Run for your heart(VMH run)

"When the days are short
and the Nights are long,
You gave me power to carry on"...the first night run for 10kms in my life.I checked the confirmation mail umpteen times sent to me from Runnersforlife club regarding the timings and details about VMH Run.My Conscious brain captured it was written 9pm,though my Unconscious brain contravened stating the typo mistake made by the sender,so it must be 9am.Later came to know that they were correct regarding the timings mentioned in that mail.I was destined to be a somnambulist for few hours.

Same kind of josh,triumphant attitude and energised will pushed me forward.But "sweating at night"(Because of physical activities like running..Don't explore other options) is not my hobby.So I felt a bit dizzy under the broad yellow lights.But you know,when you show interest towards your passion and passion turned to hobby,even God will fear to deceive you.Night life was so calm and peaceful,I wished as if those two hands were my wings and i could cover the whole world in a blink.I felt the conglomeration of uniqueness of spiderman,Shaktiman and superman empowering my soul.

This 10kms run was organised by Vydehi hospital and mallya hospital on the eve of World Heart Day.Venue was at the campus of vydehi medical college and hospital.So,whole medical college students made the prerace "halla machao"(make some noise) session crazy enough to vibrate others hearts.I took 1 hour to cross the finish line.The money collected in this event was donated to few NGOs who are working for social upliftment of the underprivileged.


The most embarrassing moment was meeting Ramya (the cynosure in 2nd pic)and asking her the way to toilet...:)..what to do!!! I was in hurry and found only that living being nearby at that moment.She just smiled and went on.I came to know about this young lady when she lighted up the candles before start of the race.She requested the medical college doctors to check her heart once and restore the original one as she lost her heart many times in kannada movies and that way it got abased.

In the end two Germans stole the show and absconded with my heart...:(..

Yeah,India has got talent

According to Alchemist"Maktub,it is written".From mystical point of view, it points to the fact that whatever You want from the corner of your heart,You will get it.The whole universe conspires on you and let you get it in the end.The Recent Result of India has got talent unveils the truth value of that wise saying.The scale of flexibility,the principles of discipline,the flawless expressions and most crucial the artistic austerity was reflected in the actions of every individual performers of "THE PRINCE DANCE GROUP".

The group Being hailed from a small town(Berhampur) of a backward state(Orissa)does not know how to flaunt and flatter judges and audiences on a television screen.They put on barnish colours,which is very tough to rub off from the body,just because it fits to their dream roles.No matter,what's happening,They politely touched the judges feet before staging their limbs into action.Giving life to the words of Obama,"We Can",they went ahead with their distant dream.Their professional team act belied the low status of the civil land they came from.I am proud of you my friends,carry this passion and enthu in all your future acts and let India shine through your jubilant performances.

Baffled by connotations,lost by value

Try to possess a Gay (alive,lively)spirit all the time,but please don't take Gay's time (fast,sudden) in deciding to promote yourself as a Gay(homosexual) icon.After all, whats wrong with,"aadmi hun aadmi se pyaar karta hun"??There was myriad hue and cry against its legalisation in India,but finally few ministers tried it with few judges and saw the paradise invisible and unperceivable by the coma affected common man.Violating the law of nature,Advertising the idea which will definitely let the unknown think about it and possibly increase members in that community club,Defining a new culture,we pushed the era of Page 3 at par with the lateral thoughts of youngsters.Anyway it was done,but if any guy is not sure about his interest,please follow the pic and be definite about your area of freedom.




The main issue is with the meanings of the word gay(alive,fast,homosexual),so if homosexuality means alive,then the legalisation is theoretically correct as every citizen needs to be pro-active...:)..See, connotations play such a vital role while deciding major issues in the society.Read the following article based on the same concept regarding how Russia stumbles into brand-name gaffe in Africa ,excerpted from the guardian newspaper.

It probably seemed a good idea at the time. But Russia’s attempt to create a joint gas venture with Nigeria could become one of the classic branding disasters — after the new company was named Nigaz. The venture was agreed last week during a four-day trip to Africa by Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev. The deal between Russia’s Gazprom and Nigeria’s state oil company was supposed to show off the Kremlin’s growing interes t in Africa’s energy reserves.
Instead, the venture is now likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons, as a PR blunder worse than Chevrolet’s Nova, which failed to sell in South America because it translated as “doesn’t go” in Spanish. Alert users of Twitter first highlighted the unfortunate English connotations of Nigaz, which appeared to have eluded Medevedev’s Russian-speaking delegation. Writing on Monday, shunty 75 observed: “Nigaz is the name for the new Gazprom
Nigeria venture. They need a new PR outfit. NO WAY!! Haha!!” Other twitterers also derided
the name.

