tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221991242024-03-13T23:20:42.509-07:00Kartha Karma Kriya...and everything around me!!musings on life, lifestyle and livelihood.KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-3288274141614080172019-11-02T07:33:00.001-07:002019-11-02T07:33:27.107-07:00Myriad ways in which your three year old can suprise you!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Episode#1, He is the doctor, he is the engineer, he is the chef<br />
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Me: Kittu (my 3 year old son), what are you doing?<br />
Kittu: I am checking Nanamma (paternal grandmom)<br />
Nanamma: How is my health Kittu<br />
Kittu: Nanamma, you don't eat this fried mixture...it will give you stomach pain<br />
Me: But why do you eat it?<br />
Kittu: I play, you don't play<br />
Me:Who is telling you all these?<br />
Kittu: You stop talking. I am the doctor<br />
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KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-71494196940916954142017-04-08T13:05:00.001-07:002017-04-08T13:05:56.564-07:00Hampi - you blew me away, my second visit was even better<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Stay close to the Virupaksha! I booked myself a room in the Ranjhana Guest house which is a stone's throw from the tallest and the oldest temple shrine that mesmerizes you with its beauty.<br />
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The Sun rise from the top of the Matunga hill.</div>
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The Lotus Palace for the queen which had an air conditioning system built inside. Aquaducts were used to run cool water round the rooms on the first floor and vents were available to suck out (not sure how) the hot air<br />
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The other side of the river is an entirely different setup reminiscing Goa like shacks minus the beaches. There is dried up Tungabhadra that runs behind these shacks but what stops your beat is the large lush green paddy fields, all the joints and cafes face. The streets offer a lot for shoppers - local musical instruments, brass memorabilia, t-shirts, Indo-ethnic-contemporary clothing and lot more for the 'high' seekers<br />
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Hanuman temple atop the Anjanadri hill. Hanuman is believed to have born on this hill and lived in the surrounding areas. The temple also has an idol of Anjana Devi, the mother of Hanuman who is also worshiped as a deity.<br />
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'Mango tree' near the Virupaksha temple market is one of the most popular eateries in the old Hampi area. It serves a vast variety of items across cuisines, and the taste is above average.<br />
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KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-54151256715960100902011-04-19T11:05:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:24:31.773-07:00the pina colada song..What a song!! and Pina colada is good to drink definitely!!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 11px; ">I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long.<br />Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.<br />So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.<br />And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:<br /><br />"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.<br />If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.<br />If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.<br />I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."<br /><br />I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.<br />But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.<br />So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.<br />And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.<br /><br />"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.<br />I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.<br />I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.<br />At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."<br /><br />So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.<br />I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.<br />It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."<br />And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"..<br /><br />"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.<br />And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.<br />If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.<br />You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."<br /><br />"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.<br />If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.<br />If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.<br />You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape!!</span></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-84230521289570687672011-03-28T04:24:00.000-07:002011-03-28T04:45:21.117-07:00Confessions of a workaholicDid you ever find yourself wanting to do more work but there is nothing on your plate? You are the kind of person who likes to be occupied at work but there is nothing substantial that requires your time and energy. I wonder how such people manage to spend minimum working hours in their offices. If the readers have any innovative ideas to fill up the idle office time, they are requested to post the same in their comments, because here is a person who is damn bored just because there is not enough work to keep him busy in his office hours. Seriously, it sucks big time when you just have to sit through the office hours without any work!! Or when you are so efficient that you always have plenty of free time very much during your office hours.. i think later is the case with me.. Anyways, are there any alternate money making opportunities that can be picked up leveraging the free time that you get in office? As i write this post, the clock has stuck 5.15PM and i decide to leave for the day..yes, probably two hours before my old colleagues here do...but i finished all the work allotted to me and i ran out of all options to pass free time in the office...KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-14887356579771095432011-03-13T10:16:00.000-07:002011-03-13T10:53:46.260-07:00the thinker and the achieverthinker :<div><br /></div><div>always meditating,</div><div>serious,</div><div>now or later? will happen or not happen? right or wrong?