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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:20:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>story</category><category>blogger</category><category>wise advice</category><category>vacation time pass</category><category>just like that</category><category>Autos</category><category>meet</category><category>scooters</category><title>Kaushik Ram</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Open skies,
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that's nature.&lt;/b&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/KaushikRam" /><feedburner:info uri="kaushikram" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-823067413881155956</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-22T23:44:34.372-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vacation time pass</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">just like that</category><title /><description>&lt;div face="trebuchet ms" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Dream on ! ! ! &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;a short story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PART 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Year: 2008                                        Time : 0740 hrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am always busy. I woke up at six this morning, packed my stuff and got in to the cab that Ravi had booked earlier. Ravi is so particular about this car.&lt;br /&gt;“This is the latest model that anyone in this country can lay their hands on, boss” he says so proudly. I nod my head as I know what is coming next.&lt;br /&gt;“Image boss image. You will look great when you get down at The Parks building boss.”&lt;br /&gt;Yes, Image is something for which I am being paid by my company, Rockwell advertisers proclaimed to be the best in the industry. And I really don’t care as all the expenses are paid by the company. Its well over fifteen minutes in the car now and the busy traffic demands a few more minutes. Its 8.00 am as I reach the reception desk of the ‘The parks’. I slide a business card to the lady at the desk.&lt;br /&gt;“I am hari sado. I work for the Rockwell’s”. She takes a quick glance&lt;br /&gt;“Nice to meet you”, she says out of habit. “How can I help you?”&lt;br /&gt;“I am here to meet Mr.Raj, the vice-president and I have an appointment too”.&lt;br /&gt;Before even she responds, Mr.Raj is all over me with handshakes and how-are-you’s?&lt;br /&gt;He guides me to his air-conditioned office room. Glass tables designed to suit the classic theme, paintings hanging over the walls. Wealth and prosperity is what I see everywhere. I sit before the panel and start discussing about my company. I finish my presentation and just before lunch they sign the deal worth 2.3 crores and it is all as smooth as a cake. They invite me to Lunch and we eat slowly discussing a variety of issues. The deal will open up new doorways for Rockwell and I will get a share as pay hikes and promotions.&lt;br /&gt;I walk back smiling to the receptionist and give a hi-fi to Ravi on my way back in the car. The return journey is faster and over the phone I tell my CEO everything that happened in there. I take the day off; go to the nearby shopping mall to buy Sports shoes for pintu and a bright red sari for Rekha. The shop is small but very posh and stylish. I put the stuff in a basket and hand it over to the man at the counter.&lt;br /&gt;“Eight triple nine rupees. Sir”, the man says after punching in some numbers at the machine.&lt;br /&gt;He swipes my credit card and asks for a signature. I pick up pintu from school on my way back and surprise him with the gift. He is so happy that he hugs and kisses me. I return home expecting the same from Rekha. Dinner at the ‘meridian’ and I can call it a wonderful day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PART 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Year : 2008 Time : 2230 hrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Night times at this part of the city aren’t safe these days. The streets are deserted and are lit only by the moon.  I once again check my bag and make sure that the cash is safe. If everything goes well, I would be relieved of all my debts by tomorrow and still have around two thousand eight hundred rupees at my disposal. Rupa can have a thousand from it for her summer swimming classes that are about to begin in a week she would definitely be happy on hearing this. Poor kid, it’s about two years since I had taken her out.&lt;br /&gt;Lights are still on at my apartment and I slowly climb the stairs and reach the fourth floor. The door swings open and I hand over my bag to kala. I have always wondered how she recognizes the footsteps and she is always ready, waiting for me.&lt;br /&gt;“Kala today is a special day!” I wait for her to respond.&lt;br /&gt;“What is it?” she lets forth a giggle.&lt;br /&gt;“We got the payment that we were expecting a month back today. Those sleazy people at the city centre finally agreed to pay us the twelve thousand rupees.”&lt;br /&gt;‘Kumar enterprises’ is a parcel services company with 2 trucks and a mini-van. It is jointly owned by me and ramesh, my friend from college. We named it with my name as ramesh felt that my name will bring luck to the company. So far it has not.&lt;br /&gt;“You know what? This is not at all a big money for those and they made us wait for this in spite knowing well how important is this money to us. And we cashed the cheque in the afternoon”&lt;br /&gt;“Oh. How nice!” and she really means it.&lt;br /&gt;“And kala, we will pay back the bank loan and we are also planning to buy some furniture for our office.” I say drinking a glass of water.&lt;br /&gt;“How about a visit to the family temple tomorrow. Rupa can also come as she is bored these days.” She plans in her own way.