The bridge across forever

Work Life Balance

2010-08-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

Work Life Balance means understanding that there is a Present Value of Time as much as there is a Present Value of Money .....

A New Day has come

2009-09-29T11:24:00.000-07:00

The moon shines its beam on this world
searching for its anonymous lover
at the end of the night, there emerges on the horizon
a vision - orange and lustrous
out of this world
lighting up the sky
the blemishes on the moon washed away
Yes, a new day has come

Sex Lies and Valuation II:Bimbiliki Bilabi Maama Biscothu

2009-09-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

"Valuation is an art" is the first hint you get that this subject is more like pricing a Van Gogh or any other antique ...

Topic:Valuation and the effects of auction model from a relative valuation perspective-An empirical analysis based on classic asset auction sell strategies under market forces (Please refer post: Sex Lies and Valuation)
The concept of relative valuation is rooted in the belief that market quotes for the same or similar security are the best indicators of the price of an asset.Since this method incorporates market eccentricity, it clearly defines the price the market will be ready to pay for an asset when the buyer wants to exit.
Step 1:
It is important to identify the right peer group whose multiples will serve as a benchmark and the right set of investors from whom to take pricing feedback.
Experiment Name:Oora Therinjukitten
Economists:Pandiarajan and Senthil
Experiment:
Pandiarajan and Senthil on the road.
Senthil: Anne ... ennane yosichindrukeenga? Intha naai pidikkara vandiya vechindu ennane panaporeenga?
Pandiarajan:Namma naatla roadla adhigama irrukarthu erumaiyum varumaiyum. Roatla irrukara pitchakaran/paithiyakaran ellarayum pidingada.Nambakitta super idea irruku.

Step 2:It is important to adjust/dress up the multiples and pricing feedback to remove any inherent bias so that the final price point is made as relevant as possible
Senthil and Pandiarajan collect all the beggars on the street and a training session is in progress:
Pandiarajan (addressing Paithiyam 1): Naan solrapadi sonnathaan teaand biscuit.Nee sollu - Aayiram.
Paithiyam 1: Solla Maaten
Pandiarajan hits him with a stick.
Paithiyam 1:Aayiram
and so on..
At the end of the session :
Paithiyam 1: Aayiram,Paithiyam 2:Rendaayiram,Paithiyam 3:Mooaayiram...

Step 3:
Due diligence
Sufficient due diligence needs to performed by the merchant bankers to check the health of the asset including contingent liabilities/outstanding litigation
The proof of the final price in IPOs is normally arrived at through a book building process.Where the actual quotes are taken and then the institutional investors are asked to cough up 90% of the amount after the price has been decided.
Location:Auction house owned by a Pehalwaan.Pandiarajan is trying to convnce him to buy his rusty old chair claiming it was once used by Queen Elizabeth and sell through his auction house
Pandiarajan and Senthil convince the Pehalwaan auctioneer that the zamindars (Arcot Jameen, Thanjavur Periya Pannai, Mayavaram Jameen to name a few - all beggars) of all the neighbouring zameen have come to bid for the antique chair that Pandiarajan wants to sell through his auction house.The beggars are all attired in rented finery.
Pehalwaan calls his secretary to check if the chair is indeed worth the value Pandiarajan has asked.When the secretary bends to check, Senthil makes a tearing noise and the secretary concerned that her tight skirt is failing her agrees that the chair is indeed of yore
Pehalwaan is now convinced and pays Pandiarajan their ask amount (since the zamindars start their well rehearsed aayiram,randaayiram monologue) and Pandiarajan and Senthil vanish.
Book Building:
Periya Zameendar: Aayiram
Arcot Zameendar:Rendaayiram
Maangaatu Zameen: Moovaayiram
....
.....
.......
.........
Maayavaram Zameen: Pathaayiram

Pehalwaan thrilled that the chair is giving him a 2x return on investment, awards the chair to the Maayavaram Zameen and asks for the payment.
Maayavaram Zameen: bimbiliki bilabi...
All beggars in unison: maama biscothu!!!!!!!!!

