Get Set Go...

I believe it's completely human to keep hoping and expecting things to turn positive one day even if they don't even seem near to what being positive is! I am a patriotic person. I say that not because I aspire to fight at the national border but, because I want to see my country at a height where no nation can ever dare to reach, because I am touched by every good and bad thing that affects it, because it hurts me to see anything that degrades it or comes in it's way of progress and because despite being living in another country for a while, I still feel the same for India and still wanna go back to where I always was, where I belong.
India, for a long time, long enough that I can't recollect since when, have been surrounded by numerous social/national problems - Corruption, high inflation, poverty, population, unemployment, female foeticide, etc etc etc. If I start naming each of them, I would forget what I actually wish to write here. I guess Sir Amir Khan is doing a better job in grabbing and highlighting each and every issue that is corroding our country than I can do here so i'll better leave this to him. Despite all of these prevalent problems, I, like any other Indian, wish to see an India which has a brighter future, safer society and secure borders. Since don't know when, I have been dreaming of a country which attracts the entire world towards it for zillion reasons - it's diverse culture, it's beauty, it's climates and it's people. Today, somehow, somewhere, a light of hope has emerged. A hope which seems to have marked the beginning of a better India with less of corruption, more of opportunities, less of words, more of actions, less of I/you, more of us. A hope named Mr. Narendra Modi. Though turning the dream a reality is a long way to go but then the secret of getting ahead is getting started. And that start has already been done. For the first time, I realize the value of a vote, the value of a leader, value of a good leader.
Not saying much now, I just wanna feel and witness the gradual transformation of my country and be a part of the process wherever possible. Just wishing our PM loads of luck and strength to do what he and India longs for!
Namo Namah!!

A Million Dollar What?!

Lately I saw this new 'so-called' Hollywood movie A Million Dollar Arm. Of what the makers claim, the movie is based on two Indian guys who were picked up by an American contractor to give them a chance to be a part of international baseball teams. The process involved selecting the best from the Indian masses, give them required training in America and then have them give their best short in front of the selectors.
Besides what's said and done, I felt the movie stood more to showcase the poor side of India than to concentrate on baseball. The extent to which the comparison in India and US has been shown, it could have drawn me red and furious but in contrast to that, I was actually laughing inside. It was humorous to see their desperation to show what they wanted to, to see that it's only what they want to show and is not the reality, to see how happy they are to believe only what they want to. These people are just like an ostrich who in case of a problem digs its head in a deep hole assuming if he cannot see the enemy coming, so would the enemy.
C'mon guys, grow up! If this sick strategy of yours helps you earn your dollars, then it's time to find a better way out. Use your unused innovative minds and look for something more logical than to clinging to a single age old formula. Showing a country in a miserable state again and again isn't going to hamper it's growth, but is only going to prove you wrong.
India is a growing country and even if the growth is slow, it is still making it's way further. It has it's own issues to tackle in order to accelerate everything. But this doesn't mean that anyone can just drop in and make it a source of income for themselves. Anyways, from next time on, if I get a chance to watch a movie of this league, I would definitely go, not just to watch it, but to laugh on the sickness again!! ;)

GoodLuck Mr. CM!

