mountains unless you trust your teammates completely. Moreover many of us thought they could not undertake the trek before they started the trek but they surprised themselves with the ease with which they completed it. This reinforces the concept of stretch; that is we can stretch further than we think we can.

Jam Bottle: the objective of this game was to fish out a Jam bottle from a set of concentric squares. This was to be done maximum number of times in twenty minutes. There were certain constraints imposed such that this had to be done by the means of given tools; these were two ropes, a bunch of rubber bands and two reels of tapes. Further more neither of the tools or a person should touch the periphery or the interior of the outer rope. In the event that this occurred there was a penalty of 100 points. The points for the successful attempt were calculated by the following formula (20- time from the beginning when attempt was made)*100 this game fostered lateral thinking and team work and was a great learning experience

Skit: We were divided into five different teams and each member was asked to pick up a chit from a box, each chit consisted of a character, and the chit-bearer had to assume that character and the team had to enact a play based on the given characters. This was very challenging and required on spot creativity and teamwork. It was fantastic fun and it gave us insight into fundamental concepts in management such as dealing with sudden change as sometimes characters were introduced at the last minute when storyline was set.

Besides the above games there were some other fantastic games, time on the beach, a short capsule on Salsa Dance, Yoga lessons, Karaoke, and dance to English, Tamil and Hindi songs. It was an amazing experience and amazing is an understatement.

Perhaps the most crucial part was getting to know our batch mates well and getting a sneak preview of the amazing diversity and talent in class. This was best demonstrated by the last exercise of the day in which we were asked to complement our batch mates on their qualities; it was a complete riot with people rushing to complement each other.
We had amazing fun. trust me you have to be there to believe it. the salsa and jive dance were brilliant. the professional DJ's on the discotheque made dancing on the dance floor during 24th and 25th really enjoyable.

but as they say there is no such thing as free lunch our two day utopia came to an end and we returned backon 26th night.

April 27thThis was the convocation day and we had it in Taj coromandel. The function was presided by Uncle bala as usual who looked majestic in his robe and wearing the distinguished Kelloggs professor medal.The chief guests for the function were Jamshed Godrej(CEO,godrej companies) and Dennis connors(CEO,3com). All the seniors wearing the customary coat and graduating hat looked Splendid. there was an air of royalty in their attire as well as the way in which uncle bala and the guests occupied the dias. the background score was simply brilliant and was defly an symbol of class . after the awarding of degrees and other awards the way the students threw upo their hats in mid air was a treat to watch . i just couldn't believe that in a year's time i too would be doing the same. after that as usual we had a sumptuous lunch. Yeah, the food was brilliant.

NOw since i have given details about various activities lemme give data abt college. well the college is just one year old and comprises of a single building in saidapet. the entire building is wi fi enabled and has a decent library with an extensive e-library and journo collection. the computer lab is pretty fast and thats why i am typing all the above points from here. the canteen is pretty decent.

now regarding ppl.

The class has 130 ppl with 113 experienced ppl and 17 freshers. can u believe it,well i coudn't when i initially joined but its the truth.

102 guyz and 28 gurlz a pretty low female populace ..i do agree but with lesser fresher intake that is bound to happen.

the average work ex (inclusive of freshers) is 3.8 years next only to that of ISB in india. so the class composition ias brilliant for a 1 year old school and i expect it to get even better in the coming years. we have at least 50-60 % of ppl from other parts of India(leaving out tamil nadu) whioch makes for a multi varied diverse background.

50 % engineers and 50 % non engineers.

star profiles of the class

well, a few of them whom i can recall now..

one guy with 5 years of work ex in NASA
3 CA chaps
4 sailors with 4-5 years of work ex
one guy with 20 years of work ex holding posn of CEO in an danish company
three 7 year work ex guyz from US
one project manager from a major indian IT company
one IIT chap with 17 years of work ex who had been asia pac head of some operations in a major company.
there are still many but at this point this is it...

right now doing an assignment abt an analysis of national income for the last 15 years.