An article in Brand Republic pointed out the obvious: that the name has “rather different connotations” for English-speakers. It recalled other international branding mishaps, including the Ford Pinto, which in Brazil means small penis, and the Pepsi slogan “Come alive with the
Pepsi generation”, which in Taiwan translates as “Pepsi will bring your ancestors back
from the dead.” It is unclear why no one alerted Mr. Medvedev to the blunder. One possible explanation is that the offending word is still widely used in Russia. Nigaz plans to invest at least $2.5bn in oil and gas exploration, and to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria.

A day to rejoice

What an event!!!what a day!!!Those who participated ,will cherish the moment for ever and those who didn't, can never forgive their silly ignorance.

10,57,8000,426....This golden sequence has a great significance in my life when it is represented with "km,minutes,total participants,rank" in one-to-one fashion.My rear shin bone muscles aching,fat and fibres in my tummy fighting against their death,both of my shoulder movements trying to expand the chest muscles,my skull getting hotter and hotter,but mind put a full stop long before to the thought of losing the NIKE Tee(supposed to be awarded to the fastest 1500).Started at number somewhat around 4000,completed 2 kms with ease.Till half way(5km),people crossed me like a factory-outlet Ferrari passing a second hand bulldozer.Then gradually i realised the practical use of number system with units.As the distance increased,my plan of completion focused on units in a decreasing fashion..from km to m to cm ,same with the scalar part of least count.Then there was only one truth i knew,"i am moving or spinning or rotating,something driving me or dragging me forward,but still i exist on earth."cheer leaders making noise with funny gestures,volunteers passing us water bottles as if they fed up keeping that waste product with them,photographers twinkling their small magic boxes and the remaining lazy bangaloreans cheering the runners with high pitch voices was a better confidence booster compared to the commanding speech of Barack Obama.Boss,continuity is neither stable nor independent in nature.You need to be a master in LIMIT to decide CONTINUITY of something.In application to human beings,Ur WILL-POWER makes it a dependent quantity.That's what happened.I noticed a mere no. of participants walking while breathing the whole atmosphere in and out when The nearby digital metre flashed "8Kms COMPLETED". I decided to keep my pace up when noticed two beauties (one from Spain and other from Switzerland) overtaking the air resistance ahead of me .My Nike shoe cladded legs came into life and crushed every bit of dust under it and my body was being launched forward to pave the way ahead of others.The timer chip flashed "57mins 6 secs" when i hit the 10km end line.we had photo sessions with legends like maurice greene , hugh jones , Reeth abraham...etc.Post run,Foot massage and vegetable treat were awesome.

I came, I fought n I conquered the SUNFEAST WORLD10K.Now it's time to wait for the courier guy to knock my door before handing me the brand new NIKE Tee with "I am a finisher" tag shinning with colourful letters...:).

P.S.:- There was a huge mistake made in the event's database by the organisers while filling details about me,for which i am suffering since my biological physique defies my gender shown in the below link .Hope you have faith on my words and don't take the matter seriously ...:),"Running Timing details"

Nike face-off corporate challenge

This mini marathon of 3km was The first ever corporate challenge i participated in.It was organised by run for life club sponsored by Nike at kanteerava indoor stadium,Bangalore.This morning,competition was between SAP vs SASKEN and I2TECH vs HP. Each participant had to register at their respective company counters to get a bib number.You can feel the charm of running on nike shoes if you want,but for that, one has to hand over his car key/mobile in eachange for that pair of shoes.Only 44 guys turned up from sasken to compete with 65 runners from SAPlab.The rule was that,all the 109 guys will start simultaneously,but the fastest 30 guys of a particular company reaching the end point will be the winner.The trainer lead us to the entrace gate opposite to Sheshadri Iyer library in cubbon park.We were taught about worm-up sessions and the map of race circuit.There were throat crackling cheer ups from each team.We were told to held a baton while running.I didn’t know who crossed me or whom i put back.my concern was to maintain my pace,that's it.There were sunfeast biscuit packets, cups of glucon D mixed water and mineral water to energise young muscles.The fastest runner completed it in 9 min 55secs.I finished in 11min20secs and came 6th.As per the rules of probability,30 out of 64 guys(sap lab) have a greater possibility to win than 30 out of 44(sasken) and It happened...:-(...Then there was certificate distribution ceremony presided by a Nike trainer(skinny lady from pune).






