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December 22 Delhi Planet has arrived
The Indian Metropolis finally has it's own "Daily Planet". Delhi Planet was launched today in it's Christmas Theme and is set to rock the blogosphere ,with the most innovative content ever. This blog will now be updated less frequently,and has moved to www.delhiplanet.com December 01 Why we Follow PoliciesI came across an interesting story explaining why people blindly follow procedures and policies without ever questioning them.
Here Goes,
Eight monkeys are put in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder; all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. Soon,none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.
One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other monkeys are doing the obvious, but, undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why. However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder. A second original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey. One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced; eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why. AND THAT'S HOW VERY MANY COMPANY POLICIES & PROCEDURES GET ESTABLISHED. November 27 Shah Rukh's Giving Away Crores
Nope he isn't giving away his fortune in charity or donating it to someone, that's never gonna happen with SRK cause he's a very money minded person and has himself admitted that he'd do any work if it paid him good money. But yes ,come March 2007 and you would actually see him giving out crores in his new role as the Host of Kaun Banega Crorepati . Sounds unbelievable ,but after playing BIG B's role in the new DON,he's again taking over from him in KBC. Unfortunately the BIG B could not make himself available for the rigourous shooting schedules of would be KBC 3.
Well SRK as the host of KBC 3 would bring about some freshness to the show and would definetly attract a large audience atleast for the first few weeks of the show.But whether SRK would be able to sustain audience interest in the show the way BIG B did remains to be seen. Interstingly Shah Rukh Khan began his career on Television in 1988 with the TV show Fauji and later on played a small role in the TV show Circus which proved to be a big hit. His debut film was "Deewana", but what brought him superstardom was his role in the movie Baazigar and Darr. So for Khan hosting KBC 3 is like returning back to the medium from where he started his career. Well I really hope that this time I get a chance to come on the show and get my hands on the Rs 3 crore booty :-). Let's see what magic you can create Mr.Khan.
Picture Source : The Official Tag Heuer Site November 16 I Believe I Can Fly
Source : http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rkelly/ibelieveican...
November 05 India Rocked Back ThenThere's no Denying the fact that India was one of the best countries of the world in the early 19th Century, and who knows what it would have been today, if it weren't for those Bloody Britishers. I sometimes really feel that something needs to be done,to make people aware of the heritage and culture of this country .Extremist organizations like the RSS,Shiv Sena etc take advantage of the ignorance of the public and act as the moral police, when all they know is an iota of Indian Culture. Here's a picture that will surely get you thinking. October 27 ARIses an acCENT ARICENT , that's the new name of the Communication Software company formerly known as Flextronics Software Systems,known as Hughes Software Systems before that. I think the record for maximum number of takeovers and rebranding must lie with this company, this is the 2nd new name in 2 years and this time it's a merger of 8 separate entities, each of whom had their own brand value prior to this merger.
It's gonna be a tough job for the Aricent Management to recreate the brand, as Branding is one thing that takes a lot of time to set in, especially for the not so well known organizations.The name ARICENT is the result of a Naming Competition held in the organization, some of the other suggested names were
Well here's wishing the Management of Aricent best of luck in their effort to create a Decent Brand which hopefully won't change again. (P.S : that old names die hard is evident from this link, where the URL used is that of HSS while the company associated with it is Aricent)
October 17 Happy DiwaliThe Festive Season has arrived, so here's wishing everyone a HAPPY DIWALI And A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR October 05 SledgeHammer Sreesanth Looks like our fiery fast bowler S.Sreesanth seems to have learnt a thing or two from the Aussies,cause he's sledging his own seniors of the Blue Billion. Here's an incident from the ongoing Challenger Trophy.
There was a bit of drama during the first game of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy on Sunday night.Fast bowler S Sreesanth was involved in a skirmish with Harbhajan Singh during India Blues’ innings.