&lt;br /&gt;“Ok, we’ll plan it for the weekend.” We talk for a while and I take a pillow and a bed sheet and leave to the terrace. Sleeping under the open sky is very relaxing and soothing to the mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Part 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Year : 1995 Time : 0930 hrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;The assembly Hall of Sri Gurudev School is fully packed. The prayer gets over and the principal takes over the mike.&lt;br /&gt;“Dear students, our school has yet again proved its mettle by performing extremely well in the board exams. This year the school administration will provide full scholarship to all the 3 toppers and will assist them in everyway in pursuing the courses of their choice.&lt;br /&gt;I now individually call upon the toppers to come over the stage and receive the scholarships. With a total score of 95 percent we have Lalita .She has secured admission in the state college and the school will fund her fees for the next four years. The auditorium roars with applause as lalita gets on stage. Next we have hari sado and kumar with a score of 92 percent each.”&lt;br /&gt;Both the boys jump on to the stage and receive the medals from the principal.&lt;br /&gt;“Students, hari sado is joining the National engineering college and we wish him success in all his endeavors. Kumar here deserves a special mention. He has rejected the engineering and science degree offers from various institutes and has chosen to join a history course, the subject of his interest. I ask every one of you to derive inspiration from kumar and follow your own dreams.”&lt;br /&gt;The principal hugs kumar and pats him on his back.&lt;br /&gt;Kumar felt very proud, but for the last time for the decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-823067413881155956?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2008/05/part-1-i-am-always-busy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>20</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-5786651577199736189</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T08:54:05.647-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story</category><title /><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is the short story  that  &lt;a href="http://svenky2007.blogspot.com/"&gt;SVENKY &lt;/a&gt;and I created with valuable suggestions from sana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;THE WALK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;The chillness of the night did not wither the spirits of the inmates of the hostel. The long four year voyage is about to end in few months. Boisterous crowd thumping the poor volley ball, the animated discussions on university admits, poor junior getting taunted by some wretched souls, all these are typical of a final year hostel life. Oblivious to all these proceedings I am immersed in deep retrospection. With a confused feeling I instantly get up from my bed and start to walk towards the nearby coffee shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;Though the general tendency of the human mind is to be social, a tinge of loneliness makes you feel good. I chose the longer route through the deserted woody road. The nagging sensation of under achievement creeps in to my present thoughts, giving a slight depressing feel. Chewing over the experiences I see that so much has changed in the college in these years, from new buildings to hi-tech computer centers, but the sad truth is that there is always a fraction of pupils who are bound to remain stagnant in every aspect. The feeling that I may as well belong to this group upsets me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;At this point in time, I see a silhouette of a stoopy figure holding a cigarette, ambling towards me. The brightly lit building behind, prevents me from immediately recognizing him. However his walking style reveals that he is my first year bench mate. Late night gaming and other notorious habits have literally taken over major part of his college life. On comparing myself with him I feel slightly relieved. As I approach him, all my thoughts of how pathetic he is, morphed into a mocking smile. I could only see a total degradation of all his basic abilities and changing him into a filthy creature. Seconds after I crossed him, the shocking image flashed in my mind. It was his reaction. He had given back the same sarcastic smile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;Every one of us have our own way of looking at life, be it our’s or other’s and rightly so.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-5786651577199736189?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-short-story-that-svenky-and-i.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>15</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-3684835938602947633</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T08:54:26.080-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blogger</category><title /><description>&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/claim/avauynjudn" rel="me"&gt;Technorati Profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-3684835938602947633?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2008/01/technorati-profile.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-5641839865514800042</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T08:56:46.459-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meet</category><title /><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; text-decoration: underline;font-size:21;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;color:red;"   &gt;The 'lakh'una !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Welcome the TATA nano, the car that has to fulfill ratan tata s vision rather promise of a car to every Indian. (If you are convinced that it has done it already, read on!