Montys Backkkk..

I was really astonished by what ive heard and seen of the of the much talked about Karzzz ( Mind you the one with a triple 'Z'). what i fail to understand is that if people think that Mr Red cap oops.. the hair transplant guy , the nasal singing "SENSATION", 'Himesh' ( pronounced : him-may-s) is just a nobody, then why so much of hype for the movie he stars or why to bother as to how it fares. isnt it kinda wierd or just so so stupid.
What made me think on this topic was the kind of radio war that i felt was on between Radio city and Big ( for the unknowing dudes and dudettes its 91.1 FM v/s 92.7 FM ) with the former trying to make a mockery of the movie and the latter willingly and madly trying to promote it.
nopes people.. Big FM has not gone insane..those guys (BIG entertainment) are the distributors of the movie.. got the point..... so coming back on the isue, does it really matter whether the movie runs or not.... whether Urmila gets into the league of the Aishwaryas and the Priyankas or whether the newbie in the movie wishes that she could have Jr Rishi kapoor as her co-star (Man...she needs to stop day dreaming...). you see amidst all the chaos and the insults thrown, Himesh is rising and guess what he has some more movies in his kittie.. so its completely useless to malign or insult him.... like he cares or even gives a shit... or else would he still be torturing us with his Nasal tracks... people and the media surely need to get a life....
what they fail to see is that one must commend the efforts of this Gujju guy..whose become somebody from a nobody.... you can call him words but you would still be the ones to watch his movies and listen to his songs.... stupid, illogical but true.... you can hate him and never wanna discuss about him but in the end you would continously be talking about this guy....
so guess let everybody have a live and let live attitude.... he is here to stay.. trust me.. or else where would the papers find their masala if he isnt there...... :-)
any publicity is great publicity..dont remember who said that.. but hey thats like absolutely true....
Himesh is here to stay..... hope you got the pronounciation right....hahahaha...

Quote :-

Its not who you you want to be, that matters,

But its what you would do to get there and stay there, that really counts....

What Goes Around …… Comes Around

The first thing that hits my head when I read the topic is the song by Justin Timberlake with the same title. To tell you the truth at that point of time, I saw the video just for Scarlett Johansson. :-) :-) The topic still remains the same as what Justin pointed out in his Lyrics with the difference that it covers a broader perspective. All you need to do is to think carefully and you will know.

I see people crying and complaining about how their life has shaped up or as to how they feel they’ve landed in an uncompromising situation and to tell you the truth, recently, even I felt the same for reasons better known to this “confused” mind of mine…..

All I can think of at these low points of my life are these mind rattling words.. “What Goes Around ..Comes Around”. Maybe as they say it’s your Karma. There’s nothing like an After-Life, what you sow (your deeds) is what you get. If you’re hurt or troubled by some situation, some answers that you aren’t able to figure out, look back at your life and maybe sometime, someday you did something that hurt someone the same way. Let me be clear out here, I’m not pointing at situations pertaining to financial instabilities, job dissatisfaction but other relevant ones, particularly, personal traumas (you can club a lot of issues under this).

I am not here to make you feel guilty or weak but just to let you know that when you fall in such a situation when the best thing that hits your head is “to cry”,
just sit back, retrospect, inhale the pain and exhale the guilt. Maybe its God’s way of keeping us in line and letting us know that he is watching.
Gosh!!!!!!! I surely hope I aint sounding spiritual or to say the least like those “preaching” people on the idiot box.

Maybe I am wrong, it was just a sheer coincidence but maybe, maybe I’m right. All I can ask of you then is to “think”, just “think about it”.

Wayne Dyers had once said,

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”

Of Work- Just Another Day at ‘IT’..

Hello people… yes, its been a long time since I posted something, Courtesy the topic for this post, another classic case of ‘Hep-At-IT’s’ ... (figure out the classification yourself…)…..

Work at IT.. a place where you get paid peanuts so that your company can make millions…(that’s the best guess I have :-))

Work in ‘IT’ , which, as all of you know, is essentially outsourced work, so basically with a ‘No Offense’ tag I would like to say, that we all are employed for the basic fact that all we provide is an Excellent talent pool as compared to any country in the world and worst of all, this talent and intelligence comes at a very low price…. (re-check your salary slips if you want a confirmation ).

