"connected world" that shows confidence !!!!!
truly a real good one liner ...............
Friday, December 5, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Time for a reality check
I think time has come for a reality check on atleast a couple of fronts.personal,professional and public.
Times are tough (economic uncertainity) and the situation out there is going to get merkier....the most unfortunate part of it is that we are seeing it in front of us and even if we act promptly still it is going to take some time to perhaps feel -what some political outfit calls 'feel good factor'.I think that feel good factor is really what is needed to in these trying times.
But some positives that have come out of this extraordinary situation are cost cutting at an indiviual level no more spending on junk food,no more casual and window shopping,sense of urgency,preparedness.
And yes this whole incident of Mumbai being under siege has added salt on the injury.One of the most brutal and inhuman acts by some rotten minds i still cannot believe that most of them were in the age group of 18-23.At that age we were just moving out of colleges and beginning to come to terms with the thought that we might have to out of Vile Parle ( shell ) for further education.
I love watching 'Breaking News' on any of the tv channels ,i can literally sit for hours without any trouble but this time around i managed to sit for long hours watching the story unfold but as i am writing this post a sense of fear,some unusual feeling (perhaps a feeling of drag) is constantly
disturbing my mind.
I hope with a good sound sleep this will be over or perhaps i am desperately feeling the need to just pick up a sensible novel that would keep me engaged or even a real paisa vasool movie can do the trick ....
Anyways just one thing to remember when going gets tough tough get going.Winds of change and hope are on the horizon it's just a matter of time..
and yes one more thing i know it would be difficult to party this 31st in these times but as they say Mumbai never stops likewise we should never stop.... party hard for a healthy 2009.
Times are tough (economic uncertainity) and the situation out there is going to get merkier....the most unfortunate part of it is that we are seeing it in front of us and even if we act promptly still it is going to take some time to perhaps feel -what some political outfit calls 'feel good factor'.I think that feel good factor is really what is needed to in these trying times.
But some positives that have come out of this extraordinary situation are cost cutting at an indiviual level no more spending on junk food,no more casual and window shopping,sense of urgency,preparedness.
And yes this whole incident of Mumbai being under siege has added salt on the injury.One of the most brutal and inhuman acts by some rotten minds i still cannot believe that most of them were in the age group of 18-23.At that age we were just moving out of colleges and beginning to come to terms with the thought that we might have to out of Vile Parle ( shell ) for further education.
I love watching 'Breaking News' on any of the tv channels ,i can literally sit for hours without any trouble but this time around i managed to sit for long hours watching the story unfold but as i am writing this post a sense of fear,some unusual feeling (perhaps a feeling of drag) is constantly
disturbing my mind.
I hope with a good sound sleep this will be over or perhaps i am desperately feeling the need to just pick up a sensible novel that would keep me engaged or even a real paisa vasool movie can do the trick ....
Anyways just one thing to remember when going gets tough tough get going.Winds of change and hope are on the horizon it's just a matter of time..
and yes one more thing i know it would be difficult to party this 31st in these times but as they say Mumbai never stops likewise we should never stop.... party hard for a healthy 2009.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Survival of the fittest !!!
Returning to blogging after almost 8-9 months better late than never.writing from toronto- sitting in front of a lord ganesha idol in my apt and listening to a typical mumbai number ,strong wind is blowing outside and perhaps it will snow ......is life going gr8.......yes ,no yes no ....yes but .. ??? still cannot answer this question on my own.Anyways this entire experience at onsite was an eye opener in many ways ...one very important thing out of many learned-whichever industry it might be only those who have mastered the act of remaining flexible consistently (in short survivol of the fittest) survive in the long term.
ready to fly next week ...just trying to compile a few experiences ........preparing chicken marinated one !! ,working at client location with hang over of previous party,wearing those winter clothes and walking in the snow......,niagara falls ,montreal ......and the best place to be Quebec city ......,calling cards,watching Canadian dollar almost every day even if bank account showed a minimum balance !!! ,walmart,best buy,future shop .......fliers ...,and ofcourse some other things as well .....(censored ones ),matrimonial sights ....and what not .
but while doing all these things at the back of my mind i always thought of India .....
at times even thought of staying for a couple or probably a longer duration ...but eventually coming to a rock solid conclusion that this is not the place where i would like to settle down.
