tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328949612024-03-20T21:19:21.615-07:00Blueit is the colour of the Sky ...The colour of the Ocean...therefore the colour of InfinityJayashankarnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-61967878648093921792011-08-12T19:30:00.000-07:002011-08-14T08:32:41.488-07:00Micro blogging startsthis year has been terrible for my blog.perhaps i have written the least in 5 years.ah! this is the first post of the year:the good thing is that i am now able to write things on my Phone and can publish whenever i want:Five years before i had to visualize things.and note them for the evening.this is now much more live and attractive.i am now inside a ksrtc bus connecting two smalls towns in kerala.i have been awake whole night as we were driving from bangalore yesterday in my friends car.he dropped me at a place called ankamali and i have taken a bus to kottayam.it is raining so heavily outside.the bus is more or less empty.peoplle are considerate enough not to throw their umbrella theertham on each others face.the old man sitting next to me is peeping into what i am doing.not too sure if he can read english that too such small font .....
<br />Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-85637808207632654852010-06-29T12:04:00.000-07:002010-06-29T12:47:33.091-07:00After a long breakP1. What curse word do you use the most?<br />ayyo<br />2. Do you own an iPod?<br />yes- a 30 gb one.I dont really know where it is right now.its in my room some where<br />3. What person do you talk to on the phone the most?<br />Amma<br />4. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?<br />Yes- the girl during my graduadition.Only one i have ever kissed<br />5. Do you remember where you were on 11/9/01?<br />Yes-at home.Thinking about the politcal Islam and the religious Christ<br />6. What was the last movie you watched?<br />raavan at friends room.felt 'not bad'<br />7. Has anyone ever called you lazy?<br />Most of the my dear ones<br />8. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?<br />Yes-I have<br />9. Has anyone told you a secret this week?<br />Yes-'VV told me that accidently he kissed her mom over the phone :( '<br />10. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?<br />Long fingers<br />11. What are you looking forward to?<br />Bloody cable.if it is gonna come before the match ends<br />12. Do you own any band t-shirt?<br />No bands can brand me!<br />13. What will you be doing in one hour?<br />The plan is to sleep.May be with open eys in darkness.<br />14. Is anyone in love with you?<br />Women are above men in thoughts and feelings.Dont really know if any is secretely lovn me!<br />15. Last time you crieed?<br />usally tears dont drop<br />16. Are you on a desktop computer or a laptop?<br />Laptop-new one from Dell<br />17. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?<br />My ear piercings are no more there.Want to do it again<br />18. Would you ever date anyone covered in tattoos?<br />i hate that and feels that it wont suit a soft skin<br />19. What were you doing before this?<br />I was reading 'Bookless in Baghdad'.searched blogs after a long time.found this at Dhanya<br />20. When is the last time you slept on the floor?<br />Yesterday.I am used to sleeping on the floor.<br />21. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?<br />Five.That is enough.I have to get up at 7 everyday.<br />22. Do you eat breakfast daily?<br />Most of the days i do.Its cos of my friends at officeJayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-4604892130990671782009-09-10T10:31:00.000-07:002009-09-10T21:04:13.940-07:00Uthamans Onam-09Onam is a great<em> something</em> for Malayalees wherever they are. The main Onam day is special for its feast. Uthaman, like any other Malayalee was excited to celebrate it in a <em>big way</em> and decided to eat out in a posh Mallu mess somewhere near the 80-feet road at Indira nagar.<br /><br />He knew that cursing himself for being at this <em>ooru</em> was of no use and has a real positive attitude towards life. He was not at all jealous about his friends being in Kerala leaving him alone at the posh apartment in the Domlur market.<br /><br />It was not quite surprising that he decided to have a <em>thechu kuli</em> or ritualistic bath before his lunch, as <em>kuli</em> is a very important item for any Kerala festival. Today he had decided even on which songs he should sing while taking bath.He started with the much old Onam song “<em>Maveli naadu vanidumkaala’’</em>…slowly it changed to <em>"oru muraai vanthu parthaya"</em> and so on and so forth….meanwhile he applied the traditional <em>Medimix</em> soap to wherever possible.. ..So, to sum it up, he had a rich and authentic bath and felt that he was at home after several years<br /><br />Time was 1.20 pm and all Mallu mess's in Bangalore were <em>kach-ing pappadams</em>…the fragrance of<em> Avilyal</em> and <em>Sambar</em> flew into the posh bathroom and Uthaman took a deep breath and said <em>“bhesh”<br /></em><br />Uthaman was in a hurry, all the 56 dishes of the meal splashed into his brain in a fraction of a second.<br /><br />Alas-the Door! It is closed for ever out of excitement.<br /><br />He was patient for a few minutes, attempted all the 108 tricks he knew. Sorry said the door :(<br /><br />After two hours of remorseless attempt, he says ‘I did the right thing, I started yelling’. Sadly by that time all Malayalees in Bangalore had almost finished their afternoon nap after their superb meal.<br /><br />Today, Uthaman is a proud Malayalee. He could manage the crisis in a matter of 4 hours. He could speak the right Hindi at the right time at the right place. Though you can relate this to the 4 Ps of Marketing, this event has much more impact, as this was a game of do or die for a human soul.<br /><br />“I did the right thing; he reiterates; if I had not yelled the right Hindi, I would have ended my life there….. Onam will come and go, but life is only once”<br /><br />Reporters were eager to know how Uthaman who knew little Hindi could speak to his neighbor through the tiny window he had in the bathroom.<br /><br />“My Hindi was so good at that point” says he<br /><br /><em>“Bhaiyya, mein Bathroom ke anthar Ghoos gaya, Bachavo Bachavo”</em> I yelled this mantra for an hour and that helped; Uthaman said reporters after the narrow escape.<br /><p>After the incident ,Hindi <em>Vidvan </em>shri Madan Gupta congratulated Uthaman for the <em>right </em>language he used during the crisis to attract people...</p><p>However Uthamans Onam 09 ended in Style!</p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-75652238625410544802009-08-25T09:44:00.000-07:002009-08-25T09:54:20.740-07:00Mother, we will miss you!