code clicks ‘n’ caffeine

like alot of other desis .. i thought of learning some of the local language.

“you know what i mean”

and what i found was surprising .. these folks .. i mean the normal ones have a little less words to communicate. Or probably they save the rest for the TV shows and Obama McCain’s speeches.

Surprising – This is so Crazy !!!!!

Unwell - My stomach is acting crazy

Angry – Are you CRAZY ???

Happy – THIS IS CRAZY … omg … THIS IS SO CRAZY

In a Bar – I am already feelin a lil crazy.. umm.. a lil carzy

Strip Bar – This is some Crazy Shit man … i love this

others making to the charts

Yo Man

Y’ll  (as in you all)

Get Ir Done

You know what

Sunny .. Rainy .. Thunderstorm .. Hurricane .. Snow

and by chance you think that you were not able to explain something … just add this “you know what i mean” at the end

Now you all know how easy it is to communicate here … you know what i mean

P.S – You might already know which 4 letter words top the charts  Osho even has a whole 30 min lecture on it

You know why Hindus are popular in US?
Cause we dont eat chicken

How can you not eat chicken? What about Meat? Pork? Beef?
No No No !!!

Holy God !!! What do you eat? How do you survive?
Yo baby thats the magic

This blog just got F5′ed

was down due to non technical reasons and this is just an attempt to Refresh it. Was a long outage but i had my fair share of reasons …

been busy lately on prof. front

travelled quite often

watched a lot of TV

ate a lot of food .. i mean a lot ..

gained weight

tried swimming regularly, failed miserably

-do- tennis -do-

captured lots of images, but many are still lost in the workflow somewhere

learnt quite a bit on Portraiture and creating HDR images

moved blog to Ranta’s server

got a haircut

liked Goodness Gracious Me

had a minor surgery, dear Nippo was more interested how anesthesia feels

back to watching cricket after IPL happened, go Rajasthan, Mohali, Delhi !!!

on to friendfeed these days (or shared items on google reader), really demotivating for blogging

will try to keep the posts coming, till then have some “Wah Taj” pics

I read some arbit code
The trickiest one that I have ever known
Don’t know how to port
But it’s job to me and I read alone

I stare at empty screens
On the Boulevard of Broken Builds
Where the city sleeps
but I’m unlucky one and I code alone
I code alone
I code alone
I code alone
I code alone …

My music’s the only one that wakes beside me
My hollow brain’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I hope someone out there will help me
‘Til then I code alone

I’m scrolling down the file
That divides me somewhere in my mind
Why are these million errors
Of the build and why should I fix alone

Read between the lines
All’s fucked up and trillion hash defines
Check my vital signs
To know I’m still alive and I code alone
I code alone
I code alone
I code alone
I code alone …

My music’s the only one that wakes beside me
The night’s the only time when I’m working
Sometimes I dream someone out there will help me
‘And throughout the day I sleep alone
I sleep alone …

Disclaimer – This piece is pure fiction and has nothing to with my profession, my current assignment and my current employer.

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Lead India – India Seeks Her Future Leaders

An effort by Times of India which is a unique talent search and has the potential to make a huge difference to India. A hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.

I appreciate the fact that the contestants have done some good work (or even great) for the society and such people should be felicitated and brought in front of the general public but I am not sure about what an average Indian can help to support this initiative other than spending money on sms.

Although there is a lot of voice in support of this initiative, I somehow don’t get a feel that this will make some major changes in the current scenario of Indian politics. However the video which is doing the rounds on Television channels is very inspiring. Take a look …

“Tum Chalo … To Hindustan Chale”

A great and inspiring video with equally powerful vocals from Sukhwinder Singh and Shankar Mahadevan. Will try to get hold of lyrics and their English translation soon.

Few more videos by Abhishek Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra in support of Lead India campaign.

TOI has some great words to present their mission statement here

On August 15, we embarked on an ambitious journey — a unique talent search which has the potential to make a huge difference to India. We began a hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.
   The Lead India campaign stemmed from our belief — and overwhelming reader feedback — that even as India takes giant strides towards fulfilling its undoubted potential, it is doing so despite, not because of, its political leadership. ‘‘Good people don’t want to join politics’’ is an oft-heard lament. And yet, good governance is the cornerstone if India is to overcome the many hurdles that threaten to slow its journey to developed nation status. 
And so, we decided to provide a platform to the good men and women out there who refuse to be daunted by the system, and struggle against massive odds to make life better for their fellow Indians. We invited them to come forward and use the Lead India programme as a springboard to public life.

read more …

Will continue to follow up on this story .. hope this is just a beginning of something great