Feelings...

Bhai Ka Resume

2005-09-14T16:51:00.000+05:30

Pakya Bhai Supariwala

Objective:
To obtain a challenging position as a Crime Implementation Analyst (CIA)

Education:
* B.S. (Crime Technology) Tihar Jail, India, August 1994
* M.S. (Criminal Sciences) Virginia Prison for International Smugglers and
the Unlawful Activists(VPISUA), August 1996.

Thesis:
"On escaping from high security prisons like Alcatraz with minimal
efforts"

Coursework:

Cop Psychology, Plastic Explosives Technology, Bomb Controls and Timer
Device Theory, International Smuggling and Drug Trafficking, Object Oriented
Crime Design

Work Experience:
* Research Assistant, LTTE Labs, Jaffna, Aug 1990-Aug 1991
* Worked on the prestigious Belt Bomb project

* Developed instant death cyanide capsules in orange, strawberry; and mint
flavors (Patent# 007,13,666)

Summer Internship:
Dawood Ibrahim and Haji Mastan Associates, Bombay, June1987-July1990

* Worked as a hitman and was responsible for many supari style killings

* Participated in election rigging in Bihar and made hafta Collections

Honors & Achievements:
* Won 1980 Gabbar Singh Memorial Award (given to child prodigies in crime)
* Member, IPKF (Indian Professional Killers Forum) student chapter
* Performer of the year in 2004 General Elections in Bihar & U.P.
* Strong hold on Govt. & NGOs.
* Specialized in extortion,illegal construction business & fake academic
degree supply.

References:
* Dr. Charles Sobhraj, Full Time Prof., Tihar Jail, New Delhi
* Dr. Chandra Swamy, Visiting Faculty Tihar Jail, New Delhi
* Dr. Dawood Ibrahim, Overseas Projects Manager, Dubai

Thanks,
(Pakiya Dhol

Facts of National Anthem

2005-08-16T11:39:00.000+05:30

I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought may be God! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country. Did you know the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919? To honor their visit Pundit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in praise of the King and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the praise of our great Motherland!!!)

In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha... etc. were mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now - Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at that time.

The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas which glorify the King:

1st stanza (Indian)People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories.

2nd stanza Around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.

3rd stanza Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond misery.

4th stanza Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.

5th stanza in your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King).

This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not indicate that.

It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past fifty plus years. Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play. It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear Motherland - India.

Source is a FWD mail.

Colour....

2005-08-11T17:30:00.000+05:30

A Brit bumps into a sardar, and Poking fun tells him..

You Indians are multicoloured... Look at us we are only one colour...

To which the Sardar replies... Only HORSES are of different colours..

DONKEYS are of the same colour..

JAI HIND ;)

Lovely Morning

2005-08-05T17:12:00.000+05:30

My 6 month daughter has learnt a new habit of Psrrrr'ing. She was not doing it for a few days now, so we assumed that she has forgotten it...

I carried her in the morning as soon as she woke up and walked into the living room. I looked at her, She responded with a beautiful smile, before I could completely enjoy her smile she gave a loud Psrrrrr... loads of her saliva was now covering my face. My Mom,Dad, Brother and Wife laughed, Not to mention teasing's that followed...

Seeing them laugh my daughter wore a surprised look and started to Psrrr again much to the delight of my mom...

It was a Great beginning...

Failure ???

2005-08-04T14:47:00.000+05:30

I was really surprised to see this...

Here is what you need to do..

Go to www.google.com, Type "failure" and click on I'm Lucky

U will be surprised to see where google takes you..

Disclaimer:- NO offence meant!!!

Office needs

2005-08-01T17:48:00.000+05:30

My Search Engine

2005-07-29T11:50:00.000+05:30

Use my Search engine Powered by google.

It is a nice to see my name. as a search engine ;)

You can create your own search engines at http://www.logogle.com/

Enjoy!!!!

Retired But Working.....

2005-07-28T16:04:00.000+05:30

A Phd,Assistant director in ISRO, Program Director of a few ISRO Satellites, Retried Financial Consultant of a MNC. He is now a Kotak's Life Insrurance agent(oops!!! Sr.Financial Consultant), A Mutual Fund Agent.

I was really zapped to hear all that from 62 year old person who looked just 40 odd. I guess I would like to copy his profile... it was great talking to him...

Or is it too early to worry abt after retirement...?

When 80 Rs Vegetables Costed me 180

2005-07-26T13:27:00.000+05:30

It was fine sunday afternoon on 6th July... My wife and me decided to purchase vegetables from a wholesale Vegetable market which is only one sundays...

