Straight from the head...right into the heart

Most fearful fear: Fear of the Unknown..

2013-03-23T00:25:00.001+05:30

Was watching the "inception" for the nth time, what a beautiful it is, it always piqued my interest no matter how many times i watch. The main point which attracted me in the movie is that to come out of a dream and to get back to reality and live a real life we need to jump and die.

Whats all the fuss with death? Is it because there's so much pain involved? In that case are we ok with a "painless" death? (or) is it because of the fear of losing all that we own things, people, memories etc..?

But i think its mainly because we don't know what happens to us after death? That fear of what lies ahead dark and unknown inculcates the fear in our minds so deadly that normally we do not venture to challenge that.

Similarly in a case where we hear about new things of which we don't possess any knowledge and we don't understand spread fears in people's minds. That same "fear" stops us from doing new things, taking new decisions, trying out a new unknown paths. But we fail to see what lies at the end of unknown path? Again back to the movie metaphor, if we take the risk we can have access to the reality of the world, we can gain access to the knowledge of the unknown transforming it to the known.

There goes the famous batman's dialogue " men always fear what they don't understand" of course this applies to women as well :-). Everyone fears but how fast the fear transforms to curiosity and spirit of adventure decides what a person he/she is?

So either be it death (or) or the deadly fear that's stopping you from doing things never done, don't succumb to it, overcome the fear in your own way and see what lies ahead? Take that jump you have been feared of and see what lies beneath? Lets sail those seas and look beyond, may be we can find one more america? May be there's a fortune waiting for you literally/metaphorically :-)

Beyond the great ocean lies the ultimate treasure, joy of overcoming the fear of unknown

Disclaimer: Please don't jump and die to checkout what lies there, after reading this.

Aam aadmi (Mango People) Vs. Hero

2012-10-15T03:14:00.003+05:30

Its a very rare to witness a person thinking/Doing something out-of-the-ordinary.But when he does that all remaining people will think internally that "Yaar, it looks simple but why didn't we realize/done it before".

It goes with the famous saying from conan doyle "Elementary, Watson". to put it in another way,"When you hear the solution problems becomes simple".

For Eg. You have never met a person, but have heard stories about him that he is Too good at something and he can do this job with ease and lots of stories. Unknowingly a high positive impression of this person gets formed in the brain, and you have very high respects for this person but once you get to know this person and know-how of this techniques your respect for that person decreases (rarely it increases as well). Not only regarding persons, same goes with places/things/movies as well.

Is it because of the high expectations (or) is it human nature to respect/fear the unknown?? (The famous ras-al-guhl ideology "Men fear the unknown and what they cant comprehend").

On the other side, some have high-regard for the heroes whatever the situation whether they know their techniques/not, and tune the mind that heroes are born and they are never meant for it.

Ultimately, some dont care about heroes, some care until they know better, some always care...

How heroes are made is aptly described the great poet barthruhari...in a telugu poem

Poem:

Aarambhimparu neechamaanavulu vighnayaasa santrastulai
Aarambhimchi parityajinturu vighnayattulai madhamul
Dheerul Vighna nihanya maanulaguchun dhrutyunnatotsahulai
Praarabdhartamulujjagimparu sumi pragnanidhul gaavunan

Meaning:    Every person including the heroes start at the same level, some lie there, some give up in the middle and only some last till the last the so called heroes.

This poem tells about three kinds of persons
             Neechamaanavulu: Foolish/Ordinary People ==> People who never start.
             Madhamul: Mediocre People ==> People who give up in middle when faced with obstacles
             Dheerul: Brave People ==> Who Finish the job in spite of any obstacles


Its only the "Mask" of preservence and hard work that make heroes from the "Mango People" (Thanks to robert vadra ;-) ).

How Superstition is formed?

2012-05-06T03:10:00.001+05:30

First researched by BF Skinner after several experiments with the pigeon, he is a great American behaviorist.

The experiment with the pigeon

A pigeon is placed in a box containing a button and a window, behind which some food is hidden. When the pigeon presses the button and the window goes up, the pigeon can take the food. "Like most living creatures, the pigeon quickly associates the pressing of the lever and the reward. But when a timer releases the seed automatically every 20 seconds, every 20 seconds, the pigeon wonders: "What did I do to deserve this?" If it was flapping its wings at the time, it'll continue to flap, convinced that its actions have a decisive influence on what happens. We call this 'pigeon superstition.'".

Was watching the movie Mr.NoBody and there are some interesting references and theories, thought will share with you all...

Donate to Wikipedia: Spread Knowledge

2011-12-23T01:56:00.002+05:30

It has helped me a lot in my life, by giving me an necessary knowledge on unknown topics with very less time spent. I have prepared for interviews, discussions: technical and non-technical, have won lots of bets....
So i thought this time let me do something for wikipedia...donated rs./500. So guys please help such non-profit organizations so that they can continue helping us...

Give Wikipedia Money/Time/Both...Edit/Donate.

P.S. I Never encourage people publicizing their donations, but this is an exception which can help wikipedia.

#keepitfree!

A Hard Nut to Crack : Salute the Bravery of an Unheard Hero...

2011-12-14T20:13:00.000+05:30

This article is an excerpted chapter from Air Cdre Kaiser Tufail's book, Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force, published by Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd, 2005.

The much-awaited II Corps offensive on the Western Front got overtaken by events as the 1971 Indo-Pak War headed for a mortifying finale for Pakistan. PAF had been conserving its assets for the all-important battle, which was not to be. Enough pressure was, however, maintained to tie down IAF effort for air defence, as also to demonstrate an offensive resolve. Continual attacks on the forward airfields of Amritsar, Pathankot and Srinagar, were thus part of a carefully considered strategy. In the event, an Indian Army two-pronged offensive in Shakargarh sector had rendered neutralisation of these airfields most crucial.

No 26 Squadron, based at Peshawar, had been assigned to take care of Srinagar airfield. Daily attacks by Sabres had been causing some damage, but the runway repair gangs were ensuring that the airfield was not out of permanent service[1]. The morning of 14th December saw yet another bombing raid led by the Squadron Commander, Wg Cdr Sharbat Ali Changazi. Accompanying him were Flt Lts H K Dotani, Amjad Andrabi and Maroof Mir, whose Sabres were armed with two 500 lbs bombs each. Escorting the 4-ship package were Flt Lts Salim Baig Mirza and Rahim Yusufzai. Altogether it was a formidable force and, given the familiarity with Srinagar, it seemed like it would be another milk run.

IAF Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

After a 25-minute flight through the picturesque hills and vales of western Kashmir, Changazi’s commanding voice broke the radio silence, “Leader pulling up, contact with the target.” The time was 0730 hrs (PST). Dotani, Andrabi and Mir followed at short intervals, none missing the easily visible airfield complex. Popping up to 5,000 ft above ground, they dived one by one to release their bombs on the runway. Baig and Yusufzai loosened into an orbit overhead the airfield, looking out for any interceptors through the relentless Anti-Aircraft Artillery barrage.