</div><div>ambiguous,</div><div><br /></div><div>have to do it, but, how to do it ? can i do it?</div><div>time flies by</div><div>ohh, common!! cut this bullshit!!</div><div>another year passes by</div><div><br /></div><div>hairline recedes and tummy bulges out</div><div>promotion is waiting,</div><div>no, no way now i can get out,</div><div>but this is not just happening</div><div><br /></div><div>this is not me, but who am I?</div><div>always aiming for the sky,</div><div>i keep on thinking on the chair so high,</div><div>but time is so mean, it just flies by!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>achiever :</div><div><br /></div><div>i want it,</div><div>hell with the world and what it thinks,</div><div>i will get it,</div><div>by hook or crook, will connect all the links</div><div><br /></div><div>am glad i found out what i love,</div><div>let me give a try,</div><div>who knows what's in the store,</div><div>someday, i may just fly high</div><div><br /></div><div>parents say that they told you so,</div><div>peers are glad that they left u alone,</div><div>now you start thinking what should i do,</div><div>i started it, i will turn every stone</div><div><br /></div><div>may be this is how i should have done,</div><div>atleast i didn't stop just at thinking,</div><div>pushed myself out of my comfort zone,</div><div>now it is not too late before fruits start growing</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-39169674805387861182011-03-09T08:25:00.000-08:002011-03-09T08:55:02.217-08:00Hyderabad meri jaan v2.0 ..the fall of a rising star!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPdIiR3bGW5lFzFGDH17tdZXroDfhulupjg3dMd9r5Dlo48XMWV5tKCvoissDgW-rIBRxNRFaG5_FPLoRq8PM39xPgercP_Y9Igpue1hX26pp4RX49QxVyT7UHIyzVr5SjH-Z/s1600/Hyd_growth_factor.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPdIiR3bGW5lFzFGDH17tdZXroDfhulupjg3dMd9r5Dlo48XMWV5tKCvoissDgW-rIBRxNRFaG5_FPLoRq8PM39xPgercP_Y9Igpue1hX26pp4RX49QxVyT7UHIyzVr5SjH-Z/s320/Hyd_growth_factor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582118183686299522" /></a>The city's growth has been hitting new highs even until death of Mr.Rajasekhar Reddy. Mr. Reddy's leadership is unquestionable and there was no one who could turn his/her back against him. With an iron fist, he has confined the rebels and separatists to their righteous turfs and ensured that the normal day to day life activities of the people of the state remain unperturbed. But the unfortunate turn of events lead to one failure after the other and now both the city and the state fail to pose a strong leader. Now my beloved city's image is being battered to death due to lack of vision and the political turmoil the region of Telangana is going through.<div><div><br /></div><div>Road blockades, protests, violence, disruption have been rampant in the name of Telangana agitation severely denting the image of Hyderabad in the eyes of corporate and foreign investors.<br />State government officials are involved in complete pen down, new projects are being indefinitely postponed, work in progress became nothing in progress and the existing infrastructure is in desperate need of repair and maintenance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Both the fixed and floating populations of the city are facing the ill consequences of the recklessness and insincerity on part of the elected representatives. People are frustrated and are seeking change..a change that can take this city out of the shambles that it is in to its past glory, a change that will portray Hyderabad once again as the most lovable city, a change that will make each and every resident of it say proudly that he/she is a Hyderabadi..</div><div><br /></div><div>Hoping for such change to happen and happen as soon as it can!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Godspeed...<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-60582587464224549932011-02-06T02:11:00.000-08:002011-02-06T03:01:54.710-08:00Hyderabad meri jaan!! v1.0The best part about being in Hyderabad is the warmth of this city. People here are very nice and helpful. In their own Hurdu slang, they amuse you with their easy going attitude towards life. It definitely has a mix of old and new traditions and has a place for everyone.<div><br /></div><div>Whether it is the cantonment area with jawans and officers from all over the country, or the marwadis in the abids and kachegudas of the city, or the guzzus in begum bazaaar markets or the tamils in the padmaraonagar n secunderabad areas, it has people representing every corner of this country in good proportions. They have found a place in the city, embraced its culture, evolved with it and now proudly call themselves Hyderabadis. Hyderabad aka Bhagyanagaram has attained this cosmopolitan image much before than everyone outside thought it has. It has been a multicultural city right from late 80s with scores of National level research institutes, DRDO and its labs and ofcourse defence establishments.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, it was only during Mr.Naidus regime, this city has attained its long due share of limelight. Ofcourse, it needed a totally different identity this time, the 'IT Hub' with govt. encouraging billion dollar IT investments. The growth has been steep in the late 90s and early part of the last decade with the boundaries of the city growing much faster than expected. There were around 500 odd IT companies setup creating around 1lakh jobs inviting the techies from various parts of the country.</div><div><br /></div><div>Madhapur, Kondapur, Banjara and Jubilee hills and the KPHBs have now become the hip and happening areas. Younger crouds with healthy disposal incomes and ubercool attitudes have started a new episode in the history of this city. Pubs and discs have mushroomed with people thronging them on weekends partying till the whee hours of the night, the night life has finally set in!! </div><div><br /></div><div>Those long drives to the new airport, street races around the KBR park, mid nite biryani, late night haleem and irani chai and early morning Kheema Dosas have made indelible entries to the organizers of city's gen X and gen Y. Parents also started to accept their kids new found way of living in the Bob Dylan's 'Times are Changing' style..They found new avenues to have fun with the shopping malls, multiplexes, fitness centres and ofcourse the not to be forgotten neighbourhood parks. Yoga and workouts have become their daily routine and fitness has become a new mantra!!