Some Random Thoughts. Part:2

This is the continuation of the initial Some Random Thoughts post that I had started some time back.

Well.......currently these are my random thoughts:-

1) I need to clean my room.
2) Domino's Pizza was delicious.
3) Love is eating Biryani after having eaten a truckload of Golgappas.(Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
4) Red is my favourite colour.
5) Finance is not my cup of tea.
6) I miss my home.
7) Manchester united is the world's best team.
8) I enjoy living life.
9) Hyderabad Rocks!!!!!
10) I love Saturdays.
11) I have completed the rough draft of my next novel.
12) I have HP's laptop.
13) HP's brand ambassador is Shah Rukh Khan.
14) I hate winters.
15) Never regret anything that made you smile.
16) Few things in life are more difficult than accepting a mistake.
17) Suspicion has no treatment.
18) 'Maa ke haath ka khana' is better than Domino's Pizza.
19) Shilpa Shetty is awesome.
20) Hum Hain rahi Pyaar ke Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To my MOM because of whom I am what I am.

With lots of LOVE, RESPECT, CARE and REGARDS,
Ahmed

What is Nothing???

Nothing.



Shunya!



The absence of anything. Not a thing. What could be simpler and more straightforward? Actually, it's pretty complicated. Nothing is seldom really nothing.





For a totally pessimist guy, this nature is nothing. But for the nature that person is something because the nature gives him air to breathe in so that he remains alive.





Nothing is not something that actually is never nothing, but it is individual perceptions that make it to be nothing. Nothing is the best form of non-committal reply that seldom catches you on the wrong foot.



Nothing is nothing until you view it as nothing because this nothing could be something to someone and absolutely nothing to some others and nothing is always nothing if you want that to remain nothing. If you could understand something about the nothing I have just written.



Zero is often mistaken as nothing. But this nothing suddenly becomes everything when it is attached at the ens of any number increasing its value many times and this zero could still be nothing if it is used before a number.



You would think that they could at least get it straight in mathematics. One of the first things they teach you is that zero is nothing. Right? But as soon as you grasp that concept, they tell you that you can have less than nothing. Huh! So "nothing" must really be something, simply because it's greater than less than nothing. Still gives me a headache trying to figure it out.



And forget about physics. Physicists, in attempting to calculate the mass of the universe, are quite determined to prove that "nothing" must really be something, since they can't find enough "something" to add up to what they consider to be everything. Confusing? Irrational? Just remember that these are the same folks who say that nothing can exist in a vacuum. Guess they never emptied one.



The Nihilist considers everything to be nothing, while many Buddhists think that achieving nothing is everything.



If you're religious, you believe that God created everything out of nothing. If you're a taxpayer, you are constantly amazed at the ability of our politicians and bureaucrats to create "nothing" out everything you worked so hard to earn.



And isn't it odd that where you have your "nothing" is important?



If you have nothing on your mind, that's a good thing. If you have nothing in mind…well, you're undecided and probably open to suggestions…and that's not bad. If, however, you have nothing in your heads, that's not so good at all, in fact, you probably won't understand a word I've written.



Folks who have nothing up their sleeves are honest. But if they have nothing in their pockets, they're broke. If you have nothing on your plate, you're not hungry; you're just not busy.



Not busy? More confusion. Doing nothing is quite restful, while having nothing to do is downright boring. Go figure that one out.



When someone offers you something for nothing, beware. You'll find that nothing can be very expensive, indeed. And when you buy something on the installment plan, "nothing down" usually means a heck of a lot later.



Perhaps the most confusing thing about "nothing" is its use in normal conversation with the people who are closest to us. To fully grasp it's meaning you need to be part psychiatrist and part mind-reader.



Ask a teenager what he or she did during the day and they'll typically respond, "Nothing." That innocent "nothing" could mean anything from accidentally blowing up the chemistry lab, getting a perfect zero in his exam, or knocking over the neighborhood kids.



And "nothing" means different things to different sexes. When the woman in your life seems angry or depressed and you ask what's bothering her and she responds, "Nothing," you can safely assume that she really means that it's everything…about you. And when she tells you that she wants "nothing" for her birthday, you can be sure that the "nothing" she wants had better be made out of gold and be encrusted with diamonds.

HOW HYPOCRITICAL?????????

(Clark Kent and Superman) & (Surinder Sahni and Raj Kapoor). What do these two JODIS have in common? Well.........The Spectacles???

Superman is a world renowned movie and the title role is played by the same person differentiated just by a pair of spectacles. Still Superman is widely enjoyed the world over. The accusation of how can people not recognise that Superman himself is Clark Kent are never made. Louis Lane is all the time with both Superman and Clark Kent never ever had a doubt that both the persons are same and for that matter the audiences worldwide too never had a problem either. They just went in enjoyed and came out happily rather than pondering over how can Superman masquerade as Clark Kent so easily?

