I Feel Good

They say ev'rything can be replaced, yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face Of ev'ry man who put me here.
I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining From the west unto the east.

Be My Guest!

Please be the first one to sign my guest book

सुना है ग़ैर की महिफल में तुम ना जाओगे
कहो तो आज सजा लूं गरीबखाने को

Mood: ...
Current Music: Dylan: Oh Sister :-)

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My work table ;-)




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Mood: Playful
Current Music: Asha - Jawaani Jaaneman

An Idea can change your life!

In the month of January, I took a new cell phone number from a leading service provider. While marketting their new plan they promised me rental free service & a flat rate of 99p/min for STD and local calls.

I took the connection, but the bill showed a tariff plan other than what had been told to me. And also some additional costs. On contacting them, I was told that there was no plan such like that & I should have checked the available tariff plans on their web site. Infuriated at their customer grievances cell & requested them to discontinue services to the number.

While the services to the number were discontinued, I got continuous phone calls from the service provider to pay for my usage & also the bills for that number. The amount of my usage was minimal; I requested them to deduct the usage charges from the security amount deposited by me & return the balance back to me. They never cared to take pains for this.

And I got the bill for the month of February as well, swollen with all kinds of charges, mainly rentals, late payment charges & service tax. I simply wrote a letter to the service provider & copied the letter to a media channel.

To my amazement, today I received a call that they are ready to settle this up with all calls @ 99p, no late payment charges, no rentals & the remaining some Rs. 77/- will be refunded. Let’s wait for tomorrow morning

Will update as & when something happens on this front.

Current Mood: Sleepy
Current Music: Lata & AB - Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum

What's wrong with our Li'l Master?

Is Sachin really injured?

How could he hurt himself? Any possible guesses?

John Brown

Who can tell you stories better than your grand Ma?

One from Dylan's Unplugged

John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore.
His mama sure was proud of him!
He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all.
His mama's face broke out all in a grin.

"Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine,
You make me proud to know you hold a gun.
Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get,
And we'll put them on the wall when you come home."

As that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout,
Tellin' ev'ryone in the neighborhood:
"That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know."
She made well sure her neighbors understood.

She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile
As she showed them to the people from next door.
And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun,
And these things you called a good old-fashioned war.

Oh! Good old-fashioned war!

Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come.
They ceased to come for about ten months or more.
Then a letter finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train.
Your son's a-coming home from the war."

She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around
But she could not see her soldier son in sight.
But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last,
When she did she could hardly believe her eyes.

Oh his face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off
And he wore a metal brace around his waist.
He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know,
While she couldn't even recognize his face!

Oh! Lord! Not even recognize his face.

"Oh tell me, my darling son, pray tell me what they done.
How is it you come to be this way?"
He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move
And the mother had to turn her face away.

"Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war
You thought it was the best thing I could do?
I was on the battleground, you were home . . . acting proud.
You wasn't there standing in my shoes."

"Oh, and I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here?
I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'.
But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close
And I saw that his face looked just like mine."

Oh! Lord! Just like mine!

"And I couldn't help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink,
That I was just a puppet in a play.
And through the roar and smoke, this string is finally broke,
And a cannon ball blew my eyes away."

As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock
At seein' the metal brace that helped him stand.
But as he turned to go, he called his mother close
And he dropped his medals down into her hand.

This happenend a couple of days back...

I parked the car at a wrong place in green park, so it was towed away to hauz khaas police station.

When I went there to get it back, I had to deal with a (s)tout constable, typical of delhi police, obviously a Jaat. What happenend is follows:

Me:"Woh hari gaadi meri hai"
He:"Mehendi rang waadi"
Me:"Haan"
He:"theek hai, le jaa"
Me:"fine kitna hai"
He:"150 bina padchi, 300 padchi ke saath"
Me:"bhaiyaa parchi kaat do" (in my UP ka bhaiyaa ishtyle)

the receipt read: "Car found parked at non parking place. Causing Obtruction to traffic & pedestrians"

Rain on Holi!

Its cool here in Delhi!

Pune kind of weather here today, something I miss badly...

I'd love to leave early & go for a drive to President's House & India Gate!!!

Wishing a very Happy Holi to all...

Greatest One-Day Ever

So I'd let the expert speak on this...

Folks Watch out for space on Manish Bro's blog (Click Here)

Throw Throws & Thrown

So this happened during an interview...

Me: "Can you describe me the difference between the throw & throws keywords"

He: "When a method is expected to throw more than one exception, you got to use the throws keyword else its OK to use the throw."

Murphy's Law

You need to pee only when you are stuck in a traffic jam...

Weekend Shopping

got a cool canon digicam on saturday!

looks good works better!