tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195924702011-11-20T19:33:53.903+05:30Impressions on our heart are like spots on the wall....they remain there until new spots overshadow them.....Anoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403986757950011582noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19592470.post-87853737749392454682009-01-16T12:06:00.006+05:302009-01-16T23:46:25.562+05:30

This is a poem which my friend's dad wrote after his brother(my friend's uncle) passed away. It is a poignant tribute to a brother and more importantly, closest friend!!! ~ A Tribute to Chitta ~ This is the story of a Simple Boy…who gave many people so much Joy,He did not aspire for Riches or Power…but he won hearts with his Gentle Demeanour,He did not wish to be in the Limelight…but to serve

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At these times of recession, it is's great to see people who genuinely take interest in their work, be it morning, noon or night. There is this watchman at a nearby restaurant,"Pune Gate" who ushers in cars into the hotel's parking lot. He treats his job as an art, full of enthusiasm and passion. While his one arm shoots out in like a classical dancer, with a rhythmic wave and fall directing the

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This was how the Indian Prime Minister concluded his speech during the No trust confidence motion debate which was held to decide about the Indian Government's plan to sign the nuclear deal with the US. Wish all politicians had this vision. Neither am I a big fan of the PM nor his critic but I was impressed with what he had to say....."I have often said that I am a politician by accident. I have

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I wrote this article when I was in college, 4 years before. I was doing a spring cleaning of my system , when I came across this article and thought would share it with you all... Incidentally, this post, if you have not noticed comes after nearly a sabbatical year from blogging !!When you get up on Monday morning and despair that you’ve got to college, think about all those kids who want to go

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The heat had made my life really miserable...window seats in buses which were hot commodities just a month before is best left alone cause air which can only be termed as hot as that from a furnace blows onto your face making you turn your face away in agony.Move to the aisle seat and beads of perspiration slowly turn into rivulets.. call it a Catch 22 situation!!And then there is the shiver

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The following pic is of a gift which my friend gave when she visited Pune...yeah!!It's only a dried leaf with some scribbles on it....... She wrote these while she was sitting in front of a supermarket ..... The words which were penned on it are posted below the pic....IF LEAVES WERE A TREE’S THOUGHTS, HAVE YOU WONDERED WHAT A MIGHTY THINKER A TREE MUST BE?I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREETS OF PUNE

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I had to blog....for 6 months cause I was really busy....and slowly life had become a mundane existence...I mean...Morning office, back home by 11, next day the same thing..and on weekends, 14-17 hrs of sleep!!! Freak....I was becoming a pukka S/W engineer.....the tummy had already started expanding with the continuous "Bottom stuck to the chair" cycle.......... and yeah our net connections had

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Doing a thing for the first time always is difficult but when it is accompanied by the feeling that you will be doing it in front of hundreds of people, people around you think you could make a fool of yourself and more importantly, you yourself think you are not apt enough for the job, then believe me, you are in deep shit!!!And thats what I found myself in when I was drawn up for the group

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On a rainy, cold Sunday (July 2nd), 6 of us (Midhun, Vani, Santhanu, Prasanth, Naiju and myself),hopped into a Sumo and started out for Raigad(the king's fort)..the plan was formulated around 10 in the night the previous day and the car booked at 11...and here we were setting out for Shivaji's capital, around 180 kms from Pune and at a height of 2851 meters.It's a well known fact that Pune during

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A disgruntled heart,A furrowed brow,A million thoughts,Which lay me low,There's more to me, than my smile!!!Alone in the crowd,With the rain on my back,Wet and cold,Makes my life dismal and dark,There's more to me, than my smile!!!Changing faces,Changing times,I am a lone traveller,In this journey called life,There's more to me, than my smile!!!Sometimes the clown,Sometimes the advisor,Sometimes

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I had already drafted a somewhat melancholy poem(which reflected my mood the past 2 weeks)and was searching for words, when my friend, Santhanu, and myself decided to go for trekking to Matheran(at an altitude of 800m), about 120 kms from Pune, the past weekend.The best thing about Pune is that there are so many numerous places around here where you can escape to, away from the maddening urban

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The past 20 days have been filled with a few Good byes!!!One of my friends, left for Chennai, after getting a transfer!!! Went with her to buy a suitcase.... She wanted black, I preferred a soda green...In the end, after a lot of bickering and arguing, we bought the green one...didn't know buying a suitcase was so tough!!! Oh yeah , our group of friends, went to watch Ice Age 2 the day she was

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I was glancing through Ekta's blog and got this tag ...... liked it and decided to tag myself..actually decided to take a walk down memory lane!!!It's a Friday, got the weekend to look forward to and essentially, my PM has not come..so I can sit and day-dream for some time!!!I didn't think my list would run into double figures..Now, if I think some more, it would touch the 3 figure mark too....so

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I am back after a wonderful trip to Kolkatta!Just enjoyed my stay, far from work at office, lazing around at home and in the evening strolling down the streets of old cal, munching on an egg roll(something a bengali or a half blooded one will die for), watching the trams trundling along and the puchkawalas (panipuri hawkers) dishing out their gastronomic treats.With elections coming up, the city

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I have not blogged for a pretty long time...seems work is slowly taken over my life...I even missed playing Holi due to this...Anyway, project has been delivered and I also came to know some quotes or is it proverbs or still, is it idioms, from a guy in my project team, who keeps using them.One of my friends said it's Sidhuism.....Enjoy!!"A pat on the back is not too far from a kick on the butt."

