Voila!!!

With all due respect to the producer of "V for Vendetta"...i found the below lines pretty amazing....I keep it as my Desktop intro and all my collegues admire my self description :-)

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant and vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me ---Vamsi.

– Vamsi's introduction to everyone

i am still learning the meaning of all those V's...:-(

Race is On….

During the 2day “Vibrant Gujarat” Industrial summit, Mr Narendra Modi coined a new word, “Race”- that stood for “lower Risk, Alertness of the government, low Cost and high Efficiency” for the success of Industrial sector.

Whatever may the Opposition parties say about him, I think he has been a Dynamic Chief Minister in terms of bringing Investments to State and contributing hugely to the State development in turn improving India’s GDP.

Today Gujarat is eyed as the first state for any Investment of huge scale. Given the varying factors like huge NRI sentiments, most of the gujju’s eye Entrepreneurship as a career option the Efforts put in by Mr.Modi’ to revive the sentiments is tumultuous.

He was primarily criticized for his way of dealing the Godhra Incident, but the people of Gujarat re-elected him since they belived that he was the ONE who can change things and bring in better jobs for their children, a future ray of hope.

Today except for IT, Gujarat remains the Show Stopper for any major investments inside India. Whether it is by decision or by fate mr.Modi doesn’t seem to know what does it mean by “”being Complacent”.

Gujarat attracts investments (Jamnagar the worlds biggest refinery is in Guj) as a natural destination for investors, or proves to be a better choice (Nano project moving from Singur after the crisis had many options but the best deal was struck in Guj).

sAnKrAnThi MuSinGs....

Today its - Bhogi, first day of the 3 day Sankranthi festival. Having born and brought up in Hyderabad I do not have great expectations of Sankranthi while my mom has stories unending about her Sankranthi celebrations when they were there in their village. My mom hails from Guntur District of AP. 

All I know about Sankranthi is home made sweets, Kites, new movie releases (a sentiment for major blockbusters to be released) and yes Hyderabad roads become desolate. The barren roads of Hyd invite us with a broad smile. Most of the NRH’s (Non residents of Hyderabadi’s) move onto their native places and we are the kings again.

 Maudlin at times, after hearing to mom’s stories and today after speaking to my friend who has been to home for Sankranthi I feel I also need to check their kind of Sankranthi as well. Their definition of celebration is to stay with ur loved ones inside home and mine till date was to hang around with frenz Outside.

 Their Version of Sankranthi – Bonfire, Colorful Rangoli (we call it Muggulu), Get together of families (Babai,pinni,attayya,maamayya,ammamma…the entire bandwagon), Temple visits, special pooja’s, especially in coastal parts of Andhra new Son-in-laws get a Royal treatment from their In laws a tradition followed, Cock fights (Kodi-pandalu) though officially banned there are those flamboyant heads who donot care about them.

 Mom says people fight with cut-throat competition to prove that their Cock is the best - it’s a matter of pride. Palnati Yuddam kind of ones….

 Mouthwatering delicacies like Nethi Arisellu,Kobbari boorellu,Garelu,chakralu,Payasam never appear tiresome to keep u away from them. 3 days u end up only eating ,eating and eating with lot of affection wherein u will be forced to eat to make sure tat u do not hurt their emotions.

 “Sankranthi vachindi tummeda..Saradalu techindi tummeda …“ (forgot this song’s movie nameLL)

 Also Sankranthi is the time when we (my mom had these privileges) pay respect to our Ancestors. Grandfathers and great grand fathers expect their next generation fellows to pay obeisance to mark the new harvest season.

 Oops Sankranthi marks the First harvest season of the crop and is hence celebrated jubilantly. Also this is the most important festival which I believed was bcoz ur half yearly exams are done and u get a break of 15 days and also 3 new blockbuster movie's release – sadly my reasoning sounded insane.

 Mom kept on repeating “Kanna that’s why I tell you… choose a telugu girl who hails from such a village where atleast ur next generation will not miss this excitement “.