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The nano was unveiled at the ninth auto expo Delhi on the tenth of this January. No matter what pachauri or the competitors say, it simply does not matter. The point is it is definitely going to be a grand success. &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Nano"&gt;Technical details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; in here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Kudos to the engineers at tata, the aesthetics are marvelous and with some more instrumentation on the dashboard, completeness could have been ensured. With this, I don’t mean to dishonor the efforts of frugal engineering or the other cost cutting strategies effectively employed but this average Indian mind is never content. High cc bike manufacturers and the prominent A-segment car manufacturers have nothing to worry, though maruti 800 would have to take the blow single-handedly. But the Indian market is in itself a mystery but this car, when considering the initial popularity will not at least be a victim of consumer ignorance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Tata has applied for 34 patents for the power train design which clearly shows a positive trend in the Indian R&amp;amp;D sector. Manufacturers have started to realise the potential of R&amp;amp;D and have started to invest money there instead of buying the designs from some Italian company. Tata s engineers would have had a very tough job these months to put in their best to redesign everything right from windshield wipers, rear engine layout, tubeless tires, spacious interiors and fuel system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;While musing over the nano, the aspect that bothered me the most is the safety. Why is it that, we Indians do not understand the importance of safety? At a stage when ABS and airbags are a standard feature in international cars, we still have it as an option. Leave out ABS, ESP, Traction control, fog lamps etc., the nano has rear view mirror only on the driver’s side. It is highly illogical to compromise on safety for cutting costs. Personal safety has to be given a serious thought. The government should pass laws to make safety norms mandatory as it was done years before to reduce emission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;But let’s not worry a lot. Considering the present pace of advancement, things are closer by.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-5641839865514800042?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2008/01/lakhuna-welcome-tata-nano-car-that-has.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-6266006904430665688</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T08:58:26.173-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wise advice</category><title /><description>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Words Worth!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everyone of us would have heard people say that one can move up the success ladder with just the ability to convince others by framing sentences appropriately. Read this story to know how this man can get the desired reply by just framing a question in a different way.&lt;br /&gt;There was this drunkard who went to a swamiji and asked&lt;br /&gt;" Swamiji, is it ok to be drunk while praying?&lt;br /&gt;The reply was a straight no!.&lt;br /&gt;after a brief pause, there came the second question.&lt;br /&gt;"Swamiji,is it ok to pray to god while drinking?&lt;br /&gt;There.. he got his favorable reply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So,it is indeed true that you can make your words do the work for you.But,beware sometimes those same words can also chuck you out of a job interview or make you a the laughing stock or annoy others to their critical limits or sometimes reveal the real 'YOU' which is not preferred in most cases. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;meet ya soon!!!.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-6266006904430665688?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2008/01/words-worth-everyone-of-us-would-have.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-3464746491847899218</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T09:02:55.997-08:00</atom:updated><title /><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;2007 = movies + so many other things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The last day of the year. This is the only time of the year when we recollect all achievements and analyze the misfortunes and mistakes of ours, obviously for betterment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The sad feeling of the one-month holiday coming to an end creeps in, while I sit in the couch and swap channels in the TV, to gain information on tomorrow’s specials. I now think.&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Is it not the best time for the television channels to telecast programs that inspires the common man and gives him a head start for the year?&lt;br /&gt;On the contrary what I see is only these interviews with actors, titillating song sequences and dumb discussions which I feel have no educational value at all. Honestly, any average mind if given an option, will choose something like an interview with Abdul kalam or Narayana murthy over an frivolous chit-chat with Namitha or Simbu.(hey nothing against namitha! and simbu deserves this! &lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Definitely there were other exciting things too in 2007, than movies and serials.&lt;br /&gt;Instead of every channel selecting the best song, stunt sequence, director, lights-man etc. doing something different like identifying best sports person from the state or choosing the best maintained constituency, most able IAS officer etc. will not in any day bring down the TRP ratings, rather it induces a positive attitude in the minds of the viewers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;With reality shows gaining popularity and people s attitude changing, hope next Jan 1 will be different with respect to these Sun, Raj, and Vijay etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Thala!