India has done it again….proved that they are all a bunch of senile men on day 5 of a test match.
I was lucky enough not to see the match because of the CAS prevailing in Chennai. Watching all the news channels on TV, the replay of Sehwag getting out in various fashions just irritates me….I wonder how the bowlers can get him out by bowling to the same spot again and again…Doesn’t a batsman need to have at least some common sense ? Agreed, he has a weakness against the sharp incoming ball, but then it was on this tour 4 years back, he made a test century on debut. More than Irfan Pathan, it was this guy who should have been sent back to play some Ranji cricket.
Some of the reasons for India failing miserably in the second innings
1. Rahul Dravid falls cheaply: Rahul Dravid got a rough decision on both innings of this test. If only he had scored some runs, that would have given some spine for the team.
2. Sachin Tendulkar fails when people expect him to do the most: Another cause of joy for supporters who wish to see the ‘Endulkar’ in ‘Tendulkar’. Just wait and watch, the world cup is just around the corner, and whom do all these people think has delivered in the 4 world cups he ‘s played so far ??
3. Openers fail: A very grave cause for concern. India has scored brilliantly when the openers have weathered the new ball. The middle and lower order can then bat with some assurance and confidence. It is exactly in these situations that a person like Sachin, Sourav or VVS can thrive on. After all, what is an opener for? Definitely, not to see one over of the new ball and return to the pavilion.
4. Bouncy pitches or aggressive bowling by the opposition: The top order just gets blown away by the aggressiveness shown by the opposition. If one wicket falls, they come harder at us and that is something the Indian cricketers need to work upon.
In most of the cases, Bangalore 2005, Mumbai 2006, Karachi 2006, today the lower order has shown more solidarity in batting than the illustrious top – order counterparts. Kumble and the bowlers give it their all when batting....the same application is not being shown by the top order...It is high time that these players start putting a price tag on their wicket.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Kellogg....here I ..er, my brother comes..
The first time I’d heard about Kellogg was in college when my friend told me about ivy -league universities. Like everyone, I thought it was the corn-flakes company….
They even came to our college for some tie – up and my friend went all around college shouting “Executives from the corn-flakes company have come to our college for management talk..........muwahahaha”.
Three years on, I’m at home sleeping, enjoying and whiling away my 1 month vacation from IIITB. My brother suddenly calls and tells me he‘s got admission to Kellogg for the MMM program. It normally takes some time for me to come to my senses after I wake up, but on that morning, it felt really great to hear the news......He‘s waiting for the next big occasion in life, his marriage is on Jan 28....Here’s wishing all the best on behalf of me and all my friends for his MMM program and his life after marriage!!!!!!
They even came to our college for some tie – up and my friend went all around college shouting “Executives from the corn-flakes company have come to our college for management talk..........muwahahaha”.
Three years on, I’m at home sleeping, enjoying and whiling away my 1 month vacation from IIITB. My brother suddenly calls and tells me he‘s got admission to Kellogg for the MMM program. It normally takes some time for me to come to my senses after I wake up, but on that morning, it felt really great to hear the news......He‘s waiting for the next big occasion in life, his marriage is on Jan 28....Here’s wishing all the best on behalf of me and all my friends for his MMM program and his life after marriage!!!!!!
Monday, November 27, 2006
The day just started !!!
It is 12 midnight.....some guys are seen running from a distance and suddenly, they all turn up close....and catch hold of you and whack you on you back like we are sworn enemies....not one guy or two, but a whole crowd eyes that spot on your back !!!
And the whacking never stops....until you scream you way out of that stronghold
What day is this, by the way??? of course, it's the birthday....it comes once a year...and you wonder why it comes....because, this is the day the whole crowd's been waiting for....and once all the whacks are done, they all hug you.....and you wonder where all the enemity has gone.....
Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed this birthday....this was the first occasion I got bums...although it was a painful affair, my friends made it an occasion to remember...
Thanks 'Kadala' Prasad, AB, ' Genius' Joseph, 'Java' Santhosh, 'Bengal Maapillai' Vivek, the other Santhosh, Ajay, 'Feelings' Bala, 'Goobey' Srinidhi et al...
I hope I can start walking normally in a few days time....
And the whacking never stops....until you scream you way out of that stronghold
What day is this, by the way??? of course, it's the birthday....it comes once a year...and you wonder why it comes....because, this is the day the whole crowd's been waiting for....and once all the whacks are done, they all hug you.....and you wonder where all the enemity has gone.....
Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed this birthday....this was the first occasion I got bums...although it was a painful affair, my friends made it an occasion to remember...
Thanks 'Kadala' Prasad, AB, ' Genius' Joseph, 'Java' Santhosh, 'Bengal Maapillai' Vivek, the other Santhosh, Ajay, 'Feelings' Bala, 'Goobey' Srinidhi et al...
I hope I can start walking normally in a few days time....
Monday, November 20, 2006
Almost at the end of 1st Semester
Picture taken during the 2-day Open House here at IIITB. The Open House is an event to showcase to the industry, the ongoing projects at the institute.
From left, 'Kadala' Prasad, 'Genius' Joseph, 'Bengal Maapilai' Vivek, 'Dreamer' AB and me...can't see the image properly, is it??....get your eyes tested !!!
actually, the nut who took this shot shook the camera during the shoot....
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Suppandi's mails...
Here are some excerpts from our on campus Suppandi...
Suitable reward will be given for anyone who claims to have decoded what this guy is tryin to say..
1. sorry if i am wrong or seems to be rude but its your 4th or 5th mistake...
(thanks for counting the number of mistakes...)
2. Test will be at 9 30 PM yesterday(sunday) (but didn't yesterday end one day before?)
3. Always remember.......whatever you know today,we were not in our days ------So be confident and perform. (this has been referred to NSA for cryptographic analysis)
4. We have got information that you are going to get your laptops on 18th(we are sorry for that). (why is he sorry for this??)
Suitable reward will be given for anyone who claims to have decoded what this guy is tryin to say..
1. sorry if i am wrong or seems to be rude but its your 4th or 5th mistake...
(thanks for counting the number of mistakes...)
2. Test will be at 9 30 PM yesterday(sunday) (but didn't yesterday end one day before?)
3. Always remember.......whatever you know today,we were not in our days ------So be confident and perform. (this has been referred to NSA for cryptographic analysis)
4. We have got information that you are going to get your laptops on 18th(we are sorry for that). (why is he sorry for this??)
Friday, October 27, 2006
What An idiot!!
Communication class first up...I went to class thinking I'd never sleep this hour, but it took all of five minutes for my eyes to shut down...I spent the rest of the hour rocking back and forth on my chair trying to chase away the sleep..and the sleep managed to win by 99 - 1 margin....
and then came the biggest blunder of the day...someone in class told Prof. Prasanna that lots of assignments were due, but in fact, not many were due for the day...just that a dumb document called SRS was due...so Prof. ended classes for the day...and we all walked off merrily to take a print out...We came to know later that Prof had consulted the TA's and asked them the reason....and the TA's promptly told them that no assignments were due...this really hurt Prof....
There's an idiot by name S***** in the second year...no, don't worry, his name is not Sucker...he is this childish, boy-from-village type...
He goes to the registrar and gives an eye-witness narration when in fact this guy was sleeping in his room at the time of the incident...and sends us a mail cc'ing to the registrar....
Most of the time, when he sends an email, the whole class is confused as to what he is trying to say....English pundits come up with various interpretations....one can even do a Ph.D on his emails and certainly be assured of a Nobel prize!!
Want to know more about this Suppaandi and his trysts with our batch??
watch this space for more adventures....
and then came the biggest blunder of the day...someone in class told Prof. Prasanna that lots of assignments were due, but in fact, not many were due for the day...just that a dumb document called SRS was due...so Prof. ended classes for the day...and we all walked off merrily to take a print out...We came to know later that Prof had consulted the TA's and asked them the reason....and the TA's promptly told them that no assignments were due...this really hurt Prof....
There's an idiot by name S***** in the second year...no, don't worry, his name is not Sucker...he is this childish, boy-from-village type...
He goes to the registrar and gives an eye-witness narration when in fact this guy was sleeping in his room at the time of the incident...and sends us a mail cc'ing to the registrar....
Most of the time, when he sends an email, the whole class is confused as to what he is trying to say....English pundits come up with various interpretations....one can even do a Ph.D on his emails and certainly be assured of a Nobel prize!!
Want to know more about this Suppaandi and his trysts with our batch??
watch this space for more adventures....
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Prabodh's birthday
There's a really big gang of people from Andhra in our batch....and yesterday, the 18th happened to be the birthday of one of my friends, Prabodh....
Prabodh is a strange guy....sleeps in class, suddenly wakes up and answers questions, springs up surprises in tests, but he is a hardworker, mind you....
At around 12 o clock, there was a huge commotion near the college grounds....around 40 guys had gathered there and were whacking Prabodh left and right...i could hear the screams from my room....
I didn't want to miss the fun...so i started running from my room and the momentum carried on until my foot landed firmly on his bums....that really was a sound whack!!!
Our college happens to have a pond within the campus....recycled water from the nearby companies are pumped into it....although it looks clean from the outside, it is frog's heaven literally!!!
As a part of the Birthday rituals here, the b'day baby is immersed into the holy water...(we call it the 'Holy Dip') around two or three times...
After all the beating up, Prabodh was taken to the pond and after sounds of 1, 2, 3....a loud thud and some splash...he landed in the center of the pond..he came back shivering...then a bottle of thums up was opened and sprayed on him...and then the cake came splat on his face....
The custom with telugu guys is that one more lamb has to be thrown into the holy water at a birthday bash...this time, it was the turn of my friend Chandrasekar K....he was enjoying all the fun watching from a corner and suddenly, 3 guys appeared out of nowhere and threw him quite some distance...the whole gang was squealing was laughter and my friend was dripping with smelly water....
Both the guys had a bath and then Prabodh cut the cake....I was supposed to study for an SQL test today...but had a great time partying with these guys upto 2:30...slept for 4 hours and woke up, went straight to the exam hall...couldn't understand what i wrote....compensated for the loss of sleep in class....and then boarded the bus in the afternoon....and now I'm home!!!!
Prabodh is a strange guy....sleeps in class, suddenly wakes up and answers questions, springs up surprises in tests, but he is a hardworker, mind you....
At around 12 o clock, there was a huge commotion near the college grounds....around 40 guys had gathered there and were whacking Prabodh left and right...i could hear the screams from my room....
I didn't want to miss the fun...so i started running from my room and the momentum carried on until my foot landed firmly on his bums....that really was a sound whack!!!
Our college happens to have a pond within the campus....recycled water from the nearby companies are pumped into it....although it looks clean from the outside, it is frog's heaven literally!!!
As a part of the Birthday rituals here, the b'day baby is immersed into the holy water...(we call it the 'Holy Dip') around two or three times...
After all the beating up, Prabodh was taken to the pond and after sounds of 1, 2, 3....a loud thud and some splash...he landed in the center of the pond..he came back shivering...then a bottle of thums up was opened and sprayed on him...and then the cake came splat on his face....
The custom with telugu guys is that one more lamb has to be thrown into the holy water at a birthday bash...this time, it was the turn of my friend Chandrasekar K....he was enjoying all the fun watching from a corner and suddenly, 3 guys appeared out of nowhere and threw him quite some distance...the whole gang was squealing was laughter and my friend was dripping with smelly water....
Both the guys had a bath and then Prabodh cut the cake....I was supposed to study for an SQL test today...but had a great time partying with these guys upto 2:30...slept for 4 hours and woke up, went straight to the exam hall...couldn't understand what i wrote....compensated for the loss of sleep in class....and then boarded the bus in the afternoon....and now I'm home!!!!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
An event free day
I had gone home for the weekend and returned to Bangalore Tuesday morning....only after coming here did I know that college would not function Wednesday....more than that, we came to know that there would be no food available for the whole of Wednesday...but fortunately dinner was provided, we had to survive on bread for most part of the day..
The wireless internet seems to work in a strange way here....I sit in the corridors and the signal strength is excellent, but one wrong step inside my room and it bombs !!!
This news update has come to you from the corridors of Men's Hostel 2...
The wireless internet seems to work in a strange way here....I sit in the corridors and the signal strength is excellent, but one wrong step inside my room and it bombs !!!
This news update has come to you from the corridors of Men's Hostel 2...
Sunday, September 17, 2006
A tiring day
Today's been a very tiring day....
I slept at around 2 o clock this morning....got up by around 8:30 am...had to take a pretty quick bath and then rush to the colege pantry to have the usual dose of bread jam and a big cup of Boost (definitely not the secret behind my low energy levels!!)...
Had Java classes in the morning from 9 to 12 noon....Fortunately, Mr. Shakeel taught us the language in a very innovative way....and I do not usually sleep during his lectures.
Then went back to the room and played a quick game of Tux racer on Linux...headed off to the canteeen for Lunch...the usual chapatthi, fried rice, side dish combo...general lacha with friends on some topic....
KP had told Vivek, my roommate, that the C test was scheduled to be held on Monday...KP hadn't passed on the info to the girls...but Vivek had broadcasted this to the girls hostel...but Vivek was adamantly denying that he sent any message at all..
After lunch, head off to the classroom for Prof. Prasanna' lecture on Algorithms...
Prof. is brilliant, but he discusses things at such a high level that it takes time for us to comprehend what he is actually talking about!! try to doze halfway through the lecture, but the camera is watching and taking snaps of those who are sleeping...
I wake up and decide not to sleep again for the whole hour....
the hour finally concludes at around 3:30...this is followed by a Database session for another 3 hours...the class goes on for around 2 hours...and then the heads all start drooping sideways...prof realises that we' re all asleep...decides to take class on some other day...
goto the common room to catch up with some cricket action....but indian procession continues even in Malaysia...India seems to mess up everytime against Australia ...
get back to the room, get ready for dinner and then head back to the lab for the assignment demo...still waiting for around 2 hours for my turn...it's already tomorrow and i still dont know when the day will end !!!
I slept at around 2 o clock this morning....got up by around 8:30 am...had to take a pretty quick bath and then rush to the colege pantry to have the usual dose of bread jam and a big cup of Boost (definitely not the secret behind my low energy levels!!)...
Had Java classes in the morning from 9 to 12 noon....Fortunately, Mr. Shakeel taught us the language in a very innovative way....and I do not usually sleep during his lectures.
Then went back to the room and played a quick game of Tux racer on Linux...headed off to the canteeen for Lunch...the usual chapatthi, fried rice, side dish combo...general lacha with friends on some topic....
KP had told Vivek, my roommate, that the C test was scheduled to be held on Monday...KP hadn't passed on the info to the girls...but Vivek had broadcasted this to the girls hostel...but Vivek was adamantly denying that he sent any message at all..
After lunch, head off to the classroom for Prof. Prasanna' lecture on Algorithms...
