I completed this post...finally!!!

its' been quite a while I have written something...not that I was falling short of things to scribble about...but somehow cudnt manage to pen down my thoughts....my last writeup was bad....as was my mood that day! but thats gone now...over...completely over...lessons learnt..."Don't get shocked/surprised/pissed off by people's actions"...anything is possible!

I had better things waiting for me after this bitter experience...I was flying to Washington DC to meet Shruts and Mattoo! It had been so long I had seen Shruti...the 3 clowns were back together again...what we did the most...missed our 4th clown...missed her just too much to mention...the next thing we did...laughed and laughed and laughed on all those stories that we remembered umpteenth time!! I have stopped the count we repeatedly talked about our "HIGH kisse and kaand" and rolled on the floor laughing!!! another interesting phenomenon: meeting MAttoo's roomies: a kallu, a mongolian, 2 Indians: one sweetly wierd and another simply wierd!! they might be thinking us as wierd; especially when sheenu, shruti and I were just laughing our hearts out!! all perception uc ;))

the next two days were just too short to pass by...we just went on and on and on looking places...The Capitol, The White House, The Washington Memorial, The Lincoln Memorial, Pentagon, and not to forget the museums....those were just TOO many and TOO huge to cover in a couple of days...at the end of everything I felt so short of time in my hands...I mean just come to think of it...so many things to do, so many places to visit, so much to learn, so much to know...wished life was longer to do all of these...wished days had 48 hrs...or maybe 96 ;))...I also went to the National Cathdral in DC...it was HUGE, it was beautiful and it was so peaceful there...all n' all my DC trip was fun! only that I missed the Cherry Blossom Festival by 15 days:( some other time...

the next week I went to the TCS Springfest party...hoping to see some good guys around...;) but ALAS! I went there only to find out about the growing numbers of those "typical" South Indian guys in Chicago :((( not that all South Indian are bad...c'mon who knows better than me! he was a tamilian ....but the crowd here was saddeningly bad :((

I dunno wheres days fly off...weeks are over in a flick...lemme remember if I have done something significant in the past two weeks...ummmm....work...aah c'mon! I need to remember something "significant"...well that leaves me with only one thing..."watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S."!!! I have always been a die hard F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan...only at times my craze to wtch F.R.I.E.N.D.S. becomes dormant for some reasons...it currently its' UP and very much UP! so I have been watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. like everyday till I can manage...the only reason that makes me stop that is the thought of getting up in the morning...:(( and each time I watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S., I end up with one conclusion...." I love Chandler!!!!" "I simply absolutely love him!!"

another weekend has started...and whatta start! I get a wakeup call asking me to login and solve some production issue!! rocking! isn;t it!! :)) neways, after the "safai abhiyaan" aka "cleanliness drive" of our house...I sit down here to complete my post that has been lingering around since ages....

and last but not the least...I am very happy today...for reasons not to be mentioned...its' a day for aai, baba, bhai and I to celebrate!! Life is beautiful....

Happy Holi!!

It was holi yesterday…for the first time in my life I celebrated Holi that was so dry!! My roomies were giving me a whatta-nonsense-gal-she-is looks when I was dancing around in the house asking them to celebrate holi!!! Finally we were at our friend’s place with red faces and a happy feeling inside me that I finally “played Holi”!! time and again things happen that remind me that I am away from my-home…my-place…I am finding myself in the midst of thoughts…thoughts that seem to be so conflicting at times…thoughts all around me…thoughts that compel me to think…to take a stance…something that I don’t intend to do right now…

Life here is…I dunno…what can I call it? Maybe ironical…in a sense that makes you feel amused, happy, excited but sad at the same time…five people staying in one house…I can’t call it home…home is in dewas…home was where the four clowns lived…everyone here in on the phone except for me…everyone glued to the cell phone…sitting in a corner…with a handsfree attached to the ear…dinner plate in the hands and sitting in front of the laptop…no one has the time to speak to people inside the house…people…in flesh and blood…people living…moving…”in the house”!! for me…things are a bit different…I am not on the phone most of the times…reason being as simple as not having anyone to talk to the way these gals do…not that I won’t enjoy that but then at the same time I can’t talk to “just anyone”….i have my dinner watching TV…I hate eating food in front of the laptop!! And the most ironical part which pinches me…bugs me…hurts me…bothers me is Chunnu and I used to talk more when I was in India and she was here…here…we just miss out on talking to each other…and by the time I realize that I find Chunnu on the phone or Chunnu finds me asleep or checking out some production issue….!!