Of course Pandiarajan and Senthil have vanished after a successful valuation/placement exercise
Apologies to all those who do not relate to the comedy clip/people who know the clip too well to notice the minor tinkering with the script.Please check youtube.
Next Post:DCF: Aapu lication

Only the good die young

2009-05-02T02:52:00.000-07:00

We are born into an organisation,
There is the entry level interview based on your past karma
It could be your C.G.PA, the status of your previous birth (Harvard/Cornell/IIMs)
and when you enter - you cry and you cry... for the first two years atleast
and you are fed biscuits..
and as you grow you develop teeth and a tongue
There are exams,there is a viva voce,you compete,you play mindgames
You join a sect,religion,group,party
You crusade, you convert clients
and you dedicate your flesh and blood to the cause
and along the way, the devas play their own game
of vote out..a la MTV Roadies
Its Judgement Day and its not Jesus at the throne
No wonder Yama visits the pious
and the incompetent are protected by their political shield
by the karma of their sacrifices to the devas
of self respect, pride,will...
Only the good die young
Is it to ensure THE END?
Remove the pious religiously and you will end up with the ignorant kafirs
The devas are the architects of our earths doom

I was blind, now I C

I Ceek Impure Securities

Before injustice knocks on my door,
should i scurry in haste
to propitiate some deva
and extend my stay
or maybe enter samadhi, leave this pigsty
and enter a higher world ?
Alas ! there would be another entry interview
and the akarmic cycle would begin anew
I pray for HIS/HER divine intervention

A(h)m Brahmaasmi

2009-04-12T10:59:00.000-07:00

Sivanadiyaan Sivane yan naadhi (destiny/support)
Sivanadiyaan Sivane yan nadhi (river)
Sivanadiyaan Sivane yan naadi (pulse)
Sivanadiyaan Sinam Ariyaan!
Sivanadiyaan Iv Vaan Udayaan!

Gulaal:Not another Review

2009-03-15T11:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a story with an identity problem.It doesnt know it is but a story.
Here are the actors who have no clue on their status.They do not portray...they live...
Here is a screenplay/dialogue that does not capture emotion.. It lets the movie free to speak to the audience...
Here is the director who who does not direct..who does not fit events to form a rainbow...

But delivers the splash of orange on a mystic sunset...

Here is a movie that does not deserve a review ... for you dont just view it ... in fact all the audience can do is surrender to Anurag's magic...

Sex Lies and Valuation - Pilot

2008-09-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

Alright.. atleast the lies and valuation part are relevant to the post.Its called blog license.

What is valuation? How is it different from pricing? What are the different valuation metrics we need to employ? What is the difference between valuation based on fundamentals and market based valuation?

For answers to these and many other arivukolaru kostins refer one genteeelman called Damodaran. For the rest of you boozed out,last row sleepy junta who played snakes on your Nokia 1100 during the business valuation class (or those of you who skipped the course and took value add stuff like ethics/strat, but are now getting WACCed by P/E and EV/EBITDA): Wait for the next post.
(Grammer? ispelling?kyunki saas bhi level unfair suspense?I told you :Its called beelog license)

Dark Knight

2008-07-23T10:15:00.000-07:00

Irul viratta oli ondrai nee yetrada
Vaiyagam kaikothu unnai vanangumada
Unn oli azhikka irul kaikothu kilambinaal
Ivvulagame erinthu unn irul pokumada

From Munram Pirai

2008-07-03T11:03:00.001-07:00

Yenno deivam sadhi seidhadhu

pedhai pola vidhi seidhadhu

2008-04-07T00:39:00.000-07:00

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:

'Tis mightiest in the mightiest:

it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;

His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty,

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;

But mercy is above this sceptred sway;

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,I

t is an attribute to God himself;

And earthly power doth then show likest God's

When mercy seasons justice.

Therefore, Jew,Though justice be thy plea,

consider this,That, in the course of justice,

none of us Should see salvation:

we do pray for mercy;

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

I have spoke thus much

To mitigate the justice of thy plea;

Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice

Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there

Tum se hi

2008-02-26T10:38:00.000-08:00

The beauty GOD weaves through the fabric of life..
the crystals of coincidences that shine through any plain existence..
the double shades of meaning that reveal themselves as the fabric of life moves..
Loved the following song ... always
But today was definitely when i understood the shine of this crystal

Tum Se Hi (Jab We Met)
Na hai yeh pana
Na Khona hi hai
Tera Na hona jane
Kyun hona hi hai

Mein kahin bhi jata hoon
Tumse hi mil jata hoon
Tumse hi tumse hi

Humanos Inscrutablickos

2008-02-03T02:00:00.000-08:00

Couldnt help cogging this line from Dilbert:

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs.This is the principle behind lotteries, dating and religion (and formatted pitchbooks if I may add)

Radio Time

2007-11-06T04:50:00.000-08:00

Aduthu varuvathu M.S.Viswanatharin isaiyodu Agni Saatchi padathilirunthu kanaa kaanum kangal enra arumaiyaana padaippu.
Valiyinathu kavithaiku kural kuduthavargal S.P.Balasubramanyam, Saritha
Intha paadalin varigalai thiraiyil roobam kuduthavargal Sivakumar matrum Saritha

