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Amamma & Tathagaru

Hello Reader,

I have endless memories of the time spent at my grandparents’ house. Most of my childhood was spent there, eating, listening to their stories and playing around. My Tathagaru narrated me stories from the Ramayana and other mythological tales full of wisdom and my Amamma prepared a variety of lip-smacking food loaded with love. Even today, every time I travel away from home, she makes sure that I have packed the jar of mango pickles. She has been making those pickles ever since I have known her. I am sure this how all grandparents bestow their love and care.

I remember how happy my Amamma was when she saw me surprisingly arrive for my Tathagaru’s 80^th birthday celebration. I was the only one who was going to miss out from the party that day. Although, I had my tickets booked a month ago, I informed nobody about my arrival and then boom! I appeared at the venue and baffled everyone. And then my Amamma hugged me and she had a broad smile on her face.

Then I met my Tathagaru, he had turned 80 that day. I am sure he was as happy as my Amamma was to see me; his faint smile followed by whispering my name was enough to tell me that. Due to his medical condition, he was not as expressive as Amamma was but his eyes had a lot to speak.

I lost him only after a few months from that day. I was present with him in his last moments but I wish, I could have spent more time talking with him and listening to more stories. But, for studies and then job, I have been away from my grandparents for years and unlike my childhood, much of my post teenage years passed without them being nearby.

My grandpa is no more but his wisdom is as green in my mind as it was when he was teaching those moral lessons to me in the form of fictional and spiritual portrayals.

I am sure my Amamma misses him much more. They have lived together for about 60 years together and I don’t know how strong one has to be to deal with such a turn of events.

I really want to make my Amamma as happy as she was that day. So, I am planning to give her a surprise visit one more time.

And when could be a better time but on this Grandparents’ day. This time I will make sure that it is not a brief meet. Instead, I am going to stay with her for a week and even though, I am not the best of chefs, I will cook for her every healthy recipe I can muster up. I will take her to shopping and buy her anything that she wants and of course, ask her to tell me a story and sing me a lullaby, just like old times.

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Visitors

I had visitors today, ghosts from the past,

They weren’t friendly, they reminded me about the wounds that last.

Confused and hurt, I carefully tread,

I talk to my pillow, I carry worries to my bed.

People Always Leave.

Sometimes, you wonder why people come into your life, if they have to walk out of it after all. They make you feel, they make you fall, they give you memories just so that every bit of it could be crumpled and thrown away in rusted dustbins laying unattended outside the apartments built over the decades, where the cracked walls and peeled off paint are louder than the horns of the vehicles under broken street lights.

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If only goodbyes meant for today and the faking smiles were real, she wouldn't have walked away with closed eyes and her lips sealed. Soon it will be cold enough to build fires in the house made of red bricks, where she decided to plant her little dreams in a glass mug filled with mud and pebbles, topped with a pocket full of sunshine.

No amount of time is enough to know someone, but getting to know someone is too overrated when all they want to do is hear about all the people who belonged in the past ignorant about the chance they have been given today to make it to someone's tomorrow. ~~Sometimes~~ Everytime, you have to accept it, pick yourself up and move the fuck ahead. You get connected, you give them chances, you give them love, you give them your everything.

No matter what you do, people always leave.

The three paragraphs above,

have no connection whatsoever

yet are strongly connected by strings

of feelings

attached to every memory

of someone

who came like a cold gust of wind

and destroyed

everything while they left.

Gravitational Mass

Gravitational mass is identical to inertial mass. That is, the amount of inertia something has and amount of gravity it has are effectively the same. Whats interesting is there doesn't seem to be any reason this should be true. One can imagine a large object with lots of resistance to force and no gravity or vice versa, but this never happens...

You know what?? I will skip the build up and just say it..

YO MAMA's So FAT the attraction increases as the CUBE of the distance instead of the SQUARE.!!

PS: On an unrelated note:

The Indian Yo Mama Jokes..!

The Only Hindrance to My Success- ME.

Follow the herd or be different?

The biggest problem an entrepreneur can face is self-doubt. There are times when things aren't working out for you, and you start thinking you made a mistake by not following the herd. These are the times which decide if you will ever succeed. These are the times when you are most inclined to leave and join the comfort of the herd, and if you leave its very unlikely that you will ever return. It is the struggle that makes you learn a lot of things, that teaches you how to to turn bad times to your advantage, to find opportunities in situations where no one else can.