I am not feeling well today and I am missing home…I am missing aai baba…and I am missing them badly…we take so many things granted in our life! When I am sitting here and tapping the keyboard with this stuff I remember the khichdi aai prepared…I remember her stroking my hair and her hands on my forehead to check the temperature…dad’s taking my side when aai used to scold me…those quarrels with bhai…and both of us being locked in the room…our playing Holi together…going to market with baba sitting on the scooter to buy pichkari and balloons and colors…there’s something here that makes me feel hollow…empty from inside…and then I am surrounded by the thought of good things here…I just find myself short of people to share all this with…

I was reading Abhinav’s blog yesterday…only that he puts up everything with a coating of something that sounds funny…that looks funny…but the feeling is universal…even he misses home…his mom…his place…but presents it in a much better way...very much unlike me…

And last but not the least, some additions to my last writeup…

Found this sketch by Sujatha…she had gifted this cute Popoye sketch to me…just like that! I have put that on my desk…remember her when I see that sketch…

Went to play bowling yesterday…missed Mahan n’ Surya…missed the times when I used to hangout with these guys…and played bowling to vent out the “negative energy”…that how Mahan used to call it…!!

Read Vamsi’s blog and missed the golden time I spent in aamchi Mumbai…I miss the local trains…BEST buses…crowd…road side shopping…hawkers with “chana chor garam”…

Each Saturday I miss going to VMS (Victoria Memorial School for the visually impaired)…miss the kids…miss the feeling to contentment I used to have after teaching them…miss my GANG of VMS friends…

hazaron khwahishen aisee...

had dinner, watched F.R.I.E.N.D.S....Sandy and Pooja have already slept, they are the "good gals" of the house!! Sheenu and Neha haven't come yet...and i am sitting in front of my laptop...thinking, missing, enjoying...and yes...writing...

there has been something or the other happening here that reminds me of people...

I was watching the Laughter Challenge on my laptop and rolled with laughter when "pehchaun kaun" act by Navin Prabhakar came!! and I missed Avi....

I was flipping the pages of my notebook when the printout of one of the emails that Vamsi had sent me dropped down...I read...I re-read...and I missed Vamsi...

I was inside this store to buy some stuff when this girl behind me happened to say "WAAAWWWW" for something...and I missed Tai...

I missed JD on 23rd...its' been 2 years we met...that was the only time I guess I was SO wrong in judging someone!! I had thot of him as a sensible serious chap and he turned out to be the maximum possible opposite sorts...!! a complete nautanki!! :))

I eat strawberries almost everyday and I miss Vipula...she loves strawberries...

I hardly make tea here...infact I haven't prepared tea since I came here...whoever drinks tea makes it for themselves...and everyday I miss Sanu...miss the moments of my cribbing to prepare tea for her...miss Sanu's expressions that became "oh-so-sweet" so that I made tea for her...although there are just too many reasons to mention why I miss Sanu...

watched OSCARS yesterday and remembered the rick drives of Sanu, me, Shruti and Vij in Mumbai at late hours after watching all the OSCAR nominated movies in Mumbai...

talked to aai about the Filmfare awards and missed watching some real "desi channels" on the TV...watching Abhishek Bachchan....:((

saw the snaps of my offshore team going on picnic...missed being with them...missed having fun with the gang there....(n' yes that inclused my tall-dark-handsome PL at offshore!!!) ;))

as for aai, baba and bhai...I don't need a reason...an instance to miss them....

but then I enjoy being here...meeting new people...doing a job which is challenging...exploring new places...eating out...hanging out...enjoying the snowfall...the drive...the place...the system...the culture...

and now I wonder on a situation where I am enjoying all this stuff with the people I love...my aai, baba, bhai...friends...

we get so greedy at times...we want everything all together...why don't desires come to an end...why aren't dreams over....

but then we need desires...a desire to live...a desire to fulfill the desires...dreams would never be over, 'coz each time we will goto sleep...we'll dream of something and get up with a desire to fulfill that dream...

hazaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle...
bhaut nikle mere armaan lekin fir bhi kam nikle...

can't come up with a title...