Its been quite sometime now that I've been trying to avoid signing into Whatever. The reason is not credited to my being busy, I am hardly busy, rather it was just another reluctant feeling of mine to write on the obvious on-going mood swings of mine. 
But then I often wonder, are my mood swings more frequent than governmental swings of my country? This really is a debatable topic. With emergence of AAP in Indian center and state domain, the moods, expectations, vision, confidence and spirits of people have gone up to a completely new and different level. There seems to be beginning of a new start, start of confidence in people's heart for the government, start of realization for other traditional parties that they CAN be defeated and that too by by new comers, start of new hopes of getting heard, start of a revolution! 
Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, name needs no introduction, is a person with great academic accomplishments. Its already well known that he proactively denied the luxuries his degrees could bring to his life, and instead, chose to serve the country, risking his life in many ways, living in miserable circumstances and fighting every moment whether for corruption, for poverty, for inflation or similar zillion problems gripping our nation's progress. It came as a surprise to see him on capital's CM chair, to see that all his efforts have finally paid off. But with this, came in tonnes of speculations, an out pour of skeptical views whether he would be able to deliver what has been promised, whether he would be able to retain his vision despite the alliance with other party, whether he would stick to his goals and not get corrupt himself and what not.
Give it a break guys! It hasn't been a complete month and everyone has started pin pointing. What could UPA do in last 10 years of ruling session? What has BJP done since then apart from disclosing UPA's and now AAP's logical or illogical loop holes? Needless to mention, the other small parties are only good for extending their support for alliance to big parties and making huge profits. It feels bad to see that the makers of our government itself cannot tolerate the good of our nation. They cannot see anyone else taking control and trying to do some good. Is politics just about politics and no where about the country and it's people? Is it only about winning and losing and no where about serving? Is it only about yours and mine and no where about ours?
Nothing is permanent and so is AAP. We sure have invested our confidence and belief in AAP and Mr. Kejriwal, and no wonder we could be betrayed too but give our country a chance, give change a chance, give HIM a chance. I don't know what lies ahead, but as of now, I do wish to support this guy who has kept nothing for himself so far, who has only slept on foot paths to make people realize that it's time to break the slumber, who has only tried to bring in good changes like lok pal bill and his 18  proposed changes, who has gained the capital's ministry by enough hard work and not by mere rallies and funds. 

With you Mr. CM, All the very best!!

The Beginning of Professional Me...

Life in Chandigarh is complacent since the day it began. I no doubt had my own share of ups and downs, both professional and personal, but am satiated so far. 
I often think of the professional Me and then again I go back to my initial times and ask myself this question over and over again - Did I ever dream of being a corporate professional? Till date, I haven't been really successful in getting a satisfactory response to my constant questioning but if I think of today, I do feel good about my work. Working and being a part of corporate world is more of an experience than a feeling. Its full of numerous new interactions, new people, new places (specially in my case!!), new goals and perhaps new challenges. Though not much has come my way yet, or may be i didn't feel like that till now, but its really a good feeling working in a company. It means a lot.. it means you have a responsibility in your hands, it means you have to fulfill certain expectations, it also means you're a part as well as representative of a team.. a huge group of people, and then it means you have to make your living!!
Working with Infosys has been a roller coaster ride. There have been numerous ups and downs in all these months and don't know how many are piled up ahead. But seems it has prepared me to deal with any uncertainty with a chilled out attitude. I still remember the time when I was in mysore for training. Despite the pressure of maintaining a decent CGPA, despite the constant stress, despite the struggle, despite those zillion tests and modules, despite those sleep deprived nights due to the zillion tests, despite the home sickness, those were the best days of my life! I have lived one of the most beautiful days of my life in Infosys Mysore DC and I really wish if I could get a chance to visit it again. Well, they don't prefer calling it office, instead, they call it a DC - Development Center of Infosys. Seems fine too, for a distinct organization, there should be certain distinct labels. Everything was so perfect there.. the huge mansion-like campus - the kind which make you feel that they belong to you, the serene greenery, the paths so clean as if the roads have been built a moment ago, the hotel-like food courts, rocking DJ parties, our very favorite pool side, entire ECC (Employee Care Center), darling multiplex (This one is probably the best part of Mysore DC!! Gawd.. I miss it!!), late night CCDs and Baskin-Robins, awesome weather round the year and so much more. Its less of a professional and more of a college environment. 
Those were the days which laid the foundation of building the college student in me to a responsible corporate person. I wouldn't be justified in calling myself the exact replica of what I always looked up to when I admired a successful figure like Mr. Narayan Murthy, it has taken him a long time, perhaps his entire lifetime to reach that place, but I can definitely say that I see myself travelling the same road with a similar vision - To change the world - To change MY world.
As I write this post, I realize that dreams are actually indefinite and it only takes a right vision to turn them into reality. I hope mine too comes out to be one of such kind because I completely agree when they say:
If you can dream it, you can make it happen.

Has it REALLY ended???