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdQtx_ITbmUI-OJLTH3YccpnVh8weV-y0C1Zo1AGE82IlfFq-6kfzxwrxNMfeNHMCAoMVwUOBc9OVRddMNUXXYGZXPWqL2IleaxmTb9bYK7BXLxfIrU8Ynl4izgYuYttgZ_GB4A/s1600-h/louba1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373943777652591410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdQtx_ITbmUI-OJLTH3YccpnVh8weV-y0C1Zo1AGE82IlfFq-6kfzxwrxNMfeNHMCAoMVwUOBc9OVRddMNUXXYGZXPWqL2IleaxmTb9bYK7BXLxfIrU8Ynl4izgYuYttgZ_GB4A/s400/louba1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMpCwygTo72Q-9vq9TVk_v_3GpShLrwQgAcPanqKiokplnq2eA1_dC4CMnHZsQS3R0D9wmjmNi8H2h9ToDbrcIoD6OxxCzoaJBmCnjrW2UIcxNNQgxvD1A9H-Gs7wem6YCH7mSQ/s1600-h/louba1.jpg"></a><br /><p><br />At the feet of Lord Parthasaradhy who dwells on the banks of Pamba in Aranmula,Kerala, Louba lived for decades. Her entire life was dedicated to Aatam and other traditional art and cultural forms of Kerala . Spirited by Guru Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, she gave up her personal life at the young age of 24 in 1968 ;understanding and promoting the great art forms ranging from mural paintings to Kalari to different dance forms esp. Aatam. </p><br /><p><br />She pioneered the <a href="http://www.vijnanakalavedi.org/index.html">Vijnana Kala Vedi</a> in 1976 and after 32 years of selfless service the school is being closed today.The goodness of her school was not in commercializing these arts but enriching them by taking back them to its original forms and ethnicity.So this is a sad day.</p><p><br />Louba Schild will be returning back to France to take care of her Mother. Just before leaving Aranmula, the press asked her many questions. Her answers were memoranda of her love for Kerala and Mother Bharath. She hopes to be reborn in this great land. This is my land, I don’t have any other land, she says. Louba gives a call to the young generation of Kerala to really understand the richness of their tradition and says foreigners can only enjoy but thou are the real inheritors. All these art forms are in your blood. Try to understand it. Your culture is not known by the coconuts you have, but by its depth, Louba remarked. </p><p>Dear Louba, hope you will come back to Kerala one day. The tiny bamboos on Pamba to the chundan vallams , your friends, your students and above all Kathakali will call you back one day. I hope </p><br /><p>vous souhaitons un beau voyage</p><p>Namaskaram.</p></div>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-76909153456888490342009-06-13T11:56:00.000-07:002009-07-14T04:02:21.632-07:00The diaryAfter making a terrible nonsense prediction, I was off and away from blogging for sometime now. I don’t want to say something like IBNs Rajdeep said,I' knew that UPA is going to get such a superb majority ;<em>x xxx</em> had told me this, but i didn’t say it on air'.For me,it was rather an unexpected defeat for <em>Advanji</em>.<br /><br />Leaving my politics apart, I have been traveling in and out of Bangalore and is having a wonderful time with my darling, the Indian Railways on weekends. As my house renovation is at its final stage and i have been fighting with people over ideas and implementations, weekdays have become hectic between carpenters, painters, electricians and my lord, my client. Because my client is sweet; I am surviving without bad injuries like Sreesanth.<br /><br />Ah! Its monsoon again and its time for the nano, I mean Poppy nano. Meanwhile I ate a lot of mangoes this year with Pineapple and Mangosteen too. All from my garden itself . Meanwhile I have never told you that I am a <strong><em>madambi</em></strong>, I dont know its exact translation; but could be something like "poor man with low livelihood but rich material prosperity". I am that. Actually my whole family is that.<br /><br />From Monday morning till Friday night, I eat junk and is predominantly someone with high metropolitan eating habits. As and when Saturday dawns I am the one with the highest Olive index, meaning a <em>premium orgainc species</em>. Amma would be ready withTapioca and chutney and recently with a lot of Jackfruit puzukku (boiled raw jackfruit).Then may be a Thiruvathira puzukku (translation is the same :)) with cheembu, kachil and chena (cant'translate,but they are roots of supreme quality).Then in between i have Mangoes and Pine apples and many other fruits. So its kind of a organic weekends.<br /><br />So things are a bit under control; I mean Health. On a different note, I read a lot during the last few months and I started writing a book myself. I cant say whether it will ever get published; but the fact is that though it doesn’t gets published, it will remain a dairy of a tiny human being lived little time in the life of this universe.Again,it will only remain for little time.My dairy.May be to an unnoticed decay.Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-35167495872320532462009-04-20T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-20T21:11:45.656-07:00TagI tagged myself just because I thought this can break my silence!<br /><br />LAST TIMES…<br /><br />1. Last beverage: Coffee<br />2. Last phone call: Friend Jermy Cho<br />3. Last text message: from BJP<br />4. Last song you listened to: Thumbi Vaa (Olangal, 1982)<br />5. Last time you cried: ….in 2002.<br /><br />HAVE YOU EVER...<br />6. Dated someone twice: No<br />7. Been cheated on? : No<br />8. Kissed someone & regretted it? No regrets<br />9. Lost someone special? Kind of dead! Yes<br />10. Been depressed? Yes!<br />11. Been drunk and threw up? No<br /><br />LIST FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:<br />12. Saffron<br />13.Light Green<br />14. White<br />15. Blue<br /><br />FIRSTS :<br />16. Made new friends: Yes<br />17. Fallen out of love: No<br />18. Laughed until you cried: NO, I have laughed until I have slept<br />19. Met someone who changed you: Yes-transformed me<br />20. Found out who your true friends were: I Always knew<br />21. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes.... a lot in the ladies hostel<br /><br />HAVE YOU:<br />22. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: No, I think kissing is not that easy<br />23.How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: I didn’t understand which friends list! If it is blog I really don’t know anyone so closely.I am addicted to thoughts and dreams than in people.<br />24. How many kids do you want to have: Three<br />25. Do you have any pets: I had a Cat, Piyush. He died of cancer at a very young age.I was depressed and didn’t go to school for many days.<br />26. Do you want to change your name: I have a long name and that is nice.