That time of the year again
7 years ago
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Change=Hope
Always love to sip coffee beside the window, with a serene, light drizzle view outside. Today is one such day. Although a bit cold, its nice and pleasant. I was lucky to have a cube with such a beautiful view. Other advantages of my cube in 1st floor were a covert sound 15 min nap after lunch, cubes with better heights so no peeping. Today forsaking all these, I am moving to 2nd floor. No corner cubes there, but some good friends (not so good as to part with their corner cubes :) ). Hoping all the pantry breaks can come back alive so as to compensate for everything.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
As a kid i believed.....
I was just recalling the other day, some crazy things that i believed as a kid. Check those out, just for a fun read. Please don't judge me by those, most of those must be around 10-15 years old and are just presumptuous as of today.
-WWE star undertaker's life was in a bottle. I used to always think and worry how much care he should take about it, just in case somebody should open it and he would end up dead.
-Our digestive system is a complex machine with lots of screws and gears n stuff, basically lot of machinery. Don't laugh!!!! Give me a break, every kid would have thought this atleast once in his life.
-South Africa's ace fielder Jhonty Rhodes does not have skin and his entire body is plastic surgerised, thought so only he can field so well as plastic is too tough to break. I still don't know how i believed it. But i remember one my cousin saying that to me.
-Our drawing teacher in around 3rd standard stopped coming to school suddenly. There was a rumour her head suddenly broke open and I could not help wondering, what must have been the situation here, Brains split wide open!!!. Hope she is very much well today.
-A flash game "Kaun Banega Crorepathi", i thought was the most complex game to run on a computer. It used to take almost 15-20min (practically!!!) to open the game's console on my cousin's computer. Today i think i can't quantify its RAM.
-Around seven tractors of gold can be found if we read an old script in Kannada, carved on a stone in one of the temples in my mother's natives. My relatives had explained it to me very convincingly. It was like a giant snake protecting the gold underneath and as soon as the script was read, earth would open itself with a huge crevice and gold would pop up. There was a mark on that script , it was told that a guy in search of gold tried reading it but could not hence he shot it with a pistol.
-WWE star undertaker's life was in a bottle. I used to always think and worry how much care he should take about it, just in case somebody should open it and he would end up dead.
-Our digestive system is a complex machine with lots of screws and gears n stuff, basically lot of machinery. Don't laugh!!!! Give me a break, every kid would have thought this atleast once in his life.
-South Africa's ace fielder Jhonty Rhodes does not have skin and his entire body is plastic surgerised, thought so only he can field so well as plastic is too tough to break. I still don't know how i believed it. But i remember one my cousin saying that to me.
-Our drawing teacher in around 3rd standard stopped coming to school suddenly. There was a rumour her head suddenly broke open and I could not help wondering, what must have been the situation here, Brains split wide open!!!. Hope she is very much well today.
-A flash game "Kaun Banega Crorepathi", i thought was the most complex game to run on a computer. It used to take almost 15-20min (practically!!!) to open the game's console on my cousin's computer. Today i think i can't quantify its RAM.
-Around seven tractors of gold can be found if we read an old script in Kannada, carved on a stone in one of the temples in my mother's natives. My relatives had explained it to me very convincingly. It was like a giant snake protecting the gold underneath and as soon as the script was read, earth would open itself with a huge crevice and gold would pop up. There was a mark on that script , it was told that a guy in search of gold tried reading it but could not hence he shot it with a pistol.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
What is Credit crisis or the subprime loan crisis?
Lots of talk around these days, subprime loan crisis, US in bad shape, Laying off may loom over soon. Honestly I have very little knowledge on why this happened and all, but the looking at the brighter side I got to know so many biggie names ( Thanks to TOI for making this news spicy as ever). Taking some kiddish liberty, its actually fun to talk on this subject, rumors are always interesting to spread, that too by telling the other person "don't tell anyone". I came across a mail recently which explains the crisis in a simple language, thought let me put it down here,
Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were only two pieces of 1 dollar coins circulating around.