India Reds were a wicket-away from a well-deserved win when Harbhajan barged into Sreesanth while the bowler was returning to his mark. A few words were exchanged and both umpires had to intervene to separate the two. The reason for the off-spinner picking on him was learnt later. In the dressing room, coach Lalchand Rajput read out the riot act to Sreesanth for getting involved in the scuffle. "There was absolutely no need for him to do that. The team was in a winning position then why unnecessarily create a ruckus," said Rajput, clearly very agitated with the bowler. Apparently, a source tells us that wasn’t the only issue. Sreesanth had even sledged Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag early in the innings."After he was hit by Sehwag for a four, he went up to him and asked him why he can’t bat like that in international matches," the source said. Sehwag, obviously lost his cool and pointed that out to the umpires. Later, Sreesanth dared to look Tendulkar in his eyes in his follow through after getting one past him.The next ball saw Tendulkar jumping out of his crease to smash a six, tennis style, over the bowler’s head. The source said, "Tendulkar went up to him and said, never again come that close to me." Sreesanth went wicketless on the night conceding 58 runs in nine overs. This really spices up the domestic cricket matches, which nobody watches anyway, although I really doubt that Sachin would have said anything like this. September 24 Lage Raho - The Fever Continues
Munnabhai fever continues especially with 2nd Oct, around the corner ,so just relax and enjoy Munna and Gang once again PROFESSOR Gandhi Jayanti ke baray mein kya jantey ho? MUNNA BHAI Gandhi bahut jabardast aadmi tha, Baap. Maa Kasam, par apun ko yeh nehin malum ke yeh Jayanti kaun hai. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIRCUIT Bhai, Bapu ne bola tha ke kabhi jhoot nehin bolna mangta hai. Apun aaj se kabhi jhoot nehin bolega Bhai. MUNNA BHAI Aye Circuit, woh Sunita ka baap aya hai terayko dund rehla hai. CIRCUIT Bhai usko bolo apun gaon gaya hai, kheti karneko. MUNNA BHAI Par Circuit, abhi to tu bola kabhi jhoot nehin bolega. CIRCUIT Bhai, apun jhoot nehin bolega, par tum to bol sakta hai na. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAMU Chand toh raat ko nikalta hai, aaj din mein kaise nikal aya? GIRL Ullu to raat ko bolta hai, aaj din mein kaise bol pada? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIRCUIT Bhai, woh apnay bachpan ka dost aarehla aaj raat ko dinner pe. Mera sara chain collection apnay kamray mein chupa do na please. MUNNABHAI Kyun tera dost chor hai kya? CIRCUIT Nehin Bhai, woh apnay chain pechan lega. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAMU Bhai, apnay ko char mahinay mein Tamil sikhna padega. Kuch upay batao. MUNNA BHAI Tamil kyun, aur char mahinay ka kya chakkar hai? MAMU Meinay ek Tamil baccha adopt kiya hai, aur woh char mahinay mein bolne lagay ga. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROFESSOR Akal badi ki bhais? MUNNA BHAI Bole toh pehlay date of birth bata mamu. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUNNA BHAI Circuit, bole toh yeh Ford kya hai? CIRCUIT Bhai, gaadi hai. MUNNA BHAI Toh phir, yeh Oxford kya hai? CIRCUIT Bole toh, simple hai bhai, Ox mane Bael, Ford mane gaadi. Oxford bole toh Baelgaadi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIRCUIT Aye Mamu, tereko papad aur jhapad mein pharak pata hai kya? MAMU Nehin. CIRCUIT To kha ke dekh le, pata chal jayega. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUNNA BHAI Mamu, apun bachpan mein dus maley ke building se gir gaya tha. MAMU Aarey, phir kya hua. Bach gaya ki tapak gaya? MUNNA BHAI Yaad nehin hai yaar. Bahut purane baat hai. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUNNA BHAI Mamu, tu kitna pada hai? MAMU B.A. MUNNA BHAI Sala, two akshar pada aur woh bhi ulta? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAMU Oye, maar gayay yaar. Meri biwi aur premika saath saath aa rehla hai. MAMU KA DOST Arrey, mein bhi yehi bolnewala tha. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIRCUIT Oye Short Circuit yeh light bulb pe baap ka naam kya likh raha hai? SHORT CIRCUIT Apun baap ka naam roshan kar rehle hai. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRINCIPAL Agar koi ladka girls hostel mein gaya toh first time 100 Rs fine, 2nd time 200 Rs. Fine and 3rd time 500. MUNNA BHAI Monthly paas ka kya lega Mamu September 17 Munnabhai's Experiments With Truth Well Last Night I finally got a chance to catch the 2nd installment of the Munnabhai series which is the talk of the country right now, and needless to say that it truly rocks and this time the hype surrounding the movie doesn't let you down.Bollywood is finally coming of age and the highlight of 2006 has been that "movies with a message work", whether it be a RDB or an LRM(Lago Raho Munnabhai),if you make a movie that the audiences can connect with it'll surely work.
As is already to known to most people ,this time Munna and Circuit shed their Dadagiri in favor of "Gandhigiri",the new term coined in the film that's taking the nation by storm,I just hope that this not a short lived phase and just like RDB made people raise their voices against the injustices of the Government this film brings out the better person in us.
LRM is not only a rop-roaring laugh riot but also makes you think, Gandhi was a great man,like all great leaders he was full of confidence and knew the path that would lead to success, although not everything that he did was right but he was a daring person choosing the most unconventional of ways to win freedom for the Nation, and hasn't that method become synonymous with all kind of protests around the world.
