TRS: Political Drama

I am a very strong opponent of separate Telangana state. TRS , the main party behind this, with only one agenda , bringing separate statehood to the people. Why don't people understand that , Telangana is not TRS. The voters have clearly rejected TRS in the recent elections which happened. Majority of them do not want Telangana in Hyderabad or Secunderabad. KCR the main leader behind TRS, have started another drama this time, "Fast unto Death".  KCR is almost loosing his ground on Telengana sentiment. He meticulously planned this fasting event and people, even the very well educated, fell like pray to predator. He is trying to gain his political ground with this event and he did because of the immaturity of people.I request all TRS rebels, intellectuals and people who hate and criticize KCR should help KCR to do fasting so that he will die for good or bad. If Andhra people have done injustice to Telangana people, then what did Telangana leaders do to Telangana people all these years? This news seriously upsets me http://www.eenadu.net/homelink.asp?qry=cartoon . People who are well educated, why can't they think about their parents, while committing such things. At the end of the day, these people and their families are the losers. Politicians will live as usual. 

One year of 26/11: Any thing changed?

One year from the nation's worst / deadliest attack and nothing much has changed except from those few panel discussions. My earlier post about the documentary which is not shown by the Indian Media is here. You can get more details here . Some of the news traders and news manufactures got padmashree also. Following are the key excerpts.

“channels pumping testosterone and high on adrenaline went into overdrive providing non-stop 60 hours live orgasmic coverage of the 26th November Mumbai terror attack. I suspect no other event over the past decade and a half has had as much coverage by Indian media as 26/11.”

The Dan Reed documentary is thus, for them, the worst of news. It is embarrassing and damaging as it shows all too clearly the link between the media coverage and the actions of the terrorists and their handlers. And it almost casually leaves us with an elephant in the room, viz., the possibility that lives of hostages and members of the armed forces may have been lost or endangered on the altar of the fierce competition between channels for better TRPs and the need for exclusives in the midst of carnage and human tragedy.

Many have sacrificed their lives last year on the same day. Tributes to all the brave hearts who lost their lives saving thousands of people. RIP....And to the media who goes to any extent for their TRP ratings and Ad Revenues, Many people have stopped watching the hysterical news channels a long back. The Internet is a far more unbiased information.

Sunday Quote : Encouragement

Sunday Quote is an idea to share with you the thoughts I have heard, read or being quoted from books, movies or conversations. I am going to quote the thought and where I heard it or read it from. The thoughts could be quotes, anecdotes, excerpts and even passages from books. They will be mostly thought provoking and they would add some element to one’s understanding and thought process.

"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. 
Criticize me, and I may not like you. 
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. 
Encourage me, and I may not forget you."

Thats the power of encouragement.

Google Chrome OS Revealed

Now that Google Chrome OS is revealed which is nothing but an OS 100% in a browser, do we really care about it. It means you won't be able to just download Chrome OS and go, you'll have to buy a chrome OS device approved by Google. This looks quite scary to me. Seems that this model works quite well for Apple, but to Google, I am quite not sure. Google one will have clean integration with Google Voice, maps, mail, etc… That will be a difficult choice if you just intend to use the machine for browsing. They pretty much admit that Chrome OS is not intended for offline usage. What about third party apps, I am sure they don't want thirdparty apps to run in their sandbox. I suppose Firefox (or Adblock) won’t be on the approved software list.

Though it all looked a bit odd to me, I liked how they attached a camera and the contents opened up in a new window. If that works with iPod, iPhone, and a couple other popular devices, they have nailed a pretty good scenario. I also liked how opening a document opens gDocs. I would have loved to see that happen on Windows, where if I do not have office installed, double-clicking an office doc opens it in office live and lastly 7 seconds to boot.. seems pretty good to me.

Let's say I walk in to the store and there are two netbooks side by side. One is running Windows 7 and the other is running ChromeOS. What are the benefits to me as a consumer of one over the other? I definitely like playing with chrome OS, but it is not something which I need or something to rely upon. I want your opinion on this.

You can watch all demo videos over here.

Use your finger!! Use it to VOTE!!