</div><div><br /></div><div>It just took a decade and the city has changed completely, and for better we hope!!</div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-34327691508121984342011-01-20T02:15:00.000-08:002011-01-20T02:40:51.123-08:00What it takes to be a (good) trader!! - part 2If you thought 'trading' is just 'buy and sell' in any order as long as it is profitable, you have hit the bulls eye. Yes, it is simply that. But to identify when to buy and when to sell is what that puts an amateur's mind in the fix. <div><br /></div><div>Talking about trading, it is first of all not a zero sum game, it is a negative sum game because you end up paying commissions to the exchange no matter whether you make money or loose money. It is an entirely competitive space where thousands of competent people are vying for the fixed amount of capital that exchanges hands. What makes it complex is the psychology. Yes, if thousands of people without any individual information advantage and almost similar levels of knowledge about the products are the players, it is the psychology that matters!!!</div><div><br /><div>Trading is a totally different ball game. If constant buying can take the price of the product higher, the resultant profit booking can bring the price of the very product lower. A good trader is not happy unless he buys his contract at the least possible price and sells the same at the best possible price in a limited period of time. It is this competition among such good traders that nudges the rookies and forces them to leave..</div></div><div><br /></div><div>So it is very important to differentiate 'profit-booking' from 'selling', 'buying' from 'profit-booking(short-selling)'. This is more crucial in intra-day trading because the prices fluctuate so many times within a range that it becomes very tough to figure out when the range is going to break out!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Put simply,</div><div>1. You need patience to wait till your target price is achieved</div><div>2. You need to be greedy and again not so greedy to book your profit at the right time and exit </div><div> from the market.</div><div>3. Be adept at establishing the probability of a particular move to decide the capital you are </div><div> going to use in capturing the move (remember, if you know that a 10% increase is 100% </div><div> likely, you make 100 rupees by investing 1000 and 10000 rupees by investing 10000)</div><div>4. When to enter the market and when not to enter the market.</div><div>5. How much of the profit to re-invest and how much to add to your reserves.</div><div><br /></div><div>Whatever said and done, everything is said easier than done!!!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The above list will reach 50 in number when you actually make your hands dirty...</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><br /></span></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-90435257692625284532011-01-19T09:29:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:50:39.479-08:00What it takes to be a trader!!<div>Last nine months as an employee of a UK based trading firm, sitting in South India and trading on the Wall Street and European commodity exchanges have been life changing for me. For the very first time in my life, i was spending full time, professionally, trying to learn an 'art' that promises more money and adrenaline rush than any other employed position in the world. Trading is not a child's play but is an 'art' that can only be conquered by becoming a master of it. </div><div><br /></div><div>For the very first time, I was thrown out of my comfort zone which always revolved around reasoning, analysis, computation and communication. Here was a world which enthralled me with the sheer amounts of money that was being juggled in and out. The volumes that are traded and the values they mount up to are astonishing. </div><div><br /></div><div>If IQ is what is required to comprehend the movement and to predict the next move, it is tonnes of EQ that is required to make money even out of those successful predictions. Intra day trading is beyond doubt more of an Art than science. If playing with numbers is your forte, your attitude is risk loving, money motivates you and if you are not too much of a social person then trading is the right place for you.</div><div><br /></div><div>to be continued...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-21911022663680700502010-08-22T11:52:00.000-07:002010-08-22T12:16:26.115-07:00Why, for whom and for what?I just finished reading "Johnny gone down" by Karan Bajaj. It helped me clarify some confusion i have been in recently. The book offers good food for thought. Though written dramatically in a very typical style, some phases the protagonist goes through in the novel are situations which many of us would find ourselves in.<div><br /></div><div>The book talks about Buddhist teachings like 'how you should detach yourself from the results and keep doing your work', 'how nothing in this world is permanent' , 'how meditation will help you realize the ultimate satisfaction/happiness' - questions that bother us many times while we are struggling to stay afloat and swim in gelid ocean waters which is our world. Here is an MIT grad who always takes the less traveled road knowingly or unknowingly, landing himself in trouble to the extent of losing everything that he is got. Strange and believe me not unreal (bad things always happen to a common set of people!!) that he is never safe and settled till the end with all difficulties hitting him through out the better and younger part of his life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Off-late, I often think of living the life of a hippie, traveling round the world, no attachments, no commitments, no competition, no faking someone else's life, no fear, no pressure but only enjoying the beautiful things in this nature. What is it that one craves for in life? Success will demand more success from you, money will make you run behind it even faster and crazier, the people who love you will only make you cry when you depart with them, so how wise is it to yearn for all these which you know are not permanent?</div><div><br /></div><div>The book explains how badly you want them when you don't have them; especially when you had thrown them away (everything that you had) when your life is ripe, in a quick spur of a moment wrong decision, which either appeared fancy or brave at that point of time.