Reading

Reading--->>A hobby?A boon?an elite qualification?

My ealiest memories of reading goes back to the days of my middle school.
Apart from the monthly magz like Gokulam,Champak...wisdom..I used to read and read the adventures of...
Secret 7,famous 5,hardy boys...Nancy Drew being the dearest.Was so crazy of reading those mysteries then....

After that was a completely lull decade for my reading......Never actually read anything much in the years to follow....
Strange!!!!Though there were lots of book related discussion and stuff happening around me..I never read...I have never believed in forcing anything on myself(hehe...thats the secret y am like this ;)))) True that I have lost on some valuable time...but if reading also were to be forced upon it would cease to be a pleasure:) wat say??

I did read book or 2 towards my last year of degree......Books included.......
Sense & Sensiblity....(ppl say its 2 good but it just did nt touch me...was just like I was reading a tv soap)
2 /3 novels...of Agatha Christe.....ya..they were fine enuogh.......
If tomorrow comes-----that was one very gripping book I must say!!!!
Alchemist-different...
Anne Franks Diary-...a very beautiful book...just touches u.......

The deep rooted desire to read sprouted finally one day .....and I rediscovered the passion for reading.Realised that reading is a boon !!! It gives one the feeling of independence....Isnt it gr8 that u can be happy by urself........and also feel good about that......??????And the society as such does not look down upon it ;-)) <>
In this spell I have completed:
1. 5.Someone
Fun Book.Nice timepass.
2. The FountainHead
Damn Nice.
I am so so glad I read the book.
Not for the character of Roark,but for the entire book,entire content.All the characters are etched well and the book leaves one spellbound .How much symapthy I had for Gail Waynad when I read the book......Love the characters and the plot:).Even enjoyed the way architecture has been used.
3. To Kill a Mocking Bird
Kept wondering what is happening in the book and finally when the I finished it ,it had left its trace in subtle way.
Mr Atticus is such a rolemodel gentleman.I liked the scene where he expains his daughter what idefined as the strength of a person.His daughter's character too is amazingly simple and real.
4. Tuesdays With Morrie
An ok book.
5. City Of Joy
Just in awe of the author who wrote this.
Very nice detailing,so true to the way life is.
Both the agony and the hope are described in a realistic way without exaggeration.
Love the last sentence of the book...
6. GodFather
An asusual story..May be it seems to me so for I watched the bollywood flicks inspred by it first and then read the book.
Somthing that I appreciated were few of the action scenes.Had never thought action could be
expressed in terms of words so well.
7.Love Story.
Guess I read it too late in life...Finished the book and smiled ...thats it.:)

Next on list...
Reading Da Vinci Code currently...
Further on have bought Mein Kemph,Atlas Shrugged...
Wanna read Freedom at midnight(Had bought this book inspired by a favo English teacher in 12th..read it only mid way..Its been 10 yearns since then.........)
Gone With The wind...
There is one kannada book left in midway(maimanagala suliyalli-Dr shivaram Karanth)..Wanna desperately finish that also....

Oh ya...missed out on one very important book I have read in my lifetime....MAHABHARATA.................Guess I am just qualified well enough to appreciate it...but I thouroughly thoroughly enjoyed reading it..................

Happy reading friends!!!Rediscover the joy of reading peacefully...(lying on the bed with music on for the not so good habited friends like me ;) )

Hmmm...................

Its abt comin to 3 years abt me being a part of the s/w industry..Thought will penn dow the journey from fresher to being a professional ;-) in a few words...
Hmm....some things are pretty obvious we knw technologies now:)),domains now:)),market scenario...et etc...and wont write abt all that...
But wat I write is something...that not all wud be able identify wid....

In the journey of 3 years the progression has been from that of a fevicol(pal mein chipkaaye) kinda person to a Trupti(Non-sticky) kind of person(very far frm achieving it yet)..Guess initially everybody has this attachment with team..team members..prj..form...s modules..wat not:)and slowly when the bitter fact(prj change..colleague quits..TL plays...system..political gimmicks) comes out that ppl are left dazed...

Guess one important lesson slowly learnt is that profession is profession and one must try to take it that way...ppl come and ppl go....sometimes the friends never say that they have put down the papers till the last day...No pt getting mushy over it...afterall ...colleagues happened...u had never joined an org knwing someone is there..ppl move on..and so shud u without any hard feelings..I mean take a chill-pill..thats the way the world works...and ofcourse they wud have had some watsoeva reasons.....
Easier said than done....knw tons of exp where ppl have missed their teammates,some who cudnt just concentrate....somewheo bunked.....but its temporary phase and will soon fade out.....be focussed..its ur career...make it rock..

And then truly as the ppl on the other side say....freindships are beyond boundaries of organizations...so smile:)(atleast a sarcastic one)

haha..and as I say in my profile..wat I write is not necessarily my exp..it cud js be frm elsewhere..with even things added just to spice up..

Guess this blog has lost direction...will write more abt career sometime else:)and wat I wrote abt ppl moving apart is obviously not restricted to Jobs scene only rite..............?

Where's ma light?????

I have always been used to walk around in the lighted corridors always....They have always been there...
One day find it all dark....
Look around for the windows that brought in light...they are closed....the bright lit lamps...are not glowing today....
See for the torch that I had always depended on but never tried out.....alas they did not work......
What shall I do.....

When its dark everywhere.....the source of light..the hope can only be within u.....
Churn yourself...(its not easy yet ineveitable :( !!!)..to get that answer..that hope...that way out.......
Its there within somewhere....

