No Pain....No Gain - Arnold s@#$@#$#$$
Friday, September 26, 2008
I hate…I hate…I hate…………
Why?
The first thing I hate here is those insane Indians who say “This is not the way it happens in India”. They start the comparison work in two or three days after their first flight journey. Ah, how clean the city is, how kind these people are, how good the goddamn (yeah, they learnt that word in two days) college is”. Frankly Speaking, I don’t give a damn about these people. I say they are demented. I say that they are plain rats who were waiting for a chance to compare their motherland to a country where x marries y,z,w and the son of X has to choose one of Y, Z, W as their mother. I know that it is a very crappy sentence, but that’s wat these people are. One of my friends jokingly commented “Every two years, they change their car or wife, if they are not able to change their wife, they change their car”. I am not complaining about these people. You say this to them, they will be proud, coz that’s their culture. The problem with us is…Yeah, I know we are all from a country that needs a Rang de basanti to show that we need to be patriotic. The problem is, I am not like that.
India club….
This is the place that made me look more confused, out of place. The first meet of the GT India club took place on a day when no one else was in college. The admission fees is 20$ here for the club. Since it was boring to see U.S figures all through the day, I thought I will go for it. I went to the admission counter and saw two girls (don’t wanna discuss their attire, vivek comedy than gyabagathuku varuthu…”pavam veetla romba panjam pola irukku)….They looked stranged to me…Even they should have felt the same about me coz I went a few steps back to look at the board as I was confused whether I had come to the right club. After reconfirmation, I went in. Confusion took me to such a level, that I asked my senior who they are. Machan avanga ellam ABCD da nu sonnar…….Now…that’s the first abbreviation that I learned here….
ABCD – American born confused desis
I have two questions……If someone is born in U.S, how can the fuck he be a Desi, more precisely, how can he be an Indian. Why is she sitting in the India club as its co-ordinator, I think probably most Indian students who come here get confused (just like me). If you give a name to someone, they give it back…here it goes..people who come here to study are called PIGS…..Poor Indian graduate students…….What a sarcastic term to look at people who bet their lives to come here and study……
I hate …I hate …ha ha……..Enough of cringing..I am bored.., here are a few things that I love here..
Patriotism: Nobody realizes this. Americans are the most patriotic people I have ever seen. I see a lot of people who have served the army for 10 years or so and had come to studies now. You scold them, they might not mind it. Try scolding their country; you will deport the next day.
Education system: Awesome, I should say. It makes me think, It makes me sweat, It makes me work hard and It shows me what it takes to be a student here……..and yeah…it makes me cook too…..
I love everything here… The problem is that I don’t want this to be permanent.
Sorgame enralum athu namma oorai pola varumaa………………………………………………………………
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A mail from bala.....................
A thought that's accepted,
An idea that gets materialized,
A spark that ignites,
A joke that's passed on,
A moment that's cherished,
A day that's remembered,
like
the life that touches others'
is the one that stays on.
May this be the day that's remembered,
for YOUR life that touches so many.
Happy Birthday !!!
Monday, August 18, 2008
A REPLY...................................
I am gonna reply back to karthick’s(my friend) comments in the blog below. Read that one
>This is an age old topic and there has been endless discussions already done on this.
Yeah……its an age old topic…the problem is “the problem still exists without a perennial solution”
>nee etho figure a manasula vechu, avala correct panrathukaka intha blog ezhudhina mathiri irukku! ;-)
Good one…..you made me laugh here……..machi…ippadiyellam correct panratha iruntha karthi innum single ah suthikittu irukka mattan da……….
>Well, u have thoroughly misinterpreted Gandhi's statement. U like it or not, women are the weaker sex w.r.to sex! No girl rapes a man at the mid of the night. So, men have to fear only for their money when walking alone in the night! But gals have to care for their body too..(though nowadays, boys also face the problem!;-) ) Thats what Gandhi meant and I don see any male dominance there.... Its just the care for the female counterpart!
I didn’t say that a girl rapes a man or something like that…..I say that the world is surrounded by male population that smoothly devices the laws for the safety of woman…….I say that we create rules for woman….I say that we dominate them…….I say…Let them create their rules…..
>Do you believe a child can get the same love and affection from a caretaker that he/she would get from a mother? A child needs a mother dude..she is the greatest thing a person could get and the mother needs TIME to spend with her children. It is next to impossible to spend time with children when she leaves to office morning at 8 and returns at night 9 o clock.. imagine how much tired will she be doing so much of mental work and do u still think, she will feel like hitting the sack or spend some affectionate time with her children...by the time, probably they are already off to bed? so, r u happy with the child growing up without the love and affection of the greatest human being on earth?