I sit and I wonder...
I am moving ahead...but I wanna stop for a while...
I look back and I smile...
so many years have just passed by...
fail to stop them however hard I try...
school and college getting over in a flick...
and time was just playing its' trick...
and before I realized...
Here I am in a new country...
all mesimerized...
still pinch myself to find everything around me is for real...
miss my home...but got one over here...
miss mum, dad, family n' friends...
but getting to know things that are new and trying to comprehend...
feeling amused as life unfolds...
experiencing the new and cherishing the old...
and waiting for the next day with some new stories to be told...

another weekend's over...:(

so many things happening...so many things to be done...so many destinations to be reached...so many journeys to travel...so many things to be explored...

crux of the story is...I've got so much to write but falling short of chance n' time...
just the highlights right now...details later...

Friday...
went out to Chipotle for lunch and had a sllllurrpingly tasty Mexican lunch! those Burritos were awsumm!!
the good day ended soon with issues popping up at 9 p.m. and I ended up with a night out in front of that laptop till 10 in the morning...:((

Saturday...
did laundry...;)) whatta thing to mention!! heheheheee
watched My Best Friend's Wedding and Jerry Maguire...
went to Michaels...its one of the biggest store for arts n' crafts!! details later...
had one of the best chocolate icecreams at Ben n' Jerry's!
had a gappa party at home... with some tasty tortillas n' salsa...c'mon guys I am a foodie...can't help that !!! ;)
played cards after a long time...

Sunday...
went to Gurudwara and had lunch at langar... awsumm food again!!
went to see the frozen River Fox...
watched Guru...
enjoyed the snowfall!! feeling the cotton-like-snow on your face is amazing...

thats it right now...gotto go to sleep...kal fir Monday!! AAAAAH i hate those mondays!!!

its' chillllllinnnnnnnggggg.....!!!

I had written this post yesterday but forgot to put it on the blog…better late than never…so here it is…

The temperature’s –30 degree F and its’ chillllllling!!! I just saw outside the window and all’s covered in a white sheet of snow…looks beautiful but only for a while…for a moment I remembered the Mumbai rains…only that the water was replaced by snow!!! I dunno how am I going to drive back home with all the snow around…its’ a usual day in the office…all work no play…gotto finish up things…dreaming of going home, getting inside the blanket and enjoying a cuppa coffee reading a book…but as of now I can only “dream” about it…

I decide to do something practical…so take a break…write my blog and go back to work…

Ah, before I end…Tim bought cookies for all of us!! He baked those and they are amazingly awesome!!! He’s one of the most affectionate people around…and getting affection when you are far far away from home…means a lot….here I take the last bite of cookie and get back to work…these cookies are yummmmmmyyy!!!

weekend's over...:(

its' 23:45...the weekend's over...:(( another week with loads of work on my head...but then another weekend to wait for....:))

I am all ready to fall asleep but thot of scribbling down something on this blog which has become one permanent and loyal part of life....(waiting for a better "permanent and loyal part-ner) !!! In all the cases this blog's gonna be with me always...

The weekend was a relaxed one...weather forecast had predictions of the temp. dropping to -4 degree F...so had no other choice but to be at home....its' CHILLING out here!! neways, sheenu, neha n' I did went for a drive yesterday evening (we were so tired sitting at home!!). We thot of eating some rich desserts and coming back...but then we ended up going for Salam-e-ishq...and yeah...that was a bad decision...except for Sallu!! GOSH he's SO handsome....and he seems to be become handsome-er and handsome-er with his age!!! Believe me...Sallu was the only good thing happened in Salam-e-ishq!! But then again this was my first-hindi-movie-in-Chicago!!

