Goa 2011

Goa is still a great place during offseason- so I learn during a couple of official trips. It pours enough to make one look from hotel rooms and crib about what you could do outdoors. The mornings feel great and the appetite inflates. Some serious eyesores on the way- large, downright ugly hoardings of corporates that make you go- aaargh!

Goa 2011

Goa is still a great place during offseason- so I learn during a couple of official trips. It pours enough to make one look from hotel rooms and crib about what you could do outdoors. The mornings feel great and the appetite inflates. Some serious eyesores on the way- large, downright ugly hoardings of corporates that make you go- aaargh!

Imagine that dream

There are so many people who quit their jobs to follow their passion and are now running from their passion because it has become a job! The key to happiness lies in differentiation at work. Do different things. Deliver different things to clients. We are as human as employees as we are as businessmen. Reinvent, redo, renovate. You don't have to quit your job to make life interesting. Those same people who are making life difficult today can become great partners tomorrow because they are actually waking you up, becoming catalysts to bigger things you can do next.
Go back to school if needed. Learn a new language or skill. Recreate yourself. There are too many things to do and the opportunities are infinite. Talk to your bosses about new possibilities. If they are not convinced, invest in yourself and create those things to prove your abilities. It has to be dreamt of first. It has to be imagined while taking a shower or driving to work or playing with your children. That last one- what an ocean that is. Ever realized how you are suddenly taken aback by your children's behavior? That's because you were in a cocoon way too long accepting a certain code. Children are in no linear pattern to behave in any particular way so they are free to react. They can open your minds.

Were we digressing? Not at all. Its all about becoming children again to be happy with what we do. It may be just another morning today, but its all upto you to make it the best.

Imagine that dream

There are so many people who quit their jobs to follow their passion and are now running from their passion because it has become a job! The key to happiness lies in differentiation at work. Do different things. Deliver different things to clients. We are as human as employees as we are as businessmen. Reinvent, redo, renovate. You don't have to quit your job to make life interesting. Those same people who are making life difficult today can become great partners tomorrow because they are actually waking you up, becoming catalysts to bigger things you can do next.
Go back to school if needed. Learn a new language or skill. Recreate yourself. There are too many things to do and the opportunities are infinite. Talk to your bosses about new possibilities. If they are not convinced, invest in yourself and create those things to prove your abilities. It has to be dreamt of first. It has to be imagined while taking a shower or driving to work or playing with your children. That last one- what an ocean that is. Ever realized how you are suddenly taken aback by your children's behavior? That's because you were in a cocoon way too long accepting a certain code. Children are in no linear pattern to behave in any particular way so they are free to react. They can open your minds.

Were we digressing? Not at all. Its all about becoming children again to be happy with what we do. It may be just another morning today, but its all upto you to make it the best.

Easy, roo. I process less now.

Walt Disney is all set to buy out UTV for Rs.2000 cr as Delhi gets 58mm of unmanageable rain while Bollywood has the biggest July ever with Rs. 210cr and our brains get smaller with age besides a Chinese submersible going 5km below sea level, and yes, a kangaroo gets pepper sprayed after attacking a 94 year old lady.

Easy, roo. I process less now.

Walt Disney is all set to buy out UTV for Rs.2000 cr as Delhi gets 58mm of unmanageable rain while Bollywood has the biggest July ever with Rs. 210cr and our brains get smaller with age besides a Chinese submersible going 5km below sea level, and yes, a kangaroo gets pepper sprayed after attacking a 94 year old lady.

Graphene? Novel idea.

As Indians stack away $2.5 bn in swiss accounts and graphene may speed up computers, gold hits a record high of Rs.23k and Japan taps methane hydrate while Canon posts profits despite supply chain woes sparked by Japan quake besides Frank Miller unveils 'Holy Terror'.

Graphene? Novel idea.

As Indians stack away $2.5 bn in swiss accounts and graphene may speed up computers, gold hits a record high of Rs.23k and Japan taps methane hydrate while Canon posts profits despite supply chain woes sparked by Japan quake besides Frank Miller unveils 'Holy Terror'.

Will love you tomorrow, yes.

