Enigmatics

India VS England 27th Feb 2011

2011-02-27T22:09:00.001-08:00

A wonderful match yesterday... Foolhardy at its best... Why the hell India let loose on such a good setup.. how could you miss out on a 350 after such a solid start ; wickets fall in heap... England after such a wonderful chase till 42nd over made a mess at the end taking the 3rd powerplay...Zaheer's absolute brilliance... Dhoni giving Chawla the 2nd last over ahead of Pathan and Mardy and Bresnon making most of it and that was not enough Shehzaad the No.10 coming in and hitting a blinder from nowhere... Sachin' and Strauss' tons (one of the best ever) going in vain...

But boy what a match.. what a match... One day at its best with full entertainment on and the result even so better; I don’t think anybody would have BET for this result (humm unless Shane Warne actually believed in what he tweeted early morning)...

Was alone at home and shouting and cheering at the top of my lungs… Man I was on a high without a single drink…
If you call it a fix.. so it be… if you call it madness then madness it is… but boy CRICKET fever is back and at least it has caught me… caught me big time… Long live cricket!!!!!!

Fire at Carlton Towers Banglore!!!

2010-02-23T10:01:00.000-08:00

....Today at around 5:30 PM, as usual was returning to home from office... to my surprise and astonishment, entire Old Airport road was empty with not even a single vehicle on road apart from a distant siren to add to it there were too many people out on streets... I was surprised, was curious, at the same time contemplating what could be the reason... With in no time I realized this is something big happened... may be another bomb blast or some riot or some unnecessary and violent protest rally (may be against the North Indians)... When i reached nearer I saw, broken windows and glass walls, I was even more kind of scared... With all these confusions in mind (I would prefer using the word confusion, you may take it as fear) I preffred to pass the Domlur circle at the earliest which was center of all the Hungama and more of Drama. (I really appologize for using this word Drama, but the people standing out there, on the streets, over the footpaths, from office corridors, over the flyover; the media; and the people sitting in front of the Television were all watching the Drama or the Tamasha)
Well soon after crossing the Domlur circle I stopped my bike and enquired a passer by about what had happened, he replied "Not sure!!! some fire broke out, people trapped in there...". Even I am taken aback by the next line I spoke; "Only fire na, theek hai", I said with a sigh of relief and moved on.
Later I discovered what had I just said, boss there are people in there, TRAPPED!!!, there life could be in danger... Thought just crossed over my mind... what has happened to us we take a SIGH of RELIEF, when we hear its a fire that broke down in the building... thank God its no terrorist attck or even worse its not one of those hate demonstrations carried out by some Guided Fools, guided by some Foolheads; its just a Fire, Fire fighting bodies can take care...and it will not last more than a few more hours.... most if not all people will be safe...

Keeping my thoughts aside... 9 people have lost thier life, 30 severly injured... its said that security norms in the building were not met... well this is not my job... another committee would be appointed (of retired judges who would earn for another year) to submit a report (of practically no use)...

I owe my sincere condolence for the loss... I really feel low and sorry...

2009-03-26T23:27:00.000-07:00

Mumbai Terror: Shahrukh I have become a fan of yours after reading this.

2008-12-08T09:46:00.000-08:00

Hey guys I could agree no more with what Shahrukh has to say in his conversation with Rajdeep Sardesai on Mumbai Terror... I have already been a fan of shahrukh, not just for the way he has acted but the way he has emerged as a person... after reading this I just can say You are the BEST Shahrukh.....
you all too have a look....

Rajdeep: These are tough times for Mumbai. How does 26/11 affect you as a Mumbaikar? If I can call you that today because you are very much a part of this city, this city has made you.

Shah Rukh: I am from Delhi. I have seen riots in Delhi and when I came to Mumbai in 1993, there were these bomb blasts, and now I have seen it through 26/11. More than a Mumbaikar, I feel more Indian than I’ve felt before and specifically because I like to believe that I am an educated, liberal Muslim who has a Hindu wife and two kids. The more I see these kinds of things, the more it makes me realise the vulnerability of life and how important it is for me to spend time with my loved ones. When I think of my loved ones now, that circle is increasing. It has not got to do with only my wife, my children and couple of friends. It is now increasing, I want to spend time with all the people I thought that I can like or love and slowly I believe this is going to make everyone in the country do the same. We are going to spread this circle of love. I think tragedy has strange sense of uniting people, so it is making me feel that I need to spend every living hour of my life with people who matter a lot.

