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Let me introduce to you a way of travelling which my friends have discovered. We proudly call ourselves the “CHEAP THRILLS”. We believe in age old adage. .that “the point of journey is not reaching the destination but the journey itself “ Additionally we also believe that the journeys which are marked by confusion, on spot decisions, total desperation and serendipity are more interesting and worth remembering. We have three Commandments to guide us in all the trips that we undertake. Let me explain, enumerating them with the incidents that took place when we went to MM Hills. A place that was made famous by the sandalwood bandit Veerapan and his fearsome moustache. The first commandment. Thou shall plan everything, except for unnecessary details like what, where, how and how many. So one fine weekend we decide to go to MM Hills. We had a vague idea that we would get bus from Majestic (Bangalore Main Bus Stand). But its frequency, the timing of last bus and the time taken t...

This was my first shot at public speaking.. I must proudly say it went pretty well ; I won the best prepared speech speaker of the day , in my very first speech :) ITMC is acronym for Infosys Toastmasters Club , a forum that encourages public speaking Is it too late? Has the situation become hopeless? We must find out. As I cautiously embark on my public speaking journey before you. Mr. Toastmaster, fellow toastmasters and welcome guests. A very good evening to all. My name finds its root in the hindi word Niketan which means Home. If u put a 'A' before it, it becomes "Homeless"… Homeless .. not Hopeless Its One of the names of Lord Krishna. Signifying his omnipresence, all the world to him is his home, rendering him essentially,a homeless… But, for me the literal meaning suits better. I am a Maharastrian , brought up In UP at 12 different cities and attended 9 different schools; and from last 6 years in Karnataka . Where is My HOME !!! My nomadic li...

It’s been almost a year now, but the memories are still fresh. Memories of good times are like wine, they better with time, they become more intoxicating and powerful, enough to make us travel back in time to those hey days. The details may get blurred but we tend to recall exact emotions that we felt then. Such were the days of my training at Infosys Technologies, held in Mysore. I was at perigee of my confidence ,( due to terrible times at my previous job) , I had no idea what to expect , having heard claims of my friends that they were harassed and thoroughly exploited during their training, I was very skeptical of my chances. Only one thing drove me, that it can’t be as bad as my previous stint. The entry was dramatic and it kind of blew my breath away, being whisked away in a golf cart all I could think was WOWWW. Enormous campus, shining glass façade buildings and spick and span boulevards that seemed to stretch for miles in every direction. The thing that really struck out was e...

Filthy , dirty , stinking and overcrowded ; images that occur to us when somebody mentions about the Indian Railway Stations. But in my opinion, a lot can be learnt from them if we just be receptive enough to look for them. The Railway Platform is like a huge canvass where one can find all the hues of human emotions mingling with each other and forming a brilliant masterpiece, which is a miniature representation of our society itself! I got to observe this masterpiece during my break journey to home this time around. I had two hours to pass on Itarsi station, before I could board the connecting train to Allahabad. Refused to be bound by the ennui of the first class waiting room, I ventured out for a midnight stroll on the platform. The images offered by the railway station were as usual - vivid and diverse!. One could observe myriads of human emotions and behaviors, all brimming in a small place. Few that I could discern were. - The expression of happiness lit up the faces ...

O slave of Neptune, kings of seas Mighty ocean, what secrets you hold inside thee!! Many fathoms of water you hold, Nobody could ever fathom it no matter how much old. What you think and want is difficult to descry, As you can do anything but cry. There is no way to tell the tears that you shed, From the waters which you tread . Your emotions are shown , By the constant ravaging of the waters you own. For the love which you seek , Is far away in skies beyond your reach. Moon, the gleaming white orb , Is your beloved heartthrob . Every time it comes near , You cry out loud for every one to hear!! The futility of your efforts is evident , None the less you are not diffident . You don’t loose hope , As forgetting love is beyond your scope. There is a lesson from the ocean to be learn, If it’s the love that you want to earn !! You have to keep on trying , Till you melt the heart of your darling.

This valentine go SentiMental …. This valentine treat your skin so that it glows…. Feel the Love in the air….. What are your plans for this valentine?? …….. Statements like these were booming on the air waves on every radio channel, while I was browsing through them traveling on bus to work yesterday.People surely know to cash in the madness associated with the valentine day.For a person, trickling through the quasi static traffic of Bangalore is a punishment bad enough, and for a single man listening to this sort of gibberish while doing that, is nothing short of torture.I turned off the radio for good, and played Hanuman Chalisa on my cell phone, I thought, its better to indulge in some devotion rather to get more irritated. And who is better than Lord Hanuman (bachelor for life) to distract ones mind from love-shove rubbish. Sadly this Love Bug came chasing me later in the day. When I have to attend a meeting whose theme was Love Quotient . I couldn’t escape reality this time; I had...

It’s some twenty months since I had written my last blog, it would be gross understatement if I say my life has changed upside down and turned on its head by 360 degrees since then. Actually it’s changed more than that. Why did I just let this forum slip away is a mystery to me also, I guess there was no room for creativity left in those roller coaster months of mine. I have come back with an intend to stay put this time with firmer resolve to update the blog on regular basis and perhaps with more amount of understanding, greater skill sets as far as knowledge of words goes ( took my GRE recently) and more experiences to share. Wish me luck!