Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh....

This is a song from the movie(yet to be released) 3 idiots.... This really moved me because its the thing i have always dreamed of becoming... The lyrics goes like this..



Behti hawa sa tha woh
Udti patang sa tha woh
Kahan gaya usae dhoondo

Behti hawa sa tha woh
Udti patang sa tha woh
Kahan gaya usae dhoondo
Hum o to raahein thi chalati
Woh khud apni raah banata
Girta, sambhalta, masti mein chalta tha woh

Hum ko kal ki fikar sataati
Woh bus aaj ka jashn manaata
Har lamhe ko khul ke jeeta tha woh

Kahan se aaya tha woh
Chhoo ke humare dil ko
Kahan gaya usae dhoondo

Sulagti dhoop mein chhaaon ke jaisa
Raegistaan mein gaaon ke jaisa
Mann ke ghaav pe marham
Jaisa tha woh
Hum sahme se rehte koovein mein
Woh nadiya mein gotae lagata
Ulti dhara cheer ke tairta tha woh

Baadal awara tha woh
Yaar humara tha woh
Kahan gaya usae dhoondo
Hum ko to raahein thi chalati
Woh khud apni raah banata
Girta, sambhalta, masti mein chalta tha woh
Hum ko kal ki fikr sataati
Woh bus aaj ka jashn manaata
Har lamhe ko khul ke jeeta tha woh

Kahan se aaya tha woh
Chhoo ke humare dil ko
Kahan gaya usae dhoondo




Cheers :)
-Herat

Leave Out All The Rest.......

Absolutely Love this song by Linkin' Park .....

My Last Working Day email at Infosys....

Since i had no other topic to blog about... well i thought ill put my Last Working Day email at Infosys on display for people who havent seen it .. so here it is...
Sub: Farewell Infosys!!! Its time to say goodbye....
Dear All,

I’ve always believed that "Destiny is only by choice and not by chance" and I am glad that I chose to join Infosys. If I hadn’t I would’ve missed meeting so many wonderful people, building on both personal and professional relationships and getting once in a lifetime experience.

The day has come when I have to say goodbye to a place which became my second home away from home. This eventful and joyous journey in Infosys started on 28th August 2007.

The heaven called Mysore where I had the best days of my life with some of the most wonderful people of August LC1 Generic and Finacle batch. My heartiest thank you to my friends whom I spent most of my time with be it arguing on some topic to pulling each other’s leg .. You all have etched a special place in my heart and soul .. A special thank you to my mentors in Finacle for teaching me the nuances of Finacle.

From Mysore to the production environment in Chennai where I met my post training mentors… I would like to thank Subramaniam Sundaram, Gayathri Devi and Shyamala Ganesan for your help, support and all the knowledge you folks have showered on me when I initially joined production as a novice in Payment Systems.

The Payments Team, I would like to thank all my project managers and my peers for the patience and faith they have showed in me during my stint in Infosys.

And last but not the least my roommates and friends in Chennai … I will remember you lifelong for all the fun filled times we have had. There hasn’t been a single moment when I felt lonely in company of you guys…

It’s as if my entire life in Infosys is flashing in front of my eyes and its making me nostalgic…

As I venture into the next adventurous journey at University of Buffalo in New York .. I won’t be going alone… with me I would be taking tones of knowledge and memories full of joys and happiness.

Finally …Thank you INFOSYS for making me what I am today.

After today employee no. 92410 will cease to exists. This is Herat Acharya signing off from INFOSYS. I wish everyone success in all the endeavors and challenges you take up.

Until we meet again … Adios!!!!

Warm Regards,
Herat :)



“When we see a star, we admire its glitter, the twinkle catching our eye, and all through our lives, we only see the twinkle, whenever we see the star. we know but fail to see, what all it takes to be a star is an unending fire. A fire that’s beneath the surface , the fire that made it the star it is. and had we seen the star this way, we might have woken up to the fact, that the only thing separating us from being a star, is the lack of fire within our hearts. Ignite the fire within and you’ll be the star you want to be …” So that was my Last working day email at Infosys hope you liked it.... Until u hear from me next time ... Cya....

My brief tryst with Nandan!!!!