Here's where I felt that Gandhigiri Can be used
On the other hand one can't follow too much of Gandhigiri,cause the person might take you to be weak and feeble ,you start lacking the aggressive spirit and the Killer attitude , something I feel most Indians lack, especially the Indian Sports Teams. There's a fine line between being Non Violent and being taken for granted, probably why peeople feel that India and Pakistan would still have been one, had Gandhi not agreed to Jinaah's demands. Finally kudos to the team of LRM and great work by Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi who's really fabulous. Best of Luck to Sanjay for his trial and hope that we get to see the Third Installment soon.
And Here's A Real Life Incident displaying the use of GandhiGiri.
September 12 Flashback - Best Email of 2005The Best email of 2005 - 'tenjewberrymuds To get the full effect of the conversation below, read it aloud. You will understand what
'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation. This has been nominated for the best email of 2005. The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:
Room Service (RS): "Morrin. Roon sirbees." Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
RS: "Rye..Roon sirbees..morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?"
G : "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them?
Sorry, scrambled please." RS: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS : "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"
G: "What?"
RS:"An toes. July
Sahn toes?" G: "I don't think so."
RS: "No? Judo wan sahn toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan
sahn toes' means." RS: "Toes! toes!...Why jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we
bodder?" G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine.
Yes, an English muffin will be fine." RS: "We bodder?"
G: "No...just put the bodder on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"
G: "Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we
bodder on sigh and copy....rye??" G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G : "You! 're very welcome." September 01 "Failure" = Bush Try this out, Goto www.google.com, type the word Failure, and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky Button" and see the Results for yourself.
Now if you're pondering as to how this happened then Marissa Mayer has the answer for you here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/googlebombing-failure.html August 20 Miracles Abound: Milk Miracle Encore It seems to me that someone really powerful(perhaps GOD) read my previous post,cause even as I write this the Milk Miracle is back again and the news is spreading like wild fire all across the country and across all TV Channels.
Well this time I won't be trying my luck but you can sure go ahead and give it a shot. :-). August 19 Miracle Or Madness : Beach Water Turns Sweet Call it a Miracle or just co-incidence, but one of Mumbai's most Toxic Beaches with almost black colored waters has witnessed a change overnight. NDTV.com reports here that thousands of people are thronging Mahim Beach where the water has reportedly turned sweet. This is true for a few other beaches in Mumbai where the fluoride count and salinty has gone down by almost 10 times the normal level.
People have been thronging these areas in huge numbers since last night ,where they have been drinking the water and are carrying them in bottles as they believe it to be a blessing from God. Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, has appealed to Mumbai citizens not to consume the water as it is still quite hazardous.
Well this incident sure brought a smile to my face, but I sometimes really think that will India ever be able to reach the position of the Developed nations in the world, with so much superstition and illiteracy still prevalent. Although sometimes even we tend to believe in them,my mind taking me back to the famous Milk Miracle ( the link gives you all the details and a video) that happened all the across the world,when Lord Ganesha Idols everywhere starting drinking milk,that time the first thing me and my brother did after returning from school was to try our luck on the Lord Ganesha Idols in the Temples.
Let's hope we see something better in the time to come.
August 14 India@59, Happy I Day Pakistan ko shrafat sikha denge,
Hindustan Ki Takat dikha Denge,
Sun le Musharraf,humse panga mat lena,
Varna Kashmir mein to kya
LAHORE mein bhi
****************TIRANGA ***************
Lehra Denge.
HAPPY I DAY to all.
July 31 Toutes français lisant ceci Les temps de l'Inde rapporte aujourd'hui que les français sont les bloggers les plus actifs dans le monde avec 73% de tout le savoir d'utilisateurs d'Internet quel Blog est. Le rapport passe également à la parole qu'un politicien français n'a aucune chance de la rendre grande s'il pas blog. Selon une compilation des sources françaises telles que Mediametrie, la France compte de près de 7 millions de blogs aujourd'hui. Ceci représente une partie significative de la population, loin au-dessus de la pénétration aux USA ou d'autres pays européens.
Le puits ainsi moi m'a pensé essai d'ust de volonté ma chance et voit si ce poteau attire des Français.
P.S: If you have no idea what the text above means then you should read below, or visit Google Translate which does a really bad job of translating the text above.
The Times of India reports today that the French People are the most active bloggers in the world with 73% of all Internet users knowing what a Blog is.
The report also goes onto say that a french politician has no chance of making it big if he does not blog.According to a compilation of French sources such as Mediametrie , France counts close to 7 million blogs today. This represents a significant part of the population, far above the penetration in the US or other European countries.