Rajdeep: Because you could be sitting at the Kandahar or Tiffin at the Oberoi or the Golden Dragon at the Taj, one moment celebrating your friend's birthday or your anniversary and the next moment there is a guy with a gun who is shooting randomly. It almost makes you philosophical.

Shah Rukh: It makes you philosophical not only in these specific areas. You could be walking on the roadside. What happened in Mumbai must be happening everywhere, in the railway stations and it is happening to many people. You are just walking. I get very scared now, when my kids have to be sent to school in the school bus. It could happen to anybody. The whole reality is that it could happen to anyone of us, it is not bound by areas or castes or creed or colour. It can happen to anyone.

Rajdeep: What 26/11 has also done to Mumbai, is unite people - Hindus, Muslims, people across the class divide. It could be a child of privilege going to the Taj or Oberoi or be at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus taking the night train. It could be a north Indian or it could be a Maharashtrian, it has broken down all barriers.

Shah Rukh: Absolutely, if you can take away any positive thing from this tragedy and have some kind of peace in your heart to be able to look at that. I think the very thing that the terrorists try to destroy is unity, secularism, the economy and just the dignity of the country. I think for the first time, we all have come to realise that that very thing has actually strengthened. The unity has got strengthened and I cannot say I am glad but I can say that if you can take away anything positive, that in itself is biggest positive. They have now given us the biggest weapon against them and we need to utilise that in the best way possible.

Rajdeep: Which is unity?

Shah Rukh: Yes, unity across classes, across religions and I think the clergies should also take a note from this aspect and say okay whatever we say, whatever we do, wherever we come from, whichever religion we promote, somewhere down the line a situation has arisen in our country that all of us are not going to listen to it if it is going to be lopsided. We will only listen to things which will unite us now.

Rajdeep: On Wednesday, there was a sea of people at the Gateway of India. It started off with an SMS campaign and built out through social networking — and there was a sea of people bashing the politicians but also in a strange way uniting people in wanting answers. You sense that there is a generation out there which is now coming out?

Shah Rukh: Absolutely, I am a true believer and at this point of time I also believe that at 43, I am a little older than the younger generation. But, I truly believe that we are venting right now and we need to. We are frustrated, we are cynical, and we are angry and rightly so. At this point of time we are finding various areas to vent out, whether they are politicians, whether they are some services which failed, we will do all that but I just want to tell the youngsters not to let go of this frustration, anger and cynicism. Use it as a constructive, aggressive move towards bringing a change. This is a historical turning point for us which is going to bring the young people together. Ask questions and listen to the answers and if the answers are not right, ask the questions again or change the people who are giving those answers.

Rajdeep: Are you willing to be a part of that change?

Shah Rukh: Absolutely.

Rajdeep: In what way? You are an icon for that entire generation, that generation which has grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan’s movies. So are you willing to be a part of that change? I am not going to the point of saying that is Shah Rukh Khan willing to join politics. I don't know whether you'll like to.

Shah Rukh: I think there should be people who are cut out for the jobs. I have no negative feelings against politics or politicians. I also understand the fact that their hands are tied — that there is going to be international scheming. Of course, they were not prepared, that the worst politicians are opportunist, and that the best politicians sometimes get their hands tied because of this whole voting thing. They actually want a change but they want some more time, but yes I am truly a part of this movement.

Rajdeep: But not becoming a politician? I am not seeing Shah Rukh Khan doing a repeat of an NGR, NTR or the southern politician. That is not what you are comfortable with?

Shah Rukh: No, but I would give my full support to those who are cut out for this job, who are younger. There is corruption in our system and we are all corrupt but somewhere down the line if someone has to move away from it, I am there. The other day, Aamir said a wonderful thing his blog. He said that the youth needs to form a political party, they need to come forward and I am there to support them in any which way possible.

Rajdeep: You believe that the generational change must take place. We are a younger country now. 60-65 per cent of Indian population is under younger people now. Do you think the time has come for the younger politicians to come, people who inspire hope rather than cynicism?

Shah Rukh: Absolutely right. Hope with a little bit of anger which is used constructively. You need to have the madness of the youth because the youth today is not uneducated or silly. If you can get the youth to behave radically like the terrorists do, you can make sure that the youth of this country behave in a positive way.

Rajdeep: You mentioned in the beginning of this interview that you are a liberal Muslim. What has been interesting — your Indian identity or your Muslim identity? You are a proud Indian Muslim, now when you hear terrorists who speak in the name of the religion, speak in the name of Islam, claim that through some form of terrorism they'll actually reach jannat (paradise), what do you have to say them?