Amy Winehouse joins the 27 club as both Mammootty and Mohanlal faced IT raids while tweet-happy Michael Phelps gets many Chinese followers, sexy deodorant ads get banned on Indian TV as stunt bikers get back to India gate as cops watch besides Beckham feeding on bugs for $10.

Will love you tomorrow, yes.

Amy Winehouse joins the 27 club as both Mammootty and Mohanlal faced IT raids while tweet-happy Michael Phelps gets many Chinese followers, sexy deodorant ads get banned on Indian TV as stunt bikers get back to India gate as cops watch besides Beckham feeding on bugs for $10.

Forget your wedding date again and you're toast, buddy.

Indians around the world remitted $55 billion as Airtel hikes call rates by 20% while the perfect toast timing is 3 mins 36 seconds as Daniel Craig forgets his wedding date with the race to the moon heats up as Google puts up a $30 million purse.

Forget your wedding date again and you're toast, buddy.

Indians around the world remitted $55 billion as Airtel hikes call rates by 20% while the perfect toast timing is 3 mins 36 seconds as Daniel Craig forgets his wedding date with the race to the moon heats up as Google puts up a $30 million purse.

Sachin, 5th moon for Pluto please.

As bets cross Rs.200cr for Sachin's 100 at Lords, a fake Apple store in China fools its own employees while Delhi's PWD builds a weird foot over bridge that lands pedestrians in the middle of the road and Hubble telescope spots Pluto's 4th moon as Haryana is all set to groom Delhi policemen.

Sachin, 5th moon for Pluto please.

As bets cross Rs.200cr for Sachin's 100 at Lords, a fake Apple store in China fools its own employees while Delhi's PWD builds a weird foot over bridge that lands pedestrians in the middle of the road and Hubble telescope spots Pluto's 4th moon as Haryana is all set to groom Delhi policemen.

Houston! These elephants are playing foul.

London fines Obama £120 for not paying congestion fee as space shuttle Atlantis returns after 30 years and 850 million km run while a 30 year old Yao Ming retires from the NBA as Lords test series starts today besides an elephant corridor threatening Mithun Chakraborty's resort.

Houston! These elephants are playing foul.

London fines Obama £120 for not paying congestion fee as space shuttle Atlantis returns after 30 years and 850 million km run while a 30 year old Yao Ming retires from the NBA as Lords test series starts today besides an elephant corridor threatening Mithun Chakraborty's resort.

Sold! To those with girl power...

18 million tourists visited India in 2010 as a gym workout shakes a building in Seoul while live mannequins show up in Milan department stores.
As Murdoch gets foam-pied and 3 girls sweep top 3 ranks in CA rank exams, Hilary Clinton gives Sonia a dominant handshake while passive smoking can make kids go deaf as beer sales dip in 8 years besides Dhoni's bat fetching £100,000 at an auction.

Sold! To those with girl power...

18 million tourists visited India in 2010 as a gym workout shakes a building in Seoul while live mannequins show up in Milan department stores.
As Murdoch gets foam-pied and 3 girls sweep top 3 ranks in CA rank exams, Hilary Clinton gives Sonia a dominant handshake while passive smoking can make kids go deaf as beer sales dip in 8 years besides Dhoni's bat fetching £100,000 at an auction.

Holy Mercredi! Brush before you leave for work else...

As 90 Mercs were sold to one buyer in Gurgaon and unsafe levels of caffeine found in soft drinks with USL's Mallya refusing to pull off spoof ad on Harbhajan Singh, Opposition wants PM David Cameron to quit while bad breath could hinder your promotion and diamonds aren't forever as they could evaporate when exposed to intense ultraviolet rays super besides super batteries that can be charged in a jiffy to last forever.

Holy Mercredi! Brush before you leave for work else...

As 90 Mercs were sold to one buyer in Gurgaon and unsafe levels of caffeine found in soft drinks with USL's Mallya refusing to pull off spoof ad on Harbhajan Singh, Opposition wants PM David Cameron to quit while bad breath could hinder your promotion and diamonds aren't forever as they could evaporate when exposed to intense ultraviolet rays super besides super batteries that can be charged in a jiffy to last forever.

