Blues....living away from home gives jus that....
And when ur doing it for the first time ever....well...prayers are ur only resort!
1 week in "another city", however, hasnt been without any learning:
6. Everything around u is crib-able. Maybe management is the art of overcoming the science of cribbing. (Or so u'd wanna believe!)
5. Seemingly nice things are unseemingly saddddddddddddd!!
4. Age is NOT an indicator of maturity. (Mainly of ppl in "another" place)
3. Some ppl are always there for u. U learn to miss them in a good way!
2. Keep ur expectations low. You're unlikely to be disappointed!
1. Bangalore is heaven!
I've got requests for funny posts but I guess it'll take a while...some profoundity is all i can manage now....adjust maadi with:
Of Time
Like dew on the tree top
That trickles down
seemingly
gently
in a pattern
and manifests into
shapelessness,
time falls,
moves ahead at a struggling pace
before becoming timeless!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Bye(s)!!!
There's a way
they say..
to make things sound good
when they dont
seem as they should..
By use of profundity
adverbs, adjectives subtlety,
and words tacit and tight...
I, for one, cant find a better way of saying this
(without going amiss) -
To come, to meet and then to part,
is the saddest thing of human heart,
but the memories of life are clever,
as they hover around u forever and ever!!!
(Gonna miss this place biiiiiig time!!! sob!!)
they say..
to make things sound good
when they dont
seem as they should..
By use of profundity
adverbs, adjectives subtlety,
and words tacit and tight...
I, for one, cant find a better way of saying this
(without going amiss) -
To come, to meet and then to part,
is the saddest thing of human heart,
but the memories of life are clever,
as they hover around u forever and ever!!!
(Gonna miss this place biiiiiig time!!! sob!!)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Pooris at KC Das!
Now a lot of authentic Bangaloreans would find it hard to get a good meal in the MG Road-Brigade Road-Church Street area. Yes, there are quite a few restaurants there, but most (if not all) are extremely expensive and serve cuisines for immigrants.
So gorging on KC Das' pooris at 11am on a Friday morning makes one feel like having found water in a desert with only mirages.
One plate poori consists of 4 pooris (from maida), 1 aloo ki sabzi and 1 dal ki sabzi. To say that its a delicious affair would be underrating it by at least a mile and a half. My rating (on 10):
Taste - 9.5
Decor - 9 (wooden chairs n tables; neat and clean)
Service - 9 (unlike "pricey" waiters in certain "pricey" restaurants)
Accessibility - 9 (on St. Marks Road; perpendicular to MG Road)
Feel good factor - 9.5 (hmmmmmmmmmm....)
It sure was some food for thought! Also, don forget to have mishti doi (sweet curds, for the uninitiated), which is simply out of the world!
So gorging on KC Das' pooris at 11am on a Friday morning makes one feel like having found water in a desert with only mirages.
One plate poori consists of 4 pooris (from maida), 1 aloo ki sabzi and 1 dal ki sabzi. To say that its a delicious affair would be underrating it by at least a mile and a half. My rating (on 10):Taste - 9.5
Decor - 9 (wooden chairs n tables; neat and clean)
Service - 9 (unlike "pricey" waiters in certain "pricey" restaurants)
Accessibility - 9 (on St. Marks Road; perpendicular to MG Road)
Feel good factor - 9.5 (hmmmmmmmmmm....)
It sure was some food for thought! Also, don forget to have mishti doi (sweet curds, for the uninitiated), which is simply out of the world!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ways Around!
I wonder why people block websites at work to improve productivity.
I think wot it manages to achieve is the exact opposite!
Consider this - When they blocked a few "sites" here, the first thing I did was to find a way to by-pass the block....and it was more out of vengeance than necessity. So, say, an hour spent on finding ways around.
And once thats done, you don wanna log off for fear of having to work ur way around again. So this amounts to paying attention to lotsa unwanted pop-ups (for mails/chats).
And there's also a sadistic pleasure that u've outbeaten sadists (read IT guys who block sites) that makes you wanna gossip about it with all and sundry.
Finding newer ways becomes another engaging TO-DO.
So my question, do productivity levels reach required heights? I'd dare say NO.
PS - Note to IT guys - Dai Poda!
I think wot it manages to achieve is the exact opposite!