Hey guys,
This is about my two second meeting with nandan.... no its not the regular house servant nandu :D .... Its Nandan Nilekani one of the most respected men in the IT industry....:) ....

Ok before i start ... a little bit of background information... I was working in Infosys (just quit)and posted in Mahindra City - Chennai... And was working in a department called Finacle.....

It was a Monday .... A normal sleepy day .. as all the working days are... except a Friday.... I am sure all the working professionals would agree to that... :) ... As always I was coding... there isn't a moments respite in Finacle... :) .. And as a dress code in Infosys Mondays and Tuesdays we have to come in full formals that includes ties as well... Yea u got that right ... in the sweltering hot weather of Chennai we had to wear a tie :( ...

There was a visit scheduled by Nandan Nilekani that day.. andddd in comes our hero... :) .... yep.... Like that scene in Ghajini where Amir Khan is flanked by his managers and walking like a stud..... Ok .. coming back to the story.. He enters... sees at all the hard working employees of Infosys... its always a flurry of activities in Infosys... he checks out all the employees... umm they all had ties as it was a Monday.... He realizes... gosh .. i don't have a tie... like the ethical man that he is.... tells the DC Head that I'll go get my tie.. i can't be without a tie when every one else is wearing one.. Goes back to his car and gets a tie....

Ok in comes my entry (The second hero :P ).... What was i doing then... was with my module leader at her desk and discussing some bit of codes that i wrote... I heard some loud noises ... and wondered where was it coming from ...It seemed like noises to me because they were discussing something in high profile language that only corporate big wigs use and we employees.. the normal people could never understand... :) ... I looked up to see who were making those noises and saw like Nandan Nilekani staring at me .... It was like a If-it-weren't-for-these-people-I-would-have-killed-you-type-of looks.... I was like very happy to see Nandan Nilekani very closely just one feet away... and also curious to know why he gave me such a look ...

It was after a few days that I came to realize the reason for The Look.. :) ... It was just an informal meeting with the DC head with all the employees of Our Area that I came know this reason... He recited the very same story that has been told above about the tie to show his ethics (just as an example)... Apparently... I wasn't wearing a tie and as per rules i was suppose to wear one... :D.. He must be feeling like a king about to ask his faithful soldiers "Who is this miscreant? Disobeying my orders... Guards!!! Take him to the dungeons!"... (Phew!! Luckily that didn't happen... :) )

And that was my little tryst with Nandan Nilekani..... He is one hell of an ethical man... And after that my respect for him grew a lot.. Though i continued to not wearing a tie on Mondays and Tuesdays .. ;).... hehe yea i m a rebel... :P ..

Cheers!!
Herat

PS: This post is meant to be taken lightly and as a joke and not seriously.. And yea my quitting Infosys was not in any way related to the above reason .. :D ...

What Infy taught me!!!

There comes a moment in every ones lives that changes everything, the way you perceive and look at things, the way you think and life as a whole.... That moment came when i stepped into Infosys campus in mysore.

It was the first time I was moving out of the protective shadows of my parents.. or in other words out of my comfort zone... I came to know and experience what responsibility means in the truest sense of the word.... before that i didn't care what the world was thinking about me .. it was just play and play and play .... Its not like that anymore... frankly i didn't know if its a good thing or bad... frankly i still hadnt lost the child in me.... It was as if a tiger cub was sent into the jungle to fend for itself without the protection of its mother(spare me for my metaphor :).. but its true).. But I learnt ... and finally it was every man for himself... And i am still learning...

I always thought that i would achieve what no man or woman have ever achieved in life... ie. Greatness.... Later when i joined infosys i realized that there were about million others thinking the same thing ... but ultimately only few ever achieve it... will i achieve that .. only time will tell.. Herat Acharya had finally arrived... the only thing that matters is how LOUD you are in saying this... how much can you shout and make the world notice you.... I promised myself that next time I would be LOUDER... :)

As a kid I used to fall down a lot and hurt myself a lot ... My mom use to have the first aid kit ready as soon as i came home after playing.... But the most fascinating thing was that every time I used to find new ways to fall down.. but then i would rise pick up the ball and go back to play again..... I have fallen many times .. only thing this time i didn't hurt myself physically and every fall has been different and enlightening in a way (that enlightenment came from my PM after his scolding :)) .. In short .. yea i screwed up many times.... the important thing i learnt from it all was to rise with a smile .. knowing that next time you fall it will be a different fall ... :) ... I guess you need to fall a lot inorder to be perfect in what you do...

