A day in my life....

A different diwali this year i can say...didnt go back home due to work reasons and here i am in bangalore. Initially a bit saddening looking at more than half the city gone home...but as things progressed i surely enjoyed the experience. Some expected plans were cancelled...which was obvious... So I took it up to explore bangalore, going to unknown places and do what i love to do best...Explore. Before that, started the day by giving my laundry guy a Fruit and Nut chocolate. Little did he expect such a diwali gift, the smile on his face was worth it. This was followed by my micro city Exploration: - Shivaji Nagar(Some Islamic touch of diwali excitement) - Bangalore Palace( The Wodeyars showing off their Raj days) - Cunningham road(Masti Excitement of people on road) - Vidhan Soudha("Government Work is Gods work"!!!) - Cubbon Park( Silent peaceful, the true green bangalore) - UB City Mall(Filled with things i cant afford, but surely would love to own). - ..and fi

लम्हों की तकदीरे लम्हो कि तक़्दीरो पे युन चल चले है ख्वाब जाने क्यो आशाओं पे उचल पड़े है ख्वाब बस रास्ते अजनबी चुन चले है ख्वाब क्या गलत... क्या गलत क्या सही सच क्या है किसीको पता नहीं ज़िन्दगी की गहराई में डूबता जा रहे है कोशिशे हजारो किये जा रहे है हर मोड़ पे धुन्द्ते है एक राह नयी एक दिन मंजिल मिल जाएगी हमें कही ना कही

खूप चालवली लोकांनी दुनिया आता मला हि काही करू दे खूप झाले लहानपण आता मला ही मोठे होऊ दे ती लगाम हाथी घेयून आता नवीन काही घडवूया ऐकत खूप बसलो आता जगाला काही ऐक्वूया Hindi Translation: बहुत चलाली लोगोने दुनिया अब मुझे कुछ करणे दो बहुत हो गया बच्पना अब मुझे बडा होणे दो वोह लगाम हाथ लेकर चलो कुछ नया निर्माण करे सुनते बहोत बैठे अब दुनिया को सुनाये

Home is where u long to come. Home is where u sing a song to come. Home is where u belong to come. Home is where u feel strong to come... Its a place which most of us take for granted...but when we leave it..we realize the importance of it... Mumbai Gandhinagar Bangalore (HAL Main Gate) Bangalore-1 (Kormangala) Ahmadabad Ogaki-Japan Mumbai Chandigarh Bangalore (HAL Main Gate) Bangalore-2(Rammurthy Nagar) In last 5 years...ever since I left mumbai for NID...I must have changed around 5+ houses... Calling new places as home...is not easy...especially when u are attached to a populous mega city called MUMBAI. So finally after shifting to bangalore, I have called another place Home. By now the basic list of setting up a home is in the back of my mind. But everytime i do it...there is a distinct excitement and a unique sense of freedom, which can be compared to none. I may not have reached the level of buying a new house but again...the partial ownership is no lesser. So here I am, another

Yes and this time the track is colored blue... :) After a good struggle for 3 months sitting at home, i have successfully acquired a new job @ IBM. Cant call it an astonishing experience, but surely what was interesting to observe the way human mind works in conditions that look severe, even if it is not that bad. My blogs from last three months can surely give anyone a decent picture of my activities during that time. But what seemed to be more exciting of what i learnt. There was lot of learning, from unknown topics to indulging into self introspection and learning the goods and bads of self. But surely all this is realized only after u get out of the situation. What amazes me is the capacity of human mind to create virtual emotional conditions which may or may not exist in real. In one way i see it like an emergency mechanism to protect self and its identity. So here i am, a new begining, in a mammoth organization that has existed since last 100 years. I will be in the ibm.com team

dreams shout loud deep within faded thoughts crowd unseen answers awaited for questions unwritten desires related but actions smitten calling realizes but action fails hope survives motivation stales if not now, when will u rise the more u delay, you will pay the price

lengthy nights wasting lights straining eyes delayed rise elastic day lazing away glowing thoughts thinking lots moments away it was just yesterday

