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Aduthu varuvathu M.S.Viswanatharin isaiyodu Agni Saatchi padathilirunthu kanaa kaanum kangal enra arumaiyaana padaippu.
Valiyinathu kavithaiku kural kuduthavargal S.P.Balasubramanyam, Saritha
Intha paadalin varigalai thiraiyil roobam kuduthavargal Sivakumar matrum Saritha

Movie Name: Agni Saatchi
Singer: Balasubrahmanyam SP, Saritha
Music Director: Viswanathan M S

kanaak kaanum kangal mella urangaadhoa paadal solla
nilaak kaala maegam ellaam ulaap poagum naeram kannae
ulaap poagum naeram kannae
(kanaak)
kumari uruvam kuzhandhai ullam rendum onraana maayam neeyoa
thalaivan madiyil magalin vadivil thoongum saeyoa
kumari uruvam kuzhandhai ullam rendum onraanae maayam neeyoa

thalaivan madiyil magalin vadivil thoongum saeyoa
nodiyil naaldhoarum niram maarum dhaevi
vidaidhaan kidaikkaamal thadumaarum kaelvi
vilakku aetri vaiththaal kooda nizhal poalath thoanrum nijamae
nizhal poalath thoanrum nijamae

(This is where Saritha does her bit)

"naan un nijaththai naesikkiraen nizhalaiyoa poojikkiraen
adhanaalthaan un nizhal vizhundha idaththin mannaikkooda netriyil neerupoal thiruneerupoal ittukkolgiraen"

(kanaak)

pudhiya kavidhai punaiyum kuyilae
nenjil undaana kaayam enna
ninaivu alaigal neruppil kulikkum paavam enna
pudhiya kavidhai punaiyum kuyilae nenjil undaana kaayam enna
ninaivu alaigal neruppil kulikkum paavam enna
kizhakku velukkaamal irukkaadhu vaanam
vidiyum naal paarththu iruppaenae naanum
varungaalam inbam enru nigazhkaalam koorum kannae
nigazhkaalam koorum kannae
(kanaak)

Darwinism ?

Its incredible that a species as primitively selfish as ours has managed to takeover this planet.
Somewhere along the line God decided to play favorites.

Never give a lift on the Highway

Required Viewing:
http://www.hcl.in/commercial.asp

Long winding highway … sometime to catch up on good old music.

That was a really difficult meeting there …. Lawyers , lawyers everywhere and yet not a single filing in sight…
Mandates- we sleep with whoever pays,
Litigation- freaking rival ibanks claim we cheated on their share of the ‘spread’- we will do all the spreading we can do,
Capital structure- Mr Patel, Mrs Patel, Miss Patel Master Patel and Little Tommy Patel, Objects of issue- cheap money, object of our issue –expensive project management

Large truck laden with pipes – be careful .. these maniacs ..
Nice greenery.Another revamped divider on the road.
Those contractors : I can almost smell those notes ..

Freaking truck driver turning without a signal .. brake …swerve .. accelerate.
The engine murmurs its assent.

I enjoy these truckwallah antics best on my rearview. Back to U2….

And then you give yourself away..and you give…

Some crazy kid waving by the side.. He is wearing an BCL cap..
Lift…ignore .. lift… ignore..never stop on the highway..never stop on the highway..

Summer of 69-Joka ke woh meethe pal ..

Brake … stop

“Sir you going towards Waranpur?”

“Yup..That should be on the way…hop in”

Pink Floyd-Coming Back to Life..

Question time …

Me: “So you an IT guy?”
Him:"Yes, and you?”
Me:"I work at an Investment Bank”

Him:"Oh ! but the stock market just crashed!”
Me:"Hmm ..really?”

(Those block trades we had engineered…Our Equities desk rocking the market as always..Anyway)

Him:"We built the software that displays the prices online you know”

Definitely his first year at BCL

Bryan Adams crooning We are the Champions

Me: "Interesting.In any case the ‘crash’ was 10 minutes back. The online prices aren’t real time kid. In another 10 minutes you will see a rebound "

Far more important to move the future.. than record the present when it has vanished into the past.. Looks like a smart kid..They will learn

Some petrol..

Random PC at the petrol station running on car batteries… impressive stuff

Kid:"We built the technology on which that PC runs..”

Kid beaming with pride.He might take some time..

“You mean you guys figured out a conversion mechanism for the current /voltage characteristics to suit the PC?”

“Well…mostly… We wrote the code for the pop up that asks for the option to run on the battery! It is in the beta testing stage… “

Whatta genius!.. with my C in programming data structures I wouldn’t have been able to do that.. L.. my niece might be able to though.. she scored an A+ in her 10th standard advanced C++ data structures course.

Time to move..



Waranpur arrives..

“So I drop you at the sign?”

“That should be fine.My helicopter is already in place.I just got a message on my cell.I need to go for an overseas lifesciences project”

“Interesting.So you just finished your project over here and you have been immediately staffed on another one?”

