In Bangalore, Money Makes Many Things - 1

                                                           

                                                   Hi People, this is an ardent effort to exemplify what possibly money can do and how greatly it can influence your living style. In this post I am trying and bringing out all those activities of people (Blood Money) that can really amuse you and those which have an edge over the other people's lifestyle. This is truly an outcome of what I see daily and trust me I am not exaggerating things. You guys should count me on the fact that I don't write this with sheer jealousy of having lacking lifestyle of this kind and that I write this to encourage a number of souls who wanted and want things to happen this way. I bring it to your kind notice that I will be one among many of these once I am well off in terms of pecuniary concerns. Guys here we go,

1)Your Almighty Dollar notes can fetch your 4 or 5 years old dwindling son/daughter a tennis racquet :
                                                               I have seen a number of children below 4 or 5 years with their tennis racquets on which only a bloody rich man/woman can afford as nobody else would be interested, investing around 4000 rupees on racquets for children who can’t even walk properly. These children would reluctantly come to the court and would hesitantly start whatever others do on the venue. The primary concern would be the weight of the racquets despite which they learn and play shots as well. This might sound like a dawning exposure to the budding petals, but still I feel this is a kind of lavish monetary act.

2)Your printed Currency notes will not restrict yourself from giving your 5 or 6 year old son/daughter a Blackberry/I phone/HTC or any costly phone for that matter :
                                                                 This is a very predominant sight in Bangalore. A very little boy or girl would be seen playing/exploring/breaking his/her dad’s costly phones which at times even the elders would handle cautiously as they are very fragile. This kind of acts needs extra flowing currencies on your pockets and a very sportive mentality as the phones can be broken at any point in time.

3)    Your denominated currency notes can account to the lavish  birthday celebrations of one or two years old son/daughter who cannot even comprehend the happening :
                                                                 This is one serious issue happening almost all over the country or world I believe. The first birthday celebrations of a baby would happen lavishly and flamboyantly in star rated hotels, guest houses or even at their own houses for which a hefty crowd would turn up showing their latest accessories and attires off. The little baby would get squeezed encountering a sudden downpour of love from everybody in the crowd.  This gesture needs immense currency notes which will give you the courage to celebrate your baby’s birthday who does not even understand the happenings.

 Keep watching this space out to find out what more your money can do…… Happy reading…..

TO BE CONTINUED......

Movie Review - Billa 2

                                                  Despite a considerable rainfall, I along with fourteen other men perambulated towards the multiplex which had screened the “First Prequel in the History of Indian Cinema” – “Billa-2”, the much hyped and the much awaited film of the year for a decent number of people of the state. We entered the arena shouting and howling the favorite star’s name along with the alias. The theater was almost full which had all groups of audiences. We had booked tickets worth 200 rupees and were made to sit on the balcony (Gold Class). The theater went crazy even for the commercials and with this I think you can make the expectation out of the film.

                                          The movies started with one of the best dialogues of the movie which goes, “En vaazhkaila ovvoru naalum, ovvoru nimishamum, en ovoory nodiyum nana sedhukinadhu da” (I have chiseled all my days of my life time) and the theatre went into a howl riot. Not a big introduction though, the modulation was perfect which set the environment for a perfect opening scene. The then came title block which had a beautiful story inscribed in it. The director had tried and compressed the happenings in the don’s life as the credits ran in parallel. This definitely needs applause. Finally the Don, Ajith Kumar in his stupendous looks takes authority of the screen as the credits paves way for him to perform.

                                    The story starts by portraying Ajith as a refugee who leads his life along the shores. Due to his miserable family conditions, Ajith accepts to take the Arial route. He offers an acceptance for an assignment which ensures the transportation of fishes to Chennai intact where he encounters the first blood bath. He reaches Chennai and becomes a big shot by working for “Annachi”, a local goon. His immediate big assignment fetches him a cordial relationship with one of the biggest weapon dealers of the country. The initial days goes pleasant whereas a split occurs between the two at a point in time. The climax revolves around many places across the globe where the Don fights with his primary competitor and the curtains are brought down showing how the Don is made.            

