prashanth Bday -1

Below is a video of birthday party of Prashanth in ECC. The person tried to escape from all he cud , and he did not even opened up the doors of the room for a long time , and then we decided to call it to end , and tell house-keeping staff , that our friend is stressed out and has sucidal tendencies and we wanna chk if he is alright. Professional way to commit crime. And there are many more videos , all coming up shortly. This clip does not include the birthday bash which will come up shortly.


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Day 2 - Kodaikanal lake

Now when we had visited Devil's Kitchen , The Pillar Rock , The Pine forests , and 14 other places to complete the kodaikanal trip , the end of day was yet another surprise. Boating ... and in this cool cool place . The Sun had shone through out the day as if welcoming us with open arms ...Come to Paradise .. to heavens ... to Kodaikanal ... seems i am falling in love with this place over and over again ... The sun and clouds played through out the day, not to be victorious over one other , but like two kids playing selflessly, when winning is not the most important factor , but playing is.



And This was last lost way , when i was standing in middle .. is it over .. no it is not ... The Rose Garden and temple are still to be visited. But they will come later after this pleasurable boat ride.

I am trying to come to the end of day but so many things and so many scenic and natural beauties that my mind keeps on deviating. One more thing i wanna show is this path. Such a magestic royal feeeling i got while i was wondering how good would it be to be lost. to be friends with so many trees , so many of them , like guarding an empire , and dare not enter any enemy , but for friends ,so full of fun and joy.

So finally we are in Boat house , and here is our hunk back to business. smiling and giggling and getting photographed ( apart from being paddling the boat). The ambience was very good , and we were there for 30 min. though i would still rate it lower than Pookote lake in wayand "http://deepakg83.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-year-3-pookote-lake.html". In case u wanna see the beauty of that lake. The real beauty because it had weeds , lillies and natural. This one was too clean.

And This is lake is no doubt the man made lake , and a very well maintained, though one might not prefer to move in normal boats but in Swan Boats , which costs extra 10 bucks, and seem to be pretty attracive. The boat made a lot of sound , seemed like moving spades in dry land. Except for the hell of noise the boat made , and the wear tear sound , and the extra effort we had to put in after titing day , those 30 min were very fine , though i cud have done without that also. But the breeze was too good.
Whaatever it was , added to the kodaikanal hospitality and we all loved it and cherish it :)

Yo China !!!!

This Sunday just sitting after a few hiccups , one of my friends Fateh called over for dinner. The venue decided was Yo India [ I mean Yo china , and this is because Sameer said it to be Yo India and Fateh Called back asking where Yo India was , though it was Yo China (thanks to Natasha for pointing this out )], and it was to be my 3rd Chinese Resturant i will be to. Located in Kormangala 8th block , bangalore. The easy way to go there is take the road from Reliance Fresh, and this road leads to Yo china , on right hand side.
Now the party people , Fateh , Tarveen , Natasha , Sameer ... The time 930 PM. We were at the place on time ,but had to wait 5 min to get a seat. This place has a two storey serving space. Fateh decided to go up and have the food , but when we reached there , we were told that the service will be slow and we should take the ground floor only. So we sat there. The food was ordered , Dimsums , colas , combos and masti. The service was toooo slow , but the food was fantastic , tasty yummy and delicious. Dont know whether it was so good , but one thing is for sure , the friends are what make the food so tasty. In last Choc brownie ... yummy ...
frankly i have been to Shanghai ( Mysore) Rest. , and that seems to me still half a point better.
As for me , i will rate it to be 4/5 in my personal opinion.

Independence Day ..2 years ago

15th August , Indian Independence Day is celebrated with great spirits of enhusiasm , and is no less than festival. For a little over 2 years ago, Aug15 to me was a synonym for kite flying , one of thousands reasons to celebrate and with the family. Had I known two years ago that the "Kite Flying Ceremony "would be probably my last for atleast next 2 years , I would have flown them for over 2 months. Here was my last Kite Flying and family regrouping ceremony , when all my brothers and sisters were together for masti time on the roof.
Apna PatangBaaz number Ek - Please Find below Mr Sachin , with red cap , and in angry mood. probably srikant had done something to irritate him ( and i really still wonder Sri did it delibratley or just to pull sachin's leg). As far as kite flying passion was concerned , sachin never compromised on anything , even if that meant for him to go to neighbour's top , or to that dangerous unfenced half root boundry over the room to do so, and i was a partner in crime , most of the time :) .