Basmati rice or F-16, you idea thief!

Jairam Ramesh gets rural development in the cabinet reshuffle, Apple and HTC get embroiled in IP lawsuits while basmati rice exports grow from 5.5 to 7 lakh tonnes as 'Infosys Bubble' let's employees let out steam as Nokia and Humgama.com look at bringing live concerts to phones besides Iran abandoning plans to buy F-16 fighters due to shortage of funds.

Basmati rice or F-16, you idea thief!

Jairam Ramesh gets rural development in the cabinet reshuffle, Apple and HTC get embroiled in IP lawsuits while basmati rice exports grow from 5.5 to 7 lakh tonnes as 'Infosys Bubble' let's employees let out steam as Nokia and Humgama.com look at bringing live concerts to phones besides Iran abandoning plans to buy F-16 fighters due to shortage of funds.

Grow sustainably, drive less

As India car sales dipped in 27 months, Tata Nano looks at rolling out Nanos from Indonesia, Nissan Leaf can be charged by solar power while the movie 'Horrible Bosses' is a daily reality for many and 8 indian firms enter Fortune 500 list of largest companies.

Grow sustainably, drive less

As India car sales dipped in 27 months, Tata Nano looks at rolling out Nanos from Indonesia, Nissan Leaf can be charged by solar power while the movie 'Horrible Bosses' is a daily reality for many and 8 indian firms enter Fortune 500 list of largest companies.

Hey Beatle, its baby boom time.

As India's population slows down from 21.54 to 17.64%, Hitler had ordered sex toys for his troops, while Kate Hudson had a boy, Ringo Starr still gets stage fright, Tour de France riders get hit by a tv car, Kargil battlefield turns into polo ground while an Italian company has bought 16000 lungis and men prefer cuddling over sex besides a pandit chanting real mantras for the onscreen wedding of Genelia D'Souza and John Abraham.

Hey Beatle, its baby boom time.

As India's population slows down from 21.54 to 17.64%, Hitler had ordered sex toys for his troops, while Kate Hudson had a boy, Ringo Starr still gets stage fright, Tour de France riders get hit by a tv car, Kargil battlefield turns into polo ground while an Italian company has bought 16000 lungis and men prefer cuddling over sex besides a pandit chanting real mantras for the onscreen wedding of Genelia D'Souza and John Abraham.

Not iMACulate, but get her to unpack and repack

South Sudan becomes the worlds newest nation and it turns out that Daniel Radcliffe is also a Sachin Tendulkar fan, Walter Semkiw claims to have found past life matches with Amitabh Bachchan and Edwin Booth, APJ Abdul Kalam and Tipu Sultan, Apple products have worms and so not so secure, Andre Agassi is inducted into Hall of fame, urban Indian prefers cereals over aloo paranthas for breakfast, Brit MPs prefer toilet roll and fish fingers as the best British inventions and women tend to pack twice as much for holidays, just in case.

Not iMACulate, but get her to unpack and repack

South Sudan becomes the worlds newest nation and it turns out that Daniel Radcliffe is also a Sachin Tendulkar fan, Walter Semkiw claims to have found past life matches with Amitabh Bachchan and Edwin Booth, APJ Abdul Kalam and Tipu Sultan, Apple products have worms and so not so secure, Andre Agassi is inducted into Hall of fame, urban Indian prefers cereals over aloo paranthas for breakfast, Brit MPs prefer toilet roll and fish fingers as the best British inventions and women tend to pack twice as much for holidays, just in case.

Starting young with pipe dreams

As a Stockholm man gets a synthetic windpipe and all Polar bears come from Ireland, Jennifer Aniston gets a star on the Hollywood walk of fame while 11 year olds pass off as 20 in India's 'model' world, twitter is valued at $8 billion, a new series of coins are out with the Rupee symbol and e-tailing is on an upswing besides Neha Dhupia supporting Anna Hazare with slogan ganjis, Eminem sells a million digital copies of 'Recovery' and Johnny Depp signs up for Pirates 5 after earning $350 million from the franchise so far.