Another day. Started with social event called wedding. Followed by bringing smiles to a few faces. Pure happiness is so divine that it makes me feel amazingly good to see it visible on anyones face. Also had a small chat with driver on the way back. Interestingly the chat went into areas where i wouldnt really talk normally. Be it sachins ferrari or the drivers impression of Amitabh bacchan or Mercedes. What i observed in such situations was that putting a face of agreement in front of the driver helped me listen to more and more of his natural thoughts. Yes we always have loads to share and loads to show off in terms of knowledge. But at times listening to already known knowledge shows sweet ways of how things are actually transcribed by humans. It tells you about their culture, their backgrounds, their pains, their joys. Discrediting the thought does not succeed in any constructive communication. Instead adding to the conversation in a non " I know better" manner helps. Mo

Think big, act fast and look sharp. Thats what my new baby says with attitude. Yes I have done it again...I have shifted to another handset. This time A baby thats so fast (600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM) that even my first desktop would shy away.It has Wifi, GPS, Camera, Radio, Music Player, Word. PDF, PPT, reader....phew...this is one healthy bomb full of features. This is the first time that i have actually bought a phone that has just launched. Was perhaps the third owner of the smart piece of art in my area. After huge contemplation between older N79 and this one, i finally fell for the looks of E52. Its sleek, usable and best of all works in every setting. My transition to an E series is kind of an experiment with my own self. Lets hope this one stays faithful to me for a while now.....And yes...for those new to my blog...here is a link to the last time i switched my phone...Cya

As a kid I remember drawing strange spaceships that had no connection to the engineering or working of them. I also remember specifically watching on the then B&W TV connected using the new buzz of the town called “Cable TV”. I used to watch a Japanese animation where a strange looking Cat used to help his owner by getting high tech devices from his pocket. Not that I understood Japanese language back then….but yes I surely used to be excited with the innovative devices. Switch to the future…here I am 26 year old and I happen to be still hooked on the same animation and now I know its name…Doraemon. I simply salute the animators (Hiroshi Fujimoto) innovative thinking capability in creating such an awesome near to reality yet futuristic animation. I clearly see a connection to consumer goods when I see the immense amount of devices( Also called as Dogu) Doraemon comes up with. From Anywhere door to Small light are somethings yearned by scientists for years. What is

I have been staying away from the activity of sales and marketting however little did i expect that i would have to end up doing it some day. When i moved to chandigarh, for my new job..<> I purchased some second hand furniture...ofcourse the guy I bought it from sold it to me at a higher cost to gain his own profits. But now when i had to sell the same furniture back, i did realize the art and skill of selling. The concept of "upselling" was known to me but I surely realized it lately. We talk about User experience etc...but customer experience itself is a great activity in all. Around till the first week i tried to sell the furniture all by myself, but then i realized an accomplice can help. So i teamed up with my bldg watchman to help me find the customers. This guy was amazing, from day two I had customers ranging from pan chewing dealers to housemaids to good looking couples...it was an experience in speaking to them in different tones. Like some had a concern abo

It was wednesday afternoon, the last week had been exciting with the extra monday holiday of Holi. Our products for which we had worked/ fought/ synchronized endlessly were finally going live. An early meeting was called upon with our European bosses... all of us skipped lunch, since we knew this was going to be a last meeting for some of us. After a moment of silence in the conference room... the announcement came...as i heard through the first few lines of the sentence my brain was not believing my ears.It was like a sudden miss-communication between my organs. Strangely the laughter and smiles among us didnt cease, somehow the weirdness of the news itself didnt allow us to believe that such a thing has happened....but in the end we all had to accept that... Opera India had officially closed down and everyone was laid off. My mind had an instant boost of crazy thoughts...no i wasnt depressed, but i was surely unhappy. I had just syncd into this new system... Opera was one of the pla

Felt like repeating some of my old lines again today...gives me motivation..: The slate is clean once again.. Showing pictures unseen once again I am standing between once again Choosing paths serene once again

Its been long since i blogged...all the new work and loads of marriages around have kept me on my toes. Life is going in its own pace...at times i don;t realize how the week has passed by. Good or bad...well thats again relative, we are what we choose to be...if we want to be cribbing all life...we will be like that and feel the same. The cold winters of chandigarh is surely getting homely to me. My very own home seems to be comfort cozy for me. I surely have put on some weight, but then i had to someday in life. Everyday seems to be a new challenge, and at times the deep pensive mood of thoughts sinks in... dreams vs realities. Theory vs practicality.As we grow older, things come in the face and we have to fight through them to realize our true potential i guess. Have been writing a lot on paper lately. Will soon share some of it on blog. The good part about it is surely that i am returning back to words...As the winds try to shake me...hope my inner strength comes to my rescue once a