1) There were 3 citizens living on this island country. A owned the land. B and C each owned 1 dollar.
2) B decided to purchase the land from A for 1 dollar. So, now A and C own 1 dollar each while B owned a piece of land that is worth 1 dollar.
* The net asset of the country now = 3 dollars.
3) Now C thought that since there is only one piece of land in the country, and land is non producible asset, its value must definitely go up. So, he borrowed 1 dollar from A, and together with his own 1 dollar, he bought the land from B for 2 dollars.
*A has a loan to C of 1 dollar, so his net asset is 1 dollar.
* B sold his land and got 2 dollars, so his net asset is 2 dollars.
* C owned the piece of land worth 2 dollars but with his 1 dollar debt to A, his net residual asset is 1 dollar.
* Thus, the net asset of the country = 4 dollars.
4) A saw that the land he once owned has risen in value. He regretted having sold it. Luckily, he has a 1 dollar loan to C. He then borrowed 2 dollars from B and acquired the land back from C for 3 dollars. The payment is by 2 dollars cash (which he borrowed) and cancellation of the 1 dollar loan to C. As a result, A now owned a piece of land that is worth 3 dollars. But since he owed B 2 dollars, his net asset is 1 dollar.
* B loaned 2 dollars to A. So his net asset is 2 dollars.
* C now has the 2 coins. His net asset is also 2 dollars.
* The net asset of the country = 5 dollars. A bubble is building up.
(5) B saw that the value of land kept rising. He also wanted to own the land. So he bought the land from A for 4 dollars. The payment is by borrowing 2 dollars from C, and cancellation of his 2 dollars loan to A.
* As a result, A has got his debt cleared and he got the 2 coins. His net asset is 2 dollars.
* B owned a piece of land that is worth 4 dollars, but since he has a debt of 2 dollars with C, his net Asset is 2 dollars.
* C loaned 2 dollars to B, so his net asset is 2 dollars.
* The net asset of the country = 6 dollars; even though, the country has only one piece of land and 2 Dollars in circulation.
(6) Everybody has made money and everybody felt happy and prosperous.
(7) One day an evil wind blew, and an evil thought came to C's mind. "Hey, what if the land price stop going up, how could B repay my loan. There is only 2 dollars in circulation, and, I think after all the land that B owns is worth at most only 1 dollar, and no more."
(8) A also thought the same way.
(9) Nobody wanted to buy land anymore.
* So, in the end, A owns the 2 dollar coins, his net asset is 2 dollars.
* B owed C 2 dollars and the land he owned which he thought worth 4 dollars is now 1 dollar. So his net asset is only 1 dollar.
* C has a loan of 2 dollars to B. But it is a bad debt. Although his net asset is still 2 dollars, his Heart is palpitating.
* The net asset of the country = 3 dollars again.
(10) So, who has stolen the 3 dollars from the country ? Of course, before the bubble burst B thought his land was worth 4 dollars. Actually, right before the collapse, the net asset of the country was 6 dollars on paper. B's net asset is still 2 dollars, his heart is palpitating.
(11) B had no choice but to declare bankruptcy. C as to relinquish his 2 dollars bad debt to B, but in return he acquired the land which is worth 1 dollar now.
* A owns the 2 coins, his net asset is 2 dollars.
* B is bankrupt, his net asset is 0 dollar. ( he lost everything )
* C got no choice but end up with a land worth only 1 dollar
* The net asset of the country = 3 dollars.
************ **End of the story; BUT ************ ********* ******
There is however a redistribution of wealth.
A is the winner, B is the loser, C is lucky that he is spared.
A few points worth noting -
(1) When a bubble is building up, the debt of individuals to one another in a country is also building up.
