Pune IPL Jersey

Not only has the Pune IPL team found its owner (Sahara Group), but it has already found a lot of sponsors too!!!


The proposed Pune IPL Jersey is here!!!








Isnt it perfect? Right from the color to the language!!

Article in the Evening Standard, UK of 27th January 2010

Rahul Dulhaniya.... updates

Now that the swayamwar is done...Rahul and Dimpy are happily married and looking forward to their honeymoon...But someone is upset...
Its me!!.. because the show is off air now and I am missing out on my evening dose of humor...

If anyone has any other show to recommend, please do so..

In the meanwhile... I will have to be content with this:

http://swayamvar.xaapa.com/

Jai Ho!!

A petrol pump next to a coal depot next to a gas cylinder godown.

Just happened to notice this en route to office (Hinjewadi) today. It is a perfect setting of disaster in the making...all you need is a spark... how the hell did the petrol pump (which is relatively new) get permission to hold shop next to a coal depot. Is this legal?

If it is, then lets have a nuclear plant next to the petrol pump!!

Jai Ho!!

Work Experience

We have this guy in office. Lets call him X.

Mr.X holds a postgraduate degree (M.Tech). Mr.X has an overall experience of eight+ years in the telecommunication industry. But, he is the dullest individual in his team. His work output is the lowest, his grades are the worst, his technical knowledge is close to zero, his communications skills are sub zero. All in all he is a liability to his team.

Wondering why i am writing all this? What wrong has Mr.X done to me?

Nothing.... absolutely nothing...

Its just that he has two job offers in his hands right now. Both the companies have urgent openings. Company A badly wants him to join as a manager with a whopping salary package and Company B badly wants him to join as a technical lead with an even more whopping salary package. Mr.X has cleverly pitted A against B and I am sure that he will derive maximum possible gain from the duel.

This makes me think...
Do i really need to work in office and expand my knowledge in a country where only YEARS of EXPERIENCE is considered a benchmark while switching jobs?

Is being at the right place at the right time more important than being more competent?

Whay am I even asking this??? The answer is obvious!!

The answer is Mr.X!!!

Trip to Shirdi and Shani Shingnapur

Shirdi:

We left from Pune around eleven in the night. The total distance to Shirdi is approx 200 km. The roads for most of the part of the journey are very good. To our surprise the traffic was also thin that night. We reached Shirdi at three a.m, which was a good one hour earlier than what we had expected.

After reaching, we checked into a hotel which was very near (walking distance) from the temple. We managed to get a triple sharing room for five hundred bucks. The room was neat and tidy with basic amenities. At around four we left for the temple and within minutes were in the long queue. At four-thirty the early morning aarti (kakad aarti) began. The aarti lasted for forty five minutes, which people in the queue were able to witness due to the live transmissions on the LCD TVs installed everywhere. After the aarti, the queue started moving at a snail’s pace.

By six, our turn finally arrived. We were ushered into the main hall and it was a serene sight. The idol of Sai baba was clad in saffron glittering clothes and the walls are covered in gold. The hall has photographs of people who were close friends and associates of Sai Baba. Before we could soak up the atmosphere, the guards on duty hurried us out. (It’s the same scene in every temple. You wait for hours in the queue but when it’s your turn, it’s over in a matter of seconds.) Once outside, we visited the other parts of the temple. There are samadhis of people who were close to Baba. There is another hall, where Baba used to stay, cook and pray.

Overall it was a pleasant experience and after having tea, we were all set to visit Shani Shingnapur.

Shani Shingnapur:

Shani Shingnapur is approximately fifty km. from Shirdi. We had breakfast (poha+tea) at a roadside dhaba on the way. Once we reached Shingnapur, we were amazed by the number of shops that were selling aarti thalis. Lord Shani is supposedly a very sensitive God and people doing business on his name make sure that the God’ fear is used to their advantage. Our shopkeeper outlined a complicated process to get the maximum blessings out of Lord Shani and to save ourselves from his fury. He ended up charging us an exorbitant sum for the pooja thali and services. We were made to wear a saffron dhoti and take bath before entering the temple (females are not allowed near the Shani idol, though they are allowed inside the temple). Once inside we religiously followed the steps outlined by our shopkeeper and the whole process was over in a matter of minutes. Though I found the temple very serene and peaceful, it was relief to be outside, away from the God of fury.

After a quick change of clothes, we started our journey back to Pune which took roughly three hours.