Iam better than this !

Yesterday I gave a party to my brother. His exams were over and both of us had gone to Tipsy-Topsy, the nearest food outlet to our home. I have never been a big junk food fan and so never tasted even a pizza. So wanted to try that out. Me and my bro, ordered a pizza, a burger and coke. It cost about 250 rupees. Even though I have never spent so much amount for food ever in my life, I did not feel any discomfort when I handed them the sodex ho coupons. After all, I have worked hard (?) for that money, and that money is supposed to be spent in any way I wish. I felt proud to pay 250 bucks from my own pocket.

After spending an hour at Tipsy-Topsy, we came out. What I saw then, hit me hard!Very hard!!...... Two children, each aged about 8 years, with torn clothes, running nose and carrying an empty plate ran towards me and begged for food and money. My impulsive reaction was to shoo them away and get out from that place. I have always thought of such people as irritants and whenever I see them I treat them with contempt.

But yesterday, I don’t know what changed within me. Here I stood, after burning 250 bucks for some junk food and there stood b4 me, 2 children hungry and begging. What a shame!! Just recalling the plight of those kids, did not allow me to sleep yesterday. How can I be so mean? After all, the difference between those kids and me is only that I have been lucky to have been born to a financially well-off family .Then why this mirage of lavishness.

I have been thinking a lot about this. And I have taken some decisions. I will never again see those poor people with contempt. Cut out on my parties and junk food and use the money I save, to feed as many kids possible. I want to bring the smiles back on the faces of at least some unfortunate children and I promise today that I will do that, no matter what.

What NEXT ......

Now that I have overcome the initial disappointment of the CATastrophe , I can do some honest soul searching. CAT paper was easy. I messed it up, big time at that. I realize that I cud have worked harder, but hey, I cud have had some more luck as well. But there is a bigger question lingering over my mind . Am I the right person for IIMs. Or shud the question be posed the other way. Are the IIMs the right institutes for me. I think I will get the answer in 3 months time.

'CAT'astrophe

DO i need to say more :-(

President Schwarzenegger :-)

Arnie for president in 2008 ??? GOD SAVE AMERICA. Read this..

Mess(ed) Food

Those of you who have read my earlier post describing the taste(?) of DC canteen's food will have an idea as to what i feel about it.This is a snapshot of the visitor's diary at Canteen. Seems there is more than one person here who is ANGRY.

Travails of a Satyam Driver.

Yesterday I was speaking to my new CAB driver. He was new to DC and was earlier a driver in Satyam Computers. When I asked him ki why he changed the company , he said in typical Hyderabadi style , “Saab…… Satyam me paisa bahut kam dete saab, Poora din kaam karna padta aur salary peon maafik hi dete. Yahan DC me achha salary mil ra Saab…..”.
I was not at all surprised when i heard it because the driver’s salary is in fact, earmarked and paid to the Satyam Engineers

Cliched dialogues of Hindi Movies

The following is my top 10 list of cliched/classic(?) dialogues in Hindi movies. We are tired of hearing them again and again, but Hindi movies wont be Hindi movies without them :-)

10>Kanoon ke haath bahut lambe hote hain.
9>A hero when in trouble- "Bhagwan, mainey aaj tak tumse kuch nahin maanga....."
8>Mai kahti hoon, Door ho jaa meri nazron sey.
7>Ab tumari maa hamare kabze main hai.
6>Tehro,yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti.
5>Aey jee! Aap bade woh hain.
4>Bataoo, heeray kahan hai.
3>Doctor-"Ab Sab oopar waale key haath mein hai".
2>Tazerat-e-Hind , Dafa 302 ke tahat, Mulzim ko Phaansi ki sazaa di jati hai.
And the winner is
1> Mai tumharay bachhe ki maa banney waali hoon

Iam the Gladiator

On Diwali day, I saw Gladiator for the **th time. Boy, that's one hell of a movie. This dialogue gives me goosebumps everytime I see it.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

Talking of favourite dialouges, this is the all time hit from 'Namak halal'

Ranjeet : Do you know English ?

Amitabh : Lo kallo baat. Are aisi Angrezi ave hain ke I can leave Angrez behind. I can talk english, I can walk English, I can laugh english, because english is a funny language. Bhairo becomes barren and barren becomes Bhairo because their minds are very narrow.

In the year 1929 when India was playing Australia at the Melbourne stadium Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant were at the crease. Vijay Merchant told Vijay Hazare. Look Vijay Hazare Sir , this is a very prestigious match and we must consider it very prestigiously. We must take this into consideration, the consideration that this is an important match and ultimately this consideration must end in a run.

In the year 1979 when Pakistan was playing against India at the Wankhede stadium Wasim Raja and Wasim Bari were at the crease and they took the same consideration. Wasim Raja told Wasim Bari, look Wasim Bari, we must consider this consideration and considering that this is an important match we must put this consideration into action and ultimately score a run. And both of them considered the consideration and ran and both of them got out !!

It's okay ! We Understand !!

You tried your best but Bush had to win.

Shock and Awe !!