For those who don't know it is opposite to Govardhan theater & near yeshwanthpur railway station.

This was our first trip to this market... My wife was excited to know the prices were so low... 1 KG beans costing 20 Rs outside costed Rs 8/-. Onions costed Rs 6/- against 10/-.

so she shopped to her heart's content, In all it was around 15 kilos of various vegetables... that costed us just 80/-...

10 days later i got a love letter from police (Read as:- no parking fine notice). I visitied the Local Police station to be told that the place where I had parked my car was a NO parking area (NO BOARD WAS VISIBLE) The Fine Sheet read :- Parking in road obstructing movement in a high speed lane.

I debated... but in vain... finally i decided to give up Rs 100/- (fine amount). To my UTTER Surprise the system showed My vechicle belonging to someone else... i was Aghast and produced the Registration Book. The Police official said " Please visit the main Office and then confirm that this vechicle is yours Or it could lead to problems".

when I visited the main police, the same system now it reflected my name.... I paid up & collected the receipt and left.

Copy & ....

2005-07-25T14:50:00.000+05:30

Not too long ago, a large seminar was held for ministers and reverends in training. Among the facilitators were many well-known motivational speakers. One such speaker boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering the entire crowd's attention, said, "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!" The crowd was shocked! He followed up by saying, "That woman was my mother!" The crowd burst into laughter and he gave his speech, which was well received.

About a week later, one of the ministers who had attended the=seminar decided to use that joke in his sermon. As he shyly approached the pulpit one sunny Sunday, he tried to rehearse the joke in his head. It=was a bit foggy to him. Getting to the microphone he said loudly, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my=wife!"

His congregation sat shocked, murmuring. After standing there for almost 10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"

Moral of the story: Don't copy if you can't paste

Office Upgrade

2005-07-21T11:29:00.000+05:30

Must Know of Credit Cards.

2005-07-21T10:24:00.000+05:30

Have you ever recieved a threatening call on your life and security,from a credit card company or its appointed recovery agents ?????

NO !!! Either you are good customer or you are lucky...
Yes!!! Well then you might want to know your rights....

Eitherwise it pays to be informed...

Read this article on Know your Rights!

Stocks or Mutal Funds.

2005-07-19T15:49:00.000+05:30

I would always wonder, what is the correct way or say what should be my way in the equity market.

I have heard a lot of stories of people making fortune & people loosing heavily, which convinced me to invest in Mutual funds as against stocks.

I still think that time is too early for me to look at stocks. Eventually I would want to go that way...

have a look at this interesting article, which could help you decided on which way to go.

CNBC Seminar.

2005-07-19T11:12:00.000+05:30

Firstly, My PC has been down for the last few days and am struggling to the NIC going.. the main culprit behind me not updating...

Following up from my previous post on Insurance Seminar. I Must say it was a good session...

Though the presentation skills of the presenters were not upto the mark, their knowledge which mattered was GOOD. After a little dry presentation was the Q & A Session which was informative. There were a lot of questions from all the corners of the room...

This seminar will be put up on CNBC TV as 30 min documentary... i hope i would be seen on TV... Shall post the time and date once I get to know of the same.

Poor Ganguly

2005-07-16T15:03:00.000+05:30

Insurance Seminar

2005-07-15T15:04:00.000+05:30

CNBC TV & Kotak mahindra life insurance are presenting a seminar on A-Z of insurance.

they say it is a forum where they will answer your queries.. a forum where you can ask those questions but did not know whom to ask...

They will be travelling all over INDIA.. this (first one) is in bangalore.

For Registration Visit moneycontrol.com

Venue: Taj Westend, Bangalore.
Time: 10 AM to 2 PM...

PS:- Lunch is complimentary...

Effective Sales Resume

2005-07-14T15:42:00.000+05:30

Send Big Attachments

2005-07-12T15:17:00.000+05:30

Many a time you might have come across a situation where you had to send a big attachment... but could not.

All you could send was no more than 10MB, that most of the free e-mail operators allow.

You can send files upto 1 GB with the help of yousendit Free...

Check it out...

Gmail Virtual Disk

2005-07-11T17:38:00.000+05:30

Use your Gmail account to store your files and pics... all you need to do is download a small code and install it in your PC. It will emulute and show your Gmail storage space(2 GB) as a virtual disk. The files you either drag & Drop or copy paste will actually be stored as e-mails sent from you to you.