Direct from GLIM Computer lab

2005-04-24T10:56:00.000+05:30

This is the first post i am posting from the computer lab of GLIM. the spedd of the lab is amazing. download rates are pretty high. as such it has been an amzing eexperience so far. joined with lot of apprehensions as to what the class profile would be and whether i had made a right choice by joining here in the second year itself. a few days into college and i am pretty confident to say that i have made a right choice. the class profile seems to be amazing. close to 130 ppl with 87 % of ppl with work ex. that is amazing considering the fact that the college has not embarked into a marketing spree and does not have a full time residential campus as on date.the new campus will come into existence by next december and that shud further enhance the existing profile.

The sex ratio is arnd 74:26 and experience ratio is 87:13 . the most facinating aspect is that the average work ex including the freshers strength is close to 4 years which is amazing considering the very fact that we are the second batch. have a lot more to write but unf: have little time at my expense to continue further..till then adios..

LasT day at Cognizant

2005-04-20T13:12:00.000+05:30

So guyz i am currently a "Velai Illa pattadhari " .(jobless graduate) . after close to two years of working in CT$ i got relievedon april 20th. Some say it is really nostalgic when you leave your company. well,in mycase it was partly nostalgic. i was not nostalgic abt leaving CT$ but really nostalgic abt leaving some really friends over there. as every s/w engineer says "Work truly Su***d" at CT$ and that was one reason why i had to drop my dream of studying in an IIM. i guess you are supposed to be realistic at some point of time and in my case realism took precedence over dreams and wishes.Anyways apart from that minor hitch i am really happy to be joining a great institute namely GLIm which i believe in 3-4 years time will be a institute to reckon with for ppl with work ex.

So what did i do the last day at CTS. i went to office at arnd 10 AM and then immediately checked my blog and mail. unfortunately no interesting mail had come. being the last day at office i decided to make optimum use of that and started writing a long farewell mail to my ELT batchmates as well as to other juntha.the mails were really long. i guess arnd 600 wordsand i tried my maximum in pulling each one's leg for the final time and i guess i suceeded in that venturewithout getting any brickbats.

Then i had my exit interview at arnd 3:30 . went to the CSI office and to all their questions answered truthfully without hiding any facts . One of my colleagues had asked me "Dei , HR kitta enna da sonna ??" . i replied in True thalaivar ishtyle "Unmaiyaa sonnen" . I was happy that i had a chance to finally tell my grouses .

then went for the final tea session (somewhat similar to the LAST SUPPER) . it was really nostalgic. the bunk kada tea and masala vadai,i am really going to miss that.
too bad that it was the EOD and there wasno masala vada to bid me farewell.i took some snaps of the various hangouts in my office ,the terrace the sandwich stall,the research lab where i was working as an undercover agent for NASA (trust me ,its true none of my project superiors knew that i existed),the giant AC and snaps with some of the good ol brats of briends.

so i quit CT$ with a happy heart but the ppl at CT$ with a heavy heart.

From tomorrow Haripi ban jata Gentleman aka B-school stud ;-)

captain thirunavukkarasu

2005-04-13T15:27:00.000+05:30

Sania Mirza has slipped from her world ranking of 99 to 133, and the Olympics are less than 2 months away. She approaches the Indian Tennis Association for help to find somebody to coach her to win the Olympics gold medal. The President of the association tells her there is only one man to help her ?CAPTAIN THIRUNAVUKKARASU?the long forgotten Indian tennis star. Captain now lives in a small village called
Arasampatti with his wife, Trisha and cow, Meenatchi. He lives a quiet, contented life looking after his farm with his wife.

zzzzz flashback to when Captain was a young student in his college, jollu uttufying behind trisha. One day, one of the students in the college, who incidentally is also behind trisha, challenges Captain to a game of tennis to decide who is the real hero.
Trisha loves Captain and cajoles him into practicing hard for tennis so that he can beat the villain and show who is who. Not only that, trisha tells Captain that, he must not only conquer this frontier but also win a GOLD MEDAL for INDIA in the Olympics. With all this in mind, Captain practices hard and defeats the villain (that?s pretty simple for captain actually). During the practice sessions there is a
song with trisha in a mini-mini-skirt and captain playing with tennis balls. As you all know captain is so naughty so he plays around?err, u get the drift?