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hey!! One has to really appreciate ultimate star ajith for him daring to come to an interview(actually&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 2&lt;/span&gt;) without dyeing his hair. Those white streaks depict the experience, confidence and guts to believe in what he is. Hats off thala!!!. Remember, only the superstar himself would dare to come out without the make-up. The path is set. right??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Say how is this?:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;           &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Whether hell or heaven,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was 2007.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it is 2008.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go, prove your might!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Happy new year 2008 !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-3464746491847899218?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2007/12/2007-movies-so-many-other-things.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-3644765549002138958</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T08:56:02.840-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wise advice</category><title /><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing called the End!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The times are such that every single youth in the country is dreaming of becoming the next tata or ambani or a mittal. The days are gone when people who do not get jobs resort to business as their last hope. In the past few years we have witnessed so many bright young chaps boldly rejecting fabulous international job offers and trying to start their own ventures be it a eat-out or a holiday resort or simple net cafes.&lt;br /&gt;Though most of them are successful in their own way, it should also be noted that the society has started to acknowledge and accept failures. Rather, some high profile concern in the &lt;st1:place&gt;Silicon Valley&lt;/st1:place&gt; has openly stated that it would prefer those who have an unsuccessful start-up history to their top managerial jobs.&lt;br /&gt;Being a premier institute admitting in the best of the Indian youth to its courses, many in our college feel accomplished after landing on to a job at the campus. Even those who had those big dreams have started calculating the opportunity costs and few have already decided to grow with their company itself.&lt;br /&gt;Before arriving at such a conclusion, remember that we fall in the top 1 percent country’s youth (at least that’s what statistics say!) and if not us then no one else can even think to follow their dreams. And about the fears of risk etc. I would like to point out that we will not be reduced to rags and start living on the streets if at all failure befalls us. Opportunities are plenty and are everywhere. It is for you to spot and reap or rape them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am remembered about this man who makes money in a astonishing way.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; The Mumbai metro trains run fully packed day and night. Any one who travels without a valid ticket can be fined up to Rs. 500. Spot checking is carried out occasionally and the person getting caught is fined and a proper bill is given. Now, this brilliant fellow though uneducated has devised something like an insurance plan in which he gives a identification card to his customers at a price which is half the price of the regular season ticket and for the concerned month the customer is entitled to full re-imbursement of the fined amount. So the customer does not sweat or panic on seeing the Traveling Ticket Examiner, he coolly pays the fine but remembers to collect the receipt.&lt;br /&gt;               None of us would have ever thought of this idea, though illegal it is innovative and first-class!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;So just before deciding your path say to yourself: ‘&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;This is my ONLY life!!&lt;/span&gt;’&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-3644765549002138958?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2007/12/there-is-nothing-called-end-times-are.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-3051431963745504754</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-27T08:49:26.951-08:00</atom:updated><title /><description>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Will be back.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;yo!  ppl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;i have been very busy for the past one week and did not find any time to post entries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;d&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;o keep checking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;out for some interesting stuff!!!!. But i have something interesting here too.. check this link out. Get to see a new dimension of creative blogging &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rhapody2000.free.fr/images/wallpapers/terminator2_1024x768%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 121px;" src="http://rhapody2000.free.fr/images/wallpapers/terminator2_1024x768%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-3051431963745504754?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2007/12/hey-guys-i-have-been-very-busy-for-past.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-79034410927494759</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-21T21:03:44.084-08:00</atom:updated><title /><description>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;colour &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;what &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;kalar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; do you see ??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wzwI89eBI/AAAAAAAAACc/BQPRYQ6sU-E/s1600-h/teresa+in+her+thoughts.