</div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-1394350601932844412010-04-14T15:29:00.000-07:002010-04-14T16:18:03.342-07:00back(this time,the smaller 'k') with a bang!!Never thought that personal stuff would keep me so occupied and far away from social blogging..perhaps, that's what, life in an IIM takes. It severs the relationship (the usuall wake up and good night calls) between a couple, will teach you to sleep at all odd hours, will make you call your parents only after 10 in the night and many more..but it's all worth it, isn't it. Atleast the academicians and the world around is convinced that the millionaires who are going to be churned out, deserve all of that. I agree neither with the premise nor the reason. Yes, all IIM passouts are no millionaires and also not every minute that you spend cracking those enormous cases is really worthwhile.<div><br /></div><div>However, they(IIMs) teach time management, confidence, business acumen and working in pressure cooker situations, which are mandatory skills for top notch positions in the corporate.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thoroughly enjoyed and loved the two years spent at Kozhikode. Though I couldn't still discover what I really want to do in life, it atleast ruled out some options. While it is true that it ruled out few, there are numerous more that suddenly opened up at the same time and I am back to the square one, yes, still confused.</div><div><br /></div><div>All the while, I used to appease myself reminiscing that 'Steve Jobs graduation speech at Stanford'..be patient and wait till you know what you really are made for; It works no more as this time it is post graduation..yeah you battled it out and neared your quarter century and you still don't know if you should play defence or go thrashing for the rest of your run..you are still settling!! :(</div><div><br /></div><div>And to make things worse, new problems arose, thanks to the place I am sitting and typing this post(the 50 star country)..I don't even know where to spend the rest of my life. I was happy till now reading the 'feel good' success stories about India, its growth and how it is gonna be the focus of all big businesses in the coming decades. While the success and efforts of few hardworking and smart Indians(mind you, I am talking about the population ;)) have brought India in to the limelight (It didn't become the market with double digit growth potential overnight you see), our policy makers are still not able to create a safe and conducive environment for the future generations of it(India).</div><div><br /></div><div>I received an e-mail asking me to sign an online petition protesting a bill that is gonna be introduced soon. Reading many such e-mails, I digged in deep to find out what all this clamor is about and trust me, it is ALARMING.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am talking about the "Civil Liability for Nuclear damage bill" which will allow US companies to retreat scot free even after causing nuclear damage in India. Yes, this bill limits the liability of US companies towards the nuclear damages that their plants can cause in India and Indian government is going to pay for the liabilities incurred upon such accidents. In a very simple language, Indian tax payers will be bearing lions share of the recovery and rehabilitation costs incurred incase of a nuclear disaster while American companies will be let off legally and financially.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can get a detailed account of this hazardous bill at the links below</div><div><a href="http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Wakeup-to-Civil-Liability-for-Nuclear-Damage-Bill/2919665">http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Wakeup-to-Civil-Liability-for-Nuclear-Damage-Bill/2919665</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, It is true that energy security is priority for a growing country like ours, but not at cost of peoples lives and health. Such a bill(if it becomes act) will fail to caution sufficiently, the private companies that setup and provide nuclear equipment in India, about the potential danger of the stuff they are dealing with. It will only give some unscrupulous officers, if any, and their bosses, a leeway to not function to their moral and integral bests.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you feel that the equations and terms being agreed to by Indian government in this bill are not upto the safety standards a one billion population like ours, demands, then you can sign the below petition.</div><div><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/india/stop-the-vote">http://www.greenpeace.org/india/stop-the-vote</a></div><div><br /></div>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-45364430723551407022008-05-11T12:10:00.000-07:002008-05-11T12:12:04.237-07:00Need for better/quality technical education<p>Today there is need for high quality technical education in India than ever before. It is quite evident that there is big deficit in the talent pool and fast growing IT and manufacturing sectors are in dearth of well qualified professionals. Talking about qualification and our engineering, the latter has unfortunately got the image "passport for a quick job"...well it may indeed be as easy as it sounds, but the fact is its not just a quick job but also a cheap job...yup if you took your studies easily and made it into some software company X speaking all "blah blah blah" during the interview, it is most likely that the work they have chosen you for is something which people in abroad detest to do.....but we never realise that and sadly feel elated about how we fooled the interviewer(s) and how we managed to grab fat packages in the MNCs....the truth is we are being fooled...whatever we get paid is by no means comparable to what our counterpart in US would get....