Even after 4 years, even after the execution of the lone terrorist alive, even after people trying to move on and trying to forget what happened on 26/11, I still feel compelled to ponder over the remedies and strictness shown by Indian govt to cater to the country's demand and urge to see the perpetrators hanged! Besides sharing multiple coward copies of proofs and files establishing pakistan's involvement in the episode, what did they do in tackling anything of similar nature in future? What did they do to tell the people of our country that they feel for those who fall prey to those bastards and tell them that everything had been taken care. If US can hunt down Bin Laden and kill him, why can't we do the same to the people behind this massacre? Today, while watching the documentary on History channel, I seem to remember everything that happened in those 60 long hours. Eventually everything seems so fresh, the anger, the outrage, the avenging desire. And that's where I felt that no matter how many years pass over that unfortunate day, it will always make our eyes moist and make us pray for the families who suffered losses.
Once again, I wish afresh that they get their place in hell with no more delay, that the affected people are able to move on in their life with a blessed future and that our county is proud to have brave heroes like the NSG commandos!

He is Aamir Khan!!

Hola!! I am so happy to have got the opportunity to check in to my Whatever after a long time! Well, things and ideas keep climbing up the mind's staircase every now and then but  this one thought was pestering me since a long time now. At last, I am here.

In today's world of accelerating awareness, many of us keep cribbing for issues around us, be it social, personal or national. We know how to curse government for bad roads and facilities, we know how to curse the nation for corruption, population and we very well know how to curse the entire system for any small problem we might face. But how many of us actually take a step to tackle it? How many of us actually strive to eradicate what discomforts us? How many of us take it on ourselves and realize the fact that its no one's but our own duty to confront the problem, to clean our society, our system and our nation? In reality, the ratio of those who crib and those who actually think of bringing a revolution is like 1 in a million. And then, for that one in a million who actually think and start with something, it is so assumed that the path wouldn't come out easy for him. Take for example case of Satyameva Jayate, Aamir Khan's perhaps most talked about television show on social issues residing in Indian System, if a layman like me would have taken an initiative like that and thought of airing a show, I doubt on the amount of audience I would have been able to gather and above that I doubt even a channel would have actually allowed me to air it. But it makes me feel so proud and patriotic of Aamir, who with his place in society and with that name of fame, have actually thought, started and executed that project so well.  If it wouldn't have been for him, I again doubt on the popularity and impact of a show of this kind. The stats presented, the stories elaborated compelled me to think about the impact on those victims and future shape of India if they continue to reside in our social system. Every episode made me wonder what will be the next issue, and and every next episode left me all the more petrified. The content, stats, audience and Aamir's scripts, everything throw a clear picture of the intense research the team has gone through. For issues like problems in medical facilities, and khaap panchayats, despite knowing the probable consequences, its commendable not to have felt frightened and present everything audaciously.

Every time I saw his episode, I felt so touched and felt that despite knowing the issue already, I never knew it was that severe and its victims are so intense and large in number. When the question was asked in the episode of Child Sexual Abuse for the percentage of children facing it today, my mind's reflex answered me somewhat around 3-4%% but I was horrified to know the figure to be above 50%. The Dowry problem, the untouchability or human scavenging, the water pollution problem or female foeticide, every problem was so known and so much heard but I would applaud for an initiative and thought this man has put into it and came up with such a huge wave of impact.

I am writing this not because I liked watching the show or I appreciate every social initiative that comes up, I am writing this because I am also a part of those 1 million people who can only sit back and watch the show. I am a part of that 1 million who are happy till they haven't fallen prey to any issues of these kind and think that they never will be affected by them. But I am one in that million too who is moved so much that I feel like contributing to my society and nation now. Don't know how far this feeling of mine will go with me, but for now, I do pledge that a day will come soon...

For now, I salute you Mr. Aamir Khan, Hats off to You!!

Soo Cute!!

His cuteness was the first thing that made me notice him some 3 and half years back from now and till date it rests as his most adorable thing for me!! Simply adore it!!
Love you my Cutiepie...

Life back to Life..

