tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62883317634616895692024-02-08T03:48:15.076-08:00Moral, Modern and Middleclass..:-)Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-5681678750338450572016-05-31T04:58:00.000-07:002016-05-31T04:58:21.048-07:00Change<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After thinking for a day or so I still can't find any appropriate heading for my post. It's been almost two years since the last post...two years !! seriously...Don't know what was I doing in those somewhat 650 days. <div>
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And the only thing which I could see was constant in those days was change. The biggest for me was <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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changing from a self-centered human being to a mother. Yes I know, it sounds straight from a retro Hindi movie..but can't help it. No other feeling in this world can beat it. I can never be so emotional or protective for anyone in this world. </div>
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Coming back from the verge of postpartum depression, dark thoughts, and what not..I am renewing this blog as an escape...may be to maintain my sanity or to get connected with other human beings..will try to write more. </div>
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-70379506325684644132014-09-17T06:35:00.002-07:002014-09-17T07:30:19.477-07:00Trapped II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">They say a marriage or successful relationship is all about
balance and equality between two partners...well REALLY???? I doubt so.....or
you can say I m not sure about it....or honestly..I have saved the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i> word (kindly bear with me) for the
person who thought of even proposing the idea of a healthy cohesive existence
of two people in a relationship....where both of them are equally happy..with
no regrets...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whenever I read or hear about such..so called "happy
and content relationships"....I always try to look through or you can say
try to make out... the category to which that individual belongs...and no I am
not some relationship expert or counsellor here...but from my experience...I
always feel there are two categories of people in these so called successful
relationships.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first one is the Alpha Male kindda category...who own or
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of the relationship..whether it's
carrier, finance, family...or other important aspects...They are the ones who
have no regrets <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or qualms for the
relationship...(and why they should)...or in other words they are in the driver's
seat<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and control everything...basically
relationship revolves around them...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The second category is of the back seat passengers...the
ones who are happy and content in their partner's successes and
happiness...why...because they believe or made to believe....that it is the best way to have a
harmonious and happy relationship...and in long term....it becomes their duty,
their way of living...and moreover overcrowds their own individuality,
intelligence, personality...and everything...And I feel they are the ones who do more
show-off of happiness and contentment...may be to get rid<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the guilt and regret of being secondary <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a relationship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let me ask you a question here.....does it really appears to
be about achieving a balance???..or it's just sacrificing and suppressing a
person's emotions, happiness, and goals...to make a relationship work...or make
it successfully work...Isn't it unfair and partial??...I know you'll never
agree with me if you are an alpha...but that's ok...I have no issues with
you...and I am really happy for you...because you are one very lucky person in a right place,
right moment, and right situation kind of...so all the very best...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But I do want to suggest to the second kind of self content
people out there...Be proud of yourself..because you are the reason of holding
a relationship or a family together...you are the one who is doing a better and
more crucial job of making a relationship work..don't look down on
yourself...but remember to think about yourself in the pressures and chaos
of maintaining and nurturing a successful relation...and don't feel guilty
about it...it's absolutely ok to do so...and you deserve it...because your own success and happiness is equally important too...so that you would not be considered a piece of junk and feel lost in someone else's happiness and success... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also want to write to or...I can say request ..our
elders...society..or so called these relationship experts...Please don't define
or glamorise a marriage or a love relationship as an equal union...because it
is not...and you know it...So please please tell us about the real stuff...like
adjustments, compromises, sacrifices...so that we can be better prepared to
deal with the situations in our lives...and not look out for the things which can
never be there....<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">(coming more)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-51374115638662041752014-08-21T08:48:00.000-07:002014-08-21T19:12:34.667-07:00Things you'll definitely know if you are married to an IT guy....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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seeing this crazy list-o-mania trending on social media nowadays, I too thought of coming
up with my own. But creating a list was not an easy job and the realisation came
to me after four days of personalised research on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Well, it
was not if I had a mental or writing block...rather the topics appeared to be
too controversial or sensitive for me...for e.g. "Things you'll definitely
know if you have a snobby boss" (I know people... everyone wants to write
about this one topic...but I have an appraisal cycle next month..so can't)..or "Things
you'll definitely know if you have a nagging wife"....Noo!!..I can't write
excerpts of my own biography...leave it...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thinking and rejecting almost ten themes, I zeroed upon the one which had the
least risk and controversy creating capabilities...Because I knew I will be able
to settle down the consequential domestic hullabaloo (really like this word) with a plate of <i>pakoras</i> or a bowl of <i>kheer</i>...if he reads it.... </span></div>
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coming down to my list...I have kept it really sweet and simple...But before
that let me write a very clear <s>dis</s>claimer for it - <i><b>" This is not a work of fiction. It may be or would be resembling
to lives of almost 99% of professionals working in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune,
Gurgaon and all metro cities..:-)"</b></i></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Code, Client, Bug, By Default are general terminologies of your daily conversations..:-) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Your
every bill, insurance renewals, policy purchase, ITR filing etc. etc. are done
on the last date or deadline...even being on PCs 24*7...but so what at least we did it...and avoided the
late payment fee like the last three months...oh yeah we are improvising..:-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">You
have to have almost all important conversations twice because he's always busy
on his Blackberry or Laptop..</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">You
are always late for your relative's, friend's or colleague's party because he
memorised it after the major software release..which got postponed ....and the
party was too (in his </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">oopar ka mala</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">)...Now
I know this Ghajini's STML was not a fake funda...I can bet on it...:-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Friday night is the best time to strike a sensitive conversation because he's in best of his moods and spirits...and honestly you can ask for anything at that time...shhhhh :-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">You
both are sitting in your favourite restaurant indulging in one of the best
conversation of your life (atleast...you thought so)..and suddenly some client
issue or bug arrives as the </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">wo </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">in</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">your much awaited date night... Gone
within 60 seconds..:-)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Your vacation plans take two-three attempts to materialise..thanks to some unexpected weekend change, issue or call :-)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">You
only have one day i.e. Saturday to finish each and every work, task, chore
associated with home, finances,
relatives, friends etc.etc..:-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Cost
Benefit Analysis and Risk Management plays a pivotal role...even when you are
buying </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">kanda and aloo</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">...Why???