I have believed always that every one has a script written somewhere... You just need to discover it yourself... My real life(or the script) has just started... The earlier part was just the intro...

- Herat

Oh mann !!! I am tagged .... :)

Btw its a great excuse for blogging again since i havent blogged in like ages... Curse the Infosys' net policies...

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your first thought be?
Damn that sucker :P....

2. If you can have a dream coming true, what would it be?
Actually handing out bill gates his job profile for my company...

3. What is the one thing most hated by you?
When people betray my trust on them. That's why I damn them to hell :P

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
Too less a money.. Trillion sounds good :P

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
Yep why cant I

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Both actually.. Both have the same results.. :)

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
Aiyooo .. waaat a question... hehe .. I m very impatient by nature... so u guess.. :)

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
Look for who is next in the line ;) ... Neeeeexxxxxxtttttttt

9. If you like to act with someone, who will it be? Your gf/bf or an actress/actor?
Well that depends on who makes me look good...

10. What takes you down the fastest?
betrayal of trust

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?
Chairman and CEO of Microsoft..

12. What’s your fear?
Fear of results... is there ne name for it.. like fearophobia or something.. then i have that :P

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
smart.. cool ... good friend...

14. Would you rather be single and rich, or married but poor?
Neither

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Brush my teeth... " My teacher taught me to brush ur teeth regularly " :D :D

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
Yep...

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
I'll toss a coin...

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing that special someone has done?Forgiveness is divine.. But since i was a kid i have a very good memory, i just cant forget things easily... so well u can imagine. ;) ..... But yeah it depends on how terrible the thing is...

19. If you get to go back in time and fall in love all over again , would it still be with the same person?
Yep,could be....if that person is worth it.... :)

20. What will you do about climate crisis?
Help the society ... Do my part...

In His Book U Are A " Star "

Hey guys, blogging after a looooooooong time... :) ........ I've found a beautiful poem ... Says that everyone has a destiny to fulfill .. He has sketched out the best plan for you .... I for one truly agree.... :)

Don't say you're not important,

It simply isn't true,

The fact that you were born,Is proof,

God has a plan for you.

The path may seem unclear right now,

But one day you will see,

That all that came before,

Was truly meant to be,

God wrote the book that is life,

That's all you need to know.

Each day that you are living,

Was written long ago.

God only writes best sellers,

So be proud of who you are,

Your character is important,

In His book, you are a 'Star'.

- Anonymous

The guy in the glass

I've found a wonderful poem , here at Infy. It was written in one of the handouts they gave us. This poem really touched me and its called "the guy in the glass".
I hope this poem will help you guys find a way of your choice ........


When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf
And the world makes you king for a day
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that guy has to say.
For it isnt your mother, your father or wife
Whose judgement on you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest
For he's with you clean to the end
And you've passed your most dangerous and difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum
And think you are a wonderful guy
But the guy in the glass says you are a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
You may fool the whole world, down the pathwayof years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But the final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

-Peter Dale Wimbrow

Time's almost up ..........

Hey guys........ Well to be honest , i really couldn't think of what to write ..... the feeling of emptiness has been around me for a past couple of days..... the feeling that ill be leaving family , friends and most of all mumbai for good......... and join infosys to start with a new life.....

I really cannot believe i've made this far in my life..... Well as a child i was very mischievous and people around me really didnt believe i would come this far, study this much..... But guess what i've made it..... I really cannot forget the expressions on my parents face when my 8th sem results came out .... I've yearned all my life to give them this moment of joy.....

Well ive had a pretty forgetful school days, no offence but cannot write nething else about it ....... Its these last 4 years that i will never ever forget.... Even though the college wasnt a great one and have always cursed it whenever I got a chance (no offence again) ..... But it those friends of mine that has made it the most fun filled years of my life........ Now the time's up .....