Prof. is brilliant, but he discusses things at such a high level that it takes time for us to comprehend what he is actually talking about!! try to doze halfway through the lecture, but the camera is watching and taking snaps of those who are sleeping...
I wake up and decide not to sleep again for the whole hour....
the hour finally concludes at around 3:30...this is followed by a Database session for another 3 hours...the class goes on for around 2 hours...and then the heads all start drooping sideways...prof realises that we' re all asleep...decides to take class on some other day...
goto the common room to catch up with some cricket action....but indian procession continues even in Malaysia...India seems to mess up everytime against Australia ...
get back to the room, get ready for dinner and then head back to the lab for the assignment demo...still waiting for around 2 hours for my turn...it's already tomorrow and i still dont know when the day will end !!!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Freshers Party
The freshers party for our batch took place yesterday....was supposed to start in the evening at around 5:30 pm....but i guess you know IST...the party finally started at 7 pm....
After the invocation, there was a dance by Aditya to the music of 'Dus Bahane'...he had a muscular frame...so he could flex his muscles any way...but the dance was good to watch....Post the dance, a senior called Tarun came to play the guitar....
seniors all around started howling...they had already started shouting slogans like "Please remove the interference...."
"Abey...juniors ko be mauka do yaar..."
it was a hilarious scene..
After the howling and the hootings, it was the turn of the juniors to perform...they played the song "Papa Kehte hain" on the guitar...and had the crowd singing along with them....
and the piece which the seniors had been waiting for...there's a girl in our batch who thinks she dances well...the organisers thought that they 'd give her an opportunity...
She decided to dance to the 'Dole Baaje' song...as the song went along, we found that she had been going round and round in circles and all along she 'd never danced...i was pretty relieved that the song got over pretty soon....
We had a scrumptuous meal after the party...but I still miss home food though...
After dinner, the dance floor was open to everyone...guys were present...but the girls slowly started to trickle in one by one...and then the guys also joined....
the party went on till 12...
overall, a memorable one
After the invocation, there was a dance by Aditya to the music of 'Dus Bahane'...he had a muscular frame...so he could flex his muscles any way...but the dance was good to watch....Post the dance, a senior called Tarun came to play the guitar....
seniors all around started howling...they had already started shouting slogans like "Please remove the interference...."
"Abey...juniors ko be mauka do yaar..."
it was a hilarious scene..
After the howling and the hootings, it was the turn of the juniors to perform...they played the song "Papa Kehte hain" on the guitar...and had the crowd singing along with them....
and the piece which the seniors had been waiting for...there's a girl in our batch who thinks she dances well...the organisers thought that they 'd give her an opportunity...
She decided to dance to the 'Dole Baaje' song...as the song went along, we found that she had been going round and round in circles and all along she 'd never danced...i was pretty relieved that the song got over pretty soon....
We had a scrumptuous meal after the party...but I still miss home food though...
After dinner, the dance floor was open to everyone...guys were present...but the girls slowly started to trickle in one by one...and then the guys also joined....
the party went on till 12...
overall, a memorable one
Sunday, September 03, 2006
General jottings
"You have busier times ahead"....was the warning...busy or overload or overburden...no one knows...but I believe that this is the sort of work that keeps one occupied every moment.
The hostel's wireless access sucks...somehow doesn't work in the morning, but works late in the evening and through the night...hmmm, maybe it's getting used to our routine..
Have attended most classes on time so far this sem....but had a bad time concentrating in the class...
If attendance was based on not sleeping in class, I guess 90% of the class would have lost it most of the time..
Had food outside the hostel after a week's time (Phew!!)...
Have booked my Deepavali tickets now itself....very few tickets were leftover when i booked around 2 weeks back...
The hostel's wireless access sucks...somehow doesn't work in the morning, but works late in the evening and through the night...hmmm, maybe it's getting used to our routine..
Have attended most classes on time so far this sem....but had a bad time concentrating in the class...
If attendance was based on not sleeping in class, I guess 90% of the class would have lost it most of the time..
Had food outside the hostel after a week's time (Phew!!)...
Have booked my Deepavali tickets now itself....very few tickets were leftover when i booked around 2 weeks back...
Monday, August 28, 2006
One month at IIITB
It's already a month since I landed here in Bangalore. I got my laptop two weeks back. It's a
Compaq nx6310. The routine of assignments and tests started the day before we got our laptops. I guess the course still hasn't reached full steam yet as we still haven't started working on our projects. Sleeping in class is not something new to me...but do you dare sleep in front of a camera that is capable of 240X zoom???
It's not that the professors complain about sleeping in class....I guess they have seen this in their life....and the worst part is that the notebooks tend to fall down from the desk with a loud thud...and everyone turns in that direction immediately...
the person wakes up from his sleep and gives a sheepish grin...
Compaq nx6310. The routine of assignments and tests started the day before we got our laptops. I guess the course still hasn't reached full steam yet as we still haven't started working on our projects. Sleeping in class is not something new to me...but do you dare sleep in front of a camera that is capable of 240X zoom???
It's not that the professors complain about sleeping in class....I guess they have seen this in their life....and the worst part is that the notebooks tend to fall down from the desk with a loud thud...and everyone turns in that direction immediately...
the person wakes up from his sleep and gives a sheepish grin...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Home Sweet Home
I've returned home for a short vacation...till the 15th of August..
Yesterday I had to rush to the station with my friends and got a good taste of Bangalore's horrible traffic...The railway station is around 35 km. away from where I study. I caught the bus at 7:30 pm. Under normal circumstances, it would have taken me an hour to reach the station, but I reached the station at 10 pm. Fortunately, my train was only at 11:45 pm. But still....
Some of my observations...
1. Driving sense gets an absolute zero...sometimes goes into negative values as well... Not that other cities in India have a driving sense....but still these people never use that something called a common sense.
2. All people drive on all sides of the roads...buses on all roads in India, except Bangalore, are supposed to keep to the left or rather drive on the left side of the road...
Here 's the base rule...In all other parts of India, people drive on the left side of the remaining road, but in Bangalore, people drive on the remaining of what's left...
3. Bus drivers think they drive a bicycle and that they can squeeze in within the smallest of gaps. The bus driver on the other side of the road thinks he can do better...and finally both of them end up in front of each other and quarrel in the middle of the road, while the whole traffic goes around them a la Kathipara junction..
4. Every hour is busy/ rush hour....however you wish to call it
5. The horn is the most potent weapon on the road...everyone thinks honking would scare the hell out of the other person....but when all people have the same opinion, it only ends in noise pollution...
I'm not a Bangalore basher by any means....I love the place for the beautiful weather, but if only God could give the people of Garden City some common sense...
Yesterday I had to rush to the station with my friends and got a good taste of Bangalore's horrible traffic...The railway station is around 35 km. away from where I study. I caught the bus at 7:30 pm. Under normal circumstances, it would have taken me an hour to reach the station, but I reached the station at 10 pm. Fortunately, my train was only at 11:45 pm. But still....
Some of my observations...
1. Driving sense gets an absolute zero...sometimes goes into negative values as well... Not that other cities in India have a driving sense....but still these people never use that something called a common sense.
2. All people drive on all sides of the roads...buses on all roads in India, except Bangalore, are supposed to keep to the left or rather drive on the left side of the road...
Here 's the base rule...In all other parts of India, people drive on the left side of the remaining road, but in Bangalore, people drive on the remaining of what's left...
3. Bus drivers think they drive a bicycle and that they can squeeze in within the smallest of gaps. The bus driver on the other side of the road thinks he can do better...and finally both of them end up in front of each other and quarrel in the middle of the road, while the whole traffic goes around them a la Kathipara junction..
4. Every hour is busy/ rush hour....however you wish to call it
5. The horn is the most potent weapon on the road...everyone thinks honking would scare the hell out of the other person....but when all people have the same opinion, it only ends in noise pollution...
I'm not a Bangalore basher by any means....I love the place for the beautiful weather, but if only God could give the people of Garden City some common sense...
Friday, August 04, 2006
A Simple Man
It's been a week's time since I landed up at the hostel in IIITB. Classes started on Monday, July the 31st. We have 5 courses to complete this semester. Among them is one Algorithms course....
The prof. who handles the course is the simplest person you can ever meet....He's a gold medallist at MIT, not Madras Institute of Technology, damnit....did his Ph.D work there with 6 Nobel laureates...got his B.Tech at IIT, Kanpur....M.S at MIT
He has biscuits and fruits for lunch and dinner....travels by the city's public transport system.
Now, here comes the best part....in his first class...he showed us an animation of a knight moving around a chessboard on all directions and decrypting a 'Sloka'
And then he jumped off into a realm of information....at the end of it we were all fully drained and did not understand a word of what he said!!!
He handled the subject at such a high level that everyone in class started wondering if it was right to come here in the first place....
Then we had a one-to-one session with our seniors...and they said that we would come across several situations like this and this was part of life here.....
Hmmm.....Lets see.....
The prof. who handles the course is the simplest person you can ever meet....He's a gold medallist at MIT, not Madras Institute of Technology, damnit....did his Ph.D work there with 6 Nobel laureates...got his B.Tech at IIT, Kanpur....M.S at MIT
He has biscuits and fruits for lunch and dinner....travels by the city's public transport system.
Now, here comes the best part....in his first class...he showed us an animation of a knight moving around a chessboard on all directions and decrypting a 'Sloka'
And then he jumped off into a realm of information....at the end of it we were all fully drained and did not understand a word of what he said!!!
He handled the subject at such a high level that everyone in class started wondering if it was right to come here in the first place....
Then we had a one-to-one session with our seniors...and they said that we would come across several situations like this and this was part of life here.....
Hmmm.....Lets see.....
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
2 Years
It’s been 2 years since I’ve finished college and joined work…and I’m going to be a student again!!
This is a reflection of how the last 2 years have been in my life!
T’ was 2004 and I was fresh out of college
Armed with all but little knowledge!! :D
Campus interviews came and went
But no one would let me hold tent
Wipro, Infy et al were on the list
But only Cognizant was willing to give me a tryst
The interview didn’t go all that well…
But I got selected… swell!!!
I was destined to work on mainframes
But to work on them, I needed more brains!!
Lady luck made me work on an AS/400
Fortunately, my managers didn’t ask me to score a hundred!
3M was the client I worked for
And relations with my colleagues never did turn sour
I made friends thick and fast
And at parties, I always had a blast!
Work was sometimes easy and sometimes difficult
But I learnt to ride them both like wearing a belt
There were times when my morale was pretty low
I thought my career had been dealt a severe blow
But it was just one of those days…
A year had passed and appraisal time it was
And I had to fight for my cause
I had a meeting with my manager
Fortunately, he did not become my Damager!!
Cricket practice was on every weekend
And I got introduced to lots of managers at every bend…
The time had come for me to study
I had to become hardy…
I set my goals on reaching IIIT Bangalore
And with everyone’s blessings… I did!!
This is a reflection of how the last 2 years have been in my life!
T’ was 2004 and I was fresh out of college
Armed with all but little knowledge!! :D
Campus interviews came and went
But no one would let me hold tent
Wipro, Infy et al were on the list
But only Cognizant was willing to give me a tryst
The interview didn’t go all that well…
But I got selected… swell!!!
I was destined to work on mainframes
But to work on them, I needed more brains!!
Lady luck made me work on an AS/400
Fortunately, my managers didn’t ask me to score a hundred!
3M was the client I worked for
And relations with my colleagues never did turn sour
I made friends thick and fast
And at parties, I always had a blast!
Work was sometimes easy and sometimes difficult
But I learnt to ride them both like wearing a belt
There were times when my morale was pretty low
I thought my career had been dealt a severe blow
But it was just one of those days…
A year had passed and appraisal time it was
And I had to fight for my cause
I had a meeting with my manager
Fortunately, he did not become my Damager!!
Cricket practice was on every weekend
And I got introduced to lots of managers at every bend…
The time had come for me to study
I had to become hardy…
I set my goals on reaching IIIT Bangalore
And with everyone’s blessings… I did!!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
One week to go
Last friday was my last day in my project at work. I was released from my project and with that, my seat and all my possessions at office have been allotted to someone else.
This Friday, 7th July will be my last day at work. After 3 weeks of relaxing at home, I 'll be moving to IIIT-Bangalore to pursue my M.Tech degree.
My teammates have been arguing over who's going to take up my seat at work. Amit, would love to take up that seat to sit next to the prettiest girl in the wing...Rajeena and Rekha, my other team mates want to take up that seat because people sitting there(me inclusive) haven't stayed for long in the company (except one person who left for onsite).
Over the last two years at work, i've made lots of friends...far more than what i have made at college....and the good part is that I have shared a good rapport with all the managers in our wing. This whole week will be spent in telling goodbye's and bidding farewells to a nice gang of friends....
Thanks, Cognizant for 2 years of fun and work....I truly "Celebrated Work"
Monday, June 05, 2006
One helluva match
Me and my gang of thick school friends usually play cricket matches every summer vacation. The cricket ground always used to be the beach…
The beach has a small portion of tar road and then a good distance covered by sand....every inch of the road would be take up for some tournament or a friendly/ bet match…
The beach, because of the breeze aids in swing bowling….the ball would curve around like a snake...one had to be a bit careful while playing the ball. The keeper would be standing up to the stumps for pace bowlers.....and their hands were like the Reserve Bank....as safe as Hell!! Batsmen never used to play lofted shots because the swing in the air would not carry it over a long distance.It takes some practice to judge a catch in the beach.
The matches usually start by around 6:30 in the morning… this is because of the heat in the summer, and in the evenings by around 3 o clock…
This match, which I’ll be talking about, happened to take place on a cool day in Chennai, just one of those odd summer days…..
Sai, our team’s spinner wanted to play a friendly match with his area-friends….we decided on a 16- overs a side match
And we happened to get the center pitch on that day…..
The center pitch is a privileged piece of land on the tar road….happens to be on the center of the road and has equal boundaries on either side of the road as well…
Arvind, our team captain won the toss and elected to bat….our batting, though not very strong, contained an array of pinch hitters and few good batsmen. The batsmen being David, Jude, Kannan and Arvind….rest including me were tall men with strong hands.
We practiced swishing and flicking the bat…if the ball met the meat of the bat, it would go flying….else the stumps would go flying!!!
Our batsmen got off to a disastrous start…. We were tottering at 4 for the loss of 3 wickets in 5 overs…..after nudging and hanging around, we managed a meager total of 24 in 16 overs...but still managed to keep 1 wicket in hand!!!
We were all pissed off with our dismal show….and we wanted to redeem ourselves for the poor batting in some way.
I happened to be the opening bowler...I was willing to go all out to get a few early wickets…and Lady Luck didn’t disappoint.
My first ball happened to be a Yorker....the batsman couldn’t jam the bat down in time and the ball sneaked its way to the stump....I couldn’t hide my joy and went around jumping…..But, they still had nine wickets in hand!!!