Following the principle,famous-brand-then-good-product,It was assumed that the race will be organised somewhat in special manner as NIKE rules the sports world.But it turns out to be a bit pathetic as there was no certi for guys finishing within top five/ten spots over ally,Though there was accolades for guys finishing last from the team-work-decides winning team.There was small confusion about the circuit in the middle of the race,so many guys lose time for that.The feel good factor was when photographs being taken while one was going to crush the photographer,face to face.After all,you know it is fun to run in a group,watching your colleagues surpassing you and you maintaining coolness recalling the famous cliche,”slow and steady wins the race”.



Credits to ALAmeen for the pics .

WTF going on - 2

In a Sunday evening a huge devilish laughter broke the silence of the dark living room.3 roomies sitting on the bed edges discussed something kinda funny under the flickering candle light.It was about the future endeavours of technocrats from different disciplines.But the discussion turned into a debate when some points supporting live-life-electrical-engineer-size was put on by the only degree holder of that branch among that triplet...And rest of the evening was wasted making sarcastic humours on that sounds-so-funny career option.Let me clarify you in WTF manner those vital points raised that day :-
Who wants to be an expert in a renowned field??certainly number of junta will give positive response.A slight modification in the same question sounds a bit kidding, like who wants to be an expert on Generator(or in the field of generators)??Imagine You will do your MS publishing few papers on existing generators and can-be-done modifications ....Now assume that your mastery in that subject is not over yet,means you have to do PhD(5 years,not 3 years) with generators.You have to read the history of it and try your best to write the future proposed designs(you published during your MS) in a tough-wording-for-fake-ideas doctorate thesis.Then you will be offered the GM post of the office-of-generator-experts at NTPC without any written/interview,since very few(may be null) people would be there to fight with your achievement.
Lets discuss about the possible research areas in that field.First of all,You will discover the reduction principle otherwise the disgusting fart sound of Ur instru will make Ur ass kicked off from that locality.This principle will be based on how to reduce number of r's from the sound,"Grrrrrrrrrrrr....".secondly,the principle of pessimism.Here u need to chalk out plans to make the world running short of electricity,so that Ur item n you will marked high in black market and shaadi bazaar respectively.Though this principle carries huge risk as per its name and the idea behind it,it guarantees a grand return end of the financial year.
Thirdly,the principle of anti-axe-effect.You know the instru you will be working with lives on crude oil,everybody-hate-to-smell since discovered.Now you can tell the smell of your body parts without any action,same for the area where this will be kept.Be careful about environmental pollution.
There are many more exciting risky ideas/principles,where you can waste your time with,but for that you need to do your PhD in that field.After all,Whats wrong in it,A high profile job in a central govt office with all facilities to carry out a life time research in the field of generators.I wish you guys good luck if you are determined to go for it now.I cannot write more since my lappie battery going down with just 5% charge remaining.Current is not there,wish i could be an expert on generator....

Jawaani down down down

Happy b'day to me,
Happy b'day to me,
Happy b'day to GOUTAM BUDHHA,
Happy b'day to me
......Today was the day i made it to a physical noise making worthless social animal called human being.There are many goof ups regarding my b'date.1st July is what written on my college certificate,4th May is what mom told me when i asked to put in orkut profile,but finally grand ma rules.She insisted that she was not proud of me,rather she was proud of that infant who made it on the b'day of Goutam buddha.Hence all my family members agreed on this holy fact but on a condition that grand ma should be proud of me as well..:)..

As per the strict instruction of momma,i left bed on sharp 7 o'clock before Moti darling started her morning saga(Moti is the pyaari si doggy of my raw-mango-tasted-bitter-faced house owner).After the usual bathroom stuff it's time to visit the nearby VENKATESWAR TEMPLE to pray for my hopefully-blessed 25th year.With my cargo pant n gym goer newly bought sleeveless t-shirt,this young guy was looking like judwa of mahesh babu.I rang the temple bell 25 times not caring the resentment of other devotees,distributed the prasad among the cute little teens playing around and returned to home without requesting god to give me something.Every time i decided to ask something for me,i find some fault in that and ended up in praying,"GOD,Help the people.Make me a good person wiping out my evil thoughts".