..because <a href="http://www.rmcproject.com/about/rita.aspx" target="_blank">Rita Mulcahy</a> said so...:-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;">And last but not the least..Sunday is the gloomiest day in your home.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These are some of the day to day experiences, I am having as his companion. I am sure
if asked he'll have a longer list than mine...because I am into IT and nagging too..:-)</span></div>
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-76578069359492602262014-08-16T06:20:00.001-07:002014-08-16T06:30:49.642-07:00I am a feminist...am I??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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around the corner, practice sessions of traditional art form of "</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dol Tasha</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">" are on full swing in
each and every </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">mohalla </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">of Pune
nowadays. One such group practices very near to my house too. I really like watching
and hearing them every day. But the aspect which amuses and fascinates me more this
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watch them in their <i>salwar suits</i> with
a <i>Dhol </i>tightly hanging from their
shoulder to waist, trying to perform in sync with male members of the group. I
feel really proud of them as they are trying to make a mark in an art form
which traditionally has more male performers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Generally, I didn't get much time
to watch their whole practice session which usually continues till seven or
eight in the evening. But yesterday being a holiday I saw them wind up their
session. Afterwards, male members of the
group carried the <i>Dhols</i> with them
while the girls were sitting aside and chatting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Surprisingly
it appears that these girls want to learn a predominated male art form and
perform like their male counterparts but when it comes to carrying the
instrument they needed help. So wasn't it a selfish and unfair move? </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Were they
really tired or were just taking an advantage of being a girl? Well, I cannot
judge the level of exhaustion of girls or the volunteering gestures of boys
just by observing and watching them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But
didn't we all do the same in our lives, time to time? Didn't we all curse each
and every men walking past by and not helping us to start our scooty in rains? Whether
its carrying the heaviest shopping bag or giving a place to sit in a local; helping
and protecting are the basic fundamental duties of every male in our minds and
our female world. From father, brother, boyfriend to husband all the male
figures in our life are entitled for a set of obligations associated with us.
Didn't we all try to exploit the masculinity of other sex as per our needs,
situations or emotions?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cannot become feminist as per our choice, needs, and situation. So is this
pseudo-feminism? Well, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">that is a long debate with an unclear answer. But for
now, we can give some credit and recognition to all the male figures in our lives, who
silently cover up for us in our thick and thins.</span></div>
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or what </i>you would be in life. I really believe that a person is very lucky if he or she has the
best loving, supporting and caring relatives around him or her. Because they
are the ones who play a major role in uplifting and motivating you. They are
with you in all your ups and downs. They become your anchor when you are going
through the most turbulent times of your life.. They are on your side
irrespective of situations, emotions, feelings, egos etc etc...(an excerpt
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some of them, or every one of
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why?.. because they know
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Black is me! As an immortal, it's the best how I can
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Couple of nights back, I stumbled upon <a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2014/07/15/5-black-things-which-you-want-to-own-indian-bloggers" target="_blank">#whattheblack</a> activity flashing on <a href="http://www.blogadda.com/" target="_blank">Blogadda</a>. Yes, I visit <a href="http://www.blogadda.com/" target="_blank">Blogadda</a> often too. It's the best way
to assess and inspect the intellectual and logical mortal world. After all, we
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rumoured to be yet another conspiracy of lycans, I decided
to investigate what actually <a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2014/07/15/5-black-things-which-you-want-to-own-indian-bloggers" target="_blank">#whattheblack</a> was. Not having much to do in
daytime, I wrote and submitted my first entry. And thanks to all the artistry
running in my blood, I got shortlisted too.:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The next phase of <a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2014/07/15/5-black-things-which-you-want-to-own-indian-bloggers" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">#whattheblack</a> activity was analysing the
three clues and guessing the fourth and final one. All four of them were to be
delivered at my home. I was so excited and desperate. Can you imagine getting
black goodies from mortals that too at my door step...evil me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was really anxious on the first day and there it came my
first clue. The package was all black and very interestingly done. I opened it
cautiously and it was a Black Egg.<i>"No lycans can't think that innovatively"</i>, I
told and smiled at myself. This can only be humans or mortals. And to my astonishment, it was filled with
delicious looking and tasting chocolate too. Well that can be an amazing gift for Sheila
(my new next door neighbour) and so I kept it safely in my cupboard. I diligently
tried to guess the next clue and waited for it to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The next clue was more bewildering than the first one. This
time the daily newspaper turned black. As it normally comes in daylight and is
white, I am not an avid reader of it. But a black one surely coaxed
me to read some of the headlines in it. As expected, Black Egg was the front
page news. But a black star, black cricket uniforms and then a black ball....It was all startling for me too (And trust me, there are not many things on this earth which can amaze me)..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So much of reading but still no inkling of <a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2014/07/15/5-black-things-which-you-want-to-own-indian-bloggers" target="_blank">#whattheblack</a> was going on..</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U06LZdcvLZ8/U-EjFOi_EUI/AAAAAAAAAPA/Vhgj4_XWrIk/s1600/DSC_0357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U06LZdcvLZ8/U-EjFOi_EUI/AAAAAAAAAPA/Vhgj4_XWrIk/s1600/DSC_0357.jpg" height="200" width="107" /></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And then arrived the curious case of black coffee cup and tissue paper. Wait the
black tissue paper was there on the newspaper..Oh No!!..missed it yesterday. But knowing my food
habits, I must say these two products now being black would really help me in
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And finally the fourth and final product was here.
