Recently I have developed this passion for reading and writing. With so much of free time in my kitty and nothing worth to do, I started reading stuffs which earlier I thought only two types of people read...people who are just too knowledgeable and people who have to survive in the company of knowledgeable (and most of the times they don’t even understand a word of it). Yeah you people have guessed correctly that I am now a prestigious member of the second group.
As a result of this extensive reading and no one to talk to, I have started playing with words. My friends dread chatting with me now. Yesterday while chatting to one of my best friends, I realized that it was only I who was writing and my monologue was interrupted by just 1-2 word replies from the other end. This type of chat continues for some 15 mins & then I am put on a ‘1 min’ hold (which is never released!!). But even this failed to impede my passion for writing and in this situation what could be better than blogging. And now I am used to the usual reply from all my friends when I announce the completion of another blog post “phir se blog update kiya… tujhe aur koi kaam nahi hai kya???” which earlier used to be something like “ohh cool..why don’t you write more often? It’s a pleasure reading your blog...blah blah…”
“It’s only words and words are all I have to while my time away”. And with this perseverance to never give up writing I complete another post.
PS: Ranting is also a part of my training as a consultant so I can easily justify my blogging from office.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Seven Wonders of Chennai
I have compiled the seven wonders of Chennai after 40 days of extensive exploration (not listed in the order of preference).
City Center: Yes people, even Chennai has a good mall which is of some relief to trespassers like me. I just hope I don’t get bored by the only mall of Chennai even if I go there every weekend for the next 6 months.
Best Combo: Good looks are rarest to find in Chennai. Here is a rare combination of two good looking things!!
Clean, wide, green roads: Chennai has some ( at least this word covers up the fact that there are just 3 of them) clean, wide roads where you can walk without covering your sense organs!!
Church: An architectural wonder where you can find two rarities of Chennai – peace and beautiful faces!!!
Beach: I somehow feel connected to the waves hitting the Chennai beach. Both of us desperately try leaving this place but are forced again and again to live here.
Deception point: You at least feel Chennai is a metro, even if that feeling is momentary and dies as soon as you cross it.
Method of weighing: The most unique method of weighing which I can bet you will not find anywhere in the world.
This picture also serves as a qualification test for people who can settle happily in Chennai. If you can be ignorant to this extent and accept this method of weighing, you don’t need the above six wonders to live here without cribbing.
P.S: You are most welcome to vote for the best wonder. So feel free to drop in your votes as comments.
Disclaimer: The contents of this post are not meant to hurt the sentiments of any person, group or organization.
City Center: Yes people, even Chennai has a good mall which is of some relief to trespassers like me. I just hope I don’t get bored by the only mall of Chennai even if I go there every weekend for the next 6 months.
Best Combo: Good looks are rarest to find in Chennai. Here is a rare combination of two good looking things!!
Clean, wide, green roads: Chennai has some ( at least this word covers up the fact that there are just 3 of them) clean, wide roads where you can walk without covering your sense organs!!
Church: An architectural wonder where you can find two rarities of Chennai – peace and beautiful faces!!!
Beach: I somehow feel connected to the waves hitting the Chennai beach. Both of us desperately try leaving this place but are forced again and again to live here.
Deception point: You at least feel Chennai is a metro, even if that feeling is momentary and dies as soon as you cross it.
Method of weighing: The most unique method of weighing which I can bet you will not find anywhere in the world.
This picture also serves as a qualification test for people who can settle happily in Chennai. If you can be ignorant to this extent and accept this method of weighing, you don’t need the above six wonders to live here without cribbing.
P.S: You are most welcome to vote for the best wonder. So feel free to drop in your votes as comments.
Disclaimer: The contents of this post are not meant to hurt the sentiments of any person, group or organization.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
No Reasons Still.....
We plan for the walk to the moon together, to leave our footprints forever. Doesn’t matter if they are not symmetrical what matters is together they make a pair.
It’s an amazing feeling. Sometimes I borrow a phrase to convey it, sometimes the words say it but it’s truly said when silence says it all. All day I look for the small things that I can share with him so that our talks could never finish yet you find this chatter box is left with nothing to say. Its only when I am silent again, I say it best what I have to say.