Long time no see applies to me when it comes to Whatever these days. Life never got busy to an extent where I couldn't take out some time now and then to write my heart out. It was rather my own decision which kept retaining my resistance to interact someway or rather anyway with this post editor. Unlike the usual, it was a time when I didn't want anyone to know how and what I was feeling. When life changes, everything else has to wait for its settlement. Now, I guess settlement has started taking place in my piece of life. And by the grace of God and my loving family, like the usual, I again want to share my unbound thoughts and feelings with my world.
My legacy of contemplating life still continues the way it has always been my favorite topic. All this time, life had been a ride with perhaps its lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs. 
Today, as I prepare myself to step ahead in an all new phase of life, I lay still, completely undisturbed and think of all the things I have got from life and of those which life might have in store for me. I know I had been bit stubborn and demanding from life lately, but then I also believe that it was going to be a now-or-never decision. Millions of things are running through my mind and I am unable to settle them inside all by myself. I look back to those days of childhood times when going to school seemed a big project and scoring 10 out of 10 was the only goal of life. When getting candies from Mom was the only delight in life and fighting with Bro was the only problem I would have. Then I recollect growing up to those days of adolescence when I assumed myself the queen of the world. It was a time when Mom's candies had turned into personal vehicle and fights extended their domain to friends as well. Gradually while stepping out of that growing-up adolescent age, there came a grown up stage where responsibility takes over most of the immaturity in you and life suddenly becomes an object of endless contemplation. Its the time when you start setting your priorities and you also start driving according to them. From that point onwards, I only see myself transitioning slowly and slowly into a new someone everyday.
Now, when I dig deeper into this transition of mine, I realize there had been people who had stuck with me every moment despite the changes in me being good or bad, I realize that knowingly or unknowingly I have earned some gems which were the sole reason of all  the happiness in my account, I realize that my family is my constant source of existence and that its my first and last destination, I realize that my friends are my ultimate companions in this ride and they are the reason for my first and last celebration.
With all these amazing realizations, I do feel sad leaving behind a part of me where I have lived my first half of life, but I also feel enormously confident to step forward and enter a new world with new people and new responsibilities. I just hope life and God keep blessing me with these amazing people together with the new ones as I transform my Love into this beautiful relationship called Marriage...

Life - A kaleidoscope!

Life couldn't be more unstable and uncertain. But still, no matter what, there is a ray of hope.. and thats what is all that am living with!

Pune..

Here I am, sitting in my cubicle all alone, waiting to leave it forever. Today is supposedly my last day in Infosys Pune, well, Pune. May be its natural, but the complete one year that I spent here is flashing right in front of my eyes, so clear, so loud. Thousands of feelings and thoughts are popping up, don’t know how and where to settle them. I remember the first day I stepped in here and I was amazed with the beauty of the Infy campus and excited with the very idea of inhabiting a new city. Living in pune was a beautiful and memorable experience. With all the goods and bads, I would rate it 8 on 10 though around 5 of these 8 points go to one soul reason. Anyways..! As I write this post, I realize how badly am gonna miss this place! I’ll miss its weather. For sure am gonna miss the awesome weather where you can expect a heavy down pour anytime any day while drizzling is almost permanent here, where you always prefer bathing with hot water round the year, where you prefer fan speed to be as low as possible (atleast I prefer that!), where sky is always cloudy and makes you fall in love with the city all the way more. Am gonna miss the hang outs, the CCDs, the restaurants, the places that I had been to, many of them hold warm memories for me, and I will always look back to them whenever I’ll think of my good times. Am gonna miss Infosys Pune DC, for its beauty, for its elegance, for its location which is surrounded by hills on all sides, for its FC1, FC2 and iBPO, will miss the times of ECC, SDB 9, SDB 7, SDB 8 (I guess only an Infoscion can understand these jargons!), for giving me my first project, my first team, my first technology, my first of everything in a corporate beginning, I’ll miss this DC a LOT! Am gonna miss H101, my flat, my first flat, first independent life, gawd I’ll miss it badly. It wasn’t really a flat, it was more like a home, thanks to three amazing partners of mine with whom life was all the way more beautiful. I learnt cooking, I learnt responsibility, I learnt what it takes to manage a home, both financially and emotionally, I learnt how to set the rules, I learnt how to define yourself, I loved my flat! Yes, am gonna miss the amazing people with whom I met and lived in pune and without whom all the above things wouldn’t have made any difference to me, I am gonna miss pune for numerous reasons but I’ll miss it most for the friends it gave me, every other reason is somewhere because of them only. Be it a colleague, a team member, a friend or a special friend, I lived every relation with its complete charm and no matter how things had been, I’ll remember each one of them, I’ll cherish each one of them. And when it comes to cherishing people attached to pune, I wanna say THANKS to the four closest friends of mine who were there with me in all the thick and thins, will miss you guys, will miss every second of our time spent together, whether on the roads of pune in FC, MG, KP, or in Infy, or in our very own flat, will miss you all, will miss the 5 of us together!