                                    The director has taken almost a couple of hours and few minutes to narrate the story. He has also used a couple of super hot heroines whose characters are not that strong. They just come fill the frames and then they go. Their characterizations were not that strong and stubborn. It was more like exploitation of heroines, as he had gone a step ahead of using the heroines just as glam dolls. The background music was not that impressive except for a very few portions. The songs were literally wasted. The visuals were not that great except for “Unnakulle Mirugam”. The “Gansgter” song was wasted as well.

                                    The visuals of “Unakulle Mirugam” deserve a special laude. It was a bold attempt and they have succeeded in impressing the audience flawlessly. It is a debut of its kind. The director could have taken extra care as far as transitions between the scenes are concerned as it looked ugly and disjointed at many a place. The         screenplay was not up to the mark.

                                    The dialogues were good and when it came out of Ajith’s mouth it emerged extraordinary. Ajith has done a commendable job in the re-recordings. His modulations were apt and you cannot ask for more. The stunts were okay. No fights ended without a bloody bath. The hero takes his guns out and shoots anybody and everybody which could have been avoided. Costumes were apt. Asusual Ajith puts his coats on (Subject needs it though, I don’t blame him).

                                    The climax was not that interesting as the subsequent sequences were so obvious. For the kind of hype this movie had created, I thought climax would drag us to the end of our seats which was missing from a larger margin. I personally appreciate Ajith for having taken a mammoth effort on the climax sequence where he hangs from a helicopter which many a hero would step aside.

                                    In nutshell, Ajith has solemnly carried the movie right from the first frame to the last frame. If this movie was a hit it was definitely of the hero and nothing else could have added to the success. With an artist like Ajith, any other director would have taken this movie to the next level as Chakri fails miserably. You can always see this movie once and this lacks the ability to pull the crowd a couple more times. So, what are you waiting for? Go grab your tickets and enjoy Ajith on the screens.

VERDICT: One man show which fails to pull the crowd for a couple of times more.

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                                                These folks enter the pantry (an area which is 1/16^th of the floor where the coffee/tea vending machines are kept along with fewer cookies to be munched) after a royal march. They grab a mug out of the lot; wash it three or four times to ensure at most cleanliness and then finally place it underneath the machine’s outlet to get the mugs filled in with their favorite drink (lemon tea, obviously as these guys are very diet conscious (I feel like putting my hands into my mouth and vomit out when I say this as I am one guy who have seen them eating pizzas like monsters) and where would their conscience go when they eat all the junkies?). They gulp the liquid taking their own time which would accompany “the talk of the town” topics, sports, cinema and fashion that raises their decibels beyond other’s temperament.

                                                Their next agenda after the tea break would be a smoke break. There will be places called “Smoking Designated Zones” inside almost all the IT parks. To everybody’s astonishment, there will always be few ladies engulfed inside these zones and that is when I understood the literal meaning of the saying, “We women are always equal to men”. The first time I saw a woman smoke, I was literally taken a back and was very panicky considering the society’s pity plight (I do not want to talk much on that, though). I learnt at a later point in time that it is quite predominant that women smoke here.

                                                After all these are done, they get to their seats back reluctantly and open their outlooks to see if they have got some new mails. They reply a few back, ignore a few, skim through a few and delete a few without even reading. By the time they do all these stuffs they would be half an hour short of their own lunch break timings. They bridge this gap skimming through all possible newspapers that exists on earth. As soon as the hour hand or the minute hand in the watch reaches their intended destinations, they start traveling on foot as a team to the nearby restaurants or their cafeterias. I tell you IT guys experiment a lot on foods. You can never see the same group of people on the same restaurants that were visited by them previously.

                                                They return to their seats after a very lengthy lunch breaks which can often go up to two or three hours. One default window that will be kept opened in almost all IT employees’ desk would be the Outlook window which reflects all the mails from their mail boxes. After done with lunch, they open this window to check if something had really come up which helps them while their time away. After a minimal time, people would gather up in the pantry to have a cup of coffee which would put an end to all their yawning. Post their coffee break they would be left with an hour or two before they call it a day. This time would be used to take any sorts of printouts, attending calls, booking tickets, checking bank balances and finally reporting or testing or developing if at all they do not have anything to do with the former list of activities.

