tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491565628338510302024-03-18T20:03:10.522-07:00Dates@DP'sOutpour of our feelings...freedom of our expressionSang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-8695788386388105412011-07-17T07:40:00.000-07:002011-07-17T07:44:41.042-07:00No public toilets<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Almost once every year, every one faces this problem. One is travelling and one urgently wishes that the vehicle halts right besides a public toilet so that they can relive themselves. The urge is so strong that mind cannot think on any other lines. The message of the bladder is very clear. It cannot sustain the pressure anymore.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Aamir Khan in one of the advertisement of Incredible India shows that it is so pathetic to urinate in public. On one end it sounds so correct: one should not pee in the public. However, the entire scheme of not urinating in public is very preachy. How can one teach a 9-yr old toddler to fight the urge in middle of the highway? How can one blame the truck drivers from taking a break while they are driving long distances? The ad indirectly means the following: Urinating in public is bad. There are no public toilets. So learn bladder control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">There are almost no public toilets on the eastern express Highway. If one gets luckier and finds one, the next bigger issue is cleanliness and hygiene. The only reason one would ever step into one of such hell-like places is because one has no choice. During monsoons the scene becomes even grimmer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">During such moments I always feel like saluting the women power. They don’t have the liberties that guys have. While men are shameless in that they do it wherever they can when the pressure is high, women cannot afford to have that luxury. They are always at the mercy of the public toilets. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">I remember an instance where I was the victim of urine infection. In this disease one has to frequently pee. Luckily I was travelling along the Gujarat highway and the driver was extremely merciful. He had to stop the car exactly 9 times in a 5 hour journey and not once did we find a public lavatory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Moral of the story is that in India they are focusing on building huge towers, buildings, parks and what not. No one is talking about building more hygienic public toilets…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-84351744298591049732011-05-28T10:05:00.000-07:002011-05-28T10:10:20.742-07:00Business of Charity<div align="justify"><br />Business of Charity<br /><br />Charity has always been a very tricky topic. Where does the money for the charity come from? Where does the money for the new temples come from?<br />How does the business of the NGO run? What are the intricacies of charity?<br />It’s a fascinating topic that we are going to uncover today.<br /><br />Charity is a business. If someone donates 100 k to a school he wants his name to be mentioned in the local news magazine that he has donated. This is basically the expectation part of the charity. You are expecting something in return. Charity is not supposed to be done by keeping expectation in mind.<br /><br />In social circles charity is used to gain moral upper ground. For example, the owners of Manickchand donate in millions in religious places. On one hand they spoil health and on other hand they want to butter the God. They are segregating their business from religion.<br /><br />In Gujarati circles, charity is used as a tool for gaining a reputation. During arranged marriages both the parties cross examine as to how much charity does one do to please the God.<br /><br />The ironic point is that no one contributes to teach the kids, they do it to please the God. I thought kids were the form of the God </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">PS: We sincerely thank our secret followers; Good to know people like our blog. Thank you.</div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-73570750439747738372011-05-20T02:32:00.000-07:002011-05-20T20:33:39.236-07:00Train from Boston to Bombay<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Train from Boston to Bombay<br /><br />Disclaimer: I am a customer and I can demand anything that money can buy.<br /><br /></strong>Planes are supposed to be the rich vehicles. I mean compared to car, rickshaws etc, planes are superior vehicles. But many of my friends and me have a lot against planes. I will specially focus on international flights.<br /><br />Lot of my engineering friends go to US for pursuing their higher studies. Every December when the holiday season in US is at peak, everyone wants to come back to Bombay (I am purposely using Bombay and not Mumbai…I am politically neutral as such!!). They want to come back to the happening city. They want to eat WADA PAV, visit Marine drive, Haji Ali, Nariman Point. They want to meet friends, relatives…have all the fun that the three weeks allow them to.<br /><br />However, during these times airlines start acting pricey. Adding insult to injury, many of my veggie friends feel that food in the airlines is not worth it. Many of my non-drinking friends feel ripped since they don’t drink tons of whiskeys which Pakistani flyers do to get their moneys worth. There is no standard set for the prices of the airlines. One has to keep on browsing internet daily to find the cheapest deals. Luggage is always an issue. Guajarati junta generally finds this as the biggest issue because invariably they have a lot to bring because invariably they have a hug relative-friend circle. One cannot sleep in plane except for Business class. It’s too much to expect the cattle class to travel in business class. Spaces are cramped. Air hostesses are good but I won’t spend 50 K tickets for that. I would rather become the member of Naughty America. There are n numbers of issues and planes suck.<br /><br />I want Sonia Gandhi and Obama to start a railway line between Boston to Bombay. They should build underground pillars to support railway tracks. There are a couple of oceans and few thousands of kms. Why to spend so much on NASA? Spend on something useful. As such also NASA’s success ratio is lesser than my mathematics score which was thankfully not in negative. We can use African laborers. We will get cheaper labor. We should primarily target employees from Zimbabwe and…OO..OBAMA KNOWS better than me which countries to target!! The speed of the train should be better than that of stupid planes. Its ok if we don’t have air hostesses…we will serve our own food and water also. We can have all the features applicable in Indian railways. R A/C , Waiting Lists, reservations for old. I also want student discount. All the folks from Boston will book tickets in September.<br /><br />I am a customer and can demand anything money can buy…and if Obama and Manmo..sorry…Sonia agree folks at Northeastern University, Boston are going to throw a party for me…the only purpose for the article!!<br /></span></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-5701049064406809542011-05-08T03:11:00.000-07:002011-05-08T03:23:47.109-07:00Young and Socially Sensitive<div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;">Though the article which we are going to post at this moment is not very creative, it talks a lot about the power of creativity. We are redirecting links to a sister body named aarambh-diaries;</span></div><span style="color:#000099;">Link 1: Young and Socially Sensitive :</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><a href="http://aarambh-diaries.