Junk Mails - A different outlook

Junk Mails - A different outlook

[courtesy: http://craniumbolts.blogspot.com/]

Leave me alone. Go away. I don't want your crap showing up in my inbox. How many time have you got annoyed by receiving spam and junk mails. Its a marketing war out there aimed at innocent victims like us.

Here's a transcript from modern day Mahabharat on Spam and Junk Mails:

Arjun is disillusioned and Krishna is trying to clear the disillusionment...

Krishna: Arjun , Try to respect the e-mails of your elders .

Arjun: But Vasudev, how dare I send junk mails to my honourable elders who are logged on to honourable domains ?

Krishna: Paarth, at this moment they neither are your friend nor your foes. They are mere mail-users. So follow your Net-dharma. Logon and send dozens of junk mails. This is your Karma and this alone is your Dharma.

Arjun: Hey Murari ! After seeing all this , I feel like resigning from Software Industry itself .

Krishna: Bandhu, it seems you are caught in a vicious circle of Maaya. In this material world you have none and you are commited to none. Junk mails have existed before you came to this world and shall remain long after you are gone. Rise above this Maaya and perform your duty. Just keep sending junk mails.

Arjun: But Devaki Nandan...........!

Krishna: ... Victory or failure is not in your hands. So stop pondering about results. Don't waste your knowledge on the junk shastra bestowed by your Guru Dronacharya.

Arjun: Hey Keshav, how is junk mail related to the ' system ' ?

Krishna: Junk mail is just junk mail. It has no connection with Hardware. However, it is another matter that it overloads the system... fills up the hard disk...., but you are not supposed to worry about it. Listen Kunti putra, the way Aatma leaves one physical body and moves onto another, likewise these junk mails move from system to system.

Arjun: How can one define junk mail ?

Krishna: Neither fire can burn it.., nor air can dry it... neither it can be conqured nor it can be defeated. He who sends junk mails cannot be looked down upon even by Mahadev... Junk mails
are immortal.

Arjun: Hey Narayan ! Now all my doubts on junk mail are crystal clear. You have opened my eyes Yashoda Nandan, or else I would have lost myself in Maaya and read all the junk mails myself.

........... MAHAAABHAAAAARAT ............

Years have passed since then, generations have come and gone, seasons have cycled, technology advanced, but junk mails remain.

So, go on, contribute something to the history by hitting that forward button yet again to send this junk mail to all !!!!!!

Requirements Vs Analysis

Your requirements define what is requested to be built.
Your analysis defines what will be built.

Kadalai Partner...

This is a real exchange between a friend of mine and his 'Kadalai partner'.

Who is a kadalai partner?

A kadalai partner is one who should be of the opposite sex and own a cell phone.
He / She should have the same cell plan mostly corporate plans provided by Airtel, Aircel and Hutch.
They should be working in the same company [else u wont get the free plan corporate connection].
They can be tired of anything in the world but not speaking in the phone. [especially to you, ofcourse]
They should tell 'what else', 'appuram', 'verenna sollu' etc. frequently.
They should be in phone with u most of the time[ ofcourse why should they care about their room mates. You bet they pity their roomie has not got a partner but anyways they respect the roommates privacy.]

The exchange goes like this. What makes it authentic is that I have tried two or three times with one of my friends in an unsuccessful attempt to make her my kadalai partner. It was something similar to this. Also I have seen two of my previous room mates frying in the night. I used to cover myself inside the bedsheet and laugh at the exchanges. Here goes the exchange this post is about. [To preserve the identities of the parties, we use 'He' and 'She']

He calls She

She: Hello!

He: What the doing?

She: Ippo dhaan saaptu mudichen. Sir enna pannitu irukaaru?

He: Ippo dhaan 'Suttum vizhi sudare' paatu paathen Sun Music la

She: Nalla paatu.

(And then she hums the line 'mazhai azhagha veyil azhagha')

He: hey!!!!Nee ivlo nalla paaduviya

She: *giggles*

He: Hey. Innoru vaati paadaen

She: En room mates ellam thoongita. Ava bayandhuduva

He: Come on! Please!

She: Poada. I don't sing that well

He: It was really sweet. Please paaden

She: Enakku odd aa irukku da

He: Idhula ennama irukku. Nalla paadare.

She: Nee dhaan sollanum

He: Ippo paaduviya maatiya?