Sunday went completely at home....yes "completely"...Ujju went back to India today...3 months back, when she was leaving for Schaumburg, I had packed her bags and bid her goodbye in Mumbai...without any idea that I'll be here in Schaumburg again to pack her bags and bid her bbye to India!! Life's so unpredictable!! When I reached Chicago, I pinched myself just to realize that it was all real...I actually felt like a moron of thinking so much in the past...you never know what's in store for you, and your "thinking" is not going to make an ounce of a difference...things just happen when are supposed to...

Experinces till now are amusing!! neways, I haven't seen many places till now...All Thanks to this Winter here!! but whatever I have seen, experienced is amusing...Ujju had treated us before leaving in India Gardens (one of the decent Indian restaurants here)...its' funny to see someone take an order for Da'l Ta'dka' and Paneerrr Ja'lfreeyezee with an absolute-american-accent!!! Similar experience when I went to "Milan Chat" and had samosas there...only to realize that one samosa costed 350/-....I gotto stop this converting-dollars-to-rupees!!!

I was making parathas the other day when suddenly some irritating sound started...it took me sometime to believe that my paratha-making had made the fire alarm to work!!! Thankfully the alarm stopped after 5-10 mins...(it took us a good effort to make it stop!!) The very next day I heard a more irritating and loud alarm...it ended up being the fire alarm for the whole building!! within 10 mins all the people were seen downstairs in their nightsuits!! the next thing was "Arrival of the FIRE BRIGADE"!! After another 15 mins we were told that someone had burnt the curry in one of the apartments and everything was safe...:)) had the alarm from my parathas went a bit longer, a similar scene would have happened!! :))) mind you...but I have become so cautious while cooking!!!

YAAAAWWWWWWWWWWNNNNN.......I am sleepy....gotto get up early tomorrow...:(( I hate Mondays!!

but my hatred for Mondays won't make any difference...So thats it for now...

so much work...:((

its' been 3 days in the office and I am being "bombarded" with work...not that I didn't like to wrk...but was just out of touch for a while....;)) I can actually feel the stress of working at the client site:( Tim asked me today if I had any grey hair...and when I denied that....he winnked and said...don't worry they'll pop up soon here!!

Life is so different here...My day starts at 6:30 and I reach office at 7:30...(something that I haven't done in YEARS)...mum...I hope you read this...you'll be the happiest to know about this!!days are really short here....they just start and end in a flick!!and suddenly you realize ....all you did in the office is "work"...."only work"....again something I was out of touch of...;) Lunch wraps up in 10 mins....unlike those elaborate meals we used to have in Mumbai...I am just getting used to it....neways, funda is simple...I have come here to work and I am doing that...In a way I am liking this routine...only that the stress levels at the workplace are too high...they are getting onto my nerves right now and I am not enjoying that at all!! :(( but no worries...this will also pass by...

After a tiring day when I get back home...I face a very blunt fact....fact that I am away from home...away from people I love...away from people who love me... (Chunnu is an exception...I just love her!!) everyone here is so busy with their ownself...their life...their stress...their worries...I don't even tslk to all the people living with me in the same house...and I am not used to that...the "personal space"given is just too much to handle....
but then even I don't have time to ponder on it...'coz I just gotto cook the dinner and goto sleep...another stressful...eventful day is waiting for me....

and yes I am listening to "yeh jo des hai tera....".....:))

aren't these lovely....

Mitti Ki Hai Jo Khushboo, Tu Kaise Bhulayega
Tu Chahe Kahin JaYeh, Tu Laut Ke Aayega
Nayee-Nayee Rahon Mein, Dabi-Dabi Aahon Mein
Khoyeh-Khoyeh Dil Se Tere Koi yeh Kahega

I have reached Chicago!

After the first day in the office, here I am sittng at home listening to "yeh jo des hai tera..."and getting nostalgic about everything....finally getting a chance to write down things...so many of them on my mind...