Interestingly, the package had a similar shape to one of my favourite napping places. I
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's a new invention of
Colgate and is termed as <a href="http://www.colgate.co.in/app/ColgateOralCare/Toothbrush/ColgateSlimSoft/IN/home_charcoal.cwsp" target="_blank">Slim Soft Charcoal</a>. It's bristles are charcoal infused
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-42106372660491642982014-07-31T05:31:00.000-07:002014-08-11T06:48:17.186-07:00Vacationing, Planning & Scanning the Sky...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since last couple of days, I have been looking for something or someplace to surprise my
better half on our tenth anniversary. Can you imagine surviving ten years of
fighting, nagging, forgiving, and all that Bollywood style emotional drama? But
so what..atleast we were together in it and plan to celebrate the next tenth milestone
in a more enthusiastic and fun way too...fingers crossed :-). We were very young when we
got married..just straight out of college..began our carriers and life
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throughout these ten years. We laughed, danced, got drunk, and even cried with it.
Before you start guessing and imagining about the third entity in our
relationship, let me tell you its our very own <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/flights-to/goi/cheap-flights-to-goa-airport.html" target="_blank"><b>Goa</b></a>.<br />
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Goa
is not a place or destination for us. It's our common best friend with whom we
have always celebrated our friendship and union. And you know in a marriage
there are very few things on which you can agree upon :-). It's our place of solace
away from our monotonous and stressful professional lives where we relive our
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this is the vacation for which our bags are always packed but the planning
associated with it is really frustrating and tiresome. The tedious and annoying task of going
through dozens of websites for travel, hotel, sightseeing logistic etc. leaves
us cranky and irritated. We always try to dodge the planning part on one another
:-)...But this time for a change I got a chance to try <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><b>SKYSCANNER </b></span></a>for my vacation planning.<br />
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<i>i) Flights (both ways) Pune/Goa </i></div>
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with this mind boggling list, I visited <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>www.skyscanner.co.in</b></a><b> </b>and I must say I am really impressed and
amazed. <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Flights</b></a>, <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/hotels.html?currencyCode=INR&languageCode=EN&Rooms=1&Adults=2&checkin=2014-07-31&checkout=2014-08-01" target="_blank"><b>hotels</b></a>, <a href="http://bus.skyscanner.co.in/?s-oplace=IN&s-odate=140731&s-idate=140801&s-adults=2&s-children=0&s-infants=0&s-ucy=IN&s-lang=EN&s-ccy=inr&s-mode=home&s-view=chart&s-rtn=1&_ga=1.201236206.1572249627.1406120933" target="_blank"><b>buses</b></a>, and even <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/carhire/?_ga=1.198541039.1572249627.1406120933" target="_blank"><b>car hires</b></a>, it's all under one link and
that is so awesome !! The <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Homepage</b></a> is really user friendly with all the
required tabs under one roof and informative articles like <i>"<a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/news/visa-friendly-south-east-asian-countries-indian-travellers" target="_blank"><b>visa friendly destinations</b></a>" </i>can certainly give you more option for your destination. <i style="background-color: white;">The best feature which has become my
personal favorite is<b> "</b><a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Recent Searches</b></a></i><b><i style="background-color: white;">"</i>. </b>Through this you can save
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stop over, departure time, airline etc. ..you name it and they have it. <i style="background-color: white;">But the most useful and practical feature which I really liked was
booking a pickup and drop cab to/from airport alongside the flight.</i> No extra effort of booking a cab from your home to airport and vice versa. Chose the <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/transport/flights/pnq/goi/141121/141125/airfares-from-pune-to-goa-in-november-2014.html?rtn=1" target="_blank"><b>flight</b></a> and transfers too in one go...</div>
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of the website.<span style="background-color: white;"> <i>It already had all my
data from the flight booking tab i.e. Checkin/Checkout Dates, Number of Nights,
and Number of Guest...Wow!!</i> </span>I straightaway started looking through options and to my surprise the prices and deals appeared
to be comparatively low to other websites. You get about thirty to fourty
options by clicking on one deal link...amazing isn't it..Grabbed a nice deal..booked the <b><a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/hotels/SearchResults.aspx?currencyCode=INR&languageCode=EN&Rooms=1&Adults=2&checkin=2014-11-21&checkout=2014-11-25&s-f_iplace=IGOI&fileName=Goa" target="_blank">hotel</a>.</b>..pheww..<o:p></o:p></div>
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had three variant of cars i.e. economy, intermediate, and premium.