Movie Name: Agni Saatchi
Singer: Balasubrahmanyam SP, Saritha
Music Director: Viswanathan M S

kanaak kaanum kangal mella urangaadhoa paadal solla
nilaak kaala maegam ellaam ulaap poagum naeram kannae
ulaap poagum naeram kannae
(kanaak)
kumari uruvam kuzhandhai ullam rendum onraana maayam neeyoa
thalaivan madiyil magalin vadivil thoongum saeyoa
kumari uruvam kuzhandhai ullam rendum onraanae maayam neeyoa

thalaivan madiyil magalin vadivil thoongum saeyoa
nodiyil naaldhoarum niram maarum dhaevi
vidaidhaan kidaikkaamal thadumaarum kaelvi
vilakku aetri vaiththaal kooda nizhal poalath thoanrum nijamae
nizhal poalath thoanrum nijamae

(This is where Saritha does her bit)

"naan un nijaththai naesikkiraen nizhalaiyoa poojikkiraen
adhanaalthaan un nizhal vizhundha idaththin mannaikkooda netriyil neerupoal thiruneerupoal ittukkolgiraen"

(kanaak)

pudhiya kavidhai punaiyum kuyilae
nenjil undaana kaayam enna
ninaivu alaigal neruppil kulikkum paavam enna
pudhiya kavidhai punaiyum kuyilae nenjil undaana kaayam enna
ninaivu alaigal neruppil kulikkum paavam enna
kizhakku velukkaamal irukkaadhu vaanam
vidiyum naal paarththu iruppaenae naanum
varungaalam inbam enru nigazhkaalam koorum kannae
nigazhkaalam koorum kannae
(kanaak)

Darwinism ?

2007-11-03T10:52:00.000-07:00

Its incredible that a species as primitively selfish as ours has managed to takeover this planet.
Somewhere along the line God decided to play favorites.

Never give a lift on the Highway

2007-10-07T11:14:00.001-07:00

Required Viewing:
http://www.hcl.in/commercial.asp

Long winding highway … sometime to catch up on good old music.

That was a really difficult meeting there …. Lawyers , lawyers everywhere and yet not a single filing in sight…
Mandates- we sleep with whoever pays,
Litigation- freaking rival ibanks claim we cheated on their share of the ‘spread’- we will do all the spreading we can do,
Capital structure- Mr Patel, Mrs Patel, Miss Patel Master Patel and Little Tommy Patel, Objects of issue- cheap money, object of our issue –expensive project management

Large truck laden with pipes – be careful .. these maniacs ..
Nice greenery.Another revamped divider on the road.
Those contractors : I can almost smell those notes ..

Freaking truck driver turning without a signal .. brake …swerve .. accelerate.
The engine murmurs its assent.

I enjoy these truckwallah antics best on my rearview. Back to U2….

And then you give yourself away..and you give…

Some crazy kid waving by the side.. He is wearing an BCL cap..
Lift…ignore .. lift… ignore..never stop on the highway..never stop on the highway..

Summer of 69-Joka ke woh meethe pal ..

Brake … stop

“Sir you going towards Waranpur?”

“Yup..That should be on the way…hop in”

Pink Floyd-Coming Back to Life..

Question time …

Me: “So you an IT guy?”
Him:"Yes, and you?”
Me:"I work at an Investment Bank”

Him:"Oh ! but the stock market just crashed!”
Me:"Hmm ..really?”

(Those block trades we had engineered…Our Equities desk rocking the market as always..Anyway)

Him:"We built the software that displays the prices online you know”

Definitely his first year at BCL

Bryan Adams crooning We are the Champions

Me: "Interesting.In any case the ‘crash’ was 10 minutes back. The online prices aren’t real time kid. In another 10 minutes you will see a rebound "

Far more important to move the future.. than record the present when it has vanished into the past.. Looks like a smart kid..They will learn

Some petrol..

Random PC at the petrol station running on car batteries… impressive stuff

Kid:"We built the technology on which that PC runs..”

Kid beaming with pride.He might take some time..

“You mean you guys figured out a conversion mechanism for the current /voltage characteristics to suit the PC?”

“Well…mostly… We wrote the code for the pop up that asks for the option to run on the battery! It is in the beta testing stage… “

Whatta genius!.. with my C in programming data structures I wouldn’t have been able to do that.. L.. my niece might be able to though.. she scored an A+ in her 10th standard advanced C++ data structures course.

Time to move..

Waranpur arrives..

“So I drop you at the sign?”

“That should be fine.My helicopter is already in place.I just got a message on my cell.I need to go for an overseas lifesciences project”

“Interesting.So you just finished your project over here and you have been immediately staffed on another one?”

Wow ! BCL must be going great guns.

