Quo Vadis?

Read the name of the post. No, I'm not talking about the cricket series Down Under! Just watch these incredibly funny videos! There are still more that haunt the TV channels with monotonous regularity. Same story, dark woman is a failure for every job description from airhostess, waitress, model, dancer, to an operations staff of Neel Metal Fanalca, because frankly her skin is not pale enough. It is ironical that the pale skins fall over every patch of sunny ground to get darker while we go for these. But the bigger question remains, Who are these ads targetted at? We don't have any blondes here.... PS: Neel Metal Fanalca haS recently taken over the garbage removal operations in many zones in Chennai

I feel for those children who perished in the fire yesterday. This was breaking news yesterday with every news channel falling over them selves trying to bring the grief directly to you. I did hear one NJ (I’m calling them news jockey; they are no different from a VJ are they?) say that the people were discussing ways to see how this avoidable tragedy occurred. Sadly when I was searching for the same news article, I found it relegated to insignificance with Bajjis’s 50% match fee deduction being the headliner. Anyway a cursory glance at the reports tell you that 11 kids aged little more than 8 years were packed into one Maruthi Omni ( they were not getting into any book of records mind you) for their homeward journey. What should have been routine ended up in flames due to whatever reasons that may evolve. My question is “Why treat kids thus?” This is not an isolated instance, every day I see kids packed into vehicles that are precarious driven by drivers rushing to and from schools....

Would it not be wonderful if we could just go up in life with the mere press of a button? You may have seen the Close Encounters series and so many movies that have expounded time travel but till date I don’t know if any one has imagined a device that can take you up or down in life with the flick of a switch. (Going by the news, the stock market is a good option) That would make many social upliftment agencies jobless. To all the whiz kids out there here is the challenge try making something that will change the social status of people in a jiffy. Till then the nearest invention to take people up or down is the humble elevator. Call it life if you please but the elevator is one sure fire way to get a paunch if you use it every time. Nothing beats a brisk walk up or down the stairs, just switch on DD Sports in the morning where an instructor would be extolling the virtues of step exercises every other day. But the bottom line is take the stairs every day it may be the only exercise you...

I hate Mr. Bad Man of Gujarat. I have no political leanings but you don’t need to make your decision just from the mudslinging by assorted political goons who are no lesser devils. I hate him for all the hardship he has been a cause of. Till date my dislike for him was nurtured and grown by the many new channels which tend to glorify crime for want of eyeballs. For them he is an angel and a devil. If you are still wondering who, this person has no “modi”cum of brotherhood of mankind in him. To the nay-sayers there can be no smoke without fire and the raging fires in Gujarat should be testimony enough. But why this sudden hate mail today? He chooses to pay a visit to Chennai on a Monday morning to keep a lunch date with Amma (not the god man kind, though her sycophants have deified the lady of the two leaves ages ago) today. What do you get? Kilometers of choked traffic: to ensure our “good” man gets to break bread on time. What he chooses to conveniently forget like many other VIPs(no...

Thanks Bungi for a chance to look behind at the year gone by... 1. What did I learn? He makes all things beautiful in His time… That growing up is not so bad after all Life fits you into the roles that are expected of you even if you think you are not ready for it. 2. What did I accomplish? Workwise: Have shifted 3 jobs in one year, whereas for the past 5 years I managed to hop only once! Personally: I wooed and won the hand of D, not before the fights and heartburns and everything else from both parents 3. What would I have done differently? Probably a little more self discipline in myself as sometimes, I just let go. 4. What did I complete or release? I completed my bachelorhood. I was gracefully released from the youth fellowship as the byelaws say that you are a youth till 30, even 35 but you should be single!!! 5. What were the most significant events of the year past? My wedding, a superb honeymoon, my bro’s wedding, my job hoppi...

Did the cartoon bring a smile to your face? In real life you would shudder. I simply cannot understand the mystery of the exploding bladders of some men who look for the nearest wall, lamp post, bush, tree in short anything that is immobile and promptly piss on it. I have seen people writing “Only dogs urinate here” in a vain attempt to keep their places piss free, vain because 1) Dogs cannot read generally 2) Those dogs who can read, simply ignore. Melissa (our pet) has better toilet manners than many of the men I see around me and it makes me hang my head in shame each time I see one of these characters. It is so difficult to find a clean place to park my car nowadays as in a matter of seconds the space behind the car is the newest public convenience of the area. Why cant men hold on till they find a real public convenience nearby or better still reach their home or workplace and relieve themselves hygienically? It’s not such a Herculean task is it? If there is something that pisses...

New Year 2008 Glitter Graphics Hi all! Best wishes for a happy new year! Ways to celebrate New Year eve:- 1) Do something absolutely silly like this and spend the new year behind bars (hope those morons don’t get away with this) 2) Blow up a lot of money and party the night away in the innumerable hotels organizing a new year bash, if you get a dip in the pool just accept it as an extra thrown in by the organizers. For a minimum of 3K you and your partner will get unlimited spirits and short eats, the upper limit stretches with your imagination 3) Those looking for spirits of a higher variety (generally free, unless you are Mr. Moneybags where a special ticket will get you a close encounter, or you are a VIP where mere mortals are cast aside for your visit) can join the thousands flocking to the places of worship 4) You could be selling balloons like a cute kid I saw, who was hawking balloons to much older people late in the evening, new year eve means more busin...