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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Short note on 'Sindhi'

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Short note on 'Sindhi'

Hum bhi agar Sindhi hote
Naam hamara hota #Thadda Mal Guptani,
Khane ko milte papad
Aur duniya kehti #Thaddu ^Mal *kyin Aayo ???


*kyin aayo : How are you doing ?
#Thadda,Thaddu : Cool
^ Mal: (most probably) Shit !!! Oh!Shit

Source : Tilwani-Gupta Sindhi Hindi Dictionary



I wish, I was a Sindhi residing in Indore. There are numerous advantages of being a Sindhi and that too in Indore. My complexion also makes me eligible for becoming a proud Sindhi. I love eating papad also. After reading and hearing about numerous genuine success stories of Sindhis , I plan to adopt Sindhi culture and asssociate with Sindhu Society

I am from a place very near to so called world capital of Sindhi’s. The Sindhi world capital is called ‘Bairagarh’ or ‘Sant Hirdaram Nagar’. It is a modern suburb of Bhopal. I have heard that Sindhi saint ‘Sant Hirdaram’ after whose name ‘Sant Hirdaram Nagar’ is named, passed away in the month of January. Help all, Lord Jhule Lal.

Some of my best friends have always been Sindhis. Tilwanis , Ochanis , Aswanis , Advanis to name a few , who always influenced my life. Some of my teachers, professors and many of my bosses have been Sindhis. There is a show being aired on ‘Zee News’ channel these days which is called ‘Hum Log’. This week the host of the show, Abhinav Chaturvedi aka ‘Nanhe’ of old DD serial ‘Hum Log’ visited Bairagarh Textile Market. The president of the merchant association was a ‘definitely Sindhi’. He said many golden words. Ones those caught my attention were these “We, ‘the Sindhis’ always believed in hard work. We may be making losses in our businesses initially but we never give up. We are real workaholics and will try our level best to make our business a success on the basis of sheer hard work.”

Inspiring, isn’t it?

Some of the traits you need to carry to become a true Sindhi:

-Dress yourselves in White and White (Kurta and Pajama).
-Pajamas should at least be three feet wide.
-Kurta should have golden buttons. Number of buttons? Minimum four.
-Wear white Sandals.
-Wear a neck chain, should appear like a boundary wall railing in shape. Weight should be around 100 grams.
-Wear bracelet in both wrists, made of gold of course.
-Wear 10 golden rings in 10 fingers. Only hand fingers will suffice need not go for leg fingers.
-Let everyone see at least 3 chest hairs. In short, keep top two Kurta buttons open.
-Apply Sandal talcum powder. Must have been bought from Bairagarh or Sindhi Colony.
-Hairs should be easily visible coming out of body vents, oops I mean ears and nose and …No not from eyes!!!
-Motto of life ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’.

I love Sindhis and more importantly Sindhans. I here by declare that from today onwards I should legally be recognized as ‘ Thadda Mal Guptani’ . I make myself the part of this great "*ni" fraternity. I plan to settle down in Bombay’s Ulhas Nagar to become a member of USA (Ulhas nagar Sindhi Association) or the utopic Bairagarh. Being a 'Baniya' myself, I forsee my smooth and quick transition towards new avtar.

Hail Sindhis. Jai Jhule Lal !!!
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Movies I watched in the year 2006

This year unfortunately I didn't get chance to watch lot of movies. I have listed the 37 movies that I watched in the year 2006 along with my rating on them.The best one is listed at top and the worst at the bottom.

Rating <=10 and >=7
Memento
Kinsey
Shrek
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Erin Brockovich
Kill Bill Volume 2
Casablanca
Litle Miss Sunshine
School of Rock (2003)
Kill Bill Volume 1
Lemony Snicket's - A series of unfortunate events
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
A history of Violence (2005)


Rating between 7 and 6
ICE AGE (2002)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Protector (2006) or Tom Yum Goong (2005)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
Nacho Libre (2006)
Get shorty
Old School
Lady in the Water (2006)
Trainspotting (1996)
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Office Space
Kung Pow : Enter the Fist (2002)
The Odd couple
15


Rating between 6 and 5
War of the worlds
American Pie
The Man Who Wasn't There
American Pie 2
Bedazzled
The Black Dahlia


Rating <5
Three to Tango
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Finally Sachin scores a century!!!