The Coolest brothers and possibly the only one Sachin ever feared. Nishant bhaiya (in green) and Prashant ( the other guy). This was the time when the air was too feeble and in wrong direction, but nish bhaiya knows how to get it going. And there was never an ego problem between the two , and they flew to kill ,and most important, with them , kite flying was most pleasurable thing around. Always full of fun , jokes and cracks ( and work for shushant :) or srikant) ..

Below is our masti gang ,(from left to right) Srikant, Neha , Bhavna and Shushant. These were the flavours . Srikant was assciated with most number of torn kites ( also the scolding) , and shushant ,ever ready to help u out when kite was mid way or down :). Neha used to bring us all food , cold drinks , and papdi chaat , though Bhavna used to be queen.


The below image shows through the dwindelling lights , the spirits still remain high , with national songs on a volume full , we flew till the kite was lost in the surrounding darkness. The sky i remember was so full of kites , that it was no longer blue, but alas , in Bangalore , the sky still is blue. Here i dont find children running after kites , climbing trees and poles to get the kite which had lost the battle. I remember those days when driving to the destination in car would entangle at least of couple of kites in the car.

And at the last moment , comes another hero. Someone other , as daring as we were was still waging a war against all others , and this time , we found a match. It was a clash of true warriors , a section of people who refused to lay , and kites went deep and deep in sky till the thread was potentially going to be over , but the battle continued. for sometime later , we understood the slack , and that the opponent had retired a long time ago , and when we rewinded the whole thread back , our heroic kite had another one to its bow.

And then came the kodak moment , nish bhaiya with his new latest samsung mobile phone with flash (a big thing at that time ) .

Last but not the least , apna sachin in action , and dare anyone come in between . That was the independence day i remember and cherish , and hope to celebrate many many more independence day in the same way.
And then there were some people whom named i missed , but were those who made this even special.
My naniji( mom's mom). She is one who always showered me with blessings , and each time i left , had my pockets heavy, At the onset of my memory which dates back to Sarojini Nagar , i used to get a Re 10/- note , with time became 50 ,and then 100. Last time it was 500 Re note. I love my naniji as all other people in the house. She is most favourite of us all ...
Then My mamaji's. all kites were ready beforehand. We were able to fly consistently and throughout the day cauz of them , and mamijis who would fuel the engines with finger licking yum yum food.
Then my mother and mausiji , who will always confirm ( and make us confess ) if we are tired , and ask sri , shushant more than what she asked me and sachin ti fly kites.
Next is pearl of us all , Swati didi. She is always there with fun , joy , masti and with her around , no boys play. she knows how to tackle us , tackle us all at one time. Think she was the one who will make us all quiet in one swift shout.
Have left out the best from the rest till the end.
she is anjali , one you have met already in my blogs ( see jan post for her marriage). She is one calm gal, use brains , not affected by anything other than her brother shushant , and she also is an expert in teaching lessons. A sweet sister , and papdi chat she makes ... and she is here in second last blur pic. She says to me that i shud come back to delhi , but i know God has better plans.... and all know it :)
Independence day has been more of a Day for me , in my life, a little more than memory. Independence day it seems was a season , which lasted 12 hours and each hour was a new life. A time when we played our hearts out , shouted like beasts , celebrated victories , conquered forts, lost battles , unison sobbing ... a feast , a drama , a family get together ... Something to truely celebrate the spirit of Freedom ...
and as said .. will look for it to be repeated , even as we all have had take our paths ,and life taken its toll , but there has been a single binder to bring us all together ... for now and forever .. and am pretty sure , its not very far when i wil repost this post with so many new characters while maintaining the old ones in more spirited forms ...

Added :

Anjali is missing from this entire stuff is a shame on writer. One of the not so enthusiasts but to live by the rule book , the cool headed and always agree to most of the things. My one of the most cherished sister, and sorry to have missed the name out earlier, glad you pointed it ....