A child needs a mother….I like that one……I accept that….But the child needs a father too equally……I am saying that both should share the responsibilities……We should understand one thing……No woman dreams of becoming a mother……Just let the woman pursue her dreams…Just because you want your child to grow up well, you want her to be the caretaker…pretty rough term ah…….A child needs mother’s caring affection…….But don’t make her sacrifice her ambition…Nobody is created to live for some one else……
>And I seriously do not think any guy treats his wife as a slave or look upon any female in that sense... probably a section of the society...yes!and that is due to lack of awareness and the way they are brougt up! They do not grow up seeing gals playing tennis and holding the mike. They grow up seeing women in the kitchen..
Slave doesn’t mean tying someone to the chains and asking them to work incessantly……Why don’t you call this as a polished slavery…..face the truth dude…will you ever sacrifice your life for your children….
>Take a survey among gals and ask them how many of them would be willing to marry a man who earns less than them?! I am sure the count would be less than 10 percent. Women love to be beaten sometimes by the counterparts... in some things..and men love to be beaten by their counterparts in some things... thats the way we have been living life so far and both the clans seem to enjoy it! Let it stay like that..don meddle with them unnecessarily..
Great statement da….This is something I missed out……A girl’s attitude depends upon how she is brought up…if u bring up a girl saying that your life’s dream should be to become a mother and house wife, she end’s up being beaten by counterparts…..Bring up a girl in the way you were brought up……Say to her that she has to chase her dreams and that she has to stand alone…….She will never like being beaten…..You said that “you would never like to beaten by a woman”…….Vice versa will be true….
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Sacrifice......A stupid term....
One of us has to sacrifice? How will our kids grow if both of us go to work? I have heard these dialogues in run-of-the-mill stupid films. I have heard this dialogue from former chief of Infosys Mr. Narayamoorthy. I have heard this dialogue from my friend Aravind, a well educated individual who is pursuing his masters in Virginia Tech. I hope that you are intelligent enough to guess the point I am coming to.
Female – A person whom you like as your mother, a person who you like as your life, a person who you love as your kid’s mom. My question is on the face. Do you like her as your competitor? Many of you should find a hiccup at this point. If so, get a glass of water and come back. There’s lot more to come. Freedom is a word that everyone has taken has granted. Gandhi said that freedom has arrived only when a lady is able to roam freely in the streets. Isn’t that a male dominated statement? Why only a woman? Are men safe to roam around at that time?
Men are afraid. I accept this from my side. We don’t allow a woman to pursue her dreams. We sacrifice her for our selfishness. It’s so irritating when a male says that he has to work and his wife has to be at home looking after his children. Wat the hell? You are wrong in two ways here. First, you don’t ask what your wife’s plan is and second you ask your children to become whom you want to be. The term house wife is provocative and should be banned. I have never heard of a house husband. We dominate our counterpart. We ask her to sacrifice her dreams. We ask her to stay within four walls just because we want to roam around. Has anyone reading this has a point to counter against this. I suppose you don’t.
We are called the X-gen. We are called as the people to reform. Let’s change all this. Let’s stop looking at our counterpart as slave. Lets realize that she is a human being with her own dreams, ambition and policy. Let’s not flex our muscles just because we are physically strong. Let’s make a world where all are equal. Till then, slavery is not abolished………………..
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
...License to Fly.............
Hi Guyz
Got my VISA to GATECH on June 3, 2008 at Chennai consulate…Slot timing – 4.00PM
Went to Consulate at 2.45 PM…Not even a single soul was standing there. Don’t go early, there is no point in doing so as they are leaving people inside according to slots. They will leave people inside just 15 minutes before the scheduled time. I made use of the stars and stripes lounge which is about 1km from the consulate….you can keep your bags, cellphones here….. Don’t keep any sealed covers in your harmonium folder….
I entered the consulate exactly at 4
Step1: you will have to submit the following documents at the 1st set of counters…there are about 14 counters…
HDFC receipt (blue)
DS forms
Passport
SEVIS fee receipt
GRE/TOEFL Scorecard
University graduation or provisional certificate
No other marksheets are needed. The counters verify your DS forms.
Basic mistakes that other people did
- Forgot to write the name in local language in 157 form
- Forgot to sign in 156 and 158
Also carry a tissue paper or kerchief….if hands are wet while taking finger prints…they will ask you to wipe it
Once they verify these documents, they put it in a separate folder and ask you to enter the next building.