<br />27. What did you do for your last birthday: I didn’t really bother. I love to say that “last week was my birthday” .But I blog on my birthdays usually<br />28.What time did you wake up today: 6 am .It was my neighbor’s “Grahapravesh” and there were Poojas going on<br />29. What were you doing at midnight last night: Yesterday I slept early<br />30. Name something you CANNOT wait for: After reading Mohanlals “rithumarmaram” last week, I feel like going to Mookambika once again<br />31. Last time you saw your father: 14th April, Vishu.<br />32. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: be more careful about my belongings<br />33. Most visited web page: Company’s webmail<br /><br />WHAT'S YOUR :<br />34. Name: :) Eash<br />35. Nicknames: Ummm... vasu, Kannan, puttalu, kinnappi..<br />36. Zodiac sign: Taurus.<br />37. Male or female or transgender: Male<br />38. Elementary: Seventh day Adventist School<br />39. Colleges: St. Berchman’s, Bhavans,NSS,DCS<br />40. Hair color: Black<br />41. Long or short: short<br />42. Height: almost 6<br />43. Do you have a crush on someone? Yes ....one bomb in office<br />44. Ever been in love? Yes<br />45. Piercings? Going to pierce my ears. “Karnavedham“ was supposed to be on the 27th but postponed as this is my Birthday month. But I wont be wearing any ornament<br />46. Tattoos? No<br />47. Righty or lefty: Righty<br />48. First surgery: Not yet...<br />49. First piercing: Not yet.<br />50. First best friend: Praveen.. He is in Dubai now.<br />51. First sport you loved: Football.<br />52. First pet : Dhathri, our cow!<br />53. First vacation: Mysore-Bangaore-Ooty .We used to go every year with students from my Fathers College.<br />54. First concert: Carnatic music concert on “Aarattu” day in our Temple<br />55. First crush : Vijayakashmi, she was a classical dancer. my class mate and friend. This was at 4th or 5th standard.<br />56. Eating: Nothing right now<br />57. Drinking: Nothing now<br />58. I'm about to: post this on my blog<br />59. Listening to: no song right now<br />60. Waiting for: nothing but sleep<br /><br />YOUR FUTURE:<br />61. Want kids? Yes, of course<br />62. Want to get married? Not really, sometimes yes. But I am not sure<br />63. Careers in mind? Want to speak in the Indian Parliament one day<br /><br />WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?<br />64. Lips or eyes: Eyes<br />65. Hugs or kisses: Hug and look into her eyes and then kiss…I think I like both<br />66. Shorter or taller: Shorter… see, I want to lead the show!its always good to have an arieal view of her eyes..(amn't I sounding romantic??)<br />67. Older or Younger: younger<br />68. Romantic or spontaneous: Romantic and romantic<br />69. Nice stomach or nice arms: Nice stomach and long fingers<br />70. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive…not loud please!<br />71. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship<br />72. Trouble maker or hesitant: Hesitant…(question number 72 is horrible I should tell you, who wants a trouble maker?)<br /><br />HAVE YOU EVER :<br />73. Kissed a stranger: Yes, but it was not part of sex<br />74. Lost glasses/contacts: no...its one of the things that I have not lost(fingers crossed)<br />76. Broken some one's heart: Yes I did<br />77. Had your own heart broken: It broke and it joined itself back<br />78. Been arrested: Twice…<br />79. Turned someone down: Yess<br />80. Cried when someone died: Yes, but no one saw<br />81. Liked a friend that is a girl? Yes-I made that mistake<br /><br /><br />DO YOU BELIEVE IN:<br />81. Yourself: Yes... Vey much<br />82. Miracles: can happen<br />83. God: Yes<br />84. Love at first sight: No<br />85. Heaven: Yes there is heaven in each heart<br />86. Santa Claus: who made this tag…what is there to believe in him! if it is gifting someone ,I am ok to receive them<br />87. Kiss on the first date? I am sure this question is made by some one so utopian…I cant kiss a girl so fast<br />88. Angels: I don’t know...I heard there is an Angel in the UK.<br />89. Devils: Ya I took this tag from a devil<br /><br />ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:<br />90. Is there one person you want to be with right now? Yes I want to be with someone whom I miss a lot<br />91. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? So silly!<br />92. Wanted to kill someone ever? Yes I wish I could have killed many people<br />93. Among you blog mates, whom would you like to kiss? Appa! what question is this.. kiss-kiss kiss(dear bloggers, please send your photos as I haven’t seen any of you so keenly that I can decide on this. Male bloggers; please keep away)<br />94. Committed a blunder and regretted later? Yes 100s of blunders…after that I don’t really bother about the outcome<br />95. Wanted to steal you friend's boyfriend / girlfriend? : Hehehe …My friends have girl friends who are worst than them. So I am quite happy about not stealing them.<br /><br />ASSOCIATE WITH SOMETHING YOU WEAR :<br />96. White: Shirt<br />97. Black: Shoes<br />98. Red: Kurtha<br />99. Pink: Chaddi (Now, please don’t start sending me this:)<br /><br />100. Posting this as 100 Truths? Almost Yes. :)(those kissing parts were confusing! and pink chaddi was not true...i dont have one in that colour.)<br /><br />Please feel free to take this up anyone,please!Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-31598928884899927672009-02-22T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-22T11:31:28.649-08:00Recruiting "Change"<p>Each soul is potentially divine<br />-Swami Vivekananda.<br /></p><p>One of the greatest threats in modern management is the limitation in identifying human capacity. Recently I heard an interviewer saying "I interviewed an idiot in the morning". I am surprised the way one person analyses the capability of another person in just a few questions. The biggest dilemma of modern management is its weakness to see the potentialities of human beings beyond the so called "skill sets". Managers find it difficult to find the proper candidates for their roles.Most of the time the perceptions of interviewers go wrong. Companies find it invariably impossible to comply to recruit the deserving candidate to the deserving role.We shouldnt ignore the fact that enormous amount of money is involved in recruiting and maintaining candidates with improper skill sets.</p><p><br />Here is the importance of transformation. Transformation,a state of Change, isn’t just through motivation . Here is where a manager needs to posses higher Transformational Quotient (TQ). The higher the TQ, the better. Top-level management needs to make sure that there are Mangers with higher TQ at the middle level. It is the lower level of management,where the bigger teams are, so the middle level managers, should and will, find it extremely difficult to manage teams with lesser set of desired skills.