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Daag achhaa hei! A lil abuse ok!!

2009-09-21T23:05:00.004+05:30

I feel like getting into a press conference and abuse all the media on-record. All because of the recent happenings in our society due to over interference of media.

Anything which is going out of control will revert back one day. I believe, media in india is nearing its death. Or atleast the bad time for them will start soon.

I'm writing this post with two incidents in mind. 1- media frenzy created by telecasting live shows of cheap politicians who are challenging each others for a bunch of goondas- mr.pinangrayi vijayan and k.sudhamakaran. They behave like local rowdies calling the other one for a fight. As the case is being investigated by police, politicians need not interfere it. And media need not pay attention to those a** h***s who are making unwanted noise. For atleast one week, people in kerala were getting no news other than goonda mafias, pinangarayi, sudhamakaran and paul muthoot. Did nothing else happened parallel in kerala? I wonder. Media had only few words to say in a jumbled manner; repeatedly...police, goonda, mafia, pinangrayi, sudhamakaran, paul, muthoot, s knife, black smith...WTF!!
2-The poor crorepati Mr.Shashi Taroor. All because of a good habit...tweeting. What ever he told is correct. Atleast the contreversial tweet... The holy 'mother' cow and holy 'son' cow are the biggest cheaters. Mr. Taroor started travelling in economy class much before the austeres. Proofs are floating over the net. And the holy cows were doing dramas! Travelling in second class train for a while... And the holy son spent more than a crore to roam around in tamilnadu, not for the country, just for his f***ing party... Holy cows are always holy... And they holy s**t.

I just wanted to vent out my anger towards the media...

Yes man... Indian media sucks...screw it!

Rules That Guys Wish Girls Knew

2009-08-21T00:04:00.003+05:30

Got this from somewhere. Copyrights go to the original writer... not me!

1.	Sometimes we just don't want to talk. Don't take it personally.
2.	We notice other women because we are men and we are alive. This does not mean we're planning to dump you and jump them.
3.	Our favorite T-shirts are not "disgraceful." They show our loyalty to our college, our favorite sports team, our favorite beer, our favorite vacation or number 23.
4.	Helpless is not cute.
5.	Get to the point.
6.	Understand that men are single-minded and can only do one thing at a time. So don't talk to us while we're doing something. We will either ignore you, because we don't hear you "honestly), or we'll screw up what we're doing because you've distracted us. Exception to Rule 6. Interrupt us if something is on fire, if someone needs immediate medical attention, if Pamela Lee is on TV or if there is an emergency that needs a hero.
7.	You can't complain that there are no good guys around while some of us are still single.
8.	If you ask us, "Do you think she's prettier then me?" we just might say, "Yes." Then what are you going to do?
9.	Don't expect even a great relationship with us to solve all your problems. Just because we love you, doesn't mean your cellulite, your credit card debt or your bad mood will disappear.
10.	We would not wear high heels to impress you.
11.	Breathe occasionally so we can get a word in.
12.	For us, driving is not just a means of going from point A to point B. It's an opportunity to control a couple of tons of steel. We drive, therefore, we are.
13.	If you want us to notice something, help us out by saying something like, "I went to the beauty shop today."
14.	If you have to have a cat, at least don't call him "Mister" anything.
15.	Hide the self help books when we come over. They make us nervous.
16.	We need to vegetate.
17.	We don't go shopping. When we need something, we buy it.
18.	We believe our bodily functions are perfectly normal and, at times, quite amusing.
19.	We don't believe you when you say money isn't important to you.
20.	When we see pictures of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones we feel proud and happy to be men. We don't care if it's not fair.
21.	It's not that we don't want to make you happy, it's just that sometimes, we don't know how.
22.	Learn to work the toilet seat. If it's up, put it down.
23.	If it itches, it will be scratched.
24.	If you ask a question you don't really want an answer to, expect an answer you didn't want to hear.
25.	Sometimes, we're not thinking about you. Live with it.
26.	Don't ask us what were thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss topis such as navel lint, the shotgun formation and monster trucks.
27.	Sundays equals sports. Period.
28.	Beer is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
29.	When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.
30.	You have enough clothes.
31.	You have too many shoes.
32.	Crying is blackmail.
33.	Your ex-boyfriend is an idiot.
34.	Ask for what you want. Let's be clear on this one: Subtle hints don't work. Strong hints don't work. Really obvious hints don't work. Just say it!
35.	No, we don't know what day it is. We never will. Mark anniversaries on a calendar you know we check.
36.	We're not mind readers and we never will be. OUr lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
37.	Most guys own three pairs of shoes. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair - out of 30 - would look good with your dress?
38.	Yes and no are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
39.	Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
40.	A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
41.	Check your oil.
42.	Don't fake it. We'd rather be ineffective than deceived.
43.	It is neither in your best interest or ours to take any quiz together.
44.	It doesn't matter which quiz.
45.	Anything we said six months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after seven days.
46.	If you won't dress like the Victoria Secret girls, don't expect us to act like the soap opera guys.
47.	If something we said could be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
48.	You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both.
49.	Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
50.	Christopher Columbus didn't need directions, and neither do we.
51.	If you wear a Wonderbra and a low-cut blouse, you lose the right to complain about having your boobs stared at.
52.	Our relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out.
53.	Men see a limited number of colors, like Windows default settings. Peach is a fruit, not a color.
54.	Ditto melon.
55.	If we ask what's wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing is wrong.