Now cut back to Bollywood. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has just released to a flying start. In this movie too Surinder Sahni and Raj Kapoor are the same person, but many people still have a doubt how can Taani not recognize her husband? Now cut the crap guys. Taani hardly knew Surinder and was seldom with him. While Louis Lane is all the time with either Superman or Clark Kent, she fails to recognize them, then how do you expect Taani who has hardly been with her husband to recognize Surinder or Raj?

Movies are the cheapest form of entertainment and should be enjoyed in the right spirit. When the world never had problems with Superman, then why have problems with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi? Doesn't this reek of hypocrisy on the part of those self styled critics who are paid just to rip apart Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi?

In Superman there is no justification as to how louis Lane doesn't recognize Clark kent. But in RNBDJ, justification is provided. Its because RAB didn't want Taani to recognize Raj and RAB is all powerful and can do anything.

P.S:- There is a certain DEDH FOOTIYA, who is working overtime just to belittle RNBDJ by talking all crap against the King Khan. I am surprised as to how much a person can be jealous of the other person. C'Mon accept the fact man. Presently King Khan is at a place where you can never be for the rest of your life, no matter how hard you try.

You can't afford a house like MANNAT(SRK's Home) in Mumbai's prime spot like Bandra and still live in an apartment even after being in the industry for 20 years. And King Khan lives life KING SIZE and he doesn't even have to pass himself off as a farmer just to get a land at a cheaper rate, just as you did sometime ago and was caught trying to cheat the officials.

So, DEDH FOOTIYA, you can never be like King Khan. So stop living in your Ivory Tower and accept the reality.

Nipping The Flowers In The Bud!!!!!!

Every time I visit the Brigade Road of Bangalore, I always find innumerable flower sellers, selling red and yellow roses. Be it scorching heat or chilling cold or piercing rain, these flower sellers are always present there.


What is more appalling is that none of these flower sellers are more than 10 years of age. The time when they should be in the serene environment of classrooms, they are amidst the hustling and bustling of the metropolitan Bangalore crowd. And we are hypocritical enough to talk about the eradication of child labour. When such an activity can exist in the most hip place where 'educated' people frequent, then only RAB (the word RAB is back in vogue. Thanks to King Khan and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) can tell the plight of these innocent toddlers in rural India. And again we are hypocritical enough to talk about increasing literacy rate.

Another surprising aspect is that these sellers carry red and yellow roses and they know whom to offer a red rose and whom to offer a yellow rose. The intelligence which they should be putting in studying something worthwhile is being wasted in doing things that in no way benefits them.

There are seldom any people who would buy those roses but these sellers never give up hope and try looking for alternate buyers. It could be direct selling as you would be putting it in the marketing language and these sellers have begun doing that from a tender age. If their energies are utilized in a correct channel then who knows, they could be the future entrepreneurs of India.

This is something which we need to act upon and act upon fast before precious lives of these toddlers are wasted and before these blooming flowers are nipped in the bud.

Rab Ne Bana Di 'SUPERHIT'

1st March 2008, was when it was announced that Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi would be releasing on 12th December 2008. I had been waiting for this movie ever since.

Today I had gone to watch this movie with 3 of my best friends and all three of them were anti-SRK. Before watching the movie they were very skeptical about it, but once the movie got over, they came out smiling. This is the effect that RNBDJ has on everyone. All said and done RNBDJ is a winner all the way.

The movie starts off with the unexpected marriage of Surinder Sahni(nerdy SRK) with Taani(Anushka). She doesn't like her boring husband but loves dancing instead. Surinder masquerades as the slick Raj and becomes Taani's dance partner without her realizing that he is her actual husband. The rest of the story is about how she finds out the truth.

Well.......You could'nt have imagined anyone else in SRK's role. He carries off both the diverse roles with awesome elan. He makes you jump up laughing and also makes you to slump down feeling sad. SRK single-handedly carries the film on his shoulders. Anushka also matches King Khan scene by scene.

There are a few scenes that stood out in the movie:-

1) The Dhoom spoof

2) The way Raj proposes Taani

3) The Gol Gappa sequence

4) The 5 heroine song

5) The climax

RNBDJ is a sweet simple movie about an extraordinary love story of an ordinary Jodi. The movie had come up with zero marketing and zero hype owing to the Mumbai Attacks, but it was the immense star power of King Khan that RNBDJ is off to a flying start. As usual the critics have hated the movie, but the paying Janta has lapped up the movie with both hands.

A Sure shot Superhit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S:- Somewhere in a small apartment in Mumbai, a certain DEDH FOOTIYA might be having goosebumps seeing the enormous craze of RNBDJ, because he had pulled out all the dirty tricks in his repertoire to belittle RNBDJ, but RAB was with RNBDJ and the result is for everyone to see. Hope the success of RNBDJ doesn't send him into a tizzy and he actually starts experiencing short term memory losses.

EID MUBARAK!!!!!

May Allah accept all our prayers and make this world a more peaceful place to live in.

ONLY SRK IS KING!!!!!!!!!!

Today morning as I was reading the Times of India, I stumbled upon an article which said 'Who is the King?' and I was surprised to see the biasness of TOI towards Akshay Kumar when comparing him to King Khan.

I would like to reveal their biasness in the same manner as they put it in their article.

