Humility - a rarity to find these days !

Punctuality, discipline, dedication ,hardwork , focus, determination .....were some of the words that are most commonly found in the the moral science text books.But , after spenting 23 years on planet Earth , I would rate humility as the one quality above all these - for the simple reason that all the other qualities would make you successful.But what happens once when you are the top.Thats where humility comes into picture.Humility is the difference b/w one Mr Santhakumaran Sreeshant and a Sachin Tendulkar.Mr Sachin Tendulkar has been around in the cricketing fraternity for the last 2 decades and he's unbelievably down to earth.On the other end, we have mr Sreeshanth who gets blasted for 5 balls in an over all over the park and somehow has the guts to go and stare the batsman even though the delivery had nothing extraordnary about it.Some call it agreesion , but I call it mockery.The highest virtue of an individual has already tasted success should be remain down to earth.Alas , such a rare quality to find these days- Humlity is one characteristic which will make champions remain champions - Look at all the sporting champions of our era - Michael Jordan, Sachin Tendulkar,Tiger Woods,Roger Federer, Michael Schumacher - humility is one common thread which runs thru all these sporting greats ,apart from all the other virtues mentioned in the moral science text book.Humility is what made these champions remain champions over long periods of time.Mr Shantakumar Sreeshant shud seriously take a few lessons from these sporting greats.

What is the relation between getting a Prepaid card SIM card connection and PASSPORT?

I would like to introduce to you a character called Niraj Kumar Singh.This guy is a legend , he should be right up there in the people who think differently- I mean only this guy can thing the way that he things like.Einstein would bow before this guy !
Lemme tell you this incident which would prove the makers of the latest Akshay Kumar bollywood flick , SING IS KING is perfect except that the movie should have starred the real life character Niraj Kumar Singh.
Now mr nsingh required a SIM connection – was a Sunday morning, mr nsingh slipped out of the house quietly like a thief as if we were terrorists keeping him captive in the house.Nobody , cared as to where he had been.Mr nsingh was back home in the evening . We were anxious as to what legendary achievement he had achieved today –
I will just put the conversation here –
One of us : Abe niraj, kahan gaya tha..pura din khar main nahin tha ( For people who can’t follow Hindi – Niraj, whre were you all day )
Nsing :Kuch nai yaar, aise hi
One of us :Aise hi kya ?
Nsingh : aise hi prepaid card lene gaya tha
One of us : aur kya hua.. SIM mila
Nsingh : nahi yaar …problem hain..unlogo ko kuch chahiye
One of us : kya chahiye?
Nsingh: nai yaar…pehle mujhe PASSPORT lena padega , phir SIM milega !!!
All of us : broken into laughter - PASSPORT kyon?
Nsingh : address proof ke liye passport chahiye , uske baad hi SIM milega !

Hope I have proved to you why mr nsingh should be above Einstein in the list of all time Scientists, thinkers whatever.Now all of you who have read this blog shud make it a priority to meet this Phenomenon before you go to your graves !!

Why I have only 3 friends in Hyderabad ?

Its been an year in Hyderabad and what do I do on weekends? Go around with 2 other guys - Bhatta and Keerthi.Now don’t think I am gay or any thing of that sort.Its just that I dint find any one out of the 100 freshers that joined in my batch of my wavelength and frequecy (lambda and neu in hardcore physics terminology).Now what I am referring to wavelength and frequency is way of thinking , outlook to life etc.Its not that I have anything against the other 97 people.
Bhatta is my roommate , by the way his real name is Bharat.Keerthi is the other guy , stays a kilometre away from my house , has a scorpio, has a big frame like his scorpio but has a good heart.Now the proximity b/w us three is another reason makes matters for us easier.

Now what do I find not so attractive about the other 97.Money , money , money is the main reason. Dude gimme a break- most of them I find are solely focussed on saving money. One of the guys parents have taken his ATM card and withdraws money whenever the salary comes to his a/c!!! Wat the hell man !..Parents like that should be ashamed of themselves – they need immediate counselling.Alright, its good to save money , respect money , I know all that , but money will not lead you to eternal bliss.C’mon man, theres a life to live, there are places to go, there are pubs to go , there are babes to chase, there are buffaes to be eaten, etc etc, the list goes on. Most of these guys stick at home , watching tv SAVING Money .If at all one of read my blog – My message to you guys is – thers plenty of time to save, come out of your bloody nature, begin to enjoy life,travel places, meet people , shed your inhibitions, have an open mind…ohoh I am going on a moral science class here, but I am bloody frustrated with your outlook , I can’t lecture you on this in real , so I am venting my emotions here.
Now every Friday means 2 things in life – ETES ( now this is a time entry system that we have here in CSC ,which we have to mandatorily fill on Friday’s on the work that we have done in the preceeding week.The client pays money to CSC based on the hours charged etc.Now that’s one thing, the other is beer.Whats a Friday without a glass of chilled beer man. Whoever invented beer is just next to God in the people/gods I look upto.Now whats so good about beer – the chillness, the colour, the feel in your throat as it slides down – man you have to enjoy it.Every Friday, around 7 pm , one of us would ping would ping one of the other in sametime ( its an IBM provided chat like yahoo which my company uses for internal official purposes) – the qn over the last one year has been “what plans??” as if we are planning to have plans to launch a satellite.Bhatta doesn’t chat a word on the other 4 days.The only day that he comes online in sametime is Friday 7 pm and the only word he utters is BEEEEER.And both of us , respond to that saying YES.So that’s how Friday’s have been going for the last one year.I just wish we had more people of my wavelength and frequency in Hydearabd, so that we could ask the “What plans question to many more people”.I am sure , there are many more people out ther in hyderabad, but iz just that I havent had the good fortune of meeting them.
Lez c….how life shapes up ahead…as of now , I am in God’sOwn Country (kerala) writing this blog- as there is a power cut (kerala gets shitloaaaaaads( as Bhatta would say) of rain, but still they have power cuts here)