Who is your favorite cricketer? More than three fourth of India’s population will answer this question unanimously and the answer will be ‘Sachin Tendulkar’. As a matter of fact my favorite cricketer is Rahul Dravid. Today Sachin scored a ton after a long gap. His innings against West Indies today shown the glimpses of ‘real’ Sachin , Sachin that we knew , Sachin that we loved and adored , Sachin that we respected , Sachin that we worshipped. I wish he continues with the form till forthcoming world cup tournament. Today Indian team played as a team and result was a total show off . Windies were thrashed like the head of the nail under the butt of the hammer. Wow !!! Siddhu finally got into me. Sachin swayed his bat like the sword of a gladiator who could kill the giant of a dragon by mere flick of his wrist. Whoosh !!! No more Siddhuism. Sachin’s unbeaten century in 76 balls was good enough to warn all other cricketing nations that Sachin is back with the bang and is prepared for the world cup. Sachin showed the aggression and pace that was missing in his knocks from more than last couple of years.

Even after all this, I was sort of little disappointed. I was hoping that Rahul ‘The Wall’ Dravid will score his 10000th run in today’s innings but he just missed this feat by around 25 odd runs. I am sure in the next match against Sri Lanka , he will join the 10 K club.

Best of luck , Team India. World Cup !!! Go get it. I won’t mind sharing my ‘Visa’ cards with Team India.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Never attach yourselves to anything or anything

I always thought Carroll will emerge out as a winner in the fake reality show “Bigg Boss”, but the result of grand finale didn’t surprise me that much. Rahul Roy really deserved the winner title. He showed a true gamer character and he toiled and earned the win. He kept on repeating that “Never attach yourselves to anything or anything !!!” and this golden rule made him stand out of all other shit headed (except Carroll) contestants. He sort of also proved that faith in God always helps.

Initially I didn’t like this show but since there were no other good options available during 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM slot, I kept on watching it. Rupali was the one whom I hated the most. As a matter of fact, I stopped watching the show when this psycho lady was displaying his weeping capabilities at its best. Once she was thrown away from the show, I resumed watching it.

“Bigg Boss” was surely an instant hit but now a days I am happier than before. Couple of reasons; one, I got something to kill my 9 to 10 primetime and SRK is doing it really well. I will talk about KBC a lot later. But the point really was, the way to win in every walk of life is “Never attach yourselves to anything or anything!!!” and more important than that I DON’T want to win in every walk of life.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007

Doel-Pande making headlines of India's leading News-Paper


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Friday, December 01, 2006

100 Best Products of 2005

Check for yourself , how many of these are you using ?
My data goes like this:
Heard:24
Seen:17
Used:12

Am I really technologically challenged ???

Naveen


The 100 Best Products of 2005
When you're buying hardware, software, and services, you want the top combination of power, features, reliability, and value. That's what you'll find in these World Class Award winners--starting with the Product of the Year.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 01:00 AM PDT

