And it rained . . .

Utility

2011-12-17T07:38:00.002+05:30

While reading an article on 'Microeconomics', I cameacross this:

"Individuals make decisions based on the concept ofutility. In other words, the decision made by the individual is supposed toincrease that individual's happiness or satisfaction."

Please note The words "supposed to".

Once when I was a school going kid, I wanted a particularbook of puzzles. I had thought if I get it, that's it, then I don't wantanything else. I will be happy forever, just that I have to get it. I got it.Then I thought the same thing about Atlas book. I got it. And then ..the listcontinued.

You too must have got things, you once wished for. Did theygive the amount of happiness, you had thought they would, and in case they did,for how much duration did that happiness last?

PS. My current wish is to play Battlefield 3.

SMS at 3.13am

2010-12-24T09:58:00.001+05:30

Many a times, we read a sentence and just because we know the dictionary meaning of each and every word used in that sentence, we think that we have completely understood the sentence.

Today, at 3.13am, I received a sms from an unsaved number. Usually, I am in deep sleep at that time but today I was awake just few minutes before the sms arrived. As if I was awakened just to read the sms! And ofcoarse, I went to sleep after reading it.

I read the sms, and like they show in carton, a bulb lit above my head. I had found a deeper meaning in the sentence!

Here is the gem:
"If you have trascended the mind then there is happiness, calmness, serenity throughout."

I feel, whenever I am unhappy, it is not because I am not having a particular thing that I want, but it is rather because my mind is completely successful at making me believe that, unless I have that particular thing, I won't be happy.

May God bless that Unknown (until now) person who sent me that sms!!! :)

My taste

2010-07-31T22:15:00.000+05:30

This movie was released few months back. There was a lot of hype about it. But when it was released, the reviews said, it's not so good. Considering the genre of the movie this movie was never on my to-be-watched-movies list. My friends who saw it regretted to see it. As per them, other than good sceneries there was nothing in the movie. Many have warned me against watching it.

Today, I happen to see this movie. I liked it very much. I am shocked on my taste. How can I like a movie, which almost everyone have not liked? This movie is Raavan.

May be I saw something which others skipped! :P:)

Defy the Future

2010-06-02T09:27:00.003+05:30

I saw "Prince of Persia" last Saturday. One of the best movies I have ever seen. I liked it very much and was to write about it on the same day. But it got postponed, and now I don't have much to write about it.

One thing I learnt from the movie was that, sometimes beauty lies in the attitude. Can you guess, which character from the movie am I referring to? :)

Haan hai

2010-05-20T14:58:00.000+05:30

Aayi meri subha hasti hasati
boli aake tere liye sandesa hai, haan hai

Jaagi aankhon ko bhi sapna milega
kohin khushi aane ka bhi andesa hai, haan hai

Above is a song from Raajneeti. I love to hear the words "haan hai", and it's not just because of Antara Mitra's sweet voice.

"Haan hai" literally means "yes, it is". I was so engrossed in being sad about things I couldn't get in the past and worrying about the things I want in future, that I forgot about the present.

In my favourite movie "Kung Fu Panda", here is what Master Oogway tells to depressed Po, "Quit. Don't quit. Noodles. Don't noodles. You are too concerned with what was and what will be. There's a saying. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift that is why it is called the "present"."

Those two words, "haan hai" reminds me of, or rather pulls me IN this moment, this beautiful moment. :)

Those two words

2010-04-13T07:09:00.000+05:30

Those two words.
Those sweetest two words.
Those lovely two words.
Today is the day I will hear them again.
The only reason for writing this post is that I would love to hear those two words from you.
It's my b'day today. :)

Some Gyan from Vidya

2010-03-12T07:31:00.000+05:30

Many times we are afraid to do things which are good to us just because what others would say. I came across this piece of article by Vidya Balan on Women's day issue of TimesLife.

I was very young when I heard this story. It was as much a source of inspiration then as it is now. The story is about the frog. He, along with many other animals , was trying to make it to the top of the well. While he took one step at a time, he realised there were animals below him who told him that he shouldn’t try and that he would slip and fall and never make it. There were animals at the top who told him to give up because it was useless and that he would eventually fall.

Guess what? The frog made it to the top! Everyone was shocked. The animals asked him, "How did you manage this difficult feat?" They got no answer. They asked him repeatedly until they realised that the frog was deaf!

PS: I guess sometimes it is in our best interest to be intentionally deaf. What do you say?

Do you feel life is miserable?

2010-02-21T09:06:00.001+05:30

Sadness

2010-02-13T11:43:00.002+05:30

I was reading article on Shivaratri by Sri Sri and then this one line struck me. "Be grateful for the happiness which leads to growth, and also for sadness which gives depth to life."