My gujarati gang..... always upto something...... everyone from mama(jugal) , chacha(bhavesh), story(sanghvi), kanya (dhawal mehta), dudh(keval), marwari (akash), bantu and chantu (bhavin and harsh) and for that matter even sketch pen (dipen), ...... All of em.... Though i doubt any one of u will read this blog or not.... but we surely had fun ...... all those night outs at story's place....... and those trips n all.... was a lot of fun..... we will miss it.......

Atri n siddesh too for the notes and writeups they have provided without them i guess i wouldnt have successfully got my termwork marks and would get this percentage...... Thank you guys [:)].......

Oh yea n senior citizen (chinmay) yep will miss u too...... Will miss the explainations i use to give u about various stuff...... and yea surely will miss that frog n rat fight.... u knw wat i mean ;) .....

This one is dedicated for the girls ....... The endless hours chatting on msn with gig(shweta), sccug(aditi) , rambo(trupti) , blobby (medha) and arch (archana) was totally fun way to tp ......we all could count on each other for tp if we were ever bored..... The last month was totally fun u guys ... will miss u guys a lot......

And two of my bestest friends arun n naresh.... they are the only ones i am in contact with since my school days.... cya guys.....

Yesterday i went to meet my cousins and had soo much fun...... but at the end of the day, when it was time to say goodbye.. that empty feeling came back to me again.... i will not be seeing them for some time.... Will surely miss those guys too

U knw guys for the first time ill feel a lot more responsible , since ill be alone n all..... Everyone's off pursuing their dreams n destiny..... and soo am i...... I hope everyone's dream comes true........

I am having a lot of flashbacks but if i continue to write them ..... ill miss the plane on 27th ...
just 2 weeks now to go ........
cyaaaa.....byeee....

The frog that lived ..........

Its been ages since i've written my last blog........ (Tuesday, July 10th to be precise :D ) ........ But today the thing that i witnessed was definitely a blogable topic for me :) .......
I dunno about u guys but ive not seen anything like this in my real life ..... In TV..... yes (Animal Planet :P ) .....

Ok ill come straight to the point.... I saw a rat like creature mercilessly attacking a frog .......

The whole story goes like this ....... I was with my friend chinmay discussing marks that people got in their last sem of engineering happily laughing away on jokes too..... :D
Suddenly out of no where i heard a loud squeal..... and chinmay who has a sharper eye than me spotted an animal attacking a frog..... He went like "holy shit look at that" (Well he said a more nastier word , but i m replacing holy shit with it.... a family blog u c ;) ).....

Probably it was a good night's meal for the creature..... But from what it looked like it was a planned attack (He could probably show a trick or two to our military forces on how to attack ) .... He went for the frog's legs first dragging him away from the gutter which meant freedom for the frog...... Boy that frog was squealing like anything...... after when the first leg was brutally injured he went for his second leg ..... (Man!! some plan he had huh) .... It was a 5 min struggle for life and death for the frog...... Just when the frog went still and wasnt moving ... We both thought it was all over for him (RIP .... God bless him) .......

And we went ahead for our rounds...... The major part is yet to come......
I dunno what happened but when we finished our round we searched for the frogs remains.... But we found out the frog itself who was alive....... Now how did it happened .... why did it happened .. were the first of many questions we asked ourselves ..... The rat was nowhere to be seen..... The rat came for its second round but did not found out the frog..... He was safe ..... ( i went like waaaaahoooooo :D )

I told chinmay this is nature.... It holds sooo many unanswered questions... Perhaps the frog was destined to stay alive (tho limping but alive)..... But most of all nature didnt want us to know how it happened.... We were literally cursing ourself about why we left the place......
Looks like itll be Long live frog (untill some wretched creature picks on him again)..... I'll say "The frog that lived"......... Cool huh ;) .....

Because it is said that - " Na Koi Marta Hai...Na Koi Maarta Hain..Yeh Main Nahin Kehta...Gita Mein Likha Hai..Main Toh Sirf Ek Nimiit Hoon! "

Meaning - " Nobody dies ...... Nobody kills..... this isnt me saying... its written in Gita.... i m only the instrument of what is happening" ....

Thats what happened today... we both thought the frog was destined to die and the rat like creature was just the instrument for full filling its (frog's) destiny...... But i guess nature had something else stored in mind........

PS : i wuldve taken the picture with my cell... but it was night time and even the night mode didnt work becoz of lack of light...... Mumbai street light sucks...

