Category: Personal

The Inner Peace


Just came out after watching the movie Kung Fu Panda II… The movie gave me a lot of answers for a lot of questions… I was able to draw lot of parallels from the movie… One such thing was the Panda – the dragon warrior (PO) searching & finding his Inner Peace…

Though the movie sounds comical it had lots of take away… I find my inner peace in being myself… I hate leading a fake life for pleasing others… I was happy to experience my inner self immediately after coming out of the movie…

It rained heavily outside & I went out an sat on the corridor floor when the whole bunch of visitors were standing… After my initiative a lot others started sitting on the floor… That moment I felt like a leader thought it sounded crazy…

That particular incident made me live the way I liked… When I came down I started my scooter & I was driving crazy on the basements bumpy floor… The child in me was out…

Then it was a fun ride… I wore my rain coat to avoid getting wet… My friend was mocking me that rain stopped and I got fooled by nature… But again our crazy four wheeler riders help be laugh back at him… They drove at a speed that they splashed all the stagnated water on us… I didn’t get angry as I got an opportunity to laugh back at my friend…

Overall I learned what Inner Peace is… I experience my Inner Peace… I thank Kung Fu Panda’s Master Shifu for explaining what Inner Peace is….

The GAP


There has been a big gap since my last blog post… The reason is my busy travel schedule & the problem with my BlackBerry WordPress APP… I almost wrote 8 blog post but I couldn’t publish them as the app was throwing an error… I was in a helpless situation as I could hardly use my notebook which in turn made things difficult…

This is a classic case of dependance on technology & the effects of itz malfunctions… All these days I was feeling soo incomplete for not updating my blog…

Now it is time to fix my WordPress App…

Time to change my phone


The panel of my BlackBerry 8250 curve has been damaged & finally I made it to the service station in GN Chetty road… Considering the situation it is better to buy a new phone;

  • Chennai’s service center supports only app related issues…
  • Any physical services will happen in Bangalore…
  • Cost of servicing is Rs.3750/- & cost of a new phone is Rs.8000/-…
  • It will take 7 – 10 business days to get the phone…
  • All data will be lost & i’ve to take a backup of all files…

Here is the peep into the condition of my phone…

Why mothers are special


Got a call from my friend in Madurai to inform me about the accident of a common friend… Accident happened when my friend was returning from Trichy along with his wife, 2 kids & sister after attending a marriage… I was told my friend slept while driving and that to driving at a speed of 120 KM / HR…

My friend suffered injuries on his chest & leg… His sister was the worst hurt as her spinal chord was badly damaged and heard her condition was pretty serious… Then his wife had serious head injuries…

But what startled me was his 2 kids escaped without a single scratch… My friends wife hugged & covered the kids which saved them unhurt… On hearing this I was speechless… I saw how a mother instantly thought of saving her kids putting her life in the back-foot… I cannot imagine a relationship which is far more than a mother… I salute this mother & wish her a speedy recovery…

Also please pray for the recovery of my friends family & his sister a speedy recovery… Wish they quickly overcome the trauma physically & mentally…

My Phone Etiquette


There is something my friends, relatives, colleagues complain often is about me picking my calls… Even my mom blasted me a week back asking me why the heck I’ve a mobile… But I’m unperturbed or feel sorry as I’ve always disliked using a mobile… I use it out of compulsion thatz it… So here is my own reason for being a poor user of a mobile or for lacking basic Phone Etiquette…

  • First of all I speak with my core team members for at-least 5 – 6 hours a day…
  • Then talking to some good friends or attending a call from a old buddy will last another hour…
  • Then an hour on sending, reading & answering   messages…

Over all i spend one third of the day phone… I never pick calls when;

  • I’m at work..
  • I’m in a meeting…
  • I’m Driving…
  • I’m Sleeping…
  • I’m Reading Tech Blogs…
  • I’m Blogging…

So remaining time I spend on either of the above things… So, I’ve my own justification for my behavior and I don’t intent to feel apologizing as I feel my reasons are genuine… So, never try to convey or reach me over phone next time as I don’t encourage it… Kindly Text me and I’ll get back at a suitable time….