I wish something happens and I don’t have to leave today, but miracles don’t really exist, not atleast when you expect them so terribly. Well, here people say, life moves on, as of now, I see mine as still! All I can say in the end is.. Farewells are BAD! :(

Kasab to appeal in HC against death penalty next week?

Reference : today’s news papers

Its been close to two years the Mumbai terrorists’ attack took place. Don’t really think the impact has completely revived itself from the mind and souls of the masses, well, not atleast mine. If I think of those terrifying days, I get the same feeling of rage and inhumanity which I had felt when the slaughter was in process. Taj, completely destroyed, took months to get into shape again and get working. If we come to contemplating the steps took afterwards by government to try to bring justice to the incidence or to implement certain safety measures to prevent such activities to go successful again in the future, well, the contemplation doesn’t leads any far, rather, doesn’t leads anywhere in comparison to the enormity of the bloodshed.

And then today, after almost two years, they say Kasab to appeal in HC??? I feel like laughing my heart out for the lucky bastard who even after killing over 200 innocents and injuring more than that, is still alive in India, breathing Indian oxygen and eating Indian grain! Seems like Indian prisons are going short of criminals due to which they have started adopting every other criminal that comes and gets a safe shelter here. Why should there be law suite or any legal proceeding at all for him? Why should there be any wastage of time in hanging him to death? Why is Indian government so unfair to the innocents who died and their families who suffered the loss? Why can’t there be an exception in a rarest of rare case like this where abandoning all the proceedings, the monster is executed for his doings? Correct me if I am wrong or if I am going too much against the government but people expect visible results. There is no room for any patience or consolations any more.

Was reading news paper when the feeling cropped up so just couldn’t help yelling out. Once again I hope that things will improve and situations will change towards the justice.

Will now resume with the news.. you have a great time!

Chao!

Will there ever be an end??

Alright.. after pretty long time I've get back to Whatever today but there is something that is pestering my mind's peace so just couldn't resist logging in and start tapping my fingers on the keyboard. Its been 4-5 months am living in Pune and place, as I've seen, is pretty happening. Here, one would find highways, huge malls, heavy traffic, crowded places, great food joints, pubs & discos and everything that contributes towards the recipe of a highly commercialized and modern city in today's time! Pune is no less than a metro-city in itself. As a traditional weekend, I was out in the city today evening hanging out with friends. Roaming around, we reached the site of German Bakery where a bomb exploded just 3 weeks back. Its funny to see how soon things come back to normal as if nothing has happened. I received calls from friends and family confirming my well being, thanked God for all the safety he has always been providing me and continued watching the news and returned to my daily routine from next day. Perhaps this attitude only is taking us where we are going. Ask those who have been affected - in TAJ, in Oberoi, in Nariman House of Mumbai and now in German Bakery here in Pune.

According to the news reports, many people lost their lives in the blast and the site still recites the testimony for all of them. It was a completely ruined structure of bricks and cement which only appeared like an old, incomplete building if not a terrorists' victim! How easily does one incidence changes so many things. Place is taken over by police and policemen loaded with rifles stood through a long piece of the road! May be its just me who felt that or may be its that's true, but there was a peculiar kind of feeling in the air, kinda tensed one. I wasn't feeling very comfortable and as always, wanted to kill every bastard linked to these activities. All the whys and hows were back to my mind which crop up when any such thing happens. While I was already going in and out of these thoughts, the autowalas told that the way to lane 4 is closed as another bomb has been suspected in the vicinity. Now this forced me to think million times within myself.. What is the safety of life left here? You leave your home early in the morning and you never know whether you'll return or not! There is hardly anything these assholes think or care about save for their own selfish and without-any-direction goals. To what extent can the security be incorporated to make sure nothing of such kind happens? You miss one place and then see the consequences. The insecurity is rising and today, to me atleast, it went to a level more than I could take. I know that this is a temporary feeling, as we're happy till we're safe.