<br /></p><p>Now, what is TQ?</p><p><br />"Jalamabhyasa yogena<br />Shylanaam karuthe ksheyam<br />Karkashanam mridu sparsham<br />Kimabhyasanna sadhyathe"</p><p><br />-A saying in Samskritham quotes, "water with its perseverant and continuous touch, converts hard rocks silky, People with harsh intentions; with "soft touch" can thus be transformed to better human beings. TQ is higher with people who have that <em>soft touch</em> that never aims at immediate results.</p><p><br />One of the recent readings that inspired me was Coelho's "Eleven minutes" where Maria, a prostitute in search of "Personal light” interested me. Here when I say about personal light, I mean the uniqueness in people, their capacity and core competence; which may or may not match the desired skill sets for the role they handle. It is the potential and passion they posses, the capacity of which could lead them for a better career, may be in a different role. TQ is higher with people who search personal light in others.</p><p>A person with higher TQ is often a scientist.He experiments his people with permutations and combinations of roles.He is one who believes in probability and chance.He is a psychologist who can read minds.He is often driven by change.One thing that suddenly clicks my mind is the <em>O-effect </em>that shook the world recently.Politics hardly varies its manifestations across continents, but the general mood that Obama created in the States, <em>lifted </em>people across the world. We shouldn’t forget that <em>Change</em> was the most important and strategic catch of his campaign. Probably Change was the biggest idea that sold in 2008.That was because each human being thrives for change though he may not exactly know how the change that will happen may look like. From Krishna to Marx, social engineers understood the capacity of this word, Change. Change is a choice but, like what Gandhi said, be the change, to see the change. A person with higher TQ conceives the impossible and inevitable change, way and far, before the team sees and goes through it. However the change could be bilateral. Mangers with higher TQ must also be ready to be the change themselves. </p><p><br />TQ is an important aspect of change management. A successful manager tries and succeeds in transforming his team to the desired skill sets by identifying the divinity in people.</p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-16261482796626034282009-01-21T22:39:00.000-08:002009-02-22T11:12:07.404-08:00A&A and their experiment on meIrrespective of the space left for any food in stomach, if I happen to hear a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_classical_music">Kacheri </a>at 1 Pm, I smile, smear my nose, feel sleepy and thrive for my lunch. That is the positive reinforcement <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashavani">Akashavani </a>and my Amma(A&A) has created on me.<br /><br />Amma would be preparing lunch and I would be lazily lying on the bed for the lunch call, Akashavani would be on and after <em>Pradeshika Varthakal(Regional news)</em>, it would be time for the Kacheri …That is exactly around 1 pm. Ammas Pulisseri Kaduku varakkal and Pappadam kaachal would be going on in full swing in the kitchen which is few meters away from my bed…my appetite slowly slips down to a nap….Raagas squeeze into my ears down to my heart…<br /><br />Now what happens to me many years later is called Operand Conditioning in behavioral sciences.<br />Their experiment is a success<br />But is this a disease now?Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-59199644585440660852008-12-15T08:12:00.000-08:002008-12-22T02:40:08.284-08:00I love you<p>It’s quite a while that the govt of Bangalore cut down on the power cut. It’s the end of darkness and silence. </p><p><br />But I love power cuts. I have been following them since my childhood. Even after a typical middleclass family like mine bought what the great malayalee calls the "emergency"(lamps) in our living room. For a Malayalee power cut is always there with him; close to his heart, like a sibling. Yes- I miss my sibling. Oh!</p><p><br />You know they are fun, the power cuts.<br /><br />During monsoon when people cant hear each others voice due the sounding rain, comes power cut, or as the sexy malayalee calls the "current cut ". It comes like death; anytime you wouldn’t expect. But for some it is time to rejoice, esp if you are a homework hater and an anxious bed wooer. That is exactly because light is a villain in both these cases. </p><p><br />I would mind giving anything to my Sis except candles or kerosene lamps. I should tell you, though I hated the carbon emitting kerosene lamps, I always thought a j<em>inn </em>would emerge from it one day and save me from the cruel teachers; for the kerosene lamps looked like an antique Arabic Magic lamp. I had also told my parents that studying with my sister on the same table with the same lamp lit would annoy me as she looked cruel in the dim light, but I loved the bees and always helped them from falling into trap of the candles. </p><p><br />I loved the darkness which power cuts brought and most often fell asleep skipping my dinner which I never cared for. Still I liked to spend time in the kitchen with Amma enjoying her songs. I also liked to hear gossips which my cousins and aunts would tell my mom and often pretended as if I were deep asleep. Generally I liked to hear others speak in a low voice because if you shout during a power cut, then you are supposed to be an enemy of your neighbor.<br />I love power cuts at night because people tend to be introverts at that point. They start speaking to themselves. I am sure there would be less of notice and world seems so nice.</p><p><br />I love power cuts because I hate to act.<br /><br />P.S.<br />1.All Malayalees come home…Power cut is calling, "where are you?" .I mean come home for power cuts only if you like Salty flies in your Hot Kanji, which goes well. Great mouth watering….<br /><br />2.Hey, can’t we promote power cut tourism, its great; Gods Own Country; mind you!<br /></p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-69310233855831548942008-10-30T08:46:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:00:23.438-07:00Addictionsam addicted<br />To Coffee:<br />Yes I am addicted. Keeps me alive.<br /><br />To Internet:<br />I have been using Internet for free since the last 7 years and therefore became addict; can’t stay away for many days. I have a set of sites and blogs I visit in a gap of hours<br /><br />To News channels:<br />I am addicted to all the news channels on the TV. As soon as I switch the tv on, I go to these channels. I am crazy enough to watch Kannada, Tamil, Guajarati, Telugu channels though I usually don’t understand most of it.