Here again, you have 7 counters for issuing VISA. There are also a few more counters that issue VISA to elder people. There are no separate counters for F1 VISA. They call you out by slot timings. You will have to go out and stand in the serpentine queue. You cannot jump between counters or choose your counters. That just doesn’t happen.
My Interview was with a male…aged around 35…..was pretty lenient in giving VISA’s
Me: Hi…How are you
VO: Fine, how about you…Did you know that girl who just went
Me: No…Any specific reason for knowing her???
VO: She is also going to the same university
Me: Oh..thats great…I will go and out and talk to her for sure then….
VO: yeah….just say a “Hi” to her
Me: Sure
VO: So…wat are your parents doing
Me: My Father is working as professor and director and my mother is into agriculture
VO: Are you working
Me: yes sir, I am working in cognizant technology solutions for the past two years
VO: How much do you earn
Me: 2.6 lks per annum
VO: I don’t remembet..wats your father?
Me: Professor and director
VO: Then he must be making a lot of money
Me: Sure he does
VO: Then why is mother sponsoring you (he asked this question…..coz I had shown the amount for I20 only from my mothers account..so it was listed there)
Me: We have a lot of agricultural land and my mother earns from it
VO: How many acres
Me: 16 (this was a lie…said at the heat of the moment…I believed he wouldn’t ask for documents…later discovered that my mom has more acres that wat I said)
VO: Ok son…here are your documents….your VISA has been granted….you will receive your passport in 3 days,…
Me: Thank you……
Took my documents out and went to VFS lounge were they provided a sandwich and coffee for the 200 bucks I paid…
Additional info:
There are around 3 males and 4 females in the 7 counters…..
2 females (middle aged and looking grim) gave a tough time…..interview went on for 15 minutes…..
1 female (good looking young…you can spot her pretty easily coz she is only qualified person there)……she wanted to hear everything from the person…..the person standing next to me was about to show her some documents and she said “ I want to hear it from you..no documents please)
1 male (he was counter 7…….he was in thirties….lean…had some glasses…..i was praying to god that I shudnt go to him..he was the toughest of the lot…a girl with 9.51 CGPA (that’s wat she said) and etc was grilled for 20 minutes before getting a VISA…I saw him reject a person too…he said” I would not recommend you to apply again..however, its your call”…
Some question I heard from other counters
- Why do you want to study after working
- Why Masters..
- Tell me about the university
- Tell me about research going on at the university….
That’s the end of the story…..i hope that it is helpful,….Let me know if you need any further info……….
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
“@#@# them all”…..
Sreesanth…he is suffering from brainophoebia…..I hate this guy seriously…..He has gone mad . He is sledging everyone and throwing out abusive phrases. If batsmen are going on a rampage then you can sledge at him and that is somewat justified////. Kaif was caught behind the first ball he faced in the match. Accidentally, it was sreesanth who took the wicket. He just runs to him and barks at him once with his fists pumped up. Sreesanth is mad, mad to the core….He is damaging the great reputation of Indian players that was built by ganguly, dravid and tendulkar.. They are best players I have ever seen. They are very aggressive too….How can you describe ganguly’s stodgy 54 in South Africa and his famous comeback trail…how can describe dravid epic 231 and 72 in 2003-2004 series where he batted for more than 10 hours continuously….How can you describle sachin’s 241 in sydney in 2004 that didn’t even contain a single shot of his favorite cover drive…..Greatness is achieved through good conduct and behaviour…….Akhtar cannot be a great fast bowler while akram can……Its time sreesanth takes a cue from “great” fast bowlers like Brett Lee and Shaun Pollock…….He is taking Indian cricket from a lower level to a fathomable place……..Its time we curtail the antics of such hooligans…….
Here are some of my sledges if I bat against sreesanth……..
“You better stop talking or I will make you cry again…”
“My Dog looks better than you when you bark………..”
“Dancing and crying are the professions that suits you most…..”