Then, off the last ball of the over, I bowled a bouner....it got high on the batsman as he tried a lofted shot….and he was caught in the deep….score read 1 for the loss of 2 wickets in 1 over….
Then Arvind came on….he got two batsmen bowled in the next over….the score read 4 for the loss of 4 wickets..
A few overs went by but they still needed only 21 to win from 10 overs….Arvind decided to bring the fielders in and stop the singles….
Never did we know that they were really poor runners between the wickets…..two nervous run-outs happened…..and they were really in a spot of bother…
9 for the loss of 6 wickets in 7 overs….
I came back into the attack again and bowled a few bouncers, but to no avail…batsmen were happy to see me off…
A few more quick wickets and they were all out for 12 runs….we won the match by 12 runs!!!
Arvind, our captain, treated us all to a glass of Paneer Soda!!!
This is one match I’ll never forget my whole life…..
To this day, we still tease Sai as to why he chose to play a match with that team!!!
The beach has a small portion of tar road and then a good distance covered by sand....every inch of the road would be take up for some tournament or a friendly/ bet match…
The beach, because of the breeze aids in swing bowling….the ball would curve around like a snake...one had to be a bit careful while playing the ball. The keeper would be standing up to the stumps for pace bowlers.....and their hands were like the Reserve Bank....as safe as Hell!! Batsmen never used to play lofted shots because the swing in the air would not carry it over a long distance.It takes some practice to judge a catch in the beach.
The matches usually start by around 6:30 in the morning… this is because of the heat in the summer, and in the evenings by around 3 o clock…
This match, which I’ll be talking about, happened to take place on a cool day in Chennai, just one of those odd summer days…..
Sai, our team’s spinner wanted to play a friendly match with his area-friends….we decided on a 16- overs a side match
And we happened to get the center pitch on that day…..
The center pitch is a privileged piece of land on the tar road….happens to be on the center of the road and has equal boundaries on either side of the road as well…
Arvind, our team captain won the toss and elected to bat….our batting, though not very strong, contained an array of pinch hitters and few good batsmen. The batsmen being David, Jude, Kannan and Arvind….rest including me were tall men with strong hands.
We practiced swishing and flicking the bat…if the ball met the meat of the bat, it would go flying….else the stumps would go flying!!!
Our batsmen got off to a disastrous start…. We were tottering at 4 for the loss of 3 wickets in 5 overs…..after nudging and hanging around, we managed a meager total of 24 in 16 overs...but still managed to keep 1 wicket in hand!!!
We were all pissed off with our dismal show….and we wanted to redeem ourselves for the poor batting in some way.
I happened to be the opening bowler...I was willing to go all out to get a few early wickets…and Lady Luck didn’t disappoint.
My first ball happened to be a Yorker....the batsman couldn’t jam the bat down in time and the ball sneaked its way to the stump....I couldn’t hide my joy and went around jumping…..But, they still had nine wickets in hand!!!
Then, off the last ball of the over, I bowled a bouner....it got high on the batsman as he tried a lofted shot….and he was caught in the deep….score read 1 for the loss of 2 wickets in 1 over….
Then Arvind came on….he got two batsmen bowled in the next over….the score read 4 for the loss of 4 wickets..
A few overs went by but they still needed only 21 to win from 10 overs….Arvind decided to bring the fielders in and stop the singles….
Never did we know that they were really poor runners between the wickets…..two nervous run-outs happened…..and they were really in a spot of bother…
9 for the loss of 6 wickets in 7 overs….
I came back into the attack again and bowled a few bouncers, but to no avail…batsmen were happy to see me off…
A few more quick wickets and they were all out for 12 runs….we won the match by 12 runs!!!
Arvind, our captain, treated us all to a glass of Paneer Soda!!!
This is one match I’ll never forget my whole life…..
To this day, we still tease Sai as to why he chose to play a match with that team!!!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Gabtun Rules....
On his first day at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Gabtun (actually Captain) walks up to the entrance and wishes to put his right foot in.
Kalaignar Karunanidhi stops him and asks him "Enna paa, satta sabaikku thaniya vara?" (Why have you come alone to the assembly?)
Gabtun looks up at Kalaignar and replies in style "Singam thaniya thaan varum...panni thaan kootama varum" (Lion comes alone, only pigs flock in numbers)
Then Gabtun makes him traditional sound....Awunnn.....(with hands on his hips)
Kalaignar faints....
Kalaignar Karunanidhi stops him and asks him "Enna paa, satta sabaikku thaniya vara?" (Why have you come alone to the assembly?)
Gabtun looks up at Kalaignar and replies in style "Singam thaniya thaan varum...panni thaan kootama varum" (Lion comes alone, only pigs flock in numbers)
Then Gabtun makes him traditional sound....Awunnn.....(with hands on his hips)
Kalaignar faints....
Yawn.......
Just over a day to go for the weekend...It's been a lazy start to the week, actually....
For the whole of Monday and Tuesday, I did not have much work...
On Monday, colleagues at work asked me to draft a mail cum poll for an outstation tour. We were short-listing the locations for the tour. We discussed about Kutraalam, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Elagiri and Coorg. Coorg was withdrawn from the list since it was quite far away and required some time for travel. So, Ooty and Kodaikanal were our final choices. The response for the tour was along expected lines. No girl was interested in coming...we were a relieved lot...
Last year around this time, I had organized a tour to Yercaud.....we had good fun there...of course, no girls on that tour as well. I guess the girls knew what we 'd be upto and decided to abstain from voting.
A bunch of friends here at office have formed a fictitious group called "ABAMK (Agila Bodhai Aikiya Munnani Kazagam)".
Our job: Grab a bottle of beer and settle down in a round table conference.
The poll results were out and here are the statistics....
Total people in 3 projects: > 200
Number of people who voted: 46
People who chose Kodaikanal: 18
People who chose Ooty : 3
And among the 18 who chose Kodai, 14 were honorary members of ABAMK. So Monday went off like this...
Tuesday was again a boring affair...going around everyone's seats asking everyone for money....
Got some work on Wednesday morning...but can't continue the work today because the files were not present on the client's machine.
Yawn....
For the whole of Monday and Tuesday, I did not have much work...
On Monday, colleagues at work asked me to draft a mail cum poll for an outstation tour. We were short-listing the locations for the tour. We discussed about Kutraalam, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Elagiri and Coorg. Coorg was withdrawn from the list since it was quite far away and required some time for travel. So, Ooty and Kodaikanal were our final choices. The response for the tour was along expected lines. No girl was interested in coming...we were a relieved lot...
Last year around this time, I had organized a tour to Yercaud.....we had good fun there...of course, no girls on that tour as well. I guess the girls knew what we 'd be upto and decided to abstain from voting.
A bunch of friends here at office have formed a fictitious group called "ABAMK (Agila Bodhai Aikiya Munnani Kazagam)".
Our job: Grab a bottle of beer and settle down in a round table conference.
The poll results were out and here are the statistics....
Total people in 3 projects: > 200
Number of people who voted: 46
People who chose Kodaikanal: 18
People who chose Ooty : 3
And among the 18 who chose Kodai, 14 were honorary members of ABAMK. So Monday went off like this...
Tuesday was again a boring affair...going around everyone's seats asking everyone for money....
Got some work on Wednesday morning...but can't continue the work today because the files were not present on the client's machine.
Yawn....
Friday, May 26, 2006
Arjun Singh - The Senile Moron
For those who don't know Arjun Singh, he happens to be one among the 543 idiots that were wrongly elected to Parliament by the people of India. Unfortunately, he also happens to be the Union HRD Minister.
He is 93 years old, talks sense sometimes, but rubbish most of the time.....and is a vily old fox!!
Ever since his announcement that the government will go ahead with the proposed 27% reservation for the Other Backward Castes(OBC's) in premier educational institutions, he 's been under the line of fire....Lets analyze some of the reasons for this proposal...
Reason #1: Arjun Singh just happened to refer the Mandal Commission report on reservation of seats/jobs for the socially backward people. This report was presented to the Indian Parliament way back in 1980 and was partially implemented by the then prime Minster V.P. Singh. The hero relies on the facts that were collected in 1980 and wishes to reserve seats for the Other Backward class people in colleges now. He shows a deaf ear to the current sitation prevalent in India.
Reason 2: The Congress wishes to stay in power for the next tenure, so they want to implement this policy as soon as possible. This way, they 'll get votes from the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Other Backward Class people, who form a majority of the Indian population. This is what we call Vote-Bank politics.
But what the Congress doesn't know is that, a good portion of the OBC's themselves are against reservation.
Reason 3: Brahmins, who were the creators of the so-called caste system then, have to eat dust now. They want the situation to do a full U-turn. The reason they give is that, brahmins hold key positions in important organisations and they have been doing that for a long time now. They need to be replaced at any cost!!
Let me tell you something, I am all for the upliftment of the socially and economically poor. But I am totally opposed to this stupid policy of reservation by the government.
Let's take a situation....an ordinary student and an SC/ST/OBC student...
an ordinary student studies almost 12 hours a day for 2 years to get into an IIT...and if he gets through, he is able to manage the demanding schedule because of this rigorous training...
This many not be true in all cases, but this does happen....
An SC/ST/OBC guy attends classes, but scores just 40% of the marks the other guy has scored. But he gets an admit to the IIT. Now who do you think will manage to complete the course? Who do you think recruiters will prefer? Who do you think will contribute to society?
Premier educational instituitions are the heart of India. Think how you feel when someone partially blocks the blood circulating to your heart and brain.....do you feel like you are alive??? Well that's how we look to other countries.....
The jewels of a nation are its youth....and if you don't allow youth to prosper on merit...well then, just throw the country to the Dogs!!!
Jai Hind!!
He is 93 years old, talks sense sometimes, but rubbish most of the time.....and is a vily old fox!!
Ever since his announcement that the government will go ahead with the proposed 27% reservation for the Other Backward Castes(OBC's) in premier educational institutions, he 's been under the line of fire....Lets analyze some of the reasons for this proposal...
Reason #1: Arjun Singh just happened to refer the Mandal Commission report on reservation of seats/jobs for the socially backward people. This report was presented to the Indian Parliament way back in 1980 and was partially implemented by the then prime Minster V.P. Singh. The hero relies on the facts that were collected in 1980 and wishes to reserve seats for the Other Backward class people in colleges now. He shows a deaf ear to the current sitation prevalent in India.
Reason 2: The Congress wishes to stay in power for the next tenure, so they want to implement this policy as soon as possible. This way, they 'll get votes from the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Other Backward Class people, who form a majority of the Indian population. This is what we call Vote-Bank politics.
But what the Congress doesn't know is that, a good portion of the OBC's themselves are against reservation.
Reason 3: Brahmins, who were the creators of the so-called caste system then, have to eat dust now. They want the situation to do a full U-turn. The reason they give is that, brahmins hold key positions in important organisations and they have been doing that for a long time now. They need to be replaced at any cost!!
Let me tell you something, I am all for the upliftment of the socially and economically poor. But I am totally opposed to this stupid policy of reservation by the government.
Let's take a situation....an ordinary student and an SC/ST/OBC student...
an ordinary student studies almost 12 hours a day for 2 years to get into an IIT...and if he gets through, he is able to manage the demanding schedule because of this rigorous training...
This many not be true in all cases, but this does happen....
An SC/ST/OBC guy attends classes, but scores just 40% of the marks the other guy has scored. But he gets an admit to the IIT. Now who do you think will manage to complete the course? Who do you think recruiters will prefer? Who do you think will contribute to society?
Premier educational instituitions are the heart of India. Think how you feel when someone partially blocks the blood circulating to your heart and brain.....do you feel like you are alive??? Well that's how we look to other countries.....
The jewels of a nation are its youth....and if you don't allow youth to prosper on merit...well then, just throw the country to the Dogs!!!
Jai Hind!!
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
An article on Reservation
This article - courtesy 'The Economic Times'
ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in
Wipro?"
As expected most of the posts agree with him...
here is someone who put his pt in a v diff way.. :))
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I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely
support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start
the
reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation
for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should
be
modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST
player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and
a
six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player
scoring
60 runs should be declared as a century.
We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like
Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers
should
bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any
delivery
above this speed should be made illegal.
Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an
OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.
There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST
and
OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and
politicians (that can really help the country.. )
Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the
ministers
and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)
Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...
Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of
being an INDIAN..
May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...
ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in
Wipro?"
As expected most of the posts agree with him...
here is someone who put his pt in a v diff way.. :))
--------------------------------------------------------
I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely
support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start
the
reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation
for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should
be
modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST
player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and
a
six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player
scoring
60 runs should be declared as a century.
We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like
Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers
should
bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any
delivery
above this speed should be made illegal.
Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an
OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.
There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST
and
OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and
politicians (that can really help the country.. )
Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the
ministers
and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)
Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...
Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of
being an INDIAN..
May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...
Saturday, May 13, 2006
I'm Back....
All of 83 years.....being elected Chief Minister a record fifth time...
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is the person I'm talking about...
Here's a partial list of his promises to the electorate during the election campaigning...
1. Free Color Television sets for people below the poverty line....
2. Rice @ Rs. 2 per kg
3. Waiver of all the loans held by the farmers at the co-operative society
He's already fulfilled number 2.....but lets see how long he keeps his word. Apart from this, he has promised a cent of land for every landless farmer...Popular leaders have asked him a very simple question...."Where's the land to simply giveaway for free? Has he bought some land in outer space or in the skies?"
How long then will taxpayers' money be given to the masses as freebies? I'm not the only person asking this question...the whole of India asks this...
I have a gut feeling that he 'll give away the TV sets just in time before the next elections...so that people will appreciate the good will that he has and vote for him again...
During J's tenure, Tamil Nadu was voted as the 'Best Protector State' by India Today magazine...Lets' see how Mr. K lives up to the reputation....
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Mid-term exams @ College
This incident happened during my first year at college.....the mid-term exams were about to start and the seating arrangements for the exams had just been announced.
Exams....i really hated them. But, i was in for a pleasant surprise!!!
I belonged to 'D' batch in the first year at college....and as per the seating arrangement, we were supposed to sit with another batch of students....and sight-seeing was a pain with this batch....except for one or two people... you know what i mean!!
And then on the day of the first exam...Lady Luck had answered prayers that I hadn't asked for....
nay, I didn't ask for a tough question paper...but (let's call her 'X') 'X' came and sat near me...I gave her a big wide smile and almost brought my handkerchief to my mouth....she smiled back....
I happened to be seated on the first bench...i turned around to see all my classmates and woooow...boy ,were their stomachs on fire!!!!
Though 'X' seemed to sit near me, my performance in the exams never seemed to improve, though....then came the turning point...
Before the start of the Physics exam, we just had a little casual chat...
she asked me what my favorite subject was...and i said Electronics...and then she said..."I am not really good in that subject"...