“Well BCL had arranged for a training session on C++ advanced Data Structures which all guys on the bench had to go through.
For the project I’ll be staffed either on the development or testing team as and when the requirement turns up.

BCL is a 4 billion dollar 40,000 employee enterprise you know Mr i-banker”. Smile.

True IT ishtyle

Grabs his bag .. beep beep..

Me: "And yes .. the markets have bounced back….But Iam sorry BCL stocks are still stuck at the 52 week low level.Dont worry it’s the rupee-dollar strengthening.Things should be fine soon enough .
We know our bulls from the cows you know Mr Nadar.

Good Luck touching lives”

Pink Floyd: Dream on you crazy diamond

A chronic delusion is a reality

2007-09-29T12:59:00.000-07:00

What a trance?

The memory of you opening your eyes
makes me lose my vision
Its a hazy mad world
any chronic delusion is a reality

caging the eternity granted to my senses
in that moment

Gift yourself....

2007-09-21T23:22:00.000-07:00

Orkut Scrap:

Today's fortune: Our first and last love is.. self-love

Very true .. So gift yourself another year to treasure in your memories...

Another year goes by ...have we taken the responsibility to keep ourselves happy?

My speaker system tells me I have more than taken care of that .. hehe

So the best gift on a birthday is from the birthday boy/gal ... Coz you are worth it !

Chak De

2007-08-16T23:50:00.000-07:00

Not a sermon...
Just a promise..
No regrets

For every second spent mulling over the past

two for the present

and three towards the future

and believe me you are all set to Chak De !

Thandava Kolam

2007-08-11T04:25:00.000-07:00

Paasakayiral Poovin polivai koidhuduvaayo yemane?

yenathu paasa kayarin arulodu unnai vizhthi enn uyir meetpenada mooda

Maheshwaranin Krodhathai seenduvathin palan arinthu'kol'ada

Poo manam izhanthaalum vaazhumada ennodu

News on the Loose

2007-07-14T08:29:00.000-07:00

News on the loose is back !!

Amul-Star Show of India

2007-06-17T03:48:00.000-07:00

A weekend spent working,meetings,pitches,early morning looooong drives,debates,fundaes etc

and at the end of it all I come home to The Amul -Star Voice of India show.

I get up refreshed .... Bring on the WEEK !

The joy of listening to some divine voices..some amazing talent that is going to rock the world in the years to come.. Thanks Star Plus.

small time crib : get a Chennai/Hyderabad/Abroad audition going ... and maybe we will get some more awesome 'darshan'.

" Zouth India will rock! Junta down zouth aalso goodu saar..
Our idli sambar good for the voiceu u know.Hindi pronounciation kindly adjust . (Thyagaraja keerthanas allowed under semi classical no?) "

back to the show..

There was a conscious effort to 'spice' things up.Drama by the Judges,senti background stories on the participants (damn its almost a reality show in that sense).

But then the concern is that the spice might spoil the biryani..

All the same ... raises the question .. music, dance,cricket ... are these just some concepts to keep man entertained .. assure him that there is something in this world worth stressing your weekends for :) or is there something beyond human creation in the magic that art weaves on us mortals?

There are some guys who have things worth living for...for the rest there is the joy of music

The 'ecstasy' of music get high !

In dino dil mera ....

The Stage

2007-06-10T05:34:00.000-07:00

And finally ! its all done .. it’s the time for the journey home at the end of a days work.
A crowd of nobodys drags itself to towards their heath for rest and drink.I lose myself in the daily exodus …drained …. hungry..thirsty.. clawing my way towards an inviting bed.

And along the way shines a light.

The courtyard of a school - lit up. A group of high school students.. still in uniform.
In a formation.. an audio player churns out the music for their composition…

United in purpose ..determined in their will … they sway their bodies to the rhythm

The end of another day ….no not yet… the beginning of a night ? No not yet ..it aint the time to rest…. But their dreams hold them in their trance…driven by their passion they pour their collective souls into their performance….

Ah … another choreography competition .. we manage a smile …

as I permit myself a skip hop in the dry procession towards the train terminal…
as I taste the long forgotten fruit under the streetlight ….
the magic takes me far away to another stage ...another crowd

Iam back under the lights …

2007-05-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

Headache+Fever = AAJ CHUTTI ! (for the blog i mean ..come morning and i will be straping on my shoes towards churchgate :( )

Netrikann thiranthaalum...