Inflation Inflation EVERYWHERE !!

This is the disease that is plaguing not just the Indian Economy at the moment ..Asia, Europe, US..nobody is spared of this menace...bueveryone starting from the beggar on the street to the Finance Minister is concerned...Oil prices have hit $130 /barrel. Now thats a record!..Rates of inflation in India have reached double digit growths -thats another record..All the talks of the sensex booming and investors reaping in the bucks have gone to the dumps...What does Inflation basically mean to the man on the road? - Prices of essential comodities rise disproportianately to what one is earning... I have applied a cab from office to lift and drop me - the reason ?? - fuel prices cost Rs 57/litre - now an employee like me cant afford it..so think of a guy on the street - thats only the fuel part - Even prices of essential commodities have gone for a roller coaster ride..They say that the onion price is the best indicator whether the government would stay for another term or not.Going by that definition , there is no way that the govt would stay for another term....Spiralling oil prices...spiralling fuel prices....theres no way that this govt would survive...forget 5 years..even 3 years seems a difficulty....The next govt would do a damn good job to last another 5 years..coz this problem isnt going to get resolved in sometime..Its going to continue...

So what does it mean to you and me?...- Somehow multiply your earnings or have a tough time- f0rget savings, even making your ends meet would be a damn tough job.

Working in the IT Industry

Phew.. July 16th , 2007 was the day when i stepped into the IT industry.Its been close to a year now. IT industry - the buzzing industry in the country right now. Well , just beginning to understand it.This has been an alien industry especially for a guy with mechanical background like me. We were put into training of mainframes (thats a technology for people who hve no clue bout the IT industry) for 2 months after joining - Had a jolly good time there at the training institute.Went late to class, had lunch, went to the tea shop a million times, hanged around wid my hardcore cigarrette smoking friends, joked around with the lecturer, bunking labs etc.The honeymoon period was over.We had to report in the company..Were allotted projects....was put into a thing called bench- before you jump into any conclusions, this is not the bench & desk combo i am referring to here.Bench in the IT industry refers to people who have nothing worthwhile to do.Atleast here in CSC (uh , by the way , thats the name of the company i am working for right now) they refer it to as Buffer-Was in bench,ulps was a buffer resource till March , receiving KT (knowledge transfer in which a senior passes on the reqd knowledge)!!! - once that period was over, started working on the project.Luckily for me, people over here are good and kind enough without any airs - made my life a lot easier. Well , one thing about the IT service industry is - THE CLIENT IS THE KING - no matter what !! . If the client tells you that 1+ 0 = 2 you better believe it ! Keep this mantra in mind and march ahead and you will have a good time here ...or if you are in the mood to have a panga with the client, your days are numbered here...!!.....hmmmmmm...its a Saturday..am here in office writing this blog after going through a few KT documents...I have to attend an ORT (operation readiness test) before starting to work in another module...God ..tussi great ho..mujhe bachao....!! CLIENT IS THE KING ..CLIENT IS THE KING....

Taare Zameen Par...

Brilliant flick...one of the best releases in recent times...Can safely say that no movie in recent times have made such an impact on society as this one has.

Aamir, the Ace Khan has wielded the direction of the movie to perfection. The movie takes you on an emotional roller-coaster ride. The movie revolves around the world of the central character Ishan, beautifully essayed by the child artist Darsheel Zafary. The kid is the the second child in a family where the benchmarks of achievement are sky high.His problems worsen as his elder brother is an achiever in everything from studies to sports.But what the parents of the child fail to understand is that their child is suffering from a disability called Dyslexia.Aamir depicts scenes with conviction that shows the discomfort of the Indian parent to accept the fact that their child is not normal.Life is a race for the parent in which their children are mere horses. He say's with conviction in a scene " ....race karna hain tho....khode paida karte..bache kyon?!! "....Aamir plays the role of a teacher who handles children with similar problems.He convices Ishan's parents about their child's disability and the need for them to shower their love and affection on him rather than putting him in the pressure cooker of life.The Indian dad is shown as a ruthless person who doesn't express his love and affection to his child.He is of the view that the mother is responsible for that part.

Gradually the child understand's the world around him under the teacher's guidance.At the same time, the teacher brings out the genius in the child to the world.He proves that every child is special and they should be treated that way.

In the end , the parents are just happy to know that both their kids are special- It was just that they were biased towards one of them all this time and that they had to undergo a drastic paradigm shift to understand the speciality of the other.
............................If you still hvn't watchd TZP, you just missed something really special in life...................