Waiting for the day ,when this day in history will be repeated once more, again and then again.

Day 2 - Kodai

Here what happened was most unexpected . It was a sucide point , and i was fearing whether mamaji would allow to go till the end, and he lead. If i was most impressed by anyone in the journey , it had to be him. His aggression , urge to visit all places, with safety as utmost concern. He was the one who got this tour bus planned , and was leading everywhere. With an enthu not to miss anything, we explored Kodai like nomads. The path to this place was not at all easy ,with algae all around , slippery stones and no predefined path. And top of it ,no fencing at all ..

Above you can see all, it was easy to stand at place, but difficult to get down. but once at the place,it was indeed an eye candy for the natural beauty of the place stuck again.


After that spot we went to see the Devil's rock ,and the Devil's kitchen and i was sure to find some of friends there,but alas the govt has fenced the place and we cud not really go inside. There was a good scary story guide told us about the place, which i will tell in my next post , devoted to devil's kitchen

From one side of forest to other, and so many trees , and not a single snake or wild animal , i thought this jungle ride was not at all exciting. only passing through the trees and trees , and the route so clear ,as if laid down for visitors only.

where does this path lead us , here is Sri doing some soul searching in deep jungles , and one thing he regretted wearing sandals ,as the path became slippery on more than one occasions , but the raised foot seldom stopped , and this time it was we leading. A lot of crack jokes in jungle , and sri trying to find a new way .. man Stop for guide as the path split in two , and we had to wait. one more thing , sri would take big big steps , and sit en route or wait ....

See, this was diversion part i was talking about . the lady in yellow is going the correct path and one cud believe there must be some other sigh seeing down this part as this path also seemed to be very well travelled , as one may see.

Day 2 Kodaikannal again

Here in Pine Forests we find our hunk trying to lift the entire pine tree , and believe me pine trees are not that heavy , i also had a hand , but think that was not captured. though sri was able to lift the tree a few cms , then eventually decided not to disturb the balance of the jungle,and so left it there and then .

Below is the misty pic of one of the times , when the guide scared us that the trip might be in jeopardy ,in case it starts raining , as the area might not be safe. thankfully, this cloud cover came for a few minutes , as we experienced ourselves in clouds ..akka top of the world. Hazed , still unfazed , the trip is going great guns


Above is what u can see , there is just a deep valley , no fencing , and stones also slippery.
If one look closer at the image to the right , u will see people have removes sandals so as to to avoid any caser of slip that may be possible.

See the sunlight comes just in time as our smiles , for the trip will continue till evening , till our batteries die down , and we sleep off peacefully in coziness of the beds.



Below is the pic when this place was covered with fog , and then came something , Sunlight , what else . One can just see the difference what sun makes , in the lowermost pic , which was taken nearly at the same time as this one , a few minutes later the sun came and shone in full glory. See the image above for how the fog diminished in matter of minutes .

kodai Day 2 contd

Continuing the day two was this as the first thing .. the pine forests. when i first heard , i though it must be something proper forests , but they were just trees and trees. So tall , so tell , that yr caps are bound to fall in case u wanna see the top. seemes to me as planted in rows and rows together, these pine forsets didnt seem to have real tough , only because of the symmetry they exhibit as above, cause in forest one expect to be grwoing here and there.

Above is again Sri and Mamaji , and the hosts of people swarming the area

i think Sri will take most of my share in this blog , but i mind not as I spent lot of good time with this fun loving , and ever sporty fellow. Below is one of a million natural beauties we met in Kodai , really a place to be ....

Day 2 - Kodaikannal Trip

Here we see from left( mamaji, mamiji, me , srikant) in our cottage in kodaikannal. Now ready and raring to go, to explore the kodai factor. It all started at 930 AM and the trip promised to be the best , and the climate just perfect.

Below is Srikant , after the hearty and tasty breakfast we had. One thing i liked about this person is no matter what happened , he refused to drink coffee and tea ,only milk , and i really appreciate that Sri .. reason for you growing so handsome :)

This is one of the places where the buses had stopped to take the other passengers , and the bus was so empty that me and Sri took it to top of the bus.