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html"><span style="color:#000099;">http://aarambh-diaries.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html</span></a><br /><span style="color:#000099;">After 2 years Link 2: Winds of change: </span><br /><a href="http://aarambh-diaries.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html"><span style="color:#000099;">http://aarambh-diaries.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html</span></a><span style="color:#000099;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Both articles have been written by Jay G.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-49344024518895794692009-12-08T09:55:00.000-08:002011-02-07T10:20:17.319-08:00Marriage ObsessionToday I went to attend the reception of my good friend. While I was at this ceremony, I managed to meet many people. Most of them had only 1 thing in their mind. When shall my elder brother get married? Everyone had at least 2 good contacts for my brother. Well, I don't have issues with people being interested in playing Cupid. I as just wondering how our society is obsessed with marriage... <br /><br />All I shall do in this blog is post 10 things that aunties had to say in that function<br /><br />1. Son, now you have got all settled...When will you get married?<br />2. Do you already like some one?<br />3. You will not get good girls!<br />4. Your x cousin's y's Aunt's Son-in-lAW's father-in-law has a beautiful daughter...<br />5. Your hair is getting white!<br />6. If you dodge these things you may end up being bachelor<br />7. Your parents are so tense about you<br />8. It's ok to be nervous...even your uncle was nervous..<br />9. You need to start somewhere...why not start in this shaadi itself!<br /><br />Supremely Hypothetical<br /><br />10. Are you gay???<br /><br /><br />I shall end this blog on just one note...<br />An idle mind is a devil's workshop but an idle aunty's mind is a marriage bureau.<br />- JaySang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-45717256340539898762009-11-01T04:37:00.000-08:002009-11-02T09:49:18.172-08:00Childhood<div face="georgia" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSANGEE%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSANGEE%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" 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style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style=";font-family:";" >Childhood</span></i></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br /><i>Of frocks, ribbons,</i>
<br /><i>Tooth fairies and toy guns.</i>
<br /><i>Of times when smiling was easy.</i>
<br /><i>Carefree!</i></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:100%;color:black;" >This was actually an Akanksha assignment. They gave us the word 'childhood' and asked us to write a few (5 obvi) lines in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain">Cinquain</a> form. Hope you guys like it! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br />Love
<br />Sangeetha</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
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<br /></div></div></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-15363101148065201852009-10-20T09:12:00.000-07:002009-10-20T09:15:58.561-07:00What would it be like?To be someone else for a change…<br />To meet yourself for the first time and see what kind of first impression you make on people.<br />To befriend yourself and see how much fun you are to be with.<br />To see your own name on the chat list, ping yourself and see how well you converse.<br />To call yourself, listen to your caller tune and hear how your voice sounds on the other side.<br />To be the person who comes to you in crisis and see how much you can comfort others.<br />To be the person you go to when you are low and experience how silly you can get.<br /><br />Just one lifetime… and you can only be one person. I don’t know why the thought freaks me out. If you could switch souls life would be damn entertaining and we could also learn a lot and be better people right?<br /><br />SangeethaSang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-78277669778184719992009-09-28T04:37:00.000-07:002009-09-28T04:47:02.385-07:00Song<div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Song</strong> </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;">--Jay</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#000099;">A few days ago, while coming from office in my car, I was listening to a song. I generally keep the volume medium. I don’t like the blaring speakers, nor do I like the noise of blaring horns. So, I have to maintain the right balance. It was 8 p.m. and traffic was usual when the radio station started playing IKTARA. This is a song from a new RANBIR KAPOOR movie. I was blown away by the song. I cannot describe how cool the song is. Though I am not a great musician, nor the greatest music critic, I can just sense that this song is going to touch the hearts of many people. It may be unusual for many that I am restarting my writing by taking up an off-beat topic like a song. However, the song is so compelling that it has pushed me into writing again.<br /><br />I often think about what makes a song a great song. I have a few of my parameters. I assume that many of the people from my generation will agree with my parameters. If I can listen to same song for more than 3- 4 hours on the trot, then I believe that the song has something in it. Many a times the lyrics touch you so much, that the next song you hum while you are in the restroom, mall, office cafeteria, lift and stairs is this great song.<br /><br />Many songs have a property of connection. What I mean is that whenever you listen to this song, a series of events start running through your mind. These events may be pleasant or harsh memories of past or an imaginative episode of things expected in future. When you are in love, the first half decent romantic song shall remind you of your partner. When you are angry, the first song of RGV movie will remind you of your anger. When you break up the first PANKAJ UDHAS song you listen, shall remind you of your ex. Songs are terrific mnemonics of remembering events.<br /><br />Song is one of the most accessible artistic pieces. Not everyday you are going to view a terrific painting. Not everyday you are going to see a dance being performed. But there is a high probability that every day at least for 5-10 minutes you may get a chance to listen to some song. Many a times in our hectic lives when we do not get too much time to relax, reflect or appreciate some form of art, songs come as a breathe of fresh air. I have come across so many colleagues of mine who daily exchange the songs via the Bluetooth. Songs always have this feeling of novelty. If nothing else, it represents some kind of change.