Tissue Paper

Absence of someone is felt a lot than their presence! Well suitable quote for tissue papersJ. When I saw tissue paper first time in my childhood, it was a miracle for me. It was able to absorb all the ink of my ink pen in a fraction of second! A soft paper and a technical word tissue (for me which meant something fleshy as I learned in biology!) made me hero when I demonstrated it across my entire friend circle!



Self image with TP :)

In my engineering days, a hotel is said to be good/big, if tissue papers are supplied.

After joining IT industry, it took me a lot of time to recognize that we are using the same TP! But usage and value of same tissue paper are too different. As a fresher to industry, I was shocked to see that most of bags/pockets of our colleagues are filled by tissue papers.  Many companies stopped supplying them considering the “Go Green” concept or what we understood as cost cutting. It’s difficult to imagine life without TP!

But due to “Go Go(Green)” concept, many are get used to not using them anymore! at least in office.

I retained the tissue paper I got in my first flight journey towards abroad for many days as I didn’t know when I will be in trouble!

These use-n-through handy hygiene papers have many applications in our life. Talking about better usage only to keep my blog clean J

Some applications I felt are 

• Best gift item for someone whose habit is weeping and worrying. Definitely they will appreciate your gift by using them.
• Very helpful tool to steal something from canteen or hotel! (Sugar, spoon or whatever you like).
• User friendly; easy to carry and easy to through anywhere.
• Hi-5 Status!

It’s the same tissue paper, I am using/seeing from past 10 years but my views are changing time to time.

Comments are welcome!  And may be your views could change my view towards these white faces which struggle to keep us plain (not white!).

-prati

It happens

There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more  breed to complete his collection. One day, he found out that his  neighbor had the particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly  botheredhis neighbor until he sold it to him. A month later, the horse  became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said: Well, your horse  has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days. I'll come back  on the 3rd day and if he's not better, we're going to have to put  him down.
Nearby, the pig listened closely to their conversation.The  next day, they gave him the medicine and left.The pig approached the horse and said: Be strong, my friend. Get up or else they're going to  put you to sleep!
On the second day, they gave him the medicine and  left.The pig came back and said: Come on buddy, get up or else you're  going to die! Come on, I'll help you get up. Let's go! One, two,  three...
On the third day, they came to give him the medicine and the  vet said:Unfortunately, we're going to have to put him down  tomorrow. Otherwise, the virus might spread and infect the other  horses. After they left, the pig approached the horse and said: Listen  pal, it's now or never! Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up!  Getup! That's it, slowly! Great! Come on, one, two, three... Good,  good.
Now faster, come on.... Fantastic! Run, run more! Yes! Yay! Yes!
You did it, you're a champion!!! All of a sudden, the owner came back,  saw the horse running in the field and began shouting: It's a miracle!

My horse is cured. This deserves a party. Let's kill the pig!

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It happens!

Tom, Dick and Harry

Who are Tom, Dick and Harry?

It was when I joined BC(Brahma Chaitanya) Hostel, I heard this word for the first time in my life - TDH. Known for glorious cultrure, BC Hostel was always on top. For every known thing there was an unknown word defined in hostel dictionary. There was no ragging in hostel, only introduction. BC Beer (butter milk) was a cool drink which can cause hangover to anyone. Prefects are the richest people directly proportional to X; Ringing phone @ mess hall always reminds the (fe)melodious voice of seniors so called friends :)

OK, back to TDH, an exciting game with two participants. Player1  will pick a chit to find a personality name of any kind(a famous personality like Sania Mirza, Anna Hazare etc). Player2 will not be knowing anything about this personality. They sit like 36, back facing each other. Player1 can only say Yes, No or Pass and Player2 can ask n number of questions to crack the personality known by Player1 and it has to be in limited time!

One example Conversion for Sachin Tendulkar could be like this:

                 P2: Politics?

                 P1: No

                 P2: Sports?

                 P1: Yes

                 P2: Ball Game?

                 P1: Yes?

                 P2: Cricket?