Canada is a better place to live compared to its big brother States in many ways ...public transport,amenities,people....weather a little extreme at times but still can be managed...,accessibility ,cost of living etc
but still after so many positives atleast i cannot relate with the lifestyle these people live...perhaps it is something to do with your mind atleast in my case because of many of my friends have already taken baby steps for PR and citizenship.
i always wonder how people can stay for 10 12 years in this upside world while every day they talk about homesickeness..and all related feelings...perhaps they have understood the art of survival ....which is coming across my mind in different forms in diverse situations..it is zapping me it seems
to cut it short this stint of 8-9 months was mixed bag ....i am now all excited to fly back ..this time i want to take exp of some different airline i have already got it for BA,Air france and Jet lets see perhaps a KLM or an Austrian or Lufthansa (oh that is only for Business class ...Wipro will certainly not be generous on me !!!) will suffice.
ready to fly next week ...just trying to compile a few experiences ........preparing chicken marinated one !! ,working at client location with hang over of previous party,wearing those winter clothes and walking in the snow......,niagara falls ,montreal ......and the best place to be Quebec city ......,calling cards,watching Canadian dollar almost every day even if bank account showed a minimum balance !!! ,walmart,best buy,future shop .......fliers ...,and ofcourse some other things as well .....(censored ones ),matrimonial sights ....and what not .
but while doing all these things at the back of my mind i always thought of India .....
at times even thought of staying for a couple or probably a longer duration ...but eventually coming to a rock solid conclusion that this is not the place where i would like to settle down.
Canada is a better place to live compared to its big brother States in many ways ...public transport,amenities,people....weather a little extreme at times but still can be managed...,accessibility ,cost of living etc
but still after so many positives atleast i cannot relate with the lifestyle these people live...perhaps it is something to do with your mind atleast in my case because of many of my friends have already taken baby steps for PR and citizenship.
i always wonder how people can stay for 10 12 years in this upside world while every day they talk about homesickeness..and all related feelings...perhaps they have understood the art of survival ....which is coming across my mind in different forms in diverse situations..it is zapping me it seems
to cut it short this stint of 8-9 months was mixed bag ....i am now all excited to fly back ..this time i want to take exp of some different airline i have already got it for BA,Air france and Jet lets see perhaps a KLM or an Austrian or Lufthansa (oh that is only for Business class ...Wipro will certainly not be generous on me !!!) will suffice.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Gooooooogle .........all the way
Gooooogle ....as everybody out there must be familiar with is a true winner in the Web space.
It must have taken Google over a year or so ....to break into traditional Yahoo dominance in the Web arena,but it has done this in style and with annoying ease.
thing that really puts google on top is their sheer simplicity ,they are not into complex operating systems nor they are into boring excel sheets,adventorous gaming ..and still they have managed to make it to the top.
Simplicity and Search- formula has worked for these people.i thinkthey have successfully established themselves in everybody's mind,nowadays when i think of search or for that matter any damm thing i just google .................
and the way these people are going i think M and Y will have to come together to take this giant head on.
They are developing applications which are required pratically every hour for any indiviual whether he or she is an Asian,European or an American -horoscopes,weather forecasts,dictionaries,tip of day and what not ..............these are very ordinary and most neglected at times but suddenly when you have all of them available on a single click it makes a huge contribution in managing every minute of your schedule ...makes sense ...definately there is a lot of thought process gone in while developing iGoogle ........i think it has the potential to revolutionize even internet surfing.
It will redefine what customization is all about ............just imagine if you r able to open word,excel,all other applications through iGoolge ..................is it possible !!!!
i think M will be having sleeples nights but they are seasoned players and will come out with something ......niche.....(need not neccesarily be original ).
Anyways for now the way google is going ....search,calenders,mails,messengers,everyday applications ...it is literally creeping into an indiviuals daily routine ,the things which we do everyday and never thought of that this could be done on the internet as well are tapped by google i think this is one of their strategies 'penetrate into a CEO's,techie's,Industrialist's,politician's ,common man's routine find simmilarities in all these walks of life and bring them on internet such as reading new papers,watching horoscopes,clocks,to do notes,music,etc...........'.
it is becoming a mania...........and even all those techies who once dreamt of joining a Microsoft or a Yahoo are now slowly turning their heads....to this little giant ........
It must have taken Google over a year or so ....to break into traditional Yahoo dominance in the Web arena,but it has done this in style and with annoying ease.
thing that really puts google on top is their sheer simplicity ,they are not into complex operating systems nor they are into boring excel sheets,adventorous gaming ..and still they have managed to make it to the top.
Simplicity and Search- formula has worked for these people.i thinkthey have successfully established themselves in everybody's mind,nowadays when i think of search or for that matter any damm thing i just google .................
and the way these people are going i think M and Y will have to come together to take this giant head on.
They are developing applications which are required pratically every hour for any indiviual whether he or she is an Asian,European or an American -horoscopes,weather forecasts,dictionaries,tip of day and what not ..............these are very ordinary and most neglected at times but suddenly when you have all of them available on a single click it makes a huge contribution in managing every minute of your schedule ...makes sense ...definately there is a lot of thought process gone in while developing iGoogle ........i think it has the potential to revolutionize even internet surfing.