</p><p> Getting back to remark i made about the lack of qualified professionals, it may sound surprising, isnt it ??? We are producing more than 2-3 lakhs of engineers every year and they are qualified definitely with a BE/BTech or ME/MTech...still there is a shortage ?? Yes, there is shortage of employable engineers...Our engineering college standards have reached abyssmal levels, that even toppers passing out of those colleges remain unemployed..Even if they manage to get employed somehow (thanks to the placements concept, where the employer comes with an intention to pick you up, unlike in off-campus, where they would try to reject you), most of them are least interested in the jobs they are doing and dont have any respect for their work...It should be evident from the fact that almost 70% of the two and half lakh students who appear for CAT every year are engineers...the number is high not because students in India have management bent of mind or they are all most capable future enterpreuners...the reason for such a high number (trust me most of that 70%are people with work ex) is simply because, these engineers are frustrated to do the work they are doing, they just wanna get out of it and MBA provides an easy option to switch....No wonder with the kind of education our engineering colleges provide and the quality of work the infosyss and TCS's of India make them do, these candidates are left with no other option...</p><p>So the bottomline is there is an urgent need for quality education, well qualified professors, state of the art infrastructure and knowledge hungry students...which our neighbouring country and competitor China has recognised quite early and has been working on it meticulously.</p>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-67630493132287060522008-05-03T11:33:00.000-07:002008-05-03T12:07:29.953-07:00Cricket, India and IPLWell Cricket, i should say is one of the best things that happened to India because of the British rule. The game has continued to enjoy popularity among the masses as well as the classes and it still continues to grow. What is in this game that makes us follow it so avidly ? Why is watching Sachin Tendulkar play so captivating and by far the best source of entertainment ? Why do we feel low for rest of the day when India loses and what makes us talk about it for weeks when India wins the worldcup or even a one day series in Australia ? It is not an exaggeration to say that cricket is more than religion for most us and I am one among its followers.<br /><br />I got to watch the IPL match ( T20 :crickets new born baby and truly a marketing genius) between Bangalores Royal Challengers and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers today in Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Watching T20 format of the game is more eye candy than watching any other format of the game, and a fully packed stadium today in Blr is the proof that this is gonna be the future of the game. People (including me and my friend) reached the premises two hours before to ensure that we get a better view of the fielders and field. There is no lack of patriotism towards their favourite teams with many sporting t-shirts of their favourite teams and getting their faces painted with emblems of their favourites. To entertain the crowd and cheer up the players, there were cheer leaders who are raking a moolah outta this new championship..Every IPL match is invariably preceded by a music/dance performance by some of the top notch Indian stars and singers. The tinsel town members and bollywood baazigars are not at all left out with few of them owning the teams, few endorsing and few being brand ambassadors....Can there be a better marketing than this ?<br /><br />With millions of dollars being spent and with stars and pomp everywhere, IPL has not just got the fuel that is needed, but also the spark to ignite it...KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-89166815938651275252008-05-02T13:02:00.000-07:002008-05-02T13:12:50.836-07:00Made it into Gods own IIMHey all,<br />I will be joining IIM Kozhikode soon to pursue two year post graduate program in management. I am so excited to study in such a picturesque campus along with some really talented folks. It took some amount of hard work on my side to make it into the IIMs. Especially when you are working in a product development company, it is always hard to take off some time for other activities as there is work at office more or less all the time. Mock CATs helped me to get a feel of how the real exam is going to be ; through mocks, one will also realise what his weak and strong areas are. My regular reading habbit and interest in current affairs had made the GD/PI part easier. Thanks to god that my efforts have been paid off...<br />but picture tho abhi baaki hi doston....coz life takes a new <a href="mailto:beginning@IIM">beginning@IIM</a>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-28800596179382544922008-04-27T01:44:00.000-07:002008-04-27T02:03:45.478-07:00too much attachment with anything can cause too much pain/joy as wellOur life always seems to be fuelled by a goal, some desire and not to forget hope that we will accomplish them. In the process of working towards the goal, you gotta be very well determined. Quite often that determination can turn into an obsession. May be it is good to concentrate all your thoughts on one thing, but it shouldnt happen that 'that one thing becomes your life'. That is where you gotta strike balance. That is where you have to be wise and conscious in every minute you spend. You shouldnt let that desire to achieve your goal determine everything you do.<br />When your journey towards the goal has finished, and you were waiting for it to become reality,but suddenly someone(some external factors beyond your control) has blindfolded you and prevented you from seeing it....then,your whole life seems to have become standstill. Yes at that point of time there is nothing really happening, nothing seems to interest you, everything appears so boring, there is no motivation to do your daily chores. It is simply because you were so attached to that thing that helped you keep going...Is it impossible to come out of that situation, to resume your normal life ?? Well, wise people should be able to do that, because they constantly keep judjing what is good and what is wrong and always do the former. But for people who cant do that, it is advisable not to get too much attached to anything...You can still have a goal and do real hard work to achieve it, but your job should end there and the result for it is beyond your hands....the worst is you are not even sure if you would ever get the result.KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-59862122926866890162008-03-27T13:31:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:53:56.298-08:00Uffff..finally a long awaited break..an amazing long weekend...gallons of adrenaline rush..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUtnBoa5gy4GG5nrrwkLfwvOizNEJLohh2iLq_ogMn-D_eLS2FtAI55bg0Tk6FWAXQPvllX2OH9GI7kTkeuNgTTQTV_k8xcO1BV6J3U_B4wDGk0CbBMc55CjjuKnMKY9Qae7A/s1600-h/paddling+through+the+class+4+rapid-saved+from+capsize.