(2) This story of the island is a closed system whereby there is no other country and hence no foreign debt. The worth of the asset can only be calculated using the island's own currency. Hence, there is no net loss.
(3) An over-damped system is assumed when the bubble burst, meaning the land's value did not go down to below 1 dollar.
(4) When the bubble burst, the fellow with cash is the winner. The fellows having the land or extending loan to others are the losers. The asset could shrink or in worst case, they go bankrupt.
(5) If there is another citizen D either holding a dollar or another piece of land but refrains from taking part in the game, he will neither win nor lose. But he will see the value of his money or land go up and down like a see saw.
(6) When the bubble was in the growing phase, everybody made money.
(7) If you are smart and know that you are living in a growing bubble, it is worthwhile to borrow money (like A ) and take part in the game. But you must know when you should change everything back to cash.
(8) As in the case of land, the above phenomenon applies to stocks as well.
(9) The actual worth of land or stocks depend largely on psychology
Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were only two pieces of 1 dollar coins circulating around.
1) There were 3 citizens living on this island country. A owned the land. B and C each owned 1 dollar.
2) B decided to purchase the land from A for 1 dollar. So, now A and C own 1 dollar each while B owned a piece of land that is worth 1 dollar.
* The net asset of the country now = 3 dollars.
3) Now C thought that since there is only one piece of land in the country, and land is non producible asset, its value must definitely go up. So, he borrowed 1 dollar from A, and together with his own 1 dollar, he bought the land from B for 2 dollars.
*A has a loan to C of 1 dollar, so his net asset is 1 dollar.
* B sold his land and got 2 dollars, so his net asset is 2 dollars.
* C owned the piece of land worth 2 dollars but with his 1 dollar debt to A, his net residual asset is 1 dollar.
* Thus, the net asset of the country = 4 dollars.
4) A saw that the land he once owned has risen in value. He regretted having sold it. Luckily, he has a 1 dollar loan to C. He then borrowed 2 dollars from B and acquired the land back from C for 3 dollars. The payment is by 2 dollars cash (which he borrowed) and cancellation of the 1 dollar loan to C. As a result, A now owned a piece of land that is worth 3 dollars. But since he owed B 2 dollars, his net asset is 1 dollar.
* B loaned 2 dollars to A. So his net asset is 2 dollars.
* C now has the 2 coins. His net asset is also 2 dollars.
* The net asset of the country = 5 dollars. A bubble is building up.
(5) B saw that the value of land kept rising. He also wanted to own the land. So he bought the land from A for 4 dollars. The payment is by borrowing 2 dollars from C, and cancellation of his 2 dollars loan to A.
* As a result, A has got his debt cleared and he got the 2 coins. His net asset is 2 dollars.
* B owned a piece of land that is worth 4 dollars, but since he has a debt of 2 dollars with C, his net Asset is 2 dollars.
* C loaned 2 dollars to B, so his net asset is 2 dollars.
* The net asset of the country = 6 dollars; even though, the country has only one piece of land and 2 Dollars in circulation.
(6) Everybody has made money and everybody felt happy and prosperous.
(7) One day an evil wind blew, and an evil thought came to C's mind. "Hey, what if the land price stop going up, how could B repay my loan. There is only 2 dollars in circulation, and, I think after all the land that B owns is worth at most only 1 dollar, and no more."
(8) A also thought the same way.
(9) Nobody wanted to buy land anymore.
* So, in the end, A owns the 2 dollar coins, his net asset is 2 dollars.
* B owed C 2 dollars and the land he owned which he thought worth 4 dollars is now 1 dollar. So his net asset is only 1 dollar.
* C has a loan of 2 dollars to B. But it is a bad debt. Although his net asset is still 2 dollars, his Heart is palpitating.
* The net asset of the country = 3 dollars again.
(10) So, who has stolen the 3 dollars from the country ? Of course, before the bubble burst B thought his land was worth 4 dollars. Actually, right before the collapse, the net asset of the country was 6 dollars on paper. B's net asset is still 2 dollars, his heart is palpitating.