BIG SCREEN BATTLE:-
TOI View:- In the year 2007 Akshay had 4 hits and King Khan had 2, so naturally $ hits outweigh 2.
Rational View:- Akshay Kumar no doubt had 4 hits and its total collections excluding the taxes were to the tune of 290 crores including Indian and overseas collections, which means that on an average an Akshay Kumar film grosses 72.5 crores.
King Khan had 2 hits and its total collections excluding taxes were around 196 crores including Indian and overseas collections, which means that on am average, a King Khan film grosses 98 crores.

SO WHO IS THE KING?

SHOW THEM:-
TOI View:- It compared the TV shows of King Khan(Paanchvi Paas) and Akshay Kumar(Khatron Ka Khiladi). It said that while AKshay was perfect for Khatron Ka Khiladi but even Saif Ali Khan would have pulled off Paanchvi Paas.(Even Saif Ali Khan would also be smiling at this pathetic nonsense).

Rational View:- Akshay kumar was suited to do Khatron Ke Khiladi, because he is the only actor who had done films with 'Khiladi' and that would be on the minds of the public.
If Saif Ali Khan could have pulled off Paanchvi Paas, then the Star people could well have roped in Saif for a much lower price in the wake of the ever increasing inflation. But the question is not about pulling off the show. The question is about pulling the public to watch the show and nobody can ever compete with King Khan on that front. Not even Akshay Kumar because whatever King Khan tells India believes.

SO WHO IS THE KING?

Yehi hai right choice, baby?
TOI View:- King Khan endorses more brands than Akshay Kumar, so that reduces King Khan's credibility and increases Akshay Kumar's credibility.

Rational View:- The reason why Akshay Kumar endorses fewer brands is that the corporates don't find Akshay Kumar saleable enough. As simple as that.
King Khan endorses the most brands because all the corporates are aware of the immense saleability power of King Khan.
1) When Nokia ran through a rough phase amidst bursting of mobiles, it had to look to King Khan to boost up its dwindling fortunes.
2) When ICICI was flooded with rumours of bankruptcy, it went to King Khan to salvage them.
3) Even TOI had appointed King Khan as its Ambasador for the 'LEAD INDIA' campaign to give it a global appeal. Why did'nt it take in Akshay Kumar?
4) Hyundai took King Khan's help to compete its Santro with Maruti in the small car segment of the Indian market.
5) Kolkata Knight Riders was the only team that made profit in the inaugural IPL, because of King Khan's amazing marketing skills.
6) SRK was the only India offered Knightship(DATUK) by Malaysia.
The list is endless.......................................

SO WHO IS THE KING?

P.S:- Mark Twain had correctly said:- "If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you are misinformed." Well.....after reading today's TOI, I am forced to believe it.

A Simple Boy From Basti

BIJLEEE
Kahela tensun hai
Bhakh peeche se maar diya(In Counter Strike) etc etc etc......

All these phrases leave me in continuous splits for at least an hour daily. Well I am gonna write about a simple boy from Basti.

A computer Engineer by profession, this boy is a total kid at heart. At times you would be surprised by his sheer innocence. He is a very straight forward kind of guy and indulges in full on masti.

I am him are always at loggerheads as to whether Basti(the place where he hails from is a village or a city). All my friends fondly call him BABA, but its only me who calls him by some other name. I am sure if he reads this post, he will surely understand what I am talking about. But I would not write all that here.

He sets his alarm to 7:15 AM, but finally wakes up at 8:00 AM to catch the 8:30 AM class. One of the few guys who accept me the way I am. His knowledge in computers is unparalleled. He is also a web designer. His website www.mba10.com is well known among the college fraternity.

I always tell him that you are too innocent to be living in Bangalore and that too I sometimes wonder how he survived in Bangalore for the past 4 years. He is a Computer Engineer grad from Ramaiah College-one of the best engineering colleges in India.

His favourite game at Amoeba is the dancing equipment on the second floor and now he has developed immense liking for bowling. He celebrates all his victories whole-heartedly no matter how big or how small his victories are.

He calls his antique bike his DULHAN. I always tease him that his bike is fit for museums and he retaliates, but its all fun and done in the right spirit.

Well...... I have talked a lot about this simple boy from Basti. But who is he?

He is my roomie-HARSHIT AGRAWAL-The best roomie anybody can expect.

The Real Minority In India Are The Indians

“Mujhe Na koi states ke naam sunayee dete hai na dikhayee dete hain,
Mujhe sirf ek mulk ka naam sunayee deta hai…..INDIA"

This is the dialogue that Shah Rukh Khan tells in Chak De India- one of my favorite films. Probably the above line would give an insight into what I am going to write.

India is the country having the maximum diversity in terms of religion, culture, creed, languages etc. But the paradox here is that whether these diversities come under a common umbrella called INDIA?

I have come across many people who crib about the corruption in India, the pollution, the population, the lack of traffic sense etc. What I fail to understand is why these people don’t realize that India is because of the Indians. If the Indians are good, so is India and vice versa. Here there are different lines drawn on the lines of culture, creed, religion, languages etc. What people should realize is that the nation that stays together stays stronger.