Vadivelu style sledge pannunum na “Vai mattum than velai seyyuthu….mathathu ethuvume velai seyya mattenguthu”
I have never seen him bowl well after the Johannesburg test in south Africa….he should stop giving out statements like “The Australians are afraid that I am coming….”Even I am not afraid of that statement…..I think I can hit sreesanth for hatrick fours….:)
Mr…Harbhajan…….Atleast I respect him a little bit more than sreesanth…He has proved that he is a good bowler after all………This 11 match ban from IPL should teach him something…..You know wat…He has been robbed of his 100% match fee in IPL….that is, whatever salary he will receive by playing IPL will be given as fine….thats good…..some websites have calculated the amount to be 2.85 crores (not sure)…It will hurt him for sure (not sure if the 11 match ban will)…….BCCI should ban him for 1 year atleast….he should be made to feel bad for wat he has done to Indian cricket and the people……..In Australia….he confessed that he abused symonds by saying to him “teri maa ki”…..I have brains…why do you abuse a person in Hindi if he doesn’t know hindi…U will look like a “dumb-pan” if someone doesn’t respond to your comments…..Ok….its upto you people to decide if bhajji has said the “mon#$#” word…I will not say it…J
Enough of such caricatures who think they potray how the Indian people are….No they don’t….They are two irritating people who shud be taught some moral science lessons….
We should also make sure that tendulkar or dravid pumping their fist after securing a victory is much better that yuvraj shouting out that infamous f%%% word again and again after taking a simple catch…….oh god…please stop this crappy shit……
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Elvis presley said.......You will love her.............
My last blog titled “Once upon a time…” got some rave reviews. It also brought forward some disappointment saying that I had cheated my readers by using the name “Karthik” for the main character in the story. Yeah, it was story. Don’t expect a story again soon, even though I have one in mind.
I have decided to curb my imagination. This time it is real. I am going to deal with a “real” incident that happened in my 12th grade. The word “real” is authentic. I am not sure if you people can relish through this blog, but, I can. I am going to let this burden of my heart after 6 years.
I heard from my parents that I studied in co-education school till 2nd standard. Do we have co-education in 2nd standard. I don’t think so. From 3rd till 12th, it has been a journey surrounded by boys. Boy’s school has its own advantages. You are in an environment where you are not forced to behave. You are not restricted by the actions of a third person, but, there is this irresistible attractive force for girls. I had to join tuitions due to compulsion from my parents. I don’t like people controlling me. I decided not to go to any big wigs in the town, and choose a person who is little famous instead. There where about twelve persons in the class when I entered. There where totally three benches. I had a look at all the people (not girls alone). Disappointing really. Days went by, nothing changed. Since, I study maths well (really), I had established a good name in the class. One cannot be the normal all the time……
Class began as usual on this rainy thursday. About half an hour went through discussing trigonometry. All of a sudden, the door was knocked. I was seriously solving a problem and that knock irritated me. The knock continued. After a few seconds, I lifted my head to assess the situation. Everyone was staring at me. I was not able to guess the reason. It seems that the teacher had requested me to open the door as I was sitting near to it. I concealed my embarrassment and opened the door. So involved was I that I didn’t even notice who was entering. There girl introduced herself as swetha (name changed to hide identity J). My friend whispered in my ears to have a look at the girl. I looked at him first. He was looking at her. This made me slowly turn my heads towards her. She looked good, not great really (disappointment). I gave a quirky smile and turned back to work.
I didn’t like her. She was reason for me getting embarrassed really. To be frank, that was a silly incident, but, being from a boy’s school you cannot drop your heads for any reason. You need to prove that you are a “GETHU”. I didn’t even speak a word to her for two months. Even she didn’t, probably, she was afraid of me. I guessed right, she was not great in maths, infact, she hated maths to the core. One day, my master asked me to help her out in solving a problem after the class hours. I had to do that help. It took 10 minutes to help her solve the problem, but it took 45 minutes for me to leave the class……………………..
She speaks really well yaar. She spoke for majority of the time in those 45 minutes. I was really stupid. I looked like a dumb-head listening to those all her blabbers, but, that was the first time a girl has spoken to me for such a long time about insane matters. Do you call this infatuation? May be, may be not. I really got hooked to her. We started putting vetti mokkai everyday. I used you come by a vehicle. She depended on her legs. Vehicle was really difficult to push along when I am walking and talking to her. I had to dump it out and start using a cycle. My parents were a little conspicuous about that move. Swetha was kind enough to invite me to her home. I thought 50 times about answering questions like “What are you doing” “How do you know swetha”. To my disappointment, all those answers were not needed. They gave me a coffee and left me alone. They didn’t like my presence. Any parent would never like a good looking guy in their homeJ.
That didn’t matter to me. I visited her house frequently and started convincing her parents that I am good friend. Swetha used to ask me “Where is your home?” I would say “Its somewhere behind 7 or 8 streets, very difficult to walk from the center. Actually, my home was closer then her’. Days went by; I had to cross this famous special day every year – August 26. It’s my b’day. I thought twice and decided that I am gonna give a small treat to her. Even before director Shankar found out the ambi style of invitation, I used it. I seeked permission from her parents to take her out. I invited her parents too for the parents (hoping that they refuse it) and they politely declined the offer.