 Though I revert saying its my mom’s Emo-s-nal atyachaar, at times feel what she mentioned is also a point to be noted.

 Or else I end up smsing “Happy Sankranthi/Ugadi/Dussera/Diwali ”, and the celebrations remain the same routinely.

 “Choodamu ley amma…ivvala repu inni qualities unna ammayi dorakaalantey kashtam”

 Huhhhhh…ekkada ekkada ekkada undo taaraka……padahaaru anaaala teluginti aadapaduchu ekkada unaavey???

Reel to Real….

If I remember correctly the telugu movie “Okke Okkadu” (which was later remade into hindi with Anil kapoor as Nayak) was released in 2000 when I was in my 10th Standard.
The movie was a run away hit given the story line was simple and straight forward.

In the movie when the TV Anchor played by our protagonist turns out to be the Chief Minister of the state taking charge of his Office on Day1,comes up with a Novel idea of setting up a Complaint box in every lane of the state. The Idea is simple any citizen of the state can drop in their complaint to the Chief Minister with the aid of the Complaint Box and their complaints shall be addressed within 24 hrs.

I am not sure if Shankar (the director of the movie) came up with the idea at random or was it planned, but yes his prognosis turned out to be true after 8 years with minor changes.

Yes Today I saw a Complaint Box in my area , promising to listen to my concerns and help me to resolve it. But the icing on the cake is that it has been set up by an Opposition party as opposed to a Ruling party as picturised in the movie.

This particular Complaint Box has been launched by the PrajaRajyam Party cadre to understand the problems being faced by us and try to resolve these Issues once they come into power (not sure if this is another Election gimmick to woo the voters).

A typical Fimli Style remake of a Reel event to a Real Event, certainly the party cadre was trying its level best to blow the winds in their favor for the upcoming State Elections to be scheduled for May 2009.

Guess today was the first day of inauguration as I saw a lot of Obeisance being paid by Chiranjeevi’s Adulater’s as if this Box was his new movie cutout or a Wall paper. Coconuts, Garlands, Bananas as offerings to please their matinee idol.

mE aNd My SaTyAm....

So far in my Blogs I never mentioned anything about my Organization. I always felt that i shall not use this space to promote my firm. Since I also blog in my company which is an Intranet one. But today I feel I have to pen down about my organization which is my First tutor in this Corporate world.

The latest turn around of events made me realise how deep I am attached my firm. Today at a time when I fear most of my colleageus/ friends are ashamed to put on their Tags in MMTS,Autos,Buses just to avoid to be viewed skeptically by a passerby.

Yes I AM PROUD to be a SATYAMITE. I work with Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

I am not ashamed to be apart of Satyam. Whatever has happened in the past 1 week shall not bother me. When I try to weigh down what I got from my firm to the last week’s events the latter doesn’t bother me.

I joined Satyam in 2006. This was my first tryst with a Corporate Company. Through out the past 28 months I have been growing with the company. The opportunities that my firm bestowed upon me remain unmatched.

Today morning ,11^th January 2009 Hyderabad Edition of The Hindu, made me realize this. I was woken up by my Mom to show the Newspaper where in Mr. Ramalinga Raju (Founder of Satyam) was being shielded by his brother (incidentally my Firm’s Managing Director) from to Police Custody.

My memories went back to the instant when I first saw him in one of my campus in the parking lot getting out of his BMW car , and here was he being moved in a rakshak vehicle. I just could not control myself. I was Broken.

I may be amateurish to comment on what if he did was right or wrong, for me he truly WAS, IS, SHALL BE an Inspiration . To dream Big , at a time (1987) he foresaw a untapped market that is going to rule in 2000.

It was due to his thought, that today 53000+Associates got a respect in the society with their families taking pride to be a part of this Satyam Family.

My MOM in particular reminds me onthing “Baabu, Whatever he did doesn’t bother to me as he gave you an Opportunity to prove urselves without any help. We as a family shall pray for his well being”. I observe that she MEANT IT.

All through out the week we were getting Solidarity Calls from our loved ones to enquire the status quo, but that doesn’t deter me from admiring my company.