2007-05-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Iraiarulinal thonrinom
(lets trash that hole in the condom theory for now.This is serious stuff)
AVAN padaippin kuraigalum AVANathu alavo?
Yen kuruthi vazhiyum udalin maasum deiveegamo?
kaligaala dharmam pizhai aayitre?
Yen vilanga paathaiyum seitha arakka koduramum
Yen EEsanin thiruvilayaadala?
manathin kazhivuchinthanaiyum
ivvulagam ennmel porrikum irrakamila kodumaiyum
pizhaiyilla avan karpanaiyo?
Namathu aayul Ulagil avan thavarai azhikum karuviyo?

uyirum neeye seyalum neeye

Netrikkan thiranthaalum kutram kutrame !

Thinking Ahead..

2007-05-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

another wave washes ashore...
wonder what gems it would bring along with it?
washed ashore in a helpless frenzy a year before
it is little we could explore
what lies behind that treeline ?
we stand in a line and welcome our comrades in arms
our new recruits

to mandates and beyond!

mind your freaking language !

2007-05-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

i witnessed fuck being used forcefully on two occasions today...

Scene 1 : Some argument at the karting track between a 15 something boy and an older father angry that he had dashed into his kids car unnecessarily.Looks like the dudes car brakes didnt work.The 15 something boy with this hep attitude reeled of multiple fucks to effectively put off the elderly gentleman (who was also atr fault ...wht the fuck can you do if the brake wasnt working?)

Scene 2:Some arguement at the ICICI bank atm where some (again) 16 something gal had lost her card in the machine and was asked (quite unchivalrously in my opinion) to move out of the atm area for whatever reason by another customer.
she (already tense) started screaming at the other customer and (u guessed it) let loose a string of F brahmastras to repel the customer away from the atm.

The important point is that the oldies get scandalised whenever anybody uses the F word.
hmmmm... is this right?
A certain section uses the F word merely to signal their state of mind/intensity during an argument.Agreed.But then should we just go ahead and allow all sorts of MC BC gaalis in public conversation?

what the fuck do we do?

Socha na tha

2007-05-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

There is a certain genuineness about her acting that I find refreshing .. watch out guys!

Recommendation : buy

'imaye' nee thaan sakhiye

2007-05-19T03:19:00.000-07:00

sakhiye neethaan thunaiye
vizhimel amarntha imaye
ulagam kaati marainthu nirkum
kann neer thudaikum imaye
enn uyir kadhari nirkum
kann kaanaa enn ninaivu marakkaa
sakhiye neethaan thunaiye

*inspiration from andhimantharai

kaaani nilam.......

2007-05-19T02:30:00.001-07:00

kaani nilam vendum parasakthi kaani nilam vendum

antha marine drive orathil oru siru 3 bhk katta kaani nila vendum

kodai kodumai pizhaithida split ac ondrum triple door fridge ondrum vendum

veetil pozhuthu kazhithida oru 30 inch wall mounted LCD ondrum whiskey barum amaithu

marine driveil ula vara siru honda city onru udane varam vendum

ulasa payanam initha thunai ondru arulida vendum

matra varam sakhiyidam petrida unnathu arul vendum shakthiye

uyir magizhnthida nal uravinarum nanbarum suzhnthu anbalipum anbum alithara vendum

ivvanaithum thara iyala enna unn nilamai? ...atleast iSEC bonus matrum increment uyarthida vendum!

There are certain things SHE can do ..for everything else there is ICICI Debit card.

some smart first lines

2007-05-19T01:30:00.000-07:00

thought of penning down some smart first lines that really work (u cud call it social service :) )

Hey you must have been really sick as a child..u seem to be suffering from cuteekemia..iam glad you arent yet cured.

cmon guys...be a man ...try this one!

for townies :Jaslok Hospital (Peddar Road): 493-3333 / 493-9595
for bandraites :22-26455888 (lilavati)
for the rest: sorry guys...we aint hep.this post aint meant for you

2007-05-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

one place that connects us .. and we know we gained a thousand well wishers in that single admission.

Thanks SKUS...

Kavitha i

2007-05-10T12:00:00.000-07:00

Vaan vizhungum vizhiyinil vizhnthen
Mei maranthu maayakadalinil muzhgi muktiadaintha marumam ennadi?

a tribute ..

2007-05-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

a tribute to all the djs ...

the unsung heroes of your evening/night/early morning drink
they take you from your request for with or without you .. to
coming back to life - all while you are comfortably numb, enjoying losing your religion.. climbing your stairway to heaven resting occasionally on your cloud number nine and finally knockin on heavens door (or the Highway to Hell depending on whether you subscribe to the Sportsbar Colaba school of music or the Sportsbar Phoenix Mills school)

and believe me some do a jig with you as well ! (if you show them the right moves i.e)

Thnx for the ride guys....

Jai (and?) Bajrangbali !