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wzwI89eBI/AAAAAAAAACc/BQPRYQ6sU-E/s320/teresa+in+her+thoughts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146545376307542034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hello people, this is my art attack!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:6;"  &gt;Berkeley's point of departure is that the &lt;em&gt;mind perceives ideas&lt;/em&gt;. These ideas are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:6;"  &gt;(1) Ideas of  sense, such as colors, smells, shapes, and so forth;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:6;"  &gt;(2) Ideas of reflection, such as ideas of volition, pain, sadness, and so forth; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:6;"  &gt;(3) Ideas of the imagination, such as unicorns and chimeras, as well as dreams, etc., which are merely a combination of (1) and (2).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;what do you perceive of the image ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;let me see??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- BlogCounter Code START --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcounter.com/" id="bclink" title="Blog counter"&gt;&lt;span id="bccount"  style="font-size:8;"&gt;Free Blog Counter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blogcounter.com/js.php?user=kaushikram007&amp;amp;style=1"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcounter.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px;" alt="Blog counter" src="http://blogcounter.com/log.php?id=kaushikram007&amp;amp;=st=img&amp;amp;showme=y" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.gimahhot.de/m700-10478-0-0-0-0/lentz-home-design.html"&gt;Lentz Home Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- BlogCounter Code END --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-79034410927494759?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2007/12/hello-people-this-is-my-art-attack.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wzwI89eBI/AAAAAAAAACc/BQPRYQ6sU-E/s72-c/teresa+in+her+thoughts.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-6956817476299168381</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T09:00:48.892-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meet</category><title /><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LUNCH @ THE HINDU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;...with those who talk to you daily but you never get to see them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" &gt;This entry gives you some  insight in to a different aspect of the motoring world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I happened to meet &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" &gt;Mr.S.Muralidhar&lt;/span&gt;, motoring editor of the Hindu Businessline news-daily. He is basically an auto analyst who has been reviewing and test riding bikes and cars for the past hmmm…more than ten years at least.&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2v9SI89d1I/AAAAAAAAAA8/BEv-kzLYmoY/s1600-h/gemini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2v9SI89d1I/AAAAAAAAAA8/BEv-kzLYmoY/s200/gemini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146485487283566418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While chatting with him at his office at the Kasturi buildings (for the uninformed its The Hindu’s head office at Anna salai,chennai) , i was surprised to hear that he is basically a chartered accountant by qualification(I can hear your “ooh” s and “aah” s) and now pursuing a full time writing career as an automobile analyst. Maybe, that’s what they call “following the passion”. I also learnt that “The Hindu” is planning to launch a magazine exclusively for content on automobiles and some part on latest electronic gadgets. Good news eh.. hope they keep the prices down initially to impress the market with their quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a chat with him for about some good 3 hours or so and learnt so many things.&lt;br /&gt;Thought I would share some.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• I realized that we at NIT-Trichy have a very good quality to boast about. It is our large network of friends from different places, through whom we are recognized initially. This fellow happens to be the cousin of aditya kalyanakrishnan (popularly known as (p.k.a) kalyani).so it was initially very easy to start the discussion and maybe this is what helped to prolong it. Thank you kalyani!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• An auto analyst has a very busy schedule traveling around the world, visiting motor shows and attending conferences organized by the auto companies. His recent trip was to bologna (Bo-lon-ya), Italy.(Koduthu vaichavaru!!).&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2we-Y89d5I/AAAAAAAAABc/aDDD0xgwpM4/s1600-h/533-minis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2we-Y89d5I/AAAAAAAAABc/aDDD0xgwpM4/s320/533-minis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146522531376494482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The popular motor shows like Frankfurt, Geneva etc. are open to the media well before they are open to the general public. So, if you want to be the first one to comment on the Tata s one lakh car introducing at the delhi motor show(JAN 2008), kaushikram007@gmail.com is my e-mail address. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• He gets to drive most of the cars even before they are launched. Organized test drives are a pleasure as you get to drive long a new car in one of the best highways. Last time, he was allowed to take home a new Hyundai i 10 and return it whenever he is done with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Just like many of us, he has nt got a chance to drive sports cars like lamorghini s and Ferrari s. But he is very confident that he’ll soon get a chance to ride them too. All the best sir, at least you have a better chance than most of us do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• This is for my personal satisfaction; he has tried some of the tractors too and I think he said they were amazing to ride!!