Flg Off Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon of No 18 Squadron was rolling for take-off as No 2 in a two-Gnat formation, just as the first bombs were falling on the runway. Said to have been delayed due to dust kicked up by the preceding Gnat, Sekhon lost no time in singling out the first Sabre pair, which was re-forming after the bombing run. Changazi was, however, quick to detect the attacker behind his wingman. “Gnat behind, all punch tanks,” yelled Changazi. No 3 (Andrabi), who was just pulling out of the attack, was horrified to see the Gnat no more than 1,000 ft and firing at Dotani. “Break left,” called Andrabi, as he himself manoeuvred to get behind the Gnat. Dotani, who had been turning frantically, found his low-powered Sabre tottering at the verge of stall[2]. Unable to hang around any longer with such a precarious energy state, he decided to make a getaway. No 4 (Mir) in the meantime had completed his bombing run and, having no visual contact with the rest, decided to head home as well. The Gnat Leader, Flt Lt Ghuman, had also lost visual with his wingman just after take-off. Said to have failed in re-establishing contact, Ghuman remained out of the fight leaving Sekhon to handle the muddle all by himself.

The fight had turned into a classic tail chase, with a Sabre followed by a Gnat, which in turn was followed by another Sabre. “I am getting behind one but the other is getting an edge on me,” is how Sekhon had described the situation to his controllers. With two more free fighters watching over, the lone Gnat was practically up against four Sabres. Andrabi had, by now, closed in behind the Gnat’s rear quarters and was firing steadily. He was sure that he would get the Gnat, he excitedly forecast on the radio. His Sabre was incessantly spewing out a stream of 0.5” bullets but, despite good aim and textbook range, remained off the mark. What should have been a quick kill dragged on clumsily, testing everyone’s patience and nerves.

The Sabre had enough firepower to riddle a whole formation with bullets, so everyone was dumb-founded when Andrabi’s voice crackled on the radio, “Three is Winchester!” It meant that he had exhausted 1,800 rounds and his guns had stopped firing. The Gnat was still turning circles and it seemed that unless help came fast, Andrabi would soon be at the receiving end.

Changazi was carefully monitoring the dogfight while looking out for the elusive Gnat Leader, whose fleeting glimpse he had caught a while ago[3]. On hearing that Andrabi was spent, Changazi called him to join up as his wingman. Dislodging himself from the Gnat’s tail, Andrabi dutifully moved towards his leader. As the two were forming up, Sekhon took advantage of the slack, straightened out and jettisoned the drop tanks. In the flurry of activity, Sekhon had overlooked a vitally important step and, it was just as well that he shed dead weight for the next round. Nimbler than before, the Gnat could be seen to turn ever more tight as it started to catch up onto Changazi and Andrabi’s pair. Perched on top, the escorts watched in astonishment as the Gnat snatched degrees at a dizzying rate. The situation was getting stickier by the minute and in a couple of turns the Gnat was in a menacing position.

Silver-tongued and gravel-voiced, Andrabi was a class unto himself when he took to the radio. A smattering of expletives ensured that his calls were never disregarded even in the toughest of air combat manoeuvres. Thus, when Andrabi shouted for help against the attacker whose lineage he had declared suspect, everyone took notice! The escorts instantly dived down to grapple with Sekhon, who had turned out to be a hard nut to crack. While Yusufzai covered up as wingman, Baig easily manoeuvred to get behind the Gnat, much to everyone’s relief.

Baig had the privilege of opening his Squadron’s account by shooting down a Hunter near Peshawar, ten days earlier[4]. Since then, he had been in the thick of action in almost every sortie that he went up for. This experience, coupled with his unflappable personality, came in handy as Baig calmly positioned his pipper on the canopy of the Gnat and opened fire. Less than three seconds later the Gnat started to spew thick black smoke. Baig knew it was all over so he stopped firing and watched for the next move.

Meanwhile, the Base Commander and some senior pilots who were in the Air Traffic Control tower to monitor the dogfight, heard Sekhon’s frantic call to his leader, “I think I have been hit. Ghuman, come and get them.” With the mission leader still nowhere to be seen, the baffled ground supervisors tried to help Sekhon with the emergency but to no avail. Baig, who was following behind, saw the Gnat level its wings and head for the airfield, as if to indicate that for him the fight was over. Suddenly, the Gnat went inverted as it dove down uncontrollably from very low height. In all likelihood, the aircraft’s flight control system had failed. Sekhon attempted a last minute ejection as his canopy was seen to fly off, but the height was too low for the ejection system to function fully. The wreckage of the Gnat was found in a gorge, a few miles from the Base.

As the Sabres were reforming for recovery, Andrabi was surprised to notice that his left drop tank was still there, while the right one was gone. The aircraft was skidding to one side, something that he had not felt during the heat of the battle. He now reckoned a bit late why the bullets had not found their mark. Much to everyone’s relief though, Baig had saved the day and the formation made it back to Peshawar, unscathed[5]. Baig’s kill, however, did not get duly noticed, as the mission was seen to be a close call by the Air Staff at the PAF Headquarters. His citation for gallant action thus only made it to the ‘Mentioned in Despatches’ category. An award not withstanding, Baig is highly regarded in the PAF for belonging to the elite club of fighter pilots with multiple kills.

Sekhon, on the other hand, was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest award for wartime gallantry and the only one received by an airman. His was a commendable effort indeed, as he had kept the field single-handedly to the very end.

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[1] An interesting aside to the attack-and-repair game were warnings delivered to the Garrison Engineer (GE) , Srinagar, through leaflet drops by Sabres. The GE was warned not to repair the runway, else his house would be bombed! The leaflets were inserted in the speed brakes and were released through a momentary pip, just after the actual bomb release – a dicey prank indeed.
[2] PAF was flying two versions of the Sabre in the 1971 War - the North American F-86F and the Canadair Sabre Mk-6 (ex-Luftwaffe). The F-86F model that equipped No 26 Squadron had a markedly low-powered engine, which did little to help sustain speed and turn rates in combat.
[3] The Gnat Leader was briefly observed by Changazi at a higher altitude than the rest and, flying reciprocal to the direction of the engaged fighters. He was not seen again by any one.
[4] Flg Off Kotliezath P Muralidharan of No 20 Squadron was shot down on 4th Dec 1971, following a raid on Peshawar airfield.
[5] Contrary to IAF’s citation for Sekhon’s award, none of the Sabres was hit during the dogfight.

Making money using adsense and Blogger.

2011-12-11T20:53:00.001+05:30

Good Video on the basics of Adsense and Blogger.....for the beginners...from google itself.

Lessons Learned In Life: Nice one

2011-12-06T22:31:00.001+05:30

Date a guy who reads. Ever seen a guy spend alot of bucks at a bookstore. Bookmark him. He is probably the kind of guy you’d like to marry.