Shah Rukh: Let me clarify, I have read the holy Quran. It states that if you heal one man, you heal the whole mankind, and if you hurt one man, you hurt the whole mankind. Nowhere in the Quran does it say that jihad will lead you to jannat. As a matter of fact, the book says that in a war, you can not kill any woman, you can not kill any child and you can not kill any animal, or destroy any crops. Jihad was supposed to be propagated by the Prophet himself but unfortunately now two versions of Islam exist. There is an Islam from Allah and - I am not being anti - very unfortunately, there is an Islam from the Mullahs. I appeal to all of them to please give the youngsters, the right reading of the Quran.

Rajdeep: So, they are distorting religion.

Shah Rukh: Yes, absolutely. All these things have emerged in the last 100-120 years. These things didn’t happen 1000-500 year ago. I'll tell you jihad is something to be called upon by the Prophet himself and if you go by what is written, jihad has a very simple logic. There have to be debates, there has to be proper understanding — either you convince me about your view point or I convince you with mine, and even then also if we don't understand we go our separate ways. I have readQuran many times over the last 2-3 years. Nowhere does jihadsay that you should enter someone's terrority. Jihad says that if someone else comes into your territory then you should protect yourself.

Rajdeep: Does it trouble you then? There are societies which even sent SMSes like “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but all terrorists are Muslims”. These are some SMSes which have done rounds in the middleclass and upper-middleclass in our societies. Now people are coming to terms that there are all forms of terror.

Shah Rukh: Yes, I can't deny this anymore. Two year back I used to get very disturbed whenever the Americans said that all terrorists are Muslim. But now I can't deny that because 95-99 per cent of the people who are caught or shot claim to be Muslims.

Rajdeep: Though, there are hate speeches from both the communities.

Shah Rukh: I think there should be law against Hindu and Muslim hardliners. Political parties with communal agenda and organisations which misread any of the books like Quran or Gita should not be allowed. There should be a hardliner treatment for the hardliners. I also like to believe tha some of us are born Muslims but they have been misled. They are Muslims by birth but not by teachings. The teachings of Islam are as good, as wonderful as the teachings of the Gita or the Bible. They are all the same and I think the youngsters understand this much better and that is why I have a huge hope in them.

Rajdeep: I saw a lot of posters at the Gateway of India that day which said, ‘Let us bomb Pakistan, let us destroy the terrorists based in Pakistan’. Aren’t these messages leading to dangerous jingoism? At one level, Shah Rukh Khan is an icon not only in India but in Pakistan too. So you can be a bridge builder at a time when people try to divide communities. We can't bomb Pakistan, we can't blame all Pakistani society for the acts of these terrorists.

Shah Rukh: No, absolutely not. Like I said this is a passionate reaction. That is the first reaction that comes out but I have a huge amount of faith in the goodness of Indians and I think they would understand this. When they say this, they are very clear. As Rice said we are the 'non-state actors'. Of course if the non-state actors are in a certain state then the time has come that state looks at us saying listen guys let's do it together. I think more than me as a bridge builder, who can just be a cultural builder; I think no more going in buses across the roads I think the top five people from our country from the Government should sit down and say listen we have to accept this that these guys are somewhere down the line being born and brought up in a country and it is destroying their country too, it is not that it is happening only to us.

Rajdeep: So, you can't just have co-production of films, let's have a co-production on terror. Let's have a joint mechanism for terror.

Shah Rukh: Absolutely, the time has come that the both parties. I am very honest about this, I am sensing. I am not sensing dishonesty but what I am sensing is that everybody is trying to protect themselves. You can't say it is not happening in Pakistan, you can't completely deny.

Rajdeep: So, Pakistan is living in complete denial?

Shah Rukh: They are living in denial and of course some of us are also reacting by saying just bomb Pakistan. Like I said the first standard of Jehad, if I was to tell you as a Muslim is debate. Let us sit down and accept the truth, accpeting the truth makes the problem vanish. Let us accept the truth that these guys are being trained there, we are not clamining that the government is doing that, we are simply saying they are being trained. Can gobvernment do something about it, yes we can. Lets try to finsih them off in the best way possible.

Rajdeep: Shah Rukh will you be able to debate with fanatics, be it a Hindu or a Muslim fanatic. Are you ready to have that debate?

Shah Rukh: I think fanatics have no ground stand, it is very easy to debate with fanatics because I think they are misinformed, illinformed and they have no ground stand. Any normal, educated, well brought up Indian or Pakistani can debate with a fanatic from either sides and win the debate very easily. They have no answers after a while, I am again and again saying that if you are following Allah's words, even if you are following Gita's words or Biblical words, there is no place anywhere which will say this.