                 P1: Yes (off course with more excitement!)

                 P2: Indian?

                 P1: Yes, Yes

                 P2: Kapil Dev?

                 P1: NoOO (Longest No I guess! tapping his head for participants madness)

                 P2: Sachin

                 P1: Yes. Thats it.

Thats it and it took about less than 15 seconds.

Its more exciting and needs more knowledge. But most important learning by this game than anything else is being TDH. TDH is defined in wikipedia as "The phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" is a placeholder for multiple unspecified people." TDH in my view could mean that nothing, no one or ZERO. When the game starts P2 is just another TDH and he could become Hero if he can understand the unknown partner's thought, have knowledge, take decisions for next step and learn quickly what is right. At the end of timeline, together a team can be winner of TDH to become Hero from Zero or just another TDH-just another no one.

There is one bollywood film with this title but  I didnt see it.

I am nothing, when I joined hostel, I was just another no one. another TDH. BC Hostel tought me everything. In fact I also invented words like database and HNM (Censored meanings!) for the dictionary of BC Hostel.

Most of us, who joined hostel in first year were afraid to participate but it was mandatory to participate. It took us very less to know the game and be part of it. We were excited mostly because of reactions and interactions our seniors showed towards game. These are the people who inspired us! And these were the same people who took our introduction($*@&) as well. Hats off to all seniors! We are proud to be what we are today because of you!

TDH is a game of life. When you enter into life you are no one. With all patience you have,learnability and most importantly decision taking capacity can make you winner of TDH, an identity to you, your name and your family.

Getting degree is not just about gaining marks. Marks are the most important factor to get a job. But What makes the job easier is what you learnt when you were earning degree. You will be another TDH or winner of TDH based on your learnability, decision making skills and off course knowledge. Luckiest part is, its never too late; You can change everything that went wrong till now!

Just be ready to second round of TDH!*

*Game is more interesting when partners have good UI(Understanding and Interaction).

-prati

Thinking (+/-)

Regular rumors, latest updates and new faces are hot topics of evening pantry visit. Today I was sitting with our test team members. One of new joinee in test team said "My parents always taught me to be positive, think positive. But now here in testing I have to think negatively to find all bugs". For a second we all liked his statement. I felt too good to learn another fantastic dialog. Just couple of days after that I read an article in Vijaya Karanataka which was something like 

While the optimists invented the airplanes, the pessimists invented the parachutes!Negative thinking is also necessary to make anything fool proof.Positive thinkers leave some holes in their plans while negative thinkers seal them.

It was like an avalanche in my unused brain and i started thinking (positively or negatively?) that negative thinking is much more required.  My thoughts get stimulated with many examples. Like breaks in vehicles are meant for negative scenarios. We carry water bottles for a journey with a negative thought that we wont get water on this planet while travelling where as earth is the only planet to have water. 

Soon I started feeling like everything we have here are actually because of negative thoughts. We build house to keep safe from sunlight, rain and other natural events. We have a big telecommunication system to spread news to be safe and to know others are safe. And Job security- we work hard in a negative thought of loosing job. All medicines, hospitals, military, aerospace, science and even holy books mention about hell . . .. 

beep beep . . . 

I just received an SMS which interrupted my serious thoughts. 

Received on 29th August @ 6.30 PM.  

Your Salary has been credited to your Account . . . .

Next thing in my mind - which movie s running at INOX and Forum? Nothing else.

-PC

Fast-Food & Fast-Track

Fast Food - term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. 

Fast Track - is an informal English phrase meaning "the quickest and most direct route to achievement of a goal, as in competing for professional advancement. What happens when two "fast"s collide? Here goes the story.

It was another happy moment to visit my friend's marriage ceremony. After all the standard procedures of wishing, and smiling for photo we finally reached dining hall. With many variants South Indian dish was tempting. We were served with plain rice after Poori and Palav. I and my friend - Mukesh, who is from Bihar, were waiting for something to eat along with plain rice; we were in hurry to catch the next train. May be after couple of minutes, servant came towards us yelling "Sambaar-Rasam, Sambar-Rasam...  ". (Sambaar is a dish made of Lentils (daal) and other seasonal vegetables. Where as Rasam is a dish prepared by tomato, tamarind etc but without any Lentils (daal) ).