2007-05-04T11:10:00.000-07:00

Asadhyam sadhyam swamin

Asadhyam tva kim vatah

Rama thutho kripa sindho

matkaryam sadhagaprabho!

Dil mera ...

2007-04-27T04:53:00.000-07:00

World Cup ... Bonus....Karting ... all washed away

listening to : Dil Mera from Life in a Metro

Refresh ho jao

2007-04-06T23:16:00.000-07:00

Interesting ..... to chill, gain new perspectives and all that renewal thingie the best option is to go back to your memories ... to your old friends ... hang out .. relive some amazingly crazy days....

Interesting ... to reinject life into a stagnating and boring present -the past is the champion viagra...

and some day the past is all we will have and hopefully we would have memories precious enough to look forward to the end of our lives.

aaaarkut !

2007-04-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

Predicktion:
You are going to have a very comfortable old age ....

now that made my day !

doooooooooorie

2007-03-16T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hum kis gali jaa rahe hain ????????

apna koi tikhana nahin !!!!

Holi

2007-03-15T06:11:00.000-07:00

An awesome holi ... bhaaang, booze...music....cricket...color

Thanks guys.. and yes my nose is oversized. :)

Color your world

it doesnt matter that the color destroys your fabric

sacrifice the fabric for the picture

you can preserve the fabric for eternity without coloring it

but then ships are built to sail the seas and sink

not rot in docks

my color burneth my soul

but the picture is my own

Thumbrule

2007-02-23T23:01:00.000-08:00

If the rest of the world points its fingers at you for your actions you are probably doing the right thing.
If the rest of the world puts its hands together in appreciation ... beware !

The three monkeys of Joka ....

2007-02-04T05:56:00.000-08:00

IIM Calcutta - Joka better than Gatorade !

2006-12-24T09:56:00.000-08:00

IIM Calcutta Alumni :
Wherever you go our network follows!

When I burn ....

2006-11-30T09:54:00.000-08:00

Pain for lack of a better word ladies and gentlemen is good.Pain is good.Pain clarifies.
Pain is the proof of life.Pain ennervates.Pain awakens.Pain hits your nerves so hard it hardens them.and then you need more to feel alive.Pain intoxicates.the blood that flows-...vibrant crimson...bloody red and alive.
Pain races you to your death...innocent and candid- no hidden twist just a track to a train rushing to its destination.

If you are still alive your mission on earth isnt over (Richard Bach)

Giving Photography a shot !

2006-11-18T04:19:00.000-08:00

Burn your memories
and you shall be born anew every single morning !

Coming Back To Life

Where were you

when I was burned and broken

While the days slipped by from my window watching

And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless

Because the things you say

and the things you do surround me

While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words

Dying to believe in what you heard

I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time

While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted

Outside the rain fell dark and slow

While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime

I took a heavenly ride through our silence

I knew the moment had arrived

For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride through our silence

I knew the waiting had begun

And I headed straight..into the shining sun

2006-11-12T11:06:00.000-08:00

sometimes we need to dampen our senses to hear clearly....
being conscious does not mean taking in all the trash the world has to offer... close your ears to the noise .... the symphony of life beckons !
~totos rocks

2006-11-05T10:04:00.001-08:00

Listening to : Humein tumse pyar kitna ...
such an irony that we do not recognise the importance we play in others lives and others dont recognise the value we place on them..
humans .... blind as bats.. stupid as donkeys... greedy as pigs ..indecisive as monkeys...cunning as the wolves...
did we evolve at all?

listening to ..

2006-11-04T06:23:00.000-08:00

aaj jaane ki zid naa karo ...

smooth and bitter like portuguese wine ... and of course the ambling,painful ascent to 'heights' is as beautiful as any valley.

oh sweet pain ..

kaaaamedi taime

2006-10-27T23:15:00.000-07:00

Today's fortune:
Everything will now come your way

what they actually mean :
Everything will now come in your way

When you know...

2006-10-23T04:43:00.000-07:00

I believe.Not hope but faith !

The Butterfly Effect

2006-10-21T00:31:00.000-07:00

kayleigh? who kayleigh?

rather ..

kavitha who kavitha?

:)

Reality is an illusion caused by lack of alcohol

2006-10-18T11:19:00.000-07:00

and the answer to everything my friend is ...

current address

2006-10-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk aloneI walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps and I'm the only one
and I walk aloneI walk aloneI walk alone I walk aloneI walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me'
Til then I walk alone
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines

What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs To know I'm still alive
and I walk aloneI walk aloneI walk alone
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk aloneI walk aloneI walk a...
I walk this empty street

On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams

orkut time again

2006-10-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Today's fortune:
You are going to have a very comfortable old age

2006-10-12T05:14:00.000-07:00

Listening to :
Fear of the Dark

Please Forgive me ..

