work to live ....dont live to work

After so many working saturdays that I have had friday doest feel like friday anymore....In the back of my head I am always worried that anymoment now I will see a mail popping up from my inbox saying "Its a working saturday for us"... It feels like as if I will be in office on a National holiday... It becomes worse when there are some prior engagements and some urgent stuff to take care of and I think i will utilize the weekend for all those activities... I have always believed in the saying "work to live ....dont live to work" ...So at times this whole extended working week totally pisses me off

Keep the fire burning

The fire for doing something of my own ....starting something new keeps coming and going.....And this time its here with much more intensity than ever..... I am thinking this can be a turning point ......Lets see how things go and whats in store for me in the future.....

Independence day : Under the dark shadow

Its nearly 60 years since we gained independence ...As the time is passing the meaning of this day is getting distorted...There was a time when people were passionate about this day. I remember going to school to celebrate 15th August and come home with handful of sweets and with happy feelings.... And now, I dont think many parents would allow their children to even go out to the market or to play on this day....There is a fear in every ones heart that something unpleasant will happen....Someone might blow up the market place or the station or something else like this..... The security checks are so stringent that you dont even feel like going out.... At the most some young lads would fly kites that also not in all parts of the city.... I did dare to go out on independence day and boy it was fun......I had never seen the Delhi roads so empty but still after every 2 km or so there was a barracade and the police men look suspiciously at you when you pass by.....
I was wondering whether our forefathers who fought for our independence would have ever thought that 15th August would be treated as a dreadful day and instead of celebrating it with fellow countrymen everyone would sit at home and watch a movie or something.....
I cant help to ponder on what do people gain by killing innocent people .....why do they want to bomb market places or trains or planes .... Do they really think that they will achieve something by all this violence....arent they just pumping more hatred in us by doing all this?? Is there an end to this terror???

Electricity

Its very sad how much dependency we have developed on electricity.....In earlier days when there was an electricity shortage or no electricity at all, people never used to complain....I have never heard horror stories from my dad or grandparents about electricity cuts.... Why are we so dependent on electricity? ....why cant we sleep in the night without electricity....One should think deeply whether its the AC giving cool air or its the psychological feeling that lets us have a sound sleep.....I think its both.....
I think we should practice to live without these comforts...just small preparation to curb such situations.......i think jo will agree.....right jo ;)

Crossraods

There are many times we come across crossroads in life, when we have to make a decision...... a decision which can influence your personal life.....career path.....your life style as so on.... Everyone has to take a stand at times .....sometimes we have to make sacrifices....and sometimes our decisions hurt some people very close to us....
Sometimes when we come across a pot hole or a road block we tend to regret our decision of taking that particular route .... We never think that may be this is the best path for us.....may be the other roads we would have walked were to be even worse..... I think when we come across such situations we should not think - "Why did I do it?" or "How did this happen to me?"..... These are the testing times which come in everyones life and we need to find a solution to it ..... we should stop cribbing and crying and think ...... Ofcourse we think.... but we always think of the past.....we always do the pre-situation analysis and come up with answers like -"If I would have done this....". I think success in any business, career or in a relationship depends a lot on how well one can do a post-situation analysis and come up with a solution which works there and then......
The worst kind of crossroads come with the people you love the most....and at these crossroads your mind says something and your heart says something else.....i would say in such situations go with what your heart says.....because love aint Maths or Finance.... it has nothing to do with the mind......May be you think what your heart says is hard and the escape route is much more convenient.....But, who said being is love is easy.....
As Galib has said-
"Yeh Ishq nahin asaan Galib
ek aag ka dariya hai
Aur doob ke jana hai"

Langda Tyagi Bahubali Bahubali Bahubali.....

I finally saw Omkara yesterday.....I think the movie was completely awesome... Bollywood surprises you when you least expect...
Omkara has given a new Actor to Indian cinema....Yes...I am talking about Saif Ali Khan Pataudi AKA "Langda Tyagi" ..... I think he did the role very well... The kind of hard work he has put in this movie is worth appriciating....I heard that he painted his teeth yellow to get that "Khaini-Jarda"  look and ofcourse he also got rid of his silky locks ..... What a character Langda Tyagi is..... I think who so ever saw the movie would want to be Langda Tyagi ....well Omkara too ...but I would definitely go for Langda Tyagi....His opening line in the movie is "Ek bewakoof aur chutiye mein dhage bhar ka farak howe hai"  is very true in real life..... And the dehati galis are too much to digest  .... Overall the movie was good fun ..... Jo couldnt understand 75% of the dialogues but she liked the movie for the theme and ofcourse music.... She didnt like Bipasha though as I was constantly letching at her....he  he he

Long awaited Reunion....

Sunday happened to be a long awaited reunion with wing mates.....Met Khera , chotu , Bhim , Saree after a loooong looong time.... You know what the difference between good friends and great friends is? ...With great friends time and distance dont create voids in your friendship.... The day happened to be Friendship's day as well ( I know it sounds a lil cliche )... Saree suggested that we should go to Sohna and what an amazing suggestion it turned out to be.....Long drive and the final destination both were equally amazing.... Discussions ranged from old times to love stories to Indian Economy and How to make a difference.....all IITians think alike.......When bhimania and Chotu are discussing something about the economy or something like that you just want to listen to grasp whatever the future visionaries .... upcoming thinkers (no pun intended) have to say......took some pics as well...

Working saturdays are aweful

One good thing about the software industry is the 5 days week.....Saturday is like do whatever you want day and sunday is more like a lazy day or family day....But, sometimes when you have a working saturday because of pending bugs then its suxxx bigtime....Friday loses all its last working day of the week feeling and Saturday no longer is a party day.....

Cut Throat Competition

Yesterday I was on the road driving and I saw two blue line buses racing..... And a little further three RTVs were competing to leave a bus stop earliest... I couldnt help wonder why we have cut throat competition in all spheres of life?...Is it the over population or is it something else?.....something very positive - A new spirit to succeed... .. Is this the reason why we have so many start-ups coming into picture everyday ?.....I think this new outlook is going to change the face of the country, may be slowly but surely.......I see many of my friends heading their own companies and theconfidence I see in them is tremendous...... The risk taking abilities of an average Indian have increased manifolds........ Me and a friend of mine went to a focus group discussion and there also the topic started with this......I came to a conclusion that the difference between the earlier days and now is that people are much more confident about their future..... but there are some people like me who are still confused...

Meetings : Cool or not so Cool

When you are new in job you want to attend all the meetings and try to take everything in the professional world too seriously.....same was with me...I still remember an year back when I used to feel important whenever I was involved in a meeting.....But that was like an year back....Now I try my best to excuse myself from meetings unless and until I am sure that its a no non-sense meeting...... Its seldom the case when everyone else besides you in the group are in a meeting.....But these are a few times when you can visit some totally faaltu time waste sites and not so faltu - blog....so thats what I am doing ....enjoying this brief moment....

Some people say that meetings are an important part of working where people can express their idea , discuss stuff and come to a common conclusion......Others might think that meetings at times prove to be a complete waste of time....I think all of us working have seen both the faces of meetings....So at times I things meetings are cool but there are other times when I think "what crap.....yaar"