Now this can clutter your gmail inbox
you could create a filter to archive the mails containing GMAILFS: in their subject and go on storing the files..

There are a few things you must know...

1) You can't upload files more than 10M
2) The total file name size has to be less than 40 charaters.
3) since it is an experimental tool it cannot guarantee that files stored in this manner will be accessible in the future (subject to Gmail changing it's policies).
Whatever i quite liked this and am using this to store not so imp files...

For more information visit viksoe.dk

Bread & Omlette, that cost him his job...

2005-07-08T18:39:00.000+05:30

The training this time has come to an end, but not before a sad incident..

Any outstations visit means Royal treatment & good food... With these expectations we reached the guesthouse...

When we landed we were asked to share the rooms with 3 members.. that put the total to 9 for 3 rooms with only 6 beds..

Not a good start... No tea was served.. Breakfast was bread,Jam & Omlettes & Juice.. as against a platter of fruits and atleast 2 south india breakfast dishes..

Later we were told that as there is a party at the guest house that night there would be no lunch...

The dinner was not upto the mark.. and we really had to stand in demand to get our dinner...

Our guest house cook/maintenece is outsourced.. in such a way that every serving he charges us.. and the more no of people he cooks for he makes that much more profit... and hence his major concentration was on the party of 45 people...

The next day's (Today) also was no different as our man had slept at 3 am in the morning.

When our training organiser asked us about the stay at guest house.. he was in shock & matter was escalated...

When casually checking at the hr on tickets i heard some screaming from the admin cabin... it was out admin.. the lady was on top of her voice on our guesthouse care-taker...

Later i learnt from the organiser that the care-taker was fired...

i Clarified it to him that we meant add more people there & not fire him.. he later mentioned that this was not that the admin decided that he be fired & she was protecting from feb this year...

Feel a little bad about the whole thing.. I don't know whether what we did was right or wrong... we never ever wanted the man out.

Tragedy of Drinks...

2005-07-04T15:34:00.000+05:30

Most of us have heard sad stories on accident's involving alcohol at some part in your lives...

But you would have never encountered such a devestating alcohol related accident.

Click here to see the picture...

Ps:- Hold your heart...

Is world ending ???

2005-07-02T14:39:00.000+05:30

NASA predicts this... A very solid explanation ... Asterix & Co believed the sky would fall on their head.. Hope it is not true...

What ever.. i liked the image below..

PS: Source is a FWD Mail.

New format for 2006 Champions Trophy

2005-07-02T12:45:00.000+05:30

Finally ICC is trying to do something... It is good to see qualifying rounds for an tournment....

following are the conditions:

Champions trophy will be between 8 teams only.
All teams must be test playing nations.
Top 6 teams from the ICC Rankings will get direct entry
Remaining teams must compete each other to get entry to the last 2 slots.

Among the 10 test playing nations India is currently ranked 7 Which means if India does not improve on ranking... They will have to play to get qualified for playing champions trophy...

More info...

Racism, you thought only westerners did it.

2005-07-01T17:45:00.000+05:30

I read this news about one of the party cheif was being targeted just beacuse she was a dalit. One of the prominent cricketers in India, Former captain so to say. I was a big time fan of him, took cover stating he was from minority community.

I think India is probably only country in this world that supports minorities majorly.

Support poor and needy people irrespective of their caste or creed. Assuming that all forward class people are well off is the most stupid mistake. Even if majority of forward class are well off there are still a few needy in them.

Merit must be given the preference. I still remember my own brother who secured a 94.5% in one of the all India medical exams, Despite such a brilliant effort he was faced with the irony of the country when his own freind who secured just 70% take the seat which he worked hard for. Reason ??? Backward class. What is this if it not racism of the other kind.

when prime ministers & presidents of the country are to be operated upon, Import doctors or fly abroad.

you may argue that doctors leave abroad once they are educated here.... Give me one good reason to stay back and serve Indians.. You don't encourage merit, you promote lower performing people just beacuse he comes from a lower class. Politicians know that these 70%'s 75%'s are no match for those 95%'s & 99%'s. besides they have to get into colleges taking loan's why ??? upper class of people assumed rich.

Quota systems are created only to get votes and loot the government..

I HATE INDIA FOR THIS.

White peacock

2005-07-01T14:03:00.000+05:30

Have you seen this ??? or is it just computer gimmicks ?

Tata's Done the Country proud again....

2005-06-23T12:39:00.000+05:30

is rated as the best steel producers in the world...
Kudos!!! to TATA for acheving the feat..