Rajdeep: There is no place in the civilised society for an AK47, you can not take the lives of innocent people on the name of religion and claim that you are following denis of Quran? This is a complete distortion of a great book?

Shah Rukh: You and I don't know how heaven is going to be like. You and I genuinely know what god is going to be like. But I can assure you that you and I both know it very clearly that by hurting someone who is innocent there is no way, no god in this world is going to give heaven.

Rajdeep: Do you think after as a result what has happened in Mumbai, India is going to be a stronger place or a weaker place?

Shah Rukh: I think as I told that this is going to be a historical turning point of change. There is no way that this is not going to unite us together. I see an amazing amount of hope.

Rajdeep: This is like the Obama's generation coming - 'Yes,we can'.

Shah Rukh: Yes, 100 per cent. There are people who can do it and will do it and very-very clearly. I was just telling this to someone the other day that we need to see within ourself. The youth don't have the barriers of the history so they can take a call which are new for the modern world and I again and again say that don't offer the other cheek. If the other person slaps you and says it very clearly that I am sorry then say it is okay but we can take it again and again. I am not saying bomb xyz but we can't allow people come to our houses and destroy our families.

Rajdeep: Zero tolerance for the terror.

Shah Rukh: Zero tolerance for the terror and lack of security. We need to set up such organisations and tell them that we will not tolerate this and right now I can sense this in the country.

Rajdeep: And, then we debate issues like terror laws, police forces, modernisation of the police. We can't have rifles against AK47. So you are saying let us have a clear debate on terror. Lets be united, let us not make it an ideological debate or a religious debate, let us make it for better laws and tougher laws without ideology?

Shah Rukh: Absolutely, if we want to win this time let not ideological and religious stuff come in our way. I think we have got a chance where we have come on the same platform where we are equally scared and I think fear is the key for unity. Let us use this fear in an aggressive and positive way without getting affected by ideological, political, communal things.

Rajdeep: So fear is translated to anger which hopefully is going to be translated into action?

Shah Rukh: But it is constructive aggressive.

Rajdeep: Right through this you submit on books like a politician. I am tempting you again in some way, do you see yourself to have that kind of a role in public life or do you think Shah Rukh Khan's role is to be a cultural ambassador who also has a strong view on issues which put you as a role model and communicate to the younger generation?

Shah Rukh: I'll be honest. I truly believe a politician has to be completely selfless, has to it for a community, area, state and country. I'll be very honest about it. I am not scared but I am not selfless enough to be a politician. I think young guys should understand that are you selfless enough to be a politician. I wish five year down the line I become selfless and if I could do something for this country which has given me everything that I am today. I won't lie that I don't want to be a politician but I don't have the right qualities to be a politician. I am still too caught up in my own small world for making things work for myself and for my family.

Rajdeep: But, you said 26/11 has changed you and the world of many-many Indians, you believe it is a very-very defining moment

Shah Rukh: Absolutely, I can't say we are fortunate but we are in the middle of an amazing, historical event which is only going to make our country stronger. At the same time, I can't say I am happy but I am at peace if I can be a part of this movement. And, if I can be a part of this movement in a longer term as you said as a politician but I am not selfless enough. But I am sure there are enough people outside who are selfless enough to do this.
Rajdeep: Shah Rukh it has been a pleasure talking to you. The words you have said today echo across the country and your thoughts need to be understood by every man. Thank you Shah Rukh.

Shah Rukh: Thank you.

Trip to US (Seattle) : Vol 2

2008-10-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

Humm.. Welcome back Abhilash, yet another time to Seattle.......
Cant feel that excitement and and anxiety.. she didn't wanted to even say me a bye, nothing seems to be right 1 of the baggage is missing, another one is torn, my ear is paining, i think i have caught some severe cold, in Newark i almost missed my flight.... and this room doesn't have that energy.. met to two new roomies,in there early thirties, two altogether different species from the same place... one who talks all we call money minded.. other sounding frustrated from the system...
Some how something seems to be not right at least somethings wrong.. what it is it.. I don't know.... Well at least work doesn't seem to have an impact thats one good news.... Hummm that Iranian 70 year old young man... he was an inspiration.... fit and strong enjoying life, believe he gave me one of the strongest handshakes of my life... he was perfect... he was a painter a writer a sports person at this age was committed to a single woman for 35 years had two sons working as consultants and earning good and as he claimed 20,000 friends............. what else do you need from
life... too good.. he has invited me to his place lets see if i can go to his place some time but whatever i enjoyed meeting him...

some of the best days of my life and the people off course

2008-09-14T02:08:00.001-07:00

...Chalta hai yaaar........

