December 2005
Tomorrow is IBH’s birthday. Happy birthday madam 
Come soon to India with loads of gifts 
And yeah. Merry Christmas folks!
Everyone is coming up with a prediction for 2006. Now its my turn.
Am using a new technique to categorize people. Till now you have seen people categorized based on their sun/moon signs etc etc. Whereas I used traffic signs, did some very complex calculations like (a+b)*2 etc and arrived at this.
Category 1: People whose birth date falls in between 1 and 31.
Yes. Just a single category. But you will be surprised to note that, it is true product of a genius.
Category 1:
Prediction:
In this year, your birthday will come somewhere between 1st and 31st. You will eat food, listen to music, news and watch movies, sports etc. If you are married, then you are not single. If it gets cold, you will wear sweater. You will also get to drink water when you are thirsty.
You will get to buy new garments, and use old banians to clean your bike/cars. There are high chances of you going abroad with the help of Gaja Annan*
When your vehicle fuel level is low, you will visit petrol bunks to fill in petrol.
You are a very rational person. This will be evident, when you visit restaurants. You will tend to order 2/3 or 3/4 soups etc.
Your lucky stone will be Sharon Stone.
If you are a male
Buy jasmine flower and halwa regularly to increase the possibility of a peaceful life
You will get to drink beer, and then worry about your pot bellies.
If you are a female
Try to demand for variety and not halwa always 
You will get to eat lots of chocolates, ice creams and later worry about the extra calories!
Thats it Merry Christmas!
*Gaja Annan is a famous guy in Tamilnadu, who runs a ferry service from Chennai to Cochin
He and She watching TV. Technically speaking He watching TV, and She cooking inside
He is watching the Natwest trophy finals of India-England for the 23rd time. She comes out
She: indha vendakkai konjam cut panni koden
He takes the vegetables and knife
She: Evlo thadavai indha match paape
He: Vera edhuvum nanna illaiye
She: Remote enga!
She changes to Sun Music channel. Oru maalai ila veyil neram is coming on tv.
She: Evlo smart aa irukkaan la. He is good
He: Ivan ennatha nalla irukaan. Ghajini la andha memory loss character la he has made a fool of himself.
She: Sanjay Ramasamy character la semma smart aa irundhaan. Adhuvum andha suttum vizhi sudare paatula wow!
He getting all J and starts cutting the vegetable fast
She gets back to the kitchen, and promptly He changes the channel
She shouts from kitchen
She: Channel ennathaku change pannine
He: Nee uLLa dhaane irukke. Adhaan change pannen
She: Adhanaala enna. Paatu kaadhula vizhum illai
He: Cha!
He gets in the kitchen, gives the vendakkai plate and walks out in a huff. He opens the door, takes the mobile and walks out of the house.
He is standing at the gate for a while, watching the dogs playing in the sand. Calls a couple of his friends and gets back inside the house after some 15 minutes.
TV is off. She has finished frying the vendakkai. Rice is on cooker. She is in the bedroom
He: Samachu mudichaacha?
She: hmmm
He: Kaekkaren la?
She: Ippo ennathuku kathara? Paatha theriyaliya? Cooker la sadham vachi irukken. Sambhar curry panni mudichaachu
He: Naan onnum kathalai!
Saying this, he switches on the TV and is watching News. After a while cooker whistle starts coming on. After 2nd or 3rd whistle
He: Cooker kathindu irukku illai. Adha konjam aNachu tholayen!
She walks out of the bedroom pretty fast, switches off the cooker and gets back to the bedroom.
Sensing something wrong, He switches off the TV and goes to the bedroom
He: Enna aachu unakku
She: Onnum illaiye
He: Appuram edhukku inji thinna korangu maari urrr nu irukke?
She starts crying
He: Ippo naan enna solliten nu azhudhu aarpaattam panre?
In between the tears
She: Naan surya smart sonna thappu, nee asin paathu drool panna thappu illai la
He: Err
She: Nee office la irukkara ponnunga paathu sight adippe. And adhayum en kitta vandhu solluve. Aaana naan oru cine star smart aa irukkan sonna thappu
He: Cha! Naan appadi ellam onnum sollaliye
She: Enakku theriyaadha unnai pathi. Vendakai visiri adikaadha kuraya kitchen la poatte. And appadiye kadhava thirandhuttu poite
He: Sorry ma! Naan edho tension la irundhen
She doesn’t say anything and is crying lightly. He comes closer to her, and hugs her. She pushes him away. He hugs her even tightly and kisses her on the cheek. She bursts out crying.
After a while, she wipes her face and goes to the kitchen.
She: Seri saapdlaam vaa
He: Sorry di. Naan appadi panni irukka koodadhu
She: Hmmmm
He: Konja neram kazhichu saapadalaam. Vaa TV paakalam
He changes channel to Sun Music. Guess what song is playing?