He was actually serving fast food. I just looked at him and made space in my plate; he served me. Mukesh is more choosy in everything as much as he can. He was confused with Sambaar|Rasam finally said Rasam. Servant was as quick that by the time Mukesh say as Rasam,  he served two plates next to Mukesh; servant was far away. Bad luck! 

Mukesh was not happy about this but couldn't say anything; just continued with eating other side dishes. I didn't say anything too.

Another servant came this time with same advertisement "Sambaar-Rasam, Sambar-Rasam...  ". Mukesh said "Sambaar". This time Mukesh was almost yelling! But still servant just continued to serve others in fast track, ignoring Mukesh's order(?).

I just couldn't control my laugh :) His face was like another shoe popstart! I requested servant in native language finally to manage situation. 

Servants were serving the fast food in fast track :) First servant was serving Sambaar first but questioned  like "Sambaar or Rasam?". Next servant came with Rasam and he asked same question too. Considering that first servant didn't serve Rasam, Mukesh asked for Sambaar second time!

Poor Cat!

A man hated his wife's cat and he decided to get rid of it. He drove 20 blocks away from home and dropped the cat there. The cat was already walking up the driveway when he approached his home.

The next day, he decided to drop the cat 40 blocks away but the same thing happened. He kept increasing the number of blocks but the cat kept coming home before him.At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right and so on until he reached what he thought was a perfect spot and dropped the cat there.

An hour later.... The man calls his wife at home and asked her, "Janu is the cat there?"

"Yes, why do you ask?" answered the wife.

Frustrated the man said," Put that damn cat on the phone, I am lost and I need directions to reach home!!!"




Moral: “ How much ever we dislike somebody, someday we will need their assistance. So never worry how many people dislike you... "
-PC

Rice-n-Chilly(ing) Powder

A grand party in Pizza hut for no reason :) Today I could spend almost 500 bucks for a pizza and I am THE pizza fan! But those days were better than pizza moments. There was one special situation in my life when I was travelling by train from Dharward to Davangere.
It happens to be sometime in 4th semester of engineering life and I was on the way back to Davangere from Dharwad (favorite city).

 I left previous night by 11 PM towards DWD by train. In the rush of playing carom I forgot to have dinner. early morning in DWD, after so many days I enjoyed Shira - called as "kesari baat" in South Karnataka. I was surprised to pay 5 rupees and to get only one small bowl :( only 2 seconds in was in bowl. If it was in davangere, I could have had khali dosa - 3 small dosas and important thing is unlimited amount of chutney :) Anyhow I couldn't afford more than that; I had money but I didn't spend it.
My friends' with whom I had meeting were busy in classes but still they arranged a bed to sleep. Neither they asked me about food nor did I thought about it. We went for a party by late afternoon and it was my turn to treat being an engineering student :) We came to JSS college campus. I can't forget my first day at JSS college, Vidyagiri. Today was another such day with drizzling rain and just another day in heaven :)

Here comes the party time! I was not happy about the hotel  we entered but was helpless. I opted for Dal-n-one roti which itself was charged with 50 bucks! (almost ten khali dosa :( ) My friends were doing favor of being with me! I didn't eat much was left hungry even after so called party where I paid 200+. Friends are friends :)

By 5.45 PM, I was in Hubli railway station to reach back my college. I had two trains, express which costs 50+ and passenger costs about 30+ ( I don't remember cost exactly but there was difference, I mean too much difference). Few crocodiles were passing inside my stomach by this time. I took a right decision to travel by passenger which may leave by 7.30 PM. I slept for an hour in railway station. Grabbed a nice seat in general compartments. Now the story starts with my return journey!