Being grateful for happiness is alright, but being grateful for sadness? How can or rather why should we be grateful for sadness? Those of you who have just come out of sadness or are going through it, would be in better position to understand my question.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. I assume few of you might have gone through sadness due to heart-break, break-up, absence of a lover or other heart related issues. Do you think the sadness you went through has given depth to your life?

You are free to answer it even if you never had any heart related issues, though I doubt you never had any! :)

I See You

2009-12-20T07:58:00.001+05:30

Well, "I See You" means more than just mere seeing in Na'vi langauge. By the way, the Na'vi are inhabitants of Pandora. :)

I watched this movie "Avatar" yesterday and am totally blown up by it! It is one of the best movies I have seen till date. I had totally gone into the movie, though it was 2D. I will surely watch it's 3D version, if I got the chance.

The movie has got a superb story, and the breakthrough technology is nicely used to present the beautiful masterpiece.

Some movies have a soul. This is one of them.
Do watch it, if not in 3D than atleast on a very big screen!

Thanks to VV

2009-12-07T07:28:00.002+05:30

Thanks to VV, my blog got a new look! :) Here is how.

On Saturday evening as I was surfing through blogs, I came across this blog whose template I noticed has been changed. I didn't feel the new template was a good one and put a comment on that blog regarding the same. In reply I was asked if I could help in renovation of that blog. Long ago, I had bookmarked few sites where good templates could be found. And I was to find one for my blog in future from these sites. So, I emailed this list to VV.

Then I thought, let me also find a good template, enough of postponding. After spending few minutes, I got a nice template. It had a very pleasing header picture. But I did't like its body. So spend next few minutes to modify that. Later on I realised it was futile to do so and decided to modify my old minimal template by myself! :) And the end result is what you see.

Thanks VV. :)

PS: The photo is of my blog's old looks.

What's your wish?

2009-12-01T10:09:00.001+05:30

I watched Aladin last night, and came to think of wishes.

All of us have some wishes, and even if they are many, we would like to believe they are just a few! :) In the past as well, you must have had them. Some of them got fulfilled and made you happy. Though, the joy might have lasted for few hours or so. Some of them didn't get fulfill and you were sad. But after sometime (may be years), you realised it was good, infact very good that they didn't get fulfill and that made you happy.

Even though, we have been having so many wishes, so different from eachother, since the time we got to know to wish, isn't there something common in all of them? Are we in search of something? Is our each wish an attempt to get that something?

I am not able to figure out that! Can you?

The President is coming

2009-11-24T09:45:00.002+05:30

The roads are more darker. The dividers more brighter. Men in uniform at every corner and non-corner. Gates closed. Routes diverted. Parking shifted. Being requested to show ID card. Campus under intense scanning and surveillance. We are thrilled. The President is coming to my workplace!

Waka Waka Poem

2009-11-23T12:12:00.001+05:30

Came across this on internet!

First, the poem itself (there are many versions, this is just one):

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^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * <> ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , system halted

In English, this reads:

waka waka bang splat tick tick hash
caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash
bang splat equal at dollar under-score
percent splat waka waka tilda number four
ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash
vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma crash

Few snaps

2009-11-07T19:09:00.002+05:30

Here are few snaps I clicked few minutes back.

It happens.

2009-11-05T10:10:00.000+05:30

Yesterday evening, while I had gone to market with Y, felt hungry. So, thought of going to a newly opened restuarant.

I ordered Aloo chaat + Vegetable cheese sandwich + Chicoo shake. And I tell you that was the most horrible combination I have ever had. While the sandwich was still to come, I felt no space to have more!
While the individual items were good to taste, together they were too heavy for me.

Finally, had to take the sandwich home! :P
And I was telling Y, hope the sandwich don't get sandwiched in my bag!!!

Kuch tho hua hai

2009-10-15T23:07:00.002+05:30

Before reading this, you may consider reading this.

"Kuch tho hua hai, kuch ho gaya hai..." is one of my favourite songs.
There are times when kuch happens and makes you joyful, and after sometime the same kuch turns bitter and gives you pain. You must have come across many such experiences in your life.
But Sage Narada speaks of one such kuch, which he says is devoid of any such side-effects and which grow moment by moment.
The "IT" I had wrote about in my previous post is "Narada Bhakti Sutra",aphorisms about Love, inwhich Sage Narada talks about this kuch in detail. And the kuch is "Divine Love".
You may consider listening to Sri Sri's commentry on NBS. It's witty, beautiful and sacred.
Perhaps, after listening to it, you may suddenly find yourself in THE intoxication state singing, "Kuch tho ....". :)

Mission Navaratri

2009-09-23T22:05:00.008+05:30

Level 1 (Mummy) : Completed
Level 2 (Pappa) : Completed
Level 3 (Boss)    : Completed
Sigh!!!
Tickets                  : Confirmed
My first ever kurta : Bought (inspired by BnD)
Packing               : Pending
Depature              : 24 Sept (tomorrow)
Feeling    : Lucky :)

Monday morning & Excitement

2009-09-15T09:44:00.004+05:30

I know Monday morning and excitement is a very difficult combo, almost impossible. You may ask, what on Earth are you so excited about on a monday morning? Is there no office today, or is your boss not there today? No. Your b'day? No. First date? Nopes! :) Then what is IT???