Captain then goes onto the Olympics. One secret of Captain?s success is that he drinks his cow Meenatchi?s milk everyday. So captain takes special permission to take the cow along, so that he can win the Gold Medal. He milks Meenatchi between every change over and drinks it. Captain breezes through the initial rounds and meets
John Mcenroe in the final. The match is going really close and Mcenroe is
winning. Then trisha who is in the stands, starts singing ?mannava unakku
enda mcenroe va potti, nee jeyicha enikki rathiri lootti??.? then
Captain brings out Meenatchi and milks her and drinks it all in one gulp,
spilling most of it on his chest (the cameraman focuses on his chest and the girls
in the crowd faint at the sight of Captain?s powerful muscles). Now that Captain is refreshed he goes back and beats the shit out of Mcenroe. Mcenroe who isn?t used to being beaten, badmouths Captain. Captain, never one to miss out on an opportunity for a dialog, looks at Mcenroe with his steely eyes, gives him one of his
special nakkal smiles and says ?enda Thirunavukkarasu-kku aruvalum
veesa theriyum, tennis racquet-um veesa theriyum. Naan oru missan
(mission) la vandurukken, edula nee enna da, ongappan vanda kooda,
enna thadukka mudiyadhu.? He wins easily and during the presentation
ceremony talks about how he trained hard for his success and thanks
his ?thai mannu?, trisha and Meenatchi. He comes back to India to a
hero?s welcome, but Captain does not want glory and fame, so he goes and
settles in the small village and manages the farm. There he and
trisha live happily singing a couple of songs now and then.

zzzzz Present?.. Sania finds her way to Arasampatti and convinces Captain to coach her so that she can win the Olympic Gold Medal. Trisha is reluctant, but Captain is adamant that India must be win a gold medal and the only chance is Sania and Sania?s
only hope is CAPTAIN. Captain then trains Sania and puts all his effort into it.
He even tells her that she can win if she drinks Meenatchi?s milk. Meenatchi, though very old now, still produces milk so that Sania can win the Gold medal (After all, Meenatchi is an Indian cow).

The Olympics comes and Sania, Captain and Meenatchi travel to London where the Olympics are being held. Sania being Captain?s student breezes through the
initial rounds and meets Serena Williams in the finals. Sania gets injured in between and is limping her way through the match with difficulty. Captain is cool as usual. He goes to milk Meenatchi so that Sania can regain her energy. But the villains have given her an injection to stop her from giving milk. In fact,
Meenatchi is almost dead. If only they knew who they were up against they
wouldn?t have done it. But anyway, Captain starts on the family song
and Meenatchi gets up and gives milk. Sania who is now recharged, goes back and starts playing amazing tennis. The linesman makes a wrong call. Odane namma Captain enters the scene ?oru chinna tennis ball, line-a thandudha thandalaya nnu ozhunga
solla mudiyalaye, anga oru periya Line of Control-a thaandi theevaravathinga varaanga. Kashmir-la rathriyum pagalum uyirukku anjama natta kappatharaanga enga nattin veerargal. adunaala daan, enikki naanga olymbics la vandu epdi tennis adarom.
Anda tyagigala nenacchu paaru, onnoda velaiya nee ozhunga seyya mudiyum? (kanna
pinna senti daan, but Captain cant resist talking about Pakistani theevaravadhis)