Home Alone


It is a very very rare occasion and to my knowledge I think this is the first time too… My parents were out of home & also my sister is not in India… So this was the first time I was staying alone in my house… My only companion was Burger Boy & I had to stay at home just to take care of him as he can’t stay alone at home…

In all those 4 days all I did was stay at home & didn’t go out other than the Movie I went on Monday… Also I didn’t invite friends or planned for a party… Though it was not so productive 5 days I was happy considering my cash drain… All I spent was 300 bucks for the movie…

I’m not known for staying at home & doing noting but am surprised seeing myself as I didn’t feel bored or I complained… All these 5 days ran like a Jiffy…

Since I didn’t goto office or drive or travel or visit friends I’ve nothing special to blog and that is the reason for a vacuum all these days…

Cashless Heart-full


My friend requested me to drive him for shopping… Being the end of the month I didn’t have a single dime; but i didn’t want to disappoint my friend & I swiped the last credit limit on my card to fuel the car… After our shopping my friend wanted to go for a drive… We normally drive to 24 hrs Cafe Coffee Day in SriPerambudur & since we didn’t have money we decided to take the Tirupathi road instead of Bangalore Highway owing to heavy traffic out there… I really enjoyed the drive as there was litrally no traffic & being cashless made us to explore a different route which will soon become our favorite long-drive spot…

We drove until Thiruvallur junction & we halted in a tea stall… My friend asked if I had any change & I got him all the change I use to drop in the car which came to 15 bucks… He got what he wanted & he returned 2 bucks back… When we were about the leave there was this guy selling Kulfi… I can never control myself my tongue when it comes to ice creams & I called the Kulfiwala without even realizing that we were short of money… When we asked for the minimum value kulfi he said it is 12 bucks & we were 10 bucks short of 10 bucks… I litrally searched my wallet and could not get more than 5 bucks & I was still short of 5 bucks… Then I inisited my friend to check if he had any change left in his wallet & he could get the balance 5 bucks…

The happiness I had that point was sky-high… It was like achieving or earning something big… At that point that Kulfi was like a priced possession… I started licking & I could cherish the taste entering my taste buds for each and every lick… Couldn’t remember when my taste buds had experienced such a great feel… At that point a bit of Kulfi missed my mouth and fell down & my expression was like missing Big fortune… Not sure how I reacted at that point but my friend noticed my reaction & he said “I spontaneously reacted like dropping something of great value.”

I literally came back to conscious only after finishing my Kulfi… While returning I was very much thrilled with that experience which was a common during schooling days where we buy an ice-cream to be shared by 3 – 4 friends & the the value of a couple of licks were countless… I had to personally thank my friend for the call he made which finally ended in me finding a new driving spot & an opportunity to cherish an ice-cream for itz full value…

At that point I didn’t feel like I was cashless but rather it was an experience which made me cherish & made my heart-full…

Priest Religion & Business


Today morning went to a temple near Sergazhi as my mother has given for Abshigam(Not sure about english alternate)… Right from the beginning it was chaos & we found the temple… Since it is a Vishnavite temple it is managed by priest who are called patters or Iyangers… Normally I’ve aversion to visit these folks as they make the entire preying experience a misery… They treat devotees(their customers) as shit…

There is a saying in tamil Sami Varam Koduthalum Poosari Varam Koduka Mataru (Even if god offers help Priest doesn’t allow it)…

As we entered the temple we offered prayers to Lakshmi Perumal Deity… Misery starts from now & we were asked to wait out and come in & really unorganized management… They let the whole crowd in as people standing behind couldn’t see the god… I wished if they broke slots and allowed people inside or streamlined them…

After all rituals were over we were asked to sit for lunch (which we call prasadam)… All Iyengars were made to sit seperately and they got everything first & we all were made to sit on the other side… They priest threw the food as if he puts it to an unwelcome guest…