I reached Chicago on Saturday...all my way of that 18 hours' flight....I used to peep out of the window looking at the clouds n' pinching myself if i was dreaming...c'mon I deserve to feel this way...my first trip in the air made me feel amused!! but 18 hours were just too much at one go...it was getting onto me at the end of it....but yes I was amused....amused at the fact that an ordinary girl from a small town is experiencing this...not that its' that big a deal...but for me...yes it is...for many reasons to mention....at one corner of my heart I was crying...crying to leave the most important people of my life behind....leaving my country and goign to another place...but then again i never wanted to miss that opportunity especially when it had just come to me out of the blue!!
:))
at the end of everything all I feel is Amused!!

another big reason for me to get excited about was meeting my Chunnu!! after so long...! she had come over to pick me up....a friend's presence in a new place...a new country....means a lot!!
my weekend went great! chunnu ensured that it goes great! I started my stay in Schaumburg with the snowfall!! whtta scene mann!! all white around!!its' chilling out here... then I visited a temple...Hari Om Mandir...and it was the "Bhandara" day!! so had prasad in the mandir n' guess what ....the prasad included "COKE"....only to make me realize that I was in US's temple...!!:))

things are very different here...the way of life....the way of thinking...the behaviour...feels good to experience a new culture...something good n' something bad about it...! but the worst part is when you see people from ur land changing upside down aftr coming here....I still am unable to figure out what makes people change their self...their behaviour...their way of thoughts...is it the money, or the insecurity....or its' just another way to capture some attention....whatever it is...its' wierd....absolutely wierd...


I am still unable to figure out if I am feeling good or I am feeling sad...its' soemthing like...

"Everything around here is so fine...but then everything around here is not mine..."

no pollution, no poverty, all money, cleanliness, discipline...so many things to feel good about...but at the end of day I don't belong here...I belong to my India...my land....my country...I don't mind staying here and get a feel of things n' people...its' an experience worth cherishing about!! but at the end of day I wanna go back to India...bole to "Mera Bharat Mahan!!!"
n' yeah I am still listening to "yeh jo des hai tera..." I loved it...n' now I love it all the more...

Something...

Something I see…
Something I like…
Something I want…
Something I desire…
Something I remember…
Something I cherish...
I cry for something…
I smile for something…
I look for something…
I crave for something…
I dream for something…
I wait for something…
I am living for something…
I’ll die for something…
I wish I’ll be remembered for something…
I hope I’ll be missed for something…

I am sad...........

Abhishek got engaged to aish...
:(((((((

I am SAD...............

love ya Popat!!

Popat always cribs that I love her less and express it all the more less...(nice oxymoron isn't it!!?)…I dunno whats her measure for that…but I love her all the more for that cribbing…as for me…I am bad in expressing…so whenever popat turns to me with that puppy dog expression of not loving her…I bash her all the more!! And I enjoy that!!

I dunno why but the days spent with chunnu…popat…janu have been one of the best parts of my life…the golden days…maybe ‘coz we all were so much alike…inspite of being so different…each one with a unique temperament…a unique style…but at the end of day we were just a jing bang of four clowns…that’s what my dad used to call us…Those night long chats…the mindless comedy the four of us ended up doing…Sanu’s popats…washing clothes at 1:30 a.m., cooking food at 3:00 a.m!!! I just can’t get over it…our Happy High Family!!

Since chunnu and janu left…popat n’ I are together…fighting as always…janu n’ chunnu were so concerned about both of us together…’coz they knew how we love to fight with each other…even other people get tensed when they see both of us fighting…little do they know that’s our expression of love…!

At this juncture in life…everyone around me n’ popat are worried about our relationship except for the both of us!!! all advising us to think and behave with maturity…little do they know we two are just too good to handle these things…these tiny tweety bits of bad times here n’ there are not going to make any difference to us…popat and I gotta unique combo…she needs expressions all the time and I am too bad with it…popat cribs about me not telling her how much I love her… neither do I tell her that inspite of her cribbing!! And we love each other for that…

This writeup just for you popat…just to tell you…I love you…I love you lotsss…love your popats…ur just too good with those!!! I wish I cud catalog all those goof ups at one place…!! nothing big or small gonna make a difference in that…I’ll just be a call away..anytime and everytime…distances won’t matter to us…whoever goes…the other will just be following behind…

the combination of the four of us can never ever happen with anyone else…we are just too good together...I really wish for a time with the four clowns being together again to recreate the magic!! hope it happens soon...

pal...

