Is there anybody in there..??!!!

Hey

Nothing new this time..Just a cursory post to keep the vital signs of my blog intact :p

After the initial flurry of posts after posts I felt Ive run outta ammunition.lol

Or is it the case of Bolggers Block??!!..I dont know.

As far as poems are concerned,Had few subjects in mind but somehow couldnt get the words out of me.

Nothing strikingly interesting to write an article as well...

No great updates as such...Nothing life changing is happening since I took a job.

Guitars going good.Although I could as much as glance at my electric one unless its a weekend.

Office....well I've lost the track of whats happening there long back.

All in all Life is little busy right now.

Just hope I find some quality time,a fresh mind and good topics to doodle here again

Adios.

PS: No sign of Gymmie Yet :(

PS 2: Hail Germany (Though I doubt how much of the WC Ill be able to catch...I am already missing out on French open)

Oley!!...Oleyyyy!!

Hola amigos.

Spanish music(eminently the guitar) has always enthralled me.
I think the first time I heard a piece of it was in Tom & Jerry cartoon.
There was a bullfighting scene in which it is played in the back ground.It kinda struck a chord the moment I heard it. :)

Few years later I came to know that particular piece was called Flamenco.
The Flamenco is considered as a paragon of traditional Spanish music.Primarily its a combo of guitar with dance.(with additional people clapping for keeping a beat).The build of the guitar bear a resemblance to the classical guitar.(Made of Nylon strings)
Complex rhythm,powerful strumming,extremely melodious lead,also using guitar for percussion are some of the characteristics of flamenco.

For more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco

Came across few videos on youtube.They were mesmerising.
From the shear level of mastery required to pull out those embellishments on a guitar,Flamenco is the Zenith of guitar playing,all genres taken together.

Check these out.Hope you like them too.
It would take me a lifetime and few years more to be able to play like this. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjAGJOPR0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLUxHEJ4kPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii00t3O03h0

All we lesser mortals can do is listen and relish them.Simply awesome


Adios

The Syco'logy.

Heya,

Before I began lemme post a comic from my favourite series.As a picture speaks a thousand words and certainly reduces the post size by a big chunk.So here :)

The whole Dilbert phenomenon isnt just a dry hypothetical satire.(For those who don't know dilbert,fire up www.dilbert.com,and start reading before its too late ;))
It is the harsh reality.More so in the corporate world.
How often do we find that the talented hardworking and deserving people find reporting to the relatively incompetent bosses(most of the times) who would generally not miss a single opportunity to jab their position onto them.

And then there is this one species which has adapted itself to this tyranny pretty well. ie sycophants.
No matter how big a jerk their boss is,they can manage a camaraderie with them.
And then people wonder why the boss is mysteriously biased towards certain few.Why he wouldn't hear a thing against them,why somehow the blame always comes on you even if its their fault.This never ends.Its omnipresent.Right from school..college..work you name it.

And why does this work...Well,who don't like praises.
I believe at subconscious level a part of us(most of us) always seeks for an applause,for a recognition.
Such people appear as bright fluorescent spots on a sycophant radar.They can smell such a person from a mile long.
All it takes to be in their good books is quench that crave by flattery,however insincere it may be.

Well this article isnt really aimed at giving them a flak.But rather to explore the other side of it.

I used to look very much down upon the flatterers.Like they are some kind of an abomination.But thinking about it from a realistic point of view,it is kinda justifiable to some extent and not as ugly as it sounds.To climb the corporate ladder it is imperative that you need to butter the joints for a smooth ascent.
Its reality and I hate it.

Some succumb to it.To some it comes naturally.
I myself find it very difficult to do that and I am sure many will share my sentiments here.Mind just doesn't permit me to and no its not a thing to be proud of to be frank.
Rather I sometimes feel I am at loss for my inability to do so.I call it one of the tricks in a bag you need to be well versed with to survive in this world.
Your relations with manager/TL are still a very big factor in your appraisal.Your chances of promotions are always leveraged by the rapport you have with your superiors.

Having said that let us not generalise.I have come across many people,very competent,knows-their-stuff type,who give a negative weightage to adulation.
But again it depends on your luck(like always) whether you will have such people as your superiors.

All are not so lucky.And that is when the "survival of the fittest" kicks in.Who wouldn't want to secure their opportunities and careers in this sinister competition.Flattery at an acceptable level when you have no other way out is I think OKAY.
For those accomplished ones,this would definitely be a catalyst in your career.

Summing it up,in a strictly acrid business point of view,I would vindicate sycophancy as a virtue...or better a low-rick high-returns investment.
And as far as me and my type is concerned,well...we don't have the capital in the first place...lol

So let me wrap it up by posting a very insightful SMS I received a few days back.

"Agar duniya me mehnat ki kadar hoti,to Gadha sabse jyada izzatdar hota" :p


Ciao

The rodents in my Home...