2008-08-07T01:51:00.000-07:00

One of the most commonly used lines in our day today life.... Chalta hai yaar...

when we are doing something we are not suppossed and we are advised not to do so; we just shrug it off saying chalta hai yaar... When a friend of ours is into a real deep sh*t we go to console him and the first line that we try out is Chalta hai yaar... Subject main fuckcka lag jana chalta hai yaar.... Campus main selection nahi hona chalta hai yaar....no promotion no hike no onsite chalta hai yaar.... boss ka bematlab dantna chalta hai yaar.... galfrnd ka ditch karna chalta hai yaar.... Best friend ka ka birthday bhool jana chalta hai yaar...

Sahi main boss ye chalta hai yaar bahut chalta hai........

Par kab tak aur kahan tak........ most of us dont realize it untill its very late that this chalta hai yaar attitude of ours is taking us no where... We are not realizing it but this is actually been taken as a perfect escape route by most of us in most of the situations....

There are some malpractices going on around which perhaps we want to depreciate from the core of our heart but again resigning to our Chalta hai yaar attitude we just ignore.... ignore till the time we find ourselves into real f**ked up positions, where no hope no option is left and we again console ourselves this time with this Chalta hai Yaar...

Seems this Chalta hai yaar... is damn too bad yaar but why the hell this has stuck with us for so long then.... Man this Chalta hai yaar... must have something good infact great which has strengthened it to stay so long and to have penetrated so deep.... To my mind this strength comes from the hidden mesaage that this Chalta hai yaar... brings along and that message is:

Move On..... Move on whatever be the situation how so ever bad be the times be...

Move on yes this is the true meaning of our own Chalta hai yaar.... so next time whenever use this Chalta hai yaar... take it as Move On....

...Code, Test, Deliver and the DeAdlInEs.....

2008-06-11T02:11:00.000-07:00

Well this one is going quite away from my earlier posts; but this is what I m into... day in and day out....
hummm I am really confused whether to thank this world of IT which has given us job and a so called respectable stature in the society; or to curse this very job of ours... We have got the job.... whats the big deal everybody else is getting the same... we are getting opportunity to go abroad see new places.. but again everybody else is getting the same.... If everybody is getting the same then the point remains what special you are doing.... We in technical community confront ourselves by saying that we are into development and are doing better job than at least half of our colleagues :)... silly argument isn't it... no then we support with the very same dialog of ours "at least we are doing something original..." Are we actually...
Well leave it.. I would still be happy to call myself a "Developer".. what lies inside it everybody knows both we the hypocrite speakers and the listeners... whatever... well this was not what i intended to write about... Lets come back to the topic....

these days or at least for last one year my life has moved around these words ...Code, Test, Deliver and the DeAdlInEs..... ...
What the heck we do put all of our efforts in writing a piece of cut copy paste code; then test it and find bugs in the same manner introducing the new bugs which come in latter test cycles and they are again fixed and tested and the cycle continues..... Continues till the final time comes... time to deliver and then comes the Deadlines... isn't it a horrifying word Deadlines... but we have made use of this word so frequently that even our children would laugh them out.. "Deadlines... what the all fuzz about... you are always trying to meet them and missing them anyway..."
Seriously these terms like Deadlines, living on the edge, tight schedule... are so commonly associated with us.. may be because of the fact that either we are actually in tight schedules always or may be because we are so used to these words that we wont work until these terms are linked with our work.... I think that the latter cause is majorly responsible for the situation of ours that brings us to the first reason... Its a viscous circle isn't it.... :)
Well whatever it is here i m not to talk about the ways to avoid it or any new theory or approach to make us IT professionals work more efficiently or whatever... I just wanted to do some bakar... I m done with it and now I think I should work otherwise i am gonna miss another DeAdLinE... :) Actually I have to attend a meeting.. ops I forhot to talk about meetings... hope this pics tells about it a bit...

Some pics speak for themselves..............