Is someone asking where the “humor in nonsense” part of it is? Well at least I found it quite humorous when it happened to others. I laughed at them, mocked them. They looked silly, helpless at times, for once sympathized with them too but that was never real to me. For me life had to be lived with reasons and there was no reason for love to happen. No logic justifies waiting for one silly sms after another just because I have sent one silly sms after another, nor can you justify waiting all day for a phone call when you don’t really have anything to talk and end up adding two hours to the clock. And how do you justify all my justifications for being inattentive to work, distracted, absent minded.
No justifications offered, no explanations offered. It is explained best when it happens to you.
It’s an amazing feeling. Sometimes I borrow a phrase to convey it, sometimes the words say it but it’s truly said when silence says it all. All day I look for the small things that I can share with him so that our talks could never finish yet you find this chatter box is left with nothing to say. Its only when I am silent again, I say it best what I have to say.
Is someone asking where the “humor in nonsense” part of it is? Well at least I found it quite humorous when it happened to others. I laughed at them, mocked them. They looked silly, helpless at times, for once sympathized with them too but that was never real to me. For me life had to be lived with reasons and there was no reason for love to happen. No logic justifies waiting for one silly sms after another just because I have sent one silly sms after another, nor can you justify waiting all day for a phone call when you don’t really have anything to talk and end up adding two hours to the clock. And how do you justify all my justifications for being inattentive to work, distracted, absent minded.
No justifications offered, no explanations offered. It is explained best when it happens to you.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Beyond all reasons
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. They come into our lives to teach us about love...the love that rests within ourselves.
If you press me to say why I love him, I can say no more than because he is he, and I am I.
If you press me to say why I love him, I can say no more than because he is he, and I am I.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Heaven turns HEAVEN
After Supreme Power’s verdict I was feeling all lost and hopeless...par kehte hain na jo hota hai ache ke liye hota hai..sahi kehte hain..And now after living in this Heaven for a month, I am really thankful to God that he sent me here.
If not Chennai I would have been in Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities of India, a city where after 12 hrs of work I would have to wait for another 2 hrs for an auto and then walk back 5 kms to my house. I may not have the best food (thank God else I would have put on more than 10 kgs. Here the food is decent enough for me to put on 3 kgs ) , best weather or best friends here but I have TIME….yes time for myself.
I can sleep for 15 hrs a day in the weekend (where as my counterparts in Bangalore either waste their weekends in office or complete their pending works). I can call all my near n dear ones almost every 2-3 days n talk my heart out (where as bangalorians hardly find time even to call their parents once a day). I still have time to admire and appreciate nature (though there is nothing much to appreciate except beaches and I can only say that beach is a BEACH..!!!). I had always heard that college is the last time when you can make really good friends but even here I am blessed with TIME to make some very good friends.
But then there are times when you miss someone so much that you want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. I really miss all my friends and often remember of the times when we would spend the entire day without even getting off our beds, our long bitching and gossiping sessions, our frequent lavish lunches,…………………..the list is actually endless
And the best part of my stay here is that I have realized the importance of friends, good food , money and above all GOD. Now I pray and thank GOD quite often for whatever He has given me( which used to be an yearly event earlier..either DP time or Diwali time..!!!!).
If not Chennai I would have been in Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities of India, a city where after 12 hrs of work I would have to wait for another 2 hrs for an auto and then walk back 5 kms to my house. I may not have the best food (thank God else I would have put on more than 10 kgs. Here the food is decent enough for me to put on 3 kgs ) , best weather or best friends here but I have TIME….yes time for myself.
I can sleep for 15 hrs a day in the weekend (where as my counterparts in Bangalore either waste their weekends in office or complete their pending works). I can call all my near n dear ones almost every 2-3 days n talk my heart out (where as bangalorians hardly find time even to call their parents once a day). I still have time to admire and appreciate nature (though there is nothing much to appreciate except beaches and I can only say that beach is a BEACH..!!!). I had always heard that college is the last time when you can make really good friends but even here I am blessed with TIME to make some very good friends.