It was expected that train will reach Davangere by 12 midnight and with experience one could say by 1 AM with maximum delay. I could still get food in my hostel, especially BC beer (minimum 3 days cocktail what is called as buttermilk by few folks). I had a second thought to buy idli-wada but 2 idli and 1 wada costs 10 rupees! thats too much :) 

And the Hero enters; He was travelling for the first time to Bengaluru, was crying and very upset to leave parents and his hometown! Dressing clearly made me feel like family is BPL (Below poverty line). His parents finally said adieu when train started in good pace. I thought I should talk to him and make him relaxed. After few minutes we became friends :) And sat by door enjoying wind speed as time pass by. He is 16+ and going to Bengaluru to get a job which seems to be more of a assured and his job was connecting wires what he says and i felt its like networking or cable related.
Another twenty minutes passed and train stopped. 8.20 PM. We were forced to move away from door. Train was expected to arrive in DVG by 12 midnight and I was suppose to eat something by 30 past 12 or 1 AM with  max delay. Twist started here when I felt train or the driver is sleeping. Its been an hour and there is no any movement. My stomach was yelling. I felt as if Yakshyagaana is being conducted in my stomach.
I said to my travel mate about artistic sounds in my stomach and he insisted me to take his meals packed from home. Off course I didn't accept that with due respect. Its 9.00 PM now and surprisingly not even water is being sold. There are no any eatables, no idly, no vada, no bhelpuri not even biscuits or anything at all! Not even good trees nearby to fetch fruits Another hour passed by. It was difficult for me to talk also. Yesterday afternoon I had good meals and little bit of shira, dal-roti today afternoon. Train was suppose to reach by 12 and till 11.30 PM it didnt move at all We are just one hour away from Hubli. There is no sound of movement also. I learned by this time that engine is on strike and we are waiting for another engine. Meanwhile my friend insisted me to have his food 2-3 times as I was too much uncomfortable.My eyes I felt bad for not eating in party or not purchasing anything in station. I felt now like I have too much money but its just a paper. Finally by 11.45, I agreed to his offer ( as if I was doing favor to him:) ).
He opened a box, full of white rice and chilli powder on that. My mouth was watering. But only rice and chilly powder? I asked him if he have anything else. I got one big onion. hmmm. Had no options. next five minutes, I cannot forget this moment ever in my life, these five minutes I don't know how I ate it when tears are more like nayagara falls and still it was too tasty. I didnt even ask him if he wanna eat. I was not in this world at all. For my badluck now after this big drama train started. Just after 15 minutes we reached next stop and yes .... There are lots of eatables. I could see some ready foods like chips, biscuits, chocolates etc. Just fifteen minutes earlier if engine was working fine then I would have not tasted rice-n-chilly powder......! I took few biscuits and few more eatables and I offered to him for his great survival support.
Today when I could spend 500+ for a meal I can't forget that memorable day of my life.I tried to save money but someone else saved me from hunger. I get know what does hunger mean :)
I cant say I was wrong when I tried to save money. I cant even say I am right especially when I was eating HOT rice-n-chilly. I was lucky to try to help that guy who in turn helped me a lot. Today I could spend thousands for a meal but was the day where money didn't work in any way. I can't eat only rice and chilly powder with an onion now. Rest of the journey till DVG was fantastic and memorable. I never met that guy in my life and I wish I will never face such situation in my life.

Talent under the bench

No matter which degree you have in your hand we all know about LLB. Is it a jargon? “Lords of last benches” If you want to enjoy the fun side of classroom it is a right place for you. The last benches are also known for rational attitude people, may be I should say people like rancho in 3 idiots. I had very rare opportunities to be on last bench.  I loved to be in my favorite seat, first seat in second bench. The classroom, in any point of time is happening place; many rumors, news and events happen there and we are the players who act and watch at the same time.  