It will redefine what customization is all about ............just imagine if you r able to open word,excel,all other applications through iGoolge ..................is it possible !!!!
i think M will be having sleeples nights but they are seasoned players and will come out with something ......niche.....(need not neccesarily be original ).
Anyways for now the way google is going ....search,calenders,mails,messengers,everyday applications ...it is literally creeping into an indiviuals daily routine ,the things which we do everyday and never thought of that this could be done on the internet as well are tapped by google i think this is one of their strategies 'penetrate into a CEO's,techie's,Industrialist's,politician's ,common man's routine find simmilarities in all these walks of life and bring them on internet such as reading new papers,watching horoscopes,clocks,to do notes,music,etc...........'.
it is becoming a mania...........and even all those techies who once dreamt of joining a Microsoft or a Yahoo are now slowly turning their heads....to this little giant ........
Monday, February 18, 2008
It's a mad Ad world
Nowadays whenever i am hopping through these 60 odd channels on my television i come across this ad from GMR something like Getting ready for India........... there are around four to five of them and believe me each one is a masterpiece .Hilarious,witty and what not,but one thing is for sure the brain behind these is remarkable.
Like GMR there are quite a few others who have made an impression for example the latest one from Fanta then the other one from CentreFruit ,Reliance Power.The one from Asian Paints is also amazing.
Gone are those days of Lalita ji................rin,nirma ,zandu balm..................so on and so forth.
Where is the pulp was totally a different and very confusing initially kept everyone guessing !!!
and later on we actually understood it (just shows how the guys were able to hold
on their audiences ....for that real pulp puzzle...)
But for me GMR is the pick of the day- innovation sometimes tells the bitter truth of India.Anyways but the bottom line is - Ad Industry is seeing some change which is refreshing ........and some how it is even depicting the changing indian mind ...
Like GMR there are quite a few others who have made an impression for example the latest one from Fanta then the other one from CentreFruit ,Reliance Power.The one from Asian Paints is also amazing.
Gone are those days of Lalita ji................rin,nirma ,zandu balm..................so on and so forth.
Where is the pulp was totally a different and very confusing initially kept everyone guessing !!!
and later on we actually understood it (just shows how the guys were able to hold
on their audiences ....for that real pulp puzzle...)
But for me GMR is the pick of the day- innovation sometimes tells the bitter truth of India.Anyways but the bottom line is - Ad Industry is seeing some change which is refreshing ........and some how it is even depicting the changing indian mind ...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Page 3 - kitne ajeeb rishte hai yahaan ke .........true essence
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
yaha Sabhi Apni Hi Dhoon Mein Diwane Hai
Kare Vahi Jo Apna Dil Thik Mane Hai
kaun Kis Ko Poche Kaun Kisko Bole
sab Ke Labo Par Apne Tarane Hai
Le Jaye Naseeb Kisko Kahan Pe
Kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
khawabo Ki Yeh Duniya Hai Khawabo Mein Hi Rehna Hai
Raahe Le Jaye Jahan Sang Sang Chalna Hai
wakt Ne Hemesa Yahan Naye Khel Khele
kuch Bhi Ho Jaye Yahan Bas Khush Rehna Hai
Manjil Lage Kareeb Sabko Yahan Pe
Kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
this line .......
"kuch Bhi Ho Jaye Yahan Bas Khush Rehna Hai " is a bitter truth ....................
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
yaha Sabhi Apni Hi Dhoon Mein Diwane Hai
Kare Vahi Jo Apna Dil Thik Mane Hai
kaun Kis Ko Poche Kaun Kisko Bole
sab Ke Labo Par Apne Tarane Hai
Le Jaye Naseeb Kisko Kahan Pe
Kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
khawabo Ki Yeh Duniya Hai Khawabo Mein Hi Rehna Hai
Raahe Le Jaye Jahan Sang Sang Chalna Hai
wakt Ne Hemesa Yahan Naye Khel Khele
kuch Bhi Ho Jaye Yahan Bas Khush Rehna Hai
Manjil Lage Kareeb Sabko Yahan Pe
Kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
do Pal Milte Hai Saath Saath Chalte Hai
Jab Mod Aaye Toh Bachke Nikalte Hai
kitne Ajeeb Riste Hai Yahan Pe
this line .......
"kuch Bhi Ho Jaye Yahan Bas Khush Rehna Hai " is a bitter truth ....................
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Zindagi 2007 !!!