Unity is the essence of success, the backbone of a nation’s strength and a power that builds up an international personality to a country. Unity itself presents to the individual and groups as a method of combining diversities and combining them in such a way that the prosperity of each becomes the enrichment of all and the strengthening of all becomes the reinforcement of each.

We can make wonders by working against communalism, casteism, linguism etc for the sake of national unity, emotional integration and becoming united Indians. We must be united because without unity nation in the world can prosper today. It is due to unity alone that a country like Japan is powerful today.

The major hurdle that comes in India’s path to success is the communal disharmony. We should develop and promote the spirit of INDIAN FIRST & INDIAN LAST rather than thinking in terms of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian etc. Communal harmony is often destroyed by vested interests because its existence would deal a death blow to them. They instigate the poor and the illiterate people into killing their own brothers and sisters.

India is already on its way to success and this journey can be accelerated to a greater extent by overcoming these trivial hurdles of communalism, linguism, casteism etc. People prefer to be known as Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jat, Marathi, Tamilian, Delhite etc, rather than be known as Indians. And here lies the biggest problem. Since people prefer being identified by their religion, language etc, they lose the sense of belonging and empathy towards their fellow citizens. Once the people start identifying themselves as Indians, all these problems would be over.

There is a famous saying that no Indian can tolerate two things:-
‘Desh pe waar aur Cricket mein haar’

But then the feeling of Indianness ends there itself. If we are to apply this feeling into various other walks of life, then the dream of United India can be realized.

I feel that language is the best medium in bringing citizens of a country closer. Hindi is India’s national language. If a person can’t understand or talk Hindi, he becomes a stranger to the person who can talk and understand Hindi. I feel that Hindi should be taught as a compulsory language across India to instigate a sense of being Indian amongst the citizens as they would have a common platform in the form of language.

Today let us resolve to redouble our all out efforts to build India into a mighty nation, mighty in thought, mighty in action and mighty in its peaceful service to the humanity.

FEEL INDIAN-BE INDIAN

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Life Is Beautiful

This is an interesting piece of writeup written by the great writer Mark Twain.

Life is short,
Break the rules,
Forgive quickly,
Kiss slowly,
Love truly,
Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore!!!
Dream!!!
Discover!!!

The Funniest Pic I Have Ever Seen!!!!!!

BOYS WILL BE....................BOYS!!!!!

Some Random Thoughts. Part:1

The above pic aptly describes the real me. I can be forever thinking and jotting down thoughts on anything I can lay my hands on. So I have decided that whenever I sit down to post on my blog, I will write down some random thoughts that come to my mind.

So the inflow of my random thoughts have begun and so have I started punching keys on my laptop;

1) Why did it rain yesterday?

2) Why do people fall in love and not rise in love?

3) What is my worst achievement and my best failure?

4) YES!!!! I have a huge crush on Kareena Kapoor!!!

5) Why do people smoke?

6) I can't give up Counter Strike.

7) Why is the spelling of Oscar Wilde written as 'Wilde' and not 'Wild'.

8) I love Cold Choco at Coffee Day.

9) King Khan is India's biggest superstar ever.

10) I wanna go home.

11) I love my family.

12) What time is it?

13) Gotta have my lunch.

14) India is the best team in cricket.

15) I love sleeping.

16) Right now I am in the middle of nowhere.

17) If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you are misinformed- Mark Twain

18) Able was I ere I saw Elba- Napolean Bonaparte

19) Why can't people laugh?

20) I love Angelina Jolie

Well... I would close it here coz my break is almost over and if I keep on writing, then I will keep on writing and might miss my classes, but I would regularly keep posting my thoughts whenever I find time.

DADA-The man who taught India how to defeat Australia

This is what today's Economic Times had to say about DADA. Click on the image to enlarge it and then read it.

Yeah its worth reading.

10 reasons why Ghajini would be a FLOP

Let me start straight away by quoting a line from Golmaal Returns,
'Kisi ki bhi dilse maarni chaho, toh poori kaynaath uski maarne tumhaari madad karti hai'

1) Ghajini is sandwiched between two huge movies Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Chandni Chowk To China which are releasing on 3500 and 2800 prints respectively when compared to the 2000 prints on which Ghajini is releasing.

2) Ghajini never stands a chance in the overseas market, because it is a remake of a flop Hollywood movie Momento.

3) None of Aamir Khan's movies have been huge successes in the overseas market. Getting nominated for Oscar's and becoming a commercial hit are two different stories. Lagaan was a flop in the overseas market.

4) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has a Punjabi flavour in it so it is expected to take north India by storm. And in Central India and South India, the name of SRK is enough to sell a movie. And if Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi turns out to be a hit( which it is expected), then it would adversely affect the fortunes of Ghajini.

5) Ghajini has already been dubbed and released in all south Indian languages and the release of Ghajini coincides with the release of Nagarjuna starrer 'King' and Nagarjuna is much bigger than Aamir Khan in the south. So the novelty attached to Ghajini is over.