(Just got a confirmation from google that I can write anything in this space!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• He neither has any complaints against his job nor does he complain of work related stress. The only thing is the space constraint, which restricts him to write only a side (on a newspaper!!!) every week which he usually exceeds and that poses, a tough job for the lay-out designer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• So, if you ask me about the other side of the coin, he usually has very little time for his family and friends and the work may demand his presence any time as one cannot predict, which company is to launch what , where and when.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• And the journalist part of the profession, brings in threat-calls and the other mishaps associated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:120;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;His concerns:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the talk, I felt that most of us Indian drivers are not aware of the usage of some of the most basic features in automobiles. Prominent among the many is the difference between the Dim and Dip adjustment of the front head lamps. The other one is considering essential features like ABS(Anti-Lock Braking Systems) and Air-bags. I feel this is very much true as you may know when you browse through the features of cars sold in foreign countries, I can assure that you will not find any car without these. But in India, these are optional which means that an average buyer will not even try to know about these.&lt;br /&gt;But nothing will change until they stop manufacturing cars with only single rear view mirror (they are cutting costs it seems. Production engineers are not here to blame as it was the design!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:120;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.truthabouttoyota.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;http://www.truthABOUTtoyota.com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, this site caught my attention and anyone reading it would definitely change their&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wn8o89d_I/AAAAAAAAACM/5Tm6mQO2h3A/s1600-h/logo.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 205px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wn8o89d_I/AAAAAAAAACM/5Tm6mQO2h3A/s320/logo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146532396916373490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; stance about the famous Japanese automaker. To clarify the doubts he just gave an analogy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Imagine the kind of criticism a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;shuddha brahmanan&lt;/span&gt; would face, when for the first ever time he strikes a conversation with the village beauty”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you get the point.&lt;br /&gt;Toyota has been successful in making cars for the Japanese markets, where fuel efficiency and eco-consciousness are a part of the custom, a condition very similar to the situation existing in India. People are not surprised when the illiterate street sweeper enquires about your car’s mileage. So ,after surviving these markets obviously when Toyota starts manufacturing cars for the American buyer who prefers a big car, despite showing himself as a green guy etc, it is mandatory that to realize profits they have to compromise on fuel efficiency for better design and glam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:120;" &gt;Things never said about the YO! Bikes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wjg489d7I/AAAAAAAAABs/bZc3g_sduHA/s1600-h/z_fin350.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 208px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wjg489d7I/AAAAAAAAABs/bZc3g_sduHA/s320/z_fin350.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146527522128492466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the cost of driving the bikes were advertised as 10 paise per km , it has to be noted that the lead acid batteries have a replacement time of 3 years. Replacement costs are around Rs.7500/-!!. So it is nt that economical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another issue is about the capacity of the bike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: Is it powerful enough to take me and my girlfriend to the nearby pizza hut?&lt;br /&gt;A: The answer is straight NO, then where is the question of bringing you two back home?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: Hmm...Ok, can I ride from G.N chetty road to Satyam cinemas on a bright Sunday afternoon?&lt;br /&gt;A: Why not? Sure!! But avoid the Anna fly-over, it might roll backwards on the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:120;" &gt;Bangalore s story:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wkWo89d9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/xOkJh4RvRdg/s1600-h/imageds.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 111px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wkWo89d9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/xOkJh4RvRdg/s320/imageds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146528445546461138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone visiting Bangalore would have felt the popularity of these REVA cars over there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The success can be attributed to three reasons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The slow and irksome traffic. It is a place where laws of time and distance never valid. It is also that when you for direction, they answer in minutes of travel and not in distance.