You may have frenz or well wishers who pray for your well being when you attain success but there would be only TRUE ones when u r faced with difficult times. Thank you everyone for this wise gesture of urs to stay with me during my tough times.

Like you have stood beside me during my tough times, I shall stay with my Satyam in its tough times.

I am and shall be a TRUE Satyamite in letter and spirit and be there on its side during these times. The Logo and the brand brings in a Gusto in me to excel myself and challenge myself.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

turbulant times ahead....

Feeeling Sad :-(

Low,Dejected,Dissapointed.............

sNEEk pREVIEw...lOvE kAbBaDi..

Here is the Story line of Love Kabbadi....Pls do add ur inputs to make the movie a Superhit...in atleast 300 centers excluding Onsite :-)

2008 saw many ups and downs. From Wall street crash 2 Bangladesh Elections 2drop in petrol prices, the year has been waxing and wanning like a Moon.

Yes our protagonist started to like some one.

 "Penu toofanu tallonchi chooosey tolli nippu kanam athadey ..." though not such a powerful character,an avid afficionado of movies and a complete movie buff. May be Dil mein violin bajne shuru hua…

One fine day he expressed it to her and she formally refused him. “Never give it up “was the thought for the day he saw on his flashy screen. He tried his best to impress his senorita Vrooming on bikes with the Speedometer never coming down below the 70kmph mark in the jammed traffic, started to like the things that she liked (Oh u like Chiru…I luv Chiru….oh do u like Vegetarian Food..I die for it…I hate Nonveg).

Protagonist Intro song similar to….

Ungaraala juttu vaadni, (aithe enti)

Oddu-poddavu unnavani, (chaala mandi unaaru)

chaduvu sandhya galginonni (MBA with Scorpio??)- chawaka beramaaa…

Goppa inti kurravani (aasti entha enti???)

akkineni anthatodni (cha)

korinninu cheri vastey - pedda nerama….(POTA bill lo irikistaanu)

naakanna neekunna taareedu entama..(mari na venuku enduku vastunaavu)

naa ethu naa baruvu neekanaa more amma (idhi olympic weight lifting kaadu)

nenantey kaadanna ladiesey lerama (mari first time ani cheppavu)

All this to show her that he cared for her. His Breakfast’s became beautiful, Lunches smelled timely, Coffee the best place in Office (Infact he was about to drop in an idea that couches be provided near the coffee machine to the corporate services guyz), and Dinner always ended on a Sweet note. No diets, no health…even the Oil oozing out of the Roti’s was declicious.

As days passed by he started to defy gravity by taking troubles (often ending up creating more troubles). He started to pick things up which she was planning to drop since he started to believe that its lot more easier to Pick up rather than drop. Just like Keanu Reeves in matrix 1….There is No Spoon…He started to believe that she is the ONE.

Added to the helm was the  audio of newly released Rab ne ban di Jodi…where in SRK boosted his morale by singing “Haule Haule hojaayega Pyaar chaliye….Ishq mein jaldi bada jurmaana”. Romantic songs became his National Anthem’s.

He started to remember everything related to her, vaalla amma naanala Pelli roju tho saha …but forgetting his credit card bill date. JJ 

Cut chestey Scene enti antey…motham attraction….His crush list parameter – Int crush became crush++ increasing the stack content by one.

To seek respite and help all those unhappy souls who cud not make up their story meet the right end he started to help his frenz with his inputs and confidence building measures.

As the story progressed one fine day , a Cute girl pinged him and said I Like U….Now our protagonist who was till now on the other side of the table suddenly moved to the receivers side from Giver’s Side. 

Intermission

second half to be contnd.....

Stimuli in Stimulus Package….

To address the Global meltdown and Bubble burst while the countries world wide are coming up with their own plans to address this issue , with the US being epitomized as the front runner with a Bail out package of 700 billion dollar.

To cushion the effect of the Bubble burst impact on India the government of India has also announced a series of Packages to provide a Helping hand.