Recently I had been to college for a session on campus recruitment and I noticed the hidden talent of college heroes (and heroines!) Art of designing benches! I was able to collect few snapshots also. And these are all from only one class. Since it was Sunday, other classrooms were closed; otherwise we could have seen more artistic talents.  These benches help in tests/internals and also very useful tool for misplaced anger (my friend's blog), very good media to show your anger anonymously. Not to forget the designer of these benches are not only the LLBs. Everyone in the classroom support this art, either being part of designing or being designed on the bench :)

First of its kind and very rare! I was very happy to see this. But critics do have questions on this. Is it the love towards mother (which is visible on first site) or anger? as you may observe a sun! considering sun as a soul of this whole human world, it implies that mother is our world! 

I am sure that artist is like auro in Paa! Depicting what is India is all about. On the right top you may observe q sweet quote "love each other" and at the same time a heart shape combined with two religions. Not to forget the languages mentioned over here. Telugu, Hindi, English in a classroom which is in Karnataka. Very unique way of representing our country. Not to forget that this art cannot come from one person. It is collective effort done without knowledge of outcome :) Similar efforts by these youths (we included) make our nation - India.

This snap was taken with more lighting effects as fortunately power supply was live. Such a sweet design. it must be one of those girls sitting in classroom and remembering mighty teddy bear and its hug :) three teddy bears, a house, tree etc . . . . this talent came out in very early stage i suppose! There was one sweet message about these teddy bears, "A cute moment turning unexpectedly SCARY is when......  U hug your teddy bear on warm night......!! and it simply HUGS u BACK.....!!!!"  Please do not divert your mind towards, RGVs Phoonk :) i even heard that RGV was inspired by his college environment to make these so called horror movies!

The Princess and the Frog,  

a fairy tale, my doubt is who draw it? Princess or .. ?

Looks odd? These are the techniques to get marks in internals/exams. First thing to do is book the seat at right place and carve the diagrams which are totally encoded and easy to decode by self. Hope you remember words like VIBGYOR, ALICE (commerce- Assets, liabilities, Income, Capital expenses) AGCT (Bio-the language of life) or S*FWOGH (select from where order by group by having) etc ... well know well used.  These people also have saying like innovations are made by lazy people who hate to work :) 

I think it represents the Center fresh effect of lecturing :) 

No comments ! ! !  

But I always felt its true. There is a star, does it mean conditions apply?

Remembering Fish-curries? or  Aquarium  lover!!

Find the no. of eyes on right side! Winner gets extra eye :)

I don't know why artist likes KEB too much  (former electricity board of Karanataka now it is divided into different companies like BESCOM, HESCOM etc)  A politician and JaiHind from his mouth! lot can be predicted by this. Small font words are nothing but few points to remember while writing tests!

She look like bollywood actress?

Definitely MAMu is maamu :)   is it traffic police standing there? Terrible experience with white devil?

and the last one! 

I wish these people could have joined fine arts course! Still time is there, it can be taken as a good hobby. But spoiling benches!!?? need to think about it how right is it or how much rights we have to damage it! There were few more snaps in fact, which i cannot publish to keep my blog clean :) 

Happy Life

-PC

Hum Tum Aur Ghost

Hum Tum Aur Ghost - With lots of expectations one could only see unexpected turns in this movie.

Arshad warshi's first home production and Studio-18 release have good star cast like Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani and Dia Mirza. A comedy movie without fun.

There is no Casper in movie rather ghosts who have something to do for their loved ones or to kill someone! Movie starts with a confusion and it is not easy to understand what is happening if you didn’t hear anything about it before.

Arshad warshi, a new face introduced by ABCL long back is the only attractive figure in whole movie but not convincing. Boman Irani, didn’t get much of opportunity to show off. Arshad's writing or screen play won’t make audience happy. There is direct link with recent movie Kartik Calling Kartik! Lead role in both movies are expected to have same decease and KCK is already kind of flop.

Arman ( Arshad Warshi) - a professional photographer leading confused life as he could hear voices from unknown resources! Nights are spent in Railway stations and days with alcohol. One fine day he realized that he could help these voices i.e. ghosts via Kapoor ( Boman Irani) who was businessman once. When Arman is busy in interacting with these ghosts, Gehna (Dia), Arman’s girl friend, meets Arman's doctor to learn that her love is living in imaginary world with unpronounceable decease. In unexpected turn, Kapoor says bye bye to Arman and Arman got a new task to find someone for another ghost.

