If I were a baby again !

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 4; the fourth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.

                 Babies aren’t generally blessed with any kind of intelligence and all of us including you and me are no different. Since, we didn’t have a chance earlier, we can at least dream of something that we wished we had experienced or lived . Like food,clothing and shelter being the basic necessities of a man, the main necessities of a baby I feel are food , toys and vaccinations.

Food : With the advent of technology and Science, we are now able to do miracles in the field of medicine. So, it would be good , if it is possible to find what a child likes most like chocolate, potato wafers etc; so that the required vitamins or proteins should be fed into what they like most making them happy.

Toys : For any baby, toys and games form the basic priority . We live in a world where relationships between two adults are broken quite easily with the change in priorities and it is not surprising if  baby’s priorities in toys change. Choice of toys in babies change frequently and its not possible for parents to provide the baby with every kind of toy. So, there must be Toy Libraries where babies can play for a stipulated time with the toy they like. At such places, babies play with great enthusiasm making them tired and making the job of the father/mother to make the child sleep easy. A happy baby becomes a matured individual.

Vaccinations : As a child, I used to have sleepless nights when I learn that I have to get inoculated . And the sour taste of vaccinations and other tablets made me go haywire at times( actually every time) . So , I feel all the medicines,vaccinations and inoculations ( if necessary) should take the form of chocolates and other confectionary causing no inconvenience to the baby. So, a baby must be fed with hepatitis chocolate,triple antigen ice cream and polio cake.

Poor babies , I pity them for not having the intelligence to communicate the bad taste of milk, their monotony with the same kind of toys and the mental trauma and emotional distress caused by taking a vaccination or inoculation.

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Procrastinate NOW ! – Tips from an all time great

                       Here comes a post from the greatest procrastinator of all times. Procrastination has been a habit for me to escape from the wrath of studying and doing uninteresting things. For once, during my + 2, I happened to do things accomplish things at a good pace. Well, most of the time I tend to postpone things related to my academics as I feel I am no good doing that. But once you start doing something, at first you experience the joy to do something that you thought you could never.Secondly, you are brimming with confidence that you can take on anything in this world . And there are many more advantages as such. And always remember “The secret of getting ahead is to get started “

                        And to tell you more this habit of procrastination has made me believe that I am good for nothing. And my pessimism reached Himalayan heights where I began telling people that I am doing something which is called nothing.

                       So guys, The reason I am writing this post is that whenever I tend to procrastinate things, I have to remember that I have blogged about procrastination and also gave some super crazy tips to my readers. And in future I should not be questioned about doing things. This post , I feel is enough to slap me at times when the genes in my body tend to procrastinate.

And you have  A C T I O N    in    P R O C R A S T I N A T I O N .

So ,we have to start action to avoid procrastination .

Courtesy Lessons for Delhi Autowallahs

                    How many of you had at least one bad experience with Autowallahs? I bet all of us have a minimum of  one .  We always complain about them charging exorbitantly , and about their rude behaviour and nevertheless their reckless driving remains the same. And those in Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad are a bit overboard. A few weeks back, Hon’ble Home Minister Mr. P . Chidambaram, has expressed concern over the attitude of Delhites and things needed to change for better. I have had a very bad experience with the Autowallahs of Chennai, they never speak any other language except Tamil.  For once, really got to know why dealing with Autowallahs in Chennai is a difficult task.

     Now , the Autowallahs of Delhi are made to attend courtesy lessons from ITDC ( Indian Tourism and Development Corporation) as a safeguarding measure to receive the visitors well during the Commonwealth Games , early 2010 at Delhi. In my view, Autowallahs of all the states need such a disciplinary exercise .

Picture Perfect :

courtesy : www.delhiteam.org

Hope that this picture takes life in all the states and there needs to be a system in place to ensure this to happen and I am happy that the first seeds are sown.

RAJ – Naam to suna hoga

                      The signature dialogue of Shah Rukh Khan is apparently made the title of a soon to be made film that is produced by his best friend Karan Johar.  In the recently concluded events, during the release of the film Wake up Sid, Raj Thackeray of MNS has found fault with the film alleging that the usage of the word  “ Bombay “ in the film has hurt the emotions of the Maratha people . And Karan Johar has promptly apologized to avoid further damage and the grapevine has that Karan Johar has agreed to make a film of Raj Thackeray’s life with the title “ Raj – Naam to suna hoga “. Apparently, Karan Johar wanted the film look very decent in order to elevate Raj’s image.