While the First phase included a Stimulus Package of Rs 30,000 Crore with an additional Rs 20,000 Crore for infrastructure management the government tried to set the market back in action.

The Second phase included a more detailed package to address specific industries requests losing a revenue of Rs.40,000 Crore.

While certainly the necessary measures included RBI’s rate cuts on CRR,REPO rates and reverse repo rates to bring in more liquidity into the market, Credit was created but isn’t being disbursed as planned out.

Companies and individuals who had their own jolts in the aftermath of the Burst are no longer in a mood to take credit and invest to reap out more benefits.

So I guess the Stimuli intended to be created with the Stimulus Package hasn’t yet started to take off….

A New Ray of Hope…

The recent election result of Jammu & Kashmir stands as a testimony to the fact that the citizens of the state are no longer in a mood to be cajoled with the Secessionist’s promises.

People have reposed their faith in a Democratically elected government as they have realized that it is only through an elected body , their plea's shall be heard.

Though chief Minister Mr. Omar Abdullah is naïve and sounds Obfuscate in certain matters , giving the responsibility to run a state to a Young and vibrant leader in these times filled with demagogue Leaders brings in a ray of hope not only to the residents of J&K but also to the new phase of Young Politics.

Hopefully this act shall wheedle many others parties to bring in more Young and dynamic leaders in the coming general Elections to be scheduled in May 2009.

Hasham here goes your request :-)

Zor ka Jhatka....

Lugubriously and as usual I called up my friend who was preparing for an exam “Hey Dude …..wats up?? so hows ur prep goin on???” (once again reminding of my Flippant attitude which I wanted to change in 2009).

He replied genially “Fine buddy”.

To give my two cents on a formal note…“Don’t take this one on a lighter note…u know tat this is ur Destiny…u need to put in lot more efforts…we shall discuss about the other things after ur exam but as of now u have to face this and beat it….work Hard Buddy”.

My friend whose name instantly evokes a Sensibility sounded berserk or rather threatening as a raised fist.

“Sure Budweiser…I know that and if iam not wrong it was me who said about this to you…Now why is it that all our cohort want to exhort me …I appreciate your concern but pls for gods sake don’t make me feel despondent. Stop Spouting!!! ”

“I need those words when I was planning for my exam…to help me identify my strengths and weaknesses…but when iam actually working on my plan why have u guyz started to make me feel as if iam going on behalf of India to the Olympic games to be held tomorrow…iam already stressed up working up..iam eating ,sleeping,drinking (if at all) only with these formulaes, algorithms and stuff…”

“at this point of time all I need is some confidence to boost up my spirit. U know wat …every one who is calling me these days …says Work hard…for ur kind information iam …the saddest part is to rejuvenate myself iam going through my orkut testi’s,linked in Reco’s to bolster my confidence levels and make myself comfortable that I MADE IT earlier …I SHALL DO IT NOW….unfortunately the ones who spoke so gud abt me online are not in a situation to make me realize those strengths physically”

I was broken to tears when he referred to tat orkut and linked in testi’s…yeah I wrote an awesome testi flaunting my vocab…and today I feel what I wrote was more of an Obituary note rather than a Testi….just to let the world know how kind I amLL…

I was shattered to know How Innocuous – seeming words can wound. All I could do was atone for my ignorance and become a channel for him to vent out.

First lesson learnt in 2009, Its quite easy to show the world that u concern about ur family/frend/loved ones but to make that person feel that he/she is the best…..its not just saying Gud or Best abt them infront of others…but to make them realize that.

Don’t pester them with the Due dates, petty things when they are going to a Battle but DO REMIND them of their previous battle that they fought Valorously and wat key role did this person play to WIN the Battle.

And never impugn their Prep by reminding them that this would be the End of their World….bechaaara with the amt of harangue I showered upon him, he might have been thinking what if things don’t happen the way he planned to..Will he be ostracized from this world for this act of his for not making…he is already in a Consternation and added to it were my pernicious comments…

Rehman’s words reverberate in my ear …

“Lookin' for the answers

To all the questions

In my life

Will I be alone

Will you be there

By my side”

“Say what you wanna say now

But keep your hearts open

Be what you wanna be now

Let's heal the confusion

Pray for me brother”

06-01-09

Do you know wat happened on 6^th January 2009, at 12.37 AM….