Find a guy who loves to read, and I can show you a philosopher, a romantic and a brave-heart. You’ll know him the moment you see him, by the detached look on his face, as if he does not connect with the world except the one that exists in his books. If his eyes light up on seeing a Orhan Pamuk or a Ernest Hemingway, He is the guy.

Ssshhhh !! Just heard a wolf whistle? That’s probably when the guy has found a rare book that he has been searching for days together. Can’t you see that the pages of the book that he carries around are still looking crisp and fresh? He can’t bear to see them soiled. He handles them so carefully, lest they get hurt. It hurts him to see a book without its cover or dog-eared pages and quickly sets about repairing them.

He’s the guy who is having the silently funny conversation with the librarian in the archives. And for a change the librarian is actually talking to him and she is even smiling at him now. Makes you wonder what sort of a charm does he cast. Ask him if he is interested in visiting a used-books stall after the library and he will be taken in.

He is the guy who when sitting in a bus, does not mind the jittery ride and continues to read the book, oblivious to all those beautiful girls around him. He does mind you stepping on his toes as long as you don’t let him take his eyes off his book. No! Don’t disturb him now. You are most likely to get an angry glare. Perhaps you might even be ignored.

Don’t pretend in front of him. He can see through you if you are saying things just to sound intelligent. Buy him a cup of coffee and make him talk on the books he loves. You can listen to his eloquent words for hours together. Don’t be scared if you get lost in Middle Earth. He will guide you through. Faust confuses you? He will explain the metaphor to you. He is the guy who does not realize that his tea has become cold and formed layers once he gets his hand on a book. Offer to buy him a book and he will follow you to the end of the world.

Get him books for his birthday, for New Year and Valentine’s Day as well. He is not going to complain. And of course, don’t forget to get the books listed on his wish list for Christmas. The man lives in his own world. No fault of his if he wants his life to resemble his favorite book. It’s probably the only thing he understands.

Disappoint him. Because a man who reads knows that the ointment for disappointment is books. You need not always be there for him. Gift him a book and he will feel your presence. Don’t be something that you are not, to him. He knows that people are like characters. It takes them time to grow. If you find a man who reads, keep him away from society. He is a prized catch.

If you find him depressed for days together, ask him the title of the book that he read. Understand what the story meant to him and hold him. Yes!! Hold him. He needs it very badly. He may not cry, but his hug will speak a thousand words, and his smile will make your day. Prod him and he will talk. He will speak on how he felt as if he was inside the book, and how the decision of the protagonists changed his view on things.

Propose to him – with a bookmark. He will understand. In case he doesn’t, send him a couple of books with a telegram. And when even that doesn’t give him the clue, Write a book and ask him to proofread.

Don’t be surprised if he names your kids with strange names. That was bound to happen. He will show your children the philosophy of being altruistic. He will show the kids how it feels to stop by woods on a snowy evening. And perhaps someday he will show his kids that there is a greater heaven. Who knows, someday you might just be reciting “Lochinvar” under your breath as you walk with him to the supermarket.

Date a guy who reads because you deserve it. He can make your life colorful and yet make you feel grounded. Don’t tempt him with vices of the material world, they mean nothing to him. Show him the way to the world of books and he will show you the way to his heart.

Credits: "Lessons Learned in Life" A page in FB.

why this hit di?

2011-12-03T22:01:00.001+05:30

I was wondering what made a simple Tamglish song "why this kollaveri di?" an overnight block buster. 1.4 crore hits in youtube within a span of 2 weeks, amazing. So i wanted to do an analysis on this song, following may be the reasons

1. Simple Lyrics
2. Boy criticizing the girl (Both boys and girls like it)
3. Catchy Tune
4. Expressions and Singing style of Dhanush
5.Facebook.

Even though all the 4 factors are in the hands of the "3" team, but factor #5 new mode of marketing played a crucial role in taking the song to the people esp. youth.(Referring to the Mindset, not age :-) ).

This new form of marketing is called "Viral" Marketing as termed by IIM's. Refer this article IIM: Viral Marketing. This form involves taking a so called "product" to the hearts of people and rely on them to spread the word, and now a days spreading a word is a lot easier : WTF (Web, Twitter and Facebook).

Then starts the Comic versions, Remix Versions, Fake Versions (Title will he "kollaveri di", video will be something else) which make people force to like the song no matter what.

I am not sure whether the "3" team is aware of this style/ it worked out that way but this opened a new channel in the marketing and may be if zuckenberg observed this, he may start charging for "sharing" things as well :-).

Herd Psychology: Part-I: Aur kisi ko chahiye, Impreson ?

2011-11-29T00:26:00.001+05:30

Ever observed a person’s attitude in group vs. when he is alone?

There will be a difference in attitude, for some especially the difference is wider. The presence of a group controls the behavior of oneself.Have you ever wondered, why?

Lets discuss the factors one by one: Impreson

Beyond all the needs, the most basic need of a human brain is “to get everyone impressed by me”. Impreson is the electricity for our “silica”, even the most smallest action is done in the anticipation of an comment which can create an impreson. Every individual has his/her own way of creating an impreson.

Some people crack jokes always, some will ask questions even when its not necessary, some people argue, some people struggle give the latest news first,

For Eg: Last week i went to a photo shoot in my company , there the entire team of around 100 members was assembled to have the annual photo shoot. Once the team gathered people started cracking jokes, teasing others, commenting/joking loudly...all this in attempt to create an impreson.

Some people are always up-to-date with the latest happenings that they spend significant amount of time of their life updating themselves no because they are in need of that knowledge but want to be the first to convey the news to their friends and there by gaining an impreson.

Next the question comes, why do we want to impress? What reaction will the impreson cause?

For BioPsychic Details refer this link.

As per some studies:

"We found that these seemingly different kinds of rewards, a good reputation versus money, are biologically coded by the same neural structure, the striatum," says Dr Norihiro Sadato of Japan's National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki.
"This provides the biological basis of our everyday experience that personal reputation is felt as rewards," Sadato says

“By means of praising each other, our business groups as well as our workers, schoolchildren, relation among families of schoolchildren and teachers becomes active in all areas.Neuroscience is learning how important it is to communicate and praise each other. Communication and praising others will create smiles. It is the secret to rejuvenation and stop aging.”

Conveying people that we are really impressed by their actions, will make people do anything. Succesful Impreson needs more impreson's coming on the way.

Last week, when i had to work a saturday i was furious and working in anger, but when my manager praised for my work i was so happy that he got impressed by my actions, when asked can you work on sunday as well, i happily said yes!! True :-)

So guys, praise everyone but keep in mind that too much of anything including "praise" loose its value. Praise selectively and with in the context.

Our Trip report: Kasmir, Delhi and NCR

2011-11-28T23:27:00.001+05:30

Please visit my friends vamsi's blog for our trip report of kashmir, delhi and NCR. Vamsi has beautifully written this piece, short and sweet with more pics.