But then there are times when you miss someone so much that you want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. I really miss all my friends and often remember of the times when we would spend the entire day without even getting off our beds, our long bitching and gossiping sessions, our frequent lavish lunches,…………………..the list is actually endless
And the best part of my stay here is that I have realized the importance of friends, good food , money and above all GOD. Now I pray and thank GOD quite often for whatever He has given me( which used to be an yearly event earlier..either DP time or Diwali time..!!!!).
Monday, September 24, 2007
My First Trial
Since childhood I had been told umpteen times that we have to pay for all our deeds here in this life only but I never paid any heed to all those warnings. But now I firmly believe there is some super power who is watching me (even He also watches beautiful people only..!!!) .
And here I am repenting for all my ‘not so good deeds’.
I have been sentenced to this “worse than KALA PANI” dungeon for 6 months or more (the duration actually depends on my good conduct during this period of imprisonment) for some petty crimes which were done unintentionally by a sweet little girl. Now since only a few privileged people were a part of my trial at His court I will summarize my trail for you lesser mortals (and I could show this as a part of my good conduct as well!!!)
Lawyer (L) : “This girl has been a chatterbox since last 20 yrs and has tortured innumerable people by her nonstop, useless chit-chats.”
Supreme Power (SP) : “Send her to a place where no one understands her language and vice versa.”
L : “ She has murdered some hundreds of little, innocent chickens.”
SP : “Send her to the land of pure vegetarians.”
L : “She just cannot stay at home when free. Always a part of the city crowd who have nothing else to do but to wander around and add to the traffic.”
SP: “Send her to a place where the weather will force her to be inside her room all day.”
L : “She forces her friends to call her up and pay bills for a minimum of 2 hrs chat daily on phone. Even her cell is now nothing but a poor whimpering soul crying for some rest.”
SP : “ The only punishment for this could be to send her to a place where she will be charged heavily for even receiving the calls..”
By this time I was quite happy. I thought there could be no such place meeting all the restrictions of my sentence. But then God created this place called CHENNAI and here I am serving in this Heaven. And all of you who are laughing at my condition..beware..because I had also mocked and laughed my heart out at people who were posted in this Heaven !!!
Disclaimer : The contents of this post are not meant to hurt the sentiments of any person, group or organization.
And here I am repenting for all my ‘not so good deeds’.
I have been sentenced to this “worse than KALA PANI” dungeon for 6 months or more (the duration actually depends on my good conduct during this period of imprisonment) for some petty crimes which were done unintentionally by a sweet little girl. Now since only a few privileged people were a part of my trial at His court I will summarize my trail for you lesser mortals (and I could show this as a part of my good conduct as well!!!)
Lawyer (L) : “This girl has been a chatterbox since last 20 yrs and has tortured innumerable people by her nonstop, useless chit-chats.”
Supreme Power (SP) : “Send her to a place where no one understands her language and vice versa.”
L : “ She has murdered some hundreds of little, innocent chickens.”
SP : “Send her to the land of pure vegetarians.”
L : “She just cannot stay at home when free. Always a part of the city crowd who have nothing else to do but to wander around and add to the traffic.”
SP: “Send her to a place where the weather will force her to be inside her room all day.”
L : “She forces her friends to call her up and pay bills for a minimum of 2 hrs chat daily on phone. Even her cell is now nothing but a poor whimpering soul crying for some rest.”
SP : “ The only punishment for this could be to send her to a place where she will be charged heavily for even receiving the calls..”
By this time I was quite happy. I thought there could be no such place meeting all the restrictions of my sentence. But then God created this place called CHENNAI and here I am serving in this Heaven. And all of you who are laughing at my condition..beware..because I had also mocked and laughed my heart out at people who were posted in this Heaven !!!
Disclaimer : The contents of this post are not meant to hurt the sentiments of any person, group or organization.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Born Engineer
Since the day I left BIT & came home, there has not been a single day when these words have not been crammed into my ears “beta, ye to tumhara last vacation hai ghar pe..jitna aish karna hai kar lo” And all these days at home, I am seriously trying HARD to enjoy my vacation. And as a result of one of such attempts, I have started playing carom with my family.