I wanted to blurt "I can help you out in that subject"...but then, she said "I wish I could do well in that exam"....I got a feeling that she didn't like the subject that much.....So I decided that I could at least help her in some way...
Physics exam had got over and Chemistry was up next and Electonics was about 3 days away...D' Oh! but who bothered....
I took up the Electronics book and started reading....MOSFET, JFET, BJT's....I would write an essay even if someone asked about it in my sleep....
D'day came and well, the question and answer papers had been distributed and I started writing like mad and placed my Electronics answer papers on one side. She seemed to be in oblivion....I wondered what was stopping her...She hadn't written much on her answer sheet and that was bothering me...
She didn't look at my answer papers, though I had put in so much preparation....
Finally after the exams got over I ran after her and asked here "Why didn't you look at my answers...I told you Electronics was my favorite subject"...she asked "Did you actually say that?...I'm sorry, I forgot about that....Lets see the next exam"...Aww...ED was the next exam and I was absolutely scared of ED...
I felt like all my preparations had gone waste.....well, I did get the highest mark in Electronics....but it was of no use to me!!!
Exams....i really hated them. But, i was in for a pleasant surprise!!!
I belonged to 'D' batch in the first year at college....and as per the seating arrangement, we were supposed to sit with another batch of students....and sight-seeing was a pain with this batch....except for one or two people... you know what i mean!!
And then on the day of the first exam...Lady Luck had answered prayers that I hadn't asked for....
nay, I didn't ask for a tough question paper...but (let's call her 'X') 'X' came and sat near me...I gave her a big wide smile and almost brought my handkerchief to my mouth....she smiled back....
I happened to be seated on the first bench...i turned around to see all my classmates and woooow...boy ,were their stomachs on fire!!!!
Though 'X' seemed to sit near me, my performance in the exams never seemed to improve, though....then came the turning point...
Before the start of the Physics exam, we just had a little casual chat...
she asked me what my favorite subject was...and i said Electronics...and then she said..."I am not really good in that subject"...
I wanted to blurt "I can help you out in that subject"...but then, she said "I wish I could do well in that exam"....I got a feeling that she didn't like the subject that much.....So I decided that I could at least help her in some way...
Physics exam had got over and Chemistry was up next and Electonics was about 3 days away...D' Oh! but who bothered....
I took up the Electronics book and started reading....MOSFET, JFET, BJT's....I would write an essay even if someone asked about it in my sleep....
D'day came and well, the question and answer papers had been distributed and I started writing like mad and placed my Electronics answer papers on one side. She seemed to be in oblivion....I wondered what was stopping her...She hadn't written much on her answer sheet and that was bothering me...
She didn't look at my answer papers, though I had put in so much preparation....
Finally after the exams got over I ran after her and asked here "Why didn't you look at my answers...I told you Electronics was my favorite subject"...she asked "Did you actually say that?...I'm sorry, I forgot about that....Lets see the next exam"...Aww...ED was the next exam and I was absolutely scared of ED...
I felt like all my preparations had gone waste.....well, I did get the highest mark in Electronics....but it was of no use to me!!!
Friday, March 24, 2006
Sachin...Sachin
Sachin..Sachin..
Sachin Tendulkar 1, Mumbai crowd 0...read the headlines on The Hindustan Times the day after India’s first innings debacle against England at Mumbai.
Well, the reason behind the headline…Sachin was booed off the field for scoring a solitary run off 21 balls in his home country and home ground..how many people have been given such a treatment?? Does he actually deserve it?
Let’s have a look at the stats…..miserable scores in the last 8 test innings….
Moreover, not even a single 50 or a 100 in these innings…. A tagline which would bemuse bowlers world over….Tendulkar himself wouldn’t be proud of this…
Reporters at home craving for his neck, giving headlines such as ‘Endulkar’, ‘lacking in confidence’... In my opinion, this is all absolute rubbish…
For a man who has been a good son to Indian cricket for 17 years now, is this the treatment that his home crowd gives him? Absolute shame on Mumbai. How can they ever do this? Indian cricket fans tend to suffer from amnesia of some sort...and most cricket fans say that he has never scored a match winning knock….
Now, lets rewind 16 years back….to Sialkot in 1989...a 16 year old kid facing Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram…possibly the fastest bowlers around that time...scoring a 50 against that sort of an attack...the world then noticed a special talent that India had...a batsman who would infuse fear in the bowlers’ mind, giving them nightmares before they even bowled to him...A one man demolition army…
Comment: Sachin hasn’t played a match winning knock to date…
You call that an accusation?…..how many times have you enjoyed watching Sachin play...praying all the time that he stay at the crease...have you forgotten all that?? Have you?
For a long time, Sachin used to stand tall amidst Indian ruins….and the Indian public would not notice the way the whole team has played, but would simply tell that he hadn’t played any match-winning knock..A match winning knock would necessarily need some support from other batsmen...but when nobody gave him support, how could you expect him to provide that?
Against New Zealand in 1994, when Sidhu was unavailable for opening the innings, Sachin was asked to open….and the result, a stunning 82 from 49 balls faced...winning us the match
Against Australia in 1996 World Cup @ the Wankhede..thrashing McGrath all over the park leaving him frustrated and gnawing at his cap…
Rewind back to Sharjah in 1998…when he single handedly won us the match against Australia…..wouldn’t you love to see that match again and again on Ten Sports ‘ Great Innings?
Bangladesh – Independence Cup 1998 – Sachin thrashed Saqlain Mushtaq for six the very first ball he faced
Against Pakistan in Chennai – suffering from severe back pain and taking India to the brink of victory, only for India to lose…
World cup 2003 - match against Pakistan when he thrashed Shoaib Akhtar out of the park….. But all people remembered was his failure in the final of the World Cup 2003 against Australia…
and there are so many instances...
16 years of hard cricket has taken its toll on his body….major surgeries apart, the battered soldier still has the heart, mind and body of a 16 year old kid on the cricket field…one cannot expect Sachin to play the same attacking way he used to play some time back….
Let me explain the feeling of watching a Sachin in free flow @ the Chepauk against Australia in 1998. I had my Standard 10 exams the next week….but sneaked out of home along with my friends to watch a special knock…
The time I entered the stadium, Rahul Dravid had just got out on 51 and Sachin was not out on 60….Sachin danced down the track and almost played all the shots in the book to Shane Warne, leaving him flabbergasted….watching him play was like a dream come true for me….. I had seen him on TV…but seeing him disband bowlers with such ease was a treat for me..
Comment: Sachin should retire now…
Oh Yeah…and have you found a replacement??...the replacement should be a person who is a great batsman, a swing/ off-spin/ leg-spin/ off-break/ leg-break bowler and a great fielder/ athlete….come one, have you found one? Well, then. Who’s filling up the void…?
The Indian public are nothing short of traitors…. Baying for Sachin’s blood whenever he fails and praising him when he scores…
I believe he still has the energy to keep him going for another 3 years at least….
You must read this article….Watching Sachin leave
And you still believe Sachin must retire? Huh….then God save Indian Cricket…
Sachin Tendulkar 1, Mumbai crowd 0...read the headlines on The Hindustan Times the day after India’s first innings debacle against England at Mumbai.
Well, the reason behind the headline…Sachin was booed off the field for scoring a solitary run off 21 balls in his home country and home ground..how many people have been given such a treatment?? Does he actually deserve it?
Let’s have a look at the stats…..miserable scores in the last 8 test innings….
Moreover, not even a single 50 or a 100 in these innings…. A tagline which would bemuse bowlers world over….Tendulkar himself wouldn’t be proud of this…
Reporters at home craving for his neck, giving headlines such as ‘Endulkar’, ‘lacking in confidence’... In my opinion, this is all absolute rubbish…
For a man who has been a good son to Indian cricket for 17 years now, is this the treatment that his home crowd gives him? Absolute shame on Mumbai. How can they ever do this? Indian cricket fans tend to suffer from amnesia of some sort...and most cricket fans say that he has never scored a match winning knock….
Now, lets rewind 16 years back….to Sialkot in 1989...a 16 year old kid facing Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram…possibly the fastest bowlers around that time...scoring a 50 against that sort of an attack...the world then noticed a special talent that India had...a batsman who would infuse fear in the bowlers’ mind, giving them nightmares before they even bowled to him...A one man demolition army…
Comment: Sachin hasn’t played a match winning knock to date…
You call that an accusation?…..how many times have you enjoyed watching Sachin play...praying all the time that he stay at the crease...have you forgotten all that?? Have you?
For a long time, Sachin used to stand tall amidst Indian ruins….and the Indian public would not notice the way the whole team has played, but would simply tell that he hadn’t played any match-winning knock..A match winning knock would necessarily need some support from other batsmen...but when nobody gave him support, how could you expect him to provide that?
Against New Zealand in 1994, when Sidhu was unavailable for opening the innings, Sachin was asked to open….and the result, a stunning 82 from 49 balls faced...winning us the match
Against Australia in 1996 World Cup @ the Wankhede..thrashing McGrath all over the park leaving him frustrated and gnawing at his cap…
Rewind back to Sharjah in 1998…when he single handedly won us the match against Australia…..wouldn’t you love to see that match again and again on Ten Sports ‘ Great Innings?
Bangladesh – Independence Cup 1998 – Sachin thrashed Saqlain Mushtaq for six the very first ball he faced
Against Pakistan in Chennai – suffering from severe back pain and taking India to the brink of victory, only for India to lose…
World cup 2003 - match against Pakistan when he thrashed Shoaib Akhtar out of the park….. But all people remembered was his failure in the final of the World Cup 2003 against Australia…
and there are so many instances...
16 years of hard cricket has taken its toll on his body….major surgeries apart, the battered soldier still has the heart, mind and body of a 16 year old kid on the cricket field…one cannot expect Sachin to play the same attacking way he used to play some time back….
Let me explain the feeling of watching a Sachin in free flow @ the Chepauk against Australia in 1998. I had my Standard 10 exams the next week….but sneaked out of home along with my friends to watch a special knock…
The time I entered the stadium, Rahul Dravid had just got out on 51 and Sachin was not out on 60….Sachin danced down the track and almost played all the shots in the book to Shane Warne, leaving him flabbergasted….watching him play was like a dream come true for me….. I had seen him on TV…but seeing him disband bowlers with such ease was a treat for me..
Comment: Sachin should retire now…
Oh Yeah…and have you found a replacement??...the replacement should be a person who is a great batsman, a swing/ off-spin/ leg-spin/ off-break/ leg-break bowler and a great fielder/ athlete….come one, have you found one? Well, then. Who’s filling up the void…?
The Indian public are nothing short of traitors…. Baying for Sachin’s blood whenever he fails and praising him when he scores…
I believe he still has the energy to keep him going for another 3 years at least….
You must read this article….Watching Sachin leave
And you still believe Sachin must retire? Huh….then God save Indian Cricket…
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
One day in the Life of J.P.R
Long long ago...when MGR used to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the hero of our story was a henchman.
Currently, he is the chairman of around 6 engin(err)ing instutions...owns a dairy, sells bakery products and has around 50 acres of barren land on the Old mahabalipuram road....well, I am talking about J.P.R
Lets see how our hero starts off his day...
Morning around 6 o clock....he goes for a jog in his traditional outfit...white veshti and white shirt with Nike shoes...
an assistant jogs with him all the time.
7 o clock...comes back to the house...has tiffen and goes to the college administrative office thereafter...
his house is located in between 3 engineering colleges....he owns around 10 Mercs...all of them white...and he uses them to travel across locations..
8 o clock...all college students assemble at the 'Pandhal'...
this is where the fun starts...
our hero tries to speak english....but makes mistakes at the press of a button...
here are some samples...
I have two daughters...both are girls..
he explains a situation to the crowd when he was going by car and all the cattle and hen were crossing the road and he was finding it difficult to drive on the road...
he says "I driving car...chicken , mutton crossing the road, i drive car to all corner..."
Now, here's one more funny incident...
Normally, outside the computer labs, one finds an instruction "Please leave your shoes outside the lab"....one fine day, the students were in for a surprise...in place of the shoes, Underwear was written in Block letters!!!!
Around 12 o clock : One can find J.P.R going around the campus on a white Merc, ushering everyone to have lunch....
gets back to the office after having Lunch....gives punishment to students who have broken the college rules...
5 o clock : College closes for the day...and parents come to meet our hero...he likes being called as "Ayya"....he sits on the Diwan wearing a new pair of Nike shoes and a white shirt...
The guy who once reigned terror in the city is now the laughing stock !!!!
Currently, he is the chairman of around 6 engin(err)ing instutions...owns a dairy, sells bakery products and has around 50 acres of barren land on the Old mahabalipuram road....well, I am talking about J.P.R
Lets see how our hero starts off his day...
Morning around 6 o clock....he goes for a jog in his traditional outfit...white veshti and white shirt with Nike shoes...
an assistant jogs with him all the time.
7 o clock...comes back to the house...has tiffen and goes to the college administrative office thereafter...
his house is located in between 3 engineering colleges....he owns around 10 Mercs...all of them white...and he uses them to travel across locations..
8 o clock...all college students assemble at the 'Pandhal'...
this is where the fun starts...
our hero tries to speak english....but makes mistakes at the press of a button...
here are some samples...
I have two daughters...both are girls..
he explains a situation to the crowd when he was going by car and all the cattle and hen were crossing the road and he was finding it difficult to drive on the road...
he says "I driving car...chicken , mutton crossing the road, i drive car to all corner..."
Now, here's one more funny incident...
Normally, outside the computer labs, one finds an instruction "Please leave your shoes outside the lab"....one fine day, the students were in for a surprise...in place of the shoes, Underwear was written in Block letters!!!!
Around 12 o clock : One can find J.P.R going around the campus on a white Merc, ushering everyone to have lunch....
gets back to the office after having Lunch....gives punishment to students who have broken the college rules...
5 o clock : College closes for the day...and parents come to meet our hero...he likes being called as "Ayya"....he sits on the Diwan wearing a new pair of Nike shoes and a white shirt...
The guy who once reigned terror in the city is now the laughing stock !!!!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Cricketers of yesteryear
I was reading this post by Sidin and fell down from my chair laughing.....
I have some more cricketers in mind and shall write in detail about them....
Rajesh Chauhan: He was once part of an attack comprising Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy Raju, Venkatesh Prasad and Javagal Srinath.
Except the last and the first bowler, the batsman would have to wait for eternity for the ball to reach them...
Rajesh Chauhan was an Off break bowler...but seeing the way he used to spin the ball, the batsman would get hypnotized and start 'Bharatanatyam' on the pitch.
Henry Olonga: A cricketer from Zimbabwe who had a body attached to a thousand threads of black hair..
Olonga got the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in a crucial encounter at Sharjah....he gave a big glare at Sachin and was jumping for joy....but Sachin didn't look at him....little did Olonga know that he was in for the punishment of a lifetime in the final encounter....