Below pic was meant to be single , but this fellow cud not see me happy , and climbed just in time before the picture cud be clicked. soon after this photo , the driver came shouting not to stand as Sri was standing on bonnet it seems ...

Kodaikannal Trip -1st day

I have always wanted to visit few places in South , which even though did not had a chance to go for past 2 years in South. and as i play my final innings in South India , there is one thing , i am pretty sure about . I love the climate here , and come downtown anytime , but definitely not on long term basis, never again. This time i had a trip planned to kodaikanal , and with my mamaji ,mamiji and Srikant coming to visit bangalore , and spend sometime with me. It was the stay with them one of the most beautiful times i had spend in bangalore. As per the plan , i had booked a cab from Amrit Travels, Bangalore. But the driver did not showed up at expected time of 7AM, and it was indeed most embarrasing for me. To be in this situation , then me and mamaji went on bike to book a fresh cab. And that with immediate requirement, it was not easy. The trip was delayed by over 4 hours , and this is what defined the remaining journey as in hurry and fast paced , stopping at places enough to soak the natural beauty in minds, soul and freshen ourselves from those boring java files .

The picture above is just the starting of the journey which was more than 1200Kms in 5 days across South India. The climate was just fine , and the ambience in car was great. The journey was long ,longer , longer .. kodaikannal was more than 500Kms , and that too cover the same in daylight was a big mistake. The only thing we did in first day was sleep , waiting to get close. each milestone seems to read the same distance. I always considered south will show up many good surroundings, but from bangalore to kodaikannal was nothing but a barren land sort, and it got more and more boring over the day. at dusk , we reached a view point.



By the time the driver annouced there is something is there to visit , we sprang in happiness, and without any care for the shabby hairstyle or sleepy looks , jumped out of the doors in the mid way to kodai , the place that will shelter us for 2 more nights to come. Below is the pic , and u can see me with Srikant ( believe me , over this period i will tell something about this nice chap and nice chapter he had it with me). else his hair are always fine , and this pic should be considered a rare when u can see sri's hair dishevelled , and this is not because he did not comb it , but because the air currents were too strong. There is also an associated video at this place which will be uploaded shortly but available only for personal friends.

And then we proceeded to Kodaikannal , there was a proposal to stop and stay in between and cover the remaining distance of 30 Kms uphill next morning , but this was rejected by all , as this will mean wasting an entire day, and this proved to be correct decision , and then we got a cottage with ease and bargained to get it at nominal rate , the rooms big , large , economical and had a TV set with cable facility, and i will not at all in first post tell why this was necessary. Then we had a dinner nearby , and watched TV and slept silently in cosy rooms ....Second day blog will be lot better , lots of more expeiences and more pics to share .

One More Friend Lost ..

Last few weeks have been most entralling in my life , when i am getting new friends and losing old ones, for like a snake i am , seems like loosing the old skin, but believe me its very very painful. A tear trickles down the eye, with each falling wicket. with each wound that has over the times dug deep in the flesh, that the marks will stay till the end. How easy it is to end something you wanted for so long. For losing love i have never loved , but losing good friends is what has started pinching me. For so long have i been tired to smile now, for someone who might not even consider me a friend. for all those who still talk to me cauz i call them sometimes or we chat regularly .. PLEASE STOP ... Some friends are made life long , and as such one expect them to be there.
There can be sometimes when the mood is not right , but you dont tell a friend , i am watching TV. seems somethings more important than me. I believe one odd day humans might be able to survive without food , water or oxygen , but without friends .. impossible, for that will be existing and not living...
Some people grow so fast in the career , and at such a pace , that they start ignoring turtle paced people like me. for them who dont care about bad luck , and still for those friend whose major concern seems to be more than other people watching scraps by them in my srapbook as potentional danger as to what others will say, there is just one thing i wanna say. believe me , i dont want to , but here it goes .. "always be nice to people on your way up , you generally meet them on your way down".
I know i have been too slow in this fast paced world, and friends are tired of moving so slow. and here i stand in this world , making new friends who will also one day lose my hand in this fast paced world. And this is what i have stopped from making new friends, want to hold a few left. some of my best pals , my best stress relievers have now become so big , that they dont have time or advise. only one thing u can expect from them , ask yourself. I have been left in this jungle world as a foe among friends. thank you miss , it has been nice knowing you for so long ...
one thing i realised evening of aug 10, friday that it is so easy to be shut, to feel so little, to be eradicate. time when i realised people dont take me serious any more. for should i stop fooling around. for i will try to seal my lips.
For this friend of mine ,anyone can take a guess.
I know i dont have any manners to talk to anyone, but to be neglected as today , to make me realise what I am ... to tell not the world , who cares about it after all (other than her) ... feels real good. good bye friend , you will go to greater heights , to places never touched by anyone. Ask me it will be very very very hard for me to live without taking her advise, but i promise i will never ever again disturb you while you are watching TV or not ...