Well i m not a regular writer that is the reason why 6 days into 2008 i am going back down to the 2007 memory lane.One aspect
of human mind is that it can go back in time which such a divine quality it has.So lets get back to 2007 a year mostly
dominated by monotous routines nothing much exciting or worth mentioning.But still 12 months ,365 days of my life have
passed and I am not even aware what has happened to them that sounds cruel isn't it !!!.While this
thought of recollecting and re-living moments in time is still afresh i am thinking seriously how many of us know
that we have gone past 27 odd years of our lives -have we really thought about it or made an effort to ponder on the years
gone by.If we do this we can come to some surprising conclusions,trends.........some pointers on how our life goes
-to be precise what is our life pattern .....!!!!!.Yes i know my life pattern-how it treats me ,when it gives me,
when it starves me,how to come out of it,how to unwind and unfold,when to go in a shell and much more !!!!!.
Anyways taking about 2007 it was by far a good year professionally - decent personally -worst on PR ,some new begginings
which could possibly give rise to some additional new begginings !!!,some left overs and hang overs which have to be
seriously questioned and probed ,a new hope and quest to do smoething differently which is dying fast in this
stereotype life style that we boast of.
Professionally - First half of the year was insignificant ,Cybage story was getting more and more
prectiable no real chance of any career growth but had to drag on unless i had a good offer
Second half again the story continued but from my side job search was at it's peak
almost an open war with my Lead and Manager.Finally i got rewarded with two offers to my surprise
first one was not just an excuse to get out of Cybage but the second one which came 8 days after i resigned from Cybage
was worth it.Ireally patted my back and face for a moment lit with pride as i was going to be part of
India's 3rd software giant -Wipro Technologies that feeling is one that really makes
you think high and big....
Personally - to be honest i never take any efforts to address this aspect as most of the times
i take things for granted on this front.No real hiccups on this but atleast i should take a note of
this in the year/s to come.
PR - performed worst in the year 2007.Absouletly null investment in building,nurturing good
relations.No phone calls,no meetings,no chats,no gossips even,seldom interaction only limited to a few set of friends.
this is one aspect on which i have to work really hard in the years to come.Sometimes
face value has got to do more than what you actual worth even if that face value is
deceiving at times or pretending to be real at times ---let us put it that way !!!
On a whole satisfying year after the turn of events in September and post Wipro,many things to learn ,understood.
Lets see how time flies and how 2008 will unfold but as of now a good positive headstart both for me and ofcourse India
of human mind is that it can go back in time which such a divine quality it has.So lets get back to 2007 a year mostly
dominated by monotous routines nothing much exciting or worth mentioning.But still 12 months ,365 days of my life have
passed and I am not even aware what has happened to them that sounds cruel isn't it !!!.While this
thought of recollecting and re-living moments in time is still afresh i am thinking seriously how many of us know
that we have gone past 27 odd years of our lives -have we really thought about it or made an effort to ponder on the years
gone by.If we do this we can come to some surprising conclusions,trends.........some pointers on how our life goes
-to be precise what is our life pattern .....!!!!!.Yes i know my life pattern-how it treats me ,when it gives me,
when it starves me,how to come out of it,how to unwind and unfold,when to go in a shell and much more !!!!!.
Anyways taking about 2007 it was by far a good year professionally - decent personally -worst on PR ,some new begginings
which could possibly give rise to some additional new begginings !!!,some left overs and hang overs which have to be
seriously questioned and probed ,a new hope and quest to do smoething differently which is dying fast in this
stereotype life style that we boast of.
Professionally - First half of the year was insignificant ,Cybage story was getting more and more
prectiable no real chance of any career growth but had to drag on unless i had a good offer
Second half again the story continued but from my side job search was at it's peak
almost an open war with my Lead and Manager.Finally i got rewarded with two offers to my surprise
first one was not just an excuse to get out of Cybage but the second one which came 8 days after i resigned from Cybage
was worth it.Ireally patted my back and face for a moment lit with pride as i was going to be part of
India's 3rd software giant -Wipro Technologies that feeling is one that really makes
you think high and big....
Personally - to be honest i never take any efforts to address this aspect as most of the times
i take things for granted on this front.No real hiccups on this but atleast i should take a note of
this in the year/s to come.
PR - performed worst in the year 2007.Absouletly null investment in building,nurturing good
relations.No phone calls,no meetings,no chats,no gossips even,seldom interaction only limited to a few set of friends.
this is one aspect on which i have to work really hard in the years to come.Sometimes
face value has got to do more than what you actual worth even if that face value is
deceiving at times or pretending to be real at times ---let us put it that way !!!
On a whole satisfying year after the turn of events in September and post Wipro,many things to learn ,understood.
Lets see how time flies and how 2008 will unfold but as of now a good positive headstart both for me and ofcourse India
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