My take on Firangs

I share the same opinion of Karthik. I feel that the Govt of India does not bother abt the expenses the people incur to visit India and take a look of its good culture, which, no doubt the Govt boasts of. No matter who heads the Govt, which party or which person, this sort of exploitation continues.

I remember the movie 16 December. This movie had a theme which was good, but far from truth. This movie dealt with financial scams and stuff like that…internal terrorism.

If the Govt can take a few hints from this movie and try to put curbs on corruption and embezzlement of funds from its own employees (of Govt organisations like RTO and local municipalities), then, it can go a long way and help the upkeeping of the cultural symbols.

I recently had visited Hampi and got to know that the Govt had planned to renovate the ruins of Hampi. This, according to me, is a bad plan. Hampi is reknowned to the world as a place of ruins and it shows how the culture, the sculpture and the prosperity of ancient India. If the place is renovated and all the ruins are corrected, how will it be then? You will find the ruins well built and you will not feel the place to be Hampi…the world reknowned Hampi.
I am not telling that upkeeping is the same as renovating. Upkeeping is just the way to improve the facilities there and if a building is really in a dilapadated condition, causing danger to the people who visit, then, that danger should be corrected by just repairing that part only…and the repairs should be done in such a way that it cannot be noticed at a look, but can be noticed only when observed deeply.

I noticed the entrance fees to the Vijaya Vitthala Temple…the temple having 51 musical pillars, to be Rs. 10/- for Indians and $ 50. That is a big difference. There are no special facilities provided to the tourists though they pay such a high amount to visit and learn about our culture and then, take the same and spread it to their peers, friends, colleagues and countrymen.

In kannada, there is a saying…kaasu kottu ________ hodiskondru… Now there…..don’t ask me what ________ there meant. Though they are helping us gain tourism money, foreign exchange and knowledge sharing. By telling others abt the Indian culture, they make the others also interested to come to India to visit it…which inturn means more foreign exchange. Do you want to make them carry a feeling back that we swindle them? Everyone from rick drivers to taxi drivers, from the restaurant waiter to the dhobi, from the barber to the sweeper at their lodge, they all cheat these people out.

This sort of swindling might not mean much to the foreignors, coz these people ask in terms of one dollar or 50 rupees…which is approx 1 dollar for the foreignors, and in their native countries, they are going to pay much more for the services there. But, as an Indian, when you can reach a place in a rick paying 10 bucks, why pay 50 bucks or a dollar or two for the same? Isn’t it cheating??? Can neone throw some light on this???

Love…My comments

Earlier, I was wondering how people could fall in love. But now, I feel that anyone can fall in love and it just happens. I had a set of feelings that people who just are into work or just out of college are not matured enough or they do not know to differentiate b/n Infatuation, Crush and Love.

Recently, a trainee of mine told me that she had a crush on me… which was rather surprising for me and I told her the same. I told her that she might have mistaken me with someone else. The answer she gave was that she is unlike all others, she has different choices and she’s in a crush on me….she even told me that she cannot fall in love for me and marry me in future coz her parents might object to any relationship that their daughter is in!!! SOS (Same Old Shit!!)

Fortunately or Unfortunately for me, we started travelling in the same cab and she found a house somewhere close to mine. So, I started visiting her house often. I just cannot forget that night when I got my first smooch. I was in the night shift then and we took a walk in the deserted Infy campus @ 2 AM. When we were near the Swimming Pool, she just turned towards me and kissed me on my lips. I had not experienced anything like that earlier and was shy to open my mouth to let her tongue explore. She just laughed at it and I started getting wicked thoughts.

Later that day, I went to her house and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek. We went into her room. For the first time in my life, I was in a girls bedroom. She was wearing a yellow sleeveless nighty and just coz I had knocked at her door, she wore a jacket over it. I asked her to remove the jacket…she just laughed and told me that it was too sexy. But, to my surprise, she removed the jacket, to show her cleavage. Again, a first in life then :)

In this context, I often remember Munnabhai’s dialogue “Bahut saare cheesen life mein pehli baar hota hai maamu..”

We started kissing and she taught me how to kiss properly. She also taught me how to put my thoughts on to a paper and then read it later to c how stupid our thoughts are. I can never forget her…Nor I can forgive her….but that’s an entirely different story.

How could I ever forget those 45 odd days of life in which she gave me almost all pleasures and also taught me patience as per the saying “Sabre ka phal meeta hota hai”. I used to visit her almost every day in the evenings, then come back home to get dressed and leave for the office in the same van, same seat, next to each other, teasing each other by touching at all the places which others could not see. Those days, I was in Progeon, in the same team, she was still undergoing training and I was processing. We used to exchange letters and glances, in the office too…but we did not proceed any further in the office.

Our shifts changed…we continued keeping in touch through calls and messages. One day. She told that she was not in love with me, could not continue our relationship coz she was engaged to a person working in the Army in Delhi. I still doubt that….This, somewhat, did not dishearten me and I continued to think of her in the same way. I loved her and wanted to make her happy. I had told her that I loved her and she had refused.

Then, enters the Bastard. He pinged me on sametime one Monday morning @ 7:45 and makes me swear to tell the truth. I told him that I just did not love anyone and I “had” a crush on a girl, but that crush is long from over. That asshole took the chat and told it to her. She believed him and not me….she is now moving with that son of a bitch.

We had a nice relationship, I was prospering well in life, work and family matters as well..one of the high times in life. Then, all of a sudden, it crashed down. No wonder, I cannot forgive her. She is planning to move in with him, He is quitting the company.

That’s life I feel…“For every low in life, there is a larger than life high”.

Today morning, it was something which I did not expect. She is in the day shift and she looked at me and gave me a smile…the same smile which made my day those days….Dunno why this is for…is this coz that bastard is quitting or is this true or is this just to mislead me???? Can neone suggest me???

Suks, whatever happens, happens for the good…Enjoy maadi

PS: I have no intentions to hurt anyone and that’s the reason I have not named anyone.

A Pic of mine…The story behind it


That’s me working in my cubicle :) This pic was taken by Aprameya, who is currently my PL, but is going out of this project by EOM. I have a Motorola E365 and with a cell camera and I luckily had brought the USB Cable for it to be put on to the comp. So, here it is.

A thought of mine (craziness, if you think so)

I have started blogging and reading other’s blogs that I obviously have to get inspired out of it. Blogging is sure addictive, but it is good when you have enough time to spare and not do anything but blog :)

The other day, courtesy Ramblin’ Man’s Pages, I got to know of this blog called India Uncut.

IndiaUncut is a blog of Amit Verma, who, in my opinion is a radical writer. He does not bother abt his posts and hence, this blog can be found in the bloglists of many other blogs. I too would like to become one. The problem is that I am thinking a bit too much about other people and their feelings when they read my blog. Why the hell should I bother. A person, if in case, goes through my blog, then he would get to know my ideas.

I always have this feeling that I am unwanted…nobody likes me and nobody will speak to me. This feeling has been there from the days when I started studying and has been there till date and I think this will continue forever.

I have come to terms with my life and think why should I bother abt other ppl…but still, the feeling pervails. Dunno abt it. I somehow have another feeling that someone keeps a tab on whatever I do and they do not want to come to light. Very contradicting feelings right??? To get rid of these feelings, I took up an appointment with a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist just dismissed me and my thoughts telling that it happens to everyone. So, am just thinking whether it is true.

A humble beginning….

Hi readers,
I have started this blog on checking out a friends blog

I am unsure as to how I need to start this and what all I will be posting, but a start is all that is currently needed.

So, here I am…
World of Bloggers….I have arrived and joined you….