<br /><br />I have discussed a few things about the impact of the songs in our lives। However, the cycle of thought brings me back to very first song which had the power to refill the ink in my dry pen। IKTARA is a soulful song to say the least. While I can say a lot about how calm and peaceful the song is, I shall just want to sing off by pasting these 4 amazing lines of the song; </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">“Sun rahi hoon sudh budh khoke koi main kahani</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Poori kahani hai kya kise hai pata</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Main to kisiki hoke yeh bhi na jaani</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">Ruth hai ye do pal ki ya rehgi sada</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">(kise hai pata… kise hai pata)”</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:0;color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="justify"><br /><em><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em></div>Sang & 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<![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">My eyes are closed. For you, I lie alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">Won’t you come and make me your own?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">You close your eyes and see him only.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">Why should I come and bear this infamy?</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /><i style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">I will read for you, my favorite stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">Won’t you come and relieve my worries?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">The stories you read, all talk about him<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">I have no place, he’s in every fantasy, every whim.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -45pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">I will play you music, the most wonderful songs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">O! Please come to help me forget my wrongs!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">Those tunes, those beats, those steps you matched.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">When I hold you, will you let go what you had?</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /><i style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">I have searched for you, I have looked everywhere,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">Why don’t you come and show me that you care?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">You looked everywhere, your mind and heart, except<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">How can I help you, you Insomniac Juliet?</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">Love</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color:red;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" >Sangeetha</span>
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<br /><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:red;" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-64258100074563788282009-03-22T07:08:00.000-07:002009-03-22T07:20:41.904-07:00You’ll be ok…<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1POcznndOHnrsZNxuk5u2ZWaeB0A5Np2TEYNThEVAl_ojnWBDZnrvVMNrvnuICDfPzL6JU058aXXYqLMiBWgSHwnJk3zQdwviqXCbE9BPwzdcjkNpGFyGLMOT5IcRFJOsHqMnamLeGc/s1600-h/00077357.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316015674628847170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1POcznndOHnrsZNxuk5u2ZWaeB0A5Np2TEYNThEVAl_ojnWBDZnrvVMNrvnuICDfPzL6JU058aXXYqLMiBWgSHwnJk3zQdwviqXCbE9BPwzdcjkNpGFyGLMOT5IcRFJOsHqMnamLeGc/s320/00077357.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Today your boyfriend has told you a NO.</span><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Rivers of salty water will continue to flow.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Questions like WHY ME will slowly drain you.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"> You’ll listen to Akon’s Lonely as life will pain you.</span></div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Then a stage shall come when you whine or move on.</span><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Watch Roadies, Dance-India-Dance or quietly moan.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">One day while seeing JOEY you will laugh out aloud.</span><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Then you will go for a Bond movie with the crowd.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">A day will come when you will forgive and forget.</span><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">You will smile a bit at your not-so-tragic fate.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">After sometime you will meet someone nice.</span><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">You will be tempted to once again roll the dice.</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Today you may be gripped by the helpless unrest</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">But Jay G believes, whatever happens happens for the…<o:p></o:p></span></p>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-63486423644371324022009-03-07T10:43:00.000-08:002009-03-07T10:52:42.217-08:00Chance<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I went to my regular saloon today for a hair-cut where I found a new barber amongst the bunch of experienced campaigners. I was intrigued to see a new face. I mean most of the time the hair-cutting experience is a typical routine for me. Today I decided that I should allow the new trainee to cut my hair. Initially I was a bit apprehensive. But once the barber got started with his job, I realized that the new guy certainly had a lot of style sense, a smart head on his shoulders and a good understanding of my requirement. He cut my hair in 20 minutes and he also added a little style to my hair which he felt would suit me. Overall I was happy with the output and he was smiling when I left the place.</span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">While coming home, I realized that accidently I may have given the new trainee his first break. May be it was his first genuine chance to showcase his talent and skill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While washing my hair I felt a rush of déjà vu. Many years ago, a website named </span><a href="http://www.emergingpoets.net/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.emergingpoets.net</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> had given me my first chance to write some poetry and get it reviewed by expert poets. That break helped me a lot since it improved my confidence. Similarly, when I got into my company, I was given a freedom to come up with a web application using my skills and understanding. If I start thinking, I will come up with n number of instances when people put their faith in me. This faith may or may not have always paid dividends to my Godfathers but this faith certainly has helped me come a long way. </span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many times we all come up with superb ideas. Ideas which may even beat the IDEA cell phone ads hands down. But people mock at our ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Few people feel our ideas are non-practical. Few people feel that our ideas are superb but doubt if ideas will get executed. However, a very few people will be ready to give us a chance to implement our ideas. This bunch of a very few people are the real risk-takers. The new barber might have really messed up my hair. But I had a gut feeling that he won’t. </span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today, there are so many reality shows running on TV. Though a skeptic lot of people may feel that reality show makers are selling real emotions to make money, I have no issues because at least they are giving a chance to the needy person. What my intention of writing this article is that there will be a great lot of people around you and you can make a difference by just giving someone an opportunity or by creating a chance for them. Read different blogs, follow different news channels, watch different kind of movies, try different foods for you may never know, you may be somewhere in someway giving someone their first breaks. You may or may not enjoy the experience but at least you tried to make some positive impact in someone else’s life. </span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">-Jay</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">(I would like to take this opportunity and thank my friend Sneha Nayak, who has come up with this new look and feel for our blog. According to her, the previous look and feel of this blog made her felt that writers were in mid-fifties...Lol. Thanks Sneha for assisting us in our reverse aging process!!)