Keep going...

Google Wallet ????

2005-06-21T16:29:00.000+05:30

Is Google planning a service simliar to paypal. which has proved itself to be very secure...
Sounds Interesting... but not much of information is avaliable on this though.
For Google, a payment service could represent a significant expansion beyond online advertising.
Google's move could potentially threaten eBay's successful PayPal service.

Did you Know??

2005-06-21T16:03:00.000+05:30

Over 3000 Blogs are updated each minute.

What would it be to have news and its blogs combined as and when then happen in one place... Sounds cool ??? Wondering what would it look like ??? Can it be possible ??? or anything else...

check them all at blogrunner.com

Blogrunner tracks breaking news stories and blog conversations as they propagate across the web

There Are Worst Things In Life...

2005-06-21T12:31:00.000+05:30

A mother passing by her daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.

Then she saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, "Mom."

With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:

Dear Mom,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you.

I've been finding real passion with John and he is so nice-even with all his piercings, tattoos, beard, and his motorcycle clothes. But it's not only the passion mom, I'm pregnant and John said that we will be very happy. He already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter.

He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too. John taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with his friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.

In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so John can get better; he sure deserves it!!

Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your daughter,
Judith

PS: Mom, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk center drawer.

I love you! Call when it is safe for me to come home.

Idle salary accounts – Devil’s workshop?

2005-06-18T13:43:00.000+05:30

Are you losing money because of that idle salary account from your previous job? Do you know if your bank is penalising you on your idle salary account? This link helps you solve the confusing puzzle!

Mermaid.... Spotted.

2005-06-17T15:23:00.000+05:30

Spotted of the Hawaii coast . The half woman half fish was pictured on April 12, 1998...

This makes me wonder why this did this topic not hit the headlines...
Why did not National Geographic, Animal Planet CNN Track this... Or are they doing it. Is the news kept under wraps??

Sure this is a fishy thing... But can this be true???

Never Before offer....

2005-06-17T10:00:00.000+05:30

0% interest on Cash withdrawals on HSBC Cards... it is too real to believe...

I Called up the HSBC Call center to get more details on this.. apparently it is true... The only catch is there is a transaction charge of 2.5% on your transaction and the money should reach them before 31st July...

visit HSBC for more information... Just hope there are no other catches involved...

Bun T Aur Bubbly

2005-06-15T15:57:00.000+05:30

Bun ty Aur Bubbly,

Paris air show

2005-06-13T17:14:00.000+05:30

The world premier air show attracting almost all the manufactures of both civilian & military aircrafts in the world gets underway today at Le Bourget ..

This year HAL is participating showcasing its very successful ALH and IJT, These planes will also be in flying displays apart from static display…

Wish I was there to witness the air show…

Competition...

2005-06-13T11:10:00.000+05:30

Well the Indian Banking Industry is really happening. There are bigwigs who are not worried about the customers as they have their lot. Then there are banks who want to make it big…

It is this competition that gets the best to me (customer). Gone are the days when customer had to run pillar to post for a job… Now companies run pillar to post for the customers..

A very good example is the ORANGE Savings Account from ING Vysya. This is probably the only savings acct at present to present a whole lot of goodies.

· Access non Ing vysya atm’s
· Personal Insurance
· Accident insurance
· Free Demat Account
· Free DD’s Upto 2 Lakhs.
· Cash/Cheque Pick & Delivery At Door step (really need to try this once).

If that is not all the best part is SMARTSERV… With a tie up from Les Conceriges, Services comes without a charge, it could be anything ranging from paying your bills to booking movie tickets to buying flower bouquets…

Sounds Cool right… all of this is for maintaining a Quaterly average of Rs 5000/-. In your account. I guess that Great stuff…

Customer Zindabad…

Dream moments

2005-06-09T10:09:00.000+05:30

Playing at

is a dream for any cricketer. Well if your are filthy rich then you can certainly full fill that not against some bolwer. But to bat against one of the best bowlers in the world Shane Warne and also be coached by Sachin Tendulkar...

It would be the moment of a lifetime for the layman to face Shane Warne and be coached by Sachin Tendulkar..

Interested... reach Cricket relief
for more information..

The Future at present...

2005-06-07T20:35:00.000+05:30

Check this out.. I am all sure it is fully fake.. but has bihar university started a new setup at the US ????

Tata Indicom's Latest Ad.

2005-06-06T18:18:00.000+05:30

Poor Sourav !!!