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182536573183019522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUtnBoa5gy4GG5nrrwkLfwvOizNEJLohh2iLq_ogMn-D_eLS2FtAI55bg0Tk6FWAXQPvllX2OH9GI7kTkeuNgTTQTV_k8xcO1BV6J3U_B4wDGk0CbBMc55CjjuKnMKY9Qae7A/s400/paddling+through+the+class+4+rapid-saved+from+capsize.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p><strong>What is it all about :</strong> Tired of slogging for MNCs, Frustrated with 'single' status, irked by the unavoidable noise and rush in the metros, game for any kind of adventure sports..four dudes set out to have the best of the time they got in their hands..a long weekend..21-23March,2008.</p><br /><p><strong>Whom are we talking about :</strong> Kishore, Prasanna, Sandheer and yours truly.</p><br /><p><strong>Where did these troubled souls seek refuge ? </strong>In the laps of holy mother Ganga, in the cradles of lower Himalayas called Shivaliks, away from the boisterous crowds and smothering project deadlines...</p><br /><p><strong>Didnt these guys get bored there ?? </strong>hahaha..you must be kidding...bored ?? there are many more challenges here..more interesting than what you find in the yellow cubicles..you are surrounded by hills you can climb, jungles you trek, cliffs you can jump off from, scenic locations for the photographer within you and rivers that you can raft along....few things are better experienced than talked about...n this belongs to that genre.</p><br /><p><strong>Hey were these folks gone nuts ?? they slept in jungles, bathed in cold waters and what not ??</strong></p><br /><p>relax grandpa..there are base camps every where starting from Rishikesh till Devprayag..They offer you tents with beds and beddings to sleep in, bathrooms to bathe in, delicious food that can make you a glutton, bonfire and music to keep you warm...n for the alcoholics and smokers out there..dont worry ..ther are no restrictions...just gotta carry the stuff yourselves..n u can have loads of them !!!</p><br /><p><strong>But..how did they book the accomodation and all ??</strong></p><br /><p>Dont you guys google?? For those sluggards reading this..check out <a href="http://www.gio.in/">http://www.gio.in/</a></p><br /><p><strong>Everything sounds good, but where the hell is this place ??? Must be damn expensive...</strong></p><br /><p>Mind your words..i m talking about Himalayas and Ganga..how dare you use that word "h**l" !!!</p><br /><p>This place is in Uttaranchal (Uttarkhand) ..yes it is an Indian state.. Place called Rishikesh is around 300Kms from Delhi..You can take your own car or book one..</p><br /><p>The whole trip for one person from Delhi would cost around 5grand..</p><br /><p><strong>but..I cant swim, i am afraid of water and heights :( !!!</strong></p><br /><p>You ask too many questions man.... you remind me of booby man (guess who??)</p><br /><p>every activity there is guided by professionals and utmost care is taken to prevent any mishappenings..n u dont need to swim, u will wear life jackets and wont get drowned during rafting...if you are afraid of heights..remember god gave you not just eyes..but eye lids too..close them.</p><br /><p>if u r afraid of water, even God cant help you...</p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Well, my body is tired after all these adventures..and even after two nights of good sleep, it still asks for more.....Zzzzzzzz......... </p>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-32322928422336525992008-01-24T12:42:00.000-08:002008-01-24T12:57:40.820-08:00I can dance...can you ?Call them fitness freaks, aficionados or wannabe MJs , people are showing great interest in learning dance these days. It can be of any form, from bharatanatyam, kuchipudi to bollywood (freestyle) to hiphop and salsa. It is the dance fever thats sweeping across all the age groups. Come to Bangalore, you see a dance studio in every street and they have mushroomed like anything in past two years.<br /><br />IT and ITES Companies as part of work-life balance activities for their employees are bringing professional trainers to their campus premises to teach the enthusiasts. Almost everyone of these is taught at three levels beginner, intermediate and expert and you are free join any level on basis of your comfort in the classes.<br /><br />I have already finished intermediate level in bollywood and beginners in salsa. Definitely the most enjoyable exercise i ever did and definitely burns good amount of calories. Group of young and witty folks can bring in lots of fun and make the practice sessions more lively.<br /><br />what else can be a better idea to have fun as well as to shed some weight (if you r seriously thinking) ??<br /><br />so, will you dance ?KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-75804106978175218392008-01-11T12:29:00.001-08:002008-01-11T12:30:45.856-08:00Very good inspirational poemRudyard Kipling at his best<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/~apreset1/docs/if.html">http://www.swarthmore.edu/~apreset1/docs/if.html</a>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-28020430099655746062008-01-11T10:42:00.000-08:002008-01-11T10:50:19.190-08:00Punchlines of some famous companiesI have decided to make a list of companies and their punch lines. Ofcourse, this is not an exhaustive one. But the idea is to add the new ones as and when i find. Hope this will be of use to everyone who wants to find the ad-line of a company.<br /><br />Amkette - Where reliability matters<br />IBM-Think/On Demand<br />Microsoft -Your potential. Our Passion<br />Wipro - Applying thought<br />Nokia - Connecting people<br />Adobe -Simplicity at work. better by adobe<br />Toyota - Touch the perfection<br />SBI Card -Your ticket to big action<br />Intel - Intel inside<br />Texas Instruments - Technology for Innovators<br />Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer<br />Chevron Corporation - Human Energy<br />Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life<br />British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum<br />ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter<br />IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life<br />BPCL - Pure for Sure<br />IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi<br />GAIL - Gas and Beyond<br />Essar corp - A positive a++itudeSpeed - High Performance<br />PetrolServo - 100 % Performance. Everytime<br />NDTV Profit - News you can Use<br />Toyota Innova - All you Desire<br />Star Sports - We know your game<br />AT & T - The worlds networking company<br />Bajaj motors - No one can beat bajaj<br />Airtel - Express Yourself<br />IndiGo airlines - Go<br />AirDeccan - simpliFLY<br />Kingfisher airlines - Fly the good times<br />Tata Indica - More car per car<br />Maruti Alto - spinInfosys - Powered by intellect, driven by values<br />FIAT - Driven by Passion<br />Accenture - High Performance, Delivered.