For those who consider polling day as a nice holiday..Don't use the finger to point at others. Use it to vote and make a difference. An animation which brings out the essence of the power of one. A simple but effective idea, executed well. Greater hyderabad elections are on Monday. Use your finger to vote.

Life at Orkut

Some parts of this are so true ! :)

Pappu (real name "Kashyap") opens an Orkut account.

Stage 1:

Pappu is called as "Pappu" and is 16 years old, have just cleared 10th standard exam. He opens an Orkut account.

About Me: Some "sher" explaining friendship and love.

Profile picture: Hritik or Shahid's photo

Album: Katrina, Ayesha Takia, Amrita Raos photos, Pics of Shah Rukh Khans home

Scraps: More "sher"s explaining all the philosophy in the world and claiming that Friendship and Love are the most important things in life.

Friends: Invitation sent to each and everyone on Orkut.

Communities: 10th standard batch community, Some brazilian community, Tendulkar / Federer fan community, Sunsign / Moonsign community

Testimonial: Messages like "hoz u" / "wch col" / "hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... u thr ..... tc" will be in the testimonials.

Stage 2:

Pappu has completed his bachelors. He is now called as Kashyap by everyone. He has got a job in a good company.

About Me: Only in this stage about me is really "About me". Its full of what Kashyap likes, what he doesnt like, what he does in his spare time etc etc.

Profile pic: Kashyap wearing goggle on some fort / tourist spot.

Album: Kashyap and gang visiting each and every Multiplex / Fort / Water Fall in 100 km radius on bike.

Scraps: Mainly this scrap from Girls "Do I know you ?"

Friends: All the school, college batch mates, all the girls who are open to accept friend requests

Communities: "Name Beginning with", "Surname beginning with", Company community, College community

Testimonial: Testimonial claiming how is he the "GD" of at least three guys and how average he is and how he could be a good BF.

Stage 3:

Kashyap has now 5 years of work exp. He has been "onsite" once. His hair line is receding. And his parents are now "actively" looking for a girl for him.

About Me: A very formal about me. Telling everyone where he works and his age and his hobbies.

Profile pic: Kashyap in formals attending some cousins wedding / In front of some famous building in US

Album: Full of Onsite pics. This includes pics of the famous buildings, roads in US, bikes and cars in US, US hotel room photos

Scraps: Mainly scraps from girls looking for a good husband. Occasional scraps from school / college batch mates who are planning re union (which never happens)

Friends: Very few additions to the friend list. Mainly people from the company.

Communities: Community for his caste / sub caste

Testimonial: No new testimonials.

Stage 4

Kashyap is now married for 2 months.

About Me: No about me.

Profile pic: Kashyap and his wife on honeymoon. Holding each other on some hill top.

Album: Full of Marriage and Honeymoon pics. In all the pics the couple is standing extremely close to each other. Very rarely anything other than the couple is seen in the pics.

Scraps: Scrap by almost everyone in the friend list congratulating on his marriage.

Friends: Additions to the friend list are people from his wifes family. Typically a "Saali" or "Saala".

Communities: No addition to the communities.

Testimonial: "Saali" writes testimonial for her "Jiju".

Stage 5:

Kashyap is now married for 2 years.

About Me: Some management / Philosophical/ "Self Help" type of funda.

Profile pic: The marriage pic.

Album: School and college farewell party, pics with the friends from first company when Kashyaps waist was 28 (Now its 34 threatening to reach 36)

Scraps: Thank you scraps for the B'day wishes Kashyap has sent.

Friends: No additions to the friend list.

Communities: No addition to the communities.

Testimonial: No testimonials.

Stage 6:

Kashyap and his wife now have a baby.

About Me: Nothing.

Profile pic: Kids photo

Album: Only the kids snaps.

Scraps: "Congratulations for the Gods gift" type of scraps.

Friends: No additions.

Communities: No addition to the communities.

Testimonial: No testimonials.

And after this everything is about the Kid and Wife and Kashyap is not living for himself but he is living for his parents / wife / kids. Nowadays Kashyap spends more time on "LinkedIn" than on Orkut :)

Sixth Sense Technology

Most of this had been seen already...but its worth watching everytime...Main person behind this is Pranav Mistry, a MIT graduate. He worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher. This is simply mind blowing,  An update from an earlier TED Talk  http://bit.ly/5mHZJ. Check out he made a piece of paper an interactive screen. One of the most Fascinating TED talks. More news on the Pranav's technology http://bit.ly/g0cGn , Best Part is he is going to make it opensource.