Off course I chose the premium one for my anniversary..yay!!. and an economy car
for airport transfers.. <i style="background-color: white;">But fun apart, one more VERY useful feature
that I encountered in car hire tab was the option to chose the "Driver's Age" of
your cab.</i> I know being a female, how much this can help you if you are
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price of all services were comparatively low than its other counterparts. There were no extra charges or any hidden fees with any of the deals.<span style="background-color: white;"> <i>The
reason for it is <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Skyscanner</b></a> is <b>"<a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/whywearefree.aspx" target="_blank">FREE</a>"</b> for users and takes charges from the
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this time I must say and thank <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Skyscanner</b></a>: you improved my overall vacation and
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Hats off to the team behind <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>Skyscanner</b></a> too who is doing a fabulous job of sorting and putting all the <a href="http://www.skyscanner.co.in/" target="_blank"><b>USEFUL</b></a> travel data under one
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Black is the color of successful people; from SRK to Obama
everyone seems to be in muse with this one shade. Expert say and I agree with
them too that Black adds a sort of crispness and smartness to your personality
and demeanor. Sometime I feel this color has an ability to play with your psyche.
It can hypnotize you and can very well uplift you from the self loathing mode
of yours..whether it's the feeling of confidence you get from wearing a pretty Black dress or having a
ride on a powerful Black motorbike..It makes you feel like a star or someone
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those long Black locks of her again. Believe me, she had the same Black hair
till the age of sixty eight (she is no more with us now). I want to again see her morning and evening ritual
of combing her hair which she use to do by sitting in the porch of our house..
with a bottle of coconut oil in her other hand..For me, that was a sight
of eternal beauty and grace..</div>
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Black Yezdi</u></b> - This was the first motorcycle, my <br />
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father got for himself
after he started working. I have very few hazy memories of me sitting on that
bike. But what I clearly remember are the expressions of happiness on his face while
riding that first bike of his. I have never seen him that happy even when he purchased
series of scooters and cars after that. Imagine a twenty something guy during
early eighties having his own motorbike...sheer joy and fun..I want to get that Black Yezdi for him and hope to see the same happiness again..</div>
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<b><u>3) My Black School
Skirt</u></b> - Childhood...ahh..synonymous to no tensions, no worries, and no responsibilities.
In winters, Black skirt was the integral part of our school uniform. And
winters in school time and that too in North India are equivalent to variety of stuffed parathas in lunch, roasted groundnuts, chikkis...chatting in
ground during lunch (to get some sun) and unexpected holidays due to extreme
cold weather. So wearing this Black skirt for me was always synonymous to fun
unlimited..I really yearn to wear that piece of cloth again..and relive those
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Armani Spectacle</b></u> - My better half is an avid fan of branded spectacles. Once
in an year, we go on a shopping spree for his specs when the sale season kicks in.
For last three years, I have been observing him doing online research and
zeroing in on Armani's Black spectacle frames. But as soon we go through those
frames in his regular spectacle's shop, he always changes his mind and buys a
local brand. I guess being a budget planner of the family, he refrains himself
after seeing the price tags. I have always argued with him on this and tried
several times to get him one but all in vain. So this time I really wish him to
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<b><u>5) A Black Pug</u></b> - I
always want to have my own pet and a pug is on the top of list. But past <br />
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hindrances
and restrictions like parental consent, housing society rules, my jobs etc etc
have never allowed me to fulfill my wish. A shiny Black pug with his small,
pretty and watery eyes can melt anyone's heart away. I really want to have one
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So this was my list and according to me all the classy, fun and
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Couple
of days back..the guy gang of my family was discussing a very controversial and critical issue. But before letting you
know about their chitchat..let me give a brief of that incident which triggered the gossip session in
my house on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Apparently some female team mate
of one of my cousin refused to work with her other
female colleague and lost an opportunity to go onsite..can you believe it ...an
ONSITE opportunity!!!! (those who don't know ...let me tell you...an onsite
opportunity in IT is the only <i>"tinke ka sahara" </i>to face that forty hours
weekly agony called office). And trust
me, I have seen all kinds of international level politics, battles, and wars happening
for that one thing in that small board room (even Namo can take some tips for
formulating his <i>"videsh niti</i>" from these onsite aspirants cum
warriors). And the refusal was done due to some personal tiff they had some time back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well so
these onsite lovers of my family were discussing or whispering (they didn't
wanted me to hear but I did any how) about the jealousy factors and friendship
equation of girls. And out of the whole discussion, the only sentence which struck
me (and the opposite team was ready to bet on it) was girls can never be
friends...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So to
prove them wrong, I decided to make a list of my girlfriends...I even asked one
of my good friends to help me out...we counted and recounted several times...(even
tried to include our dietitian, <i>parlourwali</i> (beautician), <i>kamwali bai </i>(maids) etc etc once...:-))...but unfortunately were unable to take that number even past five (adding our both).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So was
the wolf pack of my family right? Is it true we cannot be friends? I remember
sitting in my office cafeteria with one of my girlfriend in lunch time and
there comes this girl from some other project...I met her, we talked and she
went. But this social behaviour of mine didn't go too well with my colleague with
whom I was sitting previously..She told me or I can say warned me to not to
talk to her in future and that even included the messenger or emails. What I came to know
afterwards was... they use to work in same project sometime back and this
friend of mine never liked her ultra urban clothing, makeup, party ethics etc..but
the most puzzling part for me was...they actually never talked personally..one to one..and this verdict was only
coming from her appearances and her brand fixation....yup....funny haan...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After these two discussions and my own self-proclaimed research, I have
started feeling that we (girls) live in two worlds.. the first one is ours (where
the estrogen rules) and the other one is the normal one our planet..our </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">earth...with basic laws and regulations. Our (girls) world has only two types of
races, castes, creeds or categories i.e. Jealousy and Non Jealousy...so it's
very simple bottom line rule for us...If you are jealous of someone you can never be friends and vice versa..(and let me remind you ...this is a thumb rule for the
whole group...so if you don't like someone...your group is
there to support you fully)....now this emotion or feeling can very well originate
from her having a Jimmy Choo, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Manish Malhotra, or
a Sabyasachi. A solitaire diamond or ..don't even go that far...a nice nail art
or a pretty dress can aggravate this condition....And the ultimate killer of
all (curse FB)....vacation pics from some exotic location...with a gorgeous
background and beautiful glowing skin....After all, you can fail to remember anything
in this world...but can never forget to anonymously check the profile of the
one...who plays or have played with your emotion called envy.. I remember one
quote I read on FB sometime back i.e. - "A jealous woman does a better research than FBI"...is it
true? I think so...:-).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now the
second anomaly comes as a natural gift to us...(it proves god is not a female
atleast)..is the inability to pretend...So if we don't like someone.. there it
is bang on the face. .(it improves after few years of experience though)..and this over expressive ability of ours..which I think is directly connected to our hearts..rather than <i>oopar ka mala</i> or also called as brain..deepens the anonymity and the cold war..Now I understand a bit ...why they say men are from Mars
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, I always try my
best to be more present in the second part of our world..but..sometimes
Burberry and Chanel can be overpowering for me too....:-) <b><i>(coming more on this) </i></b></span></div>
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They met when she was just sixteen and he was twenty four.