6) SRK and Akshay Kumar are much bigger brands than Aamir Khan in the overseas market. So the name of Aamir Khan can't sell his movie. According to the film critic Taran Adarsh, SRK occupies the first eight positions in the most saleable Indian actors in the overseas market, with Rajnikanth at the ninth position and Akshay Kumar at the tenth position.

7) According to the first promo of Ghajini, it has 'Mithun styled' action sequences like 10 people flying away with a single punch of Aamir Khan. This kind of action might have few takers because Bollywood has already graduated to the Dhoom 2 and Don type of action.

8) All the premier single screen theatres of India have been booked by Yashraj for three weeks. That leaves Ghajini with very few options.

9) Now a days the most important aspect of movies is marketing. And SRK is marketing Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi himself and UTV movies(the producers of Ghajini) are no SRK.

10) Even if Ghajini manages to get off a good start it would be only for a couple of weeks before Chandni Chowk To China releases and eats into Ghajini's business. Same cant be said for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi because Ghajini can't compete with Rab Ne in Overseas, in North India and the Mumbai terrorities.

P.S:- It would be a miracle if Ghajini becomes a hit. Miracles do happen and I believe in miracles. But a Super Hit or Blockbuster status for Ghajini is ruled out.

No Surprises: Its Barack Obama, But..........

Its not a miracle. It was expected. Barack Obama becomes the first black to become the President of the United States of America.

Once Mr. Obama overcame the 'Hillary Clinton Caravan' to grab the Presidential Nomination of the Democrats, I had very little doubt that Mr. Obama was on his way to become the President of America. John McCain hardly stood any chance against a powerful orator that Mr. Obama is. All said and done, the biggest question is,

How will Mr.Barack Obama influence India?

1) One of the biggest promises that Mr. Obama rode on was the reduction or end of outsourcing. If implemented this would effect India's thriving outsourcing industry. It is now down to a wait and watch game as to what Mr. President does?

2) Another promise was the reduction in the granting of the H1 visas to the foreign workers. If implemented, the 'American Holiday' concept would effectively be over.

3) The often avoided Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) could well be back on the agenda.

4) America can again try to acquire the status of the 'Big Brother' for India with regard to the Kashmir Issue.

All said and done, one thing I feel is that BARACK OBAMA is the best solution to the ongoing economic crisis in the world.

Congrats Mr. Obama!!!!!

Exclusive: First Song Promo Of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Haule Haule Se Hawa Lagti Hai,
Haule Haule Se Dawa Lagti Hai,
Haule Haule Se Dua Lagti Hai.

The promo starts off showing the KING having a bath, eating toasts, washing his plate and riding the now almost extinct Chetak(scooter). A couple of clippings of Anushka Sharma are shown and she looks a pure Punjabi Kudi.

And NO the KING's name in this movie is not Raj but a simpleton called Surinder Sahni. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a celebration in being extra-ordinary by being ordinary.

P.S:- NO, in this movie the KING does'nt suffer from any short term memory loss, he does'nt spread violence, he spreads love, he does'nt cut his hair short and most importantly HE IS NOT A 'DEDH FOOTIYA'.

Vishy is again the 'World Beater'

Breaking News!

India's Vishwanathan Anand beat Vladimir Kramnik by 6-5-4.5 to retain his world chess championship title. The 12-game series was held in Bonn. Anand won the title with one game to spare. He held Kramnik to a draw in the 11th game. This is the third time Anand won the World Chess title. He earlier won the world title in 2000 and 2007.

SRK To Produce TV Show

Ekta Kapoor watch out!!! The KING himself has entered the battle!!!!!

After hosting KBC and Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain, SRK is now producing his first TV show which is titled 'Ghar Ki Baat', which would be aired on NDTV Imagine.

The show stars Juhi Babbar, Sumeet Raghavan, Swapnil Joshi and Jayati Bhatia. Aziz Mirza will be the creative director while Ananth Mahadevan will direct it.

The shooting of this show will begin this month.

SRK is truly on the verge of establishing himself as a full fledged business tycoon.

A Power Called SHAH RUKH KHAN

With the current market slump and the sensex trading at below 8000 points, there are many comapnies that are feeling the heat of the situation. ICICI Bank is one of them. With numerous rumours floating about the closure of the ICICI Bank, just like the Lehmann Brothers, the top honchos at ICICI had a lot of explaining to do, but to no avail. With all these rumours floating, the share price of ICICI was continously plummeting.

The top management at ICICI was at a loss to fathom the ways and means to control this slump. It was then that they realised that they had an awesome weapon who could single handedly dilute or even stop these rumours. And that weapon was none other than their own brand ambassador-'The SHAH RUKH KHAN'.

It is popularly being said that in India only two things sell; Reliance and Shah Rukh Khan. And ICICI had one of them. They quickly shot off a feeler to SRK, wanting him to shoot a new ad with them in order to counter these rumours as they knew that 'what SRK says, India believes'.

SRK who is known to be very loyal to his friends responded to the feeler positively and shot for the ad inspite of being in the middle of a heavily packed schedule. He has Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which is scheduled to hit the screens worldwide on 12th December 2008 and his home production Billoo Barber, which would release sometime in February 2009.