What hits me after writing this, is that age old NIRMA’s Advertisement,

With a little modification, I Quote,

“Jab wohi code, wahi efficiency , humme kum daamon mein mile, toh koi inhe kyun hire karen, Indians ko na le”

The Response for it is absolute and the Rest is history……..

Another golden rule when at work is that the basic rule to climb the ladder (Vertically, horizontally or whatever.. we just need a hike) is to keep your mouth shut, speak just only when required or should I replace “speak” with “question” , guess that would be more apt…

Like Mr Crazy Scientist and my favourite , Albert Einstein , had once said,

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y
and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut….

How true isn’t it….

So apart from the whining and complaining, one may ask, is there anything that is great about being in ‘IT’?

The answer to this puzzle is simple. Obviously there is. I work in an ‘IT’ firm. One of the biggest advantages is that, hey, we have a job. For all those who have misinterpreted this as ‘Job Security’ please read the above line again.. and apart from the job thing, we work in a global industry, which means you get to hear to loads of Firangs and loads of us(The IT professionals) simply trying to ape the former.. (In terms of accent I mean)..!!!!!!!!

Another advantage is that, you learn something called an E-mail courtesy, god I have completely forgotten the normal way of writing an email. You see none of your emails would be without a “please”, a “could you” instead of “do this today” and worse, “please do revert back in case of any Queries”, even when you don’t have the slightest idea of what on earth is written by you in that mail. How many times have you guys wrote such things in your mail, look at us, it’s a routine for us in ‘IT’. The worse thing about emails in ‘IT’ is that you just can’t use your normal slang language (I hope you understand what I am trying to mean when I say Slang), as you will have your Admin folks who will “Quarantine” all such mails. How sad is that guys….oops I forgot.. I was supposed to write the positive things about the industry.

Now getting back to the “Praise phase”, another great thing about this industry is the mails you receive, the amount of classic forwards that you receive or send. I know this guy from my batch, god only knows from where he gets all his mails, but this guy is simply unmatched, he sends like 15-20 mails a day, all forwards, some so foolish and irritating that you would want to bang your head on the PC. And if at all you face such situations, guys and gals, you learn how to “create a rule” on Outlook to put all those mails in Spam… that’s one great relief, one must say. Another positive point, see.

The above paragraph was a praise right? Yup obviously, mails are such a essential part of your day, otherwise, what are you going to do when you don’t have any work, your Project-Less or in ‘IT’ terms, your Benched…..

Would have loved to ponder more on this extravagant subject, but my boss just called, I am told to investigate on a new bug that’s come up, and wow, aren’t I happy about it.

Meet you people soon.

P.S:- if you haven’t noticed, I haven’t used any kind of short forms while writing this post and most of the words used have the starting letter in CAPS. One more advantage of being in the Industry..lolzzzz

“All Play and No Work makes you a Very Happy ‘IT’ Professional”.

P.P.S:- The above writer is a hard-working and happy ‘IT’ professional. The work must be regarded as a pure work of FICTION. :-)

Gimme ma Status....or Else...??????

Wassup guys.....recently the headlines hittin every television set has been the violence in rajasthan....
yup..a farmer tribe goin berserk... runnin on the roads ,torching buses, destroyin public property,shouting slogans asking the cheif minister to resign.....wat seemed like a province wide demonstration has taken a national turn..spreading to noida..with protests in delhi and guess wat..even in jammu and kashmir...

these guys have blocked national roads..the "nh" roads leading to delhi...affecting railways services...ma moms train to delhi"the rajdhani"got delayed by 10 hours....man...im seriously shocked..lookin at the turn of events in the recent past...no wonder ppl wanna jump into the streets for anything and everything...the chief minister...vasundhra raje, yup guys the same female who was portrayed by some idiotic BJP MLA as the goddess annapoorni (tat was like seriously toooooo muchhhhh..a goddess....since wen have our goddess's joined politics..or worse walked the ramp.haan?????) is now called a devil..one who must resign...one whose blood the gujjar community wants to taste...!!!!! luk at the turn of events..once a goddess now a mere politician...