                                                The wait for the clock to tick five times would predominantly continue right from the morning but even increases after quarter past four. As soon as the hands of the clocks get arranged in such a way that the short hand stands at five and the longer hand stands at twelve, they pack the bags in a jiffy and run towards the lifts as if they are going to catch a train that is about to depart in a minute or two. Lift being the only mode of vertical transit as average heights of the IT companies would be 8 or 9 floors; you can see a lot of cursing lips when the lifts do not come handy. Certain people in the group would believe that pressing the lift navigation buttons on the floors would help the lift travel faster and would keep pressing it umpteen times possible.

                                                Pushing and Pressing others people would manage a place inside the lift. They land at the basement parking zones and would start home on their own vehicles polluting the atmosphere as possible as they can. Those going by bus have to literally fight for their entry and egress as well off the bus. They reach homes in an hour or two depending on the day’s traffic and would be spotted at the local tiffin shops eating awfully putting their whole hand inside their mouths. Post their dinner, the day ends with their choice of drink.

                                               

                                   WHEN I WRITE THIS DO NOT TAKE ME AS THE ANTONYM OF WHAT IS MENTIONED ON ALL THE PREVIOUS POSTS,

                                    “I AM ONE IN A MILLION”, WHO IS NOT AS PROUD AS OTHERS WHEN I SAY I AM A CORPORATE OF A KIND.

In Bangalore, Money Makes Many Things

                                                      This is an ardent effort to exemplify what possibly money can do and how greatly it can influence your living style. In this series I am trying and bringing out all those activities of people (Blood Money) that can really amuse you and that has got an edge over the other people's lifestyle. This is truly an outcome of what I see daily and trust me I am not exaggerating things. You guys should trust me on the fact that I don't write this with sheer jealousy of having lacking lifestyle of this kind and that I write this to encourage a number of souls who wanted and want things to happen this way. I bring it to your kind notice that I will be one among many of these once I am well off in terms of pecuniary concerns. So guys get ready to know all those what money can do and start living. I am ending the gist by requesting you to support all my new ventures as well.

Book Review - LOSER ( Life of a Software Engineer)

  It was a Monday afternoon when I and my brother Sathish Rajakumar bothered to give a damn at the book exhibition that was put up the right extreme of the vast cafeteria in my office. I was skimming through a lot of books. Most of the books seemed known, some seemed newer and few other seemed newest. Sathish started glancing through a number of technical books which always had the covers designed with names like Linux, c#, .net, Java and many other nauseating names. I wanted to play it safe and entered the rack that dealt with non-technical books. I found a number of famous fictions, novels and other animated story books for children.     Ad mist two big names in the field of fiction laid this book titled “LOSER” which stood for “Life of a Software Engineer. Since I feel nothing fascinating about IT and that this book bearing such a title I thought the author’s view and my view would go hand in hand and that there must be a greater connect for the thought process of the both. Paying 120 rupees on an offer for this book I left the place a happy man.

                                                The book starts with the author’s nitty-gritty which says he is one guy who has spent seven valuable years in the Software Industry and has gone through the entire SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). This guy has been a part of big names such as Polaris Software Labs Ltd., Mphasis and Citius Solutions and that he has written a book titled “In their Shoes”.

                                                The substance of the book starts with a check list that helps you know if the book has come on right hands. The author puts forth eight odd questions which requires you to answer them using a “Yes” or “No” and that if any of your answer is a “Yes” and there you are! You are one lucky soul on earth whose money is benefitted and by the time you finish reading the book you are about to get a high return on investment on the amount you spent.

                                                The book also starts with a disclaimer that the book is not for the top bosses and that every attempt has been made by the publisher to ensure that the bookstores don not let bosses touch them. Project managers get their hands on this book, funny though which at a later point in time goes proved so true.

                                                This book covers almost all the IT jargons starting from what a Software Development Life Cycle is to what the term “Being in Bench” is. One highlight of this book is that the author uses so easy examples to quote what actually happens in the industry. He uses two examples: 1) Columbus discovering America, 2) A bride and a groom’s first meet for an arranged marriage setup for illustrating the major IT happenings and does that flawlessly.

                                                He uses simple and soothing language in order to make the reading experience memorable. He has put words to places that would convey more than what is expected out of them. The language used was awesome and the grammar seems so perfect. This guy has made writing look so easy. It can be considered one induction manual for all those who want to be a part of the industry. This book clearly throws light on what exactly happens in the back ground of the industry.

