Twinkle twinkle little star

Old one:
Twinkle twinkle little star,
how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky.

New one:
Twinkle twinkle all the bulbs,
no wonder, in all the hubs.
Think!!!, not only about the buck,
but make a move, before we run out of the luck.

The Making of the Barbecue

It was very drowsy n lazy week end when some one came up with the idea of building a Barbecue setup. The idea was great and came at the very right moment, every one wanted some sort of adventure and excitement n this idea made our day.



Soon we were drawing the prototype on a paper. Every one was pouring in their past experiences and were trying to recall how was the setup and design when they last used it. The end prototype was very ambitious I must say :P. But it was not very late when we realized that realizing that design is not easy. After wasting a few sheets of papers we decided that we will stick to a very basic design and we need some metal plates and a few angles to make the basic design.
Now search for the raw material started with every one giving in the wildest idea they could think of : some one said "lets break a few advertisement placards which are installed along the road side and use them as the metal plates. Some one was ready to break the telephone extension box which are also installed on the road side and use them as the top mesh above the barbecue.
There were plenty of ideas on how and from were to collect the required raw materials, but in the end we landed at the local welder's workshop to outsource the job n get it done by paying him some money.
After explaining to him what is to be done he coated his rate which was way too expensive i.e. : 2000 K.
Next we en-quired about the scrapyard and ended up in a scrapyard (the idea was to collect the required material and get it welded), where we could find a lot of old, thrashed, and thrown out waste materials. For us it was not waste, every one of us could imagine some part of the barbecue setup out of every item which was present there :).
That day we learned what is the cost of the iron in India, any guesses ???? It is Rs 15/KG.
In the end we paid Rs 300 /- and purchased the required metal and headed to the welder. We explained the welder about what to be done and he took the job into his hands and completed it neatly. We paid him Rs 150/-.
Every one was happy about it, next we headed to buy chicken and coal, yes every one wanted to enjoy the meal on the same day :).
It was the time for another realization for the day and it was learning about the cost of coal in India, don't trouble yourself to guess it I will make it easy for you :), it is Rs 21/KG :).
In the end we ended up at the home, and there was challenge waiting for was. We had every thing the Barbecue setup, chicken, required spices, coal. But firing coal is a big challenge if you never tried your hand before.
The best way to do this is to burn one small piece of coal using a candle and then add some more coal the put it under the fan and leave it for some time and keep on adding the coal time to time ;).

-Sun

Right or Wrong - 2 (Godhra verdict)

The verdict for the Godhra tragedy which left 52 dead and in turn triggered one of the worst communal roits is out with 31 convicted, the court sentenced 11 to capital punishment and 20 to life imprisonment.

The court gave its verdict explaining the motive behind the cold blooded act by all the convicts was simply "anger".
Were the convicts just so angry that they took a decision to burn a train and kill unknown kar sevaks????
OR
If they were so angry about Hindus that they were trying to wipe out whole of the Hindu community by setting up a compartment of a train on fire????

Almost all the convicts belong to the working labor class i.e. tea vendors, auto drivers, truck cleaners, milk vendors etc etc...
What made these daily wage earners so angry that they (conspired planned ????) and themselves executed a cold blooded murder of unknown "kar sevaks" traveling in a train?
These convicts might have planed how to execute the murder of unknown kar sevaks people for some benefit or reason but for what benefit they could conspire a communal riot.
The actual conspiracy was to trigger the communal riots (successfully happened as the side affect)which was conspired by some one who is/are not even in the picture and these a few angry common daily wage earners would not even know what the conspiracy was all about.

With two independent entities one appointed by the Gujarath government and the other by the railways to probe the massacre contradicting each other, one commission explaining it as the cold blooded conspiracy of a few angry men and other concluded it as a mere accident. Where is the report about the dirty politics played by the actual conspirators.

Definitely the death punishment and the life imprisonment given to the convicts is less for what they did but there should a long list of actual conspirators which is missing in the verdict.