Sania continues to play and suddenly Meenatchi dies. Sania becomes heartbroken and starts losing. Captain cannot do anything. Sania tries her very best. Its
match point for Serena and Sania breaks her leg. The aspirations and
hopes of a billion Indians and millions of Tamillans are at stake. Appo namba Captain
takes a brave decision .... To play in the place of Sania. But how can
he play, he is old and tired and moreover he does not have Meenatchi milk.. Then Trisha comes to rescue. She says "Mama, ungalukkage, naan speciala nethikku yaarukkum teriyama, Meenatchi paal oru bottle vechiriken, inthaanga". Captain is moved by Trisha's gesture. So he drinks the last drop of Meenatchi paal, and
enters the kalam to standing ovation of thousands of people. But, it is not over yet,
Pakistani theeviravaatigal, are still following our Captain trying to sabotage his plans. So there fire 2 shots hits our Captain in his hand and on his leg. Blood is
gushing out of Captains hand and legs, his eyes are red as usual. Medic team arrives
at the scene, but our Captain refuses any help. He gets up, finally and the
crowd is cheering loudly. Trisha is crying. Meenatchi maadu somehow comes back
to life(no one knows how, its coz of Captains dedication to tamil). He gets up and
serves , but Serena returns really well, and Captain misses it and falls. Serena
is celebrating her win, when our Captain gets up, chases the ball just before
it touches the ground and hits it with all his force. The ball goes
out of the court and the umpire is about to declare a win for Serena, and amazingly enough it boomerangs back and lands on the line. Our Captain saves India's
maanam, and says "en uyir , en udal ellam tamilke, tamil vaazhga , tamil valarga....."

how is it ???

not mine..yet another fwd..

Preetha does it again--Makes it into IIMB

2005-04-11T11:18:00.000+05:30

In case u guyz are wondering who preetha is she is Uma aka preetha my mama's daughter and my darling cousin. being 6 months my senior by birth she obviously has got a sharper and much better brain cells than me. she has managed to get into IIMB this year with close to 20 hrs of sincere preps.(yes its just 20 hrs not a hour more or less..) . I sometimes really envy her brains.she manages to strike gold in all her educational pursuits. i guess some people are really gifted.I have to accept that.But i am not brooding ,i am elated as her IIMB seat entitles me to some monetary benifits.yeah..she is gifting me(well,rather i am gonna snatch) 10__ from her kitty. i hope she lives up to her promise . as i was saying in my earlier post cousins like her sometimes make your life miserable.Reason..well,she studies like mad ,does not watch cricket,does not worship rajinikanth aka superstar,does not watch 4 films every week and blah blah..while i exactly epitomise these virtues(i guess all boyz do that,what say guyz..??)

Her profile

10th : 90 %(CBSE)
12th : 94 %(CBSE)
NTSE scholar

B.Tech hons from BITS pilani in EEE with a 9.86 CGPA(wowwwwwwwwwwww)
one international paper in VLSI

a 6 month internship at HP where her work was appreciated and is implemented by the indian post office,with her name featured on the credits..how's that..??

2 years of work ex at WIpro in VLSI divison.

so it has to be obvious that she needs an IIMB to embellish her glossy resume.and she does that with panache.

advantages of having such a cousin

1) you can brag to friends that u have an IIMB stud as a cousin and get her intro to offer funda abt CAT(to be true,she was aking me fundae abt CAT ..that is life i guess..its so ironical...wah...sobs...wail.. j/k)

2) at an later stage when u need to get into a good company u can always use her aquaintances to land up a great job.

3)whichever place she goes to,there are lotta pretty babes arnd,so it means u do stand a chance provided u r in her good books .

disadvantages

1) only one disadvantage--all relatives expect you to emulate her which is nearly impossible.

ask her to play cricket or TT like me.. i am not a great player but i think i can beat her playing blindfolded.hee..hee.. a sadistic pleasure in saying that.

all said and done..preetha u have made us proud and hope u bring greater laurels to our family name and hope u live up to the reputation of being Prashanth's cousin.please dont dissapoint me ;-).

IIMB juntha a girl to really watch for..anything with academics this girl is gonna fire on all cylinders.

so this year all cousins will finally mange to move into PG level. me preetha and prasad were the only ppl working after our engineering and now we will be pursuing our PG in management

Preetha - IIMB
Prashanth and Prasad - GLIM...

