B**b time

All married men share my pain .................

Friendship

Yaar ham tho hamesha dosth rahenge .............. (dear friend, we will always be friends) ........... you almost never say that explicitly but you mean it. I also meant it and I am sure someone else also shared the same feeling towards me. But the dialogue writer of this movie knew something more about life than I did.



So many great people,
some very good friends,
some so far away in distance and time.

After a point in life you really need to invest lot of time & effort and you need luck on your side if you want to maintain a friendship.

Once more

Yup I did it once more. The last time I did it, I had just got married and this time I had a baby!!

It is the same storyline ............. "got busy", only the characters in the play have changed plus I started too many projects at the same time. Man, one life is too small for all the wonderful things that can be done :-)

What brought me back?!?!? this music on this infinite looper :-) Yup I am a Dil Chahta Hai fan

Tales of a grown-up

A picture speaks a 1000 words,
A cartoon strip goes wayyyyyy beyond

*click on the image for better clarity
Credit for graphics goes to http://ragecomics.memebase.com/rage-builder/

Google Trends - I (Turkey time or should I say 'times')

For those who are not aware of Google Trends (GT) please take a look at this and if reading a few paragraphs is too much for you then here is a one liner - GT gives you an estimate of how often a term is searched when compared to the total search volume in the form of a trend (or a graph).

It allows you to mine this information in specific geographical areas, languages, time frame etc. Such trends reveal interesting correlations such as this one ............ trend the search count for the term "turkey" in US (see plot below) ............ Why do people in US search for "turkey" a full four weeks after Thanksgiving? Any ideas :-)

Or you could ask, why do they search for "turkey" a week before Christmas?!? PS: The peak on Nov 21 is related to Thanksgiving preparation or curiosity (4 days before the event)

Once Upon a Time ...... [II] - Life and death are natural

(Read the prologue here)
Life and death are natural and perfectly normal but thanks to technology and stable civilization, we have come to take life for granted.

There was a time when poisonous (venomous) animals and insects roamed, not only in your backyard but inside your house and if you were unlucky you might find them right in your bed!!

A farm worker in my uncle's farm was bit by a cobra; his presence of mind saved him - he chopped off the finger that the cobra had bit. My grandmom was stung by a scorpion while cooking in her kitchen, she almost died. Her neighbor's child was playing in the yard when he saw something interesting and picked it up, it turned out to be a scorpion, it got entangled in the baby's little fingers which was probably clenched because of the pain and the shock - the end was not good. Rewind just a couple of decades, mothers used to protect their babies not from flu or infection but from wild monkeys and hawks who would simply pick the little one.

"Horrible times" you might say but did people lead a terrified life back then?!? Were they afraid to venture out? Never in a mood to smile? Not enjoy the gentle breeze or a blossoming flower? Nope, they did all that and lived a regular life because life and death are natural, so are pleasure and pain. My grandparents accepted death at any age and in any form, with such ease that one would wonder if they loved life at all. Yes they did enjoy life and tried their best to improve its quality but gave death the same respect as life.

To, The Broken Heart (a.k.a. Are you a Computer or a Car?)

Love is one of the best feelings that you can experience but it is ironic that something that can give you endless pleasure can also turn your life into a hell hole.

I have been in love, and just like everyone else, sometimes it was accepted and other times rejected . When things clicked even inanimate objects seemed to smile and on rejection a genuine smile seemed like a mockery. When the latter happens your heart will take over your mind and you will wonder whether it was your greatest loss. Sometimes it is true but most times it is not. When in doubt ask yourself, are you being a computer or a car?


WHAT?!?! ....... read on ........... both a computer and a car are extremely useful, actually a computer can do more stuff for you than a car but have you noticed how differently they are treated? Initially both get the same attention and respect, like you would take pride to mention it to your friends. But things change overtime, slowly but surely the computer is looked down upon as an archaic piece of equipment, it gets to hear comments like "oh it is so slow", "it gets so hot", "it is so heavy", pretty soon you are probably just waiting for the next good deal to buy a new computer.

On the other hand a car gets a personal touch, gets cleaned - at least from the outside, undergoes maintenance and gets complimented for doing its job. People are more forgiving when it breaks down or when it does not perform like it used to. More importantly there is touch of nostalgia when it comes to a car.

The poor computer takes care of more tasks, gets zero maintenance and on top of it gets berated and thrown out at the first opportunity. Long story short, no one, NO ONE bids adieu to an old computer.

So make sure you are a "car" for your sweetheart and not a "computer". Anytime you feel like the poor computer, just move, it is not worth your while.

**** This post was supposed to have been posted many ago :-) Currently I am in a state of 'better late than never' ****