Consider this - When they blocked a few "sites" here, the first thing I did was to find a way to by-pass the block....and it was more out of vengeance than necessity. So, say, an hour spent on finding ways around.
And once thats done, you don wanna log off for fear of having to work ur way around again. So this amounts to paying attention to lotsa unwanted pop-ups (for mails/chats).
And there's also a sadistic pleasure that u've outbeaten sadists (read IT guys who block sites) that makes you wanna gossip about it with all and sundry.
Finding newer ways becomes another engaging TO-DO.
So my question, do productivity levels reach required heights? I'd dare say NO.
PS - Note to IT guys - Dai Poda!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Voice over!
Its truly an enigma - the human mind. And what is more enigmatic is the kind of conclusions it jumps to on the occurrence of an event.
The event I'm gonna deliberate about is a talk over the telephone with an unknown somebody.
Now how quickly does the mind manage to carve out a picture/sketch from the tone of a stranger? Well! my mind does it in about 25-30 seconds of talk....
Some observations:
1. The sketch generally reminds you of a known somebody
2. The accent generally defines Mr./M(r)s. X's ethnicity. Now this vaguely determines the colour of his/her skin
3. The sharpness of the tone is considered by the mind as an indicator of age
4. The type of tone contributes certain facial expressions to the sketch. For eg: A humourous conversation would create a sketch with "happy" facial expressions (smile, chuckle, twinkle in the eye, etc)
5. The type of conversation would also add/subtract certain "accessories" onto the face - an academic conversation would add say, spectacles onto the mind's picture.
Now for the moot question - How perfectly does the mind's picture concur with the real person. Ahem! well, for me in 90/100 cases, the picture is almost a perfect contrast.
Its amazing how you create an "impression" of somebody and in real time he/she turns out to be completely different. This happens not only when you converse with an unknown person but also when you read somebody's writing. Somehow, you're left disappointed most of the times. A great writer may have a very weird (I know its a subjective term) face. A blunt, straight forward conversationist may look like the most affable of people.
Somebody said - Looks can be deceptive. But why would they ever be so? Coz the enigmatic grey cells like a computer database list down assumptions as if they were a rule.
Maybe the look/tone/literature wasnt deceptive in the first place....maybe it was the mind's single-track thinking....maybe!
The event I'm gonna deliberate about is a talk over the telephone with an unknown somebody.
Now how quickly does the mind manage to carve out a picture/sketch from the tone of a stranger? Well! my mind does it in about 25-30 seconds of talk....
Some observations:
1. The sketch generally reminds you of a known somebody
2. The accent generally defines Mr./M(r)s. X's ethnicity. Now this vaguely determines the colour of his/her skin
3. The sharpness of the tone is considered by the mind as an indicator of age
4. The type of tone contributes certain facial expressions to the sketch. For eg: A humourous conversation would create a sketch with "happy" facial expressions (smile, chuckle, twinkle in the eye, etc)
5. The type of conversation would also add/subtract certain "accessories" onto the face - an academic conversation would add say, spectacles onto the mind's picture.
Now for the moot question - How perfectly does the mind's picture concur with the real person. Ahem! well, for me in 90/100 cases, the picture is almost a perfect contrast.
Its amazing how you create an "impression" of somebody and in real time he/she turns out to be completely different. This happens not only when you converse with an unknown person but also when you read somebody's writing. Somehow, you're left disappointed most of the times. A great writer may have a very weird (I know its a subjective term) face. A blunt, straight forward conversationist may look like the most affable of people.
Somebody said - Looks can be deceptive. But why would they ever be so? Coz the enigmatic grey cells like a computer database list down assumptions as if they were a rule.
Maybe the look/tone/literature wasnt deceptive in the first place....maybe it was the mind's single-track thinking....maybe!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Conversations....
I sit intently
trying to connect to you
in the midst of all commotion.
I decipher and discourse
within myself -
how to say
what I say
in a manner that would be most receptive.
Then I realise and withdraw.
For it doesnt really make a difference,
conversing with you is like conversing with myself....
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Bath by the Riverside!
Sway
in the rhythm of the air
above you
as the
River
washes you
clean.
Drift
in the momentary
music
of silence.
Only ensure -
that you're not
corrosive.
in the rhythm of the air
above you
as the
River
washes you
clean.
Drift
in the momentary
music
of silence.
Only ensure -
that you're not
corrosive.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Blood Diamond - A review!