Well, I or rather most of us hardly have much to do about it. All we can do is forward a pray to God to satisfy and convince ourselves that somewhere, somehow, we are with all those who have been unnecessarily dragged into this dance of terrorism. So, I really really hope they get their part of justice and wish things get controlled and come to a halt soon before it gets too late.
God Bless All!

Turning Pages...

Alright!! Seems I've finally completed my training!! The feeling,I thought, would be overloaded with excitement and joy but it ain’t anything like that. Its a happy feeling but kinda empty! If you ask me the reason.. I myself don’t know!

Woah!! It has been 4 months I've been away from my whatever’s post editor... and to summarize these 4 months in a single post ain’t an easy thing to do! Life seems to have taken a sharp turn.. a turn which has given a new direction to my life! Though at times , the very idea of this new change pesters me in the context whether its exactly what i wanted or not!! I often wonder whether my life is leading in the direction I wanted it to or not but almost every time, I do not happen to land on a definite answer!

As of now, the cons that lay attached to this new life are good in their number! I have become responsible.. WOW! Now with responsible, I don’t mean to say I was a born junk of trash or immensely irresponsible but its just that i never had a task or job waiting for my action. There was nothing that I was in complete charge of and now , there is a lot of it including my life!

Gone are the days when doing nothing was all that kept me busy round the clock.. when planning parties and get-togethers was done every now and then.. when there was nothing that was left undone as I was never short of time.. when watching movies and Friends constituted a major part of my daily routine.. when music was with me the way I am with myself.. when that hostel room and my best friends was my favorite hangout.. when my room at home was my favorite resting place.. when I daily used to see and talk to people I adore.. and like this.. when there was so much of it...is all gone!! But then I knew it would happen and luckily, life is fair enough to me that my past doesn’t overpowers my present! Life still remains my favorite game, interesting and adventurous as ever! Getting out of myself more than I thought I could deliver is a good feeling. Now there's a lot to do in a day but then I like to keep doing something or the other, there are lesser parties but taking out time for even one after a long gap is a different kinda fun, things need to be postponed at times but then I am happy that still, there is nothing that's left undone be it sooner or later, movies are fewer but that's okay and as of Friends, its still on.. can't afford to miss on it!! Miss the intensity of my music but again, haven't compromised much with it. Hostel can never come back, nor those friends so I've learnt missing them. As there ain't much time to rest, there ain't any time to miss my room as well. As of my world of people, have nothing more to say other then "Miss You Guys!!!".

But as always, I continue loving my life as before and am lovin this new phase with all it is offering me. Though, I hope someday, I'll be able to understand the goal that lies in these fast turning pages of my life more clearly...!!

P.S.: At the end of every post I write on Whatever, I can't resist feeling "Why the hell am I so abstract!!!". And once again I am feeling the same as I read my post before publishing.. but can't really change it.. it's just what I feel!! So kindly adjust ;)

And with that.. Goodnite...!!

Hale Good!!

Its time for a change...

Alright, finally the time has arrived for which I had been waiting for a long time! Its the beginning of a new life, a new world to me. This new everything expects or rather requires me to be a new entire being too. Don't really know if I am anyways capable of doing any of that but I know one thing that I am willing to tackle things that lay piled up for me in the near future. As for the war of feelings and emotions going on inside me, there's a part which makes me ponder over that unfortunate moment when I readily uploaded this huge decision in my horoscope. Something that wouldn't allow my family and my people to be an active part of my life for a good period of time but that occurs for just a matter of instance. Optimism and high zeal still rest as the overpowering part of the war. Will miss some amazing people that I know and will miss some beautiful times I spent being with them but I guess that is the real essence of the turn of the events taking place in my life.
I hope living thousands of miles away from my home and entering into the corporate world proves to be a major milestone for me and leads me to the place I have always wanted to be!!
Fingers X :)