                 But Raj Thackeray insisted that all the real life clips that featured him using dirty linen in public would be incorporated which would go well with his image and would also make the cash registers ringing. And this film could see the comeback of KRK ( of Deshdrohi fame) who incidentally entered into a war of words with Raj at the time of release of Deshdrohi. KRK could be the antagonist , given the bad boy image he earned from BIGG BOSS.

             

              Lets all hope, the film wakes up Raj and KRK ( Both Deshdrohis of our country) . 

The Indian Dream

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 3; the third edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.

              To start with, India is one of the most populated countries in the world . Any country’s most valuable resource would be  Human Resource and India has enough of it. The Indian Dream in my opinion stands for the kind of future a citizen of India would aspire for( dream for rather) .And with the kind of potential India has keeping in mind the resources, one could say a great future holds for India. Any citizen would dream that his / her country should the best in every manner. Unfortunately, the picture is not as rosy as it appears to be. In fact, we have a long way to go to reach a position that would mean justifying our country’s potential. On October 1st, China celebrated 60th National’s Republic day and India would celebrate its 60th republic day on Jan 26th, 2010. But if we have to compare the two countries on various issues, China stands tall. We have enough resources as China has had over this years. So, we need to make some changes in our governance and other things to make a mark as a super power globally.

My view of Indian Dream :  India , as a country should be self sufficient in food, power, security,Money and what not, as a citizen I feel my country should be the best in everything. The poverty and unemployment indices should reach minimum. And it would be great if there would be equal opportunity provided to everyone unlike the present situation, where reservations based on caste have a role to play. And I would like to see my country to be devoid of all social ills, ignorance and my ultimate dream is to see a “HAPPY INDIA “ . I really feel India should  be an embodiment of happiness, with the rich cultural heritage our ancestors have left us. I am afraid, with the increasing globalization, the Gen X have no clue of our culture and heritage.  The bottom line is that India should attain a status that makes it an icon . So , ICONIC INDIA and HAPPY INDIA  is my Indian Dream.

What it takes to make this dream a reality :   Keeping in view, the present situation, its takes a lot to achieve even a part of what my dream is. I have a few suggestions and if they are implemented in the right spirit, the dream could be a reality .

1. Modifications in our governing system : Democracy , undoubtedly is one of the best systems of governance in this world . Unfortunately, a lot is being done in the name of Democracy . There has to be  transparency and accountability . Transparency of organized and allocated funds for public welfare  could help a lot of funds from being diverted to private interests. Accountability of people in power to their work is a minimum pre requisite of our netas. Unfortunately, where does this accountability come, when the netas are far from responsible.This should change and the netas should be answerable to the public.
2. Role of Media : Media should be the interface between the public and the government. Media should establish news, not make news. Media should keep a vigilant eye on netas, not on film stars and cricketers.
3. Utilization of resources : Efficient utilization of available resources would help in sustaining national interest.
4. Attitude of citizens: Its high time citizens of our country realize that they should choose their leaders carefully and should not be lured to money and other forms of bait to elect their leader.
5. Every citizen’s duty : Every citizen should try to serve the the society in the best way possible as a little regular progress will yield big results.

           This is my Indian Dream and I hope we the people , will make it a reality .

           I admire your patience in reading what could be called as an academic essay or the Dumbest blog.

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10 honest things about me

                Honest things..about me !! First of all, I would like to thank Shilpa Garg , a fellow Blog-a-t0nic, and the winner of the first edition of Blog-a-ton having conferred an award to me i.e ; A feel good award or the Honest Scrap Award . Thank you very much Shilpa. It was so sweet . And in return she asked me to list 10 honest things about myself interesting enough(that’s one thing I’ve been trying for – to make my blogs interesting enough to read)  and pass the award to 7 bloggers who blog in a similar fashion. I now blog 10 honest things about me.I feel it is the minimum as a fellow blogger and as a proud recipient of the award that I could do. Here it goes.