ohhkkk folks if ya ppl dunt kno why this all chaos has risen to such a level..the answer is simple....u see.... in olden days being a brahmin or a kshatriya had its benefits...lots of respect and yes..loads of perks..ppl looked upto them...ppl wanted to be one of them...
look at the state now......NOBODY WANTS TO BE A GENERAL CATEGORY PERSON...its like giving them a status wich is extremely bad..a status..like...sheeeeee man...."ur a general category person.....kya din aa gaye tere yaar?"...... ppl dont want to be in "the general category"....seems like a curse to them...and why shouldn't it...check the perks u get for being a SC or an ST...they enjoy loads of preferences like..great jobs in private nd public sector... u can do ya engineering and medicine from the best universities in the country and for very little amount..better still u gt to do ur MBA from the IIM'S wich is every individuals dream..see u dnt need to compete a lot for that..and the best part is u dunt need to b very brilliant or academically better than the rest ..all u need is a certificate stating u r an SC or ST and voila..u get ya seat...students who slog their asses off to score are fools...LOSERS....Y???? they were born general category ....ha ha ha aha....votebank politics is more important than ppls lifes yaar..samaj na!!!!!!!!!

imagine u can jus walk into any place and say..im a dalit or i'm an SC or i'm an ST...gimme my due or else....??????? tats wat the ppl ( the gujjars) are doin....c'mon yaar...think...---..u r farmers...all the others like u , like the blacksmiths or the potters, are there on the list of ST's in state nd u are the only one's excluded from that coveted ST list....hw could they do something like this..????????...we deserve that right..is wat they wanna say..and they say it in their fine noble way..by burnin buses ( its the usual..kuch bhi hua..pehle bus ko jalao:-)!!!! )...pelting stones at policemen..torching equipments...blockin rail lines...running around with lathis and stones on a NATIONAL HIGHWAY..shouting slogans and ifff..if the police fire at these ppl..that's it..they r gone...these ppl will put their dead on the same road..wnt take them to the crematorium bt keep them there on the road and demand the govt to suspend and arrest the policemen who fired....wat do u expect the police to do wen u have a mob going haywire chargin towards them with stones and lathis..temme..wat would u do as an individual if u wer in tat position..?????

us see the bottomline is that ppl prefer being given special treatment. we talk about upliftment of the ppl in our country stating that evryone should be treated equal regardless of cast, creed and watsoever and look at wat we r doin..and to top all that we are a "democracy"..haan guess Oxford's gotta rewrite the definition of democracy!!!!!! the irony is that here ppl are classified not as individuals but on the basis of the cast... dalit freedom is a must ..they have faced oppression..lots of it...some still do..i agree to all that, my sympathies to them but how much will we be able to get them ahead "in-line" with the others with the so-called means of "reservation for upliftment"..u wanna uplift them ..give them better primary education, give them a better school not a hay shack to study in..give them proper sanitation facilities..good medical infrastructure..make them competitive by instilling that they are just like the others.! by giving them reservation we jus make matters worse..make them feel that they are below every1..hw can u gt them up the ladder wen u r always pulling them down during the climb..mayb that wat politics is all about..playing with ppls lives...just like playing Yo-Yo u move ahead a bit and then u automatically roll back to where u wer...tragic isn't it???????

Mark my words..this violence is not just one of its kinds...some more will happen ..they will continue to happen until we take a strong step...mayb we'll now even have the minorities taking the streets and destroying property asking for their share in the system of reservation...one's gain is one's loss...out here some votes of gain can crumble the shackles of our system..wich i guess..is a much bigger loss...if something is not done soon,in the not so distant future..more tribes are gonna pop up with more demands..holding the state and even the country to ransom...yes ppl...tat future is surely not far away..trust me..its not far away...


Quote:- Langston Hughes says it all abt democracy.......
"I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me."

The Mum"Bhai"....

## BASED ON TRUE RUMOURS##

Mum"bhai" :- the city of dreams..full of fun and frolic...filled with people who are kind and helpful ..the land of the famous "vada-pav" and "pav-bhaji",the inseperable and amusing lingo its associated with, all make Mumbai the city everyone loves to be in... Its the city with great spirits, the city which personifies the "phoenix" , rising from its ashes, after every blow..after every tryst it has had with destiny. However the flip side to the city...the so called dark side is that along with being the financial capital of the country, its also its "crime capital"....