</span></p>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-72858935735795948362009-02-13T11:52:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:22:58.612-08:00Feeling Right...<div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">“Ooow! Everything here is soooo pretty and colourful!” I said.<br /><br />“These rides are so silly.” Rohan said. “Look at that stupid train… I can <em>walk</em> faster than that.”<br /><br />“Ahan? Look at that one. That doesn’t look silly! It’s one of the craziest rides I have seen in a fair. Wanna try that one?” I suggested.<br /><br />He shrugged and went in to get the tickets. “You girls get excited about such kiddish things. You really wanna do this? I am sure you are gonna be freaked out.” he asked.<br /><br />I just pulled his hand and walked him to the ride. The ride was as wild as I had expected it to be. How can you explain to someone the rush these small things give ya?<br /><br />We came out with our hair all messy and cheeks all red but with broad grins on our faces. Rohan smiled at me and said “You are the bravest girlfriend ever!” I just rolled my eyes but inside me there was this whole orchestra playing a super happy song.<br /><br />“I can hear music.” he said turning his head in all directions trying to figure out the source.<br /><br />I was alarmed… <em>How did he know?</em> “What?” I asked.<br /><br />“I can hear music.” He repeated. “I think there’s some band playing somewhere nearby. Come let’s find out.”<br /><br />He walked in the direction of the music and we saw this huge crowd gathered around the stage. I couldn’t see a thing… The band was playing ‘<em>Walk of Life</em>’ and I thought it was doing a pretty decent job. The crowd was enjoying it. I saw a twinkle in Rohan’s eyes. He was loving it. I couldn’t help smiling at the excitement on his face. We stood there waving and hooting with the crowd and completely enjoying the music.<br /><br />It started raining. I thought this might make them wrap it up but the band did not stop. The crowd started dispersing a little bit and we could actually see the band. That was when we realized that it was an all-vocal band. It was a treat to watch them perform. It was unbelievable that 7 human voices could replace an entire rock band! I couldn’t take my eyes of their vocal drummer who kept the beat coming out of his mouth throughout their own five minute version of ‘<em>Harder to breathe’</em> by <em>Maroon 5</em>.<br /><br />The next song was ‘<em>25 minutes’</em> by <em>MLTR</em> and Rohan held out his hand and said “Babes! Shall we dance?” I took his hand and we danced unaware of who was watching us. It felt like the band was playing only for us… We moved with each other as though we had practiced this many times before… It felt like time had stopped… As if somebody had pressed a pause button or taken a moving snapshot. We had managed to trap eternity in a few minutes! The song ended and we suddenly came back to the real world and found that the crowd had formed a circle around us and were clapping. I hugged Rohan and we kissed. We forgot about the band, we forgot about the large audience… it seemed just right and the rain fell as if silently agreeing with me.<br /><br />But I knew he had to go. Like the song said it was too late... I tried to hold back the tears and we stood there clutching each other’s hand as the band played their last song…<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>‘And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,<br />there will be an answer, let it be…<br />For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,<br />there will be an answer, let it be!’<br /></em><br />Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!<br />Loads of love<br /><em>Sangeetha</em></span></span></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-30584771386392834612009-02-06T10:28:00.000-08:002009-02-06T10:34:52.300-08:00If I had it my way<div align="justify">If I had it my way<br />If I had it my way, I would become a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">published</span> poet and Oracle (PL/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SQL</span>) champ. I would like to become a teacher so that I can somehow play some role in making winners, shaping the future of kids who may do the nation proud. I believe its my responsibility to help people who are less luckier than me. I would like to get into a steady relationship with a girl. I need a girl whom I can understand and relate to. I need a girl who can support me and somehow appreciate the foolish <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gutsiness</span> in me. If I had my way...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sangeetha</span> would come to India in MAY-JUNE and take up teaching for 1 year. I want <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sagar</span> to get into a B-school, Shiv into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">IIM</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Vinay</span> to become a Java champ, Jimmy to get into NM, Sonia to get into schools of her dreams, my TL to succeed in his every sojourn, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Jinal</span> to get married, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Neha</span> to become a famous painter, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Samyukta</span> to take <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Aarambh</span> places, Ketki to become successful, Hardik to get a good job, my dad to consistently support me, my mom to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">continually</span> remain happy and my brother to earn a lot of name, fame, respect and success . If I can in anyway play even a 1 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">pc</span> role in their successes, then I believe I will be successful. If I am able to get selected into TEACH FOR INDIA, I would be satisfied. If I manage to convince my company to take me back after 2 years I will consider myself as a skilled negotiator. If I manage to get into B School in 2011, with more than 75 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">pc</span> scholarship than I would consider that all my plans worked. If I have my way I would find the right girl by the end of the year. By the end of the year my bro would get married and would have settled well. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">I would consider myself happy..successful and satisfied when I manage to change the cynic perception of a few people that one man cannot make a difference.