(11) B had no choice but to declare bankruptcy. C as to relinquish his 2 dollars bad debt to B, but in return he acquired the land which is worth 1 dollar now.
* A owns the 2 coins, his net asset is 2 dollars.
* B is bankrupt, his net asset is 0 dollar. ( he lost everything )
* C got no choice but end up with a land worth only 1 dollar
* The net asset of the country = 3 dollars.
************ **End of the story; BUT ************ ********* ******
There is however a redistribution of wealth.
A is the winner, B is the loser, C is lucky that he is spared.
A few points worth noting -
(1) When a bubble is building up, the debt of individuals to one another in a country is also building up.
(2) This story of the island is a closed system whereby there is no other country and hence no foreign debt. The worth of the asset can only be calculated using the island's own currency. Hence, there is no net loss.
(3) An over-damped system is assumed when the bubble burst, meaning the land's value did not go down to below 1 dollar.
(4) When the bubble burst, the fellow with cash is the winner. The fellows having the land or extending loan to others are the losers. The asset could shrink or in worst case, they go bankrupt.
(5) If there is another citizen D either holding a dollar or another piece of land but refrains from taking part in the game, he will neither win nor lose. But he will see the value of his money or land go up and down like a see saw.
(6) When the bubble was in the growing phase, everybody made money.
(7) If you are smart and know that you are living in a growing bubble, it is worthwhile to borrow money (like A ) and take part in the game. But you must know when you should change everything back to cash.
(8) As in the case of land, the above phenomenon applies to stocks as well.
(9) The actual worth of land or stocks depend largely on psychology
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Welcome To Sajjanpur...
Relief!!!!Relief!!!! Relief!!! Relief from movies which depict bungalows so spacious difficult to imagine even in a fairy land, innumerable wooden actors and actresses, baseless designer clothing's which are to be just worn all the time, pathos running into hours, meaningless jokes and pathetic songs combined with the worst choreography even when they are least required (I can only think of SRK's 'dream sequence' excuse here). Nowadays movies don't even have the concept of mother and father as it is no more trendy i guess. Thanks to Sajjanpur which defied all such must be rules of the modern bollywood and brought the village back on the big screen. And kudos to Shyam Benegal who dared such an attempt.
Shreyas talpade's acting is just getting better with each movie. Here too he does an excellent job. Most importantly you connect with his character Mahadev instantly. Amrita Rao looks fantabulous as always, and has carried Kamala's gaon ki gori character gracefully. I particularly liked her when she reasons why she abandoned school The director gives ample screen space for each of his characters and defines them aptly. The plot is simple yet is pervasive filled with loads of hidden social messages. The mousi who cries through her nose, her hot-headed daughter, all the letters, the villian defending his wife, are all humourous. The songs are refreshing paticularly Seetaram and Bheene bheene although you feel some of the others were not necessary.
In all, a good movie. Enjoy :)
Shreyas talpade's acting is just getting better with each movie. Here too he does an excellent job. Most importantly you connect with his character Mahadev instantly. Amrita Rao looks fantabulous as always, and has carried Kamala's gaon ki gori character gracefully. I particularly liked her when she reasons why she abandoned school The director gives ample screen space for each of his characters and defines them aptly. The plot is simple yet is pervasive filled with loads of hidden social messages. The mousi who cries through her nose, her hot-headed daughter, all the letters, the villian defending his wife, are all humourous. The songs are refreshing paticularly Seetaram and Bheene bheene although you feel some of the others were not necessary.
In all, a good movie. Enjoy :)
Friday, September 26, 2008
MegaMergers........We Suck
This is the company me, Ragz,PK,SR and Kaddi conceptualised. Actually to be precise I am the CEO. There can't be a better choice however, Ragz is a part of board of directors. SR, well to be precise logistics department (Think who else can go to a mall at 10 in the morning, positive side to it... dedication!!!). PK, the security committee and kaddi fitness department.I had come up with the logo and Ragz had come up with an impressive punchline. "We Suck" yup that was perfect!!!.