World Enviornment Day...

2005-06-05T23:01:00.000+05:30

Today is world environment day… A day I spent ensuring that I did no harm to the environment. The entire evening was spent with my 4 month old daughter in lalbagh of Bangalore… who seemed to really enjoy herself whilst in lalbagh..

Lalbagh (Red Garden translated from Hindi) gets its name due to the red roses that would bloom all at once at the rose park… This now also holds various colors now.

This truly keeps the name of Bangalore as garden city high…

Lal Bagh also has India's first lawn-clock and the subcontinent's largest collection of rare plants.

For more information on lalbagh visit banglorenet.

It was by accident that we landed when mango exhibition cum sale was on... papers had But the exhibition was on is where you can find different variety of mangoes from all over the country under one roof… it was great... my favorite variety among mangoes is Raspuri. We got about 2 Kilo of the same…

A Race to top...

2005-06-04T10:14:00.000+05:30

This is an article in Indian express and an Analysis done by a person named Thomas Friedman..

A good to read if your in IT specially. Click here for the article.

I do know we Indians work harder. The sad part is that most of the GOVT workers don't really work let alone work harder...

Speaking of hardwork, I have seen people from kerala work for good 18-19 hrs a day i the gulf without complaining.YET Kerala is one of the backward states in India, this is despite the fact that it is the only state to achieve 99% literacy.

This is sad to see, Indians work hard and harder for other countries not for their own.. Whom to BLAME????...

PS:- No offence meant to anybody, Just expressing my views...

A Mobile to watch for..

2005-06-03T16:59:00.000+05:30

This is the mobile for all those who love music.

This triband phone comes with a 2 MP Camera, Mp3 player,FM Radio,organiser,bluetooth connectivity etc...

The best part is its Megabass (a trademark of Sony walkman's). The storage space that comes with justifies this as MP3 Player more than a Mobile. (34 MB on Phone + 512 MB Card). This can easily fit 10 Cd's. It also has an 2 GB Card as an accessory if you want more space..

The Sony Ericsson W800i is surely the mobile to watch for... Personally I would have preferred all this integrated with a UIQ device something like the Sony Ericsson P900.

Surely would keep a close watch on this and hope it fits in my budget... This would be a great gift to those people who spend hours travelling in buses to office.

More info at Sony Ericsson site.

Marriages are made in heaven

2005-06-03T16:33:00.000+05:30

As a child I always thought heaven was up in skies...

Now a Marriage is made in heaven.. Ok Close to it. On Mount Everest... that is how close this couple went to get married..

Surprised ???? Click Here

I Wish them a very happy married life.

Make money violating .....

2005-05-31T17:19:00.000+05:30

Well here is a perfect case of violating predefined rules/guidelines and winning. Ashish Chandra defied the general rules of investment (almost all books & experienced investors tell these) and yet made it big!!!

I had not got even the faintest idea of stocks & mutual funds when I could afford to part some money and not get hurt. Every Tom Dick & Hardy I approached would strongly advise me against the stocks & mutual funds. This had kind of put me off but there was a desire to get at it someday.

It happened without my knowledge. My wife told me of a very exciting way of making money with not much of realization that she was talking of shares /markets (without much understanding/Knowledge). This led to my meeting with Ariez Jasswala who had put the idea in my wife brain now conviced me. But I wanted to thread this line carefully. The least what I wanted was to get back the amount that I would have invested. I was in it and little had I realized that I was in it.

Soon, I forgot all about the investment I had done. Till a casual conversation my friend, who was a little better than me in terms of market found faults with my investment hopes. Now this scared me as I did want to loose my hard saved money. It was after this I decided not to be a layman in the market.

Soon I was talking Mutual funds to everyone. With a little knowledge I decided to invest and try it out. With this in mind I met a couple of Investment agents. One of the agents (Girish) proposed I try investing in TATA Infrastructure Fund. I did and started monitoring the growth. Then I realized that the ULIP investment was also in markets.

I am not still an expert, but I am sure I am learning the tricks of trade. Believe me it gives me a high now. Am I addicted? No I don’t think I am addicted but I surely know better ways to manage my funds.

I am at a stage where I can't think of maximizing my investments in market at will. Hopefully I will have my time & money where I will seriously play with money and also be successful.

Earning $2000 Per day...

2005-05-30T17:23:00.000+05:30

Yes you read it right... This guy earns $2000/- a day just by blogging...