Story is not too fast or slow with pleasant plays. Fun filled moments are conversion between Arman and Gehna - a typical conversion of our generation! Not to forget the muffins and bank robbery; these are the only fun moments of the movie apart from Shayari's of Kapoor and Arman's potencial father in law. Songs are promising with Javed Akhtar’s good lyrics.

Arshad warhi, looks very cool and cute in this movie. His dance, act and dialogues make anyone worth to see. Boman Irani has nothing to do with this movie as it seems; audience could see him only for 10-15 minutes over all. Dia, pretty girl played a typical girlfriend role. The special effects in the climax are really worst; no matter how much money they spent on this special effects, it is not pleasant in any way.

Arshad warshi's good acting and few funny moments make it worth to watch, but what to do; movie is not worth to watch with lots of expectations. Die hard fan of Arshad will definitely enjoy this movie. But what to do - avoid any expectation! Movie earlier titled as Kaun Bola would end up like Kaun dekha!

Director: Kabeer Kaushik

Cast: Arshad Warsi, Diz Mirza and Boman Irani

Rating : (2/5) *****

Hosa varusha Bhaavageeteyondige

ಭಾವಗೀತೆಗಳ ಭಾವನೆಯೇ ವಿಚಿತ್ರ, ಹೇಳಲಾಗದು, ಹೇಳಲಿರಲಾಗದು. ಹೊಸ ವರುಷದ ಹುರುಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ಕವಿತೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಕೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಬಯಕೆ. ಈ ಕವಿತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಸಾರಂಶವಿದ್ದರೂ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಗೀತದ ರುಚಿಯನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟು ನವರಸವನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿದ ದಿವಂಗತ ಅಶ್ವತರನ್ನು ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದು. ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಷ್ಟು ಹುಡುಕಿದರೂ ಈ ಕವನದ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಿಗಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಕವಿತೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಬಯಸುವವರು ಈ ಕೊಂಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಬಹುದು : http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Bhaavageethe/home/Nammoru-Chandavo-KS-Narasimha-Swamy.php


ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕವಿತೆ - ಜಾಲಿ ಬಾರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂತು ಪೋಲಿ ಗೆಳೆಯರು .... (ಮುಂದಿನ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ)


ಕೆ. ಎಸ್. ನರಸಿಂಹಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ

ಶಾನುಭೋಗರ ಮಗಳು ತಾಯಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಹುಡುಗಿ
ರತ್ನದಂತಹ ಹುಡುಗಿ ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲ
ಬಲು ಜಾಣೆ ಗಂಭೀರೆ ಹೆಸರು ಸೀತಾದೇವಿ
ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ತುಂಬಿಹುದು ಮದುವೆಯಿಲ್ಲಾ

ತಾಯಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಿಂಚ ಬೀರುವ ಕಣ್ಣು
ಒಮ್ಮೊಮ್ಮೆ ಕಣ್ಣೀರ ಸರಸಿಯಹುದು
ತಾಯಿಯೆಂದದಿ ಬಂದು ಕಂಪನೆರೆಯುವುದೆಂದು
ಇಂಥ ಬಾಳಿಗೆ ಒಲವೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಕನಸು

ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಕೆರೆಯಿಂದ ತೊಳೆದ ಬಿಂದಿಗೆಯೊಳಗೆ
ನೀರ ತರುವಾಗವಳ ನೋಡಬೇಕು
ಕರುವನಾಡಿಸುವಾಗ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆಯ ಬನದೊಳಗೆ
ಅವಳ ಗಂಡನ ಹೆಸರ ಕೇಳಬೇಕು

ಮೊನ್ನೆ ತಾವರಗೆರೆಯ ಜೋಯಿಸರ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗನು
ಹೆಣ್ಣ ನೋಡಲು ಬಂದ ಅವರ ಮನೆಗೆ
ವೈದಿಕರ ಮನೆಗಳಲಿ ಊಟ ಹೊತ್ತಾಗುವುದು
ಒಲ್ಲೆನೆಂದಳು ಸೀತೆ ಕೋಣೆಯೊಳಗೆ