Lost !

2006-10-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

Lost scene 1 : I switch on the laptop
Lost scene 2 : get the headphones
Lost scene 3 : song on !

and Iam lost in an ocean of ecstasy,I close my eyes and Iam no longer in control... the sounds control me :my vision,my hearing,my thoughts .. my all

and for that blessed time I live another life ...
far from Mr.Mahesh Natarajan, Associate - Investment Banking

I surrender/submit myself to a divine composition that orchestrates my existence
funny how losing control lets me be myself again !

not the name , not the body, not the set of inadequacies/failings that indicate my human nature

just a consciousness that observes as its senses are tossed around in HIS sea.

I live again !

2006-10-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

Listening to : karka karka (vettaiyaadu vilayaadu)

rocking attitude song : to be heard strictly with your shades on.

~ shade check : on
~attitude check : on
~lets do the karka karka !

The show must go on

2006-10-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

As darkness sweeps the stage ,the curtains descend down slowly
I rise from my seat,
a faint tune
a ray of light initially wafts along the scene
and an explosion of colour and music
loud and lively
I take in the sweet intoxication
I close my eyes
I live AGAIN !

an act must end for the next to begin
the song might be the same but the beat : HE dictates !

~dedicated to someone who put a smile to my lips this morning

vidukathaiyaa ?

2006-10-03T09:04:00.000-07:00

vidukathaiya yen vaazhkai vidaitharuvaar yaaro?
udambilvazhinthodum udhiram unaiketkumnaan seitha paavam enna?
naan seitha paavam enna?
vidukathaiyaa.....
vandhu vizhuginra mazhaithuligal yentha idam serum yaar kandaar?
manithar kondaadum uravugalo entha manam serum yaar kandaar?
ivanuku ivalenru ezhuthiya kannaku kannakugal puriyaamal kanavukul vazhakku
vidukathaiyaa....

oct 2

2006-10-01T22:05:00.000-07:00

oh crap, Oct 2 was supposed to be a dry day.. was as dry as cherrapunji :)

Gandhi : The Lost Chapter

2006-09-30T12:20:00.000-07:00

Damn ! Iam considered boring....

what the fuck? (now dont tell me you thought i never used the F word)

Get a firang education,learn violin/dancing,crack some of the wittiest comments of my time,
stay fit as a fiddle and all they can remember me as is some old demi-god preaching boring crap.

Damn ! guys gimme a break !

I created the sexiest 'I dare u' game of all time ...

I dare you to speak the truth for just a day

I dare you to be nice to your fellow humans for just a day

I dare you to think as a society not as an individual ...

and of course if thats too boring... I dare you to love at the expense of exposing yourself to pain.

I tried ...all i can promise is a great experience.. experiment with truth not just tattoos

for ideals are like stars : we may not reach there but they sure help us navigate.

~ as narrated

2006-09-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

mumbaiya suthi paarka poren
marinedrivil veedu katta poren
nariman pointil yeri nikka poren
naan shivaji rajaavaaga vaaaren !

some good old orkut comedy

2006-09-30T02:55:00.000-07:00

Today's fortune:
The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others

hahahahahaa hoo hoo rotfl

durr jitna bhi ....

2006-09-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

sometimes the bridge across forever is on the road to perdition!

let the dogs bark
but walk i will for i have miles to go before i sleep...

2006-09-17T10:58:00.000-07:00

Blogging halted until further notice .....

Reality is an illusion caused by alcohol deficiency (from cafe mondies)

2006-09-17T01:55:00.000-07:00

The Ashtray

Funny thing this ashtray...
Everytime I walk into the restaurant,it greets me with a smile.
I have a smoke and I burn the ashtray with my cigarette.
and yet the next time I land at my table, there it is- ready to be burnt again !

Funny thing this ashtray...

From orkut with love ...

2006-09-10T05:51:00.000-07:00

Today's fortune:
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals

smart alec comment : it is usually outta lack of choice but if solitude brings peace alongwoth it ..iam game !

now that even orkut has given up on my social prospects .... might as well get some work done !
(until orkut doles out : He who works for himself is king of all )

Scribblings from far away

2006-09-02T09:04:00.000-07:00

From : Confessions of a confused mind

Just thought of copy pasting (again !) stuff from my previous blog on rediff.
The point being written in Dec 2003 these are truly posts from far away.....

Romance : where are we headed?