Starting young with pipe dreams

As a Stockholm man gets a synthetic windpipe and all Polar bears come from Ireland, Jennifer Aniston gets a star on the Hollywood walk of fame while 11 year olds pass off as 20 in India's 'model' world, twitter is valued at $8 billion, a new series of coins are out with the Rupee symbol and e-tailing is on an upswing besides Neha Dhupia supporting Anna Hazare with slogan ganjis, Eminem sells a million digital copies of 'Recovery' and Johnny Depp signs up for Pirates 5 after earning $350 million from the franchise so far.

Monkeys milk muggles

Monkeys create havoc at AIIMS (Delhi) no thanks to motion sensor doors that let them in as Robocup 2011 kicks off in Istanbul while a glass of milk is a cocktail of 20 chemicals and one Australian firm makes bottle openers for phone covers, Harry Potter actors cope with the bubble life they led as the saga ends and a Picasso stolen and made off with in a cab in San Francisco; besides the Brit tabloid News Of The World shutting shop, sensex crossing 19000 and a school in Uganda uses an unexploded bomb as a bell.

Monkeys milk muggles

Monkeys create havoc at AIIMS (Delhi) no thanks to motion sensor doors that let them in as Robocup 2011 kicks off in Istanbul while a glass of milk is a cocktail of 20 chemicals and one Australian firm makes bottle openers for phone covers, Harry Potter actors cope with the bubble life they led as the saga ends and a Picasso stolen and made off with in a cab in San Francisco; besides the Brit tabloid News Of The World shutting shop, sensex crossing 19000 and a school in Uganda uses an unexploded bomb as a bell.

Re-marry me? its not sayonara yet.

As Sajjan Jindal buys India's costliest house for Rs.400 cr, Zuckerberg's is the No. 1 page on Google+, Nokia will abandon Japan market by July end while a sandwich can be made to last 2 weeks and a London restaurant offers an interactive touch screen menu in which you can drag your food in to order while Angelina Jolie is Forbes highest paid actress besides English footballer Ashley Cole forking out a fortune to remarry his ex-wife.

Re-marry me? its not sayonara yet.

As Sajjan Jindal buys India's costliest house for Rs.400 cr, Zuckerberg's is the No. 1 page on Google+, Nokia will abandon Japan market by July end while a sandwich can be made to last 2 weeks and a London restaurant offers an interactive touch screen menu in which you can drag your food in to order while Angelina Jolie is Forbes highest paid actress besides English footballer Ashley Cole forking out a fortune to remarry his ex-wife.

Pack me up honey, I'm doped out but Ready.

A mexican women tries to get her boyfriend out of jail in a suitcase while Georgian prez's son sets a world record by typing all the alphabets in 5.26 seconds, a US teen survives after being run over by a train and Gaddafi agrees to give up powers in exchange of NATO's security as Salman Khan's 'Ready' makes Rs. 118 crores besides more Indian athletes failing the dope test.

Pack me up honey, I'm doped out but Ready.

A mexican women tries to get her boyfriend out of jail in a suitcase while Georgian prez's son sets a world record by typing all the alphabets in 5.26 seconds, a US teen survives after being run over by a train and Gaddafi agrees to give up powers in exchange of NATO's security as Salman Khan's 'Ready' makes Rs. 118 crores besides more Indian athletes failing the dope test.

Good Ol' Delhi street food

Great weather; good time to step out for some street food. This is the stuff I grew up on, so I wouldn't quite recommend the same if you have reservations about eating off the streets and ending up with serious internal issues later. But I'll tell you, the food is fresh and as safe as any hotel or restaurant food. So out we stepped, three of us in a 'tuk-tuk' towards Darya Ganj. We reached with the traffic jam Old Delhi syncs with. Though the shops look better on the outside from what they did a decade back, the quirkyness it retains; 10-foot wide music shops showing off their electric guitars, funny hand gun lighters sold on the pavement and the day's madness manifested in the cussing... I love this! Delhi as I know it. There was a Royal Enfield retailer on the side Golcha cinema is, which seems to have shut shop now. We paced down the street towards Delhi gate side looking for a place to eat, though we had 'Tunde Kababs' in mind before we left. Tunde was closed for maintainence so we walked on. There is Moti Mahal and Zaika but the weather was way too awesome to get into and air-conditioned joint. That's when we spotted Mehta's, a small corner shop next to Golcha cooking and serving Chola Bhaturas, and Rabdi faluda. Stand and deliver thing. We got our plates and polished off the achar and onions on the pavement itself. Next we crossed the road and walked upto Prince Paan for their standard sweet paan and got back to work. Just the break we needed with the hectic work load that would consume us, with the achar and onions.
This blog is the first of its kind- from a taxi to work. Looks like this is the only way I can get around spending quality time now.

