Hmmmm...

I prefer being the rocket scientist who sent the astronaut to moon rather than the astronaut.

I prefer being the director rather than the protagonist.

I prefer being the person driving the car rather than the person sitting behind.

I like to be the cook, not the one who eats it.

I like to be inspiration, not the result.

I like to be the lighter, not the cigar.

I prefer being the intoxication to being the hangover.

I want to fly, so I would like to spread my wings.Until you spread your wings, you never know how far you can fly!

I like to be the eyes, not the sunglasses.

I like to be the doctor, not the medicine.

I like to be the person who understands jargons, not the one who ridicules it. :)
[No puns intended]

Doubt...believe...inspire....

People doubt everything....in most cases doubt is good...people had doubts that man cant fly...people doubted India's rise from the ashes....hell people doubt my potential in simple things...well the Wright brothers fought doubt....India is fighting the worlds doubt....I see world sideways...hence I see doubt as a cause to trigger wonderful things.....and as far as peoples doubt in me...I have just one reply...I don’t see your doubt to be a cause to be fought but I see your doubt as a thought to be pondered about.

Belief is dope. It’s adrenalin. Let me take the iconic example of India. People say that my country is 50 years old! I pity your ignorance. My beloved Mother India is at least 10000 years old. Well...sorry for the digression. I had to put that point across...anyways...I wish not to talk about outsiders not believing in my country...I wish to talk about the worst lot, some of my fellow "Indians" who believe that my country is going nowhere. The media has a big role to play in this....recently...the sudden birth of so many news channels I feel is adding salt to a fictitious injury. Be it news channels or newspapers....bad news sells...sorrow, pity and disgrace are selling like hot cakes...morality means nothing...all these are either good or surrogate offspring’s of doubt and belief. The Image of India in the outside world is a heterogeneous mix of bad and good images...we have just started getting up...we have not even started to run...and I see the output to be adulterated...still I see things positively...I have noticed that the best of things and the purest of intentions have the maximum critics...for instance, In media, You are still seeing the generation of i60's and 70's running the scheme of things...These are Socialist mindsets (I don’t see anything wrong with that parse, apart from the fact that they are Soviet loving people who still doubt their (our) own ability. They are insecure (very), no doubt about it. Our politicians are worse; they are a generation or two older.... Apparently for them US invading Iraq is a threat for India while Chinese ASAT's or their cordial relation with Pakistan aren't worth even discussing....for them merit is shit...caste and vote bank is gold!! Sooner or later the torch will be passed on to a new generation. Plus hype sells. You put "India" and "Superpower" in a headline, it will undoubtedly sell, and especially in a country which most of you guys (Westerners) thought wouldn't make it past the Soviet Disintegration. And about rich wealthy arrogant travelers, that holds true for all nations. And I'd bet that the United States has more 'arrogant' people per thousand that India.. we still have some self doubters here after all.

For all those people who doubt without credit or doubt due to jaundiced opinion or preconceived notions...all I have to say is…Doubt...doubt all you cant...this gives belief a cause to rebel against...after all...what people doubted yesterday is today...what you doubt today will be tomorrow.... get Inspired….Inspire……

A 200 year old dispute is finally heading towards solution...i hope!!

"If the verdict that has been released by the tribunal will be followed,the starving farmers of tamil nadu will get enough water for irrigation.
Final decision - Tamilnadu - 419 tmc and Karnataka 270 tmc
According to a study conducted by the central government in 1972, the utilisation of water from Kaveri in Tamil Nadu was 489 tmc against Karnataka's 177 tmc. Now Karnataka wants to utilise 465 tmc, against its present usage of 312.32 tmc. It is against this background that Tamil Nadu went to the Supreme Court.
The Kaveri Tribunal, in its interim award of June 1991, ordered that Karnataka should release 205 tmc of water to Tamil Nadu during one "water year" - from May to June. It also stipulated a weekly quota for flow. Karnataka has scrupulously followed the interim order and has released much more than 205 tmc of water every year except during the year 1995-1996 when the shortfall was merely about 10%.Even though Tamil Nadu had demanded about 560 thousand million cubic feet or TMC of water, the 419 TMC it has been awarded is substantial, against Karnataka’s 270 TMCFT.This actually translates into Karnataka releasing 192 TMCFT of water every year. To get a sense of the scale, a single TMC of water can irrigate 460 acres of land. There are eight minor and major dams across Cauvery and its tributaries in the river basin. Much of the water has to be released from the KRS dam and Kabini dam in Mysore districts. Over 40 per cent of the Cauvery basin is in Karnataka, while 50 per cent is in Tamil Nadu. At least 6 to 7 per cent of the area is in Kerala while the rest falls in Puducherry."

Perhaps the two most emotive states in this country. Karnataka rivals tamil nadu in senseless emotive outbursts and lack of rationality. Both the sides must work towards something constructive and less emotive. They are Indian farmers!! That should have precedence over their state flags. Its not the size of the state or population that should be the base for water distribution.