</div><div align="justify"><br />My journey has started...Game is on...Wish me luck..Pray for me....<br /> </div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-9693601074399793502009-02-04T13:21:00.000-08:002009-02-04T21:08:24.025-08:00Why?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">This post is inspired by another <a style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,0)" href="http://siphar.blogspot.com/2009/01/gratitude.html">poem</a><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)"> </span>by a friend who writes amazing Hindi poetry. This is the first time I am writing anything in Hindi. Hope it is readable :)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >चंद</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >पलों</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >के</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >लिए</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >ज़िंदगी</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >मिल</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >गई।</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >सारी</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >उमर</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >अब</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >अकेले</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >बिताना</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >क्यों</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >संग</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >संग</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >चले</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >और</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >मंज़िलें </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >मिल</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >गई।</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >दोराहें</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >पर</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >अब</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >बिछड</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >जाना</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >क्यों</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >खुदा</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >कि</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >रहमत</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >से</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >दिल</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >मिल</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >गए।</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >ज़मानेके</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >डरसे</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >अब</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >हाथ</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >छुडाना</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >क्यों</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">-संगीता </span></div></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-27588204368066580142009-01-17T21:46:00.000-08:002009-01-17T21:49:28.549-08:00Materialism<div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">---</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Are you single or do you have a girlfriend?<br />Which party shall you attend this weekend?<br />How many calories in a week do you burn?<br />Hmm…by the way… how much do you earn?<br /><br />How do you travel towards your workplace?<br />How often do you work on happening Saturdays?<br />What is the latest thing that you’ve got to learn?<br />Never mind; just tell me how much do you earn?<br /><br />Do people respect you for the person who you are?<br />Do people consider you an ethical superstar?<br />How much output have you managed to churn?<br />Brushing all things aside… how much do you earn?<br /><br />Are you a cricketer, poet or a software engineer?<br />Are you a writer, singer or a trivial ALTO driver?<br />Are you happy, satisfied….Are you having fun?<br />Only thing that matters is how much do you earn?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="right">--Jay</div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-19208875873260078982009-01-07T08:39:00.000-08:002009-01-07T08:41:06.718-08:00No work<div align="justify">No work…<br /><br />-Jay<br /><br />Five months ago, three young and enthusiastic people joined my project. They had just finished their initial training program in the company and were really looking forward to work in our project. They had graduated just a few months ago. When they joined, they had dreams in their eyes which were eager to prove their mettle in this world. They were energetic and raw… ready to be molded. I was in the same scenario a year ago. I could really see the will to excel in them. However, they weren’t as lucky as I was.<br /><br />When I joined the project, I practised my technology and within no time, I was doing work for the project. In effect, I was never on the bench. However, the current batch has no work. I have been pushing them to learn new things, work on mock applications, come up with new ideas…but I cannot create work. Somehow, I cannot become the client. All the tactics worked till a certain period of time but now these people are tired. I could see their transition from restlessness to frustration and now they are in a state of helplessness.<br />Somehow, I can’t say anything to cheer them up. I have a really big fear that due to their inactiveness, as and when they do get work, they may be low on confidence. I know multi-nationals always operate in this way. But seeing ineffective utilization of national resources makes me sick. No matter how much ever money one may be paid, but a feeling of being on the job but still not having the work can really make people irritable.<br /><br />Recession has crept in. I can see recession eroding the new batch of people who have joined the company. In fact, even the massively experienced people are feeling insecure. Today, I read through the news of SATYAM computers. Howsoever I may try to neutralize the fact that recession is harsh by saying that recession will separate the men from the boys, I have to admit that recession has the potential to eliminate millions of visions if it stays for a few more years. The world is fighting hard. Yet again we have an opportunity to unite and weather the storm…for I am extremely optimistic that one day sun will shine. One day the newly joined people will get a lot of work and loads of opportunities to prove themselves in this practical world…</div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-45239262957070244362008-12-29T09:30:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:33:41.527-08:00Whitening the blog<div align="justify">Whitening the BLOG<br /><br />Today is 26th Dec. Today is the Boxing Day. Exactly a month ago Mumbai was witnessing one of its worst night. Ten terrorists managed to wreck havoc in the city and the rest is history.<br /><br />I was angry like any other Mumbai citizen. I protested on 3rd Dec at Gateway. I have prayed consistently every day since the blasts that the families of the people who have lost their dear ones, somehow muster courage, strength and energy to move ahead in lives. The entire month I was thinking of what can I write to “re-whiten” our BLOG. What great things can I write about and manage to bring out any emotions, which are somehow not connected to 26-11 blasts? Answer is I can’t. In fact, I won’t be surprised if hundreds of other similar BLOGS like ours are going through the same situation. But the way the city is slowly getting back on track, I am also trying to get our BLOG on track. The black color is somehow getting to me. No longer does the black signify our mourning and condemn. Now the black is signifying our incapability to lift ourselves.