The guru within - II

2008-10-08T22:10:00.001+05:30

The most discussed thing during tea time among young(only young?) IT professionals(only IT?) would be girls, women and sex! Talking about worldly pleasures which are not going to add any value to your life. There is nothing wrong in talking worldly matters unless it has something good to do with your or some one else's life. Rest all are waste of time. We need to repeatedly memorize the same... Why am I thinking/talking of this bull thing!

Sankara says:

"naaristhana bhara naabhee desam
drushtwa maaga mohaavesham
edan maamsavasaadi vikaaram
manasi vichinthaya vaaram vaaram"

Yes it means what you are thinking of! Being emotional on thinking of a sexy butly's body is just a lust. It is all flesh and bone...the same things that you have in you. Remember this again and again.

Some times your work environment will seem to be a heaven. You will see all good things in it. May you praise it! May be you become poetic on it. Looking very closer to each detail of a thing. Project or work is just an example. Let it be some other useless thing. Still the whole world is running with ego, greed and diseases. Life is always tough man...! Believe it. It is never a cake walk. Elaborating this, Sankara says:

"nalini dalagatha jalam athi tharalam
thath thwath jeevitham athisaya chapalam
viddhi vyaadhyabhimaana grastham
lokam soka hatham cha samastham"

A drop of water on a lotus petal will be very beautiful to see. It is poetic and romantic. But it is very uncertain too. It's life will end when the sun starts staring on earth. The same applies to human life also. Here, instead of sun, our own greed works out to make ourselves uncertain.

The guru within - I

2008-10-08T15:30:00.002+05:30

***** Blabber *****

Along the long history of human race, there had been many teachers, spiritual leaders, “Gurus”. Some of them went from detachment to salvation. Some went from Sex to spirituality, Dwaitha to Adwaitha, Humanity to Spirituality… enough! I am here a guru- of self. I go from Information technology to Spirituality. I walk in the shoe of Sri Adi Sankara. I use his shoes only! Path is my own.

***** End of blabber *****

I woke up from my bed. In the background, sweet voice of my favorite singer- MS Subbulakshmi was singing the usual song- “Bhaja Govindam”. It is a song which can relate to human life at any point of time; which can be related to a man who is in any stream of life. “Brush your teeth”, there came an order from my father! “OK Appa”, Said I and in a half thought, I walked to the wash basin. Still my mind was roaming around the words-

“bhaja govindam, bhaja govindam
govindam bhaja moodha mathe.
samprapthe sannihithe kale
nahi nahi rakshathi dukrinjkarane.”

Thought, thought and thought… I was going mad… What is happening to me? Am I becoming Swami Santhoshaanandaji?! Nuts! With my limited knowledge in Sanskrit, I learnt that Sri Sankara is trying to say- “Worship govinda, Oh fool! Rules of grammar will not save you from your end of life”.

Say, in a life of a software engineer. Lot worry about the work the whole day. At the end of the day, we are all disappointed with the fruitlessness of our work and life. You may say, you are very much satisfied. But the satisfaction that you are feeling now is just a false feeling. You try to believe that you are satisfied.

Daily we see people who always complain about their job. They are paid very less. "Macha, my friend is in XYZ company da he is getting x lacs salary da...." and so on. My question is "Why didn't you get job in XYZ company?". You didn't study well. You didn't perform in the interview. Your attitude was not right. And now, you are in a company which pays you according to your performance, caliber and all other blah blah! Just for the sake of getting more money you look out for another job! What a fool you are... Sankara says:

"moodha jahihi dhanagama thrishna
kuru sadbudhim manasi vithrishnaam
yellabhase nija karmopaaktham
viththam tena vinodaya chiththam"

Means- "Hey fool, just stop running behind money. Understand and devote to the reality (Your aggregates are low!). Be ready to face any reactions for the actions you have already done in the past".

You didn't study well. So, you are paid low. Now, you need to build a good career. Be stable in a company for some time. Yield goodwill. Be ethic. And then search for another job. Rather than just switching the job every year!

How great Sri Sankara is... He might have foresee the recession periods and IT booms in his age itself?!

Yaar... I am going mad... Please forgive me if I continue this article!

Saroja Rock on Chennai

2008-09-21T23:32:00.000+05:30

It happened to me to see two movies in a row this weekend. Usually when my friends pull me into some movies, it makes me regret due to the story and technologies used in the movie. However, this time, no regret… both the movies Rock On and Saroja were terrifically good. For the same reason, the way they recite the story and relate the events. Oh! No! I am not trying to play a bearded critic on these movies. Rather, as a layman I would like to appreciate those movies.

