The Utterances of a Peculiar Mindset

This mail is being circulated for quite a long time now. And I'm very sure everyone of you must have read it number of times. Still, I could not resist from again sharing it with you..

Scenario 1
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, then a fourth and they start arguing about who's right. You are in Kolkata

Scenario 2
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, sees them and walks on. That's "Amchi Mumbai"...busy place dude...

Scenario 3
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along & tries to make peace... The first two get together & beat him up. That's Delhi

Scenario 4
Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch. A guy comes along and quietly opens a chai-stall That's Ahmedabad .

Scenario 5
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes he Writes a software program to stop the fight. But the fight doesn't stop b'cos of a bug in the program. That's Bangalore.

Scenario 6
Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch. A Guy comes along and quietly says that "AMMA" doesn't Like all this nonsense. Peace comes in. That's Chennai.

Scenario 7
Two guys are fighting. Both of them take time out and call their friends on their mobiles Now 50 guys are fighting. You are DEFINITELY IN PUNJAB!!!

Scenario 8
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes along with a carton of beer. All sit together drinking beer and abusing each other and all go home as friends. You are in Goa.

Scenario 9
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes and resolve their fight with the help of others passing over their.
You are in the Heart of India( M.P).

Scenario 10
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes from nearby house. And says" aamchya
gharasamor bhandu naka, dusarikade jaun bhanda ( don't fight in front of my place, go somewhere else and keep fighting)". That's Pune for sure!!!

Sound witty.. Isn't it?

Its on.. The planning for Second edition of Blog Camp Pune has started. This time, the camp will be held in Mumbai. And thats why this name "Blog Camp Mumbai Style". You can add your name in the attenders' list at this page. You can also help us by designing logo, helping us to find sponsors etc.
Moreover, you can blog about the event in order to create awareness about the event. Your co-operation will be highly appreciated.

Tried this look just for a change.. Tell me your comments about it :-)

I had been to Mahim fort on 26th January. This yesteryear glory now remains as a shelter for few slums. The fort has totally been occupied by slums and people are using it as their homes.
Well, on a positive note, at least the fort is being utilised unlike others which just stand in ruins now..

As I said earlier, I had been to IIT for Barcamp. Due to time constraints, I could not attend whole barcamp. I could only listen to Jon Hall, Executive Director, Linux International. It ws really rejoice to listen him talking about "Use of Free softwares in Education". Hopefully the presentation will be online very soon and I will put up link here.
In the meantime, you can keep track of upcoming barcamps in India at barcamp.org

A barcamp is arranged at IIT Powai tomorrow as a part of their annual technology event "TechFest".
BarCamp Techfest an Un-Conference !!! and nothing related with the bar; you might think!
A place where we all get together and discuss / rack / brain-storm / share opinions about Web technologies & trends, Mobile computing, Hacking, Blogging, Vlogs, Social Media, ... everything about the Technology that interests us.
Born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment this is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction with NO FORMALITIES into it ...

Those who are interested in technology and have some free time tomorrow, don't miss out the event. Its worth attending..

More information available here

Here are few snaps from my visit to Vasai fort. Hoping for your comments.

Here's a very touching story. It really matches the scenario at today's profeesionals' homes.

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what it is?" replied the man.
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

SON: "I just want to know.. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make Rs.100 an hour."
SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.50?"

The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier" said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?

Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Do remember to share that Rs.100 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

I had been to Vasai fort yesterday. This Portuguese fort is almost in ruins now, bearing few old archaeological remains which will interest only a historian. I will soon put up snaps I clicked there..

Which way is the bus below traveling?

To the left or to the right?


Can't make up your mind?








Look carefully at the picture again.

Still don't know?

'The bus is traveling to the right.'


Why.......?

'Because you can't see the door to get on the bus.'

Today I tried out a different Hairdo.. Tell me your reaction :-)

Have u ever seen the calendar for September 1752??? If you are working in Unix, try this out.
At $ prompt, type: cal 9 1752
Surprised????

Isn't the output queer? A month with whole of eleven days missing. This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752. (What couldn't a King do in those days?!) And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born.Hail the King!!

I have recently started a phtoblog and you might have already visited it if you read my blog regularly. While going through few other photoblogs, I stumbled upon a blog by my friend, a fellow trekker Rohan who is also a very good photographer. The snaps of Sahyadri forts he has clicked are simply amazing. Check out Rohan's photo blog

For long time, I wanted to click a snap of my sweet home and share with all.. So finally, here it is.. :-)

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that the Post you are reading is 500th post on this blog. The journey that had started with continuous bugging to start a blog by Hardik Shah has today reached to a place where I can recollect many happy moments when I look back. I hope and pray to all-mighty that the journey will continue the same way with good wishes and co-operation of you all.
Thank you..