The company took its birth in (2,2) . Gradually the company began to expand and had major offices at (2,5) and (3,5). We had hired people which we thought they are capable of and gave them jobs suitable to their profiles. Some of which i'd like to put down here.
1]CSN, Layman and the guy who used to ask "Praveen, is there food in mess today" for our Mars exploration wing. Let them dissent over each other and fight, just let them be away with their esoteric thoughts.
2]And the girl who almost all the guys had crush over, was to be incharge of our esteemed lab facility( What say praveen and Ragz, you guys know better??)
3]PK's girl was fit for R&D. And more funda, the walls of that building were made of books books and books!!!!.
4]The receptionist was that girl..Man how to put it....Disc brakes would be the clue!!!
5]For our fashion supplement we had "bigdi huwi bacchi" and Co.
6]Man in woman's voice would be a speaker for the company announcements.
7]Fitness segment which was handled by kaddi, also had Scorpion king, and Scorpion queen(this name i made up just now) as deputies.
8]The handkerchief guy was fit for nothing, actually yes for one thing, yes medical research....its easy to guess what field.
9]And our relationship with our enemies was handled by JRLB. (Whats her CET rank SR??)
10]Many obvious guys, sorry first bencher's for R&D.
11]HR would be from the Happy Family group.
12]Kaddi had other jobs too, "The Devout & Ekaadashi Group" and "The No light absolutely group" and "The Ghante group", probably he would start blogging after reading this and post against me. Remember the golden words "Nan presentation heega maadthiyaa, ninduu yella slides kitt haakthini"
13] CSN's girl would be for new hires training and syllabus setting committee.
14]"The Salesman" was more than apt for his responsibilities.
Most of the our company resources have been put down here. Have fun reading the reminisces. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The wheels are turning.....
Continuing with Vinz and San. And as SR had said, the wheels are turning. Lots of changes recently:
->Bhuv, sudks depart....
->San leaves to US, and so busy to even chat.. Paaapa yelli sannkaagibidthaaaro antha :)
->I got to move to 2nd floor. My current cube was magnificient. The view's amazing. But looking at the positives, 2nd floor has got good crowd :) . But still negatives are more in number. I failed to convince my manager in this case.
->Work at home as well as office got doubled.
->No trips since April.
A beautiful relevant song, Color blind.
Very confident, the wheels will turn back. Actually already started to....:) Got to Go...
->Bhuv, sudks depart....
->San leaves to US, and so busy to even chat.. Paaapa yelli sannkaagibidthaaaro antha :)
->I got to move to 2nd floor. My current cube was magnificient. The view's amazing. But looking at the positives, 2nd floor has got good crowd :) . But still negatives are more in number. I failed to convince my manager in this case.
->Work at home as well as office got doubled.
->No trips since April.
A beautiful relevant song, Color blind.
Very confident, the wheels will turn back. Actually already started to....:) Got to Go...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Ganapathi Bappa moryaa............
Mom said to me and vishwa "Get ready soon, aunt's car will be here soon, else we are going to be late". We both were still counting our crackers, arranging them till we are pleased. Finally, the car arrives. Its always a part of plan of our cousins to get into Sujatha aunt's car as she the only one who can be one among us and be a part of our anthakshari group. However aunts are ok, but no uncles in whatever case. Not Basu kaka as we know, will get only education related lectures the entire journey. Not prabhu kaka , because everyone fears him. Not others because they dont understand what we are doing. Tej kaka was fine anyway. The fun part of anthakshari was pooja and krupa always wanted to team up with vijakka( they used to imitate her in a million ways otherwise also actually), but it was true vijakka's team was always the winner, even my cheating tricks couldn't save our team :( . It would be the most awaited journey for all of us as it will be unlimited fun. The competition between differnet cars as to who will reach first, the jokes cracked are all just.......!!!. Finally we will reach Gandigawad.
