Busybee

In the history of Indian journalism, there will never be another humorist like Busybee; he was the Art Buchwald of India, the P.G. Wodehouse of our times and more, a writer with a brilliant sense of timing for satire and humour, but with a soft and sensitive pen. And with a flow of words that could have readers rolling in their living rooms, offices and suburban trains on their way home; or moistened with emotion and sepia-tinged nostalgia. That was Busybee.

And he conveyed all this through a cast of fictionary characters with himself in the lead, and ably supported by a spouse he simply named "the wife", two sons who never grew up, Darryl and Derrek, a unimaginably rich but generous friend who lived in the 21st floor penthouse of one of Bombay's high rises, and talking dog Bolshoi the Boxer. Busybee drew them all into his column 'Round and About', though which he told his reader that it was perfectly fine to be the Common Man.

Do go through some of his writings:

http://www.busybeeforever.com/round.asp

IPL won't be same in South Africa: Warne

I read an interesting article in DNA yesterday. Here is the link to the same:

http://www.daylife.com/article/016G7sTglU2Su?q=South+Africa

Excerpt from the same:
"It ll be nothing like if it was in India, and its a shame it cant be in India. It wont be the same as being in India, but hopefully the South African public will get behind it and turn up to the ground and make it a great spectacle." Sounds like he is dying to come to India!!

If I remember correctly, Warne and some of his fellow Aussie cricketers had a different song to sing earlier. Prior to IPL it was a different ball game altogether. For every series to be played in India, there would be a lot of hue and cry over Indian conditions w.r.t security, climate, pollution, etc, etc which prevented these GREAT players to represent their National team in India. Shane Warne, Mcgrath, etc always had some excuse to skip playing on Indian soil.

IPL changed everything. Money was thrown around. The same GREAT players are disappointed that the IPL wont be held on Indian Soil.

This is how you explain Hypocrisy to kids.
And before finishing,I present to you, an apt song for the moment..

Money: Pink Floyd

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit.
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away.

Becoming Insane

Becoming Insane: Infected Mushroom


Dunno what the lyrics mean, but its not too difficult to guess when you watch the video. I love the last one minute..it rocks!! Also there are other remix versions available. The Album mix one is totally insane.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVoBmJonYM

Dime todo lo que paso
No me di cuenta ni quien me pego
Todo da vueltas como un carrusel
Locura recorre todita mi piel
...
Wake me up before I change again
Remind me the story that I won't get insane
Tell me why it's always the same
Explain me the reason why I'm so much in pain
..
(x2):
Before I change again...
Remind me the story that I won't get insane
Before I change again...
Remind me the story that I won't get insane
..
(x2):
Voy perdiendo, perdiendo
Voy perdiendo, perdiendo
Voy perdiendo, perdiendo
Voy perdiendo, perdiendo
..

Voy perdiendo el suelo...
I'm becoming Insane.
..
(x12):
Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, I'm Becoming Insane!!!

DILBERTISM

Dilbertism is the ultimate truth. We live it.

Dilbertism is an integral part of every office. Rather, an office exists because of it. It comes across as strange that, though we experience and observe Dilbertisms in our offices everyday, we never laugh about them. The same incidents when read in the cartoon strip instantly brings a smile.

Indirectly we are smiling/grinning/laughing/feeling sorry/etc/etc on our own lives.

Maybe this is a Dilbertism too!

Gulaal

Gulaal is yet another Anurag Kashyap masterpiece. The movie is about a Rajput student, who unwillingly gets dragged into college politics. The college politics is eventually controlled by a set of powerful people, who dictate terms and use the college money for their mean motives.
Gulaal is about fanaticism, courage, betrayal, ruthlessness and also about "The Rajput's way of life".
The movie has a good pace and incidents happening at regular intervals keep you guessing. The cast is near perfect and all the characters have done a great job.
All in all its a movie that shouldn't be missed.

Note: One of my friends didnt like the end of the movie. "It was a big let down" as per him. On the other hand I feel the end is perfect. So let me know your views after watching the movie.

Alibaug

Last week, we had been to alibaug to celebrate holi. Usually our trip to alibaug is a one day thing; we go in the morning and are back by night. But this time, we decided to spend a night there. We left at nine on Tuesday evening. One of our friends had highly recommended a place called “Heritage resorts”. The place was difficult to locate, since it is set in the interiors of a village near alibaug. But the moment we reached it, we were awed.

It’s a newly opened resort, which can currently accommodate only 40-50 people. It is a peaceful and serene place surrounded by mountains on two sides and is a fifteen minute drive from Mandva jetty. The place has been set up beautifully too. Every cottage has two rooms and each room can accommodate four. There are 6-7 such cottages. The rooms are clean and hygienic. There is a swimming pool with a music system setup on one end of it. The food is prepared by the local villagers and this adds to the ethnicity of the place. The charges are a nominal 850 per person (and this includes breakfast, lunch and dinner).