Sachin and Sourav smashed him to all parts of the park....Olonga cut his hair on frustration that day!!
Shoaib Akhtar: Revered as the 'fastest' bowler in the planet....he was gearing up for the battle between India and Pakistan on March 1. Apparently, he had told in a TV interview, a day before the match, that Indian batsmen weren't comfortable with quality pace...
He never knew that he'd get a thrashing reply very early on in the match....Sachin smashed him for 23 runs in his first over...a beating which he still remembers!!!
Robin Smith: A West-Indian by birth....Robin was a powerful man and was used by the Indian lower order for some lusty hitting and useful bowling...
Robin's batting used to be his hallmark....any bowler who used to bowl on the offside was smashed for a boundary or a six on the leg side...he was the harry potter of the Indian team then...swish and flick used to be his mantra...bowl to him straight and he 'd play all around it....looking as if a child had played with his toys all scattered around...
Do you remember any funny cricketers??? do post your comments....
I have some more cricketers in mind and shall write in detail about them....
Rajesh Chauhan: He was once part of an attack comprising Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy Raju, Venkatesh Prasad and Javagal Srinath.
Except the last and the first bowler, the batsman would have to wait for eternity for the ball to reach them...
Rajesh Chauhan was an Off break bowler...but seeing the way he used to spin the ball, the batsman would get hypnotized and start 'Bharatanatyam' on the pitch.
Henry Olonga: A cricketer from Zimbabwe who had a body attached to a thousand threads of black hair..
Olonga got the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in a crucial encounter at Sharjah....he gave a big glare at Sachin and was jumping for joy....but Sachin didn't look at him....little did Olonga know that he was in for the punishment of a lifetime in the final encounter....
Sachin and Sourav smashed him to all parts of the park....Olonga cut his hair on frustration that day!!
Shoaib Akhtar: Revered as the 'fastest' bowler in the planet....he was gearing up for the battle between India and Pakistan on March 1. Apparently, he had told in a TV interview, a day before the match, that Indian batsmen weren't comfortable with quality pace...
He never knew that he'd get a thrashing reply very early on in the match....Sachin smashed him for 23 runs in his first over...a beating which he still remembers!!!
Robin Smith: A West-Indian by birth....Robin was a powerful man and was used by the Indian lower order for some lusty hitting and useful bowling...
Robin's batting used to be his hallmark....any bowler who used to bowl on the offside was smashed for a boundary or a six on the leg side...he was the harry potter of the Indian team then...swish and flick used to be his mantra...bowl to him straight and he 'd play all around it....looking as if a child had played with his toys all scattered around...
Do you remember any funny cricketers??? do post your comments....
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Oh! Those scenes
You might have seen / heard in Tamil cinema, some dialogues/ scenes that are oft said in a critical situation....lets take a look at some of those..
Naan enna solla varein na...(what I'm trying to say is)..
The situation in which the person says this dialogue is when..
a pious daughter-in-law is being tortured by the villainous mother-in-law..and even if the d-in-law tries to open her mouth to say this...she is tortured...
the hero's lover sees our hero with some girl...and thinks that she's the new lover...
but our hero has a hard time convincing the heroine about who the other person is....
the heroine hardly listens...keeps on repeating this dialogue..
At the hospital....the doctor says "innum oru nimasham late a iruntha, ivaru uyirukke aabathu a poi irukkum..."
"had you brought him 1 minute late...he wouldn't have survived..."
the hero would have just fallen down on the road with minor bruises...but the doctor tells his friends this dialogue...
Scene : Hero's family is kidnapped
and hero is tied deliberately with loose threads, villains are sleeping and hero beats up everyone...there is a vehicle ready with full petrol tank...
in the meantime, hero's family has been placed at a secret location by the villain...
villain asks his guys to watch for the hero from a watch tower...
hero is actually a sniffer dog and tracks down his family's location right down to the last metre...
hero fires from 1 km using a 50m rifle...man from the watch tower falls down on impact of the bullet...amazing stuff!!
Two men die on a single bullet shot. Want to see how this happens....I'd recommend watching a Cabtun movie....
Terrorist is caught :
Well, you guessed it right....this happens in most Cabtun movies...
a terrorist falls into a devious trap....Cabtun comes down for investigation...
Cabtun starts talking about patriotism....after some time, blood starts leaking out of the terrorist's ears...he takes the cyanide capsule and takes his life with him and says "This is a better death than listening to your patriotic words..."
Naan enna solla varein na...(what I'm trying to say is)..
The situation in which the person says this dialogue is when..
a pious daughter-in-law is being tortured by the villainous mother-in-law..and even if the d-in-law tries to open her mouth to say this...she is tortured...
the hero's lover sees our hero with some girl...and thinks that she's the new lover...
but our hero has a hard time convincing the heroine about who the other person is....
the heroine hardly listens...keeps on repeating this dialogue..
At the hospital....the doctor says "innum oru nimasham late a iruntha, ivaru uyirukke aabathu a poi irukkum..."
"had you brought him 1 minute late...he wouldn't have survived..."
the hero would have just fallen down on the road with minor bruises...but the doctor tells his friends this dialogue...
Scene : Hero's family is kidnapped
and hero is tied deliberately with loose threads, villains are sleeping and hero beats up everyone...there is a vehicle ready with full petrol tank...
in the meantime, hero's family has been placed at a secret location by the villain...
villain asks his guys to watch for the hero from a watch tower...
hero is actually a sniffer dog and tracks down his family's location right down to the last metre...
hero fires from 1 km using a 50m rifle...man from the watch tower falls down on impact of the bullet...amazing stuff!!
Two men die on a single bullet shot. Want to see how this happens....I'd recommend watching a Cabtun movie....
Terrorist is caught :
Well, you guessed it right....this happens in most Cabtun movies...
a terrorist falls into a devious trap....Cabtun comes down for investigation...
Cabtun starts talking about patriotism....after some time, blood starts leaking out of the terrorist's ears...he takes the cyanide capsule and takes his life with him and says "This is a better death than listening to your patriotic words..."
Sunday, February 12, 2006
War of the browsers
Wonder why i am changing the blog template every now and then??
Here's the reason why...I was experimenting with new browsers on my system...let me give you a rundown of the various browsers avaliable...
Losers start first in my listing....so a microsoft product starts first...
1. Internet Explorer : Well, what's so special about this browser...It is quite fast...renders everything well...asp scripts run like a breeze...but, the reason is obvious....microsoft have integrated windows explorer into it...so by the time Windows is booted and loaded as a Desktop, you already have some parts of IE running somewhere in the background...
So much so, if IE were to be paid software, it would be like having a cricket ground 10km under the sea....
er, well, what i was trying to say was no one would even go near it...
Subsequent browsers are not losers though!!
2. Mozilla: Originally, Netscape navigator was based on this browser...the name of the browser is derived from a Dragon
type 'about:mozilla' on a blank location bar and press enter...
Mozilla combines a Mail client, messenger and other useful tools...
3. Flock: Yet another browser based on the Mozilla engine....but visit their site Flock...they 'll say they are different from Mozilla. Well, i am using this browser now...I don't find too many dissimilar things between Mozilla and Flock....
but, one good thing is, its got a Blog toolbar...you can type in your name and sign into blogspot without actually going to the site...
You can actually try using this browser...good starting point...
4. Opera: This software was famous for being the 'carry-on-a-floppy' browser...
Big things come in small packages, very true in this case....
It is power packed, its got tabbed browsing, you can skin it.....save passwords...it is pretty fast...and can even override Javascript pages sometimes...
Till recently, it was Paid software....but they seem to have succumbed to the pressure of Mozilla Firefox...and made it free software....I would recommend this browser for a totally new browsing experience...
5. Mozilla Firefox: The God of all browsers....It is fast, mean and works on all platforms....tabbed browsing, a maze of plugins, plethora of skins....makes browsing as easy as possible....and will it ever crash.... possibilities are very very bleak....A highly recommended browser...
Do check out these browsers and have fun!!
Bye,
SilpaKumar
Here's the reason why...I was experimenting with new browsers on my system...let me give you a rundown of the various browsers avaliable...
Losers start first in my listing....so a microsoft product starts first...
1. Internet Explorer : Well, what's so special about this browser...It is quite fast...renders everything well...asp scripts run like a breeze...but, the reason is obvious....microsoft have integrated windows explorer into it...so by the time Windows is booted and loaded as a Desktop, you already have some parts of IE running somewhere in the background...
So much so, if IE were to be paid software, it would be like having a cricket ground 10km under the sea....
er, well, what i was trying to say was no one would even go near it...
Subsequent browsers are not losers though!!
2. Mozilla: Originally, Netscape navigator was based on this browser...the name of the browser is derived from a Dragon
type 'about:mozilla' on a blank location bar and press enter...
Mozilla combines a Mail client, messenger and other useful tools...
3. Flock: Yet another browser based on the Mozilla engine....but visit their site Flock...they 'll say they are different from Mozilla. Well, i am using this browser now...I don't find too many dissimilar things between Mozilla and Flock....
but, one good thing is, its got a Blog toolbar...you can type in your name and sign into blogspot without actually going to the site...
You can actually try using this browser...good starting point...
4. Opera: This software was famous for being the 'carry-on-a-floppy' browser...
Big things come in small packages, very true in this case....
It is power packed, its got tabbed browsing, you can skin it.....save passwords...it is pretty fast...and can even override Javascript pages sometimes...
Till recently, it was Paid software....but they seem to have succumbed to the pressure of Mozilla Firefox...and made it free software....I would recommend this browser for a totally new browsing experience...
5. Mozilla Firefox: The God of all browsers....It is fast, mean and works on all platforms....tabbed browsing, a maze of plugins, plethora of skins....makes browsing as easy as possible....and will it ever crash.... possibilities are very very bleak....A highly recommended browser...
Do check out these browsers and have fun!!
Bye,
SilpaKumar
Friday, February 10, 2006
The Lorry driver
The incident I am going to narrate happened a few years back at my friend's house...
A lorry stopped in front of my friend's house. His house is located halfway down the street. The lorry driver came down and asked my friend the way to a particular street. My friend had absolutely no clue about where the street was, but he didn't want to disappoint the driver, so he just said....go straight, take a right, you'll come to the main road...take a right from there, you'll enter a street and then take another right...
The lorry driver thanked my friend and got onto the lorry...
I was wondering what my friend had just said...four right turns would lead the lorry driver to the same place where he stopped for asking directions!!!!!
We decided to run somewhere and hide....we watched as the hapless lorry driver take 4 right turns and landed in the same place....D'uh!! what a dumb driver.....
he got down from the lorry, gave a glaring look at my friend's house....what else could he do????? I guess if he had got hold of my fried, he would have got the soundest thrashing ever!!!!
But, alas, he just left the place...
A lorry stopped in front of my friend's house. His house is located halfway down the street. The lorry driver came down and asked my friend the way to a particular street. My friend had absolutely no clue about where the street was, but he didn't want to disappoint the driver, so he just said....go straight, take a right, you'll come to the main road...take a right from there, you'll enter a street and then take another right...
The lorry driver thanked my friend and got onto the lorry...
I was wondering what my friend had just said...four right turns would lead the lorry driver to the same place where he stopped for asking directions!!!!!
We decided to run somewhere and hide....we watched as the hapless lorry driver take 4 right turns and landed in the same place....D'uh!! what a dumb driver.....
he got down from the lorry, gave a glaring look at my friend's house....what else could he do????? I guess if he had got hold of my fried, he would have got the soundest thrashing ever!!!!
But, alas, he just left the place...
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Movie Updates
What is Kollywood upto this time of the year?
Will Cabtun win the elections this year?
What is TB patient Ajith doing?
answers to these questions and more....in this edition of 'Velakennai'...your weekly dose of chit-chat...
Sources in the Tamil movie industry say that actor Prasanna still is reeling from the effects of the umpteen slaps he received from Laila during the shoot of 'Kanda Naal Muthal'
'Adutha thadava election a jaikka porathu naanga thaango' koovugiraar Cabtun.
Cabtun is banking on his yet-to-be-released movies to win him seats for the election.
Cabtun stars as a Software Engineer a.k.a Farm Expert a.k.a Police Commissioner a.k.a All in All Azhagu Raaja...
In the recently concluded match between Kollywood and Tollywood, little super hairy star Chimpu won the prize for the biggest mouth....
Proud Dad T. Rajendar won a prize money for donating most hair to a barber shop. Sources say that close to 10 Onyx lorries were brought to the saloon to clean up the hair!!
Prashanth has asked Shaam to dub his voice for his next movie as their actions and moves are distinctly similar...
Actress Shalini finally decided to feed Ajith after she had kept him hungry for 265.224 days. The neighbours wanted to donate Ajith's skeleton to the Madras Medical College students...but then Shalini decided to feed Ajith..
more hot news in the next edition of 'Velakennai'....'Velakennai' (echoes...)
Will Cabtun win the elections this year?
What is TB patient Ajith doing?
answers to these questions and more....in this edition of 'Velakennai'...your weekly dose of chit-chat...
Sources in the Tamil movie industry say that actor Prasanna still is reeling from the effects of the umpteen slaps he received from Laila during the shoot of 'Kanda Naal Muthal'
'Adutha thadava election a jaikka porathu naanga thaango' koovugiraar Cabtun.
Cabtun is banking on his yet-to-be-released movies to win him seats for the election.
Cabtun stars as a Software Engineer a.k.a Farm Expert a.k.a Police Commissioner a.k.a All in All Azhagu Raaja...
In the recently concluded match between Kollywood and Tollywood, little super hairy star Chimpu won the prize for the biggest mouth....
Proud Dad T. Rajendar won a prize money for donating most hair to a barber shop. Sources say that close to 10 Onyx lorries were brought to the saloon to clean up the hair!!
Prashanth has asked Shaam to dub his voice for his next movie as their actions and moves are distinctly similar...
Actress Shalini finally decided to feed Ajith after she had kept him hungry for 265.224 days. The neighbours wanted to donate Ajith's skeleton to the Madras Medical College students...but then Shalini decided to feed Ajith..
more hot news in the next edition of 'Velakennai'....'Velakennai' (echoes...)
Monday, February 06, 2006
A Rocking time on the train
2nd february, thursday, evening:
I left early from office to catch a train at 7:45. Reached home by 5:45. Went to shahul's place...and he wants me to goto Rex fashions to pick up his trouser....
I give him a glaring look...and he pleads...i half heartedly consent...
and by the time we start from home, it is already 6:45 and we have to be in Tambaram by 7:45....
We reach Guindy by 7:25, and catch an electric train....but as we near the airport, we get the news that our train has already started....
We rush to the ticket counter to get the tickets cancelled and buy new tickets to go on Rameswaram express. There's no place to sit, no place to stand either....except near the bathroom...another friend who's coming with us is cursing Shahul....
finally the train starts....and we get our seats on reaching Chengalpet...but some more shock treatement awaited us...