The ad has not yet been released on television but the ICICI are planning to launch a huge drive to promote this ad, which in marketing language is called Rapid Skimming. It was because the ICICI realised that if there was someone who could bail them out of this crisis, then it had to be SRK.

So all the Paper Tigers out there. Just stop even thinking that you could ever match SRK's popularity and his power to sell a brand.

Just by making a film which has the word KINNG(with a spelling mistake) does'nt mean that you can actually try to hijack the synonym KING-that is exclusively used for KING KHAN.

KING KHAN RULES!!!!!

Smile Please!!!!!

Smiles are the language of love.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks

All people smile in the same language.
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

If I thought that a smile of mine, might linger the whole day through and lighten some heart with a heavier part, I'd not withhold it -- Would you ? ??

Smile becoz God gave Human this beautiful gift - A Smile....I sometimes wonder do animals have this beautiful gift of smiling???

Smile, not becoz it costs you or not, but because you can make someone smile and make their day
So Smileeeeeee please ...... Hmmm... Good, looks very good, infact suits you the best

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Too often we underestimate the power of a smile, which have the potential to turn a life around.

Do We Really Need To Be Secular?????

No I am not gonna write on it but it is something which I had read on my friend Nakul's blog and I found it to be interesting. So I wanted even my blog's viewers to read it.

I could not have copied and pasted that article on my blog (Coz then Nakul would sue me for plagiarism) so I am putting its link here. So guys read it and more importantly understand it coz its worth reading and understanding.

http://seanakul.blogspot.com/2007/07/do-we-really-need-to-be-secular.html

The 'COUNTER STRIKE' Buddies

Oye peeche dekh!!!!!!!!!!!
Bomb lagaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arre tu kya kar raha hai yaar???????????
Abbe hat wahaaan se!!!!!!!!!!
Arre usne maar diya yaar!!!!!!!!!!!

These are the phrases which could be heard from room no-201 of our hostel. The video game freaks would be knowing that I am talking about Counter Strike-The world's most popular video game.

Every Tuesday and Saturday evenings are dedicated to playing Counter Strike whole heartedly and it goes late into the night. We all look forward to these days coz playing CS acts as a soother to the hardships we face the entire week studying for our MBA.

Blame it on my friend Karan for having exposed us to this game and he is the one who plays it best. But now we all enjoy playing it.

The following are our CS names that we play. ( It is in clockwise direction from the photo above)

Ahmed- Baazigar(Currently its this but mostly it will be SRK centric)
Mayank- Mayank
Harshit- Baba
Karan- Master Of Disaster
Gaurav- Deadman
Rishabh- Cascade
Arjun- MaxPayne
Rahul- Raul( His photo is not there but I would be uploading it shortly)

www.mba10.com

They have done it!!!!!

Two of my friends Karan and Harshit have developed a website http://www.mba10.com/ to enable the MBA students of class 2008-2010, to be able to gain access to all the info they need regarding their MBA. Here you will find all resources that you will need. Be it presentations, e-books, projects, guidance etc.

The tagline of mba10 says "Your companion to keep you one step ahead in the race for BEST MANAGERS"

I wish both of them all the very best in their endeavors.

DADA walks into the Sunset

Ex India's captain Sourav Ganguly has announced his retirement from the international cricket, said on Tuesday. He added that, "I have spoken to my teammates and hopefully I will go out on a winning note."Ganguly said he would be retiring from the game at the end of the India-Australia Test series, which begins in Bangalore on Thursday.

In a press conference in Bangalore, Sourav announced his retirement in front of a room full of shocked journalists. Dada informed that the current four match series against the Australians will be his last.

Bengal tiger start his Test career in Lords with century. Sourav played 109 Test and hit 15 hundreds and 34 fifties and his best in Test match is 239 against Pakistan at Bangalore last year. Dada played 311 ODI matches and 22 century & 72 half century hits. Indian team reach in 2003 World Cup final under Ganguly captaincy. His also taken 32 wickets in Test match and 100 wickets in One day. Captaincy records: Won 21 and lost 13 Test from 49 and ODI won 76 and lost 66 from 147 matches.

Ganguly Career Highlights:-

1991-92: On debut tour of Oz, allegedly refused to carry drinks. Denied reports.

2001: Earned Oz skipper Steve Waugh's ire by keeping him waiting for toss.

2002: Bared chest on Lords's balcony.

2005: Banned for 6 matches (later reduced to 4) for slow over rate against Pak.

2005: Spat with coach Chappell resulted in him losing captaincy and spot in ODI side.

2005-06: Dropped against Sri Lanka. Brought back for Pak tour after BCCI president Sharad Pawar reportedly stepped in. Seen in animated chat with Rahul Dravid, apparently expressing willingness to play as opener.

2008: October 07, Announce retirement.

Drona is DARAAVNA

If you want to describe DRONA in one word, then PATHETIC would be apt.