2007-12-07T23:45:00.001-08:00

...Dil Chahta Hai :)

2007-11-18T14:43:00.000-08:00

...its 5 am in the morning and i have just finished watching Dil Chahta Hai again....... after the yesterdays night out...
I don't know whats so special about this movie; its the story, the stars, the theme or whatever but whenever I watch this a feel of nostalgia creeps in... the desire to meet friends and to share those moments of laughter, to relive the past grows so strong that it feels like just to break all these bonds and free myself from these responsibilities... I want to relive those bygone days... those days when WE was stronger and mightier than I... those days when it hardly mattered what I want... when ambitions never came in between living the present the best way... those best days of life...

I dont know why but somehow my heart realigns with the line of Akshay(Sid)... " har saal Goa aana to door hum shayad dus saal main ek baar bhi nahi mil paayenge... Najane humari zindigi hume kahan leke jaayegi... Shayad humare raaste alag alag hon..."
But then I console my self with Aamir's line "Nahi yaar hum dost hain aur rahenge aur har saal isi tarah milenge..."

But can we actually meet.. will we be able to meet... Kya zindigi ke ye alag alag raaste hume alag nahi kar paayenge... don't know... don't want to know...

Yahan akele baithkar ye mehsoos karna zada mushkil nahi hota ki Akshay ki linon main kitne sachchai thi... lekin as always that larger than life picture of Aamir overtakes the maturity and the very truth of life in Akshay's character... well why we watch movies not have a look at the realities of life; we are always expecting the Happys Ending(Om Shanti Om Style) aur jab tak happy ending nahi aaye to samajh lo ki Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost...

Well may be whatever we desire may not happen... may be we won't have every one we love around us but we cant afford to leave that belief that some day we shall be together... someday we will have whatever we desire... i think this is somewhere related to being optimistic... May be or may be not...

Whatever but I enjoyed this favorite movie of mine yet another time; I guess this was the 5th time I was watching this movie... but this is so close to heart and you can relate yourself with it so much that it never feels like that again you are watching the same moving its a real good time watching DCH.... i simply love it....

And the last words to all my friends... I love you all... Missing you all like hell...

What makes USA "a Dream Destination for us"?

2007-11-09T15:14:00.000-08:00

What makes USA "a Dream Destination for us"?
First up is USA really a dream destination... this is a debatable question and i don't think at this point i m in a position to answer this question completely, but certainly i would like to share some of my view points.
Yes certainly points there are where USA makes itself really a dream destination:
Young professionals like us have a real good exposure to whats new and whats hot here (which may be we are denied of in India; not sure everybody thinks he same way but i feel this is the case with me at least) and a feel of what really Innovation and Out of box thinking means.
As a matter of fact we India are largely focussed on service based solution; in simpler terms we are just drawing business by customizing selling the products made by these people; in turn growing there existing business...
they in the meanwhile are focusing on newer technology and apprehending what more the new user would like. In such a situation while sitting in one of those Service oriented company's in India our creativity is more or less focused on designing newer and more effective ways of drawing business for these US majors.(thereby reducing the vision we should have) We are not given a chance to explore out new areas. Areas where we can be pioneers and the world follows us.
Sitting here in US and working in firm like Microsoft gives an altogether a new paradigm to our approach; our perspectives and targets acquire new directions.
And if its possible for us to carry this new line of thought back to India. May be we can contribute in a much better way; where in, we can be PIONEERS.
And
Excellence is achieved by paving our own path not following the footsteps...
Well may be i have diverted from what was supposed to be discussed, but i think we really need to come out here and have a feel of whats this Innovation really means, whats this out of box thinking means in practical terms. :)

2007-10-21T00:01:00.000-07:00

first night in US...

2007-10-12T20:05:00.000-07:00

...alas!!!!!!! finally into US; the so called dream destination for most of the mediocre Software Professionals like me... with 15 months and 2 days of work-ex i was ready to take on the world... without knowing what is waiting for me...
first evening in US; more specifically in LA; was full of surprises for me...
my scheduled arrival to LA was at 4:30 pm local time and from there i had my connecting flight to Seattle at 6:30 pm...
as usual IA flight was late due to bad weather and consequently I missed my connecting flight... and to add to dismay there was no other flight to Seattle till next morning 6:00 am; whats next, what to do, where to go, what to EAT.... no Ideas!!!!!
alien country, vivid people, beautiful lights, clean roads, real big airport and me all alone there... with next flight next morning...
finally decided to spend the night at Airport as no point taking a hotel at 10 pm and checking out again at 3 am (i had to re check in my baggage at 4 am)... but man what to EAT; into all together a new place and to add to it am a Veggie... wow it seems its a crime to be a veggie not even a single sure shot vegetarian dish in the entire food court there...
but finally i got some "Green Burger" to have as dinner...
...gtg to be contd.