Can the POPE be ever arrested? No way isn’t it . So what does one feel if his Hindu equivalent is arrested by TN police and put behind bars .Two words- SHOCK & AWE. When I first saw the news on NDTV 24x7, I was shellshocked to say the least. So many people in India,including me, regarded H.H. Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi as an incarnation of God walking on earth.This is a man who makes his own food, wears only a cloth rag and is proficient in Vedic Mantras and now he was dragged to the court at 6AM (Bilkul TamilNadu Police Style ;) ) to face MURDER charges !!!.
I agree that Law must take it’s own course, but what irks me the most is when this line is quoted by Laloo Yadav of all people. LALOO YADAV is the biggest S.O.B. still alive on this planet and he has the gall to say that Hindus should not care about such things. VODDAFOK.

“Osama Bin Laden is the leader of all muslims including Indian Muslims and it is the duty of all Indian Muslims to do as he wishes”.This famous quote was from Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid,Delhi. We all know that Osama has declared India as his biggest enemy along with US, Israel and Russia. Now will the Indian Police have the guts to arrest him. We know, it wont happen EVER.

IAM ANGRY, VERY VERY ANGRY

100 hits in 6 days.......

Yipee!! 100 hits and still counting. And it has been just 6 days. Never believed i wud see this stat. Nanak can already hear some doubting thomasas say that he would have clicked all the 100 hits on the site. Just for info , nanak wants to clarify that any click from his PC does not count in the final figure.

What's in a name ??

Nanak has always wondered as to why people trivialize simple words. House wife is now called Home Maker, sales executive has become Strategy Implementation executive, a simple call center employee is called Voice Support executive.

But this one has got to take the cake.

What do u think it is ??

Nanak thought it could be some server room or something. Little did he know that he was going to get the shock of his life. It was then, that he found out that the command center was in fact the name given to DC canteen’s Kitchen. LOL. Nanak had to drink 3 glasses of cold water to come back to senses :-(

Nag gets through :-)

Today afternoon Nanak got an SMS saying "Selected in TCS" . Nanak was confused as to who it was. So he decided to call back. Surprise Surprise!! It was Nagendra, his mate from the engg. days. Nagi made it to TCS. Nanak was very happy hearing this and asked him for a party. Nagi knows he cannot say No or else he wud have to face the wrath of all his classmates.He readily agreed.

Waiting for the party to give him some JOB BUMPS. He deserves one :-) !!

Narrow miss !!

The DC Quiz contest results were announced yesterday.Top 3 ppl in the quiz would represent DC in different quiz competitions like Brand Equity Quiz etc. Nanak was very hopeful at the start of the day. But when results were mailed on the local network his wait turned to despair :-( . Nanak finished fourth. The guy at the third position outscored him by 0.5 marks. Nanak was heartbroken.

When this writer asked Nanak as to how he felt he said

I feel dissapointed of not making it this time, but i will make sure that i wont miss the bus the next time.

Just when he made this remark, he got the news that he was on standby and his "services" would be made required if any of the top 3 guys r not able to make it due to one reason or another. Hearing to this breaking news, Nanak remarked

If that's the case, iam overjoyed because there are rumours floating around that one of the top 3 guys was about to leave for US soon.

It seems, all's well that end's well.

Ah! Now I know !!

Now nanak understands why the coffee at DC tastes like SHIT. Read this ....


Coffee made from cat droppings---Times of India(9th Nov 2004)

A British online shop is selling coffee made from cat droppings - for £14 an ounce.
Kopi Luwak, or civet cat coffee, is produced by the civet cat in Sumatra, reports Dagblad van het Noorden.
It eats ripe coffee beans which are then hand-picked from its droppings by local people.
The beans are of the highest quality but the work is so intensive that only 500kg is made each year.
Dutch connoisseur Bob Dam, from Groningen, said the coffee has a fine chocolate aroma which tastes delicious at the back of the throat.
"The taste is exquisite but it is too expensive to really enjoy the coffee," he added.

Gimme a break!!

Cat prep :-(

Nanak is in BIG trouble. he has just 2 weeks to go for CAT and he is busy writing this blog. Prep are at an all time low. Only his old friend can save him. And nanak is daily praying in front of him hoping that at least for once he will open his eyes.

New Building ;-)

Today Nanak moved to a new building called RMZ Futura.

His first impression --- it is good.

Vanenburg was not bad.

This was nanak's office till last week

Nanak says that one thing better in the new building is that there is more privacy here. But he has a problem... he sits in a cubicle where he cant see who's gonna pop up from behind.. 2day there was a close encounter... nanak was busy chatting on Y! as usual ,when Kiran -The VicePres. of DC popped from behind and asked him how r u and how's the new building etc . Nanak got the SHOCK of his life. He fumbled and mumbled.Somehow managed to escape ;)

Other impressions

Nanak is very happy 2day.He got a PC with built in DVD player and CD writer.he says though this is good , dc cud have also provided a scanner and a printer on his table ;). Hey RAM... 1GB RAM + 3Ghz Intel original Motherboard+ optical mouse.....Zindabad Zindabad.....DC Zindabad...........:-)

Canteen SUX. A plate of that shit costs 30 bucks. nanak has decide to get food from home from 2morrow:-(

Kiran has said that from now on he expects everyone to stay till late hours and learn stuff.He is right. High time ppl like Nanak do some work for the vulgar salary he gets :-)

First Post !

Hi, This is the blog of a guy called nanak.He works in DC.He is free now a days and does not have anywork at office . So started this blog. . He hopes to keep updating this place often.