Now is the most interesting task, to construct the mantapa. Usually all cousins, suresh kaka, shankara kaka, Tej kaka will be at the job. But the design always remains the same. The outer framework of a cot, inside which a table will be placed. Two threads hanging vertically from the roof upto the all the edges of the table, this is were we could stick the colored papers, a product of our creative designs. A table cloth , and lots of dust ridden play toys(because this will be the only time they will be opened) which need immediate cleaning to be placed in front the idol. This total process usually takes 5-6 hours. By the way, in the kitchen, aunts will be on their gossip and bursts of laughter's. We join them periodically as we should complete the task of mantapa also. After all this, now its the uncles task to make us all get to bed. But no one will be ever interested. The number of cousins almost number to a dozen, and the energy levels are only soaring as the time passes. Finally time to go to bed, all cousins lay one beside another, as it gives chance a trouble one another thoroughly. And i wish, there will be only one blanket as the tug of war can keep going. And how did i miss that table fan? ya, its only one of its kind. It vibrates so much that it almost crawls to the bed from where ever it is. To prevent the damage my dad usually used to tie it with the rope.
Its morning, vijakka, me, ash, pooja, vishwa, kiran, krupa, abhay, tushar, vikas, chintu, even rakshita had joined in the very important job, collection of crackers. All uncles are pestered, until we will have a handful. All set with our incense sticks, match boxes, crackers, we start the most auspicious journey. Towards shetter's shop, a left turn, then straight, until that jain temple , then a right, go further and then a left, the second house is the one where we get the idol from. The soil we be damp and we are walking without any footwear, which are thought of as violating the sanctity. Shankar kaka is the one who carries Lord Ganesha all the time. As soon as he comes out carrying the Lord, we are ready with our crackers. Cautioning each other about some stray crackers, flicking other's crackers, ya we do all that, and all that is fun. We reach home back, A puja is performed to welcome the Lord. And devotional songs follow. My mom and dad usually sing that "Jyothi belaguthidee..." Its kind of a trademark song. The best time will be when pooja and krupa are made to sing a song. Those gals sing at the top of their voice, and me and ashvini cant stop laughing. All uncles and aunt busy appreciating the girls singing, cant stop giving an angry look at us both.
Its time for more crackers and crackers and crackers. Then food , just an awesome delicacy always. After that we have time to chat, crack jokes, and then i forgot going into that small room to burn those snake tablets, and some other crackers with all the funny names. Finally a call from uncles and aunts..time to leave. This would be the most hated part, but yet forced to do. As we bid adieu to Gandigawad , in the car all are so tired that no one will have enough enthusiasm to even talk, but hoping for next year we will meet up the same day again desperately.
Today is one such day. Now a days Gandigawad is abandoned, we welcome Lord Ganesh in our home in Hubli. Some aunts and uncles turn up. My sister and jiju cant make it up this time, as they are in US. Abhay cant make it because he is busy with his engineering. Pooja and vikas, oh please forget them, they are in PU II. Only some four cousins are having fun together and trying to relive the moments. And my self, I'm very busy with that scalablility issue and that customer issue and that new hire mentoring and that too I took a long leave recently. Ya, see I justified myself. And in the same way others too do it. Ya life has changed a lot. May be this is the truth. May be as we started moving away from the wilderness to the concrete jungle, we also started moving away from what we love to the things that are necessary.
A sweet relevant poem(Thank san for this):
The innocence is gone-
It has fled from them and me.
It has vanished,Never to return.
In this lifetime
It is gone from us,
Those who have it, cherish it,
It goes quickly and quietly
And we never know that it is gone,
Until it's too late.