Check this out

Career fair

2005-05-29T20:39:00.000+05:30

I am honest in telling that I am pretty disappointed with the career fair. No Big names not much of publicity and directions for the fair could be seen.

Upon reaching the entrance I was told that we needed to carry a hardcopy personally in order to seek entrance.

It had 2 seperate entries. one for freshers and other for the experienced. I did not see any sense in this specially after both the crowds were mingled inside the hall causing chaos.

I happened to over hear a company official saying to the other let's leave the fresher's CV here..

There was crowd and all that the companies were interested was to collect a few resumes. Why not… apart from probably Igate solutions and Cognizant technologies there was nobody conducting interviews. It was must say decently managed...

It could probably be seen as a boon for freshers..

In all it was a VERY low key affair….

Train Journey...

2005-05-28T22:03:00.000+05:30

It is for the second time that I am doing a Back to Bangalore Stuff… First was when I flew from Muscat,Oman to Bangalore for good. Now it is a transfer from Chennai to Bangalore…

I must say it is quite a feeling… Well with some difficulties which was overcome by me, Many Thanks to Phani Kumar.. who was there at the Rush hour ( Me managing to catch the train).

I finally settled into my upper berth of kaveri express. I was awaken by some shouting… Wondering what happened I peeked out of my berth… from top I could see a person arguing with the TTE (Travelling Ticket Examiner).

Watched them for a while and quickly learnt that TTE was demanding Rs 500/- for carrying a false ticket. But then the guy (an employee of ICICI Pru Life) was arguing that he had bought the ticket from an agent by paying money (Hard earned) to GOVERNMENT and not by some stone or mud. The TTE was saying he does not care if paid money or stone and he was carrying a false ticket hence he has to either pay up or leave the train.

Now this had got almost everyone watching them the argue. I asked the TTE why is he asking him Rs 500/- . The TTE told me that ticket say the person traveling is M 48 and name as Mohd faizal. Since this guy is young I was suspicious and asked him for an ID proof for which he showed me an ICICI PRU LIFE company ID card which say he is Rakesh & his age as 28. Now as per rules he is a false ticket holder and he has 2 options which is either he pays me Rs 500/- as fine or Leave the train. The other guy (Rakesh) said that he purchased the ticket from an agent paying 50 Rs more than the ticket fare.

To which I clarified that TTE was not the person to be blamed for this goof up and it was his fault for not verifying the tickets before he paid the agent the money. I told him my ticket too was purchased by an agent and it displays correct details.

Now Rakesh got a little wild and reverted to his Stone Mud theory and was abusing the railways claiming hid dad was the king of roadways. TTE not loosing his cool said.. Take my name and badge no.. please complain at the nearest RPF Station, but now decided what you want to do.. I can’t let the entire bogie be disturbed… By now the RPF guys arrived at scene and looking at them he said he will leave the train. He was dropped at the next stop.

I really have no words to describe this person.. any comments ???

The India INC thinks like me..

2005-05-25T12:43:00.000+05:30

Following my previous post on our FM And Anurag's comments of only one paper being sold... This is what the Indian corporate thought to the Economic Times Coup of getting the FM to be an Editor for a day..

Read this interesting article.

Finance Minister in New Role.

2005-05-24T13:09:00.000+05:30

It is a nice thing to hear that Mr. P.Chidambaram was the EDITOR of The Economic Times news paper circulated today.

I quite liked the idea of FM doing this for a change. As a matter of fact I made it a point to buy one paper today.

Inovative Idea...

2005-05-21T12:23:00.000+05:30

It is one of those forwards I recieved.

One lover wanted to express his unfathomable love to his sweetheart. So, what did he do........?

He gave chocolates to all the girls living in the University student apartments and asked them to turn their lights on or off at 8pm that night. See the pic for the rest.............Truly Breathtaking!

You don't need to guess his sweetheart's reaction.

Hundreds of students came over later to witness this great piece of Art driven by the Greatest Emotion known to Man - 'Love'.

One more Invovative idea..

Opportunities Galore !!!

2005-05-20T20:11:00.000+05:30

This truly happens to be opportunities galore.. There is a career fair happening at BANGALORE.

The details are as follows:

Location: Trade Center,
Export Promotion Industrial Park
Whitefield Industrial Area
Bangalore...

Timings: 9AM to 5 PM (IST)

Dates : 28th and 29th of May 2005.

I am sure going to go there... Good one for even freshers... Carry many copies of resumes... You never know how many offers may be showered on you....
Mind you also be smartly dressed... not only because you might bump into some nice girls, but also corprates check these..