<br />HDFC life insurance - Sar uttakey jiyo<br />Aviva life insurance - Kal par controlKayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-87056480518837721592008-01-01T09:17:00.000-08:002008-01-02T01:50:39.871-08:00WELCOME to 2008I wish all the readers and the visitors to my blog a VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.<br /><br /><br /><br />Also as we welcome 2008, this blog enters into its third year of succesful existence, I thank every one of you for your encouragement. My new year resolution is to blog more regularly about more interesting topics.<br /><br />HAPPY READINGKayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-29722649711573853222007-12-28T20:51:00.000-08:002007-12-28T21:20:21.443-08:00Lost in TimeThis December has been the fastest month for me this year. Time has fled past at supersonic speeds, and here i lay wondering what the **** did i do this month. Why is it that we dicover only so late that we have been wasting time ? May be whatever you really do is done because you feel it is the call of the moment. Everything seems so important when you are actually doing them, but afterwards the same thing doesnt even seem to be worthy of making a note in your diary. So at the end of the day, there is never a satisfactory answer to the question "what did i today ? " . Well i find this intriguing may be because i am over- ambitious about things or i do not have better stuff to be thought about..<br /><br />Now i have an even tougher question in my mind, what did i do in 2007 ? Well sometimes life seems to be so short that you want to strike something big in every episode of it, to say to yourself at the end "wow ! what a ride! ".... for me 2007 has been a very plain ride but for most of you around it might have been a roller-coaster one. <br /><br />Well, while i try to come out of december blues and become ready to welcome 2008 with a bash, i wish you all a <span style="color:#33ffff;">VERY HAPPY 2008 IN ADVANCE</span>KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-18030127402120575562007-09-20T09:18:00.000-07:002007-09-20T09:29:04.090-07:00Mindblowing innings by YuvrajFifty runs of twelve balls, fastest fifty ever in international cricket. Six sixes in an over for the first time in twenty -twenty...two recocrds in a single match..<br /><br />I am sure this record will not be broken in near future, though there is a threat from the ongoing t20 world cup..<br /><br />It was a treat to watch Yuvraj in vengeance, six sixes in an over is not a joke, it needs great amount of technique and power by the batsman and some amount of stupidity by the bowler as well...<br /><br />however i am sure Every crickect lover (with the English as exception) would have enjoyed it..<br /><br />Great going Yuvraj..KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-48313046597029205702007-08-13T20:51:00.001-07:002007-08-13T20:51:41.966-07:00KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-32180934402289312562007-08-04T05:32:00.001-07:002008-12-11T01:53:56.561-08:00MY CROSSWORD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjNYd8nWNOR2UtjUsEkxLaWm1e_RkoeJ_yor0kJdFB5sMCfF8-kd-hn9CNhtl-t_Ot6MiJ_VSDPj21Vzpx5nznIn6x9JNvpxrPkLMIRMMn-d5OuebfonqpNe0ch5wRCA6aMeg/s1600-h/tv_img1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjNYd8nWNOR2UtjUsEkxLaWm1e_RkoeJ_yor0kJdFB5sMCfF8-kd-hn9CNhtl-t_Ot6MiJ_VSDPj21Vzpx5nznIn6x9JNvpxrPkLMIRMMn-d5OuebfonqpNe0ch5wRCA6aMeg/s400/tv_img1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094824948044290226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Here is my funda ::</span><br /><br />Life is a crossword, every moment you are at a crossroad , use your knowledge and wit to take the correct road, THE ROAD to SUCCESS ..<br /><br />Across<br /><br />4. this begins on the new year day and ends when a person stops absent mindedly writing the old year on his cheques.<br />5. a spy who makes fake passports and documents<br />8. yet another hierarchial officious ...<br />10. A 3D pixel<br />13. all the day i dream about sports<br />15. companies wont fly it,but they spy using it..<br />17. this is not held responisble for people falling in love<br />18. You may thank God only on fridays, but many people thank it everyday<br />19. ...a glorified town; the christmas tree is made of this<br />21. Is Apple=Ipod,then Microsoft =?<br /><br />Down<br /><br />1. the first bank to start ATM in India<br />2. in Rugby, this group in the front struggles to get the ball<br />3. not synergy..this is when sun,moon and earth fall in the same line<br />6. the crop that is grown after the first crop i sharvested<br />7. A day on this planet is longer than its year<br />9. the art of riding on horse back<br />11. well,the question is "who do you know?"<br />12. the caller ID technology was first called this<br />14. highest possible temperature on earth,35000 degrees celsius is caused by this<br />16. the founder of this famous website has a record of becoming a millionaire in four days<br />20. IBMs personal computer division is bought by this LegendKayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199124.post-56622904424658186012007-07-04T10:46:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:53:56.873-08:00Why is Kerala "Gods own country?" --go to WAYANAD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BxJ-JbTSQPKkotda5XuxACsNXGoxFmyu-JHpgoEDMX1L0Hkub_K-Kz5v6fT9zuZVlvI64Ky9d5qZGenUc6SvivKWgziwGACavvOk0H-1uebf-rQtziBrmOu923bHmEsr9Ot_/s1600-h/Wayanad+Trip+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BxJ-JbTSQPKkotda5XuxACsNXGoxFmyu-JHpgoEDMX1L0Hkub_K-Kz5v6fT9zuZVlvI64Ky9d5qZGenUc6SvivKWgziwGACavvOk0H-1uebf-rQtziBrmOu923bHmEsr9Ot_/s400/Wayanad+Trip+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083412249253606642" border="0" /></a><br />Hi Folks,<br /><br />I am back after quite a big gap, but with a nice trekking experience. I went to Wayanad district in Kerala last week (30th June-1 July) along with friends from IISc. Its been long time i went for a trek/tour and i decided to give myself a break. We were 11 people in total , and we booked a tempo. The plan was to start from iisc on friday night around 11.30 pm. So i left at 8 from house, reached their by 9 ,had my dinner there..and spent some time around in the campus..