1. I’m not expressive . I am not at all expressive. I think this is because of the fact that people around hardly listen to me. Most of them blabber about unnecessary stuff, which has made me a patient listener. But down the line, I have got a feeling that we learn a lot by listening. Listening helps than yelling out some nonsense.
2. I end up doing things in a clumsy fashion. Whatever the situation is/was, I always feel that I could have done things a more   gracefully.
3. Most of my life,I have always lived under the shadow of others. 
4. I have troubled many people around me.
5. I was bitten by the crush bug, quite a number of times. But wasn’t dare enough to take anything forward ( blame it on my inability to express things , yes they are things of concern for me  )
6. I always believe “Empty vessels make much noise”.
7. In most of the cases, I feel all the credit goes to the wrong person( Just because I think I am more deserving .. hey hey kidding )
8. I love Automobiles.
9. I like a job that requires to have dressed better, than one which pays well .( Don’t know guys . Hope I will change my opinion in the near future)
10. I honestly don’t do justice to whatever job assigned to me. Even in the present context, I am not able to write 10 honest things about myself.Shame on me.

                  Thank you Shilpa for having conferred the Honest Scrap Award to me. That’s one thing I can be proud of , having got that from a Blogger who I admire.

 

Very sorry Shilpa, I really don’t have an idea to whom should I pass on the award. I guess, some groundwork over the next few days would help in selecting an eligible blogger.  But will do the needful as soon as possible. Pardon me.Cheers Shilpa. Thank you very much.

Teachers – Now and Then

This post has been published by me on the occasion of the Teachers’ Day as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 2; the second edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.

                          When we think of the word Teacher , the first thought that strikes our mind is the person(s) who taught us various subjects in our school and college.  A Teacher is a person whose occupation is teaching at a place of formal education . We call a person educating students in a school or college as a teacher.If a person is engaged in imparting knowledge related to sports, we call him a Coach and we call a person who imparts spiritual knowledge as Guru and there are many more specific names for a teacher. Whatever the name is , the duty of a teacher is to impart knowledge to his pupils .

                          Going by my experience, there hasn’t been any drastic change in the mindset of the teachers I’ve been taught by in school and in college, but there are a noticeable few. I would like to put them in a serial order.

• Student-Teacher relationship : A few decades back, the teachers were everything to the students in an educational institution . Teachers were a bit strict and there was a very healthy student teacher relationship.Now-a-days, teachers are being more friendly to the students and share a very good rapport with the students. This helps the students being very open to the teachers.
• Accountability : Students should be made accountable to their performance in academics. In olden days, teachers guided the students and students were made accountable for their performance. But with the commercialization of education, teachers are taking the blame and are in a way becoming accountable to the students’ performance. This should change.The teacher should not be blamed for the student’s performance.
• Way of dealing students : Teachers used to be very strict in in the past and each and every one of us have instances where we cursed the teacher for the punishment being given to us.So , teachers used to keep students on toes in the past.But, the present scenario is such that the teachers are made to stand on their toes by the students. The student community has become more rebellious in the recent past and in a away are very  demanding . This should change .
• Problems teachers deal with :  In the past, student and teacher relationship was strictly confined to academics. But the present day students share a lot of things with the teachers and sometimes resort to the teachers for help in some matters of personal concern.So, the present day teachers  also counsel the students in many a away.

                           At the end of the day, we all need to remember one thing . A doctor saves the lives of people, an engineer helps in making good designs , a police ensures security of the people, but a teacher is one who makes the child become the above and moulds the thinking of the child, a pupil rather .There is no truth in saying that we did not have bad teachers. Pardon me, there are no bad teachers, there are only bad experiences with teachers. Even if a teacher has treated you badly, at least we got to learn something that this is not the way of treating the students. There is a saying “Experience is a hard teacher because it gives the test first, then the lesson” . In case , we had a bad experience with a teacher, relate the same to the above quote.Well, teachers are normal humans who have their share of joys and sorrows. I think its the education system that makes the teachers go haywire sometimes, not all though.  There are some teachers who become our role models. Let us be one among our role models.I may sound idealistic and monotonous, but this is what I feel .  I thank blog-a-ton for giving me the opportunity to express my views on Teachers – Now and Then and I really got nostalgic about my school and college days.

The fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton are Vipul, Rajalakshmi, Dhiman, Ranee[1], [2], [3] , Avada, Indian Pundit, Sojo, Aneet, Pramathesh, Aativas, Sid, Pra, Ajinkya, Lakshmi, Govind, Shilpa, Bharathi, Shankar, Mytuppence, Azad, Pawan, Pankaja, Guria, Shruti, Vishnu,Nasrajan and Richa. Click on their respective names to read their posts on Teachers : Aaj Kal. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.

Typical “KAMINEY” Experience

                  “ Kutte , Kaminey , main tera khoon pee jaaonga”  uttered by Mr.Dharmendra in the blockbuster bonanza “SHOLAY”  was the first time I got to hear the word “ Kaminey” . It caught my fancy and became my catch word during my early college days. The word Kaminey has got a lot to be related to a typical movie watching experience in Hyderabad. Yesterday, I and my school friend Rohit happened to got to watch the movie Kaminey and somewhere in my conscience I was reminded of the word many a time. I would like to put them in a serial order .

1. First Instance : When the guy in charge of the parking lot dragged my bike to put that in a different position as soon as I just parked my bike. He could have asked me to park my bike in the position he dragged.
2. Second Instance : The same idiot refused to give me the change for the parking fee, he claimed he didnt have the change inspite of having a lot of coins of Rs. 1 and Rs.2 denominations.
3. Third Instance :   When the show was a bit delayed and we were made to wait for a reasonably long time.
4. Fourth Instance : When some other patrons ( a group of friends trying to show off to the fullest )  occupied the seats we reserved.
5. Fifth Instance : The Lights were too dim that we couldn’t figure out the numbers of the seats.
6. Sixth Instance : When the theatre management switched off the AC  within minutes of the start of the movie.
7. Seventh Instance :  Frequent power disturbances that spoiled the joy of movie watching.
8. Eighth Instance : The person who was seated beside me was drunk and was stinking . And his abuses sounded clear than the audio system of the theatre.
9. Ninth Instance : The rolling of the film reel made a great sound much to the disturbance of the viewers.
10. Tenth Instance : A small quarrel in the theatre that isn’t uncommon.
11. Eleventh Instance : Vishal Bharadwaj was too intelligent a filmmaker for making a movie that wasn’t understandable at all for normal audience like me. It sounded as if I watched a Marathi movie.

                      These were the instances that reminded me of the word Kaminey .But things apart. It was a very rustic and simple  movie with great performances.

The Cream and Scum of Blogging

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Man, being a social and selfish animal tends to do something in which he feels is beneficial to him emotionally, economically and socially .Blogging is no different and has its share of pros and cons. A few of the benefits that we get by blogging are :

1. Quenching your emotional thirst to express a thing or two : Most of us, in the circumstances we live in, don’t get the opportunity to express things we feel worthy of expressing due to various reasons . Blogging helps the person to express things of concern, relieving him emotionally and quenches his thirst of expression. This paves the way for good emotional intelligence.
2. Sense of pride of being called a “Blogger” :  There is a sense of pride being called a Blogger or an Author. Who doesn’t want to be stroked ( strictly in psychological terms ) when there is a great sense of pride when our posts are read by others and acknowledged in the form of comments. There’s a saying “ There is a book in every person” and a blog lets it out.
3. Blogs are learning resources :  Blogs are great sources of information. We get to read a lot of reviews and experiences of fellow bloggers who belong to our peer group in this otherwise small world. As strange as it may sound, my experience in blog search was more rewarding when compared to the normal web search. e-learning is said to be the next big thing and blogs are not far. People who are proficient in a particular field tend to give some useful tips to their readers , in a way they are educating their readers.So,blogs are great sources of information.
4. Great tool for advertising : A blog is an informal site.Having a blog is the in-thing for any enterprise in the present world. I remember reading an article in a leading National daily that blogs might be the next big thing in getting employment offers and getting performance appraisals. Days are not far when blogs become the visage of an aspirant to a prospective employer. Like an interview, a blog ( a video blog in some cases ) would help the employer look for the suitable incumbent.
5. Offer a piece of revenue : This is one thing that most bloggers look for . Revenue from blogs in the form of advertising, domain hosting would fetch a piece of revenue and is otherwise looked as easy money . So, blogging is financially rewarding. 
6. Rewarding Hobby :  Blogging helps people develop a knack of expressing things.Blogs reward people with recognition and thereby improves the blogger’s writing skills .With time, blogs tend to be humorous and satirical  entertaining the readers .