The only downside of the place was that there are no air conditioners in the rooms.

The place is ideal for group picnics and weekend getaways.

For people who are interested : http://hotels.justdial.com/hotels/heritage-resort_alibaug_Mumbai_qLdMpMlwfkwkjoyvPrsq.htm

B.E. projects

"Development of P.L.C program to control an electron beam welding machine."

A P.L.C (programmable logic controller) program will be developed which will replace the existing relay system to control an electron beam welding machine.

Confused? :) This was my final year B.E. project. Infact this is all I know about my last year engineering project. I had two project mates who would also repeat the exact sentence (word by word) when asked about our project. :). Ask us anything else and somehow you will find the same answer being repeated. Because to date this is all we know. We had no clue about what we had to do in the project. Our guide was an awesome BARC scientist who used to come to office armed with a novel and the only time we met him, he was deeply buried in a Stephen King thriller.

Life couldnt have been better. The last year project was a blessing for us, since we could officially spend Fridays out of college. The few occasions when we actually visited B.A.R.C. we ended up having a ball. Literally!! We either played cricket or football with some of our other friends who stayed in BARC.
On other occasions we picnicked in the awesomely beautiful BARC campus, had sumptuous meals at discounted prices (six rupees for a heavily packed non veg lunch) , lazed around under shady trees in the well maintained gardens and even managed to smoke in the "NO SMOKING" areas (which was fun!).
Towards the end of the project, we did what every engineering student does (except the nerds (who reach college sharp at eight thirty even during storms, so that they dont miss the first lecture)). We collected a few things from the Internet, got it typed and printed and our project report was ready!
The difficult part came when we had the project viva. All we could offer was a single line. Yeah!! Quote "A PLC program will be developed which will replace the existing relay system to control an electron beam welding machine." The evaluator kind of felt sorry for us. Towards the end he gave us a lecture on how bleak our future would be if we had the same attitude towards life.

Today, life has taken a different turn. I am going to be evaluating science projects in a reputed engg institute.

So Mr.Evaluator, what do you have to say to that?

How was your day?

How was your day?

I wake up late today and miss my office bus. Then I take an auto and get stuck in a big jam. By the time I reach office, it was half past eleven. I open my mailbox and see that there is a huge amount of work already queued up. As soon as I start with work, I get interrupted by my boss. He wants me to attend this meeting with the clients. The meeting could have been shorter if the clients had brains. It literally took me one hour to explain what a child could have understood in ten minutes. I grab a mug of coffee after the meeting to soothe my headache. I start with my pending work while more work keeps pouring in. I have a quick lunch and I am back in a meeting which is even worse than the earlier one. After the meeting, my boss asks me to complete the whole work by evening and I am like “are you nuts?” How can he expect me to do my work while all I am doing is attending meetings? I try my best to wrap up as much as possible. Issues keep popping up and I am not 100% into what I am doing. Its eight already and all I want to do is leave office. I try to sneak out, but get unlucky and meet my boss in the parking lot. I assure him that I will finish the pending work tomorrow. I take an auto and get stuck in a traffic jam again. I reach home and all I can think of is crashing on the bed. How was your day?

It was OK.

Perspective

There are three of us. We are sitting at a beautiful restaurant overlooking a lake.

Excerpts from our conversation:

“Lets do something about life. We know that we are amongst the best, so why work for companies who rake in profits for the work that we do.”

“Life!! Life sucks where I work, but it feels good to get paid at the end of the month. Stability!”

“All we need is an idea that will set us rolling, we should at least try. We aren’t doing justice to our potentials. We could be millionaires”

“I have stopped running behind money. I have realized that there are more important things to life than money.”

“Its not only about money. Money is definitely a part of it, but it’s more about looking at yourself in the mirror and being able to face yourself. The way we are leading our lives, we are going no where.”

“I am not up to it anymore. I can’t imagine leaving my job and risking failure. There is too much at stake.”

“You can either lie back and let life take you where it wants to or you can take it in your hands and lead life to where you want to go.”

“Enough of your fundas. Captain, one kingfisher!”

"One for me too!!"

"Make that three, Captain!"

Back

Daddy's back ( quoted by Barney Stinson in How I met your mother.)

Whats changed since last time??

A few pounds lighter (thanks to my diet regime)
A few shades darker (thanks to a visit to Hyderabad and Alibagh)
A few days older but a ton wiser.
And a smoker again.

Everything else is the same.