Today is one of the most important days for Mumbai..and for India as today is the Judgement day for Kasab.(no need of introduction)

Around an year ago,This only surviving guy along with his buddies,murdered around 6-7 people including the brave police officers Lt Karkare and Kamathe and others.(Among the various crimes they committed)

And now,17 months after the attack,we have a glimmer of hope that he will be hanged till his damnation.

17 Months!!..No wonder we are always on the receiving side of such attacks.
These assholes just know to find the loopholes in our superflawed law system,do the crime and get away with it.
Just like in Mumbai bomb blasts(93) where so many were released free of charges in a trial that itself took around a decade to done with.
And the irony on top of that is our "Just" system provides them with a defence lawyer to hear their side of the story.

Is this a judicial system or a joke.Which retards set these laws?
Its high time we should raise our voice against this.These rapes on our country would'nt stop until we have proper stronghold against such forces.
We need new laws.Or atleast strengthen the existing ones,those that will shakle these sociopaths faster.
Atleast then the bastards like kasab would think twice before commiting such act.

I know we feel all this rush for revolution just one day and then it either dies or sobers....Finally everyone raises their tolerance meter by few bars.
And Thats the tragedy of it.

Anyway the verdict is due today.Though I am keeping my fingers crossed for Kasab's death penalty,
I wouldnt be too surprised if he gets away with life sentence.Our honourable law system has made me (and many others) cynical enough over the years.


PS: Mr.Ujjwal Nikam,please keep up the good work.We are very proud of you.

PS 2:As per the latest update two convicts were released because of the supposedly "confusing" evidence..*Sigh*

I dream of "Gymie"

Hey Paisans

After a streak of Senti poems I thought of writing a humor poem.. :p
Ok.This one is dedicated to one unknown supercute girl who shows up in my office Gym once a blue moon.
Its not that we go to Gym to stare at pretty girls.But their presence definitely helps lift 5-10 kg more..hehe
So please take it in a right spirit. :)
For the record I don't even know her name... ;)
Just hope she magically stumbles upon this one someday. :)
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

There is a cutie in my Gym
There is a cutie in my Gym

When She comes..
Ah her grace..her elegance
The otherwise sweaty place
Flowers with a fragrance

Was she looking at me?
I turned to look while lifting a dumbbell
DAMN!!..I pulled my muscle
But it was definitely worth a swell

Don't blame those
Who cant help but stare
When she enters I could've sworn
She looks like a rose among us thorns

Then suddenly she stopped coming
Made us realise painfully
That the cute dreams are short-lived
As someone has said truly

Why have you deserted us
Girl..Where are you
Even your being there was enough
for some of us few

Weights have become unliftable
The cardio even more boring
You are needed girl
To provide that rush of adrenaline

Please come back
Dont make this place anymore grim
There was a cutie in my Gym
There was a cutie in my Gym
.
.
.

Cheers :)


PS : She got married.EOD :(

The movie that was awesome.....

Hi all

Well I am not a movie buff per se.But whichever movies I watch I think a lot over them in critical(sometimes cynical :p) point of view.(Often criticised for that..lol)
Some movies makes you forget about them the moment you step outside the theatre.The only thing you remember about them is the Title and the Ticket price.Some on the other hand engrave their signature on your mind.

I thought of writing about such movie(watched on my pc) that appealed me a lot.Its "Bawarchi" by Hrishikesh Mukharji.

If you've watched the classic "Anand" by the same director,you'd find that the basic theme is the same.ie how one person influences everyone around him,adds his very special catalyst to their lives and changes them forever.
And yet both are not just same.You'll like both of them differently.

A regular middle class family home and few actors.Thats really all about the "recipy" of bawarchi.But it is backed by a strong script and amazing direction...not to mention the actors performance.
And an x-factor which only the directors of his calibre can add ie "Soul".

The movies about a family whose members quarrel all the time.Do not value others.There always are frequent altercations over relatively petty points.Everythng is haywire.No one is happy.The family is totally in doldrums.
Then one fine day a Bawarchi (a Cook/singer/dancer/mathematician..and what not) finds his way into their home like a messiah.Through small day to day things he teaches them valuable lessons of life.He slowly drives their diffrences away.
From being a totally dysfunctional family they slowly began to harmonize among themselves and start loving each other.They understand and start appreciating each others value.The squabbles,ego clashes,spites,bad blood vanishes eventually.

And at the end of the movie,having accomplished his mission,he bids them goodbye and continues his journey in search of the next such family where he is required.

The movie has around 2 songs(may be 3).
Both of which are very soulful and melodious.And exactly connects the parts of the movie between which they are placed.
Rajesh Khanna has done total justice to his role as Bawarchi like he did in "Anand".The other not-so-popular actors also gave a decent contribution.

Its is more than 3 hrs long.And yet at no point you feel even an inch bored.This is one of those movie which you can watch again and again just to liven your mood up.You can just totally relate to it.The simplicity and the realistic depiction is the beauty of this movie.