At home i decided to resume guitar learning classes for the sake of my 25th year B'day resolution.Guitar teacher,a maachh-bhaat-jamke-khabo bengali,declared the whole class to keep silence and listen Oriya songs requested me to sing in the rhythm of guitar tunes.I did not know how akshya Mohanty took his avatar in me and i was successfully delivered starting lines of few Oriya hits.It hit them so hard that,some forgot the chord combination for the song.The receptionist was sitting at the door step to catch me to collect 1600/- as per admission fee.But when i told her that it was just a demo class for me,i will pay you next class,her expression turned like as if a natkhat balak(freak guy) cheated a bholi-bhali ladki(innocent girl)...(wish u know the meaning of CHEATING from bollywood dictionary).A slight glimpse of my diamond credit card put a golden smile on her hopeless face.

Where is the party tonight!!!After a few bakkar session with roommies,It was decided to let the kukkads greet us at "OYE AMRITSARI".Going through brigade road area at night time is a feel-happy experience for every bachelor.This joy multi folded if you start scanning colourful foren items every nook and corner of the dine room of a church street famous restaurant keeping in mind that the Kukkad patialawala is gonna be served with makhanlal ka masalawala papdi kulcha.After order waiting time hurts. Nil kept on searching a gharelu looking beautiful desi queen.I got one and dedicated to him...no no, we shared with mutual understanding.Dev-D as usual was planning to make a fight between different sea creatures and no. of chickens in his tummy by taking all items mentioned in their big menu.Rohu found his dream partner (looking like Palomi De of MTV Roadies 6) being served with a glass of red wine,he got angry and tried to negotiate the anger with boneless chicken soup.Everybody was on the verge of explosion before the lime soda gave us temporary relief.Keeping the blank space after Tips section in the bill blank,we left the hotel with a loud "OYE" uttered in satisfaction.

P.S.:What is there in b'day wish,what is there in b'day treat,just feel the friendship,just feel it...:)

The grilling session-2

It was a bright Saturday morning, just 3 days after the April Fools day.I got up at 9 o'clock with the sentence running at the back of my mind repeatedly,"dude,are you ready to face the IIM SHILLONG interview??" and my careless attitude replying,"cool man,leave it".I went through both TOI and ET ,line by line.Then prepared myself with some important documents to leave for IIMB campus for the interview.

Now after waiting for 30mins at the corridor near to interview rooms,some dignitary personalities(looking like this) called out the names in each group and told us the process in brief.In my group,7 out of 8 students were present.Then it was time for case study....

case study in brief:-

Chandu singh is PM of India.He is going to attend an international conference (like G20) in Geneva.All the countries in that conference are divided in two groups:-(1)the EU group, (2) non EU group or cairns group.Now there were two paragraphs dedicated to describe the motif of these two groups.Finally,it was asked,if u were chandu singh, then which group you would prefer??

15 mins discussion and 5mins to write the summary of it.

INTERVIEW started one by one.I was fourth in the group,so had to wait 1 hr for my turn after case study.There were 3 profs as the panelist(2 profs from IIMA and one from IIMS).