Twitter: A Whole World in Your Hands

There is a new site that i came across (here) that sets new standards for social networking... Its called twitter .


What is it?
Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter to remain somewhat close while far away. Curious people can make friends. Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are endless!

Its a social networking service or a micro-blogging service that allows users to post their thoughts in a few words ... It can also be used to post their current status as in "what are you doing now??"........

Plus its pretty accessible ... that is from web, phone or messenger... Now thats pretty cool :)....
You can make new friends ... Well some of my friends will love this site .. ;)

Things twitter can be used for??

1. Bloggers or webmaster can use it as a social book marking tool to increase their traffic..
2. More artistic type of bloggers can use it post some random thoughts..
3. Nice site to make some friends...
4. Developers can use twitter API to develop tools for their site or a blog.
   
5. Its an alternative for scrapbook on orkut ... :D
6. Tell the world "what are you doing now??"

Like i said possibilities are endless .... :) ....

PS: See the new twitter widget on my blog .... Can't see it.... Make use of urself and scroll down ... Dont be lazy now :P .. :D

Screenshots i took...

Blogging outta blogness .....

Frankly speaking i really dont have the mood to blog about nething new (Its just the not-blogging-for-a-long-time feeling again) .....
Oh yea Taj got selected in the 7 wonders ... waahooo i m happy :) ...
It seems the blogger in me must be outta blogness or something (the thing that powers every blogger!!!) .... You can see i m posting ne random shit!! .... Its just one of those days where u are outta topics and your mind goes completely kaput and then blank.. You begin your day by saying "mai kahaan hoon mai kidhar hoon" (meaning "where am i" ) ......
Whatever i blog about only a select few people who are in blog i knw section(in my blog) actually read and comment .... Man!!! I get like 10-20 hits a day ... all from different parts of the world. Damn!! why wont they comment.. It just takes a sec!!!... Plus its all in english not in zulu or something... People please do comment!! ...
Next time i hope i get something interesting to write ......

HERAT (a.k.a moonraker)
Over and Out!!!!

The tagging saga continues........

Well ive been tagged too...... Thanx to naveen for starting the game and mythun , shweta for continuing the saga and now its on me.......

First things first throughout this post ull find loads of dots after every sentence (i love to do that :D) , btw did u knw that three dots together are called ellipsis ...... well mine is a lot more than that ..... what wuld it be called ellipsisess or something :D.........

OK!!!! Not many people knw about me (i mean entirely).... Except a few , ie ,my two gods ( my parents) and my two best frends (arun and naresh).....

1. Many of my friends know me as a good friend and a great helper... Yea thats true i can help unconditionally .... even give help to my enemies (though there are only few)....
2. I could be really shy when i first me anyone (especially to gals) .... though many of my good friends are gals...... Dont talk much at first actually ..... I only talk when i have something meaningful to say..... becoz if i get excited i start talking bull shit with no sense..... so people think i m weird.... :D..... though everyone's weird in some way or the other......
3. The thing people dont knw abt me is that i can hide my emotions pretty well...... U wont even get a clue that whether i am sad, hurt, angry but ya the most difficult emotion for me to hide is excitement...... well my brain jumps like incredible hulk when i am excited.......
4. My mind runs the best when i am walking (with exceptions of exams :D ) ..... When i have a nice thought or imagination or something to do with programming .... I walk around the house... Believe me I sometimes dont even leave the bathroom alone...... :D .... Also people say my mind runs fast , but unfortunately my mouth fails to process the info with the same speed..... Hehe No flow control u c :D...
   
5. This one could be really freaky...... I wanna have a out of body experience once , obv come outta it though.... No one wants to be in a coma forever :P
   
6. I love the colour blue and its shades...... I love cricket and everything to do with it... I love cartoons too :D especially dragonball z...... I am a gizmo freak .... love martial arts movies too (bruce lee and jackie chan).... I actually copy those kicks and punches at home and broke a few things too with it faced my parents wrath :D.......
7. My greatest desire is too buy microsoft .... I hate bugs u c... :D.......
   
8. The last thing.... I am a perfectionist.... Whatever i do ..... whichever project i take it has to be perfect..... The only perfection i havent been able to achieve is keeping my room clean :P.... :D......

