April 29, 2005

Glimpses of India......

MEMORIES OF INDIA .Just click ,watch and Enjoy !!

Amazing slideshow by Kansas Univ. Cultural India Club (KUCIC)

Damn !

My computer seemed infested with adware and was not functioning properly.Hence i called up the 1800 OK COMPAQ for assistance.First,The call was picked up at our own velacherry call center and the guy took my details. He spoke in Tamil and gave a feel of India to me :-)
But, he did inform me that i needed to pay since am out of warranty...(It was 3 am IST...pity him). I paid the service charge and again my call was transferred to technical support desk at Canada .Here,the Tech support guy was on the phone for atleast couple of hours and told me to change some settings..blah blah. Since am a non computer professional, i had no idea of what he told me to do..i just did what he said..YES..he finally told me to "use the Recovery CD and reformat my system"..Damn again..I called for support and this seemed an easy way out..If i had known to use recovery CD (i lost all the stored files)....I wouldnot have spent 2 hours on the phone and above all $120 + Tax as charges..


INDEED AN ADVICE WITH A PRICE TAG!!....

April 27, 2005

நீங்கள் இன்னும் இந்தியரா?

இன்று திரு.பாஸ்டன் பாலா அவர்களின் நீங்கள் இன்னும் இந்தியரா? படித்தேன்.


இந்தியர்களை பற்றிய என்னுடைய முன் பதிப்பு இங்கே...

ஓர் இந்தியர் தாயகம் திரும்பினால்,அவர் செய்வன:

23.What? Is that all you pay for your monthly cable?
22. Oh! So you press your light switches down for on is it??
21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.
20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health consciousness.
19. Sprays deo in quantities such that he doesn't need to take bath.
18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.
17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds".
Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says "Freeway" instead of "Highway".
Says "Got to go" instead of "Have to go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four instead of Seven Zero Four)
16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.
15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilometers), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)
14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times).
13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk packet.
12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y, Zee(but never says Zed)
11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"
10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and Indian Road Conditions.
9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".
8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.
7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.
6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time.
5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".
4. Looks speciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food.
3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to India, even after 4 months of arrival.
2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.
1. Tries to begin conversation with: "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

இந்த மாதிரி செய்தவர்களை நான் பார்த்திருக்கின்றேன். இப்படி ஏன் செய்ய வேண்டும்??

யாராவது சொல்லுங்களேன் ?

April 22, 2005

அடேங்கப்பா !!

மின்மடலில் வந்த இணைப்பு படம்!!



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April 21, 2005


My friend got this 500 INR when he purchased a Mumbai Express CD at Chennai.I got wild when he showed it to me.Does this mean that our INR is considered so cheap to be imitated for advertisment?? One can see "I LOVE YOU" statements or Gandhi Meesai in our Currency.
WILL RBI TAKE STRICT ACTIONS AGAINST ANYONE THAT DEGRADE OUR CURRENCY?? Posted by Hello

ANY COMMENTS on the above news item??

Btw ,This news item is A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN IN INDIA.Hope the Government wakes up on this Issue Sooner.. Posted by Hello

April 18, 2005

Dude, did I steal your job?


This might be an old news ,but i just felt like sharing with Y'all.. DIVINE TREE PUBLICATIONS.
More Info HERE and HERE  Posted by Hello

April 17, 2005

Search Sites....

Searching for something ??

DOUBLE THE SEARCH !!

http://yagoohoogle.com


http://www.yagoosearch.com


STILL HARD PRESSED FOR TIME??

http://www.searchthe4.com


DOUBLE THE FUN!!

April 15, 2005

Imported from INDIA.....

Have you WATCHED THIS VIDEO CLIP ?? .
[Right click > Save Target as]

This News item appeared on CBS channel a couple of years ago .

Would you consider this as BRAIN DRAIN or BRAIN BANK ?

April 14, 2005

Vivek..Are you listening ??

I pity you Mr.Vivek Oberoi. I wish you had stayed away like our own Kollywood reel life heroes from Tsunami rehabilitation efforts and in the meantime, you could have churned out couple of cool movies.
Its disheartening to read news about you HERE and THERE and EVERY
WHERE


நன்றி கெட்ட உலகமடா!!

April 13, 2005

Listen up!!

I got few experiences to share with Ya folks..Thanks to Kay for tickling my blog bulb.

WATCH THIS SHORT FILM

In NYC, One can see atleast 3 chinese Takeouts within a distance of 3-5 blocks.The guys out there speak little english..Once i had gone there with my friend for a takeout. After packing our food,the woman at the counter asked us whether we wanted "hasa sosa" ..my friend replied "dosa"...She was fazed..

Well..She meant if we wanted HOT SAUCE or SOY SAUCE..

Most of my Colleagues that i work along with ,always wonder how Indians could be Polyglots?

(BTW,just look at the pics below and leave your impressions.CHANDRAMUKHI SPECIAL.......Thanks!)

வேண்டுதல்...


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JUST NOTE THE "THALAIVAR PADAM" BENEATH THE IDOL ...

Heights of Craziness....


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என்று திருந்துவார்களோ நம் மக்கள் ??

April 09, 2005

Arranged Marriages...

I think Y'all have experienced this question...

Iam often asked by colleagues here as How arranged marriages work in India and how could one join in life without knowing each other ??..

I give a simple answer..LIFE IS NOTHING BUT GIVE AND TAKE ..and ARRANGED MARRIAGE WORKS, WORKED FOR CENTURIES IN OUR TRADITION AND WILL CONTINUE SO..Am i right??

Yet, the definition of marriage widely varies from east to west..I think Indian expectations from marriage involve something like security, providing for each other, dependability. Love ranks quite low. In American and other cultures...love and compatibility ranks very high. They don't care how reliable and dependable the partner is...if there is no love they don't get married.

What Y'all say???

April 07, 2005

Busy Busy.....

Yo Yo dere,sup sup da matta? mah busy wid mah work.Im tryna blog yet aint gettin' no time..iight ..me blog dem lata..peace !!

(Meanwhile,just look at the pics below and leave your impressions..Thanks!)

Hey..what did you do now??


I KNOW U WINKED AT ME !! Posted by Hello

Friends...


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TRY THIS!!


TRY THIS !! Posted by Hello

April 02, 2005

GOOD IDEA !!


Task for the Day!! Posted by Hello

DESI BLOGGERS MEET.....


I just stumbled on TIFFIN BOX and learnt about Desi Bloggers Meet in NewYork.I thank Mr Seshu Badrinath for inviting me to the meet today,yet something came up and am unable to attend it.Iam amazed by the quality of information that are being discussed in those blogs...Wow...

Be it CHENNAI or NEWYORK....Bloggers ROCK !! Posted by Hello

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