p1,p2,p3:-come , come inside(in unison).
me:-good afternoon sir(looking at all of them in a time sharing fashion).
p2:-So,you are a product of NIT rourkela.good.which branch??
me:- electronics(sir, don't ask me full branch name i.e. Electronics and instrumentation...bhagwan bachao)
p2:- OK.what is your favourite subject in engineering??
me:-Sir,digital electronics.
P2:-Any other subject??
me:-Sir, communication Eng.
p2:- what kind of communication??
me:- mobile communication.Then described him 3 varieties of communication(with pen and paper).
p2:-Tell me how mobile communication take place??
me:- described him fully(ye to achhe se pata tha yaar)..
p2:-How mobiles pollute the society??
me:-Sir,now market is flooded with mobiles.Even,a person with low income can by a 10k mobile in second hand for cheaper cost.So, its a kinda garbage like plastics, which pollute the environment.
p2:-why scientists are telling not to keep mobiles in shirt pockets,rather to put them in pant pockets??
me:-Sir,because the antenna used inside mobiles is high powerful ones,which can receive signal at any corner of room.Also the electro magnetic radiation may affect human body.
(he wanted the exact effect...so not satisfied).
p2:-any other forms of communication??
me:-sir,optical fibre.
p2:- tell me, how the infra red or blue tooth communication take place.what instruments inside mobile does it??
me:- (confused)...sir not have much idea about it.I am now working in VLSI field, not in communication.(all smiled along with me..:))
p3:- Lets come to politics.Who are in THIRD FRONT??
me:-BJD,CPI,CPM,.....(interrupted by p3)
p3:-what is the party chandrababu naidu belongs??
me:-(yaar yaad nahin aaya TDP us time)...sry sir not able to recollect.
p3:-Who are in fourth front??
me:- SP,RJD n party belonged to Ram vilas paswan.
p3:-Ram vilas paswan is from RJD only.
me:- no sir,i am not getting the party name.But its different.(then there was chaos about his party)
p3:-asked the family hierarchy of VARUN GANDHI, NSA act,His affiliation,His relationship with MK Gandhi??
me:-answered everything correctly except his father's name ..(i was only thinking...rajiv,sanjeev..sanjay Gandhi yaad hi nahin aaya)
p3:- who is union health minister??
me:- sir,ambumani ramados.
p3:-are you sure,ramados??
me:-Not sure sir...(after interview i came to know that he has resigned before one week).
p1:-(he gave some comments on my command over English language).then asked me about "the major event i faced in life".
me:-answered him properly.
p3:-which company are you working with...then why are you leaving this much salary,you may not get it after passing out of MBA??
me:-gave some gyan about passions,interests like stuff...(then we have some debate on it).
p2:-what kind of shares you buy...what do you advice to us to buy in this situation....how much you invested??
me:- blah blah blah....
p1,p2,p3:- done,you can leave now.
me:- thank you sir...(oho over..)

That grilling session was continued for 3o mins.For every student,they spent 30 mins on average .Now its time to wait for the result,which i think is based on "PURE LUCK"...

The grilling session

I was made a victim of this grilling session to get a berth in the 2 yr PGDM programme offered by SPJIMR .Though i was skeptic about Group Interview kind session,give-it-a-try attitude made me cool during a scorching tension.

Call: Finance
TIME:- 9am (first batch)
Venue-IIMB,
Date:- 22/03/09

The show went like this:-
GI 1:- 7 students(one guy from microsoft,one 4 yrs work ex with HCL,one 2 years work ex with TCS,moi 1.5 years work ex with a small reputed indian firm,3 ladies with work ex somewhere in india)
3 interviewers(1 prof from spjain,1 alumni,1 key personality from TATA executive board looked like T-BAG character from "prison break" .)

Everybody was told to market themselves for 2-3 mins by presenting the answer of “tell me about yourself”.Then they asked,” what is your opinion on honesty in workplace”…2/3 guys gave their opinions.The guy sitting beside me used the word “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE”…they suddenly asked me the regulations of investment banks and corporate governance.As I am from Orissa, I was asked to answer few GK questions on Orissa,politics in Orissa,religions in orissa.Few people were asked “why MBA”.One guy (Microsoft) was asked about his innovation @ Microsoft.Then they asked me about my hobbies for 10 mins.few people were asked,” whom they like most and whom they hate most and why”??Like this it was a general round continued for 1 hr 15 mins.

Result:- 6/7 got through in my group

GI 2:-8 students(5 guys n 3 gals) and 2 interviewers(one lady prof and one psychologist)

They told we won’t take your interview,it will be just a friendly chat with you.That mam was smiling all the time during interview,but putting questions like fire on the student’s ass.Each student was interviewed for around 20 mins.
We all were asked about our hobbies and family back grounds.
sometimes they used to ask people to give their view on the answers given by any other groupmate.
One general question was asked to take opinion of people "what is that thing you will notice first for development of india”??
Then we were asked “what will you do if your BEST friend is cheating in the exam hall sitting beside you”??
Another question was,”what is your opinion on JAI HO song getting OSCAR AWARD”?? .
I was asked ,"If you are given an opportunity to meet the newly elected CM of orissa,what are the 3 most important things you want to tell him and why ?".
Then few questions and debates on ethics and moral values.Few people were asked to sing songs and do mimicry,draw a picture as part of their hobby.That’s it..This session continued for 2 hrs 20 mins...i got back pain...Overally the process was a memorable experience ..no stress at all...