<br /><br />To Carnatic music:<br />Addicted to classical. Will go to any place if I find there is a Classical concert at any point of time. Spends a lot of money buying CDs and spend a lot of time in the Internet hearing.<br /><p>To Calling home</p><p>I am addicted to calling my home everyday.Wherever i am </p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-35321578204418970292008-10-23T10:31:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:46:47.506-07:00Happy DiwaliI am on a frequent travel form Bangalore to Kerala and back. This is with respect to building, rather renovating my home. The work is in progress and I am really stressed. I want to write a hundred thousand things…but there isn’t any mood or time. I am totally tired. There is no ticket available in trains. I am on waiting list most of the days.<br /><br />Future months are dark. I am lost.<br />Take care anyways!<br />Happy DiwaliJayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-37550674788223560102008-09-23T00:30:00.000-07:002008-09-25T07:33:08.510-07:00What connection?<em>Quiz</em><br />What is common with all these movies?<br />1)Sex and the City<br />2)Mamma Mia<br />3)Devil wears the prada<br />4)Die Hard 4.0<br />5)Indiana Jones<br />Correct answers to win attractive Chocolates!<br /><br />No one has come out with any answers.I am a loser .......tplang<br />Though in the office folks came with answers like "TV soaps","A" rated etc which were wrong.But one of them came out near the right answer<br /><br />All has connection with Chocolates<br />Special edition Chocolates and Sponsorship promotions with Mars<br /><br />1) Sex and the City-Galaxy ...read the news <a href="http://www.talkingretail.com/products/9335/Galaxy-to-sponsor-Sex-and-the-.ehtml">here</a><br /><br />2) Mamma Mia-Maltesers …watch advert<a href="http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA6861&advertiser=Maltesers"> here</a><br /><br />3) Devil wears the prada-Galaxy…watch advert <a href="http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA0743">here </a><br /><br />4) Die Hard 4.0-Snickers watch advert <a href="http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA3679&advertiser=Snickers">here</a><br /><br />5) Indiana Jones-M&Ms and Snickers read the news <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Mars-847620.html">here</a><br /><br />Die Hard even had a scene where Bruce Willis was seen eating Snickers…But “Directors final cut” removed it.Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-55050463001784342552008-09-08T21:10:00.000-07:002008-09-09T02:23:23.237-07:00Whatever you needI trust you<br /><br />As long as I’m there,<br />I trust you<br />I know you are right<br />But I trust you not for that rightness.<br />It is solely for your life<br />Your secrets-<br />Shall ever remain as they are!<br /><br />I trust you though we haven’t met<br />Ever in life-nor meet ever<br />Still I need to tell you that<br />I trust you.<br />Because trust is what you need.Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-57313181100593692532008-08-26T23:17:00.000-07:002008-08-27T03:54:46.324-07:00Friend<em>(Sound of dog barking)</em><br />Tak tak tak<br />Open the door…open the door<br /><em>(Yells)</em><br />Eash: who is it?<br />Lak: Its me..Lak<br /><em></em><br /><em>Eash opens the door</em><br /><br />Lak: I am..I am lost ...she ran away<br />Eash:Who??<br />Lak:the girl whom I .......loved<br /><em>(Hugs) ...(Cries)</em><br />Eash: Come inside<br />Lak: what should I do? I need your advice<br />Eash: come lets cook food and then sleep...Otherwise come lets watch tv<br /><br /><strong>Summary of the story</strong><br />The best friends in life are people who know that you are brainless and still ask your opinion on critical mattersJayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-67877112385052530962008-08-20T09:16:00.000-07:002008-08-20T21:02:39.836-07:00Ultimate destination<p>When I travel in the Kanyakumari express train, the best of beautiful women desert me at Palakkad, the remaining best at Trissur. I still keep traveling further to reach home because even though all beautiful things desert you, your home remains as the most beautiful comfort.</p><p>I am off to my ultimate comfort tomorrow</p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-36925442134522957532008-08-16T09:40:00.000-07:002008-08-25T09:30:54.071-07:00Mr. Kapil,the poetSo Mr. Solicitor<br />I saw you write poems<br />I saw<br />Walking the poem<br /><br />Your poem on Atal<br />On Dec6!<br />“Factual”<br />On your next fly,<br />Please write one on Kashmiri Pandits?<br /><br />You say “think beyond the nose”<br />1,2,3...<br /><em>Left</em> sucks, isn’t it?<br />You say you wrote one on Inflation<br />Didn’t see you recite, because<br />London seems a cozy read<br />And wife’s shopping euphoria!<br /><br />Never to forget, Nehru, your leader<br />Was more a English than you!<br /><br />So did10, Jan path <em>Mam </em>like it?<br />May you get something like Mr.Doc!<br />Next time Sibal the giant supress<br />Bureaucratic files<em> thamasha</em><br /><br />Stay on stay on<br />Be more secular, end your life<br />In a bomb blast!<br /><p></p><p>*I just saw Kapil Sibal on Walk the Talk.He recently published his poems!</p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-30982643240906954872008-08-16T07:39:00.001-07:002008-09-27T10:21:37.065-07:00Hope<span style="font-family:verdana;">तू बिन बताये </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">मुझे ले चल कही,<br />जहा तू मुस्कुराये मेरी मंजिल वही !!<br /><span class="">-प्रसून</span> जोशी<br /><span style="font-size:0;"></span></span>Don’t know why I felt so nice hearing this.<br />Time is something which defies us all. I often find myself thinking that we are underestimating time. Life has evolved in billions of years, still to continue for another billion and more…considering the number of years we spend in this life, time is just so little. When we observe the bigger picture of time, war and peace; birth and death etc are so insignificant.<br />Not worried about all these,we love to live and we have thirst for peace. It is the basic instinct which defines life . . .<br /><br />Today my life is engineered out of some hope<br />So am I asking time...please take me out somewhere...Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-88416603586047624742008-08-07T09:41:00.000-07:002008-08-12T23:25:47.668-07:00The snackLife is like a four o’clock snack. Sweet with laughter, spicy with struggles. What life snacks without salty tears sometimes?Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-38973828037817583702008-07-30T11:26:00.000-07:002008-08-17T23:26:08.640-07:00Threat of Jihad and KeralaThe Country of the God is the most treasured hub of terrorist. December 6, 1997 when a bomb blasted in Alappey express train in Trissur, there were uproar to nab terror links. The bombs seized form different parts of northern Kerala had similarity with the Attacks on RSS offices in Chennai and the bombings at the residence of Manirathnam, the legendary director of patriotic movies like Bombay and Roja.<br /><br />A decade down the line Terrorism has grown and flourished in Kerala. Though Madani was let off free in the meticulously planned Coimabtore blasts; there were many other Malayalees who were convicted among the 152 found guilty. What to say about C.A.M Basheer who was the most active member of the 2003 Bombay blasts<br /><br />Kozhkodite Yahya Kamakutty( a REC Calicut product), a Simi activist who was an Ex IT Professional (Wipro and GE) was arrested from his rented house in Bangalore with a lot of information about terror plots. Over a period of time, Yahya came in contact with Adnan, one of the prominent SIMI leaders in south India. Adnan, a resident of Bijapur used to stay with his brother at Annasandrapalya in Bangalore. Yahya's links to north Karnataka began after his introduction to Adnan. Yahya came in contact with the now arrested terror suspects Mohammed Asif, Asaduallah Abubaker, Shakeel Ahmed and Allabaksh, all active SIMI members, and Riyazuddin Nasir alias Mohammed Ghouse, a Pakistan trained Lashkar-e-Taiba activist. His network expanded after he attended the meetings organised by Adnan and his associates in north Karnataka in 2007.<br /><br />Another terrorist from Erattupetta of Kottayam district Shibi Peediackal Abdul was arrested from Indore, MP who was the mastermind in the 2006 Mumbai Train serial blasts . Shibi is believed to have participated in a conclave of SIMI members at Ujjain from July 4-7, 2006, where plans to revitalise the `jihad` in india were discussed. Several members of the cell which executed the Mumbai serial bombings later participated in it.<br /><br />In 2006 at a small place in Panayikulam, Eranakulam(Happy Auditorium) a few SIMI people were caught on a secret meeting .One of them was Shibi. His brother Shaduli, Shamaz, Anzaar Maulavi ,Nizzamudin,Abdul rafeeq and Radhid, a teacher by profession were few among 18 terrorists caught. They were remanded under police custody. An MLA went and met them in Jail five days after this. Afterwards case was falsified and all of them escaped. Later they trained around 40 armed terriorts in Thangal para,Vagamon of Iduukki district<br /><br />Ironically Anzar Maulavi and Saduli were caught after the Jaipur Blasts.<br /><br />There are reports that there are 100 SIMI activists who got training like the Army are involved actively in Kerala, this has come out from the Intelligence Bureau. Last year MP police destroyed one SIMI training camp and caught 13 activists from Cheraal near to Bhopal. Here activist from Kerala also got trainingalong with the people from Jharkhand and Karnataka .While destroying the camp police seized 122 gelatin sticks and 100 detonators .The Pak terrorists who were arrested in Kumali Market of Idukki district few months back have intensified the need for stringent laws to tackle terror.<br /><br />Coming back to Bangalore blasts, initial investigation proved that it had similarity with the blasts of 2006 at the municipal Bus stations, Kozikode. Later there are unconfirmed reports that two malayalees are arrested in Bangalore. TOI reported that Kerala police are on the lookout for truck laden with explosives which they believe entered the state on July 26.This truck is supposed to have gone from Mangalore. Later there has been a look out at the cyber stations. The “e-Mail”s which was opened in different parts of Kerala by four people intensifies the depth and reach of their growth and participation in the Bangalore and Ahamadabad blasts. Mudikkal Palipparambil Ismael from Perumbavoor who was dismissed form Kerala Police earlier is allegedly being interrogated in the Bangalore blasts. Reports suggest terrorists linked to this plot, hide in many places in Kerala and Lakswadeep.<br /><br />The costal districts of Kasargod, Kozikkode, Malappuram and Eranakulam have become a hub for anti national elements. Defense Minister A.K Antony confirmed of such a threat. Last year weapons including AK 47s were seized in Cochin Shipyard. There has been a huge amount of bogus money flowing into the state which is diverted to terrorism and business. . This month, Police arrested .Jihadi- Communist leader K M Shamsudeen with fake Indian currency notes. CPM's regional leader carrying fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 100,000 was taken into custody from State Bank of India (SBI) at Ambalamedu in Ernakulam. Fake currencies printed in London by Pakistan's ISI reaches India via Middle East and is smuggled to Kerala by the traitor Jihadi's- No Matter their Political affiliation<br /><br />The fake phone call threats could just be an idea to divert attention. The criminal politicians of Kerala should realize the intensity of their unholy alliances .The next target could be Guruvaoor, Vadakkum Natha Temple or Shabarimala. The National Security Advisor to the PM, M.K.Narayanan had himself rushed to Guruyavoor to convey this last year.<br /><br />Let’s closely watch how Achudanandan deals with this. Should he understand the gravity of the situation, people of my state would be on a safer side!Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-41849481668150108892008-07-29T00:11:00.000-07:002008-07-29T00:27:16.071-07:00Bomb- in spite of high security<em>Friend IMs me that the ‘bomb is in’<br /><br />I raise my head like a snake from the pit. Few cubicles away,bomb opens the Laptop .Looks around and makes sure that all men are looking at her. She enters the username and then the password (may be password and then the username because she is recently married).She is still standing. </em><br /><br /><em>She just looked around to make sure that still all men are looking at her. I started writing.<br />Thanks</em>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-77663462391551635132008-06-22T12:28:00.000-07:002008-06-27T09:18:44.211-07:00I<p>It’s now a long time that I have wrote something. I just found this “I” tag in <a href="http://itsmyownspace.blogspot.com/">Dhanya’s </a>blog. Thinking this would kill a bit of time before the Italy-Spain match which will begin in an hour. Here it goes...