Dogs

Slumdog came.Slumdog conquered.Slumdog Millionared!!.
Ok.So it was one of the things ,that the ppl and the country became proud of.
The movie was gud,sum related to the reality,sum liked,sum dint,but in the end it made it to the highest honour,that each movie luks forward to.

Along with it came fame,money,happiness for the cast and crew and ofcourse the real slumdogs!.
Amidst all the articles that went by about the two li’l kids which was one of the rags-to-riches dream run for these kids and the parents,the real story behind them was neva known.Neither did I kno,until,I came across this article in Reader's Digest.And hell!!,it just gets me to one thing:-It happens only in India.

Now that mite be a broad statement to make but then it’s the only country that I have ever lived in,so guess,it’s the only thing that I could say.

Ok.So the entire whining is about the kids not being taken care of by the producers..I mean,why shud dey??Why do they be under any obligations to take care of them??They paid them for their acting,that’s it.Still,the producers say: as a moral obligation we set-up a trust,and a monthly pension kinda thingie which they can avail of, provided, they finish their education.
Now that’s something that the kids’ parents didn’t want.They wanted the money NOW!!.
The best part.All this was all done and taken care of even before the film got released and least of winning the oscasrs.And there were no complaints then.The kids were put up in English medium schools and the clause of the trust were very particular about them having to complete their education.

The films success and then the Oscars screwed it up.The parents Demanded money,the kids took up ad and film assignments,not goin to school etc and then they blame the producers not taking care of them.The government is not taking care.Again,this report just came in the papers about flats being allotted by the Maha government,but there was no plans anyways!!

Again,the slum demolition added public sympathies.And the producers did ultimately give out houses to the kids.But the girl star’s dad refused saying they wanted in posh locations etc etc.The worst thing to have happened was how a reporter disguised as a Sheikh managed to BUY the girl kid from the dad.And the dad did agree on the cost of $35,000 for an Oscar kid!!.Unbelievable.!!

All said and done,an act of kindness,which was uncalled for,unneeded has cost the filmmakers a lot.But still,they have stuck up to a point sayin,"we'd do what it takes to help these kids out because “we don’t want them to feel that working with Slumdog Millionaire movie was a mistake.They should be glad that they worked with us”"

Some ppl never learn!!.Guess,its when you take a route that your heart tells you,it proves to be the costliest.You should do whats logical and ofcourse,if you really want to.Not because you THINK it might be good and its something that HAS to be done.!!

Well.Learn now.Atleast,after all this...

Bandra Fest

Had always wanted to go.
Its been there since a long time.And yes, this year was no different.In me wanting to go and me missing it. Absolutely no different.

Its like, every time I hear of the nativity, other than me wishing ppl, me simply go into the "definitely-gona-go-this-year" mode.
And when its over ,I simply go into the "so-wanted-to-go-this–year" mode.

I wana see the festivity,the church,the food,the performances.

So lets see : time or timings??.Should I blame on me not having the time or should i blame the timings of the events.?? Guess,both sounds ok. :D :D

ESPIONAGE

Been a while since we touched upon this topic.
Last I ever used or thot of this was on, one of mah Facebook tags.
It was fun learning. It was gud to kno certain details abt it.Things u wud hav neva known or neva bothered to luk for.I mean,why would you?..A student, who might just go on to becum an engineer,why wud he care to kno anythin about espionage. The few stuff and names that u might want to know, would easily cum outta a Forsythe,Forbes novels or any gud war movies for that matter.
It was fun copy pasting a project. It gives u that satisfaction, that you’d never ever get when you work hard for it. Oh ya…nothing can beat it…It obv doesn’t make u a smart ass,it doesn’t make u gud, it doesn’t get ya to believe that you did sumthing extra ordinary.Yes,it gives u a feeling that u r a jerk and gud-for-nothing, but those are something that you cud live with.should not at all be difficult,when you been one, all your life :D. It only lets u improve.

ANd our own KS ka opening lines.The eyes bulging out,the eyebrows hitting the roof,the stress on the "E" and the "S" and the "P" and the "I" and the "O" and the "N" and the "A" and the "G" and the "E".Nothing can beat it.Absoultely nothing!!..
That was the year 2003.

Recently had a hand at it.But still, there was nothing in it, that made it imp for me to know the “History of Espionage” ,“The world spying agencies”,“Origin of Espionage”,”Tools of the trade”..Nopes.none of them was ever important!!

All it tuk, was a gate pass with all your details known, the location, d camera. A spotter who’d keep a watch.
A lost order on pricing and information about an installation closer to home, was all that contributed to this act of OURS. To take pictures, to identify the areas where we could have cut down on cost, to realize one thing :-that sticking to the specs and requirements is only gona give you more of these!!.More of losing orders!!.But wotver it was,this was a prohibited act and u did it. For the benefit of your org. Not justifying the bad act. Actually, I aint even categorizing it as one .All said and done, its gonna end up blowing the lid off the competition.

The downside: the nice person who showed us around on goodwill, he’s gone be lashed. The pics gona tell them where the installation was, the competitor is gona inform the client on this breach. And the poor soul, is gona have it.!!!

The worser downside: A gesture of just meeting up another person, did help a great deal. He bailed us out of another stupid security breach that I contributed to. Carried my external HDD without declaring at the security. The dude had to endorse that its indeed mine and let us pass. The org ka reputation and my PERSONAL DATA(I kno..I kno…dats selfish..bt hell,jo mera hai,who mera hai) was at stake.But still,if it cums to a point that WE WERE THERE,and HE LET US TAKE THE STUFF OUT, is gonna jack him up too..Double whammy!!

That’s how a blown up espionage mission went for me.
This was year 2009.