ಮಗಳ ಮಾತನು ಕೇಳಿ ನಕ್ಕುಬಿಟ್ಟರು
ತಂದೆ; ಒಳಗೆ ನಂದಾದೀಪ ನಂದಿ ಹೋಗಿ
ಫಲವ ನುಡಿದುದು ಹಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲೇನಿದೆ
ಮುಂದೆ ತೆರಳಿದನು ಜೋಯಿಸನು ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗಿ

ಬೆಳಗಾಗ ಕೆರೆಯ ಬಳಿ ನನ್ನ ತಂಗಿಯ
ಕಂಡು ಕನ್ನೆ ತೋರಿದಳಂತೆ ಕಾರಣವನು
ಹೊನ್ನೂರ ಕೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಹೊಸ ಗಂಡು
ತನ್ನ ಕೂದಲಿಗಿಂತ ಕಪ್ಪು ಎಂದು

ನಮ್ಮೂರಿನಕ್ಕರೆಯ ಸಕ್ಕರೆಯ ಬೊಂಬೆಯನು
ನೋಡಬೇಕೆ ಇಂಥ ಕಪ್ಪು ಗಂಡು
ಶಾನುಭೋಗರ ಮನೆಯ ತೋರಣವೆ ಹೇಳುವುದು
ಬಂದ ದಾರಿಗೆ ಸುಂಕವಿಲ್ಲವೆಂದು

ಶಾನುಭೋಗರ ಮಗಳು ರತ್ನದಂತಹ ಹುಡುಗಿ
ಗಂಡು ಸಿಕ್ಕುವುದೊಂದು ಕಷ್ಟವಲ್ಲ
ಸರಿಯಾದ ಗಂಡೊದಗಿ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಸುಖವಾಗಿರಲಿ
ತಡವಾದರೆಂತೆ ನಷ್ಟವಿಲ್ಲ


-ಪ್ರತಿ (PC)

bal bal bachgaya

I am proud to say that I speak Hindi, which is our national language and I am more proud to say that Hindi is popular far away from India also; In South Africa, pickle is known as "Achar"! Words like chutney are found in oxford dictionaries. And words like Bangalored (this is not Hindi word but impact by a Hindu nation) have too much impact on this world!

But sometimes I get confused about Hindi! I don’t know how to use words! One of such word is “kal”! Does it mean yesterday or tomorrow? I remember a statement given by my previous manager about requirement implementation for new product “This client from India, always wants requirements yesterday!” I suspect it was misunderstanding of word “Kal”!

Another phrase “baal baal bach gaye”! I didn’t understand how it could be possible to save someone with two hairs!

I don’t think there is any actress in Bollywood who didn’t promote a shampoo or a soap which reduces hair-fall, hair damage,  gives strength to hair or nutrition to hair! (Certain record says, in India 48% new born babies had nutrition deficiency in 2005-06! ).Honestly till the time you don’t know the importance of this hair, you will never get to know what it is!

My Dad, whom I miss very much, used to make fun when he finds a hair in meals. And it was very common to see such incidents! Dad always said that mom’s food is tasty because of these hairs. And till today mom’s dishes are yummy and tasty. Yesterday I found a hair in Cadbury chocolate! Now I know the secret of Cadbury :)

I did saw a Kannada movie where actress caught actor being with another girl with a criminal clue! A long hair attached with his shirt, hmmm nope I think attached to baniyaan! That one hair changed whole movie, a great twist.

It happens to be a beautiful evening and I was with my girlfriend holding hands! I spent couple of hours with her in and around Forum and back to home with a melodious song achcha to hum chalte hai! After reaching home, on doorsteps, I was messaging her that I miss her hairs too much

“jaanu, tumhari Zulphe

jo mujhe har shampoo ki khushbu de

aur usse jude heroine ki yaad! ”

“What is this?” my cousin brother pointing to shirt even before I could remove my shoes.