Divorced CAT Marrying GLIM

2005-04-05T12:28:00.000+05:30

My tryst with CAT ends here. After lot of deliberation and careful analysis i have decided to finally call it quits w.r.t CAT. so there will be no more posts reg: CAT and stuff like that . A one year relationship with CAT had mentally bruised me and i decided i couldn't take it longer. Riight from Dec 2003 till FEB 2005 i was married to CAT. our relationship got strained during the last week of december when her parents namely the IIMs refused to give me the dowry namely a seat in IIM despite marrying her and remaining extremely faithful and devoted to her formore than a year. i thought mebbe if i can spend one more year of torture satisfying her ,her parents would yield in and give the desired dowry.But i just cudn't take it any longer.whenever my WIFE aka CAT gave me frayed tempers i used to take solace in my best friend namely my work at CT$ . BUt for the past few months my best friend had also deserted me and i felt terrible. neither my wife was good nor did my friend respond properly.Life became hell and i sought solitude in pessimism and atheism.My parents who cudn't take in my sudden character upheaval decided that it was in my best interests that i divorce her and marry a new person. i had earlier rejected many proposals from prospective candidates like XIMB,IITD,IITK,SYMBIOSIS. so by the time remained only GLIM was available.

The nichidartham or bride looking ceremony happened on april 2nd and her parents after grilling me for 30 minutes decided that i was a good suitor for their daughter and decided to give her in hand to me. so its all decided and we are getting married on april 27th this year.she wants a real long honeymoon so i am calling quits with my best friend too. then after a year i will have to search for another best friend. but from now on its just going to be me and her namely GLIM.

Anger Management

2005-04-01T17:14:00.000+05:30

Yet another great forward which i received

For those of you that would like a way to vent frustration or anger, follow this valuable lesson...it works !

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.

I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialled it.

A man answered, saying "Hello." I politely said, "This is Frank. Could I please speak with John?"

Suddenly the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude.

I tracked down John's correct number and called him. I had transposed the last two digits of his phone number. After hanging up with him, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again. When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled "You're an arsehole!" and hung up.

I wrote his number down with the word 'arsehole' next to it, and put it in my desk drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or having a really bad day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're an arsehole!" It always cheered me up.

When caller ID came to the area, I thought my therapeutic 'arsehole' calling would have to stop. So, I called his number and said, "Hi, this is John Smith from BT. I'm calling to see if you're familiar with Caller ID?"

He yelled "NO!" and slammed down the phone.

I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're an arsehole!"

One day I was at the supermarket, getting ready to pull into a parking spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me up and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I'd been waiting for that spot.

The prat ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his car window, so I wrote down his number.

A couple of days later, right after calling the first arsehole (I had his number on speed dial,) I thought that I'd better call the BMW arsehole, too.

I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"

"Yes, it is."

"Can you tell me where I can see it?"

"Yes, I live at 21 Acacia Avenue. It's a yellow house, and the car's parked right out in front."

"What's your name?" I asked.

"My name is Dave Matthews," he said.

"When's a good time to catch you, Dave?"

"I'm home every evening after five."

"Listen, Dave, can I tell you something?"

"Yes?"

"Dave, you're an arsehole!" Then I hung up, and added his number to my speed dial, too. Now, when I had a problem, I had two arseholes to call.

Then I came up with an idea. I called arsehole #1.

"Hello. You're an arsehole!" (But I didn't hang up.)

"Are you still there?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"Stop calling me," he screamed.

"Make me," I said.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Dave Matthews."

"Yeah? Where do you live?"

"Arsehole, I live at 21 Acacia Avenue, a yellow house, with a black Beamer parked in the front."

He said, "I'm coming over right now, Dave. And you had better start saying your prayers."

I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared, arsehole."

Then I called Arsehole #2. "Hello?" he said.

"Hello, arsehole," I said.

He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are..."

"You'll what?" I said.

"I'll kick your arse," he exclaimed.