MumBhai as its famously known,is also the place of the "bhais"..from the small time goons to the masterminds of large crimes....from the Ejaz Yedda to the Chotta and Bada Rajans...from the Shakeels to the Menons...from the pappu pager to our very own Munna and Circuit...we have them all.....Thus this not only makes an interesting topic to write about but also the formula responsible of delivering huge hits for our very own "bollywood " industry...
let me then just ask a very simple question...

Don't you think that the film industry,one of which is bollywood,glorifies these gangsters???? giving them a name,a face ....portraying a story, part of which is true and most of which will always be the work of fiction..
Don't you think that gangster movies act as a trampoline for some film-makers and all those actors who have reached the fag end of their dying careers??????

On careful thought, one would surely get an answer..a shockingly pertinent answer...Such movies are surely known to revive Dying careers of both the actors and the film-makers involved,keeping in mind that almost 99% of such movies are a hit.The pioneers in this field are directors like Ram gopal verma, who makes up for all his flop movies by releasing one movie on gangsters and ganglords. the point is that these r the only movies that work for him....remember Shiva,Satya ,Company and more recently Sarkar..

I came across the thought of writing about this topic when i saw the promos of the much talked about release of the week, an Apoorva Lakhiya movie, "Shootout At Lokhandwala"..poof!!! man pages and pages have been written about it..zillions of advt time has been associated with it..with interviews and character descriptions....u see they force( make) u to think bout it...(even wen u don't want to)....

So apart from the "AD" space, wat really caught my eye was the resurrection and the rising of Viveik Oberoi a.k.a Maya Dolas. Till recently, this guy was known for his estranged relationship with a beautiful actress and his infamous press conference accusing a Famous Khan of "harassing" him by giving 40 missed calls( u remember that, don't u????). But now with a power packed performance like the one in the above movie, he's surely gonna be known for his acting skills too..finally..khush beta..!!!!!!

Try to Remember more carefully and you will realise that even his first hit, which was also his debut movie, was also a gangster movie..hmm remember the Chandu bhai from Company ( a ram gopal movie...)....isn't it a food for thought that till nw only gangster movies worked for him...saathiya being the only exception..!!!!!!!!!

The life of crime portrayed as glamorous, dangerous, brutal, and ultimately pointless is something the West have grown accustomed to.Films like "the godfather" and "gangs of new york" reinforced the idea that a crime and gangster movie simultaneously attracts and repels us.Movies like "COMPANY" and "D"( the randeep hooda starrer, the guy who got known only because of two reasons:-
1) the goonda movie he debuted in
2) his linkup with sushmita sen....)
were based on stories told from the perspective of organized crime, a phenomenon that was unseen till the last decade. they glorified the most heinous names of the crime industry,ones responsible for everything, from drugs to extortion ,mafia to prostitution, everything... i guess such glorification was uncalled for,not at the pretext of displaying "true stories"???????

Let me rewind your memory a little further to the days Sanjay Dutt was in deep trouble for his alleged court cases( i kno he still is) and his films weren't happening too..... it was at that this juncture of time that "Vaastav" happened..the story of a young man dragged into the field of crime and killing,walking the lanes of the Parel chawls, extorting builders and eliminating his enemies to create a strong hold of the underworld mafia...even its dialogues became a huge hit, with youths imitating it everywhere.One of its most famous dialogue that became a lingo by itself "Paachas tola hai maa,paachas tola"is my special favourite.....!!!!!!

Sanjay Dutt proudly became our "Bhai next door".With Vaastav being such a great hit with the viewers, i guess it catapulted his career to a completely different domain. he proudly became our famous "bhai" trying his hand at a spate of other bhai movies too..including "bhai" comedies - the one with AB Sr, Ash and Ajay devgan( dnt remember the movie name). the point here is not to test his credibility as a fine actor which i'm sure he is, but to analyse how important "Bhaigiri" has been to his career.
On a lighter note, its not only his violent Bhaigiri that stole our hearts but also the innocent and humorous ones from the Munna-Bhai series.....

yup people..believe it or not..we can have immensely talented film-makers and script writers but when it comes to delivering a sure-shot hit, to rake in more money than you have invested, a Gangster movie is definitely a great option..so till then with a great profit collection all the stars can sing along

" we r the mumBhai.....we r the mumBhai,
we r the stars,
we r the bhai's , we r the bhai's..........."