A good film according to me is when you watch it and couldnt help thinking over it again and again.And This one surely qualifies as one.
This is definitely the chef-d'oeuvre of Hrishikesh Mukharji's works.(amongst his other masterpieces) and a one of the milestones of Hindi films.

Sadly his era is long gone and we are left with the regular crap the bollywood has to offer us nowadays.Hardly any movies can fit into the classic league.(Save few respectable exceptions)
Either it has to some cheap rip-off of a hollywood movie,or the silly slapstic humor with nonsensical plots crammed with even more irrelevant songs.(However melodious).Ofcourse people advise you to keep your brain aside while watching such movies.I tried that and understood that its not my cup of tea.It felt stupid when the entire theatre around you is having a laugh riot and you could hardly come up with a smile..:p.So kinda stopped watching bolly comedy in theatres..hehe

The subjects like mafia,underworld,love stories,ghosts have been smoothen down to perfection with their hackneyed use.
Innovation has become a passe.Only the revenue collection matters.Have a superstar cast,insert some sexy masala song with the lead actress in saree :p
and start its promotion an year before the movie is actually released.
More or less this is all what most of the Bolly movies are about.

Of course then are some who aberrate from the routine and come up with movies which give you the feeling of "paisa vasool" at the end of the movie.
Movies like Rang De Basanti,TZP,Wednesday,Jab we met,DevD etc still keeps me attached to the Bollywood industry.
We seriously need more such directors and such script writers who can make us believe once again that we are not very far from Hollywood in terms of quality movie making.



Regards.

No Amen to that...definitely.

Hey

Just come across one video on FB in someone's profile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7-XqNUWDNk&feature=related

From the video

Mohammed Bouyeri murdered Van Gogh in the early morning of 2 November 2004, in Amsterdam, in front of the Amsterdam East borough office (stadsdeelkantoor) on the corner of the Linnaeusstraat and Tweede Oosterparkstraat ( he was cycling to work. [3] Bouyeri shot van
Gogh eight times with an HS 2000 handgun, and Van Gogh died on the spot. Bouyeri then attempted to decapitate him[4] and stabbed him in the chest. Two knives were left implanted in his torso, one attaching a five-page note to his body. The note (Text) threatened Western Governments, Jews and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (who went into hiding).[5][6] The note also contained eferences to the ideologies of the Egyptian organization Takfir wal-Hijra.

The killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, a 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan citizen, was apprehended by the police after being shot in the leg. Bouyeri has alleged terrorist ties with the Dutch Hofstad Network. He was also charged with the attempted murder of a police officer and bystander, illegal possession of a firearm, and conspiring to murder others, including Hirsi Ali. He was convicted on 26 July 2005 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.


How shameful.The incidents like these really makes one doubtful about whether we are still living in a dark age.

And its not very long before this things start happening in our "Secular" country.
Some months back there was this huge furore all over the world over some cartoons of muhammad posted in Dannish newspaper.
Immediately the "fatwas" were issued against those cartoonists all over the world by the apostles of "Religion of Peace".
I remember some maulavi from UP who had announced a bounty of 51 Crores for beheading the Dannish cartoonist.
Apparently he did it live on some news channel.
This things frighten me as a citizen of India.Is it so easy to do something like this and get away with it.
Is it so easy to break into someones tolerance.

I have no prejudices against any theists.(I myself was a pious one once)
Each one has right to believe and have faith.
Though according to me Faith is an overrated virtue.It has done more harm than good.But keeping your faith and beliefs to yourself and not imposing them on others,also to remain unscathed even if someone questions them or makes a mockery are some of the respectable traits in theist.

I respect such theists.I really do.And we seriously need more like you.

For other intolerant hypocrites out there,I just want to ask why do you fucking care what someone says about your religion if your faith is so strong.
Why are you people fucking insecure all the time desperately wanting to reach the throat of whoever sopposedly blasphemes you beliefs.
Of course the debate about which religion is harmless compared to other would never end.There is really no point in that.
The truth is that none is open for critisism.
Every one is so much jumpy about their religion,language,caste and region.Its really ironic when we quote "Unity in Diversity" again and again.
People somehow never run outta things to make themselves condescending towards others.

The religions and their proponents with their "holier-than-thou" attitude are actively unmaking this a better place to live.
The Jihad,MF Hussain painintgs,WTC,Kashmir terrorism,felonies pertaining to caste system,the dark age punishments under sharia,mistreatment of women the list never ends.
(God(!) forbid) but if there ever is a third world war,it will be fought for the religion.
The extremists all over the world are setting it up nicely for us.


Disclaimer:
I am not in favor of any religion.
I am an Atheist.And its my personal opinion that there should be no religions at all.
Their cons outweigh their pros by a tonne.
That way We would atleast have one reason less to kill other people.
It high time not to be dependent on some religious code book to drive our scruples.

PS: If anyone's feelings got hurt..well you need to grow up.