The Times Have Changed And So Must you

It has been a real long journey through life, and living in most optimistic terms, i stand close to complete a quater of my life next year. And believe me , it was till 12th i was in shell , which broke loose with time. I wanted to tell something about my darjeeling trip, but jsut changed my mind. Lets start with me, most of my friends know i am jolly , freak and most weird person on earth. may b good at heart, may b good friend, a true one ... but just a friend . and i am in bad habit of making best friends. i still strongly believe you can know a thousand faces , a million names , but those who are friends are rare. talking someone , helping someone is not friendship. Friendship is when scolding for wrong things, when praising for right things and sometimes scolding for right things. To know who yr heart says iz yr friend is really not that difficult. a friend says something which if any other person would have said , you will not feel good , but with friends it becomes light mood. Friends are nothing more than a bunch of spoiled pack of wolves who keep on attacking each other .. one who on face says .. "u again , how the hell u escaped that erratic bus" , and still having a finger crossed and thanking God for safety of the friend .
Friend dont leave u in distress , so shud also not be left in hapiness .. Friends multiply the smiles and Square the cries.
One such incident happened in my life when i was giving my semester exams. I as usual relied highly on kanika to answer the questions,but she was seating atleast 2 rows from where i sat. And the combination of seating arrangement was so pathetic (best ) that there no college person from my college in my immediate surrounding. the First day i realised it will be going to be tough time passing these exams and i will really have to fool the examiner in first exam , and study really well in remaining. my idea of perfect 80% was lost , and what remained was a slight hope of passing. And there she sat behind me , an unknown girl from an unknown college, but the looks told she was definitely a topper. I tried asking her once or twice about some answer , but each time i looked back, the big specs , and the way she looked , i was damn sure she will tell the examiner, so never asked. Then in fluid mechanics , i dont know where i got the power and just asked her .. if u wanna tell tje examiner tell , but tell me the answer to a particular question, and the way she helped me was she allowed me to peep in her answer book , and i thankfully passed. One more thing , i never asked that girl anything in remaining exams. For a few close friends know her , and I still cherish those times ... This was not end of our meeting , and we met again , and that will come sometime later. But for Anand , Rhythm please dont guess the names ,u are a few ppl other than the girl who know whom i am talking now ..

For Have I Changed

there are times in life when you are bound to ask yourself. Are the things going right , correct and in a pre defined manner. the way you would expect it to be. But life is really not like water , which takes shape of the vessel it is poured in, instead life shows resistence. the emotions squeeze out like water from the sponge , and one has to control these , failing to do so will show , not to the world but to the few , that there is a deep problem.
Its the Friends , who eventually help each other lubricate in friction situations, one friend after the other , all uniting as the spokes of wheel to make it circular , and the faith , trust and understanding help them move through this journey of life. The better the friends , the faster the speed, but in speed one must not forget that we still are same friends. Sometimes , few friends might consider themselves as superior, or mayb inferior to the other person. then in both the cases , it is a duty of true friends to go up , and tell the other friend .
It has been long 24 years in life , and i have had friends from each section, that may be peers , seniors and juniors , and it all boils down to one aspect, a single question which if answered correctly and honestly to oneself will help to get the thing one aspired for ...Ask yourself , am i true friend ...
i dont say the above answer in denial ,but there have been times when i have cried with friends when unable to wipe the tears off , smiled and laughed in situations when each single nerve in me wanted to cry. I dont say i can be best friend to someone , because that is a comittement too big , i dont say i have been friends to anyone till date. Its more like give and take relationships , when u give happiness and recieve your share .
It has been a real pain for me to understand , i still dont understand what is friendship. I never understood the statement "No thanks , no sorry in friendship" , rather i wud ask my friends ' dont say thank u , cauz if sum of the other friend forget to say thanks, i must not feel bad'.