Wat say Mr. Ganpat ?!?!?


Quote: Neha Dhupia had Once sed "In Bollywood, only sex and Shahrukh sell"....
Guess she forgot to mention the "Bhai movies" in that list.

When the Elephant crushed the Cycle.....

Disclaimer# The views of the writer are strictly personal owing no allegiance or hatred to any Political party.......



THE CLASH OF THE TITANS.....

yes my friends , the battle is over and the results are out...... the CM seat of one of the biggest states in our country is now back to Mayawati whose" dalit-Brahmin" experiment worked her way to victory.....
a lesser known fact is that the entire strategic planning for the campaign was done by a brahmin, an indication of how well mayawati played her cards to win over the brahmin votes as burkha dutt rightfully pointed out" one block of voters is not enough to win the battle, u need atleast two huge blocks.."..indeed the two different blocks of brahmins and dalits.....

her planning was so well structured that she would place a brahmin candidate in a dalit region and transfer their votes to him, which i say is an art by itself, as dalits and brahmins have a long history of not being cordial with one another....

if the election is carefully studied, one would notice that the bahujan samaj party( BSP), which categorically claims to be the representatives of the "dalits" and the "dwijas" and other backward classes fielded their Dalit candidates only from the "reserved wards or regions"..all other regions had brahmin candidates like the thakurs and rajputs.!!!!isn't that kinda weird or shocking looking at the BSP's reputation of being a dalit party.....food for thought right....!!!!!

Mayawati appeared set for a fourth term as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) stunned opponents with trends showing it touching the half-way mark in polls to the 403-member assembly.It won 203 seats out of the 403 seats.the majority winner."behenji" or "didi" as mayawati is known, proved yet again that she and the BSP are not finished yet.... with several criminal cases trying to bog her down and with the rising number of her MLA's being arrested for various criminal activities, she stayed put and came out with all guns blazing....it was as if she had already known that she is going to win the election, she even went on record stating her ambitions to even become the prime minister of the nation. if that becomes a reality,then we could be in a very interesting situation... god surely save us then.....

Another shock was the no of seats the BJP won, which fell by almost 50%...a trend unseen or unheard of before, due to the strong foothold the BJP had.....their dream of reaching the centre through lucknow was shattered, thanks to their CD campaign and other idiotic ideas they projected before the election....

the Congress too did not fare well,infact they lost 4 seats as compared to the last election..guess Rahul Gandhi's charm didn't quite work well for the congress. but if thought carefully, the congress never had any high hopes,their prime concern was that anyone other than the SP should form the government, so not much of a loss for them..they still have the BSP backing the UPA at the centre so just another reason to partyy i guess......

the biggest losers are surely none other than Mulayam singh yadav
and his wing man ,the much known, Amar singh. u see even Amitabh Bachchan's " uttar pradesh mein damm hai; kyunki yahan pe crime kam hai", cudn't help them save their seat......The sorry state of law and order, which everyone except the Samajwadi Party admits was a result of “Yadavisation” of the state administration, was used by the BSP as the chief plank to capitalise on the anti-incumbency factor that runs high. Voters across caste and religion were being told that the choice is between the SP and the BSP with the latter being the best relief option.

Mulayam was attacked from all fronts, some of his ministers shifting royalty right before the elections( remember Raj Babbar quitting the party and then raising farmer issues), the crime and goondaism in UP which was a grave concern for people and finally the Nithari killing incident in Noida, which gave a huge blow to the Mulayam government , were some of the major reasons for his debacle. and as always Amar singh had his expert comments on this too stating that it was the EC's conspiracy to overthrow the mulayam government..can u beat that..no wonder, the person who sed grapes are sour ,was so damn right......

Another important angle to the debacle is the connections that Amar singh had, what i mean to say is that Mulayam Singh had a very " son of the soil" image amongst the people of UP, which changed, after his proximity with celebrities and big industrialists grew ,which also added fuel to the fire.....