Like the two sides of a coin, there are some cons associated with blogging which are aptly termed Scum of Blogging.

1. Defamation : Blogging gives a freedom of expression. As a result , a disturbed blogger could go to the extent of defaming any institution or a person.  And blogs could be the cause of animosity between two people and they could even spark off a revolt . A saying goes “ A wise person is one who speaks right, listens right and more importantly acts right” . Likewise, a good blogger is one who blogs right .
2. Usage of Un-parliamentary language : A good percent of Gen-X feel that usage of abusive language is the in-thing .And films which are R-rated tend to be most successful, courtesy : Un-parliamentary language.Bloggers expressing things of concern in their anguish, tends to be harsh in their language which is not ethical by any means.
3. Posting pirated content : Piracy is looked down at all levels as it is the unethical and indiscriminate usage of intellectual property. It may result in the dangerous situation of not being able to get good content at all in the future.So, posting pirated content in the blogs to attract more hits for revenue is a strict No.
4. Miscellaneous reasons: Monotony and addiction to blogs are the other side effects of blogging . Readers read blogs to get entertained or to get a piece of information that’s beneficial to them. Unfortunately, Bloggers like me write some big essays in the most bland language as a result of which readers tend to experience a bit, infact lot of monotony in reading the blogs. And on the other hand,as good a blog can be, people tend to get addicted to it and expect a post every other day giving the reader a lot of despair for expecting too much from the blogger.

             This is my perception about the Cream and Scum of Blogs. It would not be right if I don’t thank Blog-a-Ton for coming up with an idea reminding bloggers to feed blogs once in a while.I would appreciate their generosity if they accept my blog as an eligible entry ,even after having got to read the dumbest of the blogs (mine)  . Even if they don’t, I thank them for coming up with this idea,for this blog being my only avocation in the recent past. Please pardon the monotonous tone of the post,but do point out the grammatical mistakes as that would help me become a better blogger.

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My Routine – Is it worth calling one?

                  I have already yelled a number of times that I am very good at doing nothing.  I thought that this can be put in a better way. I am doing something which can be termed nothing. ( I think you just got your wits out after reading this) This is what people call optimism.  Whatever the heights of optimism are , I have decided to pen my daily routine.

                 I normally get up at 8 AM , but circumstances force me to get up as early as 5AM or as late as 11AM.Nevertheless, I make it a point to have a good bath and get ready ( for what?) and have my breakfast ,a brunch rather.As soon as I have my breakfast, I get down to doing what I am best at “ Something called as Nothing”. This includes watching TV, surfing the net, peeking into others profiles on social networking sites etc; This continues till lunch time and after lunch, I try to keep myself busy or else, I doze off. By evening, I get ready for a small snack,which usually ends up being heavy. After that , I have a bath and get ready ( ready for what?) and sit in front of the computer looking for any people ready for chat on messenger and spend the time in surfing Orkut communities. After a few minutes, my Mom asks me to come over for dinner and there all of us sit and discuss various things . It is during this time that my Dad tells me about various vacancies in Govt. Sector and insists that I prepare well to crack those examinations. I give him a small smile, understandably which shows my disinterest in them. One of my friend who is presently in US comes online once in a while and asks  me to get myself involved   in some avocation. He is the same guy, who told me an year and half back that Time is the only asset we have in our hands . He asked me to get into the business of reading books, I’ve started Kane and Abel By Jeffrey Archer . But my inconsistency , lethargy and my neutrality towards literary pursuits made me take break in what could be called as an interesting read.

             But one thing I have been able to do consistently is watch “ Highway on my Plate “ hosted by Rocky and Mayur on NDTV Goodtimes at 8PM and 9AM weekdays. I don’t want to say what these guys do on the show, but they do what foodies and wanderlusts dream of.

And another thing worthy to mention is that I have been getting inclined towards culinary stuff, helping my Mom in the kitchen and I have also tried out a few recipes. Ill try to post the recipes of any new food stuff I try out. I suggest you people experience the weirdness of Rocky and Mayur.