My cousin brother is known for perfect dressing sense and being smart (off course not like me). He spends at least an hour a day in front of mirror and my mom always complain about this in two ways that I don’t see mirror at all and he is wasting lot of time with mirror! As usual I am confused to reply back to her.

Luckily my mom didn’t notice about his question as she is busy in cutting vegetables and sis busy on phone call. I gave a pale expression! Handed over a diary milk which was gifted by my girl friend (no doubt, purchased in my money!) and said to myself “aaj to main baal baal bach gaya!”

Few things can be felt! Unseen, unsaid, unbiased! Can be felt just for a moment! A moment equivalent to thickness of a bal!

Jai Hind!

Aaj, Kal aur AajKal,

AKA PC

Crack Me If U 3-1-14

Cryptography - derived from the Greek kryptos, meaning hidden; the science of information security.

People who fall in love or people who hate books both know basics of this language very easily! I posted a 143 message in the news paper which can be understood to only one person; I was into 12th Std or PUC II that time :)

Chit preparation for tests/exams is another great piece of art :)

I did my primary/high school education in a district where exam is actually a combined effort of whole family. Big brothers are known to take big risks to jump off the compound and through answer chits. Intelligent brothers utilize their intelligence to identify readymade answers from MLQ (Most likely questions Bank) or guide books and obedient juniors making many copies of those answers (we didn’t have photo copier, popularly known as zerox machine). Parents will also contribute! Parents ensure that you sit in a exam hall which is convenient to send questions and receive answers and to choose a GOOD supervisor who can help in scoring. Well, none of these techniques need cryptography. It was only when I came to engineering I realized that cryptography is required as its individual effort that takes you high in engineering. Pitta, one of my friends is known to prepare small yet wonderful chits! I still read in news paper about new techniques and achievement of supervisor to recognize it. Well, if you are not caught you are not a thief! Innovation never stops in this category!

I got first crypt letter from my friend in 1998, when I was in eighth standard. Our postman kept that 15 paisa card with him for 3 days to understand what is written. Finally he delivered it to my dad even when it was addressed to me! We used very simple logic of understanding, replacing all alphabets by numbers and whole letter had only numbers! (Except the address, otherwise I could not receive it). I can write hello as 8-5-12-12-15, so simple yet encrypted.

Those who are fan of Dan Brown may know lot about crypt, krypton. The Da Vinci Code which starts with symbolism- ancient form of cryptography, had importance of Fibonacci numbers. I exchanged many letters with my potential girl friend in these coded forms. Even well known series prison break reveals different techniques to communicate symbolically. Obliviously I don’t want to disclose my techniques over here 

Too much involvement in anything is not good and this incident is an example.

          bldy bst idt htu

          asd scrdl . . . . .

I seldom get message from her. I read this message just two days prior to semester exam. I noted down and tried to crack it on the spot; I couldn’t solve it in net café. Later I spent one full day. All permutations, combinations, all methods which we discussed; I even referred old letters to find a clue. Finally I got a Big Zero.I didn’t study cryptography as a subject till that day and I didn’t even know that such subject exists for study. At one corner I felt she just typed randomly, there was nothing to say. But my roommate who doesn’t even know the spelling of cryptography cracked this simple message! OMG! She used such bad words to shout on me? My roommate had good chance to use all those words on me :(

Don’t wanna bore much, below is one of such ciphered message! If you can crack then send a mail to this crack -> pramodchakravarti@gmail.com

Good luck !!!

283617 2837271859 581917151929, 283617 2837271859 581917151929,

283617 2837271859 581917151929, 5958 493827

3728, 171927 17593827 281938 463816461916, 47366719 281938 463816461916

283617 2837271859 581917151929, 5958 493827

PS: This is a clear message and no any bad words are used :) Also I hope I didnt do any mistake while encoding this message!

One clue: Whatever written above is in Hindi but english words. Just like I wrote Aaj, Kal air Aajkal :)

-PC