Last evening we were engrossed in a game of carom when suddenly the tube light of my drawing room went out. “We will have to buy a new tube light” was the obvious reply of my brother. But on closer inspection we found out that there was no power in the drawing room and kitchen. My brother’s n my only concern was “TV”. Without wasting even a second, we checked out all the fuse wires but all the fuse wires were intact. My parents decided to call an electrician but it would be possible only by 2mrw. That means one night without TV—this is the only time my brother gets to watch HBO n Zee Studio and the only time I get to be online without any disturbance (my brother being hooked to TV)..So our eyes met each other and in a glance it was decided that time has come to prove that we are engineers.
My father, aware of our intentions, said, “The entire wiring needs to be checked. We have to go for dinner and I don’t want to be late for any avoidable reasons…and above all 12 hrs without TV would do you no harm.”
Me : “but papa you should give me at least one chance to prove that I m an engg now ( I know this is the most irrelevant reason but it was the only one my pea sized brain could think of..)”
Papa : “haan ab computer engg power problems handle karega!!!”
Within five minutes I arranged all the necessary tools—emergency light, screwdriver, tester, plier…down went the main switch of our house & I started checking from the fuse board. Taking full advantage of beginner’s luck, within 5 mins I found out that a wire coming out of one of the fuses was burnt & disconnected..n the only thing left was connecting it back to the fuse board. Victory could already be seen on my face but to my utter surprise I could not open the screw of that connection point however hard I tried. “The nut is free” was the only consolation I could give myself n passed the screwdriver to my brother (who was the first to mock at me..) and to my relief even he could not!!
Finally we concluded that it’s the job of an electrician and not an engg ( I always have consolations for me..hehe ) and what we did next shows what enggs are best at….if you cannot solve a problem, change the problem….so we shifted the TV to dinning hall, connected it via extension cord to another switch & finally the TV was working. Beaming with pride I switched on the TV only to find that its picture tube was damaged and my parents said a HUGE NO when I said “papa, soldering has dried out…just bring me a soldering rod and I will bring back color to this TV!!!”
Last evening we were engrossed in a game of carom when suddenly the tube light of my drawing room went out. “We will have to buy a new tube light” was the obvious reply of my brother. But on closer inspection we found out that there was no power in the drawing room and kitchen. My brother’s n my only concern was “TV”. Without wasting even a second, we checked out all the fuse wires but all the fuse wires were intact. My parents decided to call an electrician but it would be possible only by 2mrw. That means one night without TV—this is the only time my brother gets to watch HBO n Zee Studio and the only time I get to be online without any disturbance (my brother being hooked to TV)..So our eyes met each other and in a glance it was decided that time has come to prove that we are engineers.
My father, aware of our intentions, said, “The entire wiring needs to be checked. We have to go for dinner and I don’t want to be late for any avoidable reasons…and above all 12 hrs without TV would do you no harm.”
Me : “but papa you should give me at least one chance to prove that I m an engg now ( I know this is the most irrelevant reason but it was the only one my pea sized brain could think of..)”
Papa : “haan ab computer engg power problems handle karega!!!”
Within five minutes I arranged all the necessary tools—emergency light, screwdriver, tester, plier…down went the main switch of our house & I started checking from the fuse board. Taking full advantage of beginner’s luck, within 5 mins I found out that a wire coming out of one of the fuses was burnt & disconnected..n the only thing left was connecting it back to the fuse board. Victory could already be seen on my face but to my utter surprise I could not open the screw of that connection point however hard I tried. “The nut is free” was the only consolation I could give myself n passed the screwdriver to my brother (who was the first to mock at me..) and to my relief even he could not!!
Finally we concluded that it’s the job of an electrician and not an engg ( I always have consolations for me..hehe ) and what we did next shows what enggs are best at….if you cannot solve a problem, change the problem….so we shifted the TV to dinning hall, connected it via extension cord to another switch & finally the TV was working. Beaming with pride I switched on the TV only to find that its picture tube was damaged and my parents said a HUGE NO when I said “papa, soldering has dried out…just bring me a soldering rod and I will bring back color to this TV!!!”
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