Hum rahe ya na rahe kal
Kal yaad aayenge yeh pal
Pal, yeh hain pyaar ke pal
Chal, aa mere sang chal
Chal, soche kyaChhoti si hai zindagi
Kal mil jaaye to hogi khushnaseebi
Hum rahe ya na rahe,
yaad aayenge yeh pal
Shaam ka aanchal odhke aayi
Dekho voh raat suhaani
Aa likh de hum donon milke
Apni yeh prem kahaani
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal
Aane waali subha jaane
Rang kya laaye deewaani
Meri chaahat ko rakh lena
Jaise koi nishaani
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal
Hum rahe ya na rahe kal
Kal yaad aayenge yeh palPal,
yeh hain pyaar ke pal
Chal, aa mere sang chal
Chal, soche kya
Chhoti si hai zindagi
Kal mil jaaye to hogi khushnaseebi
Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal.................

I dunno what to write…how to write…too many things happening…life taking turns…making you face situations you never anticipated…bringing you so close to the harsh realities…

Motu is a dear friend…both of us have too many things in common…both of us relate to the shape “round”, both of us end up showing our batteesee (32 teeth) most of the times…both of us are BIG time foodies…just too many to mention…that’s the reason we call each other motu sisters!! The phase of your life when everything seems to just go wrong, even that phase was going parallel for us…somewhere things were taking a “slight” positive turn for me and I wished the same for motu. The sudden realization that the parallel track of two people taking different directions is not-so-pleasant…

Motu’s mom was suddenly diagnosed with a serious disease; the shock was big enuff to handle. The responsibility of taking decisions, arranging things, meeting docs, deciding hospitals is not-so-easy-a-task! I was with motu at the day of surgery, so were some other friends. Hospitals are depressing…completely depressing…but then that is the only option at times…sending your mum to the operation theater with a smile so that she gets the strength to fight-it-out, inspite of the fact that you are crying inside takes a lot of guts…I saw motu doing all that…I saw her breaking down at times but at the same time I also saw her pulling herself up and fighting it out. All I could do was to be there…with her…I could actually realize how much it means to be there when someone needs you…

The ordeal of passing each and every minute…every second till the surgery was complete had exhausted Motu and her family…emotionally, mentally, physically…her wet eyes, her fading smile…had put me to thought…presence of our parents mean so much…its’ so difficult to see them go though the pain…money becomes the necessary evil of our lives at times…friends mean so much…testing times can knock anyone’s door, anytime…!!!

When I was witnessing this whole thing…I just thought about the times I had hurt my aai baba, at times intentionally, unintentionally at other times…somewhere down it pinched my heart so much…all I can wish is not to repeat them ever again…

Motu has seen one of the hardest times of her life, and I also know that she’s strong enough to handle “everything”. I always believe that God puts testing times on the ones who can have the courage to face it, handle it. We need to take such times as an opportunity to find out the people who are actually there when we need them.

Motu, m always gonna be with you…just a call away…I love you…aunty’s gonna be fine…and as I say…achche logon ke saath achcha hi hota hai (good happens to ggod people)…waiting to see that smile and twinkle in your eyes again…!!!

no title for this...

She is standing at crossroads…confused, amused, angry, upset at the turn of events…she never wanted it this way…all she feels is helpless with the situations…how can one become so much a slave in front of situations!? Why can’t good happen to everyone!? Why can’t things go right with everyone!?

But then that’s the way it is…one just falls a prey to circumstances…that one had never thought of…never anticipated…and beauty is in the way one comes out of it…dealing it…facing it…and winning over it…!!

Gone...

There he comes…
And stands in front of her…
They meet…
They talk…
And she falls in love…
He goes back…
She waits for him to come…
And take her away…
She waits…
and she waits….
But he never comes back…
He was gone…with his love…
All she feels now is amused!
Why can’t she be like her…
Why couldn’t he love her…
But then not all questions have answers…
Like all deserts don’t have showers…
All she feels now is amused…

you can only if you want to...

