October 26, 2011
Happy Diwali
Happy Diwali to Everyone.
May the festival of lights bring Joy and Prosperity to you and your family.
April 4, 2011
Srikaranama Samvatsara Shubhakankshalu
I wish you all a very happy Ugadi. As always I wanted to write as what this festival means and how and who celebrates this festival.
To start with the name Ugadi means start of an era. This is mostly celebrated by the people in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka. This is also called as Gudi Padwa in Maharastra. I recently came to know that Sindhis celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand and Manipuris as Sajibu Cheiraoba.
Even though the names are different all these people celebrate this day as a new year. The main festival refers to as start of the age we are living in which is Kaliyuga.
The best part of this festival is the Ugadi Pachadi which is a dish consisting of six tastes (sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise). Each taste has a significance which can be related to different experiences in life.
Neem Buds/Flowers for its bitterness, signifying Sadness
Jaggery and ripe banana pieces for sweetness, signifying Happiness
Green Chilli/Pepper for its hot taste, signifying Anger
Salt for saltiness, signifying Fear
Tamarind Juice for its sourness, signifying Disgust
Raw Mango for its tang, signifying Surprise
Bhakshalu or Bobbatlu is the other speciality dish which is loved by everyone.
May this Ugadi bring you new spirit, new beginning and new prosperity.
March 21, 2011
A Parting Note
Same as last 3 days even today morning everything seemed very good and I was hoping the day to go well. I was not aware of what was in stock for me on this fateful afternoon. It was 3 hours ago when she decided to leave me. Everything happened all of a sudden. Neither me nor anybody else could see it coming. I never anticipated this to happen.
She was very very very important to me for so many reasons. She was always with me in both happy and sad occasions. She stood by me in both tough and glory times. She have always taken care and made sure that I was never alone, and left out. She was my beautiful personal secretary and would do everything for me that is there in her limits – right from waking me up, to help me organize myself, to help me reach my friends, to book my movie tickets, to check my balance sheet etc. She would sing and entertain me when ever I was bored or stressed out. I was always connected with the world when she was with me. I say that she is everything in my life but still she meant a lot in my life. She came into my life unexpectedly and left in the same way abruptly. Neither her arrival nor her departure from my life was expected by me.
Yes, you expected it correctly, I lost my iphone on the day of holi in the cab 
. That means – no calls, no music on the move, no alarm clock in the morning, no organizer to remember important dates and activities, no pastime games when bored and no SMS to friends just to kill time during the meetings, most important no facebook and no internet. I can overcome all this just by buying any other stupid phone. But here comes the worst part – I have already lost my 350+ contacts – something I always feared when I heard about this from friends.
I have been depressed since last night. I have been calling my number and I can hear only one voice: “The number you are calling is not available”. I called customer support and blocked my Sim and the only positive point out of this is that I can retain my number, so there is no need to update my phone number to all my friends.
Then after all this anger and frustration, I remembered this song from Munna bhai MBBS -
which has lyrics as
Sapna toota hai to dil kabhi jalta hai
Haan thoda dard hua par chalta hai
Sapna toota hai to dil kabhi jalta hai
Haan thoda dard hua par chalta hai
Phir, phir kya hua?
Phir, phir kya hua?
Agle din apne mohalle main aishwarya aayi…
Apna khopdi phir chakkar kha gaya
Phri truck ke saath phir chakkar kha gaya
This has given a boost and went straight to Starhub to renew my contract and took iphone 4. Now I and Swetha are proud owners of iPhone 4. Now I am trying to get a backup for contacts.
March 21, 2011
Happy Holi
In March 2007, when I was in Hyderabad I along with my brother and cousins enjoyed Holi. Holi has always been a day for which we in our childhood waited. As we grew up even though the intensity has reduced but the fun and enjoyment has not come down.
After me coming to Singapore in 2007 till 2011, I have not played Holi here neither I was there in India to play it. This year it is a bit different. Luckily my colleague Valerie’s friend was organising a Holi party and they invited us there to play holi. It was a beach side holi party and what else could we ask for.
At first we were only three who thought would go but finally on the day we ended up 11 people as a group who had a wonderful time with the colors. The rain in between and the beach has added more colors to the party. From morning 11.30 till evening 4.30 we were totally drenched in colors.
As there is a aftermath to everything, I was not in a position to go to office today and am having a relaxing day at home.
Hope all you guys had a great holi and would love to hear more and more stories from everyone.
January 25, 2011
Happy Republic Day
Tera Desh, Mera Desh, Apna Desh, Hum Ek Hain … Happy Republic Day Fellow Countrymen
Today is the day when India replaced its own constitution replacing the old colonial government act of 1935. On 26th January 1950 the Constitution of India came into force thus making it a Sovereign, Democratic and Republic state. On this day India finally enjoyed the freedom of spirit, rule of law and fundamental principle of governance.
Just like Independence day, today the whole country comes together and show unity and brotherhood. We the common man of India cherish this day the most, as The Indian constitution basically stands for the our aspirations. The democracy that it brought into the country makes the common man supreme.
As its the most important day, it is celebrated majestically in all states of India and especially in the capital, New Delhi. Today we show our military might and show how we are culturally rich. It marks the display of the world’s most impressive parade. Republic day is celebrated with much zeal and pride all across the nation. President gives away the gallantry awards to the brave armed forces and the winners pass the president in their open jeep to salute the chief.
Republic Day is a national holiday when everyone rejoice of being an Indian. The Indian Flag is hoisted on every government office and schools in the whole country.
One Nation, One Vision, One Identity
“No Nation is Perfect, it needs to be made perfect.”
Meri Pehchaan Mera India
Happy Republic Day.
January 14, 2011
Sankranthi Shubhakankshalu
Today is one of those most auspicious days when people from different parts of India together celebrate. Its called in different names. South Indians celebrate it as Makara Sankranthi or Pongal, North Indians Celebrate it as Lohri and people from Eastern part of India celebrate it as Bhogali Bihu.
Today farmers in India start their harvesting for the season and offer prayers to the Sun God. Today is the day for which kids wait all the year so that they can fly colorful kites. In some rural places in South India people have cock fights as part of the celebration. One of the popular game as part of this festival is Bull fight in many places of Tamil Nadu.
For all my friends and family .. Wish you all happy Pongal.
November 2, 2010
2 more days to go
Yes, 2 more day to go for my 3rd trip to India in this year. This would be my longest holiday ever in my professional life. I will be out of Singapore and away from work for 18 days. I was away from work for 16 days twice but 18 days never.
I am very happy as I will be with my parents and cousins and friends back in India. I am going for my cousins Vikram and Hemanth’s marriages. I wanted to attend all the functions and enjoy all the happy moments with the family.
As the situation here in my job is not looking bright, I might get a chance to think over it and take a decision by end of the year. Hope things will fall in place and everything will go well until the end of year.
Happy Diwali and Happy Hari Raya and belated Halloween 
