One of my friends who works with times of india has told me that its time I start writing something which is more serious and impactful. I dont disagree with her, but all along the day , I do my job which is quite a serious one and break after lunch to write down something which is soothing to my inner self. Increasing the blog popularity by writing down investment tips, flaming remarks against mandira bedi for her latest saree , or narayan murthy's indignation towards national anthem (and yet wanne president!!!) or how India could have done better in world cup might be a good idea for some. For me , as of now, this is a non-goal.
These days, I am reading Anita Desai's Booker prize winning creation, "Inheritance of Loss". I guess much of the inspiration to write totally mundane things come from there. Most story tellers are not the best leaders or best patriots but its a different matter altogether when best of leader and patriots write their own books to share their experiences.
One my colleague was contesting that why should somebody worry about if a national leader or business tycoon or a film star for that matter said something about a national symbol or icon. "There are 20 other things to worry about" - came from him.
I guess the simple reasoning one can come up here is that these "big" people have certain following and people "below" look at them for direction and idolize them. When these big folks do things which are not acceptable in the usual social and political norms, there is bound to be an up roar , you like it or not.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Raj Bhog in Office...
The day finally arrived when I decided to bring one of the two cans of Raj Bhogs to office to share with colleagues. Raj Bhog is an advanced level rasagulla. Its little big in size and you need to spread your mouth really wide to take a one full raj bhog in.
My uncle back in Bikaner, Rajasthan was too generous to send them over to me as a gesture to thank me for finding out some phone numbers for him. When Raj Bhogs arrived at home, I kept them in the refridgerator and allowed them to cool down as they must have been tired after travelling for 2000 kms. My parents resisted the idea of sharing such a costly sweet with people in office who may not appreciate its worth. But it was indeed a problem of plenty which gave me the required impetus to bring the can to office.
It turned out that there were around 15 pieces inside the can and when I sent out the mail of the arrival of Raj Bhog (sounds like Raja BhogRaj), they vanished in no time. There were a few people who came late and were left unpacified - complaining.
My uncle back in Bikaner, Rajasthan was too generous to send them over to me as a gesture to thank me for finding out some phone numbers for him. When Raj Bhogs arrived at home, I kept them in the refridgerator and allowed them to cool down as they must have been tired after travelling for 2000 kms. My parents resisted the idea of sharing such a costly sweet with people in office who may not appreciate its worth. But it was indeed a problem of plenty which gave me the required impetus to bring the can to office.
It turned out that there were around 15 pieces inside the can and when I sent out the mail of the arrival of Raj Bhog (sounds like Raja BhogRaj), they vanished in no time. There were a few people who came late and were left unpacified - complaining.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Summers are here....
Summers are taking direct toll on me. Due to the hot weather around, I've discontinued my regular diet of boiled eggs. Eggs had helped me to maintain the hair treasure on my head in the past. As soon as I discontinued them, the fall season has arrived for my head.
My car too is not untouched by the mar of hot summers. The other day I parked my car in the open in office parking area. When I came back in the evening, I saw that a plastic music CD cover which was lying on car's dashboard was totally disformed due to the external heat and green house effect in the car. Thankfully , the CD wasnt inside that cover!!!
From today, I am parking my car in our covered parking area. But the damn parking area is half a mile away from my office and I need to walk all the way in open in almost 35 C / 96 F heat.
So much for global warming....cant think of coming years :( .
My car too is not untouched by the mar of hot summers. The other day I parked my car in the open in office parking area. When I came back in the evening, I saw that a plastic music CD cover which was lying on car's dashboard was totally disformed due to the external heat and green house effect in the car. Thankfully , the CD wasnt inside that cover!!!
From today, I am parking my car in our covered parking area. But the damn parking area is half a mile away from my office and I need to walk all the way in open in almost 35 C / 96 F heat.
So much for global warming....cant think of coming years :( .
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
My first blog......
Good morning ladies and their gentlemen.
This is my first blog. So, let me start with dedications.
I dedicate this to my parents, my dude brothers, friends I have made all through my life, all software programmers of this world, to all those people who are not software programmers in this world, all those people who consider software programming a noble profession, all those people who consider software programming merely a typing job (at least one of my profs at iit used to think that way).
More to come...hang on.
This is my first blog. So, let me start with dedications.
I dedicate this to my parents, my dude brothers, friends I have made all through my life, all software programmers of this world, to all those people who are not software programmers in this world, all those people who consider software programming a noble profession, all those people who consider software programming merely a typing job (at least one of my profs at iit used to think that way).
More to come...hang on.
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