What am I doing with what I have…!?
Its’ ironical when I see people who have less n’ who do much more…

Only this thought bugged me when I met this chap called Charudutta Jadhav. Let me tell you he’s a programming geek, an expert of C, C++, VC++, Java, ORACLE, VB, .NET…and he’s visually challenged!! I had gone to meet him with a couple of friends so that he and his employer can meet the management of our company, talk to them and remove their apprehensions regarding recruitment of differently able people…!! During the meeting all that I learnt was how optimistic a person can be…this guy worked in a bank for 12 years! He gave exams for promotion every year but was rejected ‘coz of his disability inspite of his clearing exams each time…he finally resigned and happened to get a chance in this company called GTL whose VP believed in him and gave him a chance…inspite of holding a Masters in Economics, Charudutta had tried his hands on coding out of mere curiosity and interest…and that’s the reason he has gained such expertise on so many technologies in a span of six years…!!!

He’s working as a Project Manager of the RnD dept. of his company…and to add another feather in his cap, he used his knowledge of chess (he’s playing chess for the past 22 years and is a national Champ) and expertise in coding, and developed a CHESS game at par with the World’s best chess game with special features or the visually challenged and launched it with the minimum possible price so that people can afford it!! He gave a demo of this game and all I can say is FANTABULOUS!!!!

His aim is to develop utilities for visually challenged people which are affordable and can be used by them easily. Currently he’s working on a project to develop a counterpart of JAWS (in short, JAWS is the s/w through which visually challenged people can use computers independently) called Screen Reader that he’ll be launching at almost 1/10th price of that of JAWS.

Happened to write all this ‘coz I just received the news that Charu Datta Jadhav is getting the Best Employee of the Year Award by the honorable President of India on 4th December!! I was so happy after getting this news and wanted to share it to as many people as possible…so thought of putting it up over here…

Each one of us is gifted with some trait or the other to serve the world in our own way…we just need to find it and use it…guys like Charudutta are exceptions but they make you believe that challenges can always be triumphed…however big they are…

Strong Enough...

I don't listen to Sheryl Crowe usually...happened to hear this song today...just loved it...

Strong Enough….

God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I’d be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Nothing’s true and nothing’s right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can’t change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave

I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It’s try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?

When I’ve shown you that I just don’t care
When I’m throwing punches in the air
When I’m broken down and I can’t stand
Will you be strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave

hearts...

I wrote his name on the sand…
the waves came and washed it away…
I wrote it again with my hand…
But it wasn’t there to stay…
Why can’t the hearts be just like sand…
Where you write names and the waves just wash them away…
But then its’ only hearts that can love…
Let the heart love, lose and love again…
‘coz it likes to take the pain…pain of losing…
And only the heart can find it back again…all over again…

check this out!!!

found it on my friend’s blog, interesting huh?!!

Bold the ones you did.* the ones you really wanna do. Easy ...na!
(How about more stars, the more i wanna do those!!)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid*
06. Held a tarantula – Naah!!
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped*
11. Visited Paris*
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise…So many times!!
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa **
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower *
23. Gotten drunk on champagne ***
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope ---the Saturn Ring n’
moon look beautiful…simply beautiful…
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment---that was more than a moment…
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Have amazing friends---they all are simply superb!! You ROCK guys!!
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach***
50. Gone sky diving **
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero ( not exactly, but my bro n’ I used to play Vikram-Betal when we were kids!!! Hehehehheeeee)
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving *
62. Kissed in the rain *
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China **
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken---waiting for it to happen…
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married * not yet…
73. Been in a movie---a 15 minutes TCS movie!! Heheheheeee
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced - See point 72
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River-----eeekssssss!!!
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"** sochne mein kya hai! (Whats the harm to think about it!?)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas ***86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house***
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship ***
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children ***
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country**
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge***
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an illness that you couldn't have survived
105. Wrote article for a large publication**
106. Lost over 100 pounds – wish that to happen soon!!! 100 se kam chalega ;)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback *
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol*
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon**
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents*****
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach----EEEEEKS they are SO SO YUCKCKCKYYY!!
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read ...
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair--- had got ‘em highlighted…!
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life***********************************