Slumdog Millionaire

The movie's ending song was still running when I was already logging into my whatever. Slumdog Millionaire is one piece of splendid research and deliverance. I don't remember when I last enjoyed every single moment of a movie to this extent. The way the slums of Mumbai have been portrayed makes you build an exact picture of what the reality might hold. The life of people in those slums is more awful than I could ever imagine. No safety, no direction, just living for the heck of it. There's nothing but s**t in their lives. It made me believe the saying more than before that "Its a sin to be born poor". Though its worth pondering why hollywood was closer to real India while bollywood couldn't come up with a subject which was dwelling right here with us, but its still appreciable that a subject like this was thought and executed, that too, so well. All I can say to summarize is - A must-watch!
Great work Mr.Boyle!

Whats with Raju?

If I recall the time when I completed my secondary school and had to opt for a career line, I took non-medical in awe of the boom in the IT industry at that time. And through all the subsequent years, the industry has grown and touched great heights. But with the collapse of Satyam, things don't appear the same.
Ramalinga Raju's huge scam of over 7000 crore rupees, first of its nature and extent in Indian history, has put a question mark on the credibility of Indian IT cos. Thousands of people affected, some in terms of their careers while others with their investments. Many crores of rupees going missing! Above all, a national loss of a major IT company as it sinks! Talking of Ramanlinga Raju, there are certain questions that hover in my mind. Being the founder and chairman of Satyam Computers, why would he not deal with the problems as and when they started? Why would he want the company to run in losses? Why would a man with an intellect like his choose to ride a tiger knowing he can't get off without being eaten? Did he do that with the only aim of making large amounts of fast and illegal money? Can a founder seek to destroy his own foundation? As people and web portals reveal, Raju is a man to be looked up to! He was(is) an inspiration, an idol to those who worked with him. He sure is a culprit, culprit to the law and all the people who trusted him and his company but I still feel there is another side of all of this which is yet to be explored. He is not a hero, but he is not even a deliberate criminal. I sincerely wish that things become transparent soon and Satyam, unlike Enron, regains its lost position.
I just wish Satyam and well, Raju too, all the best!

I am overwhelmed!

Hi all...
Am just back from the last party of the day (haven't counted the total number yet!) and attended my last call for the wishes (Well they're uncountable!). Feeling too tired, can't stand on my feet for more than 10 seconds, headache going to and fro like a pendulum in my head but I still can't afford to miss the chance to express whats running through my mind besides the oscillating pendulum!!
After celebrating four blasting birthdays in the hostel, I was sure am gonna miss my hostel today but surprisingly it didn't really happen! Or may be I was too occupied to think of my past parties. The day was overflowing with things I have always adored - flowers, stuff toys, temptations, chocolate cakes and parties. After all, am just another girl! Compared to my previous years, I wasn't much excited for my day this year and had too normal an attitude towards it. But well, I have some awesome people around me who always make sure that its not even that normal. It may be a small gesture at their part but then its not only just a gesture to me! It was only friends till now who used to make my day, semester exams at the end of the year never allowed family to be a part of it, but am so glad there were both this time! And the way it turned out was outta my expectation's domain. But then I feel, unexpected things are far better than those which are expected.. right?
All I wanna say is that you guys RoCk big time yaar!! Mmuaah!
CHEERS to all you amazing people!!
At last.. Happy Birthday to Me :)
So where's the party Tonight? (Cummon, its new year eve yaar!!) ;)

Flawless.. if something can be!

This is with reference to the movie Ghajini. Perhaps the most talked about and most awaited movie of the year 2008. You must have gone through the feeling when there is lots that is being expected outta you. The feeling is of uneasiness, sometimes disturbing, making you lose concentration and yeilding many what-ifs running through the mind's aisle! But the deed is to live up to the expectations despite the pressure. Similar is what I felt for Aamir when I saw the movie today. Amidst the expectations, the guy has delivered an immaculate performance and has hit the screen with a big bang! Two kinda roles have been show cased in the movie, and its difficult to judge which one of the two enjoyed more justice. After his great piece - Taare Zameen Par, one could portray him in a similar frame of looks in Ghajini but the lad knew how to bring out the difference. Feels really great to witness someone loaded with this great amount of talent. Kudos to The Ace khan - Aamir Khan!