ALL THE BEST GUYS/GALS.

Blogexplosion.

2005-05-17T20:14:00.000+05:30

Guess what... I just bumped into this site called blogexplosion. It seems that if you register your blog site here and surf other sites. You will get other bloggers to visit your site. The ratio is like 2:1 meaning if go to 2 different sites then you would have one visitor to your site. Interesting Right...

Mind you this service is 100% free. Why would someone setup a blogexchange like this... Good concept though...

What's the harm in trying??? I hope it would be good experience.. I Just registered here.

Cricket in Chennai.

2005-05-16T19:56:00.000+05:30

Cricket in Chennai can be really sapping. It will not only dehydrate, but will also change your colour. I learnt this the hard way on Saturday.

Match was intra company one, But we had to prove something to them, as the match prior to the one played on saturday. My Team had lost ( I had not played then ;))

We arrived to the ground where the mat was laid and wickets were in place. Shortly after us the Opponents arrived.

Our Team discussed and decided on the winning toss we would bowl. We won the toss. It was a 20 over per side match.

Anurag and Arun produced a magnificient spell reducing the opponents to 15/4 in the 4th over. They did pretty well to recover in the middle but then anurag(captain of the team) brought himself on to seal the coffin. The opponents were bowled out for 86 with 5 overs to spare.

Deepu and me started the innings, but deepu was out in the 3rd ball of the second over. Next mani was out and our scorecard read 12/2 in 3rd over.

Ashraf and me joined in what I can say was a memorable partnership as by the end of the 10th over we were 72/2. By now I was severely dehydrated, had to be walked out and was forced to retire. I had scored 36 runs with 5 fours. The best shots of my innings was the backfoot cover drive, the late cut (thanks to our vyalikval back runs cricket..) and the On drive.

The team carried me off on shoulders as i had really put up big effort to bear the heat and carry the team to victory.

I shall see if i can post a few snaps of the next match that is due to be held on 22 nd may...

Hope i can keep the good show for the next match...

Savings bank accounts...

2005-05-16T14:34:00.000+05:30

Disclaimer:- I don't intend to point a particular bank is good or bad, I don't think I am competent in any manner for the comparison. I am only mentioning my experiences. My statements need not be the basis for anyone/person to decide his/her banking ways.

With so many banks around & many more coming into market. I think it was very apt for the Governor to RBI to say that he would like to see only 8-10 Banks. With a huge presence that would make the difference in the banking sector.

Here is a layman's (in terms of banking sector) comparisons among the banks that I have dealt with and also their advantages.

I first opened my account in Canara bank vyalikaval branch, Bangalore way back in 90's (don't remember the date). It was opened as I had got my first pay check of Rs 750/- ;). I later on went on to have accounts with Bank Muscat, National Bank of Oman, Citibank, HDFC bank, ICICI bank, Post office bank & Indian bank, some of the different accounts with SBI, HSBC & Standard Charted.

Let me see what I feel about all these banks.

1. Canara Bank : Sentimentally attached to the bank, Definitely not happy with their Internet banking. Customer service.
I hardly use this account, except for an occasional transaction just for the heck of it.

When initially I opened as a kid it was exciting to bank with this bank, wait with token no's to get your cash, watching all those bankers, busily opening ledgers (big books as I called them then). Pass books manually being updated.

Then came a time when computers were introduced and canara bank were among the few to go in for computerization. I remember this even now that I was looking after Vijaya bank's Netware server implementation. My friends who worked for PCS installing PC at canara bank headquarters in Bangalore.

Nothing has changed for this bank, it still follows the token systems (I think masses of this bank are still those people who want to stand in queues Like my DAD who hates to go to an ATM).

It took about 3 months for me to get my internet banking username & password & took about 6 weeks for my ATM card (Visa debit card) to reach me.

Likes: - Actually None. Apart from the sentimental value attached to this particular account.

2. Bank Muscat:- When I flew to Muscat, I banked with this bank. Must say truly exceptional experience whilst in this banking here.

Their customer service, ATM were reachable (in Oman any one could use any banks ATM's to withdraw money, so ATM's was never an issue.) were really good. Internet banking they introduced was a good one.

Had attractive schemes where you could take part in lucky draws if your balance in the account was more than 100 Rials ( Rials are the currency of the country) (your chances would double if u had 200 Rials )

Drawbacks:-
1. They charged a small amount for maintaining our savings account with them.
2. Cheque books would be issued only to a current account & again charged.
3. No interests given on your money held in saving account.