Enjoy!!!

Nature, Friends, Strangers, monsoons and Rain all the way

2011-11-19T11:57:00.001+05:30

Couple of months ago we went for a bike and hiking trip to kemmangundi in the chikmagalur district of karnataka, nearly 50kms from chikmagalur town with 15 kms of ghat road.We went on 4 bikes from bangalore, 2 bikes with pillions and 2 bikes with luggage tied to it.On the way shyam withdrawed cash from the ATM, he was only one carrying cash and we all were just going along.

We reached kemmangundi in the dark and it was raining heavily we had near skid and fall driving on the crazy mud and ghat roads.All dark clouds came out of nowhere and were lashing rain, it was really tough to drive uphill in that narrow muddy roads.Our worst fear was once of our friend shiva was driving a "passion" in both feeling and bike make, we had 2 apache's so we were better.

Once up we realized that one bike was missing which we thought was ahead of us, so we didnt care to check them at the back. It was shyam and narendrans bike which they took all the way to chikmagalur, due to some miscommunications. Now no way they can return to kemmangundi as its dark and road is not good, after some hot debates and blame game we decided that they will spend the night in chikmagalur and we will spend night in kemmangundi and catchup next day morning.

But you know what is the funny thing we had no cash, we just had 200 change and we need to get a hotel, food and some stuff and spend the entire night there.Here we were left in a remote village with hardly single digit homes and no cash, ATM r u kidding? so, this article is about how we survived that day.

First we enquired about the food near a shop,always food first :-) they told it will close in an hour.Now we had to find a room and eat the food within an hour else stay hungy.Finally,after some enquiring and searching We found some rooms at the top@600/per room, the hotel guy was man named "puttappa avare", we took him aside, myself and mani explained the situation to him and convinced him that our friends down will be back tomorrow morning and then we can pay him the money.I am not quite sure what made him listen to us may be "kannada" or visible survival insticts and fear.We were ready to promise anything and everything.This made my long held belief even more concrete, i always think "if its a human, we can convince him in any matter and in any way [sama, dana, bedha and danda==Chanakya]".

Decent Room 600 bucks

What a view and rain

Now as room is set, we need to find food. Again our very own "puttappa avare" came to the rescue, we went to the food shop ordered all we want including some soft drinks, and told that "puttappa avare" will take care of the bill. They called him and he assured them with so much confidence that even we were
shocked.So that night we had good food, warm sleep.

Now that we had survived the night, then we chaged the mode from "anyhing and everything" to "lets think abt it". Instead of our guys coming all the way up and gng down immediately [shyam was having a back pain, so we thought it didn't worth all the effort up the hill], they will get cash and meet at an intermediate point.Mani found a co-tamil guy called jagan anna, and spoke to him regarding the issue. He suggested us to meet at some village down the hill, and asked us to deliver the cash to his uncle there, once he recieves the cash jagan will deliver the cash to "puttappa avare" who in turn have to give the cash to shops locally.Again out of blue "puttappa avare" agreed to this plan, man he trusts too much.

So, next morning after having a stomachful breakfast at ganesha locally(it was ganesh chaturthi) which is tamarind rice with sundal/senagalu myself and prasad went to Z-point, lazy shiva and mani stayed down.After that we started down and met our guys and delivered the cash to the jagans uncle and all process worked well.

Eating tamarind rice with sundal courtesy ganhes


Top of Z-Point

Reunion and cheers

Our Missing bike and guys


Our Transporters

But can you imagine this in 21st century, such a trust where we even doubt if a person is too good to us, why is he so good to us? Good to see Men like "puttappa avare" and jagan are till there and they did this without any expectation.Once i couldnt even convince the bus conductor that i have 1 rupee short of the ticket, i had to get down the bus walk to next stop and boarded another bus.

It was really a fantastic experience.

Seen Someone After A Long Time!!!???

2011-11-14T23:26:00.001+05:30

A Good Post Lifted from wordsofribbon, Thanks bro.

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Seeing Someone After A Long Time

Sometimes you see a person that you have not seen in years or are longing to meet the person eagerly and the greeting or reaction is poor. You may have shared intense, happy, sad, fighting or restless moments together. That person may be the most valuable person to you, you may love him a lot .However, when people move on or move away, they change. They put their energy into so many other things. They probably forgot that you exist. For anyone to be successful, they have to continuously progress.

We get hurt sometimes but we have to get over it. Sometimes, some time away may be able to garner you more respect from others. It makes no sense to waste time wondering about people's reactions anyway. We need to focus on improving ourselves and our interactions with others. We will only get respect when we give respect.

Also, sometimes we think that people are cold but they may just be preoccupied. Who really has the time to wonder what everyone is thinking. We have so many challenges facing today that we need to stay centered.

chaitanya tk
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Zindagi na milegi dobara Javed Akhtar shayari (poems) lyrics:

2011-07-23T20:38:00.000+05:30

Zindagi na milegi dobara Javed Akhtar shayari (poems) lyrics:

Poem 1
Pighle neelam sa behta ye sama,
neeli neeli si khamoshiyan,
na kahin hai zameen na kahin aasmaan,
sarsaraati hui tehniyaan pattiyaan,
keh raheen hai bas ek tum ho yahan,
bas main hoon,
meri saansein hain aur meri dhadkanein,
aisi gehraiyaan, aisi tanhaiyaan,
aur main… sirf main.
Apne hone par mujhko yakeen aa gaya.

Poem 2
Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin
Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti
Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi
Kuch lafz hain woh maangti
Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh
Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh
Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai
Ahsas hi ahsas hai

Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti
Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai
Jiska pata tumko bhi hai
Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai
Duniya se bhi chupta nahin
Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai

Poem 3
Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya
Jab ghum ka saya lehraya
Jab aansoo palkon tak aya
Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya

Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai
Duniya mein yunhi hota hai

Yeh jo gehre sannate hain
Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain
Thoda ghum hai sabka qissa
Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa
Aankh teri bekaar hi nam hai
Har pal ek naya mausam hai
Kyun tu aise pal khota hai
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai

Poem 4
Dilon me tum apni betabiyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum
Nazar me khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum
Hwa ke jhokon ke jaise aazad rehno sekho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna sekho
Hr ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein
Hr ek pal ek nya sama dekhe nigahein
Jo apni ankhon mein hairanian leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni betabian leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum

LIfted from: http://www.videowithlyrics.com/zindagi-na-milegi-dobara-javed-akhtar-shayari-poems-video

Learn and Share is the ultimate fare.

2011-05-14T23:08:00.000+05:30

Importance and responsibilities of a learned man:

we all respect the learned man for his great knowledge and experience he gained. but whats the point in having all the knowledge and experience and not
putting it use/putting it personal use. Main purpose of learned-man is to help a man learn and to create more learned mans.