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This is a pic of the lake in front of my house. It's local name is "Ganesha Talaab", cause during Ganesha Chauthi ( god in Hindu mythology with an elephant's head), idols of this god is immersed in this lake. The rest of the season~garbage!!No wonder my roomie calls it a sewage pond!!!The thing is its nice getting such a great view from one's window(posted before~~~Help...are you there??? ).

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The first rain of this year fell a few days before. Looks like Pune doesn't seem to have spring. After winter, it had been stifling hot for the past 2 weeks. Stepping out of doors in the afternoon was unthinkable and the comfort of the AC was like paradise.So the rain came as a pleasant surprise.I remember when I was in college, when the monsoons fell for the first time, the guys in the hostel

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I was reading about Cameroon international and Barcelona footballer Etto's racial abuse while he was playing in a club game.People are being abused because of the color of their skins.Also,it doesn't happen only to the poor or backward people.Even high profile people like Etto are also mocked because of their skin color.Hats of to the guy who continued to play even after such an incident.These

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People come and people go.. I have realized that holding onto them is like postponing the inevitable... we make friends, we lose them.... Promises of phone calls and e-mails on parting .... and as time flows, their frequency gradually reduce, until one day they stop!!!School friends are replaced by college ones and college ones by office colleagues!!!Life flows on, and boats come up ,flow with

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Have you ever closely watched people just before they enter an exam hall or interview?Normally, you don't pay attention, cause you too are one of them, all jittery and nervy. However, yesterday on a Sunday morning, I was exactly able to view a group of such people who were waiting for an interview which would determine whether they would get into a reputed software company out here in Pune.With

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It's been a tiring week and it's still not over!!!!Came on Sunday to office... which is unheard of, and worked on that day... which is more unheard of!!! I missed a cricket match as well as a movie with my friends... all and all, I am flustered, tired, pissed off and there is not a single idea coming into my head about which I can blog about!!!! To top this all, I can't have Tandoori Chicken due

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It was 8:20 in the morning today...I glanced out of my window which overlooked a lake, the early morning mist floating like wisps of smoke amongst the tress....really lucky to have such a view especially in a city like Pune!!! A certain bird (name, species, family unknown!!) had taken a fancy for my room window the past one month and keeps banging its wings on the glass early in the morning....

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My friend was telling me the other day on phone that on 14th Feb she would be celebrating her Independence Day!!!I said "Huh!!Your what?".She replied,"Well my friends will be celebrating Valentine's Day,while I am happy to be independent and not have anyone tagging along with me with a flower in his hand!!Not for me, yaar."Sounds like some Indian feminist making a silent protest against the

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So I have been tagged by Shikha....and the tag has got something to do with my lucky number 4.... So here goes------------Four jobs I have had:-My first job was and is still a software engineer and I am still waiting to shift gears!!!Four movies I would watch over and over again : Life is BeautifulSound of MusicAaradhanaThe Gods Must be CrazyFour places I have lived:That's simple....Calcutta....(

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I am overawed, thrilled and flummoxed....all rolled in one!!!!Reason: I went with my friends to the NDA(National Defence Academy) over the weekend and well, to say the least,the place was ultimate!!! The tanks, aircrafts and missiles on show helped to increase the grandeur of the place....The smartly turned out cadets, the vintage buildings and magnanimity of the place embosses on your mind the

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Yesterday(31st JAN) I completed 1 year of my life as a working professional .Time sure flies by,huh?.. Till yesterday I was a trainee...now I am an Analyst Programmer...sounds hi-tech and cool...However still the same chair and same project....OK!So there is an increment...Hmmmm!! Will have to wait for my next salary !!!So how was it one year before????31Jan, 2005:-I got the call from my company

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I think I have to take back my words!!When I wrote about Innocent Steps (see 2 posts below), I had lamented upon about the prevalence of vulgarity and "sic" comedy in Hindi movies. Guess Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra wanted me to eat my words...Rakesh who?????Well he is the director of the coolest, soul stirring (my friend came out with tear stained eyes) Hindi movies released in recent times... and

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I've been tagged by Kannan.. and the rules are...1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover.2. Need to mention the sex of the target.3. Tag 8 victims to join this game & leave a comment on their comments saying they’ve beentagged. 4. If tagged the 2nd time, there’s no need to post again. Target: Female So here goes.......... 1)Definitely one who gives up

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After watching this amazing Korean movie at The Pune Internatinational Festival, I really had to scribble down something about this movie in my blog which I call my "WALL"...Directed by Park Young-hun , this romantic comedy is about a young girl Chae-ryn(Moon Geun-young) who comes from China to Korea in place of her sister, a former dancer.She comes to partner Young-sae(Park Gun-hyung), an

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The Spots on The WallI used to think we noticedThe spots on other's wall,But to tell the truth, we notice the spots about us all.The spots are the mistakes we makeThat may be very small;But often we forget to lookWhere there aren't spots at all.Looking for the problems,An error or mistakeWill always lead to great despairAnd cause our hearts to break.We are to strive for excellence.'Tis true God's

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