We go through various zodiac analysis. But how man times do you find an analysis of your zodiac which actually matches with you?
Here is one analysis of mine which I got in a mail. And surprisingly it perfectly matches with my personality kind.

Time is precious for Virgo man and if you make him wait, he will consider that as an insult.He hates to hear criticism and hates to be criticize. If he is criticizing other people, then he must be influenced by other Zodiac. He is and he likes to be a perfectionist. He always think he is doing the right and appropriate thing , and often he thinks he makes no mistake.
He is a bright guy and could accept comments if he thinks it can improve himself. He is the type who well adjusted to make changes. He will spent money carefully and spent it worthwhile. He will only extravagant for his personnel pleasure only. He is quite romantic, a type of guy who can drive 100 miles just to tell you how much he misses you. If he does not care about you, he will not even spent a dime to call you locally. Long distant special low rate call is also out of the question. He hates rough and crude people. His woman has to be clean and dress well. He inspects any thing in details beside being a perfectionist, so you could be lying in your bikini with a perfect figure and he can suddenly comments you about your big feet. If you gain 2 pounds , he may comments you are getting too fat. Before going out with this kind of guy, look at yourself head to toe in the mirror and ask yourself if you are really and entirely ready. Unless he dates a model, then he will have less comments.
He is neat and tidy, so his life always in a schedule, a fix time to lunch, the same time to go home. He is well knowledge about food and conscious about nutrition, so you won't see his guy eating a junk food, or strange and exotic food for sure. You will see him in social events or party if only necessary. He is gifted with acting, so if he says he can not go out with you because he is sick, then you will belief him. He is a hard to please when it comes to what to eat, how to work, what kind of a woman to date. He always neat and tidy all the times, even if he is in the army, he will be the cleanest soldier in the camp. He likes to speak properly with no slang. He hates laziness and lazy people. He always act like a boring mature adults, but getting to know him , you will know he has his own charm. He always see things clearly, so he is not the type to be blinded by love. He is a kind and cool guy, but if constantly irritate with rudeness, ignorant, or stupidity then he will show you that he is annoyed. You may see a guy in this Zodiac dress up in an old shirt and old Jean, but if you look carefully, you will see that his hair is neat and unconsciously he will touch his hair a lot. His desk is always neat and if he sees small scrap paper on the floor, he will pick it up or put it in the basket. People may think he is selfish, because when he says "No", he really means it. Any favor asked , he will help but always in his own limit. The more he see faults in others, the less he wants people to see his. If you want him to change his faults, try to tell him gently or he could take it as an insult. He wants love that comes with quality, so he only has a few loves in his life. Woman's trick will not work with him. If he breaks up with a woman, he will also try to avoid all her friends and her environments too.
He is very picky and every breaking up, he will be double careful next time. He can sweep woman with his charm, but he likes to keep his relationship like a friend. He likes a sincere self confident woman, neat and clean, perfect and tidy. A real two "P" , picky and perfectionist Zodiac.

Is this what they mean by "Operator Overloading?" :-)

Hey... My result is out...!!!

Hurray.... I got 69.5 % !!!

Fuck... I missed distinction by 5 marks..!!!

1. If swimming is a good exercise to stay fit,
Why are whales fat?

2. Why is the place in a stadium where people sit,
Called a STAND?

3. Why is that everyone wants to go to heaven,
But nobody wants to die?

4. Shall I say that there is racial discrimination even in chess,
As the white piece is moved first?

Think about it...!!!

I don't know whose mastermind is the birthplace of this fantastic poem. But its a nice read..

That must be among the biggest questions you have ever faced in life. Even bigger and tougher than those engineering vivas. Even tougher than the MMS case studies and tougher than any examination you ever faced in the course of life.
So who are you exactly.? Who am I?
The questions strikes us often. We play so many roles in a day that we ourselves get confused with what exactly is the role the Allmighty wants us to play. What am I here for? And what exactly I'm supposed to do?

Well well well.. I'm not becoming any monk or philosopher. Its just that I was listening to this song by Casting Crown titled "Who Am I" and I really liked it..
Here I'm putting up the lyric of the same. You may find it worth going through.

Here's wishing a very Happy New Year to you all. May all your dreams come true in the coming times and you be blessed with God's love and kindness. And may God give you the strength to bare my useless and senseless writings. :-)