I answered, "Well, arsehole, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now." Then I hung up and immediately called the police, saying that I lived at 21 Acacia Avenue, and that I was on my way over there to kill my cheating bastard of a gay lover.

Then I called Channel 4 News about the gang war going down on Acacia Avenue.

I quickly got into my car and headed over to Acacia Avenue with my video camera. There I saw two arseholes beating the crap out of each other in front of six police cars, a police helicopter and a Channel 4 news crew.

NOW I feel much better. Anger management really works. I have the video to prove it!

The art of attaining Age

2005-03-31T13:34:00.000+05:30

What a topic to blog on
i had typed this on women's day but forgot to publish and now i dig thru my archives and here it is..

i have often been amused by the fact that when a girl attains age ppl here in india esp: south india celebrate it like a big occasion.I thought that the scene in the film kadhal was exaggerated.but on enquiring with some of my friends in madurai i realised that after all ,events of such magnitude do exist.just imagine the Poor girl writhes in pain and here her relatives celebrate the ocassion.its just another process in the human biological cycle and we celebrate it with such pomp and festivity.Boyz have always been barred from those functions..when i was a kid i cud not take part in the fn: and i felt really bad coz i missed out the good food.but now i realise why i wasn't invited.i would have asked the female member right in her face in front of all relatives what was the big fuss all about and what it means by attaining age?? But one advantage is on those few initial days the girls are treated like godesses and they always adorn new clothes and jewels.Now why is this event so special?? I seriously cannot imagine. Why dont we have special functions for the kid using the Potty for the first time, the kid scolding the primary teacher,kid able to walk,kid getting caught watching porn magazines and so on.

with this function the girls have disadvantages as well as advantages.Why not a function on the same lines as this for guyz. we all know that we are still living in a neo conservative world wherein you cannot watch FTV or films like american pie with your parents. By having an occasion signalling the arrival of manhood we guyz cud benefit tremendously.though we have to face the initial ignominy of saying..Yeah..its true it happened..i am a man now.. the advantages are huge.

But the main prom is how do you know when you come of age?? thats a very difficult question to answer.After few discussions came up with few ways by which your parent will know that " their darling Kid is now a Man".I would say these following ways by which parents can find out whether their SOn is a Man now.But since kids nowadays start their activities by age 12 the following conditions would be applicable for men of age > 14.

1) Getting caught watching porn on internet
2) Finding books like debonair,PB,PH diaries in your school bag.
3) A Plain CD lying in the middle rack of the books having the words MP3 written on it.
4) Your TV remote's swap button stops working after every month and you are forced to buy a new one every month.
5) Your kid pesters you to allow him to stay up late on satday nights and the most important thing is that you are able to sleep peacefully and you cannot even hear the faintest sound from the TV which leaves u wondering what he is watching.
6) The frequency of night stays in friends place increases
7) Invariably as soon as parents go out and come before the stipulated time there will a horde of 14-20 year olds with chips ,snacks carrom-boards and chess boards. the most important thing is all the children will be watching the most boring TV soap as soon as you enter.All the coins will be on the board but all of them will be in a haphazard manner.Not even a single coin would be pocketed.the chess board will have all the pieces intact. not even a single pawn would have been eliminated.
8) Your kid suddenly start reading TOI tabloid with renewed vigour and interest.

many more are there.. but these are teh few which we cud come up with.

Just imagining how the parents will organise such a function for the guyz. what will they say to the guests.

How does this sound?

Friend : Dude,Congrats how did yourson attain age at such an young age..
father :(Proudly and with a beaming smile) after all,he my son,naa..

So when are we going to go to the next genX??when is this function going to start??

What are the advantages as such??

well...there are innumerous advantages but that cannot be blurted out...guyz can obviously figure it out..;-)

All said and done, i am very much against this function (doesn't it sound ironical,well this is my split persona..the serious persona..) . i think it was started by some sadistic step-mother who wanted to humiliate her step-daughter.the idea gradually spread and we have mothers doing it for their daughters jus becoz even they had to face the brunt of it.