<br /><br />So, today I am re-whitening. As many of you are aware that I have applied for TEACH FOR INDIA program, the news is that I have the telephonic interview with those people on 28TH Dec. I shall keep people updated about my progress. Hopefully, sooner rather than later Sangeetha and me shall start churning our creative wheels and come up with some food for thought for our readers.<br /><br />Cheers.<br /><br /> </div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-44360982545771869362008-11-26T22:43:00.001-08:002008-11-26T22:51:58.605-08:00For Mumbai..<span style="color:#cc0000;">15 hours... i have been following ibn news... feeling soo crappy!!</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Everyone is tired but this is still not ending... </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Blackening out our blog to condemn the attacks... </span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Hoping we will have peace soon and we will return to our original white...</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">hoping, praying and wishing we could help...</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Now is the time to show the power of Knowledge, Love and Smiles... Spread the light and help to fight the darkness... Woh savera aayega!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Love</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sangeetha</span>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-33190782422489205782008-11-21T09:59:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:04:21.232-08:00Boundry<span style="color:#3366ff;">As pitiful as it may seem to be, </span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">In our own vibrant mother country</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Regionalism is outcome of regional boundary.<br /></span><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br />Winds, sky and rains are free</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">So is the animal and bountiful tree.<br />Is humanity a burden which we carry?</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Navigating in our home is migration,<br />Earning our livelihood is competition.<br />Are we refugees in our own nation? </span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Our opportunities are reserved.<br />Returns for our merit are undeserved.<br />Has equality ever been preserved?<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Air is divided and so is the sea</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Minds are narrower than ever they could be</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">Are we independent…Are we free?<br /></span><br /><p><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span> </p><p><span style="color:#3366ff;">Jay</span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#3366ff;"></p><br /><br /></span><br /></span>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-25539625757906484972008-11-08T10:27:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:30:23.686-08:00Car and Life<div align="justify"><span style="color:#6666cc;">It was lazy Saturday evening, while I was returning home when a weird idea struck me. I have been driving a lot these days trying to gain the perfection. And while the soothing breeze was caressing me, I realized that car is so much similar to our life.<br /><br />Here is how the analogy works. Car is similar to life. Both keep on moving. They get battered, colored, maintained and loved. People use them, abuse them, overuse them, under-use them. Both need fuel. Our energy and enthusiasm is the fuel that charges our life. There are five gears in non-automated car. First gear is family. It’s very difficult to get the car moving or the life moving without family-support. Second gear is the friends. While we drive in the narrowest of the lanes in the city, Second gear is the most important. When we face massive obstacles, complex confusions, our friends are always there for our rescue. Third gear is the life partner. When life picks up pace and when amazing things start happening to a human, when potential and motivation to really go the next level is required third gear is comes into picture. Other 2 gears differ for different people. For a few them its career, for others it may be status, fame, money or any other thing that can be materialistically be equated to success.<br /><br />Clutch is the heart. Irrespective of whatever we want to do with the car, clutch is the most important part. We use the clutch and put our car into different gears. We think from our heart and continually shift our priorities and our gears. Brakes are the reality checks which keep us guarded. They keep us humble and grounded. They teach us to be considerate, be respectful towards other cars. Accelerator is the passion that pushes the enthusiasm which in turn takes life ahead. Slopes on the roads are like the hurdles in life. We need a greater amount of push to carry life ahead when obstacles work as speed-breakers towards our destination of success. Again here I re-iterate the importance of friends. If we try to push our car into the space of the other car, both the cars face damages. This can exactly be mapped to the lack of space in any relationship.<br /><br />All the car-maniacs will be massively disappointed because somehow I cannot find the right analogies for engine, windows, keys, wipers and so many other miscellaneous things. However I have just sparked a flame. It would be great if all the readers can chip in with theirs two cents about the equation between life and the car… </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#6666cc;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#6666cc;"></span> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#6666cc;">Jay</span></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-21348108924904816492008-11-07T01:34:00.000-08:002008-11-07T10:43:05.993-08:00Thoughts...<div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Last night, I saw this movie, Fashion. Yes, it was an effort to show the real, not so beautiful, side of the glamorous world and the people living in it. But, I felt this story could be just any body’s story. </span></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We all dream… we all have ambitions… and as we pass those small milestones we set for ourselves, we find that we are just not happy. We always want more. We forget how much we wanted what we have and what effort we had to put in to get there. All we see is ‘Hey! He’s got more than me.’ And we run and run and tire ourselves and at the end are not even happy. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Going with the flow is the easiest thing to do. It helps in getting things done faster and you are able to climb this ‘ladder of success’ faster. But, what is the point if you reach the top and suddenly don’t want to be there anymore. You suddenly realize that you don’t even recognize yourself! And when you have lost touch with yourself that’s when you know you are truly lonely.<br /><br />And when you run, you don’t have time to think. The thin line between right and wrong begins to fade out. You tell yourself; “Be practical.” What is practicality? Ceasing to be what you are? Refusing to listen to that voice inside your head which is always right? Killing your conscience? And you become shallower. If this is what growing up means, then I would rather remain a kiddo. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It’s not just our fault. This is what has been taught to us. We have been told that you have to be successful. May be it is true. But the meaning of success is not taught to us. We are told that success means heavier paychecks, success means having a wonderful flat, success means owning the best car. We are told that we have to think of being better than others somehow. We have to compete and we have to win. So we run everyday constantly trying to please ourselves, our parents, our relatives and the society and nothing seems to make anyone happy. The reason being we don’t understand success. We don’t understand happiness. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Success means recognizing and respecting your individuality. Success means always being in contact with your inner voice which helps you be yourself. Success means having the courage to accept that you are different and cannot compete with anyone. Success means understanding that you are this unique piece of a larger jigsaw puzzle. 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font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was the reason we started blogging together...
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Same story 2 views...</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">enjoy n comment... :)</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Luv</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jay & Sangeetha</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mud</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rains can be a lot of fun,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Especially when drizzly evening<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sets up the scene for <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">the perfect date.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); 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font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I was in the Ac room.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I decided to stand outside…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Under the paanwala’s tents<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">to soak in some fresh earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The smell made me feel more romantic<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); 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font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The mud covered her lovely face…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Now I was discovering the real beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She wiped the mud from her face…using<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">her tender hands.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">As rain poured, the drops of water,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On her smooth forehead made me feel…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Boy I can see her play football the whole<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Of my life”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Her grace when she runs…Her tact when she passes,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Her powerful kicks…her swirling free kicks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Made me feel…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">”Hu kem nanpan thi cricket ramuchu?”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">(Why the hell do I play Cricket?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Till a hooligan kick from her opponent<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Made the ball come in my direction….<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here was my girl… joyous of the fact<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">That she had got some corner kick,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Till she saw me…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The aggression turned into guilt…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Her eyes looked straight into mud…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The ball remained stagnant at the corner…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">For a minute she could not face me.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I was actually enjoying this…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I have seen her in the mud…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Now again I am seeing her…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Though I was enjoying her play,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I had a look on my face which said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Weren’t we supposed to meet?”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Boys get a very few chances <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">to make brownie points.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here she was…candid with guilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Somehow the thought of her mate,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Seeing her in that state, and the added<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Guilt of forgetting the commitment,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Made her so shy…
<br />I felt like time should stand still…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remya means beautiful in Tamil.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I somehow applauded the foresight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Of her parents…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She said “I will get ready in 5 minutes”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She quickly went home…wiping mud off her face.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">She came down in ten minutes…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This was the third shock for today…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">“My girl was wearing a sari!!!”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Too many new discoveries made me feel,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Do I really know Remya?”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Well the date ended…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I dropped her at her place…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">At night, while I was on the bed,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I analyzed a few things,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I felt that the mud was so lucky…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">At least she can touch her skin…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And best part for the inhumane mud <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Is that she herself slide to touch it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I felt that mud really was very lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Since that <i style="">day I certainly have started<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">respecting mud.</i><o:p></o:p></span> </p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I had discovered the beauty in the mud.