3. National Bank Of Oman: Switched to this bank primarily for 2 reasons:

a. Interest free installment was given for electronic purchases.
b. No savings bank account maintenance charges.

Dislikes of this bank:

1. Pathetic Customer service quite contradictory to their punch line.
2. The bank also had the scheme of prizes for 100 Rials, but no debit card or cheque book for this account.
3. Internet banking, you could not do any queries as the database would be shut after 9:30 PM. (Ridiculous for the definition of internet banking)

4. Citibank:

Likes:
a. Excellent NRI Customer care services.
b. Money would be transferred quickly.
c. Mature internet banking.
d. Global ATM (Best thing so far I have seen, Access any VISA ATM, FOC)
e. Dual operators for the same account..

Dislikes:
a. Minimum balance of US $1000. (Money would be locked can't use it).
b. Poor Exchange Rates.
c. Good internet banking but not very easy, can be confusing.
d. Bill payments are charged. (Rs 100/- per half year.)

4. HDFC Bank:

Likes:

a) Has ATM's Where ever I move around.
b) Easy & Good Internet banking

Dislikes /Drawbacks:

a) My biggest dislike is the when cheques are issued; I would not get the name to whom it is issued. You would need to call the bank for the info.
b) E-mail support is VERY POOR.
c) No 3rd party bank transfers,
d) Bill payment is charged (Rs 25/- Per quarter)

ICICI Bank:

I think it is a very good bank considering it is an INDIAN BANK. No problems of bill pay charges, Name of person to whom cheque is issued missing.

Likes:
1) Good internet banking.
2) Good ATM network.

Dislikes:

1) Money transfers are costly, (if you are from middle east) though faster.
2) Internet banking not easy, AD's are seen while banking, gives u a scare of internet security.

I would probably rate this is the best at the moment if you are a resident Indian. though ATM's are mostly crowded.

Middle east apart from money transfer's it is ok, but their tie with ME bank in Dubai is a step forward and hope the transfer issue would not be a bottle neck.

Post office & Indian bank:-

PO offers best interest rates for a long term RD Excellent for Small Savings. Indian bank for a RD of one year. Apart from their good interest rates, I don't see anything that is so appreciable in these to organizations, No internet banking. No ATM cards.. Not much of excitement of this.

The post office's Monthly Income Scheme is something that I feel is the best at the moment.

Summing it up, I personally feel ICICI Bank has been doing a good job

Eliott Beach Experience.

2005-05-11T19:49:00.001+05:30

After a good dinner, my freinds and me decided to take a stroll to the Eliot’s beach at Besentnagar at Chennai. (By the way I am a proud Bangalorean in Chennai till the month end)

It is Good beach. It was quite windy and partly deserted as it was around 9:30pm each one of us were wishing if we had our girlfriends instead of the other guys ;)...

I spotted a Kwality Walls ice cream three wheeler, wanting to have one approached him and asked him for a lime punch. He asked to pay Rs 12/-. I looked at the MRP of the same. It showed Rs 10/-. I asked him why the extra Rs 2/-. He said it is beach and hence I will have to pay that premium. I debated and told him I would only pay Rs 10/- for it. He said he would not sell in that case. Looking at my argument another lady said I was right and she too returned the ice-cream like me. I walked about another 100 -150 mtrs to another Kwality walls ice cream three wheeler. Asked him for the same and he asked me to pay only Rs.10/- and did not even talk a word more.

I was glad I left the ice-cream at the first fellow. The point I am trying to make is not about saving that Rs 2/-. I don't think it can be justified in any manner that you have to pay a 3rd person the extra Rs 2/- just because we are at beach, After all it is hard earned.

I tried to look at Kwality walls website to complain. I could not find an E-mail address to do so. What do u think??? Should I have paid the extra Rs 2/-, cause I wanted to have an ice-cream at beach?????.

My First Post.

2005-05-10T19:05:00.000+05:30

Ok!!! so i am the latest entry ???. can't say that, can you?. The world of blogging is increasing daily. I guess by the time i might upload this there maybe a few more new guys on board...

Why blog???, what is blog??? I dont think i quite know the so called definition of this thing.. but hey should I care for these things???. Hell no…

So what do u write in a blog?? Wondering what is this guy trying to do?? Well I guess I too don’t know…

But being a techie I guess this come naturally to me ;).

Well I know a few people from whom I actually got interested in this stuff. So am up here to try and see what I can do.

Let me hope things go well.