It was sometime between Vijay’s one handed rout of an entire rowdy gang and Ajith’s demolition of a bunch of police officers that I realized :if u want to be a hero there are only two professions to be pursued:Be a thug or be a police guy and pursue the thug !
The concept of a ‘normal’ office going software engineer or a doctor or any of the hajaaar professionals who sweat it out being romantic seems almost impossible .. or so our dear story writers would make us believe.The last time I actually had a look at a ‘normal’ non-police non-rowdy character proclaim love was I think in alaipayuthey .(a long time back unless u are a sudu and ur knowledge of tam movies is as inchoate as my cleanliness program)Some might pullout of their minds a few characters who might have shown the possibilities in a non khaki guy but then think hard ..squeeze those grey cells a bit more and iam sure u will find that an element of physical power… a dash of the hero’s muscular abilities would have been neatly (maybe subtly) conveyed to make him a bit more appealing.No wonder then that while surya ,ajith have added khaki to their wardrobe,Vijay and co have opted for a more roguish image.Some might wonder why I didn’t comment on Vikram .. and the answer is : I quote from 'saamy' :“ naan police illa poruki !”.Another contestant to be judged is Madhavan.. he ..hmm ..he is a smart guy! ... probe a bit beyond those chocolatey characters and u will find as in minnale that u need to have atleast an intro as a rowdy to convince the audience that here is a stud.Iam excluding kamalhaasan from this analysis coz of the fact that he has stopped projecting himself as a hero .. in the sense that it is never kamal but his characters that do the talking ( coz kamalhaasan simply melts into his character and the original ‘superstar’ no longer exists!)

so what was the point of all this analysis ? I just wanted to point out that increasingly ‘we guys’ and by that I refer to the vast majority of law abiding youth tend to think of romance as something that junta in khaki and rowdies indulge in (if u've read 'arms and the man':g.b.shaw u might get a better idea of whatever it is iam trying to put across) .
And please by romance I do not confine myself to the skirt chasing that most of us indulge in anyway : iam referring to the charm ,to the nobleness/desirability of each and every line of life.Why is it that we need to get copied and recopied documentaries of : “ ithuthaanda police” , “ police rowdy” ,”karupaaayeeee i.p.s “ etc etc ?
what about “ munniyandi b.tech” or “ mein bill gates banna chahta hoon” or maybe “ithuthaanda doctor!” or “maanagara clerk” ? how come we haven’t yet got a decent “super miner 2003”? and those of you who trash my argument by declaring that films made on ‘the rest’ are gonna be art films : puhleeeeeeeeez …..
put on your specs..let us not get myopic …
think about it.
so what do you guys see?

Prithvi's pyre

2006-09-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

An Appollonian Aphrodite

Born I was cold and lifeless

an eternity i waited for ur warmth

You germinated my world : my gratitude

Life it bloomed-an explosion of colour, painting my landscape

History did record our time together ... War and Peace

a zillion years that went in a flash.. thirsty i was to embrace you my love

expanding, tightening your grip ... the HEAT

Burn me , extinguishing Life

For if death be the price of a kiss

smile i will into my pyre

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2006-08-23T11:10:00.000-07:00

Penance i perform for those sweet words of love
just a petal yet the fragrance pervades the valley
your sweet words my dear
my eternity they conquer !

"Hail Thane of Gloomis , Thane of Cowardor and .. King of Yearnland !"

Sinned have i far treacherous than Macbeth,
Precious life he stabbed for his Lady Love,
Love i stabbed for u my precious life,
Blind and old,totters my affection bleeding but alive
Humming around the depressed alleys of my mind
Holding on to its last breath,
Chanting a tenuous song....
"Hail Thane of Gloomis , Thane of Cowardor and .. King of Yearnland !"

so far yet so close and so close yet so far !
the beauty of it all pales only in comparison to its tragic finality!

Watching a movie called : 'Life'
imdb rating : 10/10 ,

Viewer Comments :
Awesome scriptwriter .. 'GOD' level in every sense: twists that reveal their character years after you have seen them!,rookie hero ,unknown (?) heroine, no villains, Lots of comedy(which usually means the end is gonna be tragic).Sometimes I feel like walking out of the theatre... cant seem to find the exit sign so I reluctantly stay back until another amazing twist in the tale convinces me to stay on.....I just hope HE doesnt run outta ideas to keep me interested inTHE MOVIE .

Happiness is a matter of choice really..once you have made it you can begin to lose sleep on why you made that choice. so what do you wanna be? : sad or depressed? :)

Pain is when you have to give up something you love more than your life because it is killing you !

"the dreams of which iam dying are the best i've ever had"
The 'ecstasy' of music : get high ,
If music be the food of life : hog on!
Dance like there is no tommorrow and the sun shall never rise !
Someday procrastination is gonna kill me ... Iam trying to get that date postponed .