Well there are more things about me..... but somethings are better left unsaid........ ;) ..... :D .....

I tag : shweta , archana , kirtan


Rules of the game:

Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.

People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.

At the end of your post you need to tag people and include their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Eleven rules of life!!! ...

This i found somewhere and thought was pretty cool thing to share it ....... :)

This is a list of 11 things (rules) that you will/have never learnt in school or in college..... Schools/College often engage in politically correct teachings with no concept of reality.... This is what that sets up our(students) failure in the real world (Time to change isnt it!!! :) ) ....

RULE 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3 : You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6 : If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Meeting with God - part 2

Read part1 too first before reading part 2

Madhav was lying flat on a solid floor. When he woke up he found himself on a greyish area. On one side he could see nothing except black and the silhouette of a door at the far end , and on the other side it was totally white, purest of the white and here too a door was present not too far away.

" Where am i ", he thought to himself. "What a weird place".

He suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw a man with a fairest complexion and a warmest of the smile. "Whoa !!! Who .. who .. are you? Where am i" , he asked to the man.

"Hey hey buddy !! Cool down . Well for starters i own this place. The black side is hell, the white side is heaven and the grey area on which you are standing is the intersection of heaven and hell " ,He said

"Who are you?" Madhav repeated. "I am God", He answered .

When he heard this Madhav burst into laughter. "hahahaha!!! Thanx man i wanted a good laugh."

God smiled again. The warmth from his smile was evident. "Well yeah people often have that
kinda reaction when they see me".

"I dont see any thing Godly about u. Where are your angels in heaven and in hell where are all those demons.", He said

This time God laughed. "Haha!! Well these are all the figment of your imagination. In humans ive given the power to think anything , it was a brainstorm of an idea, isnt it. There are no angels and demons. Sometimes humans amuse me."

"Ok prove it that you are God", Madhav said. God clapped twice and Madhav felt the grund on which he was standing was slipping away. The scene around him changed and he was brought ro a hospital. Madhav gasped "What the !!! Some kinda special effects God. Where am i?"

"You are in a hospital where your body is being kept" . Madhav looked around a bit and was totally taken aback by what he saw. He saw that in a room he was lying there on a bed , totally limp not even moving a muscle. He mother was crying in one corner of the room and in the other his father was talking to a doctor with a worried look on his face.

"Am I dead", he asked. "Naaaa you are just in Coma", God said. "That means i am going to be dead". "You ask too many questions, dont you?. ", God said. After sometime his gf(Gita) and his best friend(Roy) entered the room. "How is he now ?",Roy asked. "Not good . Things look pretty bleak for him. All we can do is pray" , doctor said.

After some quick talks they both left the room and went to the canteen. God and Madhav followed them. Just when they were about to sit, Gita burst in tears. "Hey Gita I am here. ", Madhav said. "They cannot hear you." , God said.

He heard Gita saying. "Only if i could've told him that i love him very much that he still has friends. I had so much to tell him."Gita said .

"Yes i know he didnt understand . He didnt wanted our help. I couldve helped him." ,Roy said.

Hearing this Madhav started crying "Thats ... thats my best friends. " ."Yea they are and they still like you." . God clapped his hands again and again the scene changed to that of a disco . There he saw his call center friends drinking and smoking merrily. "Whats this dont they know i am in a hospital."

"Oh they know ... But their addiction took them here. " . Madhav heared one of his friends saying . "That Madhav was a no-gooder . First he screwed himself up and now expects us to help" there were nods of appreciation all around.

Hearing this Madhav rage was taking over him. "You fool , I thought u were my friend"

Again God clapped and they were back to the heaven and hell conjunction. "See Madhav , all your life you failed to realize one thing that you have friends who love you. One bad time doesnt mean that youve lost everything. "
"Tell me why do we fall Madhav..... So that we can learn to pick ourself up" .

"I understand what you said . Ive failed all my life. But i wont make the same mistake again."

"Good.", with this God pushed him and Madhav felt himself falling backwards. When he opened his eyes he heard the nurse frantically calling "He is waking up! he is waking up." After a while many people rushed into the room. He saw his family and friends sitting gathered besides him.

Doctor said to him "Someone upthere must really like u son .".

