back from Orissa

Back from a wonderful trip to the beach cities.Things I've noticed
Vizag:
1.Beautiful city,very clean , nice people.
2.Driving manners are very very dangerous!.
3.Middle class is very happy.Didnt notice many luxury cars..But there were MANY middle segment cars
4.On Sundays 3/4th of the population is on R.K Beach and rest on Kailashgiri
Puri.
1.People have to be made aware of the happenings outside Puri.People still live in Narasimha Deva's Era.
2.India is poor!.Lot of youth is doing nothing, If you talk hawking the plastic images & fake pearls and pulling a rickshaw ,I see there are many other better things to do
3.Dont people feel disgusting when they chew gutkha?? Almost EVERYONE does it.
4.Every girl has a bicycle,statistically :-)

Konark.
1.Amazing temple.Very good maintenance

It is hard to make such conclusions based on a couple of days stay.But somethings you cannot ignore.

The journey from Swift to Alto

One fine day.. when I woke up.. I imagined how driving a car would be... And turmoil caused many sleepless nights.. And annoyed many of my friends.when I asked them again and again which car to buy..
Here is how I narrowed down my choice..
1.I have 3 Options.. Maruti,Hyundai,Chevrolet. My obvious choice after using an Yamaha bike for 2 years was to go for a vehicle which is made for India..Although I'm not disappointed with Gladiator..It would've had more fun if it had been a CBZ/Karizma.
So Maruti.Other reasons would be friends complaining less mileage & high cost of maintenance.and low resale value etc etc.. for the other cars..
2.Swift/Ritz/New Estilo
The moment i held the steering of swift ,I instantly loved it. It was an amazingly looking car. Albeit petrol engine is outdated.and diesel one costly.
Ritz is an awesome car,but I had trouble digesting the design.I could not convince myself that it looks good..Although offlate I started liking the looks of it.
New Estilo is average car,but when i did the test drive, it was swinging like wasim akrams ball!.. no stablity for a car of that cost.
That left me in a dilema..The most trusted car on Indian roads.Alto.Bang.
3.My new Alto is here :-))lets go..!!
But I remember the dasvidaniya dialouge.. "Oye pappu pilot.. Agar tu boeing 747 bhi khareedega naa.. tere se nahi patne wali hai!!".. heehehehehe..
Its fun driving a car. especially with A/C on. And with loud Led Zeppelin music !..

way to go

Today's Hindu cartoon scape. An innocent child asks her mother who is among a stream of women carrying pots on their heads in a very much barren land..
"Mom, now that they have found water on moon, Is now water closer to us?".
Though childish, I think it is a food for thought.. though I don't want to belittle the Technological achievement, Its time we see the reality.

New Ten Rupee Coin

Asusual my wallet was empty when I was groping for some change to pay the kid after I got air filled in my Yamaha Gladiators tyres.I realised that I had a brand new 10 Rupee coin ,which I wanted to show to my friends.. :-)
Unfortunately I had to give it away to the kid.He replied saying "Anna,4 rupees"..
I said "That is 10Rupees". I cant describe the happiness i saw on his face!.. It is worth 1Zillion rupees...
This situation held a mirror of what I was some 15 Years back.. The happiness we used to find in every simple things, The paper boats,Book Cricket,The New Jeans,The Kissme Toffee bar,ChandraKantha,Leg Touch.. and there are Infinite moments..
P.S.. I didnt want to see that kid working there... But Life is cruel sometimes.. I hope better life awaits him

Talent

Beauty(read talent) lies in the eyes of the beholder.But I see some people are so unreasonably talented.. I think it makes me believe in Karma philosophy.
Imagine federer winning 15 grandslams.. and making it to 20 finals in the last 21 grandslams he played..
Again got to hear this master piece Surmai Akhiyon mein sung by K.J Yesudas .It is so difficult to believe that some one can have so melodious voice
Again Illayaraja... Huh!!.. perhaps Indian Government has to wake-up and give him the honour he deserves.. He doesnt have padma sri!!..when Sania mirza ,Akshay kumar have it??..
This is sad week for billions of people across the world. When MJ is dead.. I guess his is the *ONLY* name which every person on the earth knows.. That is what LEGEND means..
What does it take to make to that list??!!

Happening weekends.

I was wondering, if I can ever return a serve/forehand/backhand/slice.... of Roger Federer!.. What does it take to reach the zenith of perfection ,may be we need to ask him.Congratulations on winning French Open..


My first time to listen to an MLA .Dr.JayaPrakashNarayan..Does society really need to help the underprevliaged.. probably one of the sensible questions..practically speaking "yes". But after you've paid your taxes, does it really make sense to still take some time(prbly money too) to help those who are in need.Very intriguing question..Had some lengthy arguments.. but I'd like to agree with JP that the Governenment rather governments have failed miserably in this aspect..
"Majority of people in india live with a daily average expenditure under Rs20, does it make sense for a political party which claims to be working for poor spend Rs5000 for *1* vote?"


Had a reason to visit the ISB,Attended a quiz conducted by ASHA foundation,called the ACE quiz.The quiz was too ,too good.. Luckily i managed to answer one question from the audience round.. cool,got a gift voucher at a local book store :-)) Any way my idea of attending quiz is "knowledge"..
Largest manufacturer of digital cameras? Not Sony,canon.. it is NOKIA .. Why does the french foreign legions walk always at the end in any march past? .. They walk really slow... any many interesting questions.. :-)

Again..Playing cricket at JNTU with my chaddi buddies.. will try to get some pictures this time..

Had a movie spree over last week-Prayanam,Artificial Intelligence,Rab Ne Banadi,Mumbai Meri Jaan,99.. All were awesome..

Today is "No Smoking Day"

I've a suggestion Here, It should've been "Quit Smoking day" for effective results.
Again for people who want to quit smoking..I've one more. Please remember Swami Vivekananda's Famous quote "WEAKNESS IS DEATH".
Please dont burn money. Half the world is are already in recession..
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