She: yaenda paduththare

He: Sigh! Ok

She: I don't have that great voice

He: hmmmm

She: Seri. Ivlo kaekkare. Unakaaga ore oru stanza paadaren

He: Great!!!!

She: Endha paatu paadatum?

He: Hmmmm. 'un perai sonnale' from dum dum dum?

She: Nice song. But enakku lyrics gnabagam illai

He: Chinna chinna aasai?

She: Illai indha paate paadaren

He: Cool

(She clears her throat, hums a line and then)

She: Illai vendaam. Am feeling very shy!

He: Paadu she paadu. Un isai endra inba veLLathil neendha odoadi vandha
ennai yematradhe she. Paadu

She: Galatta panre paathiya

He: No no. Nee shy aa feel panre illaiya. Trying to make u cool

She: Hmmm

He: please paadaen

She: naaLaikku paadatumaaa?

He: Seri maa. Unakku eppadi thonaradho appadiye pannu

She: Hmmm

He: Good night

She: Good night


After a while She calls He


She: Thoonigitya

He: Illai ma. Match paathundu irundhen

She: Seri. Nee match paaru

He: Hey. Its ok. Pazhaya match dhaan.

She: Illai. Did u feel bad I didn't sing?
(Since it is a tricky question, He thinks for a while)

He: Bad appadinu solla maaten. But I want you to be comfortable first.
naaLaikku paadaren sonne illa. So me waiting

She sings 1 stanza from the song

He: Wow. Too good!

She: Poarum. I know how kevalam my voice is

He: Hey you really sing well.

She: Poada...Nee sollanume appadinu solre

He: Cha! Cha! Un voice nalla illaati naan ivlo kaekkave maaten

She: Hmmmm

He: Nee ivLo nalla paaduve enakku theriyaadhu

She: Hmmm! Seri good night

He: Good night!

She: Take care

He: You too

She: Nejamaave en voice nalla irundadhaa

He: Nejamma! Ofcourse.

She: Nee poi solre

He: Not at all. You sing very well

She: Hmmm. Ennamo solre. Good night.

He: Good Night!!


So after successfully wishing she 'good night' for the

umpteenth time, our He hangs up the phone ;-)

Vijay Redemption ... The week end of surprises

This week was a redemption in my life. I surprised myself with so much of events. I did five hours of physical work this week end. I did not take too much of calories in. I watched over the fat. I washed my clothes on Friday. And above all, I had a hair cut ;)

I started Friday evening by a hair cut. The hair stylist, she surprised me by remembering my specifications. She remembered my last visit; which was 75 days before. I didnt expect it the least and rewarded her with a 25% tip.[2 dollars]

After that sankar and me wanted a adventure and we started exploring a different path to our house from the saloon. We missed a turn and we ended up walking for a bit more than two hours which if we had taken the right path should be less than 30 minutes.

Saturday was a good start. I woke up at morning 9:30. Listened to many songs on net. I listened to Illayaraja's instrumentals. Then I called my dear friend. It was very good speaking with her. It was a great way to start a week end. After that I slept again for 3 hours. From evening 6:00 to 2:00 wacthed two movies - Gladiator and GodFather part 3. We accomodated a guest this week in our house. He is assigned to onsite and we gave him the landing in our house. I swam for twenty minutes in the pool.

Today morning I woke up at 8:30; started the day with chess. Lost the game. Then I saw some scenes from Anand movie. After lunch - Chappathi + Brinjal curry - I watched a malayalam movie CID Moosa. It was ok. Then myself and sankar went for a walk in medical drive.

The wind was pleasant. Cool breeze and lush green environment due to the spring break. The Medical centers had good gardens and lawns and it was a very good walk. We walked for 2 hours together. I didnt feel like coming back. Hmmm... Why do certain things have to come to an end?

Life was too quick to respond this time. "For some better things to come". I went for swimming after that. I swam for 30 minutes. It was very pleasant and more satisfying than the walk. But only 50% of the time I crossed the length. But it was just 3ft 6 inches deep... and so no danger.

While thinking on it while lying down on the banks of the pool, I remembered about a joke. One caring but illiterate farmer who happens to be a parent of a boy; going to village school for the first time; checks the boys progress time and again with the old village school master.

First time, the master says he will jump 1/4th of the well. Second time the master says, he will cross half of the well. The third time master says, he has shown good improvement and he will jump across 3/4th of the well. The poor chap flunked in the exams. The farmer was puzzled and inquired the school master that from your reports, it appeared that he was picking up very fast, was improving and doing good. The School master said, my last report was that he will jump across 3/4th of the well. But what use it is if u jump 1/4th or 3/4th of the well; if you dont jump the whole length. You will eventually drown. And that is what has happened. I was correct all the time if you have understood me completely.