All Products Listed by Ranking

1
Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
2
Google Gmail Web Mail
3
Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger) Operating System
4
Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card Wireless Networking
5
Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD
6
Alienware Aurora 5500 Performance PC
7
Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Drive Portable Hard Drive
8
Skype VoIP Service
9
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Digital SLR Camera
10
PalmOne Treo 650 PDA Phone
11
Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Antivirus Antivirus and Firewall Software
12
Mysoft Technology Maxthon Browser Plug-In
13
Rio Carbon Midcapacity MP3 Player
14
Webroot Window Washer 5.5 Utility
15
Maxtor H01R300 Shared Storage Drive Network Hard Drive
16
Google Search Engine
17
Netgear 54 Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Travel Router Model WGR101 Travel Router
18
OnlyMyEmail Pro Spam Filter
19
Sony PlayStation Portable Handheld Gaming Device
20
NVidia GeForce 6600 GT Graphics Board
21
APC Back-UPS RS 800VA 120V Uninterruptible Power Supply
22
2BrightSparks SyncBackSE Utility
23
Moon Software Password Agent Password Manager
24
HP Officejet 7210 All-in-One Multifunction Printer
25
Winternals Software ERD Commander Data Recovery Software
26
Ubuntu Linux 5.04 Linux Distribution
27
Epson PictureMate Photo Printer
28
Mozilla Thunderbird E-Mail Program
29
Cloudmark Anti-Fraud Toolbar Browser Security Plug-In
30
Vonage VoIP Service
31
Cloudmark SafetyBar Spam Filter
32
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Image Editor
33
The New York Times on the Web Web Site
34
Apple ITunes Media Player
35
Seagate USB/FireWire Hard Drive External Hard Drive
36
Canon CanoScan 9950F Scanner
37
IRiver IFP-895 Flash-Based MP3 Player
38
Valve Half-Life 2 PC Game
39
Samsung HL-P5063W Rear-Projection TV
40
Tor Privacy Software
41
LG Flatron L1981Q 19-Inch LCD
42
Dell 3000cn Color Laser Printer
43
BlackBerry 7100t PDA Phone
44
Verbatim Store 'n' Go Pro USB Memory Key
45
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ Internal Hard Drive
46
Compaq Presario V2000 All-Purpose Notebook
47
Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Media Player
48
Canon Pixma IP4000R Inkjet/Photo Printer
49
Best Software Simply Accounting Accounting and Personal Finance
50
Orb Media Streaming Service
51
Flickr.com Photography Site
52
Dell Inspiron 6000 Desktop Replacement Notebook
53
DirecTV HD DVR HR10-250 HD Receiver and DVR
54
ACD Systems ACDSee 7 Photo Organizer
55
Dell UltraSharp 1704FPV 17-Inch LCD
56
Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom Digital Camera
57
Qnext Instant Messenger
58
IBM ThinkCentre A51p All-Purpose PC
59
SightSpeed Video Instant Messenger
60
Wikipedia Online Resource
61
Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1 Instant Messenger
62
CMS 80GB USB 2.0 ABSplus Notebook Backup System Portable Hard Drive
63
Nikon Coolpix 7900 Digital Camera
64
Contour Design RollerMouse Pro Mouse
65
Adobe InDesign CS2 Desktop Publisher
66
Shuttle Computer XPC i8600b Small PC
67
IBM ThinkPad X41 Ultraportable Notebook
68
Adobe Premiere Elements Video Editor
69
Dell Axim X30 PDA
70
A9.com Search Engine
71
Toshiba RS-TX20 Digital Media Server DVD Recorder
72
Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 Burning Software
73
Plextor PX-716UF Rewritable DVD Drive
74
Casio Exilim EX-Z750 Digital Camera
75
Apple Mac Mini Small PC
76
Google Desktop Search Desktop Search Tool
77
Mitsubishi LT-3050 30-Inch LCD TV
78
Apple IPod Photo Large-Capacity MP3 Player
79
Dell 3300MP Projector
80
FileMaker Pro 7 Database
81
Sunbelt Software CounterSpy Anti-Spyware Software
82
Six Apart TypePad Blogging Tool
83
Acronis True Image 8 Backup Software
84
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
85
Brother HL-5140 Monochrome Laser Printer
86
Apple ITunes Music Store Music Downloads
87
Internet Archive (Archive.org) Web Site
88
Opera 8 Web Browser
89
Copernic Desktop Search Desktop Search Software
90
Motorola Razr V3 Cell Phone
91
Delphi MyFi Satellite Radio
92
PDAapps VeriChat Standard Edition Mobile Instant Messaging
93
Sonos Digital Music System Streaming Media Device
94
EMC Dantz Retrospect Professional 7 Backup Software
95
Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS Navigation Device
96
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 2.0 Portable Speakers
97
Logitech Z-5500 Digital PC Speaker System
98
Antec P160 Desktop Case
99
Corel Painter IX Paint Program
100
Citrix Online GoToMyPC Personal Remote Access

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Friday, September 01, 2006

A True Masterpiece: Lage Raho Munnabhai

‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ is a movie as wonderful as ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ for the most part and is even better than that for some part. ‘Lage Raho…’ is a pure magic. The amazing movie touches us deep inside our heart. It’s an inspirational movie without heavy lectures. The character of Gandhi Ji has been used in a brilliant manner in here. The movie teaches some genuine lessons. The story makes us feel proud of ourselves on being a good human being. I am not sure whether movie is successful in teaching us to follow Gadhian Principles but for sure attracts the much needed attention on the principle professed by Mahatma Gandhi and that too in such a lucrative, warm and witty manner.