Being a hardcore superhero flicks fan, I too perceived that Drona would atleast be upto some level when you compare Drona with Krrish or Spiderman. But you can't even compare Drona with the Mohabbat Man of Om Shanti Om.

I felt that Priyanka Chopra had better stunts than Drona himself. What was on the director's mind when he was making such a movie. There was not even a single 'take home' moment from the film. The music was pathetic. Super hero flicks deserve a very sophisticated and a shrewd villain but the villain of Drona was more of a buffoon!!! Abhishek tried to be as honest as possible, but a thin script and equally bad writing ruined his act.

And finally, the director-Mr. Goldie Behl, you can do us all a favour by not even thinking of making a film in future as both your films (Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai and now Drona) are fit only to be thrown in the gutter.

The Final Word:- Don't even think of recommending this movie to others, unless he is your sworn enemy!!!

First Look Of RAB NE BANA DI JODI

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is slated for a December 12th release.

Greetings!!!

Triplem wishes everyone a very Belated EID and Happy Navratri.

Its Holiday time!!!

My 1st sem exams have just concluded and now I am back in Hyderabad for our sem vacations. The first sem at my b-school ended in a jiffy and atleast for 15 days I am free from all those gruelling presentations, reports, exams whatever.....

But the 1st sem was a rocking one despite all odds. The best phase was maybe the exam time.....surprised??? Hell Yeah, staying awake all night, trying to jam in as much info as possible, watching American Pie just to rejuvenate ourselves etc. It was one helluva time.

Now back in my hometown I am actually breathing easy and preparing myself for the next adventure i.e the 2nd sem. My initial skeptism about how I could adjust in an alien environ(bangalore) amidst unknown people was crushed brutally as we formed a formidable team with people from all parts of India gelling together. There were many new things to be learned, new places to be visited(but I still feel bangalore is all about MG road, Brigade road, Forum Mall and Garuda Mall). Learning not only from our Profs but also from many intelligent friends I had around me. It pays to be amongst intelligent peers coz some of their intelligence always rubs on you. The best phrase that I learnt from one of my friend was ' If you cant answer them , then confuse them'. Ha ha ha. This was the most innovative phrase I heard all my life.

My hostel mates were like one big family with whom I shared all my highs and lows. Specially those birthday parties were rocking!!!! They were like a whiff of fresh air in an alien land.

And finally about my class Section H!!!!!!. To put it in one phrase, I would simply say SECTION H ROCKED !!!!!

My New Novel

Phew!!! Its been a couple of hectic months before I finally managed to post something on my blog. Starting with the endless presentations, exams, a trip back home and now finally I have got some time for my blog.

Its been over a year ever since I had completed my second novel 'Born 2 Win' and now I have completed the groundwork for my third novel which is tentatively titled 'IF...'. All I can say at this point of time is that the basic premise of this novel is a love story.

What Does The Word FAMILY Actually Mean?

Got to hurry guys, coz I am in the middle of my coffee break and I wanted to post this article before having my cup of coffee and again rushing back to the class.

This is something I have read in an e-mail sent to me by my friend Rajesh.

What is the actual meaning of the word FAMILY???
It means (F)ather (A)nd (M)other (I) (L)ove (Y)ou

An Adventure Trip Called MBA

The first thing that usually strikes the people when they hear about an MBA is the 6-7 digit salary package. Well....... this is true if you are studying at a reputed college. But there is more to an MBA than the salary package. It is the journey that you undergo while completing two years of MBA. I have just stepped into this amazing world of MBA where excitement is a routine. Mind you an MBA is not all about A.C classrooms, Wi-Fi Campus, smart boys and girls etc. The challenging part of MBA is attending classes at the oddest hours possible, meeting the deadlines of the assignments and projects, maintaining good attendance, studying late into the nights (standing, just because you don't fall asleep), getting up at 5 in the morning and rushing to college to attend the 6 O'clock class. This is an amazing experience which makes you strong both physically and mentally.

Well..... it is the same case with me too. Initially I too had a rosy picture of MBA etched in my mind, but ultimately it had to change and I am enjoying this change. The best thing I think comes when I come to the hostel after attending my classes at 5:30 in the evening. I have to complete all the assignments given to me and also study for the topic which is to be taught tomorrow before midnight so that I could watch the Euro-2008, which starts at midnight and spans around two hours and again getting up at 5 in the morning. PHEW!!! It is very tiresome but exciting.

Since I am from an engineering background, the fun lies in studying Accounts. Staring endlessly into the serene pages of T.S Grewal or Hanif Mukherjee and then trying to figure out what is debit or credit. Just imagine the happiness you get when you don't know the ABC of accounting and yet you have got the journal and the ledger entry correctly. I have experienced this happiness many times.

Pre-MBA I hardly ever read anything other than the sports section in 'The Times Of India', or perhaps the 'Hyderabad Times'. But now I spend more time reading 'The Economic Times' rather than the sports section of TOI.

In my Sundays I have kept aside 5 hours for my free work. 2 hours of extra sleep so that I sleep for 6 hours atleast on a Sunday and the remaining 3 hours for Watching TV(preferably a Shah Rukh Khan or a Kareena Kapoor movie).