A man can learn in 2 ways:

1. Experiment, Experience, innovate and Experiment
2. Learn From others knowledge and experience, experiment, innovate and experiment.

Process#1 is like every man re-inventing the wheel for himself.Process#2 is more enhanced and efficient, where in we work as a team and move forward by
exchanging our knowledge and experience.

A learned man is like a glass of water transformed into chilled water with the knowledge called ice. Another man can start the freezing (learning) process
again or a learned-man can share some of the chilled water and mix it with the normal water and make the other water chilled. Then the other man share with another man the process continues.

Felt like heard it somewhere, yeah you are right.

"BitTorrent" protocol works the same, every client which has only piece of data can share it with others while simultaneously working to get new data.

Also megastar's "stalin" conveys similar message.

So friends don't forget to "seed" in life. It can have a huge impact on many lives.

Happy Seeding.

P.S.: The actual idea for this article started with drinking more chilled water in these hot summers. If you don't like the comparison, i understand.

Renew Vs. New

2011-04-25T00:24:00.000+05:30

In the past 50 years Life's changing rapidly, lifestyles are evolving daily with new trends.Lets have a look at understanding major attitude changes that govern our lifestyle and can provide us a solution to the emotional problems we are facing today.

This is the first article in the upcoming series:

Renew Vs. New:

In the olden days if an item was not functioning well, then people try to repair it and make it work.For eg. if a fan is not working properly, they would try repair the thing with an electrician. Their attitude was to preserve the things, in spite of the condition in which it is. They try to work on it and make it better.

On a similar note, if a relationship is under strain they try to "repair".

But today we are looking at the generation, we always look for a "new" one, instead of repairing the old one.For eg: if a mobile is not functioning, we immediately go for a "new" one, we never try to repair the old one. The same attitude applies even to relationships.

If a relationship is under strain, we look for another one. that's where we are emotionally weak, we always look for the easiest part.
"Repairing" needs understanding of the underlying issues and finding a way to work around them/fix them. That takes lot of courage, ego and patience.So instead we look out for a simple approach, lookout for a new one and when the new one is not working properly then we repent about the old one.
This leads to lots of emotional issues difficult to tackle with.

So, friends never give up. However bad may be the relationship we can always repair it.

Check the below fantastic video for a complete cycle of a relationship.

Ugly Truth: "No Change"

2011-04-18T23:50:00.000+05:30

After reading the title, if your thinking about the money then this article suits you.
There was a famous story of a man who has no other job but to

hunt for food,
cook,
eat and
find a good shelter to sleep.The so called "maslow's" hierarchy of needs.

The entire life was made of these activities.There was no goal in this life than to achieve these.

If you are thinking of "stone age early man" you are wrong. The same applies to men from all ages, except a few. So, whats the purpose of life then and now???

"No Change",

only difference is
We do jobs for food,
cooking has become more lavish
eating has become more
shelters have become bigger.

And once a man has achieved all of these, he is not satisfied yet.He started dreaming of more of the same kind, So that he is much above the others.In this process he became more selfish and meaner. Instead of following maslow's hierarchy which states that once a person achieves all the above, he tries to look for more meaningful things like social responsibility, spiritual awareness, pursuing one's passions etc..he enters a loop which demands more food,shelter, etc....

So are we going to continue this for the up coming ages also??
(or)
Are we going to head instead in pursuing our passions, thinking about the purpose of life, living our dreams,

"u" decide because "u" can only decide.

And that my friend is the "ugly truth".

Ugly Truth: Its Impossible to have the same feeling on something/someone

2010-06-03T16:19:00.000+05:30

What is Feeling???

In psychology, the word is usually reserved for the conscious subjective experience of emotion
In Simple words, The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself .

It is the beauty of human brain which generates these feelings which in turn govern our life. So is it possible to have the same feeling through our life?No matter what the circumstances/situations, can we still have the same feeling towards something/someone???

When we are happy we tend to feel the surroundings/people surrounded to be friendly and when we are angry every word/every move seems to be attacking ???

We love something/someone today and love it for years all of a sudden we lose interest in it and feel bored then after some time we again gain interest in it .........feeling is always variable depending on numerous factors it is impossible to have a constant feeling towards someone/something for entire life, feeling is intended to change.

The things/people around wont change the situations and our feeling towards them will change.
So friends always be open share and change the feelings do not force feelings it will make them still volatile....................and that my friends is the ugly truth of the day.

Creative thinking: An Instrospect

2010-03-19T13:28:00.000+05:30

Its very rare to witness a person thinking/Doing something out-of-the-ordinary.But when he does that all remaining people will think internally that "Yaar, it looks simple but why didn't we realize/done it before".It goes with the famous saying from conan doyle "Elementary, Watson". to put it in another way,"When you hear the solution the problem becomes simple".

So why is it many of us are unable to find the solution to lot of problems and when we hear the solution we feel "yeah, i knew this before". We use some mathematics to find out why??

The way people think depends of lots of factors for eg: the environment which they have grown, their IQ,knowledge they possess etc....

A survey will reveal that "95% of the people think in a similar grounds always, only 5% people think differently i.e., famous known as out-of-the-box/lateral thinking ".

95%---> Step-By-Step Thinking
5%---> Creative/Lateral/out-of-the-box thinking (Terms coined by Edward De Bono)

Lets put it the other way, Every person switches between these ratios most of the times he thinks like the remaining 95% only some times when the situation demands he thinks in the lines of the other 5%.

We need to ensure that we always think in terms of the 5% so that we can excel life and be an inspiration to others.
These people in the 5% are every powerful they can change the entire 95% people, so please encourage those who fall into that category.

"A sheep herd lead by one lion is far better than a lion herd led a sheep".

Ugly Truth: Ego grows with Seniority

2010-03-15T12:55:00.000+05:30

Friends,

At any point of time in our life we all must have faced this:

When talking to a senior guy, if we explain something very basic to him, he immediately says "yeah, i read this long time ago at beginning of my career, good that you have refreshed it.". Even though he doesnt even know what that basic thing means, he simply cant accept the fact that in all his experience he has missed this trivial basic point.

Ego my friends, is like a two sided sword, if we use it in a controlled way we can conquer the world else we will destroy the world not only thou but someone else's also.

And that my friends is the Ugly Truth.............

The Ugly Truth: Series starts Today

2010-03-15T12:49:00.000+05:30

Impressed and Inspired from the movie "Ugly Truth" i want to start this series which discusses about the things happening around us boldly,frankly most importantly the ugly truth.

Friends you are welcome to share all the ugly truths which you have come across in various areas like IT,Personal life, etc,,,,whatever...........

Trek: Day1

2010-03-08T13:23:00.000+05:30

We wake up early in the morning, had a semi-hot shower and dressed up for the trek ahead with all the anxiety and eagerness in head we headed for the trek agency office, the walk to the agency made us sweat with all the luggage and layered clothing.We were thinking abt how would our trek in that hot sun???