The best part of the movie is the Radio program of Munna , where he tries to solve problems of people of Mumbai on Air. The very first case, the one where Jimmy Shergil has lost seven lakhs of rupees in share market crash, has been filmed in a way that may make some people burst into tears, purely emotional picturization. Another case where the goon spits ‘Pan Peek’ on the wall of the lean guy’s house is also an emotional play which finally fills you up with victorious emotions.

This movie is an excellent mix of comedy and good emotions. Sanjay Dutt again does a wonderful job here. Vidya Balan is really beautiful and her smile is killing. Circuit is flawless. The length of the movie is sweet and the songs are playable. The magic of the movie is the story and how this story has been displayed. Boman Irani did the same justice to the character of Lucky that he did to character of Dr. Asthana in ‘MBBS’.


While watching you will laugh frequently and may even cry also occasionally. This movie heads directly to point where all good movies must go, straight into your heart. Cameo of Abhishek Bachchan was good. Saurabh Shukla did a tremendous job. While old age homers enjoy their Goa trip , you also feel happy for them .

I’ve heard a lot many stories about the title of this movie. So many different titles were selected for this film and finally “Lage Raho Munnabhai” was chosen. In my true opinion, all the previously selected titles were better than the current one except “Munna Bhai LLB”. “Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi” was really an appropriate title. “Munnabhai Second innings” could have been real good.

With sheer simplicity this movie emerges as a screen wonder till the time it wraps up. “Two Thumbs!!!! Way up!!!!!!!!!!!” for this great movie. This movie has made it to the list of my all time Hindi TOP Ten movies. This movie all set for winning uncountable hearts of numerous viewers in coming days. This movie gives us that sneak peek towards life full of illumination and hope. Please………..Please…….. ..Please……..... Go and discover a new life and live that for entire 2 Hours and 24 minutes.

I am assuring you that you have not seen such a great movie in last at least couple or may be three years. If you miss this movie , then you are going to miss a lot.
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Thursday, August 31, 2006

The longest movie of my life - Part 2

So the 19:00 show was never screened and so numerous tamil folks, one north Indian (me obviously) and one telugu guy (Ratnaker) were waiting more eagerly for 22:00 show. On further research came to know the root cause of the problem was some kind of problem with digitizing the movie tape. The person responsible for conducting the show in the theatre told junta that this technician knows how to digitize normal American tapes but is not conversant with digitizing tapes for Indian movies. Also did you notice that I just said that person responsible for conducting the show; yes he was also a Tamil guy was some kind of professor somewhere, he was kind of broker cum agent for the show.

As has always happened in the history; whenever a group of people are suppressed beyond their threshold limits for substantial period of time, a hero emerges out of the group and stands against injustice. It was already 22:45. The hero for this group turned out to be a lady , whose toddler was crying. She fired the revolt and raised the voice for people and informed the show conductor that people are suffering here and he should let people know what is the actual status of the show ; are they going to screen the movie tonight or are they just trying to find an escape route as they couldn’t screen the movie tonight. As soon as she voiced the concern, there were way too many others who were raising their voices also. Most prominent being one of my roommates Vijay.

Somehow poor professor controlled the mob , yeah it was a mob of desi tamilians and finally the show started at 11:55. What was I doing during all that time; I was playing video games along with Ratnaker, placed in the theatre corridor. Everyone started settling down and the theater hall was jam packed in just couple of minutes. People were al clapping and whistling and finally movie started.

Kamal hasan’s first screen appearance pulled lot of applause and whistles and shouts and comments and what not. There was a comment in Tamil, of course I had to ask Narsi why are people laughing on this comment and Narsi told me that the guy just commented ‘Kamal is killing everyone, Kill me also’. Wow!!!! What a mind blowing comment.

The film really runs well till the reel that shows intermission written in the BOLD. I almost understood every single dialogue which Kamal had once he reached NY City. The language was English with true desi accent. As happens in most of the Indian movies, that movie takes a sharp ‘U’ turn after intermission; this movie in real sense did that. It was an ‘U’ turn’ beyond imagination.

To be continued...