I watched the 2006 movie "Blood Diamond" last night and it left me unsettled and moved, to say the least.
Set in Africa, the movie per say, portrays the use of "conflict" diamonds to fund civil wars and how innocent communities are devastated in brutal killings and kidnappings. The film presents Leonardo Di Caprio (Danny Archer) as a trader of diamonds for arms and Djimon Hounsou (Solomon Vandy) as a fisherman whose son is captured by the RUF (Revolutionary United Front ) to be trained as a rebel. The latter's quest to get his family back and how Danny Archer helps him forms the crux of the film's plot.
The movie is brilliantly shot. The cinematography is very real and beautifully done. The background score is engaging and blends well with the storyline. The direction (by Edward Zwick ) is taut and more or less manages to give the film a decent pace.
But the highlight of the film has got to be its performances. Leonardo Di Caprio delivers a stellar performance; the measure of grief, helplessness, practicality, aggression, use of language and in some places a certain flamboyance is perfect, to say the least. The twitching of his brows is something that I have to mention coz, from where I see, it does most of the talking for him. Djimon Hounsou is superlative; his expressions are earnest and dialogue delivery savaging; the show of frustration, agony in the scene where he meets his wife and children at a refugee camp is brilliant. Jennifer Connelly, who I thought was great in A Beautiful Mind, stars as an American journalist and delivers a decent performance.
For me, the movie is a sincere attempt at getting a point across. A must watch!
My fav dialogue: Danny Archer - "I wondered if God would ever forgive us for what we've done to each other. But then I realised that God has left this place long time back"!
Set in Africa, the movie per say, portrays the use of "conflict" diamonds to fund civil wars and how innocent communities are devastated in brutal killings and kidnappings. The film presents Leonardo Di Caprio (Danny Archer) as a trader of diamonds for arms and Djimon Hounsou (Solomon Vandy) as a fisherman whose son is captured by the RUF (Revolutionary United Front ) to be trained as a rebel. The latter's quest to get his family back and how Danny Archer helps him forms the crux of the film's plot.
The movie is brilliantly shot. The cinematography is very real and beautifully done. The background score is engaging and blends well with the storyline. The direction (by Edward Zwick ) is taut and more or less manages to give the film a decent pace.
But the highlight of the film has got to be its performances. Leonardo Di Caprio delivers a stellar performance; the measure of grief, helplessness, practicality, aggression, use of language and in some places a certain flamboyance is perfect, to say the least. The twitching of his brows is something that I have to mention coz, from where I see, it does most of the talking for him. Djimon Hounsou is superlative; his expressions are earnest and dialogue delivery savaging; the show of frustration, agony in the scene where he meets his wife and children at a refugee camp is brilliant. Jennifer Connelly, who I thought was great in A Beautiful Mind, stars as an American journalist and delivers a decent performance.
For me, the movie is a sincere attempt at getting a point across. A must watch!
My fav dialogue: Danny Archer - "I wondered if God would ever forgive us for what we've done to each other. But then I realised that God has left this place long time back"!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Obscurity!
The colour of thick black,
Nature with an uncanny knack,
Work at an unsteady pace,
Man with many a face,
Clouds without a silver lining,
Staff with their constant whining,
The lazy and their lies,
The canny and their vice,
Babies that are nice,
Life's unbearable highs,
A far-fetched cry,
Summer in areas dry,
Unclear sky,
Bheja fry......
Reality check for you Mr. Nash,
Purity is
NOT
the only obscurity!
Nature with an uncanny knack,
Work at an unsteady pace,
Man with many a face,
Clouds without a silver lining,
Staff with their constant whining,
The lazy and their lies,
The canny and their vice,
Babies that are nice,
Life's unbearable highs,
A far-fetched cry,
Summer in areas dry,
Unclear sky,
Bheja fry......
Reality check for you Mr. Nash,
Purity is
NOT
the only obscurity!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
My YeLneeru!
So everyday after work once I get off the bus, I've made it a point to have yeLneeru (tender coconut water). Now its almost 4-5 months and I've been a key account for this yeLneeru-wala despite not being very regular offlate. And its also been like a ritual of sorts for me! I'm wondering if I'll get this in Mumbai....even if I do it wont be a regular affair leave alone a daily one...so it'll be yet another 1/1000000000000000000 thing I wil miss....(sigh)
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