After depositing the luggage we met our guide made the payment then left for breakfast.Our guide rony was young along with his friend kannu, we were happy as we can have a good rapport as they are of same age as ours.We had a stomach ful breakfast, then boarded the vehicle which will take us to the starting point of the trek.During the journey our guide was explaining about the weather conditions,his village and how the trek is going to be.On the way we had traveled past our guide's village "jagatsukh" where we bought some snacks and coll drinks.The shop owner was rony's cousin, hmmm great to live in a village where you know everyone of them personally.

After that we crossed a bridge and was dropped after gaining some height.There we met our horse men-Vinod Thakur, he was from the same village.Finally we started our trek initial trek was through a small village the path was consisting of steps, we had a great difficulty after some time, we were sweating a lot and were gasping for breath.Then we realized we had the wrong clothing for the wather adn terrain we were in, so we removed all the extra clothing and teared down to a cotton t-short and a jean.

Then slowly we gained speed as we are getting accustomed ourselves for the trek, the previous day hike did not help much but well, its a start.After wlakign for more 2hrs we reached near to the campsite then there was a decision whether to go for primary campsite which is more 1:30 trek ahead and there no water trails on the way or switch to secondary camp site which is 15 mins walk, as its first day we decided to go for secondary.

Finally, we reached our first campsite during the trek, we pitched our tent and got in for soem rest.Meanwhile our guide cum cook started preparing some snacks and tea for us.After a short nap we were in kitchen tent enjoying the ambiance with snacks.

Later we found some villagers on their way to hunt down a bear which is causing trouble for the by messing with their cows, the bear was somewhere in our surroundings and they planned to track it over night and kill him.

After some times we saw a beautiful sunset through the trees, it was a fantastic ambiance, much more to come ahead during the trek.Later in the night we had our dinner and were involved in a discussion with the crew traversing various topics...listening to the local stories.

We requested rony to arrange for a camp-fire as it was becoming cold as the night progresses, he was very good quickly he collected some big sticks and we had a warm and beautiful camp fire.After prolonged discussions on various topics we slept late in night thinking of the days trek ahead and whether can we make it or not????

Our first night in the mountains was splendid, serene.........

Productivity at Work Place:

2010-02-03T10:47:00.000+05:30

Most of the times we hear HR's/manager's complaining about employee's less working hours and more breaks. Lets discuss what’s would be the ideal solution for this common problem across all companies.

Let’s start out with a basic question:

What’s really important for company, rather why companies hire people????
    So that employee comes regularly to office and stay for 9 hours without a break (of course lunch excluded :-) )?????
            (Or)
    So that Employee finishes all the tasks assigned to him with good/excellent quality within the given time.

Obviously the second reason makes more sense, but why does people always complain abt employee's not being compliant with the first reason???

To understand this behavior we need to understand the human perception first, we humans always have a tendency to concentrate on "Negative" things and try to avid doing them in the process our mindset is fixed with all the negative thoughts and how to avoid them. This programs our mind to visualize negative things which make things worse.

Instead why don’t we just concentrate on positive things and try to see that we do all we can to accomplish all those "Positive" things. We can program our mind to visualize our positive accomplishments; this will have huge impact of employee’s morale and in turn increases productivity.

This technique technically referred as "Neuro Linguistic Programming", programming the brains using language of brains.

If we see a employee coming late to the office taking more breaks but he finishes the assigned tasks on time with good quality do we need to bother about his breaks????If still HR's bothers about breaks and they put a policy saying nor breaks or some other new policies this will have huge impact on employee morale and directly impacts his performance and productivity.

Tagline is "Think positive and concentrate on positive things, positive energy flows which can do wonders, Why waste energy on correcting negative things".

Hamta Pass Trek: Start of Preparations-Start of the Trek

2009-10-05T15:17:00.000+05:30

This is our trip report of "Hamta PassTrek" completed within 6 days (Manali-Manali).

Trek Starts on 22nd september'09 from Jagatsukh,Manali:

22/09/09---> Manali (1900m) to Jagatsukh (1800 m) (By vehicle)--> 20 mins
Jagatsukh (1800 m) to Bogi (2100 m)-->3:30 hours (10:30 am to 2 pm)
23/09/09---> Bogi (2100m)--Tilgan(2600m)--srotu(3000m)-->5 hours (10:30 am to 3:30 pm)
24/09/09---> Srotu(3000m) to Jabdi(3100m)-->7 hours (8:45 am to 3:45 pm)
25/09/09---> Jabdi(3100m) to BaluGir(Down)(3800m)-->7:10 hours (8:25 am to 3:35 pm)
26/09/09---> BaluGir(Down)(3800m)--Hamta Pass (4275 m)--BaluGir(Down)(3800 m)-->9:15 hours(8:30->1:45->5:45).
27/09/09---> BaluGir(Down)(3800m) to Jabdi(3100 m)-->5 hours (9:45 am to 2:45 pm)
Jabdi(3100 m) to Manali (1900 m) (By Vehicle)-->3 hours (Waiting for the vehicle for 2 hours).

Note: Do not consider these timings as standard since we are bit slow on the trekking side and also from day-3 one of our member had fallen ill increasing the time taken to reach the destination.
A good and fit trekker can do it much faster, ah yes our timings can be a worst case reference.

Pre-Trek Hassle:

I was longing from a long time for a good "High Altitude Himalayan Trek" to test the question that is spinning in my mind (How my body reacts to exposure of high altitude??), as i was searching the web for a suitable high altitude trek i found plethora of options but finally decided on "Bara Bhangal" trek near manali which consists of 2 high passes and a village in between "bara bhangal" (locals call it Bir Bhangal).
After lots of "googling" i have accumulated plenty of information about the trek and also spoke to a travel person in manali and the charge also was suitable for our us.

So after deciding the trek and having all the info in hands i have put this proposal in front of my friends.After a long e-mail chats, phone talks only vamsi was interested and was ready for this trek, remaning all were either busy with work/studies (or) some personal problems.Normally we have a gang of 5 (friends from class 5), we always go together but this time only vamsi and myself was left still we decided to go ahead with this trip.

We started the pre-trip planning and arrangements for this trek.I booked train tickets to delhi (to and fro) and bus tickets from delhi-manali. We left the manali-delhi option open, so that depending on how the trek goes it will be convenient to book the ticket then and there itself.

I made a list of medicines to be taken with us and prepared a basic first aid kit and also some high altitude medicines like diamox,dexamethasone ,stemeti etc.(of course these were not used in our trek).
I have contacted sandeep from 'himalayan-magpie' blog regarding the info on "Bara Bhangal", he responded saying "Its a good trek but a tough one, if any thing happens on this trek its difficult to get help and also return to manali will take lot of time in case of injury/sickness. So he suggested to go for another trek which is at same height and tough but with good help and shorter path to manali in case of mid way exit".His suggestion was logical but some how my mind decided on bara bhangal to i decided to stick with it whatever happens.