What made me angry we they make a living by the offering we make and by cross selling religious services & products… As a customer who help him make a living I deserve more respect…

Coming back I had following myseries;

  • It was suffocating as we had to fall on each other to offer prayer…
  • The humidity lead to dehydration…
  • Long hours of standing made me tired…
  • Food offered for prayers collapsed my stomach & there was not public toilet…
  • I was not let out until the prayers were over & I had to control my stomach…

It was totally not a pleasant way to reach god because of these priest… Finally priest said god doesn’t give such an opportunity as the prayers got over quickly… That really made me wild as they make a devine thing for granted…

By the time I returned I got down with Fever all because of the atmosphere in the temple… I’m sure god doesn’t wish his devotees to suffer when we visit him as a guest… Sadly the reality is otherwise…

Then by evening in my cousins engagement I was standing in a tea shop & was telling my experience and thoughts to my cousins… That is where someone who preaches Christianity over heard my experience and started preaching his religion on me… He said his god will accept me in his fold and he went a bit over board by degrading Hinduism… This irated my cousins (also myself to some extent) who are religious & I had to calm them and bring them back…

Couple of days back I read an article where the author compares Religion & Business where it has lot of parallels to each other… When the preacher was marketing his religion I was thinking how he is trying to increase his number of followers like marketing department tries to bring in more clients… This article claims this is in India but I’d say it is in the entire world…

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-religion-is-big-business-in-india-says-cambridge/20110324.htm

Does any religion has a system where we can goto temple and prey to god without a priest??? All rules are made by the priest for their convenience and for them to make a living…

When I was discussing this with my mother and my cousins they started telling I’m in the verge of becoming an atheist… The reality is I’m not questioning god or his existence and even I believe in God… But I’m sick of priest who often makes it difficult to reach god…

Power of democracy


It was a months wait & we were eagerly waiting for something we were expecting… Though as an amateur I found most of my exit polling with friends let to a clear mandate… I was a bit worried about the money power & coalition dynamics of DMK… I represented a bubch of normal man’s anger that led to the failure of DMK… These are the factors that led me to vote against the ruling party;

  • Corruption related to 2G…
  • Big family dynasty politics & atrocities of the family folks… Almost they were behaving like kings in a Kingdom…
  • Family domination of Movies…
  • Frequent power failures….
  • Domination of Real Estate….
  • Polarizing people on the basis of Caste…

What ever it is it was a clear single largest mandate… But I didn’t expect DMK to become 3rd largest party falling behind a 5 year old DMDK…

Finally DMK has paid heavily & they have been taught what Democracy is…

I wish AMMA for her success & wish she gives a good rule which doesn’t involve into vendetta politics…

Everything revolves around company


These days I’ve been loosing interest in many hobbies & when I looked for reason it was the company you have…

Movies: I’ve been a great movie buff and I was in my peak between 2004 – 2010… These where the times I went for movies with Major, Balaji & Kavi… These are people with whom I do a lot of post movie discussion and I enjoyed them… But these days I don’t have such a perfect companion to enjoy watching movies…

Photography: This was very amateurish but never flourished as Balaji was the only companion with whom I was enjoying this art and after him I completely stopped taking snaps…

Long Drive: Again this was at itz peak with Major & Balaji and after them this has come to a halt…

Vagabond Travel: This is one thing I did as an individual… Though there was no physical companion when I was traveling… There was a companion in depression, boredom & loneliness which made me to enjoy my vagabond travel…

Thunder / Lightning Watch: This was very short lived by me & Balaji use to stop our car near Kovalam back water to enjoy seeing Thunder Light on the water… We spent many long hours for handful number of days…

Live Concerts: These were times with Aparnaa & after her marriage I’ve never been to a live concert until I went to AKON a month back…

At different stages there were different people with whom I enjoyed different things… Now am again in the hunt of a new company with whom I can start enjoying new things or continue things which I enjoyed earlier…