Cold cold winters...

Hardly two or three minutes back when I took the first sip of my tomato soup, I realized that to whichever season it may be compared to, winter season remains unsurpassed among all! And this very feeling made me jump into my blanket and start tapping my fingers on the keyboard to compose this post while sipping away the hot soup.
I guess I love every little or big aspect of this beautiful season. The woolen jackets and fur over coats, rubbing off hands to produce any possible amount of heat, noses turning red, shiver down the spine, freezing carbon dioxide coming out of the mouth (..gawd I love it!!), basking in the sun, the intense fog making you feel as if the clouds have climbed down to earth, watching people and vehicles moving in and out of these clouds, getting all the more lethargic, sweet corn soup, hot coffee or hot choco which seem to taste better than ever before, sitting besides fireplace, reading a novel and realizing its more interesting than you'd heard or thought, raisins, chilled ice creams (I bet no winter memory is complete without ice creams!!) and so much more! I absolutely love visiting hill stations specially those with ample of snow covered roads and surroundings. No wonder I cherish my Rohtang pass tour more than any other I have been to. Snowfall, though still a part of my fantasies, is the bestest (if there exists such a word!!) part of the winters! Well I guess that suggests I must plan for Simla within coming few weeks.. whatsay folks!! he he..!
Very lately when I was in Delhi hanging out with friends, I lived one of the most splendid winter evenings of my life. At the exit gate of the metro station, while on our way to a friend's pg, it occurred to one of us the idea to go for cycling. Thanks to Delhi metros which leave you as refreshing at the destination station as you were at the source, despite the heavy traffic on the city roads. So there we were, all four gals ready to hit the road with our selected cycles. I must appreciate my confidence then as I was going to ride a bicycle after almost 10 years. Whatever! Who cares! We started off and there was no stopping then. Paddling to the full force, honking unnecessarily, outlining all possible geometrical figures with special emphasis on curves, then resting the paddles to let the cycle move on its own, playing with the handle and experiencing the chilling breeze across the face and to add the perfect bollywood touch, singing in chorus "awara bhawre jo haule haule gaaye..". To the people walking in the lanes, two kinds of impressions of ours might have occurred. Either of those too small kids who have recently learned riding a bicycle or of those too big to care for the world around them. We belonged to the second category. Atleast from what we felt at that time. After a long ride, we rested to have momos and were on the way back with the same spirits! If I could describe the experience, the feeling in a single word, I'd say it was heavenly, a blend of perfect timing, perfect climate and the very perfect companions!Cheers gurlz! ;)
At times (may be more than that!), I really enjoy sitting in the balcony late at nights, feeling the cold, listening to the rustling of leaves and tuning to my favorite music. Nothing seems to matter at that time. Life seems to come to a halt at those moments but they are something that are capable enough to move me...

Are current situations a sign of World War III??

It may be too early, may be insane on my part too, to predict or rather even think of such a malicious notion but one really can't suppress one's thoughts! I'd been thinking, rather the thought of another world war itself had been dwelling and growing within me since the Mumbai massacre took place. At that time, I considered myself absurd for thinking too extreme and beyond limits. But in these 20 days that have gone by post the black day, situations have only worsened, seemingly in the direction of my raw feeling. What does a war needs as its preliminary atmosphere? Tensions among countries, increase in anti-social activities, lack of security everywhere, avenging feelings among people, availability of large amount of deadly weapons and ammunition! And with all these, we have the economic recession too. World War II too commenced with one such recession after all, with the very famous The Great Depression of the year 1929, the fall of US economy!
Now when after all this if I try and think of possible measure to avoid any possiblity of it, I end up in the middle of no where! Violent reactions to the situations would not deter it and being patient and numb will be an injustice to all the sufferers of 26/11 and with them, to every Indian.
I only hope that the protecters of terrorsim realize that terrorism is not even going to spare them. And that they realize this before things go out of everyone's control and help the world combat with the evil in every possible way they can!
May God bless all!