1. Camera: A webcam captures an object in view and tracks the user's hand gestures. It sends the data to the smart phone.
2. Colored Markers: Marking the user's fingers with red, yellow, green, and blue tape helps the webcam recognize gestures. Mistry is working on gesture-recognition algorithms that could eliminate the need for the markers.
3. Projector: A tiny LED projector displays data sent from the smart phone on any surface in view--object, wall, or person. Mistry hopes to start using laser projectors to increase the brightness.
4. Smart Phone: A Web-enabled smart phone in the user's pocket processes the video data, using vision algorithms to identify the object. Other software searches the Web and interprets the hand gestures.

I am a sweet man

I am a sweet man. I am a distant relative of Bat Man, spider Man, He-Man, Super Man, Iron Man. Like all of them, I have super natural powers. I can jump over the buildings, dive across the oceans, run along with deers, ride on the tigers. I tried wearing my underwear outside. Since it is pink, I changed my mind to wear it inside.

For those who might be wondering what is he upto, You heard it right. I am sweet, sugar coated candy man. I will always be in love with everything nice and sweet. In fact, the way I crave for anything sugary is something inherent and inescapable. This craving for sweet pleasure is accompanied by eating too many calories in general which made me gain all the weight. If you cut my finger and examine the blood for 5 secs, you could see the ants fighting for my blood.

Earlier whenever there was injustice prevailing in the world, a superhero has been born.Sweet Man is born to stop the extremely annoying mails which you get saying "SWEETS AT MY DESK, PLEASE COME AND HELP YOURSELVES". Even more annoying is when they type all caps. As soon as I see this mail, I rush to the cubicles just like the way flood victims or the refugees in a drought rush for the food packets.  My coleagues yelled at me so many times, saying Man, you'll be fat from all those sweets. I never listened to them. All I do is attack the sweets.

I have experienced this so many times, that I feel ashamed of myself now. I know I have been under diet control, these mails kept breaking my diet control. I have taken a oath couple of weeks back in front of my coleagues, that I would stop eating sweets. Soon after that, there is a mail saying choclates at my desk. I went and had them shamelessly and when they asked about my oath, I told them I just meant sweets not choclates. And then biscuits, then came my friends marriage. When my coleagues asked Did you have sweets at your friends marriage, I told them I had Ice cream. Without even me giving an explanation, they started making fun saying we know Ice Cream is not sweet.

When I started going to gym, I asked my gym instructor, How do I reduce my weight drastically. He told me cut down on the Cokes, junk food and you might just lose that gut you are always complaining about! So I stopped having soft drinks, tea, coffee in office. I told myself that sweets are never called junk food. But these spoiler mails are making sweet man gain more and more calories .

There is not even a single occasion which is spared.

1. "Back from home. Sweets at my desk." I didn't know that we are supposed to bring sweets after we are back from home trip.
2. "Home Made and Biwi made sweets at desk. Eat at your own risk". Why do females want a fit man, with a nice body, but when they have them, they stuff them with sweets?
3. "Back from US. Choclates at my desk." I never knew American Chocolates were so popular that almost entire office would ogle at every flavor on display. Now a days they are available in every big grocery shop.
4. "Found a new soul mate. Sweets at my desk?". Literally, what happened to the old one.
5. "Bought a new car. Sweets at my desk." Not sure what they are trying to say with this mail. May be you should drop me daily with your new car.
6. "Got Engaged. Sweets at my desk". This mail always annoys me more than every other mail, for the reasons unknown.
7. "Blessed with a baby. Sweets at my desk" A genuine mail to celebrate.
8. "Teachers Day. Sweets my desk." Thank God, I didnt get this mail for children's day, yesterday.

The foremost task of a sweet man is to stop getting tempted to those mails. I’ve kept a rule in my outlook engine which would begin deleting emails that contain the words “at my desk”.Next task is to send a mail to wider audience saying, "I know you people are extremely happy in distributing sweets and making other people jealous. But please excuse me from the list. I’m neither interested in extra calories nor a Sweet deficient. I already have enough of them".