</p><p>I am: God (Appooppan told me)</p><p>I think: my client is a Walrus</p><p>I know: how to make Aviyal</p><p>I want: Kappa& Chammanthi right now</p><p>I have: a bad memory</p><p>I wish: we both were the same</p><p>I hate: the urban life</p><p>I miss: the monsoon</p><p>I fear: ICICI bank</p><p>I feel: comfortable on a stormy night</p><p>I hear: Soumya in Youtube</p><p>I smell: Kaalan, a Kerala dish</p><p>I crave: for a sexy wife</p><p>I search: for my cell everyday</p><p>I wonder: how can people act so much in life</p><p>I regret: if I had locked the bathroom that day</p><p>I love: to travel </p><p>I ache: my back most of the days</p><p>I care: my books, which I never want to lose until I die</p><p>I am not: like you</p><p>I believe: in people who can understand what I say</p><p>I dance: in winter</p><p>I sing: often in the bathroom</p><p>I cry: inside myself </p><p>I don’t always: please others</p><p>I fight: for my Country</p><p>I write: very bad English and a better Malayalam</p><p>I win: when I feel others are convinced by my point</p><p>I lose: when I feel my friends are lying</p><p>I never: cheat my team</p><p>I always: want to be in the snow</p><p>I confuse: myself over coffee and tea though I like coffee better</p><p>I listen: to myself when I am confused</p><p>I can usually be found: looking at the sky</p><p>I am scared: of settling down in Bangaluru</p><p>I need: to change my job</p><p>I am happy about: the way government has not controlled inflation.</p>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-81368292650592779972008-05-06T22:27:00.001-07:002008-12-09T04:35:45.220-08:00The Train<em>Suhruthu thala vacha paalathiloode nyan thirthadanathinu pooyi<br /><br />(On the same rail, where my friend killed himself, I went on a pilgrimage)</em><br /><em>- A.Ayyappan.</em><br /><br />Many friends are married now. All seem to be pretty happy with the situation. My best friend had a baby two weeks before. He is currently in the Middle East and was extremely excited over the phone .<br /><br />Another friend, P who got married in December seems to be really motivated. Thanks to the winter and the monsoon to come.<br /><br />Yet another friend’s ad came in the Matrimony column in one of the leading news papers last Sunday “Nampoothiri parents seeks alliance for their only good-looking handsome, son, B.tech, MBA, currently working in the U.S. from educated girls of suitable caste. Please apply with horoscope to Box no: 99, Kottayam”.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-EN9abM_LhyUQ-VUDSYblgnT3PlXA5klnYfWpeLpEwFr6ttToEExO8e6DFD61Lu-zOta7oG9-nuhLbaw8XwXesNbTMwYXXqhocZ4i-gKNP1rGSjGq6tXiKJE3VIxAszhaXgl_w/s1600-h/Shooting+star.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211234576413559186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-EN9abM_LhyUQ-VUDSYblgnT3PlXA5klnYfWpeLpEwFr6ttToEExO8e6DFD61Lu-zOta7oG9-nuhLbaw8XwXesNbTMwYXXqhocZ4i-gKNP1rGSjGq6tXiKJE3VIxAszhaXgl_w/s200/Shooting+star.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />So many of my friends are already married or getting married soon. Days are sunny .Now marriage looks like a cool idea. Moreover even if you are fat and dark you should look for a fair and slim girl. All depends on your money, family status and the job. After all the ratio of men to women in Kerala is 1000:1058.So your chances are high.Flowers are blooming. Today when I looked at the mirror I felt spectacular. I have become smarter and more handsome. The idea of owning a sexy house wife some naughty children are not far utopian.<br /><br />I have just boarded the train. The train to the future...<br /><br />I know future is the place where I need to spend the rest of my life. The destination is defined. Nobody has to pull the chain!<br /><br />..........................................................................................................................................................................<br />Appendix<br /><br />Yesterday in sleep I wrote a letter to my future in-laws which read something like this<br /><br />Dearest In-laws,<br /><br />……..well!<br />…………………...<br /><br />Please could you send me as soon as possible, the washing machine and the dishwasher which you produced a couple of decades before…<br /><br />Yours ever in respect,<br />EashwarJayashankarnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-3011735224024297242008-04-30T11:37:00.000-07:002008-04-30T20:31:39.622-07:00Aggressive Mallu boysInterview with a Mallu<br /><br />Me: why are you sad?<br />Mallu: Bajji slapped Sree<br />Me: so…?<br />Mallu: He is the Mallu Youth Icon and see he cried, I too feel like crying<br />Me: Why did he cry for the slap<br />Mallu: It might have pained him a lot<br />Me: ok damn it…Why didn’t he give one back instead?<br />Mallu: We shouldn’t do that, it is not good; we should keep a good example for this country. <br />Me: Ok, so don’t you think it was funny that a young man cried aloud in front of the country<br />Mallu: May be he did it out of an embarrassment .It is his personal decision to do what ever he wants to do<br />Me:What do you think about his statement that "may be Bajji shook hand at the wrong place"<br />Mallu:See,Bajji is a spinner of the Ball<br />Me:Haha, I believe we are criticizing Sree out of proportion. But he was so aggressive in the field and it was actually stunning to see him cry<br />Mallu: See because Sree cried, Harbajan will be penalized. If Sree had done something, both would have suffered. So crying was the right thing to do at the right time.<br />Me: May be, but he turned out be a sentimental idiot than the usual aggressive bloke. <br />Mallu: hmm<br />Me: Thanks for your time, a pleasure talking to you!<br />Mallu: Thank you too<br /><br />............................................................................<br />And I received a big comment on this interview from another Mallu(AKG,my previous roomie)<br /><br />Here it goes…<br /><br />I w’d like to draw ur attention on how we mathematicians & statisticians call as a ‘Prisoners Dilemma’ or a “Non-Zero-Sum-Game” can be applied to this context/situation/event. <br /><br />The branch of ‘Game Theory’ that better represents the dynamics of the world we live in is called the theory of non-zero-sum games. Non-zero-sum games differ from zero-sum games in that there is no universally accepted solution. That is, there is no single optimal strategy that is preferable to all others, nor is there a predictable outcome. All what can be done is for the participants in the game/strategy to come out with a ‘win-win situation/strategy’<br /><br /><br />Lets take a look at the famous ‘Prisoners Dilemma’ proposed by Merril Flood.