                                                           This book is the best one for people who are carried away by the mere look and feel of the company. This book is one good guide for all the parents who urge their children to be a part of this industry when their interest lies somewhere else. This book goes out to all those who think people in the Software Industry are Gods and that they have the power to do anything and everything.

                                                            I strongly recommend this hilarious book for all those who are aspiring to be a part of the industry and find out what actually happens in and around the industry. This book gives you a powerful insight of what a Software Industry is all about. Happy Reading!!

VERDICT: Narration at its best !!!

                                                           

This Is How It Would Sound Like

Hi all,

                                  This is just another step attempting to project the blog like one multi-faceted and I thought this is one right move in achieving the target. I have decided to jot down the reviews for the books and movies that i come across as and when possible. Though not a voracious reader, i thought I can spend some time reading some books and writing reviews for the same that in turn can help a few out and the same is the case with movies as well. So people looking forward to your humongous support and without you people this would have not been possible at all.

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                                    The opposite sex as well contributes equally to the shame. A majority of the guys try and be professional but there are still a lot of people who have got a repulsive look. Most of the IT companies stick to this chart; on weekdays it is full formals and on Friday is it business casuals, but what actually happens is people take it for granted. I hardly see a handful of people sticking on to the chart. There are always the rule-breakers more than the rule-followers, which is really pathetic. Men here are with a mentality that a rule is meant to be broken and not to be followed which is really sympathetic that their twenty odd educational foundations did not come handy even once when their thought process started working so.

                                    Men come in “formally” informal attire during the weekdays. Trust me; I have seen men coming in vintage tees and rugged jean on many Monday mornings which arouse a kind of annoyance for people who always love to stick by the company norms. The first time I saw people coming in here like this I thought they had their own difficulties dressing up themselves formally and that I should not come to a consensus at the very first sight. But to my astonishment this habit of dressing themselves up shabbily kept repeating like a sinusoidal wave and the very impression I had on the IT guys went goofing on the streets. I have seen guys turning to offices up with torn jean, torn tees, low hip jean, a baggy and what not. People wear anything and everything.

                                    When this is the case with the rule-breakers, there are a handful of people who mess with dressings up despite turning to offices up on pure formal dressings. People dress themselves formally but with an untidy shirt and trousers. You can see wrinkles running all round the cross surface area of the shirt and trousers as well. I still wonder the fact that people are well off in terms of their pecuniary aspects but still hesitate to get their dresses well pressed paying a very meager amount.

                                    Dressing themselves up as mentioned above, these people enter the premises showing off with a head set on their ears and iphones on their pockets. Jotting down the above point I remember one another worst behavior of these people i.e., using headsets and headphones while at travel or while at road. As everybody know Bangalore is also known for its traffic on road in spite of this people wear headphones and headsets while crossing road and while driving which reflects sheer stupidity.

                                    With respect to above context I would like to quote a real time incident reluctantly. I am not happy writing this but still this is to create an awareness amongst the readers (?!?!) the ill effect of wearing a headset on transit. This incident happened a month back that took us back to a greater extent. I with two of my friends started for office late 10.30 in the morning and was walking towards the bus stop having a little chat. Few yards from what we walked saw a humongous crowd, near the railway track that ran parallel to the place we resided and so it is a usual habit of the people to walk along the track that by-passed the roads which was time saving. We found a beheaded head on the track and the body a few meters apart. A lady had walked along the track with her headphones on and she without noticing the train attempted to cross the track and the headphones produced higher decibels than that of the train’s and so she could not sense the train coming and so she had to rest in peace.

                                    People enter the offices sharp eleven which is already two hours past their actual in time taking lifts to their respective floors in an unruly fashion.  They enter the floor swiping their cards in and take their respective chairs which sometime would be tied to the cabins so as to avoid a transposition. People are very reluctant to lend their chairs to others even in case of emergencies. By the time they switch their system/laptop on and start checking mails, you can find one or two fellow men near the cabin offering a kind invite for their coffee break. I seriously cannot understand the necessity of a coffee break for somebody who has come late by two hours and who has come just ten minutes back.

In nutshell,

            “PEOPLE PRETEND TO WORK AND THE COMPANIES PRETEND TO PAY”