It was the d-day in my life. I waited for her near the restaurant. Girls always make it late. She made me wait for really two hours after booking the table. I was half slept when she entered. She took a glass of water and literally poured it on my face. I was stunned, that’s ok, I had left my “GETHU” quotient when I started talking to her. She looked stunning in whit chudi, that day she looked beautiful. I was looking at her all the time. It was evening when we left, I dropped her at home and left for mine. In the mean time, she had given me a gift. I had to remove the sticker on it because my parents really have no idea of swetha. I unwrapped the gift standing at the corner of a street. There were these wordings like “she loved me”. Do you need an explanation for what I felt? I looked at the skies, carried that quirky smile of mine all along till I reached my room.
Films don’t potray what happens in real life. I was not driven mad to her. I didn’t slump in studies. Things were pretty normal. We became closer, our relationship was getting even thicker. It was this day, the fatal day, that decided it all. Sep 12, Saturday, I went to her home as usual. His father was standing in the gate. I asked “Is swetha in?”, that it, he started shouting at me. I was standing in the street. I thought he went berserk. He said to me that “Don’t ever come to my home again”. It was an insult, an insult that I feel even today. I decided not to speak to him. I went into the house and spoke to her directly, “pidikala na solla vendiyathu thane, naan un veetuku vethirukave matten”….Thats it,. Everything ended there.
Its me, Cyrus Broacha
If u all read my blog regularly, then you should be knowing about the CNN IBN show “The week that wasn’t”. Here is a imaginary conversation between Cyrus broacha and Mr. Lalu
The beauty of this interview is that it has never happened. I mean that this interview is wholly spoofed. The lalu part is taken from a separate interview and interlaced with Cyrus interview.
Cyr: Good morning Lalu sir, welcome to our show. We heard that you have been declared as the most democratic Indian by UN.
Lal: How itch it?
Cyr: Sir, I don’t get you. U mean how itching it is?
Lal: No, no, How is it?
Cyr: Oh……great sir, we are really happy. Sir, we have a few questions on democracy and I hope you can answer them….
Lal: Go ahead
Cyr: Democracy is for the people. Why was Taslima Nasreen chased for life in this democratic country?
Lal: But, Taslima nasreen is not an Indian.
Cyr: Sir, but democracy is not for people of india, but all. Is there any act saying that democracy is for the people of India?
Lal: The ACT OF 1971
Cyr: Was that act established ?
Lal: No
Cyr: That’s great sir. We move on the next question. Democracy is by the people. I mean the people of India. According to this, all people should be treated equally in a democracy?
Lal: yes
Cyr: Then why do we have quota system?
Lal: We need votes to win the next election…
Cyr: Smart answer really….We have one more question left sir…..Can I ask you now ?
Lal: No more questions…..
Cyr: Why is that sir? This is a democratic country and I have the right to ask you questions…
Lal: The aftermath will be difficult to face
Cyr: Are u threatening me sir. Will you ban me from travelling in trains or will you beat me up?
Lal: You have given me two possible solutions….
Cyr: That was even more threatening……. Thanks for the interview…….This question is off the records….Can you say “How is it” again?....
Lal:………………………………………………………………..
Friday, April 4, 2008
I hate the idiosyncratic BCCI
Cricket, as people say, is a religion in
1. Quota system.
2. ICL
Every Indian would have discussed the name. Poor guys really. All they tried was to run cricket separately. They were termed the rebels and were even compared to kerry packer’s teams. BCCI just made them succumb to relentless pressure. Latest turn around in the ugly episode is that, BCCI wants
Can some one remove you from a company you are not working for?
3. Its all money
It’s getting uglier. The BCCI is now demanding complete media coverage for all IPL matches. This means that, all photographers, who take pictures of the event, should upload the photos to the BCCI’s website and then pay it and get it back for publishing in their respective papers. More over, the photographs are completely entitled to BCCI and they can use it for anything. BCCI wants to get paid for people who are getting paid by others.
Since I am writing a blog that contains the word IPL, they might say that I have to pay for it……………………………..
I am living in
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Once upon a time in Vilankurichi
The title for this blog is loosely inspired from the martin scorcese film, once upon a time in
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Disclaimer: All characters in the story are fictional. They do not have any reference to an living individual.