After he fully recovered , he left the call center job and began his business again. He understood the meaning of life. One failure doesnt mean that u've failed for life. Try try untill u succeed, thats what great people are made up of.

Meeting with God - part 1

Madhav Mathur was very ambitious since his childhood. He lived a happy life. He has the nicest parent,a wonderful girl friend (Gita) and a best friend (Roy) he can count on. But life can always give u wat u least expect and when u least expect it to happen. This was the same case with Madhav.

He wanted to become a businessman. After graduation he planned to open up a new company. At first he succeeded , with the help of some investors he started a computer consultancy firm. But in business you can have your ups and downs and Madhav's case was no different. One wrong move and he ended bankrupt.

He lost everything , but most importantly he lost faith in his life and in the people he cared about so much. To pay up his debts he got a job in a place he would've least expected to go , a call center.
"My life is screwed", he thought .

He went to a call center situated in Malad in a building called Mindspace. He worked night shifts there. This is where his troubles starts. He found some new friends at the call center . Friends he thought would give him some peace of mind and would be there if they needed him. But this friendship was costly, he soon began drinking and smoking weed.

He thought now my life is the call center.
But fate had something else in store for him. One day while on his routine call from a customer in US.

"Hello this is Mark Madison from AT & T how can I help you sir?" he said in the usual American accent that call center employees are suppose to speak.

"Are u calling from India", a grumpy , bored with life type of man answered with US accent.

"I am sorry sir , I am not supposed to disclosed my location , but tell sir how can i help you", he said in a polite but impatient tone.

"Yea ", the American guy said. "You can help me by giving me your job", the American guy said with disgust.

He was getting impatient. Controlling his anger he said,"Sir how can i help you regarding your AT & T connection".

"By giving me your job you crazy fool", the American guy replied.

He couldnt control his anger anymore and he spat out at the American , "What do you think we are? huh . You Americans think , you are so smart , but the reality is your the dumbest of the lot." and with this he pulled out his headset more hurtingly then he intended to. With this he cursed in whispers "Bloody Americans".

Later he realized that his every call is been monitored. After a few minutes had gone by he got a call on his intercom . He heard his boss' voice , "Madhav in my office now" .

Fearing the worst he entered his boss' office. Before he can explain anything , his boss began , "you know the way u spoke , was totally uncalled for" . Lowering his head , he said "Yes sir" . "And this call center does not tolerate such non sense", "Yes sir" he repeated .

He again started his explanation , but his boss stopped him midway and said "you are fired, i dont want to listen to any crap of yours. You have one day to pack up your belongings . Now leave". He wanted to argue , but he knew how stubborn his boss was and gave up that idea.

This was the lowest phase of his life. Bankruptcy was ok as compared to being fired, he thought.
Instead of going home he decided to head for the beach which was 10 mins away from his place.
When he reached there , he immediately broke down in tears and looked towards the sky.

"Why God , why did you create me , why did you create such a cruel world. ", he shouted, this time with anger.

"I know you can hear me.", he continued. "I've prayed to your idol , everyday. But wat have you given me , nothing. People say you listen to the needy, hah they were wrong. I am sure you must be laughing at my situation." .

But as he spoke in the eerie calmness with only the noise from the waves, a shadowy figure was looming behind him . He looked hideous with rags to cover his body , but had a knife in his hand and looked no eager to have mercy.

Madhav sensed that he was been watched and turned around.

With the huge force he dug that sharp knife into Madhav's shoulder . "What the !!! Arrrrrgghhhhhhh ", he screamed .

He laid there flat on the sand wet with Madhav's blood and whiteness slowly taking over him.......

To be continued in the next part ..

Universe is expanding ...... What!!! are u serious???

We've all heard the Big Bang (universe was created with a blast)... But does any one know that it is expanding.... Yes expanding !!!
If the universe was everything that is there , then how could it expand and into what???........ Wasnt the universe expanding into another part in itself... This is what is called steady state theory(God knows what it is...)
An indian astrophysicist J.V. Narlikar and British astronomer Fred Hoyle sure think so ... that universe is expanding...

I was reading an interview in Reader's Digest with J.V. Narlikar and he explained that the distance between two galaxies is increasing over time.... hehe that means that the aliens will take more time to reach the earth than normal :D.... Earth is safe for now!!! ;) ....