<br />- Jay
<br /></span>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-7820301982705582562008-11-05T19:21:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:38:08.654-08:00Mud (Sangeetha)<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The smell of the earth after the first rains… it takes me to yet another time… a happier time when girls were not yet taught how they ought to behave…<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>THUD…… Splash!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“You bi…, F*** you… Go learn to play!”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">God knows why this Deepa tries her hand at football…</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>FOOTBALL and RAIN. A lethal combination!! <span style=""> </span>Rolling in the mud... getting dirty like crazy… and the rain falling on you washing away the mud… and there again you fall get dirty and it goes on…</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>“C’mon Remya get it!!” Lakshmi cheered. I winked at her. And, now it was time for some magic…</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">ZOOP…………<span style=""> </span>“That was a cool one…”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>Now, that’s difficult to assimilate, isn’t it? A girl playing football… well, balls to you, you MCP!! Coz it’s because of people like you that in spite of loving this game so much, I have to shut up about the fact that I even play. My mom has made me promise that I’ll never play in a college team or tell anyone about my secret passion… it’s only after all those beseechings and pleadings and that I even get to play in my colony…</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>“Remya check out that one…”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">‘Shit!! Deepa at her worst as usual…’</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Corner!!”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>Sometimes I wonder if she were playing for the opposite team!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Was that a kick?? :@ Safely evaded it though… Lucky for me… may have lost an eye… Ronak ko kaise dekhti fir?</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">RONAK??</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>‘Yeh kidharse aaya?? Hold!! Shit! Kaise bhool <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">gayi yaar</st1:place></st1:city> main! Yeh saala baarish sab kuch bhoola deta hai…’</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The ball now lay there… still. I was feeling dumb. He had caught me red (brown) handed (& faced). What could I say? ‘Hey! You’ve come for Remya? Hi! I am her twin. Wait, I’ll just call her in a moment…’??</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He had a look on my face which said. “Weren’t we supposed to meet?”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">‘Saala! Chance pe dance karta hai!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">‘Kya zaroorat thi aane ki… I must be looking soo ugly. Man! Have to make up for it somehow. Itna dur aaya mere liye. And bechara shock me rahega.’</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>“I will get ready in 5 minutes” Dunno wot I managed to do in those 5 mins… Clean myself… Aargh!! Itna ganda koi kaise ho sakta hai? Yaar yeh earring ka pair kidhar <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">gaya</st1:place></st1:city>… and where did I put the bracelet last time I wore it??<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>I used to always wonder what Ronak would have to say when he would come across that ‘guy’ in me… Got the answer today… ‘He was simply speechless!’<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p>He was there waiting for me. ‘Abbe, kitna ghoorega??<span style=""> </span>Meri <i style="">koi</i> twin nahi hai!!’</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >That night as I walked back through the grounds, careful not to allow the mud stain my sari, I thanked it for helping me clear things with my love… we had grown closer that day. I had feared that he would not appreciate me if I were not feminine and charming. But this guy was different! But one thing was for sure. RONAK would always remain my second love… my first love being MUD</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >- Sangeetha<br /></span></p>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-27437736562874395032008-11-01T01:12:00.000-07:002008-11-05T19:28:44.536-08:00The three mistakes of my Life (Review)<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="justify">Jay Gandhi</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="justify"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="justify">I am not an avid book reader, but I always have an opinion about the ones which I do manage to read. I recently had gone to Gujarat for three days. I knew that traveling will eat up many hours and hence I should have some source of constructive pass time. I decided to take along the book, “The Three mistakes of my life”. I have read all the books of the author Chetan Bhagat till date and hence I guess I have got a hang of how his algorithm of writing works. Enough of the background… Now I shall get started.<br /><br />I feel that the protagonist of the book, Govind Patel can be any boy living in the city of Gujarat. I, also being a Gujarati can certainly relate to the way Govind’s mind works. The first best thing that Chetan does is make believable characters. The next smart thing he does is fits his story amongst the various major events that happened in India in last decade ex: India v/s Aus Kolkata, Gujarat earthquakes, Gujarat riots etc- these events not-being-too-old, are still fresh in the minds of Indians. So, the writer quickly calculates that<br /><br />(Believable characters + believable events) is equal to Sure shot success. To make the pot-boiler more interesting, he throws in a romantic story track, a wonder-kid story track, a happy-ending climax and few amazing Chetanisms. Chetanism is a new term which I just invented after having understood his style of writing. He mixes a little charm with a little humor and garnishes it with grammatically apt noun forms. I know this will be a little difficult for normal readers to understand. I shall explain it though. Terms like:- no-internal-off-button, fathers doing PHDS on Indian newspapers, mothers asking their kids to eat more and study more, life being big optimization problem… etc easily separates Chetan’s writings from that of other authors..<br /><br />Overall, the book is surely going to enthrall the Indian college youth. It shall appeal to all the people who love Hindi movies. It shall attract all the cricket lovers who don’t mind reading on a wet rainy day. The book will be read by all the BHAGATs of Chetan. I would suggest all the young people who do not like reading to start with this small book. The language is not that complex to understand, the scenes are believable. Grammar is itchy in certain areas. I can distinctly remember one error where sentence states India playing with SA. It should have been India playing AGAINST SA. Over all, the book is good pass time.<br /><br />Chetan Bhagat is Karan Johar of Indian books… that’s all I have got to say…<br /><br />My rating:- 3 on 5<br /><br />- Jay<br /></div>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149156562833851030.post-424662216753743982008-10-28T00:10:00.000-07:002008-11-05T19:29:36.099-08:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">'No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they are doing, even if one of them complains later on that they were used'</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">- Athena, The Witch of Portobello</span>Sang & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573158859383394822noreply@blogger.com0