Mom : wear this dress and sit in the coconut leave cabin
daughter: yikes,what a stupid idea..can't i sit in the sofa..
mom..abishtuu..if u sit in the sofa it will become "theetu" . sonnathu sai(do what i say)
daughter: now why the hell do i have to do that
mom: becoz ita a very important fn: u have attained age..
daughter : so,what's the big deal??
mom: dont ask me stupid questions..i was forced to do it..now u will also do it and if u wish to seek retribution hold that for your daughter too..

daughter with eyes glinting with anger seeks revenge by celebrating an occasion for her daughter 25 years later. when will this revenge stop??

when the world is moving at such a rapid pace we are still having functions for these kinds of events.when are we going to change. if you are not changing then bring a function for us too. we also need new clothes and of coz a cricket kit and computer would be sufficient in place of jewels which u gift for the female tribe.is anybody listening??

P.s: All said in light humour,not intended to offend anyone.if anyone feels hurt,lemme know,i will try to remove the post.

gangulisms-- ganguly jokes

2005-03-30T12:57:00.000+05:30

NEW ICC rules

The following are some of the ideas for Ganguly to regain form and stay in the middle for a longer duration.(subject to approval by I.C.C)

IDEA NO:1: Plastic Ball or Tennis Ball or Rubber Ball to be used while bowling to Ganguly.

IDEA NO:2: Only one stick should be kept while Ganguly is Batting instead of Three so that his chances of getting out bowled will be minimised

IDEA NO:3: Dada can wrap up his legs with 4 or 5 bats instead of pads, so that there is no chance of getting out lbw.

IDEA NO:4: The size of the ball can be reduced to the size of a lemon or size of his bat can be increased to twice its size. Or the size of the ground can be decreased to that of a Basketball Ground.

IDEA NO:5: Fast Bowlers are prohibited to bowl the following deliveries to Dada.
They should not bowl Inswinger,Outswinger,Off cutter, Leg cutter,Bouncer,Short Pitched Ball, Reverse swinging ball, yorker,reverse swinging yorker,slower ball and most importantly in and around the off stump corridor.

IDEA NO:6: Slow Bowlers are prohibited from bowling off spin,leg spin,doosra,googly,china man,flipper,faster ball.

IDEA NO:7: Speed restrictions for bowlers:
FAST BOWLERS: MAX 120 KMPH
SLOW BOWLERS: MAX 50 KMPH.

IDEA NO:8 Fast bowlers in their runup should run like Mohinder Amarnath and slow bowlers should not run at all.

IDEA NO:9 Ganguly can change his position as medium fast bowler instead of Batsman and bat at no:11, so that by the time he enters the ground 48 or 49 overs would have been bowled.

IDEA NO:10: I.C.C Should warn Pakistan Bowlers that hereafter any bowler taking Dada's wicket, the number will not be added to the bowler's tally of wickets.

IDEA NO:11: Bowlers should not appeal for dismissal of Ganguly. Even a small appeal (not necessarily loud appealing or excessive appealing) will lead to match refereee Chris Broad suspending the bowler for the rest of the series.

IDEA NO:12: Fast Bowlers should only throw the ball and slow bowlers should use underarm throw.

IDEA NO:13: Even after this if Ganguly gets out, the bowler will be called a chucker and new rule for bowling action, i.e.( 2 degrees bending of bowling arm allowed for fast bowlers and 3 degrees bending of bowling arm for slow bowlers) will be taken into account and the bowler will be immediately sent to Australia by next flight for corrective action.

IDEA NO:14: No fielder should catch the ball hit by Dada. If they catch, then any of the opening batsman who got out earlier, like virender shewag will be allowed to bat for second time.

