Quo Vadis?

Sometimes your mind drifts off on a tangent spurred by the most innocuous of thoughts but the end results are worth the effort. Was washing my hand with soap and as I observed the soap bar I wandered back in time… I remember the prank that I used to play on others in school having been the victim initially I decided I should share the joy. Step 1: Find an unsuspecting soul willing to explore the latest personality mapping / or astrological mumbo jumbo for themselves. Step 2: Draw a grid on the palm of the victim’s hand (the more intricate, the better) Step 3: Ask a set of pertinent questions like “A favourite person of the opposite sex…” Step 4: Write the answer somewhere in the grid and proceed till you complete most of the spaces except for one small section. Step 5: Look sufficiently thoughtful and ensure that you write as randomly as possible. Step 6: Ask the killer question, “What soap do you use?” Step 7: Write the answer on the vacant space, start scoring out your labours till y...

1.If your Lover betrayed you, what would your reaction be? Well looking back, I guess I will get over it slowly 2.If you have one dream which could come true, it would be? Still thinking… 3.Which one do you prefer-ice-cream or chocolate? Chocolate brownie with ice cream? 4.What would you do with a billion dollars? Spend some, save some, donate some, give some, burn some, loose some… 5.Can you fall in love with your best friend? Why not? 6.Who is more blessed-loving someone or being loved by someone? Loved by someone… 7.How long would you wait for someone you love? Depends… 8.If the person you like is secretly attached, what would you do? Wait for her to come around 9.If you could root for one social cause, what would it be? Social inequality in all forms (same as Belle ) 10.What takes you down fastest? Gravity. I agree with Belle. 11.What according to you is blogger in denial? Blogger who cannot or will not accept the truth 12.What’s your fear? I may not complete the things I planned ...

Have you ever wondered if you were mature enough to handle the challenges that life suddenly throws at you or even worse the challenges that you know will come one day in the future? Have you ever realized that silently you have actually attained the maturity and seem to possess the skills to handle such challenges; skills which seem to have mysteriously crept out of nowhere. Have you ever wondered that the biggest challenge is no longer big once it is overcome? Is this what we call aging or the better sounding maturing? Or is it nature’s graceful pruning and crafting of mankind? If this is indeed nature’s pruning, have we become good looking bonsais or scrubs, maybe even a banyan… Have you noticed that when we start to drive (for good drivers only), the first thing we do even before we start the car is to check and adjust if necessary the rear view mirrors? Do we actually use our internal rear view mirrors as we cruise down the road of life? Lastly how did two years go by so fast, it ...

The first super hero on TV, I can remember... Soft drink, you mean colour or goli soda? Safe and cheap transport to school You could actually buy stuff with even one or a few of them

Being happily married for almost two years now, it is so depressing to see and hear about my friends who have had marital disasters and now are trying various recourses for escape. The reasons for failure include a greedy husband who considered his wife a pot of gold (he took it literally, forgetting that his wife indeed is a treasure), wives with a past and unwilling to let go and an independent professional woman who could not accept that matrimony is a two way. Maybe my list looks a little biased towards the women but the fact remains that women today are in a greater disposition to wreck marriages because of their empowerment. Marriages may be made in heaven but I believe the reason many fail is that heaven was excluded from the marital space afterwards. Sadly of the cases given above most were arranged marriages, where the parents did their best for their children to ensure happily ever after only to find that all good things come to an end quickly. I have a point to pick with arr...

By now Mr. Ramalinga Raju will have sunk to the depths of infamy for his concealing a small sum of 5000 crores (actually he cooked up 5000 crores, they were never there in the first place)that have been telecast non stop on all TV Channels from mid day. I know that the size of the scandal has astounded you as it did me. A few questions persist despite the matter been ripped to shreds by every reporter worth his salt. 1) Many people in the lendng business by way of experience can spot a funny or suspicious balance sheet by a simple analysis. For poor mortals like me whenever there came a suspicious set of financials we could send it to a reputed firm of auditors who track the veracity of the documents. Many a time such funny documents get caught. 2) From question 1, when Satyam had so many bankers and each bank has its own resident experts would have had access to the financials, how come no one saw the big picture? 3) From question 2, the auditors of Satyam from Pricewaterhouse Cooper...

Finance company funda 1) 0ne antique coin = 2 kuchi ice (where is the rest, you wonder?) What in the wide world is this guy doing? (P.S. I can understand him being penniless in Hollywood, but if Visa makes you get fits, I rather do without it) I do not understand who is dumb here, the kids and the mums in the ad, the ad makers or us watching this? Turning on a stadium lights instantly and turning them around with the turn of a faucet!!! Thought kids were much smarter than this today, if they wanted Bournvita why not make it themselves or go buy a cup they have more weekly pocket money than I did for a whole year in my half pant days. I am an avid biker and have clocked around 80kms on my bike, whoever made this ad is no biker and is off his edge. A stupid ad if there was one for bikes. Disclaimers be damned this ad is a sure fire accident causer. As with more from its stable, these ads are another brainless attack on our senses, are women so ...

Sitting in a near empty office (half sleepy, so excuse the almost disjointed post)on the first day of the year, I thought I will discuss the activities of New Year eve. I went for night service and found the church packed, the numbers had definitely increased from last year. What that indicated is open to speculation but personally 2008 had too many lows than highs so maybe the many in church were with me in trying for some divine solace in the days ahead.I always have this dilemma about changing this church routine and party at least once but every year passes and the routine never changes. I take this opportunity to wish some people in no particular order who also did not party on Christmas eve: - 1) Rajinikanth and his brethren, Police constable wearing a mask and a muffler standing in the middle of the intersection and trying in vain to control the reckless driving in the wee hours of the morning. For him New Year eve might simply be a headache he would rather avoid. 2) Kamal and ...