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wkWo89d8I/AAAAAAAAAB0/Zuzik1tiiJQ/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 113px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wkWo89d8I/AAAAAAAAAB0/Zuzik1tiiJQ/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146528445546461122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. the mentality of people. These people in the services industry are well-educated and more than that they are ecologically aware. They chose to contribute in this way though they know that they are paying more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Reva is based in Bangalore. Hence, easy access to spares and service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, things are going too much in detail .let me draw a stop line here. We went on discussing about France implementing electric cars 30 years back as their Public Transport, Toyota prius being popular in Hollywood, few concept cars,superleggera meaning super light(it s not the name of Lambo car, there is a Ferrari superleggera too),lambo naming culture, his trip to Italy, fiat palio…….. and so much more ….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming back with non-auto article soon…..&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wk9489d-I/AAAAAAAAACE/NeDXSG2Z5ow/s1600-h/poachers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 180px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2wk9489d-I/AAAAAAAAACE/NeDXSG2Z5ow/s320/poachers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146529119856326626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Title may be:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;How Nitt ians become POACHERS ……..                  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It was the second of its type to be organized in &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The first one was a huge success at &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;New   Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; early this year and this the first one here at Chennai aims to bring together the national and international manufacturers and traders of Motorcycles, Scooters, and Bicycles and its parts, components and accessories. The show is organized by &lt;a href="http://www.biztradeshows.com/sunstar-expositions/"&gt;Sunstar Expositions Private Limited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;New Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;After spending the morning in a frivolous way watching silly comedy scenes etc. in the small screen, I thought I would give a call to my good old friend Sathya and I was surprised to hear that he was also interested in visiting a bikex.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;The Travel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Chennai trade centre is situated at nandambakkam. The place is easily accessible from anywhere in Chennai(though it is quite far from places like triplicane etc.). In case you take a share-auto its just Rs10/-. away from guindy railway station.&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;The show:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The entry was just a nominal thirty rupees. The place defied all my expectations about a bike exhibition as it did not have any power bikes or race Bikes or either any popular auto giants displaying their concepts and yet-to-be introduced technologies. Though the organizers boast of international participation,either they were not so keen on inviting Indian big-shots like bajaj,&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;enfield&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; etc or may be those companies did not value this opportunity as a productive one. But though TVS had a stall displaying its new FLAME 125cc and its other scooty pep variants, there was not a single technical person who can answer questions like “where is the 3 rd valve-the bike’s specialty located?”. The answer got was “in the engine!!!!”. Needless to say ,I was stumped!.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Electrifying exhibits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2bR3o89dwI/AAAAAAAAAAU/KwDVcrFii5g/s1600-h/hero_ultra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2bR3o89dwI/AAAAAAAAAAU/KwDVcrFii5g/s320/hero_ultra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145030378133485314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2denY89dzI/AAAAAAAAAAs/J-4pmixk0H4/s1600-h/gooodododod.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2denY89dzI/AAAAAAAAAAs/J-4pmixk0H4/s320/gooodododod.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145185130100127538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hero ultra and &lt;a href="http://www.induselectrans.com/"&gt;Yo! Bikes&lt;/a&gt; were the centre of attention , not because they occupied more than half of the floor space and also &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;not because they had appointed mini-skirt models to help you on the details &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;but because of the technology they sell. A joint venture between hero cycles and ultra motor company of &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;UK&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;,the company is manufacturing a range of revolutionary electric bikes and scooters. The scooters are sleek and come in 7 variants and 6 of these models do not demand drivers license or all those registration or road tax tortures. You can gift these to any kid on his birthday and need not make him wait till 16 or 18.yes! there is no age limit!!!.And all those child prodigies who drive santros at an age when they cannot even do their homework alone ,can better try their hands on these.