It was an arranged marriage extended to a span of three-four days. Though he
was eight years elder to her, she felt they made an instant connection as they
talked about their future. And still after fifty years or so they were at the
same place loving, caring and trusting
each other. This love story belongs to my
grandparents or my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nanaji </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amma</i> (as we all call them fondly). </div>
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My maternal grandparents played a very crucial role in my upbringing.
We use to spend almost all of our summer vacations with them at their place
i.e. a remote picturesque village somewhere in Madhya Pradesh. And they used to
shower all the love and care in this world on us. I have very distinct memories
of asking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nanaji</i> to get me something
in a very odd hour of the day or urging <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amma</i>
to make some dish in middle of a summer afternoon with no electricity around.
And they both used to do it all without being upset on a single occasion.</div>
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As I grew up, I saw and understood the amount of love they
had for each one of us in the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
I realised that reason for them being so was their own happy and content
relationship. No matter what the situation was, I never saw <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nanaji</i> raising his voice on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amma</i> ever, contrary to his image of a strict school
headmaster. No matter what everyone asked for, the food <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amma</i> prepared was always according to the likes and dislikes of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nanaji.</i> To avoid any discomfort to <i>nanaji</i>, she rarely visited her mother's
house and the visits always lasted for meager two-three days. Anybody who have
been to my grandparents' house felt so much loved and cared for. Can you imagine...fifty years of marriage and
not a single fight in front of the kids...no frustration, nagging or bad words
for each other?? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3d6UVU7kQNM/U8UnHwpAAnI/AAAAAAAAAIU/RGdpTtABltk/s1600/past+love+-+old+man+with+flower+sitting+on+bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3d6UVU7kQNM/U8UnHwpAAnI/AAAAAAAAAIU/RGdpTtABltk/s1600/past+love+-+old+man+with+flower+sitting+on+bench.jpg" height="207" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">pic courtesy - humansfree.com</span></td></tr>
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Unfortunately, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amma</i>
suddenly left him, us and this world sometime back..just
after completing their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Not even thinking for once..What this man will
do sans her? How would he survive without her after fifty years of their
companionship? Who will tell him...where his clothes are or where his
medicines are? I can't even describe in words the impact of her absence on my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nanaji</i>...He has not left their house for
a single night after her. Sometimes I feel he's waiting for her to come back or
dreaming about their good old days. </div>
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Throughout my life, I have always seen them as a couple..as
my grandparent<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">s </b>(a plural entity)...now
what can I do to get them back?...I want to again complete this favourite love story of mine... tell me what do...<i>Please!!</i></div>
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-3733928194762838092014-07-10T22:59:00.000-07:002014-07-10T23:12:57.669-07:00Frustrating ...our job...well ask him..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After working for almost eight - nine years, there are days (which
is very often) when I question my identity and purpose as an IT professional
(and no I have not attended any <i>Art of
Living</i> classes recently). And this self loathing mode of mine deepens when
there are team issues, late night meetings, weekend tasks, and biggest of all
is a bad tempered team member (and this list can go on to infinity). From entering to leaving office premise, the only mood in which we always are is Frustrated and I can say with full confidence that the most heard and said word of our corporate life is "Frustrated".