Well, today I am going to attend something very special.
If you are one of those DDLJ fans, you will love IT.
If you love ice-cream, chocolate, pani-puri and/or gulam-jamun, you will love IT.
If you are one of those who like to make their feet wet in sea/river water, take a view from top of hills, smell flowers and/or click snaps of butterflies, you will ...
If you have a GF or BF, you will ...

Basically, if you have ever loved anyone or anything in your life, you will love IT.

Here is your chance to guess what IT can be! :)
Do comment.

What do you do when..

2009-09-05T12:42:00.002+05:30

What do you do when
Few sentences from a mouth
And you have started doubting your intelligence.

What do you do when
You are made to feel guilty
And you still don't know
What was your fault.

What do you do when
A question is to come towards you
And you still haven't got answer for it.

What do you do when
You are planning to clean up the mess
And more mess is added to it.

I surrender.
I surrender all my miseries to Him.

PS: I was in hurry to write down this poem while in this state, since this state won't last for a long. Kya kare, it's being raining Grace on me, na! :)

Ganesha's visit

2009-09-03T20:23:00.001+05:30

Ganesha

"Jhodaye"

"Vaayna"

A ritual to be performed by newly wed women.

Hmmm....

Cool na?

This is at my grandfather's place.

"Maatoryi"

The fruits are kept hanging, and are plucked on the last day after the aarti.

IDK

2009-08-29T10:56:00.001+05:30

I don't know how, but I fell.
I don't know when, but I fell.
I don't know why, but I fell.

I don't know what I want, but I have fallen.
I don't know what I will get, but I have fallen.
I don't know what is to happen, but I have fallen.

Yes, I am in love.

On being sweet

2009-08-25T11:37:00.001+05:30

Yesterday night, VJ asked me "did you have food?". I said "No, don't feel like having. Had so many sweets today!". On this VJ said, "By having too much of sweet, we have become too much of sweet".
So sweeet, na? :)

Wish you all a very sweetful Ganesh Chathurti.

PS: Here VJ is NOT a performance artist who introduces and plays videos but one who makes us perform. :)

Yogi bear turns 26

2009-08-20T06:37:00.026+05:30

In utter choas and uncertainty, the YES!+ gang gave a surprise birthday party to Yogesh.

Before

After

After some time

The happiest person on that day, his mom.

Naashta-paani

The Boss

Oh, we had Grace with us

What would be better place to give him surprise than his home! So, we thought to reach his place before him and give him a shock. But we had no plans to delay him from coming home so that he don't reach before us. It was our greatest concern. To our great relief, he had extra work at office on that day and hence our plan attained success.
The unexpected arrival of rain added the extra element of fun. Krupa and Devendra enjoyed shopping for vegetables while it was pouring. Later both of them along with Gaurish helped Yogesh's mother and sister in cooking. While in the evening me and Adithya got wet while traveling. No option! But we enjoyed each and every drop of the rain. On any other day, I would have complained.
Where Santosh is there, satisfaction is there. So, all of us were satisfied with the proceedings. Oh, we gifted him goggles, the one he is wearing in 3rd snap. And that's Pankaj along with him. Any guesses what they are looking to? Yogesh (other one) and Pradhyum, were among the ones to shout loudly when Yogesh entered. And ya, Paresh made the guest appearance!

The way things fell in place all by themselves is beyond my imagination. All I can say is, it was just pure Grace!

Sri Sri says, "When you follow fun, misery follows you. When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you."

A Simple Secret

2009-08-19T10:12:00.005+05:30

Here is a nice poem by Ronberge.

A Simple Secret

Imprisoned inside me
Is a secret
Buried so deep
No one will see.
It's a simple secret really.
It helps me through
The best and worse
Life can be.
My secret?
I think of you
And the rest is easy.

Salutations

2009-08-08T20:44:00.000+05:30

Vakra Tund Maha Kaay Surya Koti Samahprabhaa
Nirvighnam Kurumaydeva Sarvakaaryeshu Sarvada

Salutations to the supreme Lord Ganesha, whose curved trunk (vakra-tund) and massive body (maha-kaay) shines like a million suns (surya-koti) and who showers his blessings on everyone (samah-prabhaa). Oh my lord of lords Ganesha (kurumay-deva), kindly remove all obstacles (nir-vighnam) from all my activities and endeavors (sarva-kaaryeshu), forever (sarvada).