Friday, November 26, 2010

A Gentle Reminder

It’s been exactly two years since eleven men held an entire city hostage. Only one of them is assumed to be alive, currently spending his life in luxury in Jail. For two years, he has said everything that a movie director can ask from his writers. “I came to Mumbai because I wanted to become an actor”, “They are targeting me because I’m muslim” and whole truck-load of non-sense.

 

For two years the common man has been paying for his security. Dear government, please let him go. Set him free. Deport him back to Pakistan. What’s the use of this charade when nobody’s interested. He will not suffer in jail. People from Amnesty and Human Rights Commission will make sure of that.

 

If you don’t have the guts to hang him, please stop wasting the public’s money. The Common “Wealth” is already depleted because a few people like playing games. Besides, the media is no longer the neutral friend of the people. Big shot reporters are too busy acting as touts for political parties.

Kya hoga iss desh kaa?

 

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Brain Vs Girlfriend

FW: Brain Vs GF, awesome!!


Akash was waiting for his love ....
 
"30 minutes late!!", his brain shouted at him, "Last time you were 5 mins late and she had literally gobbled u up ... remember??"
"Yeah yeah", he said to his brain, "You know her ... all moody and stuff .... oh there she is"
"Scold her OK?", his brain adviced.
"OK I will try"
 
Sweet Sheetal comes with the cutest smile and says "I
m sorry honey .. I was shopping for shoes .. totally forgot about you"
 
"What if you had said that line buddy?", shouted his brain "she would have had a nervous breakdown"
 
Akash ignored his brain "It
s OK honey! its only half an hour. No problem."
 
She smiled once again
, held his hand and asked "Hope you remember what occasion is today"
"OMG!!!", thought Akash...
"Brain... search database for reminders, anniversaries, silly anniversaries, birthdays and birthdays of people I don
t care about"
Brain got into action ... he started delegating work to different parts
parallel processing .. multiple search .......... complete memory scan.
 
Sheetal stared at Akash .... "Hello!! you have been staring at me for 2 minutes now ... you OK?"
"Huh!!!", he said, "Oh ... nothing's wrong .. was lost in thought"
"No records found", said the brain ...
"Da**mn!!", thought Akash
"So what say ... how do we celebrate this day?", she asked.
Akash is all confused ... "Ask her ...dumbo?".. said the brain
"OK OK ...stop pushing me"
"Honey .. U know my lousy memory.. I guess I can’t recall what today is"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", she shouted ... and started crying.
"How could you forget!! ..... its my doggy's birthday"
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A moment of silence.
His entire brain staff was laughing at him.
Akash was dumbfounded.
"What the hell am I supposed to do know?", he asked his brain.
"Damage control sequence initialized ... don’t worry our specialist will comeback with the perfect line to make everything all right"
"Better do it fast ..brainy"
The brain was working at 90% capacity .... gathering and analyzing all data on 'How to handle women?'
Finally an answer was computed and communicated to Akash.
He looked up to her, and said "Of Course I remember your doggy's birthday .. how can I forget that sweet mutt's special day"
She looked up with utter surprise ...
"HUH!!!!!!! ........ Doggy is the name of my cat you je**rk!!!"
She stood up angrily and left.
Akash and his brain were left there clueless.

 


Monday, July 12, 2010

Over to Bangalore

It’s been a long time since I posted anything on my Blog. But then, a software engineer without a laptop and a Wi-Fi connection can do very less...except blog during company hours. Now why would a software engineer do that? Probably because he's lost.

 

My stay in Infy has been like a dream. Five months training in the lush green campus of Mysore DC, recruitment into one of the best groups in Infy; Knowledge Management (KM), shifting base to the IT hub of India, finding a new family within the team et al. A lot happened in the past few months that has changed my perspective towards life - maybe for the better (or worse?)

 

It has been almost 6 months since I last saw my family. I did have a few video-conferences with them in a cyber-cafe - but it's not the same thing. I had made a lot of friends in Mysore. Now I'm in Bangalore and they are spread across the length and breadth of the country. And maybe for the first time in my life, I'm feeling lonely. The people in KM have done their best to make me feel right at home - but I still miss everyone.

 

Thanks to some unfortunate series of events, I can only go home at Diwali (which is in the first week of November). Till then, I have to find my way in this congested city of lost techie souls they call "Bengaluru". Being from Chandigarh and knowing zilch about south Indian food/culture also doesn't help. Life has become all about "Eat, sleep, study, code, grumble...". Poor small town guy adjusting to the big city life is beginning to question his motive for leaving home in the first place.