Upon reaching Melmaruvathur....a storm of red-clad pilgrims board the train in hundreds...
and our entire corridor stretch has been taken up by these people....
I try to go to the rest room....but i can only see red dresses throughout...
Hmmmm...have to suppress all activities for some time!!!
We reach Villupuram and decide to drink something....we buy three cups of milk...but where's the milk inside???....
It was Hot water 99% mixed with 1% milk.....man, like that was refreshing!!!
Shahul starts sleeping again....but i can hadly sleep without putting myself in a relaxed posture....
We reach Mayavaram at 4 o clock....Ranga comes to the station to pick us up....but he hasn't got the platform ticket....so he ends up paying a fine of 250 bucks....what a start to the morning....
and the adventure ended there.....came back home by around 10:30 Friday night...
I left early from office to catch a train at 7:45. Reached home by 5:45. Went to shahul's place...and he wants me to goto Rex fashions to pick up his trouser....
I give him a glaring look...and he pleads...i half heartedly consent...
and by the time we start from home, it is already 6:45 and we have to be in Tambaram by 7:45....
We reach Guindy by 7:25, and catch an electric train....but as we near the airport, we get the news that our train has already started....
We rush to the ticket counter to get the tickets cancelled and buy new tickets to go on Rameswaram express. There's no place to sit, no place to stand either....except near the bathroom...another friend who's coming with us is cursing Shahul....
finally the train starts....and we get our seats on reaching Chengalpet...but some more shock treatement awaited us...
Upon reaching Melmaruvathur....a storm of red-clad pilgrims board the train in hundreds...
and our entire corridor stretch has been taken up by these people....
I try to go to the rest room....but i can only see red dresses throughout...
Hmmmm...have to suppress all activities for some time!!!
We reach Villupuram and decide to drink something....we buy three cups of milk...but where's the milk inside???....
It was Hot water 99% mixed with 1% milk.....man, like that was refreshing!!!
Shahul starts sleeping again....but i can hadly sleep without putting myself in a relaxed posture....
We reach Mayavaram at 4 o clock....Ranga comes to the station to pick us up....but he hasn't got the platform ticket....so he ends up paying a fine of 250 bucks....what a start to the morning....
and the adventure ended there.....came back home by around 10:30 Friday night...
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
The Chennai Linguist
Listened to the songs from 'Pudupettai' as yet?
If not, listen to a song that goes by the name 'Enga area ulla varaathe'
People from neighbouring states must really envy the large repository of slang words that people possess here. Venture out into some slum areas like Kasimedu, Royapuram and all fishing hamlets.....you'll find a vulgar taste to these words....
Lets start with some colloquial words that you ought to know here...
Vennai (Butter) : Has a brain that is as slippery as Oil on Granite floor (or) is basically like Suppandi.....In case you didn't know, Suppandi is the light headed character in a comic book.
Usage: Poda Vennai...
Paruppu : One who is a big show off....He is like a Project Manager who says he can finish 3 projects in one day!!
Usage: Mansula periya paruppu nu nenaippaa???
Attu : One who involves himself in doing galeej tasks (or) one who does oh-so-stupid tasks in contrast to another
Galeej : Doing something in an awkward manner....
Usage: avunga stage la galeeja dance pannanga da....
Mokkai: One who tries to convince that the others that he is telling something valuable...but is actually killing time....er, something I do often...
Usage: dei...mokkaiya podadha da..
Pazham: The tamil version of a Nerd...imagine a guy with soda bottle glasses sitting in class and all ears to what the professor says....that is one version....
Another version is a guy averse to alcohol....but eats the sidedishes alone...
The great Avvaiyar (Ancient Tamil poet) had dedicated a song to Pazhams....such is the patronage for these people....it goes like this...
Pazham nee appa...Gnana pazham neeyappa... (Fruit you are....Jackfruit you are...)
Kalaai: Tease a guy/ girl not so badly....causing all his/her friends to laugh...but the person finally goes pink in embarassment....
Got any more words???
If not, listen to a song that goes by the name 'Enga area ulla varaathe'
People from neighbouring states must really envy the large repository of slang words that people possess here. Venture out into some slum areas like Kasimedu, Royapuram and all fishing hamlets.....you'll find a vulgar taste to these words....
Lets start with some colloquial words that you ought to know here...
Vennai (Butter) : Has a brain that is as slippery as Oil on Granite floor (or) is basically like Suppandi.....In case you didn't know, Suppandi is the light headed character in a comic book.
Usage: Poda Vennai...
Paruppu : One who is a big show off....He is like a Project Manager who says he can finish 3 projects in one day!!
Usage: Mansula periya paruppu nu nenaippaa???
Attu : One who involves himself in doing galeej tasks (or) one who does oh-so-stupid tasks in contrast to another
Galeej : Doing something in an awkward manner....
Usage: avunga stage la galeeja dance pannanga da....
Mokkai: One who tries to convince that the others that he is telling something valuable...but is actually killing time....er, something I do often...
Usage: dei...mokkaiya podadha da..
Pazham: The tamil version of a Nerd...imagine a guy with soda bottle glasses sitting in class and all ears to what the professor says....that is one version....
Another version is a guy averse to alcohol....but eats the sidedishes alone...
The great Avvaiyar (Ancient Tamil poet) had dedicated a song to Pazhams....such is the patronage for these people....it goes like this...
Pazham nee appa...Gnana pazham neeyappa... (Fruit you are....Jackfruit you are...)
Kalaai: Tease a guy/ girl not so badly....causing all his/her friends to laugh...but the person finally goes pink in embarassment....
Got any more words???
Friday, January 27, 2006
An actor called Vijay
Second only to Rajnikanth….one can never find such a following for an actor in the whole of India.
Let’s compare him to other contemporary heroes...Vikram, Surya, Ajith, Maddy…
Vikram is not very young, but has his head firmly on his shoulders…likewise Surya, because his father is his influence.
Ajith can be appreciated because he made his entry into the cine-field all by himself, but he has a very big mouth that speaks more than what he does!! Maddy is still the handsome guy who came in Sea-Hawks, a Doordarshan serial.
Vijay, Vijay....
Son of a director….God to Tamil youth…what has he achieved better than Rajnikanth to deserve something so special??
In the initial phase of his career, Vijay acted in good movies like Kaathalukku Mariyaadhai, Poove Unakkaaga.
Nowadays, his movies only seem to increase consumption of headache tablets. When any of his movies are getting released, one can find the whole theatre covered with posters and a big queue of fans right from school kids to middle-aged men...all lined-up to see a maniac dance for half an hour in some foreign country and smash up the bad guys the rest of the time...
When did this trend start? Right from a movie called Thirupachi….followed by Udaya, Sachein, Sivakasi, Aadhi…
A string of pure nonsense movies….but all these movies run to packed houses in all theatres over Chennai.
He doesn’t stop with this, shouting punch dialogues at the flick of the eye…
He certainly gives T. Rajender and Gabtun a run for their money!!!
Anti-Vijay fans have now created an SMS template….and send it to people after the release of a new movie.
Saridon, Aspirin, Paracetamol consumption have increased after the release of
Then, there is a message that lists the various ways to commit suicide….
One of them is to watch a new Vijay movie…
Good God, what has happened to Tamil cinema??
Let’s compare him to other contemporary heroes...Vikram, Surya, Ajith, Maddy…
Vikram is not very young, but has his head firmly on his shoulders…likewise Surya, because his father is his influence.
Ajith can be appreciated because he made his entry into the cine-field all by himself, but he has a very big mouth that speaks more than what he does!! Maddy is still the handsome guy who came in Sea-Hawks, a Doordarshan serial.
Vijay, Vijay....
Son of a director….God to Tamil youth…what has he achieved better than Rajnikanth to deserve something so special??
In the initial phase of his career, Vijay acted in good movies like Kaathalukku Mariyaadhai, Poove Unakkaaga.
Nowadays, his movies only seem to increase consumption of headache tablets. When any of his movies are getting released, one can find the whole theatre covered with posters and a big queue of fans right from school kids to middle-aged men...all lined-up to see a maniac dance for half an hour in some foreign country and smash up the bad guys the rest of the time...
When did this trend start? Right from a movie called Thirupachi….followed by Udaya, Sachein, Sivakasi, Aadhi…
A string of pure nonsense movies….but all these movies run to packed houses in all theatres over Chennai.
He doesn’t stop with this, shouting punch dialogues at the flick of the eye…
He certainly gives T. Rajender and Gabtun a run for their money!!!
Anti-Vijay fans have now created an SMS template….and send it to people after the release of a new movie.
Saridon, Aspirin, Paracetamol consumption have increased after the release of
Then, there is a message that lists the various ways to commit suicide….
One of them is to watch a new Vijay movie…
Good God, what has happened to Tamil cinema??
Saturday, January 21, 2006
The Blunder Years
Johnny Bravo....you must be knowing this guy if you have watched Cartoon Network...
Let me narrate a series of funny, but unfortunate events that happened to me and my brother..
Period: mid - 1990's...er...can't recall the time
Scene: I was around 7 years at that time...and my brother was 12 years. We had a BSA SLR cycle and my brother loved going on rounds. But we had been advised not to venture into the main roads...because our parents had told that only big vehicles run there....and if our cycle got caught, we would come out as pure juice!!!!
True to their word, my brother had never ventured into the main road....but then, i was sitting on the saddle and we were doing rounds on the cycle. A sudden change of plans....my brother suddenly decided that we venture out into the main road.
And we were there...on the main road. I held on tight to my brother. He pedalled on and we reached All India Radio, a good half a km away from home.
And then, we decided to turn. Just as we crossed the road, something hit the cycle with a thud...i remember flying in the air and falling around 10 feet away from the cycle. My brother was crying and so was I...and I was searching for the cycle. It was flung to a corner of the road with the wheel rim bent like a 'U'.
All the slum people then picked us up and brought us home. I had a deep gash on my leg, but decided not to tell anyone at home, not even my brother, and escaped that evening because I was wearing a full-pant. My brother escaped with some bruises on his hands.
The rule was broken and mother shouted at us for quite some time. The next morning, however, mother found out about my gash and we rushed to the doctor....luckily, i didn't need stitches since it had been 24 hours from the accident.
Blunder Years it was !!!
Bye
SS ShilpaKumar
Let me narrate a series of funny, but unfortunate events that happened to me and my brother..
Period: mid - 1990's...er...can't recall the time
Scene: I was around 7 years at that time...and my brother was 12 years. We had a BSA SLR cycle and my brother loved going on rounds. But we had been advised not to venture into the main roads...because our parents had told that only big vehicles run there....and if our cycle got caught, we would come out as pure juice!!!!
True to their word, my brother had never ventured into the main road....but then, i was sitting on the saddle and we were doing rounds on the cycle. A sudden change of plans....my brother suddenly decided that we venture out into the main road.
And we were there...on the main road. I held on tight to my brother. He pedalled on and we reached All India Radio, a good half a km away from home.
And then, we decided to turn. Just as we crossed the road, something hit the cycle with a thud...i remember flying in the air and falling around 10 feet away from the cycle. My brother was crying and so was I...and I was searching for the cycle. It was flung to a corner of the road with the wheel rim bent like a 'U'.
All the slum people then picked us up and brought us home. I had a deep gash on my leg, but decided not to tell anyone at home, not even my brother, and escaped that evening because I was wearing a full-pant. My brother escaped with some bruises on his hands.
The rule was broken and mother shouted at us for quite some time. The next morning, however, mother found out about my gash and we rushed to the doctor....luckily, i didn't need stitches since it had been 24 hours from the accident.
Blunder Years it was !!!
Bye
SS ShilpaKumar
Friday, January 20, 2006
Movie Review - 12 Angry Men
If ever there was one movie which I watched without moving away from my seat....this is the one. You 've just got to watch this.
12 Angry Men
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb star among others in this masterpiece directed by Sidney Lumet. The movie is in black and white, but has the same effect as watching a Godfather.
The movie starts off in a courtroom on a hot and sultry day. A 12 man jury is given the task of deliberating the verdict.
The Crime An 18 year old Latino youth is accused for murdering his father. Though all the evidences point to him, not all of them are very convincing.
The jury is like the UN Security Council. Even if one member disagrees that the person is found not guilty, deliberations must restart again. if all 12 jurors vote guilty, the boy would be given a death sentence.
Henry Fonda as Mr. Davis finds something interesting in the boy's sober character. Lee J. Cobb finds nothing interesting in this case, and wants it closed as soon as possible.
And as the first round of voting begins, everyone except Mr. Davis votes guilty. And then as the results are announced, tempers flare, personalities clash and there is utter commotion. Mr. Davis cannot convince the jurors the reason for voting not guilty. But he persists with his explanation. As the story moves along, the jurors, who initially thought that case should be awarded an outright death penalty, actually start thinking logically. The jurors range from wise to idiots, racist to prejudiced. A verdict must finally be arrived at....The jury can take their time, but must decide on a verdict....will they deliver??
Watch the movie to find out....
I give this movie the maximum ratings on any scale. I hope you found this review useful...do post your comments.
Bye
SS ShilpaKumar
12 Angry Men
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb star among others in this masterpiece directed by Sidney Lumet. The movie is in black and white, but has the same effect as watching a Godfather.
The movie starts off in a courtroom on a hot and sultry day. A 12 man jury is given the task of deliberating the verdict.
The Crime An 18 year old Latino youth is accused for murdering his father. Though all the evidences point to him, not all of them are very convincing.
The jury is like the UN Security Council. Even if one member disagrees that the person is found not guilty, deliberations must restart again. if all 12 jurors vote guilty, the boy would be given a death sentence.
Henry Fonda as Mr. Davis finds something interesting in the boy's sober character. Lee J. Cobb finds nothing interesting in this case, and wants it closed as soon as possible.
And as the first round of voting begins, everyone except Mr. Davis votes guilty. And then as the results are announced, tempers flare, personalities clash and there is utter commotion. Mr. Davis cannot convince the jurors the reason for voting not guilty. But he persists with his explanation. As the story moves along, the jurors, who initially thought that case should be awarded an outright death penalty, actually start thinking logically. The jurors range from wise to idiots, racist to prejudiced. A verdict must finally be arrived at....The jury can take their time, but must decide on a verdict....will they deliver??
Watch the movie to find out....
I give this movie the maximum ratings on any scale. I hope you found this review useful...do post your comments.
Bye
SS ShilpaKumar
Thursday, January 19, 2006
In the Spotlight
Just two days before the second test match, Sourav, Rahul and Greg are having a heated discussion. The cameraman who caught them in an animated discussion before the first test match @ Lahore follows them wherever they go.
Saurav: I will go in first this time.
Rahul: I will go in this time.
Saurav:
Rahul, you went in first last time.
Rahul:
Doesn't matter....I am the captain and I get to decide.
