tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50882332009-05-20T10:43:53.863+05:30...everything is possibleAjithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267741913145094662noreply@blogger.comBlogger693125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088233.post-41962847906427420942009-04-27T15:45:00.002+05:302009-04-27T15:54:42.675+05:30

If April showersshould come your way They bring the flowersThat bloom in May-- Buddy DeSylva, the songwriter.This little song pretty much sums up the Bangalore weather of late. Not that the rains are very much welcome, especially if that causes cancellation after cancellation of our daily diet of Football in the evening. And after last Friday's road-block (reasons of which will remain unknownto

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There I was, dreaming, hopingthat I may be able to findA befitting poetry, that describedYour beauty, oh you, O charming.Hopeless, though, I eventually realizedWasn't it to even imagine?Words suchlike were ever carvedAh, a grand debacle of greatest of the bard!There I was, again, celebrating,The Failure of Words: so heartening!For I was the victor, who caused this fall,I said nothing, but didn't

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The Sun's setting on the beachA fish keeps jumping out of waterTrying to keep The Ball afloat!---Ferocious attack: a tiger, a deer;suddenly everything turns quiet,Tiny pug-marks fade in time.---Handsome little tree:Sparkling with bright yellow flowers,Memories of your dress!---Calm, quiet night.The candle gives company,to darkness and whispers.---

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Agreeably, the activity on this particular blog has been very quiet for more than a month now. And it has taken a good friend's nagging scrap for me to make some move. Intertia, was more of the reason than lack of ideas. Yet, it's no wonder that the first Law Newton came up with was to explain Intertia: An object tends to be in its present state unless a force opposing that state is applied! I

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Bye Bye 2008.And welcome to 2009 (year of Ox, the chinese say). Whatever. May the year belong to healthy Bulls on share market streets all over the world :)Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

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Roads, in many ways, are reflection of the society they serve. And I don't mean only the conditions of underlying (sic) roads, but the manner in which the society uses them. Let me take this line of thought forward and provide a few interesting points to support it.- In India, roads are, more as a rule than exception, dotted with potholes: of various sizes starting from small cracks to big ones

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Are we talking about the same animal, Mbwana?It's sad they don't make such wonderful movies like Hatari! any more. They couldn't have picked better actor than John Wayne (himself) for the lead role. Go for a ride --It'll turn out to be a memorable journey!

Ajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267741913145094662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088233.post-27455301823414226962008-12-17T16:44:00.002+05:302008-12-17T16:52:13.935+05:30

Q. Why did the auto-bailout plan to rescue the three Detroit Biggies not go through?A. Probably the U.S. government thought they couldn't a-ford it.

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There was this talk about mosquitoes while we were trying hard to 'consume' the lunch at the office cafe.I hate mosquitoes. I mean, every life form has its right to live and die, but, please, not mosquitoes (and for that matter, no rats for me too). I lose my sleep over the last memories of having to defy the ever flying and ever buzzing little monsters throught the night. If only I could take

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Times Square, they say, is the meccah of the advertising industry. During my visit there, I was amazed, as I was supposed to be. After the hectic journey through the Manhatten, quick ferry to the statue of Liberty and a brisk walk in the Central Park, when my tired legs and over-excited mind took me to the Times Square, I expected more glitz than what I saw. Yet, there couldn't be a better

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It's not that often that someone gets a chance to return to one's home-country. In my particular case, it has happened only twice, and the experiences for the second time have been more intense than the first time (when I was away only for three days and two nights!).So, the particular case I am referring to, is about my return from the U.S. of A. It was after seven months and a few hours that I

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Frequenters of the New York Times website might have already noticed this, but this is a feature worth re-noticing!How many times have you shown a little frustration when an interesting article suddenly sends down a difficult-word-bouncer? Most of the times, in my case for sure, you'd just skip that word and move on. The feature I am talking about it precisely for such yous.While reading any

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Google, on its 10th birthday (upcoming) has opened up its oldest available index. It can be tried here. I came across this site, and decided to give it a try. Of course I tried my own name, and the search (as expected returned nothing interesting). Then, I searched for A.R. Rahman and came across a few sites there.Then I decided to search names of certain four people. Here are the search results:

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The traffic laws (or rules, or whatever) in the US can get pretty complex. The exam that I passed before getting a valid driver's license had a lot of crazy questions. One of them was about a snow-scenario, at sight of which I froze. Although, Arizona has never seen the white of natural snow in centuries (maybe during the previous ice-age?) the DMV must have thought through the scenario of me

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gmail.comesakal.comnytimes.com[bits of work]gmail.com[More bits of work]nytimes.comreader.blogger.com[pieces of work]gmail.com[morning coffee break]gmail.com[more work]nytimes.com[A meeting][Lunch]garfield.comgmail.comreader.blogger.com[traces of work]nytimes.comweather.yahoo.comdilbert.com[yaawwwn, work]gmail.comreader.blogger.comnytimes.com[closing remarks]

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Not so long ago did I write a post about Prof Isak's First Dream from Wild Straberries. Today, I got my hands on his another chapter on film making. The film's named, The Seventh Seal (1958). As most of his films, I needed a book-reading exercise after watching the movie. Here is an excerpt from that chapter,Outside a church, Tyan, a girl accused of casuing the plague by having had relations with

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I thought the day had risen, at last! After round-about talk of recession and economic slow-down, today came the news of biggest financial institution filing for bankruptcy and the other setting itself up for buyers.Yet, it was not quite official.This afternoon, however, after buying my lunch when I went ahead to pay for it, I saw this bold printouts at all the cash registers: "Credit card

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"You don't hear the gunshot that kills you" -- The Indian in "The Bravados"It's dialogues such as above that make Western Movies so interesting as they are.If a study is made into the themes and catchy phrases (which already exists somewhere, I am sure), I guess we will find extra-ordinary similarity in the former and extra-ordinary diversity in the latter. Most typically, it's a gang of bandits

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The artists is the creator of beautiful things.To reveal art and conceal that artist is art's aim.The critic it he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.The highest, as the lowest, form of criticism is a model of autobiography.Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find

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Last year it was Federer making it five in a row at Wimbledon.This year, it is Federer again, making it five in a row, but at the other end of the Atlantic.I wonder, whether it will be Nadal's turn next year, again back at the other end of the Atlantic. In Paris!Well, wonder is not the right verb. Hope is.

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Well, I can't disappoint good old Piyush. Now that he has tagged me, let me tag ahead---Last movie seen in a theatre? "Wall-E" --- that funny movie from Pixar!What book are you reading? I am reading many --- (1) The Roald Dahl Omnibus (2) Understanding Movies (3) Ingmar Bergman --- the Art of ConfessionFavorite magazine Sportstar (but I haven't read it in a while now...)Favorite smells

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The dream scene from Wild Straberries, a masterpiece from Ingmar Bergman can be rated among the best sequences ever realized on the celluloid medium.The scene is intriguing. Dr Isak's first dream, to me, signified his loneliness, and fear thereof. The hand-less wall clock haunted me forever, and yes, the empty roads where he lost his way! The brilliance of Bergman can be seen in the horse-cart

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So, how do you make a horror film? Spill some blood, grow a few horrible creatures, throw in some daemons? Or include terrorizing door-bell shots, or add a couple more sequels just for after-taste? No, mister! Take Rosemary's Baby, a 1968 classic for instance.Mr Roman Polanski (take a bow, sir) can give you a standing lesson in horror film-making. Without a drop of blood on screen, he can create

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Today a close friend asked me if I had a 'template for a resignation letter' ready with me. Now, I am not a job-jumper myself, and it was a bit too much for him to ask me for that (and in the same breath, for a CV too).I tried to come up with one template, but failed miserably.Winners never quit they say. During my stay at your organization, I have learnt that this is not quite correct. I have

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Something like this happened with me a few years ago. Only in my case, all I had ordered was an iced-tea!If I fill in the right detail of the incident, at that time, the sales-guy there had apologized to me blaming the power outage, that the iced-tea was not cold.And while we are on the topic of Iced Tea, let me re-iterate the universal truth: Iced Tea tastes horrible when it's not cold!

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