Wow ! BCL must be going great guns.

“Well BCL had arranged for a training session on C++ advanced Data Structures which all guys on the bench had to go through.
For the project I’ll be staffed either on the development or testing team as and when the requirement turns up.

BCL is a 4 billion dollar 40,000 employee enterprise you know Mr i-banker”. Smile.

True IT ishtyle

Grabs his bag .. beep beep..

Me: "And yes .. the markets have bounced back….But Iam sorry BCL stocks are still stuck at the 52 week low level.Dont worry it’s the rupee-dollar strengthening.Things should be fine soon enough .
We know our bulls from the cows you know Mr Nadar.

Good Luck touching lives”

Pink Floyd: Dream on you crazy diamond

A chronic delusion is a reality

What a trance?

The memory of you opening your eyes
makes me lose my vision
Its a hazy mad world
any chronic delusion is a reality

caging the eternity granted to my senses
in that moment

Gift yourself....

Orkut Scrap:

Today's fortune: Our first and last love is.. self-love

Very true .. So gift yourself another year to treasure in your memories...

Another year goes by ...have we taken the responsibility to keep ourselves happy?

My speaker system tells me I have more than taken care of that .. hehe


So the best gift on a birthday is from the birthday boy/gal ... Coz you are worth it !

Chak De

Not a sermon...
Just a promise..
No regrets

For every second spent mulling over the past

two for the present

and three towards the future

and believe me you are all set to Chak De !

Thandava Kolam

Paasakayiral Poovin polivai koidhuduvaayo yemane?

yenathu paasa kayarin arulodu unnai vizhthi enn uyir meetpenada mooda

Maheshwaranin Krodhathai seenduvathin palan arinthu'kol'ada

Poo manam izhanthaalum vaazhumada ennodu

News on the Loose

News on the loose is back !!

Amul-Star Show of India

A weekend spent working,meetings,pitches,early morning looooong drives,debates,fundaes etc

and at the end of it all I come home to The Amul -Star Voice of India show.

I get up refreshed .... Bring on the WEEK !

The joy of listening to some divine voices..some amazing talent that is going to rock the world in the years to come.. Thanks Star Plus.

small time crib : get a Chennai/Hyderabad/Abroad audition going ... and maybe we will get some more awesome 'darshan'.

" Zouth India will rock! Junta down zouth aalso goodu saar..
Our idli sambar good for the voiceu u know.Hindi pronounciation kindly adjust . (Thyagaraja keerthanas allowed under semi classical no?) "

back to the show..

There was a conscious effort to 'spice' things up.Drama by the Judges,senti background stories on the participants (damn its almost a reality show in that sense).

But then the concern is that the spice might spoil the biryani..

All the same ... raises the question .. music, dance,cricket ... are these just some concepts to keep man entertained .. assure him that there is something in this world worth stressing your weekends for :) or is there something beyond human creation in the magic that art weaves on us mortals?

There are some guys who have things worth living for...for the rest there is the joy of music

The 'ecstasy' of music get high !

In dino dil mera ....

The Stage

And finally ! its all done .. it’s the time for the journey home at the end of a days work.
A crowd of nobodys drags itself to towards their heath for rest and drink.I lose myself in the daily exodus …drained …. hungry..thirsty.. clawing my way towards an inviting bed.

And along the way shines a light.

The courtyard of a school - lit up. A group of high school students.. still in uniform.
In a formation.. an audio player churns out the music for their composition…

United in purpose ..determined in their will … they sway their bodies to the rhythm

The end of another day ….no not yet… the beginning of a night ? No not yet ..it aint the time to rest…. But their dreams hold them in their trance…driven by their passion they pour their collective souls into their performance….

Ah … another choreography competition .. we manage a smile …

as I permit myself a skip hop in the dry procession towards the train terminal…
as I taste the long forgotten fruit under the streetlight ….
the magic takes me far away to another stage ...another crowd

Iam back under the lights …

Headache+Fever = AAJ CHUTTI ! (for the blog i mean ..come morning and i will be straping on my shoes towards churchgate :( )

Netrikann thiranthaalum...

Iraiarulinal thonrinom
(lets trash that hole in the condom theory for now.This is serious stuff)
AVAN padaippin kuraigalum AVANathu alavo?
Yen kuruthi vazhiyum udalin maasum deiveegamo?
kaligaala dharmam pizhai aayitre?
Yen vilanga paathaiyum seitha arakka koduramum
Yen EEsanin thiruvilayaadala?
manathin kazhivuchinthanaiyum
ivvulagam ennmel porrikum irrakamila kodumaiyum
pizhaiyilla avan karpanaiyo?
Namathu aayul Ulagil avan thavarai azhikum karuviyo?

uyirum neeye seyalum neeye

Netrikkan thiranthaalum kutram kutrame !