Cmon, me aint a Jason Bourne.
What shud i name mah agency ?? Al-teri-Maaki-E –dawlati ??.
Perfect!

Sigh

Its too long a distance to drive.And its costs a lot.The gas,toll etc..
Its too short a distance to drive.We cud easily take a transport.Everyday wont be worth..

Basically,neva driving to work in Bombay :( :(

Good to kno,dat it happened.The critics r waiting for d figures. Waiting for more of it to step in, waiting for the economies of sclae and den deliver a gang bang.
I saw apna TATA NANO on the roads yde.Gud,he made it happen,lets c how it sustains.How it stays.
But again,He did it :)...

Of Tags and Nicks:

Yup.Its one of those times,where in,u’d rather speak yourself out, thru ur Orkut,FB,GTalk,Twitter tags over voluntarily lettin your frends and folks know an answer to the occasional 'wassup'....
How often hav u been pinged by ur frends who'd stay online and be wit u around as long as ur life's day exists online, shares your bio clock, is up wit u and probb is der till u crash. But still, its neva felt important to ask “how ya doin” until u have signed in with a super sexy,happy,sad,disgusted,elated,irritated,bashed up TAG.
U cud almost feel the pop-ups opening.2-3 @ a time, and u’d almost copy paste the reasons or the smart ass replies (dat either strikes u den, or sumthn dat u must have thought over earlier) .
Stage 2:Now that they did bother to drop in, a 'hz u' follows.Then cums a 'hz work' and if u do end up askin d same, then u cud have a convo draggin to a gud 4 mins, till one of u actually feel like hitting a 'long time,we shud catch up'. Wots interesting to note here is,these convos neva end up wit a ‘bye',’cya,'takecare’,’stay in touch'..These convos simply becum an Orange dot (idle), wen each of u have finishd updating nd gettin updated,it goes onto a stage of 'brb','sos' or worse still, not botherin to reply..
But all said and done,it has to be ur nicks that does d trick and ofcourse theirs too..If u wana be asked and talked to, make sure you cum up wit sum real gud stuff.!!..

Now: is this gud??.Forget the tags nd nicks, simply taking for granted d presence of ur buds,who r jst a ping away (yes.every one does reply.No one avoids ya, once buzzd). 'Kaam ke waqt yaad karna' ???...
Here's my take: It aint bad. Cmon, u need sumthn, u want help, u’d go to d person whom u think wud be of help. And they r SUPPOSED to hmmm…. NOT DISAPPOINT u....But again,shud we keep in touch or jst stay around as being someone existent to your friends so dat they don’t feel that u dropping by only during times of need ??.Heck..i wudnt care as to wot, dey'd think of that. Dude,if u feel dat way ,dont bother, I'd manage mah way. Now all of mah above reasoning are applicable to ppl whom I’d call friends. Not jst anyone, who themselves dont expect u to be a gud boy ringing once a year. Actually, this entire shit happens, only wit those mortals who r frends. A long lost classmate (which again orkut or FB is credited with),a set of newbies or frend's frends,wud be simply happy that u came to them for help and dey'd actually stick their necks out and do wotever it takes!!.

Strange, how its easy wit others and not friends.

Akshata.S

Akshata.S,screamed the black marker out of a white paper inside a blue badge,hung in a green loop, dangling on a cute li'l nape of 3 yr old waiting for her school bus.
Akshata has her li'l hand clasped to her dad's or mom's.
Akshata keeps luking out into the oblivion.She wud wach the cars pass by,d dogs playing around,the people rushing thru in the mornin.Guess,i wud be one of them.
Akshata luks cute in her school uniform.A blue skirt,a white top.Her elephant bag with the elephant's trunk sticking out,the orange water bottle.Im sure she mst have named a her little 'haathi' sumthin.
Akshata,strangely doesnt do any small talk with her mom or dad,unlike other kids waiting at the bustop.Jumpin,walkin,swingin,fiddling with things,Akshata is calm and cool.She doest luk happy,she doesnt smile.She probably wants the bus to come,she wants to hop in and reach school.
Sumtimes,i do wonder,wot is that she is thinkin.I kinda am very close to believe that she surely must be having sumthin in her mind.and no,i dont think Akshata is an unhappy kid or sumthin' wrong with her.She is very much allright.She is at peace.Guess so.Hope so :)

Today,I dint see Akshata.S.......And i missed her.

Hehehe

There are times wen ur suggestions arent taken and dey go ahead wit wot they think is right.
Oh no!!.there's no problem with that.Obv,its a team play,and wen they think its for the best interest of the team,no complaints.
But,wot do u do,wen it cums to a point where it goes like 'we shud have dun dat!!'..
Well.wot i do??.I give out a smirk. :D :D.
I kno,i kno.u shud be sympathizing or working forward for the team etc etc..But hell.i really feel like smirking..hehehe.

"I had told ya"..hell yeah!!!!.."Maine bola tha".

Which one

Been a daily commuter.Have done the public transport.And now doing the office buses.
Wondering which was better.As in,keeping the convenience aside,meeting and looking ppl whom ud probb neva talk to,exhanging a short smile,or a inaudible Hi,acknowledgin the existence of a person who takes d same mode at d same time and ofcourse the majority of unknowns..or having to meet,blurt out a gud morning to the ppl who gets in the office transport,knowing they gona be the same set of ppl whos gona step out and step in wit ya,probb even thinkin a li'l more abt dem and make a judgement or open out any of his goof-ups made,the earlier day,knowin dat if they wearing a new set of clothes,even identifyin their baggages on the luggage rack,talking abt work and only work.
Dunno.Not that i wana make travellin interesting or fun(it can neva be,if u travellin to work :P),but still,there came a thot,and here it is. :)