Coffee, Smokes and Laughs

(Image Courtesy: Google Images) The year 2012 began with good surprises that always kept my smile widening. News by news I’ve begun to enjoy these bundles of joy with pleasant weather along with my coffee and smokes. Slowly the times began to change as the dates the in calendar ran at the pace that is almost on par with Michael Johnson, presently the retired sprinter. I have been following the same old route to my office (a stereotype guy!) which was pretty pleasant ride with an exciting combination of cool breeze and warm summers. In all this cozy and comfortable weather along with my best riding memoirs, the peace and tranquility was abundant in life. Like in movies, here comes the villain of my life (for several others as well) the summer, the entry of this summer is definitely nothing short of a gory villain in our ‘ mana’ movies. The devilish smile of this summer has already put many of us in acute problems and when it comes to m...

(Image Courtesy - Google Images) Looks like Hotel Taj in Mumbai is the battleground for anyone and everyone. I guess, from now on, those who wants to experience some real blood flights, can end up at Hotel Taj, without any scent of doubt. Be it ‘India’s damaad’ Kasab’s gory killing of scores of people or the celebrity fights that ended up in a super brawl, the unpleasant incidents like these are surefire to carry a mudslinging reputation to the nation's prestigious hotel. I seriously don't get why these celebrities fail to understand they are humans too and needs a little amount of civic sense and social skills. The latest and disgusting incident at Taj’s Wasabi restaurant, where the Bollywood’s ‘macho’ Saif Ali Khan ended up assaulting an NRI businessman is one distinct example of how fame makes one wear multiple skeletons.  I am definitely not here to take sides, but nevertheless, it is so very insane act to beat up some...

( Image Courtesy: Google Images) The recent movies that released during the weekend have become more unbearable and I do not understand why these movie makers do not identify what exactly entertains the audience. Take the list of recent flops like EK Mein Aur Ek Tu , man! the very title itself is so uninteresting and above all, it is too boring to see Kareena Kapoor as the young, bubbly girl. Frankly, I think she really doesn’t have that young and bubbly trait in her personality and more than this, she has already set a benchmark of how ‘not’ to be an actress. Probably, Jab We Met was the only movie in which she was Okish (If this word exists) in her entire filmography. It bemuses me when I read some strong statements like, “ Indian cinema is going global ” and blah blah , since our movies are extremely substandard in concept, scripting and acting. Indeed, it is not just Kareena Kapoor, also her contemporaries and ‘ so called ’ s...

(Image Courtesy: Google) It often surprises me when an employer or the management says, “We want our employees to walk to the office in perfect corporate formals”. My biggest question is, Should companies focus more on the deadlines and deliverables coupled with the quality and precision or should focus on employees dress etiquette? My million dollar doubt is, why should there be a dress code, although, agreed my argument is not that companies should allow people walk naked in their offices, of course no one will. But they can allow their human capital in casuals or semi-casuals.  Technically, it is the not the headache of the client to know and understand in which attire the billable accounts are turning up, rather his sole priority would be to keep a track on his timeliness that adheres to his deadlines.  Also, my another biggest point is, as Raymond punch line says “ the complete man”, does wearing a formal makes an individual a perfect cut-out for a job ...

Back then, when I was in school, I remember my teachers saying Earth is also a planet and I used to be kicked about the fact, God! I am living in one of those planets. As time passed by and once again I tried to reckon those classes, I began wondering, “Is this called the Planet Earth?” My doubt may raise many eyebrows, thinking what this zygote is talking about? My dear readers just move your heads a little away from your PCs (Not Priyanka Chopra, lusty minds!), and see the world around. I am sure there would be humpty questions lingering in the mind as to what are we doing and where is the road ahead? All of us are in this rat race of making a survival and ensure a comfortable living, although the process of attaining comfortable living is definitely not comfortable. Just think of the quantum of resources we are wasting and also the terrifying amounts of toxins we are adding to the environment. Take the case of Hyderabad, the city where I live and touch wood, I am so very pro...

Come to think of it, the so called jargons like “ground-breaking”, “sensational”, “the latest trend” and many more are being used by one of the nation’s supposedly, the biggest newspaper company. Well, I am actually in an unknown state-of-mind and let’s sort it out with a simple word called “surprised”. Yes, surprised because, the core objective of a newspaper is to write the news that not just makes people aware of what is happening around them, but also educate them with the right message and right news, that makes one a productive individual. There is recently an advertisement running in the Idiot Box (for obvious reasons!) and it goes like a surveyor asks a bunch of youngsters on elementary level general knowledge questions and these youngsters, who boast themselves are sophisticated, urban and highly intellectual people begin to fumble. The ad finally ends up with a suffocating question, “Which newspaper do you read?” Although, it might just be a commercial for a few secon...