Don't believe me..ok..just count the number of times you say or think about it
in your day ..I already did..The most common one's are "<i>Yar</i> I am frustrated from this job or
from this project, or from my boss, or my client, or my salary, or my company
etc. etc.". I bet you will not find a single person in IT who can't spell
this word correctly.</div>
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So to get out of this frustration camp, I attended a corporate
training on Self Motivation recently. After surviving four hours of speech of
this lady, who rather looked like a model coming straight from a salon and was
clueless (I felt so) of our twelve hours agony, I had an Eureka moment . I learnt
that "Self Motivation" was the answer of my miseries and I need to
find a self motivator in my life. Though I didn't believed her or the concept
but thought of giving it a try. </div>
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And recently I found one..no he's not Obama or Steve
Jobs..he's our society's very own <i>"kabadi
wala </i>(junk/scrap dealer)"..I know you might be smiling while reading this...but you can find big things in small </div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ReKOqMaI7RI/U796PITpa-I/AAAAAAAAAIE/SXETJbMu-_s/s1600/PicsArt_1405057499408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ReKOqMaI7RI/U796PITpa-I/AAAAAAAAAIE/SXETJbMu-_s/s1600/PicsArt_1405057499408.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
places..right!!. I have been living in this society for almost three years and have always found him sitting on his usual place (i.e. under a small tree) from 8 -7, all days of week irrespective of any weather conditions. People come and bargain with him on<br />
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<i>toota foota ghar ka saman</i>,
old newspapers, plastic articles, glass bottles etc etc..Sometimes arguments
happens for his weighing skills also i.e. "<i>itna kam taula ya utna jyada</i> <i>chadaya</i>"
and even investigation happens for his scale as well as weights. But to my
surprise, I always find him smiling and
happily explaining the rate cards to his customers. He never frowns or appears
upset. Now the big question here is - so much patience and efforts for some old
broken scrap articles..Well that's what his business is all about..and he
values it...He has to keep himself motivated and engaged in all his business
activities and there is no escape route for him..</div>
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So nowadays whenever I feel FRUSTRATED<i>, </i>I catch a glimpse of him from my balcony or while on my way to
office. This self motivator of mine is totally unaware of my muse towards him
and is busy right now bargaining on some rusted iron <i>dabba</i> with one of his customer. </div>
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We all know this feeling of so called self misery (especially experienced on Monday mornings) is not completely curable..but this notion will give you some relief from it..Just look around and you'll also find a self motivator for
you..though not too big or too famous..but relatable.. :-)</div>
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-6011937243624568092014-07-09T02:38:00.001-07:002014-08-25T02:40:55.257-07:00Dilwale Dulhania and it's after effects..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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famous Martha Mandir...and those who don't know...Maratha Mandir, though being
a modest cinema hall is famous <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for still
playing the movie Dilwale <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Dulhania Le Jayenge </span>(or better known as DDLJ) from the day it released...can you imagine
almost after 16 - 18<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>years ....and still the
shows goes house full on weekends...Well watching DDLJ at this particular venue
have always been in my Mumbai itinerary ..though have not succeeded till now.. (thanks
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I was in my teens when I first watched DDLJ and from then it
has always been an integral part of my life..The story, background, music,
characters, romance and everything it had.. which a girl can ever imagine<br />
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her own love saga (ya I thought so)...But the most crucial ones for me were the
Bauji and Raj.....Bauji or Amrish Puri because my father had a very similar
demeanour like him (he has softened a lot now) ...and I always felt that Aditya
Chopra took some inspiration from him while portraying the character. You know when you are a teen you hate every rule of your
parents..feel frustrated, bound, rebellious and....imagine in that moment there
comes a person who is your saviour, a knight in a silver armour..who will save
you from all the miseries of your teenage life (school, tuition, exams, pre-boards
seemed to be the apocalyptic events then).. Well that was Raj for me..and
trust me Shahrukh has not left a single stone unturned in portraying that
character.. Raj..who was synonymous to the picturesque Switzerland, mandolin,
hat, cowbell, sarson ka khet..and everything musical and sweet...I endlessly
dreamt about him and Switzerland....I always felt that somebody as romantic as Raj was my future...(and no I am not being paid by Yashraj Films
for this)...<br />
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I know a lot of you might be thinking....whether I met my
Raj or not? Well..in a kind of way ya...the only difference...Switzerland being replaced by network switches, cowbells by chat pings ..and project management
jargons<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> are</span> the key components of our
romantic talks...(more coming soon on this)..but <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so what Raj &
Simran can also exist in the valleys of networking and project management...right!!</div>
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By the way, we all know there is an emergency chain pulling
system in our trains...but I think Raj being a foreigner might not have noticed
that....poor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simran...:-)</div>
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Read the heading....found it weird....ya I know...but before
you start to imagine Ronaldo doing some absurd moves or Messi (though not
having an ounce of knowledge about soccer, I watch FIFA for him..yup..) eating
the famous diet defying & cholesterol inducing moong dal halwa....well guys
give a break to your thoughtful visualisation...</div>
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Now let me tell you from where this unimaginable combination
is coming up...Well we all know (especially girls because we are being denied
of our basic right of watching "Jhalak Dikhlaja, Band Baaja Bride, House
etc etc..nowdays) FIFA fever is going on and Brazil being the venue as well as most
powerful contender for cup is all over the place right now...But you know what
(may be being a North Indian could be the reason here :-) )...I always tend to
remember the Brazil song by Vengaboys (remember Brazil la..la..la..lala laaaa)
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Well unbelievable, but trust me...even after almost twenty
years of its release its still the flavour of season in North Indian marriage
circuit...Still no other song can overcome or beat the madness created by this
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particular number. Brazil playing on DJ ("the" most important and