Speaking of aliens ... are we aliens??.. Many people (cosmologists) believe that long long long long long and so on :D... time ago a space ship arrived with it some aliens and decided to make earth their home and from that moment evolution began ..... (so can we blame them for global warming and green house gasses ... its normal human tendency to blame someone or something .. :D....)

Ok! Coming back to our topic.....It is presently considered that dark energy is responsible for the expansion of universe, but no one knows exactly what dark energy is, what it would look like or if it even exists.... This mysterious force was discovered in 1998. It is accelerating the cosmic expansion that is causing the galaxies to rush away faster and faster..... Wow seems like science fiction isnt it......

As this universe expands and there is more space , these galaxies will simply vanish from the view as if they have fallen into a black hole or something.

In like about 100 billion years the only galaxies we'll see in the sky are those that are bound by the gravitational force (Universal gravitational force that we soooo fondly studied during our college days :D....)..... 100 billion years ??? :| ...I wonder if humans will still exist or will cockroaches rule the earth.... :D....

Many great discoveries of yester years has been a laughing stock initially with the people... for eg. Newton's discovery of gravity etc etc... This discovery has also been ridiculed a lot... who knows it may even be true..... Steady state theory has been in constant debate with the Big Bang theory .... who'll win .. only time can tell...

Science is based on facts not fantasy... Yet it seems difficult to digest the fact that the universe is growing bigger and bigger... There are still many questions to be answered and many truths to be revealed.... Untill then we wait or make discoveries ourselves :D....

Yaaawwnnn!!!

This is exactly how i feel... Its has been a lazy sunday... Actually its been a lazy vacation so far.... So decided to spend my time on working on this look of my blog (So !! Did ya like it guys... ) .... Ive called it expressions of life.... Its deals with the moods of my life (Currently in a very boring mood hence the post title :D)....

To shweta and archana , my writing a story idea is scrapped .... sorry guys..... In short ill tell ya that guy dies he meets God and realizes his mistakes and well rest u can always imagine :D (Put ur huge brains to some good use .... :D).

Most of my friends have joined a company ... so no plans for the vacation either... I wonder i should be given the max time a person survived a boredom award.... :D .. hehe sorry for that PJ (i m in a weird mood).....

Just finished watching IIFA awards ... although I dont watch any award shows (OK!!! I was kinda forced to watch it... :( ).... Good performances though....... I really liked Boman Irani's comedy ...

And wat else .... yea if it can be termed as new ... i m learning how to drive :P .......

Phew!!! Atleast i've written something.... I'll end my day with this post......

Cya n tc

Hidden Google sites....

Google is intriguing to many people (atleast to me).......
These sites perhaps you have never seen on google. But they exist (trust me... :D)..... Here they are the never before seen sites of google .... some created by google ... some not so created by google ....

- Google Mom
A tribute to googlers mom

- Google Adsense for domains
It allows the domain name registration companies to fill in the empty spaces they have on there domains.

- Google dance 2004 and Google dance 2005
Check out the party going on in google..... and u thought it must be filled with geeks....... :D

- Google Stock
Get stock quotes using google

- Google docs and spreadsheets
Googles answer to MS office. Its been there for a while now.

- Google's honesty
Check out the humility in google's search results

- Google Wifi
Google provides free WiFi in Mountain View through Google Secure Access, a client that makes the WiFi connection more secure.

- Google Newsletter
A free newletter to all google friends.

- Google's easter game
Google has a online game too.

- Google holiday logos
Check out the google very famous logos for various situations.

- Google Tour
Take a preview into the world of google.

Unofficial google (not developed by google) site

- Google-X
Google-X was a project released by google labs, but was soon shut down due to patent problems.But still several clones/mirrors exist. Above link is a clone.... For other mirror click here

- GahooYoogle
Searches both google and yahoo. How cool can it get ;) ....

- Blackle
Ever heard of an enrgy saving search engine... Well this baby is one... :D

War with microsoft...... chargggeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

This is whats gonna happen to Microsoft in the near future....

So what's gonna happen to microsoft.... will it retain its empire or shrink down to the size of a peanut....

PS: It'll be even worse when i come into the scene.. ;)....:D

For better view of the picture click on it........