<br /><br /> I carried along a racksack with 4 pairs of clothes and all basic amenities. We all assembled as planned on time near to the main building.We put all our luggage in the back, and soon settled ourselves as we started to reach the outskirts of Bangalore.<br /><br />The route to Wayanad is via Mysore -Nanjangud – Gundlupet (Right turn) – Sulthan Bathery – Kalpetta – Vythiri . Vythri is town in wayanad district from where most of the tourist spots are nearby.<br /><br />We bought all the snacks required along with a carton of water bottles. Soon we started singing songs from various languages, from 60s to 90s and the latest ones too..It was great fun singing out loud in whatever voice u have, not bothering about anything..<br /><br />We decided we will detour at mysore to check out the bandipur sanctuary as well, though it is an overhead of about 50km, it is a worthy experience. It was about 4 in the morning when we reached bandipur, we tried to the best of abilities of eye to catch any animal...n efforts were awarded when we saw bisons, deers, antelopes ...no tigers thou.(they say its very unlikely to see them even in proper safari during the day)..<br /><br />It was about 6.30 when we reached the RTO check post and we paid 700 bucks to allow our tempo into Kerala...n thus we entered Gods own country ..(there is a legend behind this..well but the beauty of the state is enough to silent any person who has any doubt).<br /><br />The state is all plush with greenery, you see all kinds of plantations, ...banana, rubber, coconut, tea, coffee..n not to forget the spices.. There were two keralites sumesh n varun in the group who guided us and explained about the constructions, gardens and estates on the way... It being rainy season ..it was drizzling all the while..wayanad is famous for its incessant rainfall...i saw it an believe me it is only next to chirapunji...though ppl say it is not the correct to time to visit the place, getting drenched and to play in the pouring water is FUN.<br /><br /> Sumesh has a friend Nathal who is localite there-who boarded along with us at Wythri. He took us along to Tushara hotel, where our stay was booked. It was nice cute motel, 1000 bucks for 2 bed room...we checked in, got ourselves fresh. We went to a local small hotel to eat PUTTU as our breakfast.It was yummy and i had three of them with Kadal (the sambar sort of stuff made with chanas). Soon we started our trek.<br /><br />We reached the base point of EDAKKAL caves . The caves are not very far from basepoint only 2Km altitude..n a decent trek... To reach the top of EDAKKAL hill is definitely a herculean task which we all have achieved with quite a lot of team work...<br /><br />i like adventures n have done quite many treks, but this one is for sure the toughest of all, as there was no proper track, no slits or hooks to find a grip and above all, its raining n the rocks are god damn slippery..But we were a obstinate junta ourselves n none was had slightest doubt in our minds either about our abilities or the task ahead...It took us a long 1 hr to reach the top ..perhaps around 6000 feet..n we are on the top most point in the region...we could see kerala,karnataka n tamil nadu from the peak..<br /><br /> We stayed ther for sometime n soon started downhill...n this was more tough...just a sight of the valley down you will kill you for sure...we managed the same way very carefully every one helping the other..n slowly reached down...never felt that sense of achievement...n happiness had no bounds when we came down n have just taken a look back at what we just conquered...<br /><br /> we finished whatever snacks we carried n started off to see SUJIPARA waterfalls..we had lunch at 4.30 Pm near the falls..This place was again amazing..the waterfalls are too good n i have never seen water jetting with more force than that..may be because of the rains..soon it was dark n we sped fast to place where our tempo was parked..<br /><br />soon we retired down to our rooms n had a nice dinner in motel itself..we had one more day ahead n it was not as tough as the first one..we decided to trek nearby hills..n then visit Banasura water dam in the evening.<br /><br />We started off secondday at 9 AM..we had APPAM as breakfast today and then reached base of a hill..this being rainy season...they were leeches all around...n i alone had removed 5-6 from my shoes n body...u dont even know one is on top of you..though they wont harm you or so..but the idea of something sucking ur blood is scary...we trekkecd two hills n it was a tough task too as it was slippery everywhere n then we had to battle these leeches...as we finally got down covered completely in mud, wet in rain....it was great relief when it started to pour down cats n dogs....<br /><br />as dat was the only we we could get ourselves clean...otherwise galloons of water was necessary to get rid of mud we had on us...we welcomed the rain n they we played in it on the road, n the way we played water on to the vehicles reminded of childhod days...<br /><br />we came back to hotel to fresh up... n there was a big leech near my knee..it sucked waht all blood it can for easily n hour...n it was blown up to biggest of the sizes..it was big pain stoppin the blood..as the leech drills a hole,...it is not like any other injury u have..blood takes time to clot...thou it doesnt pain at all...<br /><br />soon i dressed my wounds n started off to see the last place..ie the banasura dam..This is the largest earth dam in India..It is awesome place surrounded by hills and water that comes down from them...amazing plac e n the cool breeze was too good; we spent around 2 hrs there n started back to our hotel...on the way we purchased few handicrafts at the Pookot lake...<br /><br /> N we got back to hotel .packed our stuff n started by 8.15 back to blr..We dined at Jubilee hotel in sultan batera...it was nice food.. n after eatin in blr, the rates at restaurants in kerala seemed to be negligible...<br /><br />we started back after dinner at around 11 to blr...reached iisc by 4.30./... it had been a fantastic trek all together n my first ever trip to Kerala...<br /><br />link to the pics :http://picasaweb.google.com/sumeshnn/WayanadTrip?authkey=2wKfdS3-Oj0KayBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495237852404689778noreply@blogger.com0