Greg:
I have tremendous respect for both of you. Now stop fighting like kids over here. I wish to continue with the policy of experimentation.
Rahul: Greg, I agree with you on that.
Saurav starts showing some gestures with his hand...
Saurav: Once I go in there, I may be a slow starter. But I make fast progress!!
Rahul: Saurav, I know you more than what Greg knows about you. People in India have been making fun of how soon you come back to the dressing room.
Greg: All right guys, enough of this conversation. As long as the processes are there, the rest will fall into place automatically.
After saying this, they all leave the place.
Saurav: I will go in first this time.
Rahul: I will go in this time.
Saurav:
Rahul, you went in first last time.
Rahul:
Doesn't matter....I am the captain and I get to decide.
Greg:
I have tremendous respect for both of you. Now stop fighting like kids over here. I wish to continue with the policy of experimentation.
Rahul: Greg, I agree with you on that.
Saurav starts showing some gestures with his hand...
The cameraman is relishing this footage and is all ears over this conversation.
Saurav: Once I go in there, I may be a slow starter. But I make fast progress!!
Rahul: Saurav, I know you more than what Greg knows about you. People in India have been making fun of how soon you come back to the dressing room.
Greg: All right guys, enough of this conversation. As long as the processes are there, the rest will fall into place automatically.
After saying this, they all leave the place.
That evening at the press conference, the journalist who has the footage asks some questions.
Journalist: Why were you having such a heated discussion?
Greg: How do you know that we were having a heated discussion?
Journalist: I have proof that you were in a heated discussion....now please tell us....
Weren't you asking Sourav to open the innings in Faisalabad?
Greg shows the middle finger to the media persons
Greg: I really mean it this time!!!
See, no injuries on the finger!!!
Greg: I don't really understand what your business really is in the team's bathroom!!
Greg:
We were talking about who should go inside the bathroom next, you morons....not about who is going to open the innings at Faisalabad.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Numero Uno and Deux
As I had promised earlier....here are my top 2 funny moments in Tamil cinema
2. How can i miss out on a K. Balachander movie?
with Kamal playing the lead role...or rather roles..
Yup...you guessed it right...Michael Madana Kamarajan.
Right from the start to the end, the movie has a good dose of enjoyable comedy. Be it the businessman's assistant Bheem Boy trying to stop a speeding car using his shoes or the mental father who hits himself!!
Kamal just excels in this movie.
My funny moment is when cook Kamal is talking with Oorvasi...the mallu accent just flows there...
Both of them get introduced this way
Kamal: Gnaan, kamarajan aakum...
Oorvasi: kameswari..
kamal: illa, kameshwaran...
Oorvasi: Kameshwari...ennoda paeyuru...
Kamal: OooooH....
Then oorvasi's paati lifts the 'Paaku' potti.
And the scene where a fish actually falls into a sambar container and the people relishing the food is too good!!
Numero Uno....
1.
Number 1 definitely must be the Superstar, isn't it??
But nah...Pandiarajan and S.Ve.Shekar are here with 'Kathanayagan'
I can reproduce the dialogues of this movie by heart...
the movie starts off with two guys Mani and Ramani, one a B.Com first class holder and the other an SSLC.
The scene where they buy a cow and bring it home is absolutely rib-tickling...
and while they are sleeping, someone is silently milking the cow...and it makes some noises...
Mani: Delhi pasu oda koral evvalo inimaye irukku illa...
Ramani: P.U. Chinnappa ve padara mathiri irukke
Mani: Mundam...enda chinna level la sollara...P.U. Periappa ve padara mathiri irukku!!!
Ramani: 2 delhi pasu vaanganum, 4 bombay pasu vaanganum
Mani: Mothama oru desiya paal pannaiye arambikkanum..
Ramani: Oru sondha veedu kattanum..
Mani: Adhukku evvalu vadagai irundhalum parava illa..
Ramani: Mundam, sondha veetukku edhukku da vadagai..
I recommend watching this movie any time of the day, any day of the year...
So, until my next post...
SS ShilpaKumar
2. How can i miss out on a K. Balachander movie?
with Kamal playing the lead role...or rather roles..
Yup...you guessed it right...Michael Madana Kamarajan.
Right from the start to the end, the movie has a good dose of enjoyable comedy. Be it the businessman's assistant Bheem Boy trying to stop a speeding car using his shoes or the mental father who hits himself!!
Kamal just excels in this movie.
My funny moment is when cook Kamal is talking with Oorvasi...the mallu accent just flows there...
Both of them get introduced this way
Kamal: Gnaan, kamarajan aakum...
Oorvasi: kameswari..
kamal: illa, kameshwaran...
Oorvasi: Kameshwari...ennoda paeyuru...
Kamal: OooooH....
Then oorvasi's paati lifts the 'Paaku' potti.
And the scene where a fish actually falls into a sambar container and the people relishing the food is too good!!
Numero Uno....
1.
Number 1 definitely must be the Superstar, isn't it??
But nah...Pandiarajan and S.Ve.Shekar are here with 'Kathanayagan'
I can reproduce the dialogues of this movie by heart...
the movie starts off with two guys Mani and Ramani, one a B.Com first class holder and the other an SSLC.
The scene where they buy a cow and bring it home is absolutely rib-tickling...
and while they are sleeping, someone is silently milking the cow...and it makes some noises...
Mani: Delhi pasu oda koral evvalo inimaye irukku illa...
Ramani: P.U. Chinnappa ve padara mathiri irukke
Mani: Mundam...enda chinna level la sollara...P.U. Periappa ve padara mathiri irukku!!!
Ramani: 2 delhi pasu vaanganum, 4 bombay pasu vaanganum
Mani: Mothama oru desiya paal pannaiye arambikkanum..
Ramani: Oru sondha veedu kattanum..
Mani: Adhukku evvalu vadagai irundhalum parava illa..
Ramani: Mundam, sondha veetukku edhukku da vadagai..
I recommend watching this movie any time of the day, any day of the year...
So, until my next post...
SS ShilpaKumar
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
July 1999 - I flunked in Math!!
I cannot ever forget this experience. I was in the twelfth standard and was quite serious about studies and attending tuition classes all around. The Mid-term exams had just got over at school and the teachers had started distributing the answersheets.
And for the first-time ever in my schooling history, i had flunked. And rubbing salt to my wounds was the fact that the headmaster had asked our parents to come and meet him.
That was the worst day of my life. I didnt speak with my close friends for a day and didnt tell my parents either. Then, the next day, one of my classmates, Andrew, came by car and guess what, his driver spoke good english.
Then an idea struck me....
When the driver came to pick up Andrew in the evening, I explained the situation to him clearly. He accepted and off we went to the Headmaster's room. And the driver took over from there.
He said "Headmaster, I am chandru's brother..Our parents have gone out of station. So i have come here on their behalf...Chandru is a really good student and will do well in the next exam".
I was stunned....this guy spoke more than what i had on my mind. Then the headmaster marked something on his records and said..."You may leave now...."
Yippee...problem solved...
Then, one of my friends, David Jayan arrived....He was surrounded by a gang and was in an animated conversation. I heard him saying "Andrew's driver speaks good english da...I will take him along with me to see the Headmaster".
LMFAO........I went straight to him and said "I've already done that!!!!!"
And for the first-time ever in my schooling history, i had flunked. And rubbing salt to my wounds was the fact that the headmaster had asked our parents to come and meet him.
That was the worst day of my life. I didnt speak with my close friends for a day and didnt tell my parents either. Then, the next day, one of my classmates, Andrew, came by car and guess what, his driver spoke good english.
Then an idea struck me....
When the driver came to pick up Andrew in the evening, I explained the situation to him clearly. He accepted and off we went to the Headmaster's room. And the driver took over from there.
He said "Headmaster, I am chandru's brother..Our parents have gone out of station. So i have come here on their behalf...Chandru is a really good student and will do well in the next exam".
I was stunned....this guy spoke more than what i had on my mind. Then the headmaster marked something on his records and said..."You may leave now...."
Yippee...problem solved...
Then, one of my friends, David Jayan arrived....He was surrounded by a gang and was in an animated conversation. I heard him saying "Andrew's driver speaks good english da...I will take him along with me to see the Headmaster".
LMFAO........I went straight to him and said "I've already done that!!!!!"
Monday, January 16, 2006
10 funny moments in Tamil cinema (contd...)
Yesterday, you would have seen the bottom 4, now, we shall see the next 4.
At number
6. Kamal Hassan, Yuhi Sethu in Panchathanthiram. The jokes in this movie are pretty vulgar. But the scene i am referring to is when the whole gang goes to Bangalore by van and they are stopped midway by the police.
Yuhi Sethu excels as the innocent Iyer guy...what follows is a series of rib-tickling conversations...
"Munnadi.... pinnadi enna irundhudu??"
Kamal, sitting backwards, says, "Pinnadi engine...munnadi onnum illa"...then the policeman asks the guy in the front seat..."pinnadi munnadi enna irundhudu?"
"sir, munnadi engine...pinnadi onnum illa..."
Kamal absolutely revels with Slapstick
5. At number 5, Cabtun is back...This time...its a serious joke.
The movie is Ramana. Cabtun is seeing seriously typing something on the computer....and the camera slowly swivels from the back towards the front. Cabtun is still typing, one can see photographs changing on the screen. But wait...haven't I seen that application somewhere...Cabtun is still typing, but i can't control my laughter anymore....the application is Windows Media Player!!!
4. It has to be Vivek in Minnale at number 4. Maddy, Vivek and Co. storm their way into the villain's residence. Vivek starts shouting as soon as he enters the house...the villain finally comes out. Maddy has a tiff with the villain and during all this commotion, the villain's parents come out....then Vivek shouts
"Dhoda...Horlicks uncle um Soap aunty yum varannage paaru da..." (Look guys, Horlicks uncle and soap aunty have come here).
3. How can one ever forget Vadivelu and his bag of tricks in 'Winner'. The film's strong point was Vadivelu's comedy, with the loose points being Kiran's dress :D.
Starting from "Ungala ellam paatha enakku paavama irukku..." (I feel sorry for you guys) to the end of the movie, one just cannot stop laughing.
In one scene, he rests on the floor and places his legs right on top of the door, but doesnt lock them....One of the kids rides a cycle, crashes through the door...and drives straight to Vadivelu's Box-Office!!!!
Shall post the top two tomorrow....
Until then...
SS ShilpaKumar
At number
6. Kamal Hassan, Yuhi Sethu in Panchathanthiram. The jokes in this movie are pretty vulgar. But the scene i am referring to is when the whole gang goes to Bangalore by van and they are stopped midway by the police.
Yuhi Sethu excels as the innocent Iyer guy...what follows is a series of rib-tickling conversations...
"Munnadi.... pinnadi enna irundhudu??"
Kamal, sitting backwards, says, "Pinnadi engine...munnadi onnum illa"...then the policeman asks the guy in the front seat..."pinnadi munnadi enna irundhudu?"
"sir, munnadi engine...pinnadi onnum illa..."
Kamal absolutely revels with Slapstick
5. At number 5, Cabtun is back...This time...its a serious joke.
The movie is Ramana. Cabtun is seeing seriously typing something on the computer....and the camera slowly swivels from the back towards the front. Cabtun is still typing, one can see photographs changing on the screen. But wait...haven't I seen that application somewhere...Cabtun is still typing, but i can't control my laughter anymore....the application is Windows Media Player!!!
4. It has to be Vivek in Minnale at number 4. Maddy, Vivek and Co. storm their way into the villain's residence. Vivek starts shouting as soon as he enters the house...the villain finally comes out. Maddy has a tiff with the villain and during all this commotion, the villain's parents come out....then Vivek shouts
"Dhoda...Horlicks uncle um Soap aunty yum varannage paaru da..." (Look guys, Horlicks uncle and soap aunty have come here).
3. How can one ever forget Vadivelu and his bag of tricks in 'Winner'. The film's strong point was Vadivelu's comedy, with the loose points being Kiran's dress :D.
Starting from "Ungala ellam paatha enakku paavama irukku..." (I feel sorry for you guys) to the end of the movie, one just cannot stop laughing.
In one scene, he rests on the floor and places his legs right on top of the door, but doesnt lock them....One of the kids rides a cycle, crashes through the door...and drives straight to Vadivelu's Box-Office!!!!
Shall post the top two tomorrow....
Until then...
SS ShilpaKumar
Sunday, January 15, 2006
10 funny moments of Tamil Cinema
10 funny moments of Tamil Cinema
Who are the best comedians in Tamil Cinema? This list includes all frontline comedians and frontline heroes too...
well, lets start from number 10
10. This is from a very old movie, by the name 'Sabapathy'. Sabapathy happens to be the servant of a rich house. He does what is said, literally!!
This may not sound funny....but you have to look at the movie to actually enjoy it...
The owner asked for "Odachcha Soda"...which means Soda with the seal opened (literall means broken soda), but this guy breaks up the bottle into pieces and brings the soda.
We can call him an ancient version of Suppandi
9. Vijay and Vivek in Priyamanavale...
Scene: Vijay is bowling at an alley and all figures seem to like him....Vivek is heartbroken on seeing this....and vents out his feelings to Vijay.
Just then a foreigner likes Vivek and explains something to Vijay. A series of comic dialogues follow...and the cigarette from Vivek's mouth falls down....
The expression on Vivek's face...Priceless..
8. Cabtun and Isha Koppikar (did i get the surname right?) in Narasimha
Isha decides to have some fun by jumping from the top of a building. What are her dimensions? 36-48-36. The building is not even the height of LIC...but she is falling down for the next 5 minutes...Cabtun sees her from a distance and runs up the stairs...Asafa Powell has just fainted on hearing this news.
Cabtun jumps off the top floor...Isha is still at the 5th floor, her weight having caused some friction with air, thereby rising up and then losing some weight before falling down...
Cabtun then catches Isha near her belly and then....well, you guessed it right..a romantic song...
Cabtun and Isha then land on a lorry filled with roses...only later does the director tell them that it was an Onyx 'kuppa' lorry.
7. The all time super-hit movie in Tamil cinema - Karagaattakaaran
The Senthil - Goundamani duo were at their peak in this movie. There were too many comedy scenes in this movie. The outstanding one was the 'Vazhapazham' joke. And then in one scene, Kovai Sarala shows off her popularity. Then Goundamani says "enna di...Japan la Jackie Chan koppitaanga...America la Michael Jackson koppitaanga...enna di color colora reelu suththura?"
The next 4 will be on my next blog....
Until then....
SS ShipaKumar
Who are the best comedians in Tamil Cinema? This list includes all frontline comedians and frontline heroes too...
well, lets start from number 10
10. This is from a very old movie, by the name 'Sabapathy'. Sabapathy happens to be the servant of a rich house. He does what is said, literally!!
This may not sound funny....but you have to look at the movie to actually enjoy it...