The attitude towards life changes due to certain factors. Sometimes u are vry happy , and find something that gives a complete 180 degrees to your emotions.
i know i have failed in many of my recent friendships , expecting much more than i should. I have certainly gone greedy , trying to give 200% of me , and expecting the same in return. Few people in my life , and all know everything about me.
On last count , 14 people know what is going in my life , and only 2 of them can really tell , something is wrong. And of these , there is still one , who came upto me to tell me ...
Friend Wait ... You are going in wrong direction , and i dont give a damn about it , and i want all the crap scrapped right away .
Somethings in life deserved a royal paint , and you are one of those ..

this post is dedicated to all the ppl who read the scrap before it was deleted due to obvious reasons

Do You Really Believe In God (only if u r free)

Do i really dont believe in god, or that he cease to exist for a non-existent being. for the success of those we describe as luck, can be a metaphor of God coming and helping. have i not ,on regular basis seeked his help for all that i think is not only improbable,but mayb impossible. do i not remember him daily before i start my work. even if he does not exist, why do i join my hands and put my head down to sky when there is a result expected of near and dear ones. He comes to you when you need him , or u realise it only in time of need. he is one of those , who lives as a King above us .. he is one of those who will answer the prayers even if u dont fold your hands. he can change your mood , your perception of life , just like that. He is like time, or time is him. What is considered most powerful healer, the time... the God ... for all those 14 years in school when we used to stand in burning sun, praying for God , i never felt a need. Just a waste of time, still i consider it so, but there needs to be someone that has to imbibe in us, the fear of unknown. The fear of most powerful , the fear of time , fear of God .. but wasting time should not be considered weakening the God ... because we all join to become the almighty... and it is the weakest link that breaks .. and for that is GOD. to come to heal you at the time when we all think its over.

Some say GOD is power, sheer agression , an emotion , a feeling , something that can never be wrong. why is it that god be always combined with divine powers. His combination with ability to do something perfect. There is a friend of mine who thinks God is perfection. Something you want to look upto when in crisis. Some say God is in you ,but that is what all says .. god is everywhere.God is perception that he is perfect, something in there that is perfect.

Then there was a very nice reply from one of my friends , God is dependable. but is god really dependable, he can also fail,or can he not. for if the existence of God is a reality so must be existence of devil. so can he fail in situations most unexpected .

I dont know whether he exists or not , whether making humans was his greatest mistakes , or humans making God .. but there is something , some supernatural power , that when preached upon give one confidence , the power , the consolance.

If you ask me , God is Faith .. faith which has to stand tall amist all the blunders , amist all the dreadful sins, amist all that one dare not.. believe me ... There is GOD .. and you gonna believe me .. even though i dont believe in God as of now , But very soon , this gotta change ..

For So Long Avoided The Words ....

It has been a real long journey in the world , with 24 years to my backing . with so many different things that happened .. with so many feeling , with so many occassions .. .and here i am sitting to pen down each memory that ever was .. for i wish to live ... long time , big time ... to be there once i am no more .. i still want a lone wanderer to know , to share to feel the excitement , the differnce in similarities .. the miraculaous escapes .. the things kept to my heart .. am going to pen down each and every thing , from losing a rat race in KG to winning a battle of pro's . to study in a closed room to have masti big time with my friends ..
from seeing my siblings grow bigger, bolder and me on the other side of rich getting richer ...
with my luck so used by others , and how it eluded me .. for all i have to all i dont have... its all coming down soon .. and its only words , i will be playing with

Help@Infosys

One Place to work and enjoy is Infy , where we party and party harder. The beauty of the place is a strength of 18k employees in bangalore DC and all so helpful that one can imagine. The bulletein board is a place where you can just put in your query , and will get from many many people. This seems to be smallest blog , but believe me when u r a part of 50k strong family , this is biggest blog.