Well so i thought I'll ust try my luck and see if this post attracts any Frenchmen. July 21 Caste Based Reservations,Banning Blogs, what's Next Mr.Singh Is there any use living in a country like India, considering what's being going on over the past few months I certainly don't think so.
By the way before I give my update on the Band of the Banned as they call themselves, I just like to point out the anti government blog posts of mine.
As per the government and the ISP association of India, the ban should have been off by now but that's certainly not the case. I checked it out for myself and sites like exposingtheleft.blogspot.com,pajamaeditors.blogspot.com and many of the others on the list are still blocked, you can read more on this and find the list here .Allthough certain sites like hinduunity.org , which is the official site of the Bajrang Dal, are revolting and very aggressive banning them is certainly not the answer, maybe a warning about the content is a better option.
I have one suggestion for the I&B Minister, he better stay indoors otherwise he's sure to get a few Zidane style Headbutts from some irate Citizens.
Now let's see what happens to this space, if it gets banned I can get myself this T-shirt
July 12 Damodaran Looks Back on the FIFA WC M.Damodaran, the SEBI Chairman shares his views on the Recently Concluded FootBall World Cup here. Do check it out, it's called " Zizou, don’t tell us what made you mad" .Damodaran feels that it's better that the reason for Zidane's Head Butt remain a mystery so that everyone just keeps guessing though I feel that he would come out with reason sooner or later.
Well here he is at a chat show, where he confirms that Metarazzi did say something very serious and personal. Now that FIFA is investigating the matter , I feel that action should be taken against Metarazzi as well. July 06 SUPERMAN - The Movie, The History , The MeaningThere's nothing much to explain when it comes to him, he's the one guy we all dream about and wish to be(I surely must be one of us biggest fans). Finally after many many years Superman Returns to the Big Screen , this time in the form of Brandon Routh. Although he does quite a good job and bears some resemblence to Christopher Reeve but the movie is not as Entertaining as it should be. The Director Bryan Singer focusses more on the Human and Emotional side of Superman , something that any hardcore superman fan and Smallville watcher would know about. Brandon Routh actually doesn't have to much to speak in the film and gets injured and beaten once too often, makes a good premise for one to think that "The World Does not Need Superman". But as said by Superman to Lois Lane in the movie "You say that the world does not need me, that they don't need a Saviour, but everyday I hear people crying for one", is truly a great line that sums up why every human is fascinated by this fictional character.
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932 and first appeared in Action Comics in 1938. His earlier form was nowhere as impressive as it is today, back then his "S" sign didn't look that good, plus his powers weren't that great either. He couldn't fly but could only Leap about a mile high, he could run only faster than a bullet and didn't have any heat vision, his powers kept evolving as the years went by as the makers kept changing them to satisfy the constant growth of interest in the character.Contrary to what people think Lois Lane was not the love of his life , it was Lana Lang, probably the only one who loved Clark Kent and not Superman, thereafter there were many others like Lori Lemaris and later on Wonder Woman(read here for more). Superman is also one of the most Scientificaly analyzed and studied fictional characters with books such as the Science Of SuperMan and many others which discuss whether he could exist on earth or not, Superman is actually a great way of teaching subjects like Gravitation,Friction, Speed etc with some professors in the US having used him as Case studies. Now that's what I call learning the right way.
Well this is one topic on which I could go on and on without knowing where to end. I myself had a good time watching Superman Returns,which I saw wearing the Superman Shirt, but felt that it could have been a little better and more action packed.
Finally as sung by David Gray in his Song Superman,
I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive I’m just out to find The better part of me I’m more than a bird...i’m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It’s not easy to be me Wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I’ll never see It may sound absurd...but don’t be naive Even heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed...but won’t you concede Even heroes have the right to dream It’s not easy to be me
Just makes one think that even Superman isn't a Happy person, so we should be thankful for what we have and try to be happy at all times.
You might wanna checkout these links on Superman, if you're a real fan
Theoretical origins Of Kryptonians
July 02 Am I Nostradamus or what Well the Result is out, it's an All European Line up for the Semi- Finals of the Football World Cup 2006, and the astonishing thing is that all my predictions are coming true. Argentina are out,England are out( really sorry for the English Fans , especially a guy who bet $250,000 on England winning the Cup ) and just a few moments ago Brazil are out. Another suprising thing is that ever 4 years the world cup alternates between a European and South American nation.
Well the Line up for the Semi finals looks something like this, it's Germany Vs Italy on the 4th of July and Portugal Vs France on the 5th of July.
Well as I said earlier , the fight for the Cup is gonna be between France and Germany, and I am gonna root for Germany cause they haven't won it in a long time and a it's been a really long time that a Host Nation won the Cup. So it's a Germany Vs France Final for me, let's see if I get it right this time. :-).
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