 

This is just an update.

 

PS. I'm in a sad mood right now. I will tell you how awesome KM is when I'm back in my groove.

 

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

This is why I didn't take up GRE

Have you tried to give the paper for GRE? This is what happens when you study too hard:

 

 

A Normal Person: People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
GRE Student: Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.


Normal person: Twinkle, twinkle, little star
GRE Student: Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.


Normal Person : All that glitters is not gold.
GRE Student: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.

 

Normal Person: Beggars are not choosers
GRE Student: Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.


Normal Person: Dead men tell no tales
GRE Student: Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.

 

Normal Person: Beginner's luck
GRE Student: Neophyte's serendipity.

 

Normal Person: A rolling stone gathers no moss
GRE Student: A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.

 

Normal Person: Birds of a feather flock together
GRE Student: Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.

 

Normal Person: Beauty is only skin deep
GRE Student: Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.


Normal Person: Cleanliness is godliness
GRE Student: Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.

 

Normal Person: There's no use crying over spilt milk
GRE Student: It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.

 

Normal Person: You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
GRE Student: It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

 

Normal Person: Look before you leap
GRE Student: Surveillance should precede saltation.

 

Normal Person: He who laughs last, laughs best
GRE Student: The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.

 

Normal Person: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
GRE Student: Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.    

 

Normal Person: Where there's smoke, there's fire!
GRE Student: Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.  

 

 

And that’s why I did not take up GRE!

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The State of the Republic

The sovereign, socialist, democratic nation of India adopted its constitution on 26 November, 1949 and began commemorating this iconic feat every January. Yesterday, we celebrated 60 years as a Republic. On this momentous occasion, lets go through how our constitution has helped us develop as a country:

The Fundamental Right to Freedom
Everyone in this country is allowed to have his/her own opinion. Let me illustrate with an example. Suppose you are a notable bare-footed painter. You will realize that people who do not like your works can express their disapproval by ransacking exhibitions and burning your paintings in broad daylight. The right to freedom of expression stops the police from checking this menace.
We also have freedom to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India and practice any profession. I wonder whether Raj Thakeray knows about it.

Right to Equality
All men are equal, some men are more equal than others.
Have you ever stood in line in front of a government office and spied the occasional bureaucrat taking his acquaintance aside and pushing his file before any else? If the answer is no, this blog isn't meant for you.
Women of our country want to be treated as equals and yet scream for reservation when it comes to seats in the Parliament and the Metro. Plus, I believe I'm going to be labeled a sexist because the first line of this paragraph does not contain any representation for the fairer sex. Damn!

Right to Vote
A right/duty given to every Indian above 18 years of age. Mumbai registered 45% voter turnout in the last elections. I wonder why they complain when corrupt politicians get elected. Votes can bought everywhere in the country except on eBay (they should change their advertisements).

Right to Education
Only 44 deemed universities were de-recognized by the Education Ministry before the apex court ordered a status quo. How does anyone shoot one's self in the leg? Its quite similar to the way our country introduces self-defeating reforms.
Remember Slumdog Millionaire? 'The Three Musketeers' was never in our syllabus. But we have read saffron-ized history that changed with the change in regime. Here's an interesting story on the plight of education in India.

Right to Constitutional remedies
I wonder what our fundamental right to approach the courts for justice was called. In India, Justice is blind. Absolutely blind! Try going on a shooting spree in a busy city at midnight and leave behind CCTV footage of the carnage as well as a hundred corpses. Years would pass by while the Supreme Court would let the government spend crores on your protection while you call yourself an aspiring actor in Bollywood. Why don't you simply rape a minor and get staggering 6 months in jail?

Right to Freedom of Religion
According to our constitution, no person can be discriminated against on the basis of his/her religion. Ironic, isn't it?

Right against Exploitation
The Wikipedia article on our fundamental rights says that the Right against Exploitation covers:
  • Child labour (below 14 years of age)
  • Forced labour
  • Trafficking
  • Slavery

The middle/cattle class and lower classes have long been exploited by the upper classes. Nothing for us down-trodden folks. Even OBCs have it better than poor old 'General' category.

And this concludes our lesson in Social Sciences. Be proud of our heritage - the land of Narendra Modi, Bal & Raj Thakeray and L K Advani (Names represent only the creamy layer of villainous evil-eyed fly-bitten ruffians).


P.S. The right to vote is not a fundamental right.