After all the plans are laid, there was a sudden shock from vamsi that he should return to home at any cost by 29th September due to some personal functions at home, our initial plan was to return home by 2/3 october, so again after a lots of discussions we finalized we will opt for a shorter duration trek.(As bara bhangal requires 10 days for trekking [no cushion] and 14-15 days [with cushions])

Finally we decided for the "hamta pass trek" as suggested by sandeep.

Journey to Manali:

Finally we boarded the "Nizamuddin Express" (the worst train to delhi since we had no choice, as AP and Sampark Kranthi were fully booked) it took us 30 hours to reach the capital.Immediately after arriving to nizamuddin at around 4:00 am, we took a room nearby and slept off.We had a nice sleep for few hours we overslept and wake up at 10:00, after getting ready at around 11:15 we had break fast and started to palika bazaar for shopping.

After some horrible shopping experience and with the same feeling that "Have we overspent???, was it much cheaper", we started to AP Bhavan for lunch.

I would like to share a experience here at palika bazaar: "After finishing the shopping, vamsi was looking for a formal pant for his office the cost the shopkeeper mentioned was 850 we thought its too much to pay 850 at this place (but shopkeeper explained about the quality and all that stuff and said it is non-negotiable) and started walking towards the exit then immediately the shopkeeper told 500, we wlaked a few paces further the price came down to 300, then further it cam down to 150 " i was literally shocked and terrfied whether all the items i bought previously were like this sort? but cannot help now.We learnt a lesson or two at this place.

Later, we went to AP Bhavan to get the tokens for lunch. It was a choking experience amidst hundreds of people fighting for a good lunch and dont forget it was a sunday.We were waiting for 2 of our friends to have lunch, after a waiting of an hour (with a full circle trip to india gate,parliment,rashtrapathi bhavan by auto in between) and after lots of fights for a seat we settled in a corner for a good lunch .Lunch was not so great but considering the response, we were really amazed and discussed a few entrepreneurial business ideas of "starting Hyderabadi Biryani restaurant" in delhi etc...etc....Then we left for our hotel room and had a nice chat with my friends ......vamsi had a nice nap and i was immersed in the discussion with my friends we both left track of time, suddenly at 5 we realized that (our bus was at 5:30 janpath).

Quickly we got ready, packed our luggage and took an auto to our boarding point for our bus to manali (BPCL,Janpath as given by raj travels).By the time we reached janpath it was 5:30 and there were 10-12 BPCL (Bharath petrol bunks) in janpath, we were very tensed about missing the bus and at last, after lots of effort we reached the boarding point and bus was there.....uffff.........a big sigh of relief, it started after 15 mins.....finally on the way to manali for the first time.

Bus from Delhi-Manali: Raj National Express (url: http://www.raj.travel/BE_Home/Default.aspx).

Trek Preparations at Manali:

We arrived late to manali at 10:30 am, we directly went to trekking agency and booked the trek. We had a chat about the conditions near manali, was relieved to know that there was huge snow deposit around kalihani pass (1st pass in barabhagal) after hearing the dissatisfaction of not going for bara bhangal trek reduced.The trekking agency have showed us nice and cheap hotel room for us to stay for the day nearby. Room was good and it was 350/- day only problem was the heater was not functioning, we did not dare to take bath in the cold water.So after fresh up and we found Andhra Bhojanalyam and decided to have lunch there.The "Tawa Roti" and Mix Veg curry was awesome and we ate like we never ate in ages, but the meals was horrible but somehow we finished it.

Post lunch we met the trekking agency, he suggested to have a walk up to hadimba temple.Slowly we started for the temple, we were having tough time as just after lunch we started the walk.The uphill steps to hadimba temple were tough on the stomach. Hadimba is an old and beautiful temple with good art work.After relaxing for about half an hour at hadimba, we were feeling good and decided to walk on further.As we were walking, we found a sanctuary and started slowly ascending a hill inside the sanctuary, it was fun.After going up a good distance we decided to return as it was getting dark and we had walk a lot for our hotel.

The return walk was pure fun and then after reaching mall road we have done some shopping of missed items foe the trek like some day-pack bag,caps, Water-proof pants, etc...we booked return flight tickets from Delhi-Hyderabad and also tried to book tickets from manali-Delhi but buses were full, so decided to book through our agency itself.

All of a sudden we reminded that there was no camera with us.Actualy before the trek my friend vinay promised that he will lend his camera for me but due to some issues he couldn't give the camera to me.
I decided to buy the camera as there was no camera at home also, i chose sony cyber-shot camera with 12.1MP and bought it.

After all that shopping and hiking we were really tired, we slept off early and had a nice tight sleep in the night.

Is God a big Psycho???

2009-10-05T15:16:00.001+05:30

Long Long ago there was a king ruling a kingdom which covers the entire earth, all the people living in this planet are under his rule, there was no one who can stand against him. He started with a small army and slowly expanded the army as he was winning the battles, now there is no one left to fight.

With each battle he won, his pride was increasing. Gradually as with every war he won, he lost the battle with his senses and he was turning into a night mare.

He started passing orders that everyone should pray/respect/worship to him and only to him, if any one is not following this law there will be a horrible punishment waiting for them.

He became a dictator interfering in each and every individuals life and dictating them how they should lead it, any revolts will be suppressed by his enormous army. But whoever praises him and worships him they are been rewarded thoroughly.

So as a result many people compromised and started becoming his followers for the fear of death and in dream of possessing treasures and luxury. Some people did not even stop there, they went to extent that they are persuading other people to join in this process and become slaves of the so called “The Mighty One”, if refused they started killing them and king was much happier now.

Now how do you describe this king’s behavior and how he should be treated?

The most probable answer will be that the king is a big psycho and he should be punished severely for his acts?

Now let’s compare this Mighty One with the GOD??? What’s your reaction???

Do you think god is a big psycho???

If yes, then there is no need to fight for him and kill each other.

If no, then he will never say to fight with fellow humans and kill each other.

In either way the conclusion is no need to kill fellow human beings for a simple reason that their “Mighty One” is different. Whoever he is (or) whatever he is, lead a good life and enjoy the time on this planet thoroughly :-)

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T K

An MoonLight Trekking Trip to Skandagiri Urf Kalavaarahalli Betta

2009-04-13T18:30:00.000+05:30

It’s been quite a long time we had gone for a trip after our ‘goa’ trip with engg classmates in December. All my office friends were bored of the office routine and are requesting for nice trip this weekend as we have an ‘Good Friday’ holiday along with the weekend. So I sent out my usual mail to everyone proposing a 3-step trip for the 3-day weekend.

Trip-I: Moonlight trek to Skandagiri (12 people agreed)
Trip-II: Trekking trip to Thadiyandmol (5 people agreed)
Trip-III: Bungee Jumping. (4 people agreed)

How to reach there: From bangalore its around 70 kms on the Bangalore-Hyderabad Highway we have to take left turn near chikballapur.