IDEA NO: 15: For every minute Dada stays in the middle, one run will be added to his score and if the ball hits the bat and travels to the following places, runs will be credited to Dada as follows.
Slip,Gully,Forward Short Leg: 1 run
Mid on,mid off, cover,point: 2 runs
long on,long off,fine leg,third man: 3 runs.

and finally if Dada's wicket is taken before he reaches 50 runs all pakis will be fined 50% of their match

How to make Maggi
Behind maggi 2 minutes noodles pack:

Step 1: boil one cup of water
Step 2: as soon as ganguly goes for batting, put the noodles in the boiled
water and add the tastemaker.
Step 3: stir till ganguly is on the field.
Step 4: As soon as ganguly is back in pavilion, your noodles r ready to eat.

Phone call for Ganguly!
India Pakistan Match has started. As to be expected, it's a charged up atmosphere and the heat is really on!
India is put in to bat. As to be expected, three wickets down, for a measly score.
There is phone call for Ganguly, at the Dressing Room. The Team Manager picks up the call.
"Hello ! I am Ganguly's friend speaking . Can I talk to him now ?"
The Team Manager replies : "Sorry ! He has just gone in to bat . "
The caller replies "No problem . I'll hold the line ! "

I can only imagine sourav ganguly in of vadivelu role in the movie winner:

Ganguly(vadivel): Idhu varaikkum en team a yarum thokkadichadilla ..
Inzamam(Riyaz khan): Hey pona match nanga dhaana da thokkadichom ..
Ganguly: Adhu pona match .. . . .
"Venaam ... short ball podadha ... aludhuduven"

MasterMind Q&A on Sourav

1)What is common to a 100 mtrs race and Ganguly's innings?
Ans: They both last for the same time

2) How can u say "Get Out" to Ganguly politely?
Ans: Ask him to go to bat

3)If Rahul is "The Wall", what is Ganguly?
Ans: The hole in the wall

4)How can Ganguly save time everyday?
Ans: By not bothering to pad up

5)Who is the only cricketer who does not bat, bowl or field and yet plays international cricket?
Ans: no comments.......

6)Why has Saurav Ganguly been recommended as the fielding coach for India after retirement?
Ans: No one else can provide catches as easily as Ganguly

7)What is gangulyâ€™ favorite film
Ans: gone in 60 seconds

8)Which was the hottest place in B'lore Chinnaswami Stadium for the past few days? A: The seat Ganguly was sitting in while in the Pavillion.

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- Best Seller by Ganguly : Back to the Pavillion in 2 minutes

- Shoiab Akhtar admits Ganguly is faster and quicker than him. "I haven't seen any one get out so fast. Man, I envy his speed. I am quick but he is quickest.", he says. "I think I should now cut my run up short when I bowl to him. Or else, he might be gone when I am half way thru my run up."

- Narain Karthikeyan to get some tips on Speed from Ganguly. His sponsorers have asked him to talk to the Prince of Kolkotta. They are also planning to endorse Ganguly.

- Dinesh Karthick confesses that his skills in getting ready and padded have improved a lot. As soon as Ganguly goes to bat, I know there is very little time in getting ready. "I must have broken world records a few times in this series" , says the Indian dimunitive wicketkeeper.

- Railways keen on Ganguly: Atleast we'll be having someone who comes (back) before time. This will help them improve the image with the Indian public.

- Ganguly to donate all his bats to charity. "I don't require a bat nowadays", said the Indian southpaw.

addendum

Dear Customers,
We have received many compliments after we shared our recipe of 4 easy steps to cook Maggie. However we have received a very important complaint which we need to share with you all.

One of our regular customers, Mrs. Radha Pai, from Meerut had written to us that she tried out the recipe to cook Maggie during the first ODI between India & Pak.

She says that she followed all the steps correctly and was eager to have her breakfast. But she found that the Maggie was hardly fully wet and hence was not properly cooked.

We thoroughly apologized to our customer on behalf of our captain who returned back to the pavilion even before the Maggie was properly soaked in water.

In this regard we request all our customers to take a precaution and to wait for the Maggie to be cooked until after the re-plays.

Remember, even if Ganguly is back well before 2 minutes, the replays would ensure your Maggie is rightly done.

The management once again apologizes for any uncooked Maggieâ€™s during the first ODI.

Regards

Customer Care Centre

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