But something that remained the same, even in this election, was the percentage of "criminals" winning in the constituencies they contested from, which remained constant, infact got even better. In a report that i had read, out of the 203 seats won by the BSP , 53% of them were won by "criminal"Candidates..examples like Amarmani tripati( alleged killer of poetess Madhumita.. m not quite sure of her name..), Mukhtar Ansari... to name a few...
As it was percieved, UP will always be UP..occupied by Goondas, threatened by goondas and now even Run by Goondas........

wat else has UP to offer...???Wat new games is Mayawati gonna play, i'm eagerly waiting to know......


Quote: after MAYAWATI won the election, in a press conference she was asked wat were her comments on Mulayams alleged action of maligning her and her party, for which she sed " usse toh uska jawab junta ne hi de diya hain, aab ek marre huve insaan ko mein aur kitna marroon.....".....

The Under-Wear Saga.....

Disclaimer#
This post does not contain anything obscene or vulgar( if that is wat u perceive by seeing the picture)......read on to know more.....


Shefali Jariwala( the kaanta laga chic....short memories ehhh) shot to fame because of it, Saif in Salaam-namaste created a "copycat" following with it and many other countless models got their break due to this piece of clothing( remember Dalip Tahil of Baazigar, kaho naa pyaar hai fame..), hollywood stars have their own line of collection for it..aahh hmmm we can't forget Victoria's Secret can we? yes my friends, it moves the world(..i guess this is too much...) and plays an important role in todays brand conscious society. yup, with a slight alteration to the HP jingle ( no offense..), i Quote " The UnderWear is Personal Again"......

one of the most essential part of our clothing with an everlasting demand in the market with an estimated worth of Rs 4,000 crore of which Rs 2,000 crore is in the branded section, which is growing at 20 per cent per annum, i guess this surely needs its due..


Bryan Adams gave it a whole new meaning wen he sang...


I wanna be - your hot tub - when you're dippin'
I wanna be - your bathrobe - when you're drippin'
I wanna be - your cocktail baby - when you're sippin'
I just wanna be right there - more than anything I swear.......

i wanna be your UnderWear.........


Not so long ago, in a not so brand conscious underwear world wen players like Victor, Cozy and RR dawn were advertising this piece of garment as a mere commodity ," Yeh aaram ka mamla hai"(V.I.P) entered the market with the thought of creating and marketing a brand for the middle-class men ,starting their journey with briefs with stylish cuts and elastic..priced at an affordable range, it soon created a monopoly of sorts rapidly becoming an household name...

But as NEO firmly sed in the Matrix " EVERYTHING THAT HAS A BEGINNING HAS AN END"....yup it did come to an end ..not the company(V.I.P is still going strong with a growth rate greater than 20%..) but the monopolistic nature in the market.The regional players like the sallu-sunny advertised "ye aandhar ki bat hai"(Rupa),Lux, Amul and Dollar that could affect the VIP giant a little, along with tommy hilfiger,recently provogue and Jockey, with jockey being the only
foreign brand to have managed to move into the market successfully.
Brands like Jockey became a huge hit with the youth (both the sexes) for largely 2 reasons...

1. it was an "international brand"..
2. but still came at an affordable price...if u dint know, guys jockey rio is almost around Rs 80/-, jockey bikini around Rs 120/- and another jockey variety( can't remeber the name) is priced at around Rs 90/-.{ prices for MEN undergarments}..

the common perception these days is that" brands maketh a person"...if u r branded ur cool else u r just another guy. most of them would argue otherwise stating Facts like more comfort, better material, nice fitting( hmmmmm..) which too mite be true but for a handful(..including me!!!!),the not so brand-dependent people, but the bottom line still remains the same. no wonder different other MN undergarment companies wanna set up shops out here..with a brand crazy crowd with large disposable incomes, thanks to our booming economy, who would wanna stay behind!!!!!!

So next time wen u see a guy or a girl "Showing Off" their undies with a Jockey or a vanity Fair label on it, don't be shocked...its an "IN" thing.....yup for a mad brand crazy crowd..its surely in....lolzzzz...

Welcome to the Underwear world........ :-)

Quote:- Tommy Hilfiger on OPRAH,

" If i knew that blacks and asians were to wear my clothes, i would never have designed them"....
thanks for letting us know u RACIST pig!!!!!!!!!