This is what in tamil they say as "paadhi kinaru thaandiduvaan, mukkal kinaru thaandivaan etc." and the saying goes as "aanaa muzhu kinaru thaandaama adhanaala enna payan".

Now coming back to the swimming, there is no use if I dont cross the full length all the time because in the real waters, one mistake is all it takes to drown.

Gone is my friend... Shawshank redemption...

"Sometimes it makes me sad though...
... Andy being gone.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.
And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.
But still...
the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they are gone.
I guess I just miss my friend. "


Red about Andy after Andy moves out of prison and his life; after Andy moves out of his 20 years of imprisonment.
ShawShank Redemption... There is no wonder the movie had 7 nominees for Academy awards.

Everyone makes mistakes; only fools repeat them

I got this today in a forward in yahoo messenger.

"read this carefully......which was been sent by Yahoo president Jay Rusell...... This is Yahoo President Jay Russell, I am sorry to announce that Yahoo has reached its maximum number of accounts two million. If you would like to keep your account for free send this to everyone on your list. This way we can know which accounts are being used and which accounts we can delete. Send this within 8 days and your account will remain free. Once again I am sincerely sorry that I have to do this. Please start sending. Jay Russell, Yahoo Management Renee: WHOEVER DOESN'T SEND THIS MESSAGE YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND IT WILL COST $10.00 A MONTH TO USE IT! TO SEND 2 EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST, RIGHT CLICK ON YOUR GROUP"

I cannot stop wondering how foolish the author is to think that some one will fall for such a farce or how many fools he should have encountered in his life that he thinks this will pass.

Some Prospective Future Editions ...

On a lighter note, I was thinking what would be a better topic to start another blog. I hit upon some ideas:

1) Gods and Goddesses
2) Daemons and Angels
3) Movies and Foods
4) Justice and Punishment
5) Agriculture and Farming
6) Politics and People

I have not included technology for I want to explore lighter sides of life where I am lacking.

Long time no see. It has been nearly a week. Days are moving fast. The days are moving so fast and weekends come so fast.
I was reading some bhagavad gita in the past days. When krishna speaks to Arjuna about the qualities of good people, he says that renunciation is good. But there are many people who renounce their prescribed duties. Such a renounciation will not be considered as a sacrifice and it leads to no elevation. Then what will be considered as a act of renounciation. If you are able to do your duties and yet not attach yourselves to the results of it, then such an act will be considered as renunciation. I used to find such excuses to explain my failures towards some of my duties.
so leaving those aside, last week I saw the movies: "Salaam Namaste", "Die Hard 2", "GodFather 2", "Wag the dog", "Look Who is talking" and "Murder at 1600". Some were good; but none of them were impressing.

Technically, now a days i am more interested in reading the contributions of open source community; especially Apache. When ever time permits, i read their projects. It is amazing to see how a virtual group of people who are geographically, culturally, politically dispersed can still coordinate and contribute such good projects to the community.

Food today:

Now a days lunch in cafeteria mainly consists of Gourmet.
1) Spanish rice / Cilantro Rice / Whipped fresh potatoes with pepper gravy


It has become monotaneous. But whipped potatoes have an interesting taste which doesnt taste like potatoes.

wow... i was effficient today

After a long time i really enjoyed my sleep. I slept continuosly for 10 hours.
I woke up recalling what all work i need to do for the day. I walked fast to office. Skipped my break fast. And worked highly efficiently. I was parallely processing many tasks.

Myself and shankar went for lunch today in cafeteria :
I got onion rings and Fried Taco salad.
Taco - is like our chapathi.
Fried Taco - is like our puri.

if we fry puri to the maximum it will come like this. Then put olives, tomatoes, lot of lettuce, some spanish rice [our tomato rice without chilli or salt], add some sour cream and some green chutney and absolutely no salt and spice in any thing. This is the fried Taco salad.
Rating: 2/5
Price : $ 3.25

Ok. I am now preparing Godhumai uppuma and spinach curry along with my room mate. This is some speciality of my new room mate - Anil. First time i am seeing some one preparing uppuma in a kundah [vesssel] and not in a frying kadai.
It smells nice... Let me go and attack it. Till next update, ciao...