Good Ol' Delhi street food

Great weather; good time to step out for some street food. This is the stuff I grew up on, so I wouldn't quite recommend the same if you have reservations about eating off the streets and ending up with serious internal issues later. But I'll tell you, the food is fresh and as safe as any hotel or restaurant food. So out we stepped, three of us in a 'tuk-tuk' towards Darya Ganj. We reached with the traffic jam Old Delhi syncs with. Though the shops look better on the outside from what they did a decade back, the quirkyness it retains; 10-foot wide music shops showing off their electric guitars, funny hand gun lighters sold on the pavement and the day's madness manifested in the cussing... I love this! Delhi as I know it. There was a Royal Enfield retailer on the side Golcha cinema is, which seems to have shut shop now. We paced down the street towards Delhi gate side looking for a place to eat, though we had 'Tunde Kababs' in mind before we left. Tunde was closed for maintainence so we walked on. There is Moti Mahal and Zaika but the weather was way too awesome to get into and air-conditioned joint. That's when we spotted Mehta's, a small corner shop next to Golcha cooking and serving Chola Bhaturas, and Rabdi faluda. Stand and deliver thing. We got our plates and polished off the achar and onions on the pavement itself. Next we crossed the road and walked upto Prince Paan for their standard sweet paan and got back to work. Just the break we needed with the hectic work load that would consume us, with the achar and onions.
This blog is the first of its kind- from a taxi to work. Looks like this is the only way I can get around spending quality time now.

Strip happy at 50 sans 3am booze!

Three from the French team strip for the women's world cup as Union health minister says gay sex is a disease as Amir Khan debates on the ownership of BoseDK or DK Bose while Harry Potter star gives up alcohol at 21 and post tsunami sees a flood of divorces in Japan while women are happier in their 50s and Mumbai may allow booze to flow till 3am.

Strip happy at 50 sans 3am booze!

Three from the French team strip for the women's world cup as Union health minister says gay sex is a disease as Amir Khan debates on the ownership of BoseDK or DK Bose while Harry Potter star gives up alcohol at 21 and post tsunami sees a flood of divorces in Japan while women are happier in their 50s and Mumbai may allow booze to flow till 3am.

Eat grass, winner!

As the son of a pizza parlor owner tasted the grass at Wimbledon, 1 lakh crore found in Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple and Indian inventions like clay fridges seek patents, Thailand elects its first woman PM and a passerby catches a two-year-old dropped from the 10 floor in Beijing while an angry bird smacked a cyclist for getting too close to its nest in Oregon.

Eat grass, winner!

As the son of a pizza parlor owner tasted the grass at Wimbledon, 1 lakh crore found in Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple and Indian inventions like clay fridges seek patents, Thailand elects its first woman PM and a passerby catches a two-year-old dropped from the 10 floor in Beijing while an angry bird smacked a cyclist for getting too close to its nest in Oregon.

Hey Bulldog, you got @#*%ing rights

Petra Kvitova lifts the Wimbledon trophy while its cuss season in Bollywood movies with Delhi Belly as feminists warn that porn can cause impotence besides animal cruelty inviting a 1 crore fine and Beckam downloads Beatles lullabies for his unborn daughter.

Hey Bulldog, you got @#*%ing rights

Petra Kvitova lifts the Wimbledon trophy while its cuss season in Bollywood movies with Delhi Belly as feminists warn that porn can cause impotence besides animal cruelty inviting a 1 crore fine and Beckam downloads Beatles lullabies for his unborn daughter.

The traveller's nose

The traveller's nose

Cookie box obsession

Cookie box obsession