A Thousand Splendid Suns: Review

I loved this book as much as the Kite Runner. This is not an easy book to read over and over again. It is not a happy book at all. It is incredibly heartbreaking, tragic, painful, compelling and unusual.. The cruelty to women is incomprehensible. Khaled tells us the story of two women and their struggles for life in a society that thinks they  should not live. What I find ironic about such societies is the obvious  struggle between valuing women as life givers while depleting their worth because they are not men. The status of medical care during the rule of the Taliban is clinically detailed by the author and graphically described when Laila presents to the only hospital in Kabul which is allowed to treat women and has to undergo a Cesarean section without anesthesia because the Taliban won’t fund the women’s hospital.

A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the story of two women, Mariam and Laila, all of their pain, suffering and joy. This book was initially broken up into two different stories. The story of Miriam who was a harami child, and the story of Laila absorbed in young love. Entering part 3 of the book, it started to painfully yet beautifully wretch and tear my heart apart. Two women separated by a generation, bound to the same brutal man, will break your heart. They are brought together by unfortunate circumstances in war-torn Afghanistan. Their bond is truly heartwarming and completely incredible, unbreakable. The sacrifices of  Mariam and Laila are selfless and painful. I could not help but get choked up by the terrible conditions and situations they were faced with...especially those brought on by the evil Rasheed. This is surely going to take some time for me to digest.

My Rating :

55 Fiction: The Betrayal

55 Fiction is a form of micro fiction that refers to the works of fiction limited to a maximum of fifty-five words. Most 55 Fiction works are dramatized so as to get the effect in limited time.

 
 

The Betrayal

 
She said "You will probably take care of my career..You are the reason i have this career."
 
He replied "Is this all just about your career"
 
The words? "I think we should be just friends"
 
The moment she said those words, He knew its all over. They are inevitable. It simply had to be this way.
 
Playing with some one else emotions, in the form of disguise in love is nothing but the betrayal.
 
I don't even know if I'm doing this right but I'm giving it a go anyway. Any constructive criticism is most welcome.


 

Sunday Quote : Whose Life

Sunday Quote is an idea to share with you the thoughts I have heard, read or being quoted from books, movies or conversations. I am going to quote the thought and where I heard it or read it from. The thoughts could be quotes, anecdotes, excerpts and even passages from books. They will be mostly thought provoking and they would add some element to one’s understanding and thought process.

Its not the question of whose mistake,
Its the question of whose life.
Instead of taking yourself constant and expecting the world change.
Take the world as it is and U-turn (you change)
                        -- From Frozen Thoughts Magazine.

If Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God.

The Hyderabad stadium lives upto its expectation. No home team wins. But – what a pitch , what a ground and what a match. The other 10 people couldn’t give back a win to sachin. It was literally heart breaking and it took a long time for me to come out of it. I was certainly disappointed with what just happened in the last three overs of the match yesterday and no argument can console my broken heart.

Hats of to the little master. Here is a man with all of his 36 years giving everything he had and he could not get the help he needed from the younger, perceivably more fitter lot. Keeping his cool when chasing 350 with the top 4 back in the pavilion (with no contribution…) and getting so close is something out of the world.

I have been watching sachin playing cricket since 17 years, though he has been playing since 20 years.  I have been a part of the era – when stadiums were vacated once Sachin got out. I used to switch of the TV once he is out and get back to my work. Its not about win or lose. Except the last 3 overs I was watching my childhood hero displaying his sheer brilliance in all the shots he played all through his inning, what an attitude and temperament! That feeling was awesome, you seldom get these highs… while watching cricket these days.

Those who love Sachin and to all those who unnecessarily hate him, A must read for every cricket fan, Just read it till the end.

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."
- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.
 

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.
 

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium,there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
- BBC on Sachin
 

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" - Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC.
 

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara

"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin."
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
-  Glen McGrath

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
- Anjali Tendulkar

Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?
Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!
-  Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

“India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. “
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.
- Waqar Younis

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.
- Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!
- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist

"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.
- Andy Flower

"I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India"
- Mathew Hayden

"Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed coz even the GOD is watching"
- A hoarding in England

NOW THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."

- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

Social Networking Specialist

Anything that puts someone's thoughts out there for others is social. Is it really called social networking? Probably not. It is nothing but creating a fake aura of  you for someone else. Social Networking refers to the process of actually hacking people instead of machines. How can you hack a person? Social networking will never let you hide! A Hacker probably may not want to waste loads of his valuable time. All the information is available is out there. Social networking is steadily turning everyone into a clinically insane. Your real conversations has been replaced by chat programs.  The drama of your love has been replaced by a single column in a social networking site, which is Relationship Status. Your pictures are invitations for someone to stalk on you. 

Are you using social networking or is social networking using you? Social networking is supposed to support your social life, not dominate it. Watch out people, Social Networking is dangerous. Be cautious on which personal information to share and which not. You are being watched. If you think you are a social networking specialist, there is no patch for your stupidity.

Why can't we just be Happy

Why cant we just be Happy. Is it because Unhappiness is what which Drives and Motivates people. Does it mean that it should be a never ending thing. Some people can always find something to complain about. Someone Like, they win the lottery, and all they can think about is the taxes they'll have to pay? They get a promotion, and all they can do is complain about how to report to the new boss or handle the new role. Do we really become happy after getting driven and motivated and working harder et all. May be not. Happiness is in state of mind. It is about reducing desires and enjoying what is there with contentment.

I saw this add recently. This guy has got a job, which millions and millions of guys dream about or fascinate about, yet he still complaints. I Just can't stop myself from posting it here. Sorry girls, just ignore this video. Do you know of someone, who always keep complaining about something. Write your experiences with them in comments.

Yet Another Tag: How Dumb are you

TAG : How DUMB are you?

The more [x]’ s the “dumber” you are.

[] Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were talking
[] Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were NOT talking
[x] You have ran into a glass/screen door
[] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle
[x] You have thought of something funny while walking by yourself
[x] Laughed, then watched people give you weird looks
[x] You have run into a tree/bush.
[] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow
[] You have tried to lick your elbow… a few times
[x] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little star have the same rhythm.
[x] You just tried to sing them.

So far: 6

[] You have tripped on your shoelace and fallen.
[] You have choked on your own spit .
[] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[] You’ve never seen the Matrix.
[x] You type only with two fingers.
[] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose/eyes.
[x] You have caught yourself drooling.
[] You have fallen asleep in class and fell outta your chair

So far: 8

[x] Sometimes you just stop thinking .
[x] You are telling a story and forget what you were talking about.
[] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[x] You are often told to use your “inside voice”.
[] You use your fingers to do simple math.
[] You have eaten a bug.
[x] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[x] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand.
[x] You have ran around naked in your house.

So far: 14

[] You repost bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen to you if you didn’t.
[] You break a lot of things.
[x] Your friends know not to use big words around you.
[] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[x] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture of the ceiling or wall.
[] The word “ummmmm” is used many times a day.

TOTAL: 16
Even I am (16/37)*100 = 43.24% DUMB !

I hope I haven't disappointed any one, and proved to be one among the star of Dumbo community.

I tag now Manoj for this.

55 Fiction : Love Destiny

55 Fiction is a form of micro fiction that refers to the works of fiction limited to a maximum of fifty-five words. Most 55 Fiction works are dramatized so as to get the effect in limited time.

Love Destiny

She said "No one likes me why?"

He replied, "It rains because whole world love you baby". There she smiled like a Spring of flowers.

A year later,  He ended his life. He loved her so much but he can never get her. He cannot live with the pain, because its either her or death.

This is my first try. Hope I conveyed the message. Love is not everything. Definitely not more than your life and your parents.

Sunday Quote : Future

Sunday Quote is an idea to share with you the thoughts I have heard, read or being quoted from books, movies or conversations. I am going to quote the thought and where I heard it or read it from. The thoughts could be quotes, anecdotes, excerpts and even passages from books. They will be mostly thought provoking and they would add some element to one’s understanding and thought process.
Future is not what we plan for tomorrow. It is the result of what we do today. Do the best in the present and enjoy the future. 

The Joy of a book is in the pages you haven't read.
The Glory of your life is in the days yet to be lived.

Go meet the person you will become in the future.                                                                                                            --Anonymous.