The owner asked for "Odachcha Soda"...which means Soda with the seal opened (literall means broken soda), but this guy breaks up the bottle into pieces and brings the soda.
We can call him an ancient version of Suppandi
9. Vijay and Vivek in Priyamanavale...
Scene: Vijay is bowling at an alley and all figures seem to like him....Vivek is heartbroken on seeing this....and vents out his feelings to Vijay.
Just then a foreigner likes Vivek and explains something to Vijay. A series of comic dialogues follow...and the cigarette from Vivek's mouth falls down....
The expression on Vivek's face...Priceless..
8. Cabtun and Isha Koppikar (did i get the surname right?) in Narasimha
Isha decides to have some fun by jumping from the top of a building. What are her dimensions? 36-48-36. The building is not even the height of LIC...but she is falling down for the next 5 minutes...Cabtun sees her from a distance and runs up the stairs...Asafa Powell has just fainted on hearing this news.
Cabtun jumps off the top floor...Isha is still at the 5th floor, her weight having caused some friction with air, thereby rising up and then losing some weight before falling down...
Cabtun then catches Isha near her belly and then....well, you guessed it right..a romantic song...
Cabtun and Isha then land on a lorry filled with roses...only later does the director tell them that it was an Onyx 'kuppa' lorry.
7. The all time super-hit movie in Tamil cinema - Karagaattakaaran
The Senthil - Goundamani duo were at their peak in this movie. There were too many comedy scenes in this movie. The outstanding one was the 'Vazhapazham' joke. And then in one scene, Kovai Sarala shows off her popularity. Then Goundamani says "enna di...Japan la Jackie Chan koppitaanga...America la Michael Jackson koppitaanga...enna di color colora reelu suththura?"
The next 4 will be on my next blog....
Until then....
SS ShipaKumar
Friday, January 13, 2006
Movie Review - The Shawshank Redemption
This movie had great ratings everywhere, imdb.com, Yahoo movies. I'm not talking about The Godfather. Another movie called 'The Shawshank Redemption'.
People had written rave reviews about this movie, but i found it to be a slow-moving but interesting movie. In the lead are Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins.
Tim stars as Andy, an investment banker sent to jail for the brutal murder of his wife. He is given a life sentence and is sent to Shawshank prison.
For the first few months, he faces several circumstances where the jail inmates beat him up just because they dont like him. Over time, he starts fighting back. He now makes a new friend in Morgan Freeman(Red). Morgan is famous for getting things that the inmates need.
One fine day, a jailor is narrating to his colleagues about a lump sum of money and his worry over how to invest the amount. Andy overhears this conversation and advises the jailor on how to invest the amount in return for some bottles of beer.
'Red' has been in prison for a good 35 years, and every time he appears before the committee which grants pardon, he is asked to continue with his term.
Andy comes up with new initiatives at Shawshank to start a new library. He keeps on writing to various organizations to donate money to build a library. One day, Andy is pleased to know that funds have been sent to buid the library.
Now, a new batch of inmates arrive at Shawshank and one of them says something shocking. Also, Andy is not please with the events going on around Shawshank, especially with the Jailor and his mates. It is then that Andy spreads the power of 'Hope'.
After a series of unbelievable incidents, Andy escapes from Shawshank....the first person ever to do so. And after escaping from prison, reveals the unspoken truth.
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Nice movie to watch, but it was pretty slow. And by the way, my movie collection has grown to 161!!
My next movie review will be 12 Angry Men.
People had written rave reviews about this movie, but i found it to be a slow-moving but interesting movie. In the lead are Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins.
Tim stars as Andy, an investment banker sent to jail for the brutal murder of his wife. He is given a life sentence and is sent to Shawshank prison.
For the first few months, he faces several circumstances where the jail inmates beat him up just because they dont like him. Over time, he starts fighting back. He now makes a new friend in Morgan Freeman(Red). Morgan is famous for getting things that the inmates need.
One fine day, a jailor is narrating to his colleagues about a lump sum of money and his worry over how to invest the amount. Andy overhears this conversation and advises the jailor on how to invest the amount in return for some bottles of beer.
'Red' has been in prison for a good 35 years, and every time he appears before the committee which grants pardon, he is asked to continue with his term.
Andy comes up with new initiatives at Shawshank to start a new library. He keeps on writing to various organizations to donate money to build a library. One day, Andy is pleased to know that funds have been sent to buid the library.
Now, a new batch of inmates arrive at Shawshank and one of them says something shocking. Also, Andy is not please with the events going on around Shawshank, especially with the Jailor and his mates. It is then that Andy spreads the power of 'Hope'.
After a series of unbelievable incidents, Andy escapes from Shawshank....the first person ever to do so. And after escaping from prison, reveals the unspoken truth.
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Nice movie to watch, but it was pretty slow. And by the way, my movie collection has grown to 161!!
My next movie review will be 12 Angry Men.
My first and last crush!!
Are my posts getting too predictable?? well, here's something interesting.
Well...
Here I go again...I was reading an article one of my pals had sent about 'crushes' in a software engineer's life...
Then i thought why not share my only crush with you all..
I was in my seventh standard and we had a new French teacher and her name was Anitha. Guess what, she took science too. During the first few days of class she used to ask who is among the highest scorers, I was a low-profile guy then.
Well, then came the Quarterly and Half Yearly exams and I wanted to impress her and that I did.I scored the highest marks on both occasions and i really became her "pet" in class. Most of the times, I used to get "special attention"...my assignments would then be the benchmark for everyone.....those were the days!!!
She really was beautiful alas, but she was already married....Hmmph....
Well, i havent seen her in 5 years...friends told me that she had gone to australia...and came back recently....yippy...
Now i am in office...thinking abt those "Wonder Years"....nothing can absolutely beat school life and college life...no Deadlines, no coding...that was life...
Well, was it worth mentioning as a crush??
Plz do post ur comments...
Bye for today,
SS ShilpaKumar
Well...
Here I go again...I was reading an article one of my pals had sent about 'crushes' in a software engineer's life...
Then i thought why not share my only crush with you all..
I was in my seventh standard and we had a new French teacher and her name was Anitha. Guess what, she took science too. During the first few days of class she used to ask who is among the highest scorers, I was a low-profile guy then.
Well, then came the Quarterly and Half Yearly exams and I wanted to impress her and that I did.I scored the highest marks on both occasions and i really became her "pet" in class. Most of the times, I used to get "special attention"...my assignments would then be the benchmark for everyone.....those were the days!!!
She really was beautiful alas, but she was already married....Hmmph....
Well, i havent seen her in 5 years...friends told me that she had gone to australia...and came back recently....yippy...
Now i am in office...thinking abt those "Wonder Years"....nothing can absolutely beat school life and college life...no Deadlines, no coding...that was life...
Well, was it worth mentioning as a crush??
Plz do post ur comments...
Bye for today,
SS ShilpaKumar
Excitement in the air
I just cant stop thinking about the cricket match. Will Irfan and Agarkar bowl their hearts out? Will Sachin, Saurav and Rahul play well? These are some of the questions not only on my mind but on a billion others as well...
I have 4 browser windows open....er, just to see the score..
Well, don't glare at me...most cognoscenti will be doing just that, trust me!!
Shall post my movie review by evening...
I will be choosing from Vertigo, The Shawshank Redemption, The Exorcist
Until then,
Goodbye
SS ShilpaKumar
I have 4 browser windows open....er, just to see the score..
Well, don't glare at me...most cognoscenti will be doing just that, trust me!!
Shall post my movie review by evening...
I will be choosing from Vertigo, The Shawshank Redemption, The Exorcist
Until then,
Goodbye
SS ShilpaKumar
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Movie review - Groundhog day
I had promised i would provide a movie review whenever i found time. I now provide a review of the last movie I saw at home "Groundhog Day".
The movie isn't all about comedy/ humor. Bu the the series of events that unfold are really funny. I really enjoyed watching it...
Phil (Bill Murray) is a weatherman with a news channel. He is a cynic and has a very low regard for others opinion. Rita (Andie Macdowell) is his boss. Every year they have to go to Punxsutawnhey to cover 'Groundhog Day'. They reach Punxsutawnhey and cover the event. Phil happens to meet one of his long lost classmates, Ned Ryerson, who happens to be an insurance agent. Phil feels like leaving the place once they've covered the event, but Punxsutawhney the beaver had earlier predicted that spring would be delayed by two weeks and that a blizzard was on its way.
Phil heeds all the warnings and decides to leave the town immediately....but on the highway he can find a chain of cars all halted because of the blizzard.
The next day, Phil wakes up to find something strange. The clock shows the same date and the radio announces that it is Groundhog day today. The same chain of events happen to Phil....he meets his insurance agent friend, fails to give alms to a beggar freezing in the cold, covers the GroundHog day event once again and does whatever he had missed out the previous day. He even tells Rita that something strange is going on in his life. But even the psychiatrist does not have a solid reason.
Phil now wakes up everyday to "Groundhog day". He steals money from the bank, gets caught by the police and even predicts the series of events at a restaurant. But still gets back to bed every morning for Groundhog day. He decides to shed his cynicisms and starts moving with people and respecting their opinion. He learns to play the piano in a day's time and helps people around him. He then meets the beggar who has been asking him for alms everyday. He takes him to a good restaurant and buys him whatever he needs, but on the way, the old man dies. The next day, Phil meets the old man again and spends some nice time with him, but still the man dies.
Phil then realises how he has been all his life and decides to turn over a new leaf. Once he did that, he woke up the very next day to bright sunshine and a brand new day!!!
The movie isn't all about comedy/ humor. Bu the the series of events that unfold are really funny. I really enjoyed watching it...
Phil (Bill Murray) is a weatherman with a news channel. He is a cynic and has a very low regard for others opinion. Rita (Andie Macdowell) is his boss. Every year they have to go to Punxsutawnhey to cover 'Groundhog Day'. They reach Punxsutawnhey and cover the event. Phil happens to meet one of his long lost classmates, Ned Ryerson, who happens to be an insurance agent. Phil feels like leaving the place once they've covered the event, but Punxsutawhney the beaver had earlier predicted that spring would be delayed by two weeks and that a blizzard was on its way.
Phil heeds all the warnings and decides to leave the town immediately....but on the highway he can find a chain of cars all halted because of the blizzard.
The next day, Phil wakes up to find something strange. The clock shows the same date and the radio announces that it is Groundhog day today. The same chain of events happen to Phil....he meets his insurance agent friend, fails to give alms to a beggar freezing in the cold, covers the GroundHog day event once again and does whatever he had missed out the previous day. He even tells Rita that something strange is going on in his life. But even the psychiatrist does not have a solid reason.
Phil now wakes up everyday to "Groundhog day". He steals money from the bank, gets caught by the police and even predicts the series of events at a restaurant. But still gets back to bed every morning for Groundhog day. He decides to shed his cynicisms and starts moving with people and respecting their opinion. He learns to play the piano in a day's time and helps people around him. He then meets the beggar who has been asking him for alms everyday. He takes him to a good restaurant and buys him whatever he needs, but on the way, the old man dies. The next day, Phil meets the old man again and spends some nice time with him, but still the man dies.
Phil then realises how he has been all his life and decides to turn over a new leaf. Once he did that, he woke up the very next day to bright sunshine and a brand new day!!!
Football
The excitement is in the air, but Websense has cut any possibilities of viewing the score @ work. Well, cricket enthusiasts will find some loophole or another proxy to view the score....
Had an eventful start to the day. One of the bus tyres got punctured on OMR. The driver said "Dont worry...only one side of the tyre is puctured...we have one more wheel, please get it". I was reminded of a scene in the movie "Karagatta Kaaran" where the car's tyre would go running on one side of the road.
Was listening to Radio Mirchi on the way. Some people @ Vysarpadi in the sub-urbs of Chennai were coaching slum children to play football. The football coach had a reason. The anti-social elements present in the area had hired well-built boys to work for them. The coach hired well built-boys as well, but made sure that their energy was being utilized positively.
And the results, one of their students, Augustine, is currently in Portugal playing a Football tournament. They have some more names coming up on the state level as well. Financial constraint was one of the hiccups that hindered the coaching...they had to use footballs that were stitched. And inspite of several hurdles in their way, they have managed to come out on top. If only someone could help them in buying footballs or aising them financially, i believe they definitely have the potential to take Indian Football to some heights.
Had an eventful start to the day. One of the bus tyres got punctured on OMR. The driver said "Dont worry...only one side of the tyre is puctured...we have one more wheel, please get it". I was reminded of a scene in the movie "Karagatta Kaaran" where the car's tyre would go running on one side of the road.
Was listening to Radio Mirchi on the way. Some people @ Vysarpadi in the sub-urbs of Chennai were coaching slum children to play football. The football coach had a reason. The anti-social elements present in the area had hired well-built boys to work for them. The coach hired well built-boys as well, but made sure that their energy was being utilized positively.
And the results, one of their students, Augustine, is currently in Portugal playing a Football tournament. They have some more names coming up on the state level as well. Financial constraint was one of the hiccups that hindered the coaching...they had to use footballs that were stitched. And inspite of several hurdles in their way, they have managed to come out on top. If only someone could help them in buying footballs or aising them financially, i believe they definitely have the potential to take Indian Football to some heights.
I'm on Blogger now
Man....it takes months and years to get a valid user name for signing up with blogspot...
Anyway, Silver Spoon Shilpakumar is officially underway.
Cheers,
Chandru
Anyway, Silver Spoon Shilpakumar is officially underway.
Cheers,
Chandru
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
er..My second post
Getting a URL for the blog @ BlogSpot is as difficult as asking Sidhu to stop talking!!
Well, how about these for BlogSpot addresses??
monstersinc.blogspot.com
harypotter.blogspot.com
milkyway.blogspot.com
how do i know these addresses? I was so desperate to get a URL that i tried all the possibilities that came to my mind.
Now, why did i choose rapidex.blogspot.com?
I was thinking about the movie 'Minnale' where Vivek would be teasing one of his friends for talking in English.
Why 'Silver Spoon ShilpaKumar' for a title? Never did a nick sound so crazy to me....
earlier on i was posting my blog at http://360.yahoo.com/coolguy12234
I now solemnly take an oath to update my blog almost everyday!!!!
Cheers
SS ShilpaKumar
Well, how about these for BlogSpot addresses??
monstersinc.blogspot.com
harypotter.blogspot.com
milkyway.blogspot.com
how do i know these addresses? I was so desperate to get a URL that i tried all the possibilities that came to my mind.
Now, why did i choose rapidex.blogspot.com?
I was thinking about the movie 'Minnale' where Vivek would be teasing one of his friends for talking in English.
Why 'Silver Spoon ShilpaKumar' for a title? Never did a nick sound so crazy to me....
earlier on i was posting my blog at http://360.yahoo.com/coolguy12234
I now solemnly take an oath to update my blog almost everyday!!!!
Cheers
SS ShilpaKumar
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