 No - tremors didn’t shake earth, tsunami didn’t raise again to engulf the coastline, no new political party took its birth, no third stimulus package announced….

 Amidst every ones tight sleep someone somewhere took a call…. 

^%$@$@ Confused???

 Results Awaited!!!!

 

 

fLOUNDERINg tHOUGHTs...

After a long time I was able to catch up with my Engineering frenz Sra1 & Venky, though three of us are in the same company and we catch up with each other on office communicator - to catch up live and relive those gud old days is quite ecstatic.

Our  discussions varied quite a lot, from the recent movie to last birthday amongst us, who else is missing in the troupe.,etc. Sra1 ,Venky & I were the active members of our troupe to harass others who include Raj,Nabee,Anil,Manohar.

Whenever we felt bored, three of us used to pick some topic out of blue and started to fight amongst us. And the topics never had any issue of taboo including jobs, careers, first date,marriages and mostly related to first love, first girl.,etc Obviously the discussion wud b supported in the ratio of 2:1.

Indeed we have grown up from those college days when we all agreed upon to ones’s decision to watch a movie (however bad the movie was) to a stage where we understand that we hardly get time to meet each other and talk , so we cud not afford to risk those 3 hours watching some Super hit movie which we cud have done with the company of some other frenz.

Though we have all colorful credit cards in our pocket today, we preferred to go to a place where we pay by cash (a typical small food outlet). It reminds me of the Engg days when we used to order 2 biryani’s and share it due to paucity of funds (never compromised for movies as we had to do enuff justice to them). Always used to wonder “yaar hum kab jaayengey big restuarents in our own cars”. The day is here , but we no longer enjoy the car ride in comparison to our old triple rides to college.

Some things haven’t changed like in Engg we used to resort to Academic Bulimia during Exams and today we resort to Corporate bulimia to cover up the last minute presentations and client visits.

Certainly things have moved quite a part, we have started to think beyond ourselves, trying to understand and accept each others view points where we used to fight earlier.

We had been there to support each other in every decision that was of importance in our life and stood behind one another to give that feeling of “Main Hoon Na”. 

Today we may not be agreeing to each others view point on some issues, but who says that we should be – Twin brothers are not having same opinion so how do u xpect us to have same opinion but Yes we do accept each other as we are and We know each other better as we have been there in our company for the past 6 years (my god even a Govt stands for 5 years, we have been bonded for more than tat period).

And yes Love, Affair and marriage are NO longer Fun topics for us to discuss. Though we ramble upon them and try to pull each other’s leg we certainly know how difficult were the situations that we dealt in those matters.

Today we understand that Every relationship has its own importance. Friendship doesn’t mean u watch the movie Happy Day’s and feel happy about ur engg days , its about staying with them during the times of necessity(as I keep on putting ….Friendship antey Happy Days cinema choosi Chankalu Guddukovatam kaadu ….)

Sra1 and I had my own learnings from life while venky is still novice to this arena. Raj,Anil & Nabee though are distant from us hope they also had their share of learnings.

Hey Guyz Come down soon yaar..V  missed out another New year bash vthout u guyz…..

12 Angry men….1 vamsi

Well it has got nothing to do with a formal introdcution. Ever since Naveen Bavagaru brought his 500 GB hard disk completely dumped with Movies,mostly English ones, I was on the verge of completing all the movies that I have been planning to watch.

Over an informal colloquy Naveen asked me about the movies that I completed watching from the Jumbo collection, and he popped up about the movie “The 12 Angry Men”.

The name sounded fancy when I was copying the movies and thought it would be of some interest to watch the classic black and white movie. So tonight I thought I had to do justice to my prejudice.

So I started to pull off the VLC pull off button. Now this was another movie which I started off to watch at random (generally I watch movies after making my self comfortable with the star cast, director,wikipediang all stuff).