<br /><br />CASE<br />Two criminals are captured by the police. The police suspect that they are responsible for a murder, but do not have enough evidence to prove it in court, though they are able to convict them of a lesser charge (carrying a concealed weapon, for example). The prisoners are put in separate cells with no way to communicate with one another and each is offered to confess.<br /><br /><br />If neither prisoner confesses, both will be convicted of the lesser offense and sentenced to a year in prison. If both confess to murder, both will be sentenced to 5 years. If, however, one prisoner confesses while the other does not, then the prisoner who confessed will be granted immunity while the prisoner who did not confess will go to jail for 20 years.<br /><br />What should each prisoner do?<br /><br />ANSWER<br /><br />To help us determine the answer, let's come up with a payoff matrix for each prisoner. The value in each cell is the time spent in prison, so the prisoners will try to end up in the matrix cell with the lowest number. The first number of each pair refers to the prison time of prisoner 1, and the second number to prisoner 2.<br /><br />Prisoner 2<br />Confess Not Confess<br />Prisoner 1 Confess 5,5 0,20<br />Not Confess 20.0 1,1<br /><br />Let's assume the role of prisoner 1. We're looking to minimize our prison time. Since we have no way of knowing whether our partner in crime has confessed, let's first assume that he has not. If Prisoner 2 doesn't confess either, both will go to prison for 1 year. Not bad. But, if Prisoner 1 confesses, he will go free, while his partner rots away in jail. We'll assume that there is no "honor among thieves" and each prisoner only cares about minimizing his jail time. From the above discussion, it is obvious that if Prisoner 2 does not confess, Prisoner 1 is definitely better off confessing.<br /><br />Now let's look at the other possibility. Say prisoner 2 confesses. If Prisoner 1 does not confess, he will go to jail for 20 years. But if he does confess, he will get only 5 years in prison. It is clearly better to confess in this case as well.<br /><br />So is that it? Is the problem solved? Is each prisoner better off confessing? Well, it may seem so from the above discussion, but if we look at the payoff matrix, it is clear that the best payoff for both prisoners is when neither confesses! But game theory advocates that both confess.<br /><br />This "game" can be generalized to any situation when two players are in a non-cooperative situation where the best all-around situation is for both to cooperate, but the worst individual outcome is to be cooperating player while the other player defects.<br /><br />On the one hand, it is tempting to defect, or confess. Since you have no way of influencing the other player's decision, no matter what he does, you're better off confessing. But on the other hand, you're both in the same boat. Both of you should be sensible enough to realize that cheating undermines the common good.<br /><br />There is no single "right" solution to the Prisoner's Dilemma (that's why it's a dilemma). Its implications carry into psychology, economics, and many other fields (and probably into cricket as well, as we’ll try to prove).<br /><br /><br />Now relate the same to Sree & Bhajji’s problem. They can either ‘collaborate’ or ‘Compete’ with each other. Take a look at the payoff matrix for both:<br /><br /><br />Note that to ‘Collaborate’ means to agree that you are at fault! To ‘Compete’ means that you argue that you are not at fault, while the other person is at fault!!<br /><br /><br />Bhajji’s Strategy<br />Collaborate Compete<br />Sree’s strategy Collaborate 5 match ban,5 match ban 0 match ban, 11 match ban<br />Compete 11 match ban,0 match ban 1 match ban,1 match ban<br /><br /><br />We’ll try to solve this problem from Sree’s point of view. Lets take Sree’s strategy. He would obviously try to minimize his own damage. Since he don’t know what Bhajji’s strategy would be, lets first assume that he (Sree) decides to ‘Compete’. Now assume if Bhajji also ‘Competes’, both will get only One match ban, since …which is not bad at all. On the other hand if Sree decides to ‘Collaborate’ then Bhajji will face 11 game ban, while Sree will walk free. i.e if it is clear that Sree is better off if he ‘Collaborates’<br /><br /><br />Now if Bhajji decides to ‘Collaborate’, & Sree decides to ‘Compete’ he will get 11 matches ban. But is he also ‘Collaborates’ then each will only be given 5 matches ban. Its clear here that the best strategy for Sree even here is to ‘Collaborate’<br /><br />The second possibility is of course if Sree decides to ‘Compete’. If Bhajji decides to ‘Collaborate’ then Sree walks free and Bhajji gets 11 match ban. And if Bhajji also ‘Competes’ then each will get only 5 matches ban.<br /><br /><br />The best strategy therefore for both the players w’d be to ‘Collaborate’ (i.e agree that I am at fault). But the payoff matrix shows that the best solution w’d have been for oth of them to ‘Compete. But a zero sum game advocates that it is better to play ur cards safely even if that may not be the optimal solution, since ur not sure of what the other player might be thinking. <br />’ <br />So had both of them agreed that they are fault at each other, the issue w’d have been settled nicely. On the contrary, the situation has turned out to be good for one of them and worse for the other. Fortunately or e it is Bhajji who has to suffer this time!! <br /><br /><br />Confused???Get back to me and I’ll reply with a clearer application of Game theory and the Zero/Non Zero Sum games!!!Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-74655439592818026092008-04-22T10:09:00.000-07:002008-04-22T07:31:56.987-07:00Wish me please like Dora did!Its my birthday today!<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NSNUC697Q80"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NSNUC697Q80" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32894961.post-73838465328320572532008-04-01T10:48:00.000-07:002008-12-09T04:35:45.399-08:00Go googa laala<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IrfKvai__svrZNi16ihJOp-y9zMf58Lym6MmTMMa2nbikrpizZlb4QrcEbXUMdFAxvo57mixy2ytc4uUipGPI519pJ5gT9PbWTJ5mDdcB_MqcbGK6PEzTk4fwRvw4PW5h4vvcQ/s1600-h/DSC04265.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IrfKvai__svrZNi16ihJOp-y9zMf58Lym6MmTMMa2nbikrpizZlb4QrcEbXUMdFAxvo57mixy2ytc4uUipGPI519pJ5gT9PbWTJ5mDdcB_MqcbGK6PEzTk4fwRvw4PW5h4vvcQ/s200/DSC04265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184337001138122866" /></a><br />Today I got a mail from my client which just asked me<br /><br />"Can you remind you when my holiday is?"<br /><br />I Just reminded myself;<br /><br />My holiday will start on the 9th.I am excited and is home sick right now<br /><br />I wanna go home...Jayashankarnoreply@blogger.com1