Karnataka is crying fowl because it has been granted only have of what it wanted. But paraphrasing what my friend had stated:"try to be practical. Assuming you apply for a job and the average salary for the job u r applying for is 5 lakhs per annum. If you ask for 25 lakhs and get only 6 you shouldn't crib." Tamilnadu has always been rational enough and practical enough not to demand twice its required amount.Karnataka is supposed to release 13tmcft lesser than the interim award. understand that the tribunal and supreme court are not dumbos.I wonder why the cauvery water supplied to Bangalore is not diverted to Mandya farmers. Guess the Bangaloreans are more important than the farmers.What they will drink?As if there is no ground water. What about Chennai? Have Chennai ppl died because of water scarcity?Support the side with whom justice resides

Tamil Nadu has more population and the whole state requires the water as opposed to southern karnataka. Also, the size of irrigational lands is far greater in tamil nadu. Its therefore an unbiased decision. Karnataka projects water scarcity, if that is true, that sould be addressed...afterall..they are our brothers...also...why 30 TMC to Kerala? when there's never been dearth of water there??

I feel confused, as i do not wish to take sided and see this issue from a 3rd person perspective. I feel I have equal stake on both sides, as my mother and her family hails from mysore having been brought up there for generations, still having close ties and my dads family and myself being brought up in Chennai....

This whole political gameplay looks more like a Kindergarten. In a democratic country like our India, should everybody accept the decision of the court? Yes! The Rice Bowl of India requires Cauvery water desperately. Cauvery is the lifeline for many people in both the states. I believe it is the State governments responsibility to follow the supreme court ruling and tribunal verdicts.Imagine there is a state in South India called Cauvery Pradesh, comprising only of the Cauvery plains, spread across Karnataka, TN, Kerala and Puducherry. All of Cauvery water would belong to the whole of this Cauvery Pradesh, not just the upstream region. That is exactly what the Tribunal has said. When it comes to water resources, borders, including international ones, cannot be an impediment to sharing and natural justice.Talk about National Integration. Nationalize rivers. Pray for good moonsoons. Also pray for level headed unbiased rational people in delhi, chennai and bangalore. We have a problem, instead of working towards a solution, we are aggravating it.

Talk English, Walk English, Laugh English

English ,despite the fact that it has so many phonetic and grammatical disabilities, despite being a relatively new language and despite being a language that is alien or secondary tongue to most people, English still rules the world! Most regional languages are slowly declining and dying a slow and gruesome death. Along with it, its culture, history and heritage fades.

Especially in India, and especially down south, people have this notion that english is the mother of all languages and its hep to converse in english and rustic to converse in their beloved mother tongue.

I paraphrase what the Editor of Indian Express, Mr.Gurumurthy once said,
Its sad that people believe that if you have to abuse somebody, that has to be done in English! If you abuse the Anglicized Indian, he will not find fault with the blame but with the grammar in your language! This is the extent to which a foreign language has possessed us. But, we must master English, that is needed, but why do we have to become slaves of the English language? We must use that language as a tool, but why do we consider it as a status symbol? This is the influence of Macaulay.


I feel ashamed that I am not able to fluently write or read my tongue, Tamil or the tongue of my forefathers, Sanskrit. Everything needs a start. Better late than never. So I am slowly reading about my roots and language. The irony is its English that is helping me learn Tamil and Sanskrit!

We read about the British rule and about their viceroys, but barely read regional history, we are given a fleeting glance about popular Indian kings, but are just Kings our history? what about local cultures, temples, ancient Indian inventions, our medicines....sorry for the digression...but i guess its aa good digression...am hinting the topic of my next blog...:-)

Empty your minds and start thinking afresh!!!

Mera own hamara bajaj---Pulsar-Definitely Male

TN 07 AV 5824

After lots of thought and political persuation.. i decided to buy a bike( or rather my dad allowed me to go in for a bike). Being more of a car crazy boy, initially i was thinkin against buying a bike but i felt that i will miss somethin in life without " my first bike" memoirs... ( oh i also need a vehicle for goin to college or for project or for going "out".

My options were Unicorn or Pulsar 150. Pulsar 180, the drop in mileage is not worth the extra power.. never been much of a Fiero fan.. and thought for nearly a microsecond and rejected the newly released tvs apache.

Performance wise both Uni and Pulsar perform almost equally; pricing was more or less same. Monoshocks of Uni do give a very different ride feel but I guess the NitroX in pulsar makes the ride more comfortable over potholes.
Also the new exhaust tec in the pulsar gives its engine a superb sound..not too smooth...not too noisy...jus perfect feel.

I finally chose pulsar 'cause I thought it looked better, had a smoother ride feel, more value for money (mag wheels etc with the same price as Uni) and I did not want to ride a symbol of gay pride :-)

NUMBER ONNU...

I guess my blog is a semi-personal diary. A frequent pulpit to vent out my thoughts. A collaborative space where I am my own boss. A geo-political soapbox for my sometimes jaundiced views. A breaking-news outlet (however small and inconsequential the news is). A collection of “interesting” links. Most of my private thoughts that can be shared. Memos to the world (past, present and future as I see it)

My blog is whatever I want it to be, however controversial, radical, repulsive or nauseating it might be to a few. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules, and this one happens to be mine.
Feel free to comment on it .Or not. Theri marzi.
And so my tryst here begins….