Then there always are the problems with starting young. Its harder for you to convince people to trust you. You still have a lot to learn about how different and protective people can be when it comes to trusting you with funds. It all adds up to the frustration at times. Letting self doubt creep in at times like these could be your biggest mistake. If you are not convinced that you are good at what you do, you can never convince someone else. This is the reason sometimes being in the bubble of over-confidence helps (will write about it some time later.)

But it has its own charms, promise of independence and challenges, the joy of seeing your ideas take shape. There is no better feeling than that.

So for now, when in doubt always remember these few things. Repeat it to yourself, and believe in them.

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I am an innovator. I have initiative and insight and guts, but not much money. I will succeed because my efforts and my focus will defeat bigger and better-funded competitors. I am fearless. I keep my focus on growing the business—not on politics, or other wasteful distractions.

I will leverage my skills to become the key to every department of my company, yet realize that hiring experts can be the secret to my success. I will be a fervent and intelligent user of technology, to conserve my two most precious assets: time and money.

My secret weapon is knowing how to cut through bureaucracy. My size makes me faster and more nimble than any company could ever be. I am a laser beam. Opportunities will try to cloud my focus, but I will not waver from my stated goal and plan and nothing can make me—until I change it. And I know that plans were made to be changed.

Change. Adapt

I’m in it for the long haul. Building a business that will last separates me from the opportunist, and is an investment in my brand and my future.

I know there will be troubles, there will be defeats, but I will change, I will adapt. Surviving is succeeding, and each day that goes by makes it easier still for me to reach my goals.

I pledge to know more about my ﬁeld than anyone else. I will read and learn and teach. My greatest asset is the value I can add to my clients through my efforts.

You gotta give it to get it.

I realize that treating people well on the way up will make it nicer for me on the way back down. I will be scrupulously honest and overt in my dealings, and won’t use my position as a fearless bootstrapper to gain unfair advantage. My reputation will follow me wherever I go, and I will invest in it daily and protect it ﬁercely.

I am the underdog. I realize that others are rooting for me to succeed, and I will gratefully accept their help when offered. I also understand the power of favors, and will offer them and grant them whenever I can.

I have less to lose than most -- a fact I can turn into a signiﬁcant competitive advantage. I am a salesperson. Sooner or later, my income will depend on sales, and those sales can be made only by me, not by an emissary, not by a rep. I will sell by helping others get what they want, by identifying needs and ﬁlling them.

I am a guerrilla. I will be persistent, consistent, and willing to invest in the marketing of myself and my business. I will measure what I do, and won’t lie about it to myself or my partners.

I will set strict ﬁnancial goals and honestly evaluate my performance. I’ll set limits on time and money and won’t exceed either.

And then there are a few optionals you might do. :P :D

Most of all, I’ll remember that the journey is the reward. I will learn and grow and enjoy every single day.

My Girlfriend is Smarter Than Me!!

I like to consider myself a pretty smart guy. I enjoy reading books, do a bit of programming, keep track of forex rates, stock markets, I feel I have a pretty solid grasp of the language, I do use proper pronunciation except for when I encounter a new word and I quickly relish in opportunities to correct those who don't. So obviously, it’s only natural that I’m attracted to women that are my intellectual equal. That's pretty much my "type." Ideally, we should be able to learn from one another and inspire the mutual pursuit of knowledge to make our budding relationship all the more meaningful and beautiful. Now, that’s all well and dandy, works all fine, and while I say “I’m attracted to women who are my intellectual equal” that’s not entirely true: I should say that “I’m attracted to women who are my intellectual equal… just not smarter than me.” This probably sounds a little misogynistic to some but it’s not true I promise. I fully support movements of the fair treatment of women, and equality, and women’s liberation and blah, blah, blah but the simple truth is I like to have a slight intellectual upper hand on the extremely lucky lass who currently finds them self hanging from the arm of a great catch like myself. Is that too much to ask? :P

It looks good. Doesn't mean it is

How many of you reading this have a touch screen device? I would say a majority. For those who don't, they for sure would want one. Why shouldn't they, everybody is using one, touchscreens seem futuristic, and hell!! this blog is 'iBlogged' the letter 'i' pioneers touch devices, it all started with iPods and the rest is history :).

But have you considered the impact it is having on the way we view the internet, or the way we perceive entertainment. OK, let me try to explain.