crucial equipment of our marriages)...believe me you'll forget the electrifying
atmosphere of the best rock concert you have ever witnessed in your life...and
let me warn you..if you are a non dancer..please move a bit away from the dance
floor...because you would not be able to survive the wrath of these Nagin
Dancers (sorry but can't find a better word here) ..<br />
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I am sure you would have danced in or may be attended lot of
baraats till now..but you'll agree with me that this particular occasion is synonymous
to our very own (by India, of India, for India...remember the clause we use to
study in civics..it fully implements here)....dance style...the "Nagin
Dance"..( trying to find the<span id="goog_145584721"></span><span id="goog_145584722"></span> origination of this term).. and sometimes I
feel we should patent it may be...or should make it our official <span id="goog_145584723"></span><span id="goog_145584724"></span>National Dance
Style...well why not??.. it can come under street dancing....if Americans can why we
can't...after all it is the most widespread, everyone can do it type thing...Just
imagine how Remo or Madhuri will judge these enthusiastic and energetic
contestants rolling on the floor or may be streets??...I can't resist to share
one more song which has always puzzled me or I can say the situation in which
it is played <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"yeh desh hai veer jawano ka..albelon ka mastano ka"</i>....seriously
guys.... are we attacking the neighbouring country next..or going for a 300 (the
movie) type battle scene... </div>
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And after a long tiresome show of the dancing abilities and
skills on dance floor...it's time to raid the buffet spread....You know sweets
are highlights of any Indian marriage ...and moong dal halwa (I am getting a
craving while I am writing this and you'll get it when you'll read this....sorry..:-)
).. is the star of all...and have the ability to give you a sugar comma...A
visual treat (thanks to tons of oozing ghee) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>and an
unavoidable sin which can throw your days of dieting off the track...but still
gives you the satisfaction....which no other angreji desserts can ever
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I know I have refreshed your memories of the most recent wedding
you have attended...or maybe you are trying to find the next date to go...There
are lot of features and events of an Indian marriage but I find these three
totally irresistible and amusing...I am sure you might be having your own combo too...</div>
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And ya that moong dal halwa....which you are thinking of
eating right now....just leave it for the dreams.....it's 500 calories ..you
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-76440434313907501542014-07-04T05:38:00.000-07:002014-07-08T04:39:03.102-07:00Summer Vacations, Me & WWE.. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I remember spending hours watching WWE or WWF during our summer vacation . The most dreadful three months span for our mothers (daddy dearest use to be at work) as we monsters use to be at home, full of boredom and on the verge of some disastrous prank or khurafat. As many of you might be aware of the ruthless heat of North India, we use to have no scope of going out and Mathura (where we grew up) being a small town..there were no recreational activities either..(sans our tuition)..<br />
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So there we were with our TV and WWF (aka WWE) and its world of character including <br />
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Undertaker, Shawn Michael.. Rock, Steve Austin, Mankind, Bret Heart..and so on...And ya how can I forget the evil Vince McMahon plotting and planning with the other McMahon clan..I still remember the racing and pounding of my heart just hearing the entry song of Shawn Michael..(I recently downloaded it from youtube)..The raised eyebrow of Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) and his Rock Bottom..Stunner of Steve Austin and the BIG one use to be the Choke Slam of the Undertaker...<br />
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Seriously we believed in all those storylines (and I am using this word storyline because Wikipedia says so ..I still don't believe in it :-))..of Stephanie Macmahon & HHH (the love saga) or Undertaker & Kane (Family Tragedy) and so on...How religiously and obsessively we use to watch the Cage Match, or the Ladder Match or the favorite of all ROYAL RUMBLE.. never ever raising a suspicion over their realities...And this madness further turned into those WWF cards, stickers, bubblegums...etc...My brother use to have a fight almost everyday over these cards with the mohalla kids.. (<i>"tere paas teen undertaker hain...ek mujhe de aur mera best friend ban ja</i>")....<br />
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And you might be thinking ..how the hell she can write three paras about WWE...well recently I saw the retiring match of the Undertaker (notice my "the" before Undertaker) and cried for a good fifteen minutes after that..(with my better half sitting next to me visibly puzzled and not knowing how to pacify me)...don't know the reason why I did so...but I guess all the kids who have grown watching him might be able to relate with me...I will be really really missing his dark scary entry, his signature tune (google it guys..I am sure you will like it)..his Harley's...and last but not the least his white eyes.. <br />
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But guys ..No !! Don't feel emotional or bad for me ...Well I have found a new muse for me - John Cena (watching him right now)....he's something to watch for...Right.. :-) <br />
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-58678747962425142092014-07-03T06:22:00.003-07:002014-07-12T02:58:42.839-07:00Tomorrow is Friday!!!...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Now this cannot be any better day to write this post. But before that let me ask you a question what comes after a Thursday...(and no I am not an idiot or drunk right now)..the answer when we would have been in school, college or unemployed would be a simple monotonous Friday...ya we learn this in kindergarten..<br />
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And now let me answer it as an IT professional or a martian being grilled for ten-eleven hours in front of that PC - It is FRIDAY!!!! (yayy)..a day which comes with a bit of solace and justifications for our never-ending miseries and tortures of those five working days..Sometimes I ask myself - Do I only live for weekends or do I only remember them..I think so..ya..So technically do we live only for eight days of month..seriously!!!..twenty two days of death-defying tricks, plays, and politics for eight days..and ya many of you might be having a ratio of 26:4 here...(and I started sulking again)..<br />