Suttum vizhi sudare. And so this He-She episode ends with he having a asattu sirippu on his face, and she having a resigned look!
It would be nice to see 22 cars in the grid, and Oh-I-missed-braking-at-the-chicane Sato back
Welcome Super Aguri!
Read the BBC story here
Bangalore Auto- Complaint Cell
Authorities in Bangalore have started a new drive to make auto travelling safer. They have set up cells to take complaints and have promised to do something about the complaints.
For complaints against misbehaving auto drivers in Bangalore Contact the following:
Bangalore Centre - Koramangala BDA complex - 25533525
Bangalore West - Rajajinagar Corporation Complex - 23324388
Bangalore East - Indiranagar BDA complex - 25253726
Bangalore North - Yeshwanthpur corporation Complex - 23376039
Bangalore South - Jayanagar Corporation Complex - 26630989
Alternatively you can email the authorities at transcom@kar.nic.in
http://rto.kar.nic.in/help.htm
When you call them / email them mention the auto registration no., Date, time and place where the problem occurred and the problem.
Dont know how effective the system is but its a start, do not hesitate to complain. Because if the system does work, travelling bangalore could be actually hassle free for everyone.
via: Mahesh
Folks. I am yet another normal guy like you all. I dont run the complaint cell. Please call the numbers I have mentioned
RC sent me a mail about the 10 things that shaped India in 2005 according to rediff.
1. Indian Idol.
I dont understand if becoming a celebrity is THE thing for Indians. Is it?
To quote rediff ‘Millions went gaga over Fame Gurukul winner Qazi Tauqeer, a boy from strife-torn Kashmir who danced all night in front of his bedroom mirror and daydreamed of stardom. ‘ What next? South Indian Idol. Chennai Idol. Kilpauk Idol. GN Chetty Road Idol. Aishwarya Apartments Idol?
2. Moral Policing
No immorality please, this is the land of the Kamasutra.
To some extent I agree with this.
3. MMS - Pocket Porn
Uh-Oh! Is this a thing that shaped India??
4. Political infighting: I am the party!
No comments!
5. Blogs: Bridget Jones’ e-diaries
Blogs are e-diaries? Really? And link for blogs in that article leads to RediffLand. Assumption is mother of all —- ups!
6. Sensex dream run: Share spoils
This is one thing that must surely figure in the list. But what is it doing at No 6? Shouldnt it be right at the top?
7. iPods: Honey, I shrunk the songs!
Hello boss. What has iPod got to do with shaping India?
8. Water woes: Washed out
Natures fury!
9. Multiplex movies: times they are a changin’
I see.
10. Indian art: Going green
This is good. But again, what is it doing at no 10.
On the whole a very crazy list! Doesnt make any sense! Good they didnt put photographs of some KingFisher AirHostess, since that has something to do with shapes!
Enough folks! Enough of cricket. Right from the parliament, till the person selling pani puri at road side every one seems to have an opinion! Is it all worth it?
How much time is wasted for cricket? Everyone keeps saying that cricketers dont do the job properly! Touch your conscience and say, how many days you have bunked school/college/office for cricket! Or open the cricinfo browser for entire duration of match. Are you doing your job/duty?
What right do you have to accuse someone else of not doing their job? I know why it goes unnoticed. Its because even the bosses are fans of cricket!
And does it stop there? Mails, phone calls to discuss on what should have been done, what shouldnt have been done! Remember, if you are given the pink slip or fail in the exam, NDTV wont come to your house and debate whether the organisation/university should have given you a graceful exit!
Its nice to be passionate about the game you follow. But you should be able to control your feelings so that it doesnt take over your life. I know of friends who become foes just because of this game!
Wouldnt it be better if you watch the game and enjoy it, instead of debating and arguing till eternity? For instance if I put up a blog post saying that Dhanraj pillay will make a good pinch hitter and send him at No 3, 20 people will agree to me, 200 people will be against. And the discussion will go on and on! Ridiculous!
Stop this crap and get on with your life! There are better things to do than debating and arguing!
By now every one must have heard about this horrible rape and murder of a call centre employee in bangalore.
The driver is married and his wife is six months pregnant. I sincerely hope that this guy is hanged to death. And hopefully no human rights jokers intervene !
People will talk about this for a month and forget it. I feel irrespective of the measures taken by government every girl child should be trained in self defence. This must start in the school itself. And companies should give some basic training itself to employees. Like carrying knife chilli powder or some spray etc.
It is really sad that something like this happened. And media should be sensitive to the family members feelings. They are poking into the family and trying to get some news bits from them. Very bad!
Anyways why will anyone be bothered. We have a subject of national importance which is going to be discussed in parliament. Yeah. Sourav Ganguly issue. Right ?