Thinking Ahead..

another wave washes ashore...
wonder what gems it would bring along with it?
washed ashore in a helpless frenzy a year before
it is little we could explore
what lies behind that treeline ?
we stand in a line and welcome our comrades in arms
our new recruits

to mandates and beyond!

mind your freaking language !

i witnessed fuck being used forcefully on two occasions today...

Scene 1 : Some argument at the karting track between a 15 something boy and an older father angry that he had dashed into his kids car unnecessarily.Looks like the dudes car brakes didnt work.The 15 something boy with this hep attitude reeled of multiple fucks to effectively put off the elderly gentleman (who was also atr fault ...wht the fuck can you do if the brake wasnt working?)

Scene 2:Some arguement at the ICICI bank atm where some (again) 16 something gal had lost her card in the machine and was asked (quite unchivalrously in my opinion) to move out of the atm area for whatever reason by another customer.
she (already tense) started screaming at the other customer and (u guessed it) let loose a string of F brahmastras to repel the customer away from the atm.

The important point is that the oldies get scandalised whenever anybody uses the F word.
hmmmm... is this right?
A certain section uses the F word merely to signal their state of mind/intensity during an argument.Agreed.But then should we just go ahead and allow all sorts of MC BC gaalis in public conversation?

what the fuck do we do?

Socha na tha

There is a certain genuineness about her acting that I find refreshing .. watch out guys!

Recommendation : buy

'imaye' nee thaan sakhiye

sakhiye neethaan thunaiye
vizhimel amarntha imaye
ulagam kaati marainthu nirkum
kann neer thudaikum imaye
enn uyir kadhari nirkum
kann kaanaa enn ninaivu marakkaa
sakhiye neethaan thunaiye


*inspiration from andhimantharai

kaaani nilam.......

kaani nilam vendum parasakthi kaani nilam vendum

antha marine drive orathil oru siru 3 bhk katta kaani nila vendum

kodai kodumai pizhaithida split ac ondrum triple door fridge ondrum vendum

veetil pozhuthu kazhithida oru 30 inch wall mounted LCD ondrum whiskey barum amaithu

marine driveil ula vara siru honda city onru udane varam vendum

ulasa payanam initha thunai ondru arulida vendum

matra varam sakhiyidam petrida unnathu arul vendum shakthiye

uyir magizhnthida nal uravinarum nanbarum suzhnthu anbalipum anbum alithara vendum

ivvanaithum thara iyala enna unn nilamai? ...atleast iSEC bonus matrum increment uyarthida vendum!

There are certain things SHE can do ..for everything else there is ICICI Debit card.

some smart first lines

thought of penning down some smart first lines that really work (u cud call it social service :) )

Hey you must have been really sick as a child..u seem to be suffering from cuteekemia..iam glad you arent yet cured.

cmon guys...be a man ...try this one!





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one place that connects us .. and we know we gained a thousand well wishers in that single admission.

Thanks SKUS...

Kavitha i

Vaan vizhungum vizhiyinil vizhnthen
Mei maranthu maayakadalinil muzhgi muktiadaintha marumam ennadi?

a tribute ..

a tribute to all the djs ...

the unsung heroes of your evening/night/early morning drink
they take you from your request for with or without you .. to
coming back to life - all while you are comfortably numb, enjoying losing your religion.. climbing your stairway to heaven resting occasionally on your cloud number nine and finally knockin on heavens door (or the Highway to Hell depending on whether you subscribe to the Sportsbar Colaba school of music or the Sportsbar Phoenix Mills school)

and believe me some do a jig with you as well ! (if you show them the right moves i.e)

Thnx for the ride guys....

Jai (and?) Bajrangbali !

Asadhyam sadhyam swamin

Asadhyam tva kim vatah

Rama thutho kripa sindho

matkaryam sadhagaprabho!

Dil mera ...

World Cup ... Bonus....Karting ... all washed away

listening to : Dil Mera from Life in a Metro

Refresh ho jao

Interesting ..... to chill, gain new perspectives and all that renewal thingie the best option is to go back to your memories ... to your old friends ... hang out .. relive some amazingly crazy days....

Interesting ... to reinject life into a stagnating and boring present -the past is the champion viagra...

and some day the past is all we will have and hopefully we would have memories precious enough to look forward to the end of our lives.

aaaarkut !

Predicktion:
You are going to have a very comfortable old age ....

now that made my day !

doooooooooorie

Hum kis gali jaa rahe hain ????????

apna koi tikhana nahin !!!!

Holi

An awesome holi ... bhaaang, booze...music....cricket...color

Thanks guys.. and yes my nose is oversized. :)

Color your world

it doesnt matter that the color destroys your fabric

sacrifice the fabric for the picture

you can preserve the fabric for eternity without coloring it

but then ships are built to sail the seas and sink

not rot in docks

my color burneth my soul

but the picture is my own

Thumbrule

If the rest of the world points its fingers at you for your actions you are probably doing the right thing.
If the rest of the world puts its hands together in appreciation ... beware !

The three monkeys of Joka ....