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The owners can now smile with a reason when they hear gossips about rise in petrol prices and they can even stop frowning at the kid at the petrol bunk for letting that one drop fall down. The costs they say is as low as just 10 paise per km which is one-tenth the running cost of petrol 2-wheelers.i never tested these and it is for you to believe but critics say that it is just a little above the price quoted, and if it is the case it is fantastic!. The vehicle is noise free(“why dint I try honking those horns??”) and hence you and I cannot switch channels when we recognize papa’s bike arriving!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Nothing good in life comes without the price!!! Even these bikes. At least not until another decade or so.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Though these come with the same price tag as a scooty pep+ or ++, the maximum speed you can expect here is just 40 kmph!!! Do not panic.this is the max. speed on the costliest ride in this segment. Others have it at 25kmph max. this means that if you want to ride to your workplace or college at say somewhere on the ECR, you would nt be partying late in the night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Another major limitation is the battery charging time which is a constant 6 to 8 hours and a fully charged battery can fuel you only up to 70 kilometres.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reading through the pamphlet,I found this thing interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;**&lt;i&gt;The vehicles are &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;not deemed to be motor vehicles &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;for compliance to CMVR requirements and are exempted as per criteria specifies in GSR589 (E) dated 16.09.2005&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;So, just consult your banker whether you can avail an automobile loan and all its benefits. But this is just a beginning. As our automobile sir says “ a lot of research is going on and on” and at the present rate of support from organizations world over, we can expect a lot to change. Maybe in a few years ahead we can see those beautiful petrol and diesel engines only at a museum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Another interesting information was about how Mc-donalds(Andheri-lokhandwala) uses 40 YO! Bikes to meet their delivery commitment and Hypercity mall too has replaced its fleet with Yo!. Kudos to these eco-responsible corporates!! Instead of bearing huge import charges on petroleum governments can subsidise such projects which can be a measure to counter pollution and also reduce dependency on the middle-east.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;So, think twice before gifting your wife or loved ones with a normal bike.&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;What else?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Another main attraction was the rough surface rider and the caddie type car that TamilNadu government had bought (I think three),for its chief minister to see around exhibits and to travel short distances inside campuses. A magazine shop gave out two magazines at the cost of one and food stalls were also not to miss.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;The surprise!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The organizers for some bizarre reasons had made arrangements for a ramp walk. Even though I was fairly comfortable with models posing with those heavy bikes in foreign motor shows, it was quite odd to see a ramp show being organized with these &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; models walking amidst the crowds here at Chennai. Maybe the organizers tried to surprise the crowd. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Being a bike enthusiast myself, though I would like to reinstate that expectations were not fulfilled. This may be because of the wrong time of visit, probably all those bike stunts, bike marathons and bike races got over in the first two days itself. But as it is the first ever time a bike show is happening in Chennai, it is a must visit for all those bike freaks living in and around.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Cya soon..&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;!-- BlogCounter Code START --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcounter.com/" id="bclink" title="Blog counter"&gt;&lt;span id="bccount"  style="font-size:8;"&gt;Free Blog Counter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blogcounter.com/js.php?user=kaushikram007&amp;amp;style=1"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcounter.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px;" alt="Blog counter" src="http://blogcounter.com/log.php?id=kaushikram007&amp;amp;=st=img&amp;amp;showme=y" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.gimahhot.de/m700-10478-0-0-0-0/lentz-home-design.html"&gt;Lentz Home Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- BlogCounter Code END --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30953960-6839780469226441344?l=kaushikram007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://kaushikram007.blogspot.com/2007/12/2-nd-bikex-visit-to-remember.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ram at work)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZZhqem9baH4/R2dfdY89d0I/AAAAAAAAAA0/ANJ4RZeqVls/s72-c/ohfgklfhglsfhlsfh.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30953960.post-4702929482257126448</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-24T09:10:19.224-08:00</atom:updated><title /><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Long long ago, so long ago I thought of making a blog entry and also promised myself to update it regularly. Months were wasted, thinking about what to write in the space and how to start it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I was taking the usual evening walk today,listening to FM radio I heard the jockey talking endlessly on ways to celebrate “The world lazy day” which was today!!!!. 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