-Sun

Right or Wrong - 1 (Child labor)

Recently when I gave my cloths for ironing I en-quired the ironing vendor for a car cleaning guy's reference, for which his son sitting next to him quickly answered (in a very humble and curious tone) sir I do this job, I turned to see him (was a 14 -15 year old teen). I asked him don't you go to school?
boy : Yes I do.
Me : Which school
boy : Good year (close by)
Me : What is your name?
boy : Sathish
Me : How much?
Sathish: hmmmm Rs 500/- per month I will clean the car daily. I do a very neat n clean job.
Me : Do you clean any other car?
Sathish : Yes sir, I do. I couple of cars.
Me: That is too much. I used to pay Rs 300/- only to the last guy who used to clean the car earlier. I will pay Rs 350/- ?
Sathish: Okay I will come from tomorrow.
Me : Okay

While on the way back I thought I got a good deal, calculating how much it is per day if it costs 350 per month n was happy about it, but somewhere I was feeling guilty n very soon I was thinking is this called child labor?
I reached home n was opening the gate when I heard his voice sir is this your home I turned back in surprise to see who is this, n it was Sathish.
Me : Yes it is, n that is the car.
Sathish : I followed you to see the house so that tomorrow I can come down.
Me : Okay, what time will you be here?
Sathish: morning 6:30.
Me : Thats too early. Come at 8:30
Sathish: I can't I go to school after work n I have a couple of cars to clean.
Me : His answer resonated within me. I was kind of taken back on employing him. I was still wondering, when he asked me
Sathish: If you want I can start from today itself.

(By this time my mom came out in the balcony n asked me who is that. I explained her )
Me : Okay do it, lets see what do you do?

I went inside and by the time I came back from bath, the car is cleaned, when I asked my mom, she said he left after cleaning n told he will come tomorrow morning at 6:30.

For the next one week I did not see him, (am a lazy guy, wakes up at 9:30) but he was coming daily along with his brother (8 -10 years) to clean the car. My mom used to tell about him n his brother's work and appreciated both of them.

It was Saturday night and while having our dinner mom started talking about Sathish and his brother's work. She appreciated both of them for the work they were doing. Then she told about the Sathish's request. He requested her to pay him Rs 500/- instead of Rs 350/-, he said it will suffice to his n his brother's tuition fee at school.
I said : "that is too much", my mom said: I did not commit to him, I told him "I will talk to my son n let you know".

Next day I woke up early to see what Sathish is doing, I went to the balcony to see his work. He n his brother were waiting near the car. On seeing me he greeted me with morning wishes and started to his work. I observed them and their work. I could see his dedication and hardwork which he was putting in such a simple and mundane work. I was surprised and at the same time I decided to give what ever he asked for.
I came inside went to the kitchen where my mom was busy preparing breakfast and told her, "give him what ever he is asking".

I thought many times about this incident, n was trying to resolve my confusion(Am I encouraging child labor?).

Yes I am encouraging child labor, but if I do not employ him how will he pay his tuition fee n meet his daily necessities?

These questions haunts me:

1) Should any one employ a child?
2) If not how will they get their basic necessities?
3) What is the meaning of free education to every child in India?

How any one could solve this egg n chicken problem?

-Sun

Girls in Saree at Cirrus Bangalore

It was very unique to see gals in saree on the disk floor. I must say the gals were the hottest on the floor. All gals were in their best of the best attire as they could be but these gals were the talk of the night. 3 gals at the Cirrus disco on Wednesday night walked-in in sarees and the whole crowd on the floor wants to dance with them. One of my friend tried very hard to mingle with them and dance with them but in the end had to unsuccessfully walk away after he tried his luck very hard. Later towards the end of the night n after having 3 pitchers of beer I got the courage to talk to them and here is what it goes with them:

P.S : There was very loud music which was being played in the walled disk and the conversation goes like this:

Me : Hey (while tapping on the shoulder of one of the gal :P ) you guys made the day for almost all the guys at Cirrus tonight.
Gal : (laughing n dancing )Thank you.
Me : If you can consider I am not drunk and take my complement regardless that I am drunk then I would like to say some thing.
Gal: Yes please, go ahead.
Me: You guys are the hottest on the floor, you guys are rocking the floor.
Gal Thank you, thank you very much.
Me : How you guys got this idea?
Gal : We are making a movie called "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Bangalore" (trust me that is what I understood after I re confirmed many times) and this is the idea from that.
Me : Ohhh great who is the director.
Gal : We are the directors. (all three of us)
Me : Great.
Gal : Thank you
Me : (Just to continue with the conversation with the gal ;) ) U know the guy who was trying very hard to dance with you guys is my friend :) and all my friends were trying to hit on you guys.
Gal: Ohh is it ?
Me: Yeah, Whats your name ?
Gal: Ekta
Me: Okay.
Me: Can we give a drop to you guys if you don't mind. (probably the 3 pictures of beer was speaking but trust me the gals were hot, the disk & the chicks in saaris :))
in the mean while another gal of the 3 was also listening
2nd gal: Will see after the DJ, lets meet after the DJ night.
Me: Okay, BTW what is your name?
2nd gal: Pomila (Thats what I heard in the loud music)
She goes and talk to the other two explaining my offer, Ekta start like - "Noooooooo ways, we are not going with them!!!!!!"
After some time the DJ ends (11:30 PM) yeah I know that is sad about Bangalore closing disks at 11:30 in the night.
(ON the way back out of the Cirrus )
Pomila : Thanks for the drive to home.
Me: Okay, have a great night, good night

I can't believe I could have a conversation with such strangers, I always thought that I am not a social animal, I can't approach any one and make friends with without any reason or motive.
It was quite an invention about a skill which was not known to myself.

- Sun

P.S. : I am still tipsy and just came back home right from Cirrus.

I wanna catch my own fish, cook it n eat it

I think I was pretty late to realize that it was time to take career seriously, it was then, when I was let out from the safe n protected home environment where you never get to face the hardship and the very reality of rat race.

From the time I started thinking about making a living of my own, I remember that I always wanted n talked about entrepreneurship. Along with a friend of mine I dreamed about writing software applications and making it big time.

But very soon I was running in the 100 Mt sprint rat race n I could never even realize that I was sprinting which is taking me far away from our dream, n I successfully completed my sprint.

Now the dreams were different, priorities were different and I wanted to win the race and take on more races, different races but little I knew that all were rat races.

But this thought of entrepreneurship always haunted me, during the hard and lonely time, in the time when you are dissatisfied with n about every thing what ever you are doing, when you sit and think about your achievements, when you think about your past, when you drive pass a nice architectural software building, when you see the compassion of sales guy making a pith to sell his product, when some one asks what is your resolution this year and when I see my uncle (businessman) leaving his office late in the night and before driving away he stops, turns back and takes an eye full of look at whole of the building, ahhh what a feeling........

A lot of time has been spent thinking n thinking n thinking about what fish should I catch, where should I catch and when should I catch. Read quite a lot of books on people who made it big, thought about MBA some times, tried to tie up with a few guys who are into this and tried some things which turned out to be stupid.

I try to talk to people young, old, entrepreneurs, fellow colleagues, college students and share my thoughts and try to find if some one is interested. Most of the people I talk to, follow my words and show interest but only for the sake of enrolling in the conversation at the moment.

Time is running out, but I am still at the same place which makes me sad, but I keep wondering when will I find my fish and what will it take to catch my fish n why can't I find n catch my fish?

- Sun

Sakaleshpur trip

This is one of the very famous trekking spot around Bangalore. Lot of people come here for trekking. Though there is not much of trekking :P as the whole story is about walking on the railway tracks and crossing long tunnels and bridges which seems to be exiting and adventurous only in the beginning. The track is surrounded by the thick forest.
I personally did not like the trek as walking on the track is difficult (probably only in the beginning) and you can't enjoy the valleys, possible sitings of any animals (if you are very lucky), local flora and the nature as a whole, because you have to keep starring at the track (there are no side paths etc etc...) to walk if you don't want injure yourself :P.
Walking on the track sleepers is also painful as the whole foot will not get accommodated on the sleepers and the toe will suffer a lot, walking on the rock (Track ballast technically) is also not a very good idea. So better wear good shoes with good tough and thick soul.


Don't forget:

1. Torch : Very important to carry to cross the tunnel. Tunnels are long and inside, it is jet black dark.
2. Salt: Yes there are leeches on the track :)

-Sun