Keep going!!soon the windows will open....the lights will glow and torches (anyways now u wont depend on them again!! ;-))

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"Tujhse naraaz nahi zindagi...hairaan hoon haan hairaan hoon ......"---Tru words by Gulzar ji

Truly..life surprises.....shocks...and thrills us ....not necessarily with big events...but even with the smallest turn of events..circumstances.....reactions...everything!!!!
Absolutely..random..splendid...coincidences...rather twists...that pricks us lightly.....makes us look up and take notice....

If one does have an eye for such things...then yes...however insignificant they last wid u...forever!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely 3 cheers to the creator probably who is managing all this sos so so very welll!!!

Light a candle!!Make the difference!!!

True that our hard work is not apprecited sometime.
True that one of our very best frinds no longer works with us.
True that one of our peers who is not commited to the job gets more attention and perks.
What shall I do for all this?
Yes...even I can browse through the not so important thing....:)...yes...even I will make new frns and ..chat...in the office hours....why not...after alll the bosses dont deserve our commitment!!!

At different points of time all of us have thought and felt the same.

But then by not working who is affected the most....Its us...our creative skills...the perfectiontion..the speed..the accuracy...the efficiency...comes down.....May be one day if we were to work one full day seriously..it wud become impossible....
What about the economy of the company u work for...nation..u live in...the world u belong to......where a generaion of well established nonperformers is popping up....
Lets do ur bit.....atleast whenever we can.....

True sometimes...we dont have work...then ..lets see if we can be of any help to our neighbour....
Sometimes wonder wat our parents(the proud parents of software engineer kids!!!!!) feel if they were to see wat we did and how we worked,,,!!!!!!

True that sometimes...we really have an off day....dont actually feel like doing anything genuinely.....true..that someday the flame within us flickers..Then??
Lets light up the candles around us.....for they are the only hope when a wind very strong blows off the flame within us ,they will be there to light it up...Let us light up before...darkness becomes habit..before darkness becomes trend...lets share the light!!

And lets do this not for the company,not for the leads,not for society...but for our noble self conscience which can be satisfied only with genuine efforts!!Lets quench its thirst:)

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Thought will put my thoughts onto the paper...before the strong winds blowing around...blow me off!!! Have actually mailed the same content as a forward to my long forward list....How cud I say they were my words...afteralll who was I tell to tell if a candle shud be lit up or off!!!Its the individual decision..right???

Sleeping away to glory :)

Have often heard educative lectures about the necessity of sleep in one’s daily routine.
“All work and no sleep makes John a dull boy”…”What is all the work ..the efforts worth if you are not able to make time for a peaceful sleep.”..”The body needs it”………blah blah………There are enough people to take care of the deprived people.
What I plan to write is for some people who sleep rather luxuriously like me.…;-)

“Hey...How was the weekend? what did you do”
Have heard many times and replied many times as …..”Slept full time lazily!!!!”. A huge smile with super cool confidence at probably having done the greatest thing possible………
Have experienced sometimes that sleeping is a way out of boredom...staying awake one would not know what to do ..so just sleep..!!!
But may be its time we utilize the spare time that we have in slightly more efficient way if possible…..like….call up some old friends….read a magazine…listen to music….clean up/order some messed up things around u, gardening, visiting places,…just lay down and ponder about things around u……
Coz sleeping takes away from one his/her feeling of his/her existence. Because may be at a later stage it would be disheartening to realize the number of moments lost in inertia and how huge the total sum of such moments would be at that time….
Lets see if I can improve……………….It never too late to realize and start afresh… :) And all the best to u 2!!!Cheers!!!

Vividha Bharati

It is an FM channel on National radio at 102.9 MHz.

These days we do have numerous radio channels catering to the metro audiences playing the hit numbers always and offering contest and prizes.

What makes vividhbharati is their whole program format which is very different from the other channels, that is they are probably not running to just make money(I have nothing against other channels absolutely..).

Apart from having slots for popular requests they also play the music which is not acclaimed universally but then still having its own identity. They pay tributes to some very unnoticed legends.
I have mainly heard 2 programs…
Jaimala-
It’s a program dedicated to the Indian soldiers .And some of the letters they read from the soldiers leaves one numb. The commitment of the soldiers make me feel guilty of being too self centred and lost in some very insignificant things on the larger perspective.
Like the other day…a mail was written by a Jawan conveying to his parents that he is fine and not to worry about him, asking his siblings to study well and convincing them that as his leave did not get approved he would be coming sometime after another 8 months…at that time he was on border at temperature blow 0…I know all this sounds very melodramatic….but even if these things are not supposed to move us/arouse the conscience what else will????
Sakhi-Saheli
A program catering to requests of women listeners all over India. In this program got to hear about how the women are managing multiple things and trying to come out of certain age old bindings in rural places. Its awakening.

Sitting in the cold AC cabin in our companies… vivdh bharati opens a world ..that is the core part of India. And am glad I am able to tune into it sometimes. The show anchors there…though not the high fundoo RJs have connected with the audience in their long stint with the channel. Its definitely not a preaching channel. It is a fun channel but rooted safely in reality.
Three cheers to vividhbharati.!!!!! Its fantastic to rock that wayJ

But another face to this is the fact that we got our radio sets repaired only after Radio City and other channels came up.

Would just like to end saying that..3 cheers to the variety in life.. that has given provision for channels of different kinds to coexist supporting each other…competing with each other and getting better each day!!