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Have you ever noticed the speed of your steps on a Friday evening (and no I am not turning into a marathon trainer here)...it's the march of liberation..the sweet sense of 48 hours of pure freedom..and the planning starts...to sleep (ya we are the most sleep deprived ones after the parents of a newborn), to read, to trek..to workout...but finally end up going to our best and the most visited place...our favorite pub...You know sometimes I feel that it should be renamed as - Professional Unleashing Booths...may be..they will someday.. <br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vvGuUtFpAEs/U7omu7q9mAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/gSdwISGyqp4/s1600/2012-07-21+21.11.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vvGuUtFpAEs/U7omu7q9mAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/gSdwISGyqp4/s1600/2012-07-21+21.11.35.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>Weekend of an IT professional and cocktail saga go hand in hand, side by side...I am not able to find any better word here to show the bond (Here I would like to mention and bow to all my friends from dry states...guys hats off to you for surviving all that without the magic potion..)..Everybody has their favorite ones but as per the current trends tequila on fire is the ray of hope for the corporates.:-)..Though limited to a mock tail, I started sympathizing with all these tortured and bruised souls..trying to find some piece of mind after 40-45 hours of agony called projects, code, <br />
bugs, pre-sales, revenue...and what not...<br />
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As the evening progresses even the most strategic key team player of the project starts blabbing about his frustration about his boss or boss ka boss (this happens always...and again and again).. and you realize after sometime that this person whom you hate the most and have dreamt of killing him or her several times is not after all that bad..just a victim of the situation...aww...and when it happens..just remember..it's time to wind up and go home (do not drive & take a cab).. :-) <br />
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I remember one of the cartoon shared recently on fb which depicted that the liver and wallet would be the most happy ones..if you decide to stay at home on the weekend...hmm..dude I got it what you are trying to say here...I am trying to find and adjust to the relationship between these magic potions and our profession...till then "All Hail the Beer Gods & .Net, JAVA, SAP etc etc.."...:-) <br />
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Moral modern middleclasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743524317596347583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288331763461689569.post-85564499682145501232014-07-02T06:39:00.002-07:002014-07-08T04:39:25.528-07:00From UP, MP or a Newyork-aspirant...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So this blog of mine is dedicated to the dilemma which I have faced through out my life. You see, my father come from a very conservative family of Madhya Pradesh.."jaan jaye par vachan jaye" types mantra..but he has to move to a small town of Uttar Pradesh for a government job (to die for in India) in his twenties.<br />
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Though only Five Hundred kilometres apart..he found this new place, it's people, food, and culture <br />
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totally different from his beloved town..I still remember his reaction when we use to go to our native place in summer..his first reaction used to be - "kya khushboo hai in hawaoon main"..and mine use to be "hello dad ..close the window...we'll all die of the heatstroke". Due to the need of the hour, he has to get me and my brother admitted to one of the best convent schools in India. But, and mind it this is the biggest BUT of my life..wanted us to be always like him..the way he was in front of his father..My father still has a very strained relationship with his father (will write more about it in my coming blogs)..do not know the reason why..but he somehow wanted to or had a similar one with us also. The Sholay wala major types rule in the home..nobody should laugh or talk..and lot of rules...<br />
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We could never (and still the rule applies) speak a single word of English with him because he thinks that we are turning into angrej and he still says so..Can you imagine my situation ..studying in the best convent of India and not uttering a single word of English..is it possible ..ya it was because I use to frame all the sentence in Hindi before speaking in front of him..and now when we have grown up we purposefully speak English in front of him and can see him visibly annoyed.. The biggest blow for him and his MP-patriotism came when I decided to get married to a UP guy..(coming more on this) <br />
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When I was small, I always happily obliged his every rule..and though being educated and brought-up in UP, I always had this superiority-complex for MP's culture, food, people, and everything..(and let me highlight we use to go only once in an year to our beloved MP). Now as I grew..studied , worked , lived independently in other states..I started developing love for them too..and specifically for New York...my dream city to visit and live..<br />
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Couple of days back, this MP-frantic head of our family (my father) was asking me about my plans to settle abroad (almost every one from his department has one of their kids settled abroad) and the first question that popped up in my evil head was - Dad what am I gonna speak there Bundelkhandi (MP's language), Brijbhasha (UP's language) or English??...scared to ask him..but will do so...and let you know the reaction... :-)<br />
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Ok..so this is my first blog entry and trust me it;s very very scary...after reading so big big angreji (english) fundoo words on other blogs..the writer inside me committed suicide numerous time...(please excuse my punctuation)..<br />
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Being a Science Grad and an IT professional my command over the language had just reduced to the texting<br />
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and programming gestures..please bear with me..But thoughts are thoughts and they can not be bound inside a girl's body (and I emphasize on girl here) and all the women band wagon will agree with me on this. I hope to connect and communicate with people through this platform.<br />
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A bit about me and technology in my middle class cliched life. Born in eighties and brought-up in nineties (and no I am not turning into an old sulking dadima (grandma), who always goes into the flashback of her good old days) life was total fun and dreamy. Technology was coming in and the most important thing computers were said to be the big next thing..And my father (will write about him in my next blog) was coaxing me to learn it as it was the ticket to get a job in future.<br />
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Now after couple of years everything is about social media, statuses, chats, and texts. If someone is going on a vacation...mar gaye colleagues to...status will come - off to Goa or off to Singapore and series of pics...seriously people ..is it a conspiracy!! to kill your office spouses sitting in front of their PCs for last goddamn twelve hours and so..<br />
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Some times I wonder what will happen if some neighborly chor- uchchakka (thief) go through your status (and ya they are tech savy too..my watchman has FB account) ...evil me..:-)...but people find their soulmates too...<br />
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We all are trying to be sane in this chaos and noise ...me too..:-)<br />
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