Rock on, is surely a different kind of entertainer. The greatest thing I liked in the movie was the story was successful in keeping suspense for a long time, for showing the reason of the breakup of the band. The threads between the present and past were blend perfectly. The ins and outs of the flash back were simply great! Farhan Akhtar, Oh man… he is superb. He is such a multifaceted personality! Still it is hard to believe that he sung those beautiful songs himself!! The opening song- ‘socha hei kya’ makes any kind of audience to stick to the seats. Starting with that and until ‘Sindbad the sailor’ it was superb. Not only Farhan, Arjun Rampal, Purab and Luke played their roles very well. It seems Arjun Rampal learnt playing guitar for this movie. Because when the music is played, his fingers on the guitar tabs seemed very realistic. Also the ladies team- Prachi, Shahana and Koel done a great job. Though in a small role, Nicollete bird too did well.

One thing… The movie being a music based one, the song music was not that much extra ordinary. It was just like other bollywood movies… nothing special in it. Especially when it comes to percussion instruments, the songs were just above average. Those guitar leads were marvelous. It seems to be loosely based on Tom hanks’ directorial movie- That thing you do. Director groomed Rock on really Rocking!

And Saroja… saamaan nikal diya.

Tamil film industry’s real strength is the wide pool of talent who can tell usual stories in an unusual manner. Saroja has a story which simply resembles a Scooby doo or Richie rich cartoon! I heard somewhere, this movie is an inspiration from another English movie- Judgement Night. It starts something like the Eurotrip movie, four friends going out to another city and facing hell lot of problems and how they escape from all those problems comprises the story. One does not need to compromise anything for this movie. All commercial components were well mixed in this family entertainer. Not like other contemporary movies, vulgarity is nominal in this movie.
Shiva’s TV serials, the golti brothers and the washbasin mouthed Premgi really rocked it out. Venkat Prabhu excels in treating the situations in different angles. The frames of the chase were wonderfully captured. The factory, I think it is the old Binny Mills, plays a great role in creating a horror effect in the spectator’s mind. I could see people sitting at the edge of the seats during the chase sequences.

Songs department handled by Yuvan, kept its loyalty. ‘Dost bada dost’ and the engagement songs are really good. The picturisation of the song ‘Kodaana kodi’ looked like a mock to ‘Kathaazha kannaale’ of Anjathe, except the sexy hip shakes of Nikita Tukral. She was awesome! :)

Something that really entertained was the moment when Premgi ask Charan- “Yaaru sir antha figure?”! And the spoil sport was the trap preparation sequence. Although it does not spoil the whole movie’s spirit, director could have thought a little bit practical solution. I don’t know what I mean though!

What to say... guys, see these movies in cinemas only... DVD, especially pirated will spoil the mood of these movies.

Enjoy... Rock on Chennai!

Kerala meets Chennai!

2008-09-11T00:03:00.000+05:30

I am a foodie! I love eating, eating and eating. For the same reason, I will try any new hotel/restaurant opened in Chennai. Since the day 1 I reached chennai, I was searching for a place where I get kerala cuisine.

Atlast, I found a place where I get some good food in chennai in reasonable price range. It was last month end, when I was running around for paying my broadband bill, I found a restaurant in Bazulla Road, T Nagar, named Palakkaran (pronounced paa-laa-kkaa-run).

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To my surprise, this is also a mock of Kumarakom chain of restaurants. I mean it because the ambience they try to create here resembles somewhat that for Kumarakom, Velacheri. Here also, they have karaoke tracks sung by their bearers. But for meals and all, I feel this is much reasonable compared to other hotels in and around T Nagar. As most of the Andhra (Narmada), Malaysian(Pelita Nasi Kandar) and Tamil (Saravana bhavan, deluxe etc) are charging 50+ INR for their meals, these guys provide better food in the same price (INR 50). The main metrics I look for is cleanliness, and they pass it. Second one is, if I ask for a vegetarian dish I need it as vegetarian as itself. Trying the restaurant several times, I have found that they take utmost care for the same. Keeping the fact that, all other hotels have gave me non-veg food mixed in my food and I had to complain about it.

These qualities on Paalaakkaaran will help them to go ahead their way! For this Onam, they were providing Kerala style "SADYA". I am not sure of the price of that. But I had it and was good one!

One can try this restaurant... I guarantee...

Note: I dont receive any kind of incentives/discounts/commission for putting this write up here!! :)

Kudos and have a nice "EAT" this Onam...

HAPPY ONAM TO ALL MY BLOGGER FRIENDS!

Madras Mail hauls for the first time

2008-08-18T00:03:00.000+05:30

Dear readers,

I am Santhosh Janardhanan, a humble resident of the great city of Chennai (Rather I'ld call it Madras). This is my first ever English blog.

I would like to share my views on the place I am living now. Ofcourse, there will be some comparisons also, to the places I lived before or I hail from.

You can see photographs and articles taken on Madras here. From Ennore to Tambaram, from Tiruvallur to Mahabalipuram and all that I see, all that I hear, and all that I want to say about Madras.

In a nut shell, I wanna say-
"Madras Rockz"