I have just started my adventure trip in the MBA world and am already loving every bit of it.

Nokia is India's Most Trusted Brand

Oral care brand Colgate’s run as India’s Most Trusted Brand has come to an end. The brand has finally lost its No 1 position in Brand Equity’s annual Most Trusted Brands survey — not to any FMCG brand, but to India’s leading mobile handset marketer Nokia.

Following a stellar four-year run, the Finnish telecom brand has climbed 70 ranks to become India’s No 1 trusted brand, according to this year’s Most Trusted Brands survey. The survey was conducted nationwide across 12 cities, involving over 8,000 respondents across socio-economic class, age and income groups. The Brand Equity survey was conducted by leading market research agency AC Nielsen ORG-MARG, and is the largest of its kind in India.

India is the second largest market for Nokia globally. The company has a manufacturing facility in Chennai, three R&D facilities, and a design centre in Bangalore, keeping Nokia in step with the growing needs of emerging markets.

P.S:- The Indian Brand Ambassador of Nokia is Shah Rukh Khan.

An Open Letter To Aamir Khan

To begin with:-
AAMIR KHAN YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Your blog post about 'The King Khan' was absolutely a piece of crap which shows your crappy mind and how much of a inferior complex you have when compared to SRK. When you were unable to defeat SRK in terms of hit movies and popularity, you resorted to cheap tactics of hitting from behind the veil through your crappy blog, just like a woman. But hey, even the woman don't do this. So I don't need to guess who you are?

Just come out of your ivory tower and have the guts to face the fact. SRK is much bigger and much better than you!!!!!

So what if you LUCKILY had a Taare Zameen Par? SRK has got loads of films like Chak De India, Darr, DDLJ, Swades etc. SRK movies are made on a shoe string budget but still manage to become big hits. Unlike your dud-Mangal Pandey, which was nothing short of a torture. Inspite of you being so called the Perfectionist, growing your hairs, and moustache and taking three awful years to make a pathetic movie.

Leave alone SRK you can't even match the popularity and charishma of Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan or Hrithik Roshan. Grow up and avoid being a sore loser(though you are always a loser). SRK rules in entire world in terms of popularity and you would dwarf in front of him. But hey!!! You already are a dwarf in front of him(height wise ha ha ha).

Just show a movie of yours that collected even half of what Om Shanti Om collected?

And even Chak De India was much better than your Taare Zameen Par. SRK didn't reply to your cheap remark because when the elephant walks, there are many dogs barking at him, but the elephant doesn't harm any of the dogs, because he doesn't need to. And that is the same case with you.

Just stop being jealous of SRK and his achievements. You came into the industry by the charity given to you by your famous parents. But SRK has done it all by himself.

I would like to remind you a dialogue from the film Guru(with some changes):-

'SRK se ladho to SRK bankar,
Lekin SRK sirf ek hi hai'

From Hyderabad, To Bangalore..........With love!!!

Hi Guys,

Well, today I would be leaving Hyderabad for Bangalore to study for my MBA for the next two years. Its been a mixed feeling. Though I feel excited about going to a new city, but at the same time I feel sad as I would have to leave my family, friends and relatives with whom I had spend a major chunk of my life. But hold on, life is never predictable!!

From what I have heard about Bangalore is that it is a complete different city when compared to Hyderabad. Though I am not not believing what everyone is telling me coz I would like to find that out myself. I think initially it would be a bit tough to adjust but I am confident that I would be fine in a couple of weeks. I am leaving by the Bangalore Express-Alone!!!. I have never travelled alone and this is another thing I look forward to.

But the very thought that I would be leaving my family dampens my spirits coz this is also the first time that I would be staying away from my family. But again as I said, life is never predictable. So lets see what happens?

I would write my next post in Bangalore describing my train journey and how was it to travel to alone. So keep tuned.

Awesome Twosome...........They Will Destroy !!!!!

Shoaib Akhtar is cleared to play the IPL!!!!!

This was the headline that was screaming out of the news channels today an I being a staunch supporter of the Kolkata Knight Riders could'nt have been happier. After all one of the most controversial players in the history of sports would be making his debut in the cash rich IPL.

Just imagine Shoaib Akhtar and Ishant Sharma (the two fastest bowlers of the world) bowling in tandem. Even the best batsmen would have their hearts in their throats. Luck has finally smiled at the Kolkata Knight Riders, which had been the most unlucky team of the IPL. With Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting and Chris Gayle not able to play, their batting was and is very thin. But the inclusion of Shoaib Akhtar would infuse new enthusiasm into the team when it comes out to play the subsequent matches, hopefully.

Had Kolkata Knight Riders been at their full strength, then there would never be a doubt who the winners of the inaugral IPL would have been.

So all the Sehwags, Gilchrists, Pathans, Dhonis, Yuvrajs etc, Beware!!!. Those eight overs bowled by Shoaib and Ishant(4 overs each) could just take your breaths away. The IPL has become even more exciting and the war cry of the Kolkata Knight Riders-'Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo' has become more dangerous.