Participants: Myself, shyam, naren, ranjeet, vamsi, satti, yogi, narappa, bhanu, narayana, naveen, aswij (naveen’s friend), rajashekhar, shashank & nagendra (last minute addition).

All except for nagendra are employees of tata elxsi.
Date: 9th April 2009 at 10:30 pm
After all the mail hustle, we set out for the trip. We booked a tempo traveler accommodating 13 people. As per the plan all have to meet at my flat at 9:30 but as usual, we started to our destination at around 10:30 with a total of 15 people (Had to Adjust in the Tempo Traveler).

Reaching kalawara Footsteps:

Everyone forgot to get the songs CD’s inspie of having discussed before, so we sent shyam to our room to get some movies. We started off playing ‘American Pie’ slowly after a few laughs everyone got bored and we changed to ‘Dostana’.

Our driver did not know the route to ‘Skandagiri’ (he did not even heard it) after many enquiries and efforts, finally his boss explained route upto ‘Nandhi Hills’ (even he does not know about skandagiri).

After enquiring a couple of people on the way, we reached ‘Nandhi Hills’, from there we went staright in search of ‘skandagiri’. After realizing that we were going in the wrong route we took a u-turn and then came back to nandhi hills again.

At that time luckily we found a guy (On his way for a taking a leak) and he explained us the correct route to ‘Kalawara’. Then on his advice we travelled in the same route through which we came finally after 2 more enquires we found ‘Kalwara’.

Initial Wave of Shocking News....:

After reaching there we were shocked to hear that the ‘Night trek’ is banned there. But we were resilient to go back and started the trek hoping that we wont find anybody asking questions. There Lot of guides explaining about the risks involved without taking a guide (That’s what is their job), we said no to all of them and started for the trek.
After a few steps we observed a guide following us, we started climbing at one point he came to us and telling that ‘U will be troubled if u don’t take a guide and your previous batch had troubled the same way!!!’ I was strongly opposite to taking a guide, in my sense it will take away all the fun in trekking and getting lost.

If at all you want a guide here is the number: Nagesh-9972733810

Finally on the pressure from other frineds we decided that we will ask the route from the guide but we will find it on our own. Everyone agreed, he took us to the starting point and from there he explained the route which is merely a simple rule ‘always take left’ that’s all, for that we gave him 100 rs/- and said good bye.

Trek Starts in the misty night...

From that point onwards we started our trek, it was approx. 1 am. We moved at a quick pace resting shortly in between. Slowly the slope increased as well as mist during the climb.

Gradually everyone was feeling the strain even though the trail was not that tough especially, naveen, satti and yogi. With yogi’s punching dialogues and jokes we enjoyed as we stopped for a break.

I was enjoying listening to music on one side and talking to friends and enjoying nature on the other.

It was cool night, with a cool breeze combined with a dense fog coming and going, restricting our total valley view. It was an amazing experience in the full moon day with cool breeze and mist with winds at a good speed.

As we are gaining the altitude and night is traversing, we could observe increase in the fog and also wind speed increasing.

Reaching the Summit: A beautiful Sunrise was the gift for all the effort....

Finally after a few steep climbs we reached the top (summit) at 4 am and everyone was happy to see the top. We could see some tent shops offering Omlette, Maggi and Tea.Immediately we jumped and ordered lots of snacks.

Suddenly Shyam called me and took me to a place on the edge, it was amazing; on the opposite side we can see the nandhi hills covered by mist. We sat on the edge full surroundings covered by mist, I was thoroughly enjoying the site it was simply too good.

All was well until the mist settled, then came the stunning blow, i could clearly see that sport where I was sitting it was huge fall down to hill. After this scene I thought I better move to inside!! :-)
After that we had little snacks again and started searching for ‘Dry Sticks’ for a bonfire. At last we found many sticks most of them wet because of fog.
We searched a suitable place for bonfire and had quite a trouble firing it as the sticks are wet, with the help of petrol finally we made it buring, but it did not last long.

After lurking around the top slowly we could see the hints of sunrise and moon set.

It was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen, surrounded fully by fog and sun is rising piercing the fogs. That moment has registered in my mind forever. We have taken quite a lot snaps with the sunrise and nandhi hills as the backdrops.

I went downhill and had some snaps there also. I was thoroughly enjoying the scenic beauty offered by skandagari along with my favourite songs.

After a delay and forcing from other friends (as nagendra has to go to office in the morning) we started the descent.

Deviating from the group...........Adventure Awaiting

After descending for 10 minutes ranjith and myself decided to take a different route for climbing down. (We never though that this decision will have an impact on us and the trip).

We took a route that is straight to the base from top instead of taking the normal less steepy route.

For about a half-an-hour we had no problems. Slowly we were descending the steep portion. At some places we thought we came to a dead end, but luckily somehow found the route.

After an hour we came across a dead end where in front of us there was no clear route but only dense bushes with thorns all around and there is no way of turning back and climbing the entire steep hill. (That too without any water left).

We decided to move on; we started crawling under the trees and bushes with thorny trees above. It was tough on me to crawl compared to ranjith but still we were moving at a good pace ignoring the thorns which are piercing the body.

On the way we were faced with a 10-12 feet wall to descend and there was one small tree acting as a rope to get down, I tested the tree, it was quite strong so I said ranjith to move ahead, he descended easily on his chest.

Next I started descending with the help of the tree and I was doubtful in my mind about that strength to hold me. When I turned so as to descend on my chest I took a great fall to the ground on my back, after a few dizzy moments we were right on the job crawling and finding the way outside.Oops.....what a fall........the thumping sound of my fall alarmed ranjit.

After crawling for an hour or so we were out with scratches from thorns everywhere on the body. Had refreshing coconut water after getting down. After an initial frustration of our friends for waiting an extra hour for us we started back to bangalore.

Overall it was a fantastic experience for all of us especially for the first comers joining our trek group Bhanu, Narappa, Ranjith, and Narayana etc.

Shashank’s funny comments wherever he sees light he says that is our way and naveens laziness etc are some other highlights of the trip.

Unforgettable experience in the end…. thanks Skandagiri!!!!

Bungee Jump Disaster......

After returning from the skandagiri our plan was to go for a bungee jump and then in the night start for a trek to coorg, but everyone was so tired that we slept off the entire Friday so, the remaining 2 trips were canceled.

On Saturday through my friend shashikant, i learned that the bungee jump we planned had become a disaster, as one of the Marine Engineer from chennai fell to ground and died due to negligence of the organizers.

We very sorry for him, it was horrible and scary to imagine that fall. This trip is dedicated to him.

Dying in an adventure is natural and it is a part and parcel of adventures and as a adventurers we understand it quite well but death due to human negligence is un-digestable and no mercy should be shown on the people resresponsible.