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Travelogue - Mukteshwar

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It was Dushera, which meant a welcome holiday amidst the long six-day work weeks at the factory. We decided to get away from civilization, which is quite a natural feeling when you are in the land of Forests and Factories - Uttaranchal. Our shortlisted options this time consisted of a Touch&Come overnight Dehradun trip or a drive to the picturesque forests of Ranikhet or the small temple-hill town of Mukteshwar about 85 km from Haldwani. Finally the Atheist in me lost and we decided to visit Mukteshwar. Getting up at 6am on a Sunday is possible only when you have joined a coaching class at Dadar or for an exam at 7am in a B-School or when an interesting new place is lined up for travel. Thankfully this time it was the most pleasant one of the three. Leaving by 7.15am, we hit NH87 and took the detour off the Nainital road towards Bhimtal. Even the off-roads are great, which should come as no surprise if you have already entered Uttaranchal from U...

Last Day In Infosys..

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/***************************** ****************************** ******************** Last Day In Infosys Mail '***************************** ****************************** ******************** ' Author:                  Harish Thangaraj ' Emp. No:                92339 ' Date Created:        21/05/2010 ' Code Name:           Summary of my Infy Life ' Description:           Bored of the way Last Day Mails are/were written ****************************** ****************************** *******************/ #include Mysore.h                                              /*Include the ex...

July, the 26th

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Genre: Real Life (2005) 'Mumbai will be made into a Shanghai' announced our PM back in 2004. A massive infrastructure boost was planned - flyovers, metro rails, monorails, freeways, skyscrapers, etc etc and finally a slum free Mumbai! I always hated these slums. They made my walk everyday to Andheri station into such a messy ordeal. The hypocritical Indian media had told me they steal my share of power, water and infrastructure without paying any taxes. So true I thought; Throw them back to their villages for spoiling my beautiful city. It seemed just another day at college. Except that the calendar read 26/07/2005. Rains were deficient again for July. The Met Department had given out its customary 'Heavy rains in isolated areas likely' warning. Yawn… Around 10am, the sky was turning gloomy. I played Nostradamus and advised my friend who stayed far away to leave early as ‘there will be rain today like no other this season’. I thought I was just joking! But the assault ...

Spirituality, Sanctity and Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

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In the Animal kingdom, the male lion is considered the ultimate ruler of the land. A typical lion pride consists of two males and a dozen females. Yet, when the all-powerful males are challenged by young nomadic males, the erstwhile rulers of the land are forced to abandon their territory and are injured and cursed to a slow death. It is no doubt cruel, but that is how nature is meant to work. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has always been challenged. For the last twenty years, he has been challenged by the stalwarts and the gullible alike. They tried to dethrone him time and again, but lost and then simply moved. From the time civilization flourished, there have been stories of awe and inspiration where mankind has defied the limits defined by the Almighty and embarked upon a journey to achieve a place amongst the Gods. The Gods of course, don’t want a mortal to share their same cult status. But when a man revolts, awakens, inspires a nation of a billion, the power of love in a billion hea...

Bombay Dreams And The Raj Nightmares

Mood: Outraged Song: Salaam BOMBAY 'Mumbai ka don kaun?' growled Biku Mhatre in the movie Satya. But sometimes the problem is that, an ant living in a mountain hole forgets what it really is – a tiny ant. When people give it undue importance, the ant starts growing in arrogance and mistakenly assumes that it can represent the whole mountain itself.. Komal Johar recently apologized to me and other residents of Mumbai because he agreed it was criminal to call my city ‘Bombay’. KJo showed the world that even he can be ‘straight’ sometimes by saying “I have genuinely committed a mistake. I apologize for it.” Bravo KJo, it indeed takes courage to stoop like this. Being straight was never his/her (still confused) cuppa tea. Dobby Barling recently suffered a broken heart. No, it was not coz Akshay Kumar refused to star opposite him/her, but coz his/her new found love interest was not returning his/her calls and messages. Who? Munaf Patel. All doubts about Love being blind are clea...