And I must confess here that it had been one of the finest movies that I watched which would share its place among the classics of my Hollywood favorites. With a Pretty impressive screenplay the movie sets the conversation,allegations,refutations among 12 Jury men to come into a conclusion of finding the convicted - Guilty or not guilty.

The voting starts from 11:1 :: Guilty:Not guilty and slowly makes the figure vice versa.

It requires a pretty tight screenplay to make a movie running into more than 100 minutes length and not take the camera out of a room. All the characters move inside the room , occasionally resenting, arguing at every point .

A gud movie to watch about…..

Piquant 2009….

Happy New Year 2009 !!!

Here comes another year of Hope, Joy, Confidence, Success, Holidays, Birthdays, Festivals, Parties, Elections, Experiences, Realisations, Crushes, Loves, Marriages, Betrayals, Divorce, New Movies, Appraisals (which I doubt having this year),Promotions, Scams, ., etc

When I was in School and college I would be reminded daily of the fact that I am into a New year ,atleast the initial 1 week as I had to the habit of beginning my Notes by marking the Date. After entering Corporate I find myself mused at the way my handwriting has turned up. Its quite Egregious now LL.

Reluctantly or willingly I accepted MS office into my life which does this job for me now.

I Completely lost the habit of writing .God how did I manage to write my 16 marks Essay Questions in Engg , I still remember my First year Engineering Solid State Physics paper wherein I filled up a Whopping 50 Pages response weighing 150 grams in retaliation to a mere 5 gram Question Paper that was shooted at me. All my frenz admonished me for this act of mine saying that my answer sheet would be disqualified and I better be prepared for a Drop in SSP paper.(surprisingly I managed an 85/100 in tat paper).

Gone are the days when dates matter (at least the year part in the date). Nowhere do I use or write year any more. Ha I shall write the complete date when I soberly handout a cheque for my monthly credit card fellow. Apart from that no literal influence of 2009.

And No not again ……Resolutions…which have become a Synonym for Things not to do in an year….har saal ki tarah is saal bhi maine apney resolution charter plan kiya hai…and the menu reads as below…

• I shall get up Early (6 Am shud be fine I guess..atleast u need to sleep for 8 Hours to stay fit)
• Remember Birthdays (2008 mein I was battered to death for missing some of them..thankfully ravi shall help me with the office ones but have to look out for help for other frenz)
• Become Health Conscious ….probably a 6 pack shall do it (already i started to see family packs jostling for space in cubicles)
• Apart form celebrating Independence, Republic, friendship & Birth-day, shall also try to celebrate Valentine’s day to prove myself that iam also a Secular citizen of this country and I too celebrate all Day’s available in the calendar.
• Shall be truthful,Honest,helpful…blah blah blah….(bakwaaaaas)
• I shall crack Cat,Gmat,Snap,Xat,Nmat,Dogmat,pigcet.,etc (to prove my mettle that its not me looking for MBA but its colleges tat are looking at me to do a honorary MBA )
• Make some Savings (I stay at Home and don’t save any money on par with my frenz who stay out of home and manage to send some amt back home …)

Last but not the least whatever may the resolution list consist of …I end up implementing one thing …..Never stand by ur word…when it doesn’t matter….basical ga manaki maata meeda nilabadey alavaatu ledu….

Lyf is so small there is no time to hate,fight,argue….So keep smiling and enjoy every moment…hakuna matata…and spread love JJ

Coming Soon…Luv Kabbadi…

Flash Flash.... 

Yes...Yeah u heard it right….luv Kabbadi a-soon-tobe-made-telugu motion movie is being chalked out.

 Just keep hooked more details to be announced soon.

 Innovative Blogger Vamsi Krishna (a budding tough competitor to Creative Director Krishna Vamsi) is handling the Megaphone. While the Script is being finalized, you get to have a sneak peek of the story right here at Realitymatters2Vamsi.

 Cast and crew are being finalized to suit your comfort zones JJ.

 Shall post the latest updates as and when they occur.