Very much hope someday in the future, all cousins go to Gandigawad back again to celebrate this festival in the way it was meant to be celebrated. And we get to relive those cherished moments.
Now is the most interesting task, to construct the mantapa. Usually all cousins, suresh kaka, shankara kaka, Tej kaka will be at the job. But the design always remains the same. The outer framework of a cot, inside which a table will be placed. Two threads hanging vertically from the roof upto the all the edges of the table, this is were we could stick the colored papers, a product of our creative designs. A table cloth , and lots of dust ridden play toys(because this will be the only time they will be opened) which need immediate cleaning to be placed in front the idol. This total process usually takes 5-6 hours. By the way, in the kitchen, aunts will be on their gossip and bursts of laughter's. We join them periodically as we should complete the task of mantapa also. After all this, now its the uncles task to make us all get to bed. But no one will be ever interested. The number of cousins almost number to a dozen, and the energy levels are only soaring as the time passes. Finally time to go to bed, all cousins lay one beside another, as it gives chance a trouble one another thoroughly. And i wish, there will be only one blanket as the tug of war can keep going. And how did i miss that table fan? ya, its only one of its kind. It vibrates so much that it almost crawls to the bed from where ever it is. To prevent the damage my dad usually used to tie it with the rope.
Its morning, vijakka, me, ash, pooja, vishwa, kiran, krupa, abhay, tushar, vikas, chintu, even rakshita had joined in the very important job, collection of crackers. All uncles are pestered, until we will have a handful. All set with our incense sticks, match boxes, crackers, we start the most auspicious journey. Towards shetter's shop, a left turn, then straight, until that jain temple , then a right, go further and then a left, the second house is the one where we get the idol from. The soil we be damp and we are walking without any footwear, which are thought of as violating the sanctity. Shankar kaka is the one who carries Lord Ganesha all the time. As soon as he comes out carrying the Lord, we are ready with our crackers. Cautioning each other about some stray crackers, flicking other's crackers, ya we do all that, and all that is fun. We reach home back, A puja is performed to welcome the Lord. And devotional songs follow. My mom and dad usually sing that "Jyothi belaguthidee..." Its kind of a trademark song. The best time will be when pooja and krupa are made to sing a song. Those gals sing at the top of their voice, and me and ashvini cant stop laughing. All uncles and aunt busy appreciating the girls singing, cant stop giving an angry look at us both.
Its time for more crackers and crackers and crackers. Then food , just an awesome delicacy always. After that we have time to chat, crack jokes, and then i forgot going into that small room to burn those snake tablets, and some other crackers with all the funny names. Finally a call from uncles and aunts..time to leave. This would be the most hated part, but yet forced to do. As we bid adieu to Gandigawad , in the car all are so tired that no one will have enough enthusiasm to even talk, but hoping for next year we will meet up the same day again desperately.
Today is one such day. Now a days Gandigawad is abandoned, we welcome Lord Ganesh in our home in Hubli. Some aunts and uncles turn up. My sister and jiju cant make it up this time, as they are in US. Abhay cant make it because he is busy with his engineering. Pooja and vikas, oh please forget them, they are in PU II. Only some four cousins are having fun together and trying to relive the moments. And my self, I'm very busy with that scalablility issue and that customer issue and that new hire mentoring and that too I took a long leave recently. Ya, see I justified myself. And in the same way others too do it. Ya life has changed a lot. May be this is the truth. May be as we started moving away from the wilderness to the concrete jungle, we also started moving away from what we love to the things that are necessary.
A sweet relevant poem(Thank san for this):
The innocence is gone-
It has fled from them and me.
It has vanished,Never to return.
In this lifetime
It is gone from us,
Those who have it, cherish it,
It goes quickly and quietly
And we never know that it is gone,
Until it's too late.
Very much hope someday in the future, all cousins go to Gandigawad back again to celebrate this festival in the way it was meant to be celebrated. And we get to relive those cherished moments.
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