Adieu Hyderabad

Its been long when I first came to this place. 3 yrs passed in such a rush I never realized I have been here for that long. I still remember the day when I came to Hyd for the first time. That was for the personal round of interview @ Oracle. The day was special not just because I was in a big city watching all the big hoardings on road side nor because I was coming for an interview at the company I actually never thought to be a part of (later on I said it was my dream), but the actual reason was sitting in an aeroplane for the first time (yeah then it was called an aeroplace). But the real excitement started after reaching back Chandigarh. Every day passed refreshing my rediff inbox to check if the offer letter was in. And then one day it was there. I can't even express how I felt that time...elated, ecstatic, rapturous. And then finally I was here. Joined Oracle and days went on. Still remember the first time I went to Hyd Central, which was my first visit to a shopping mall (though I had been to a couple of them in Chandigarh, I refrain myself from calling them shopping malls ). Still remember the day when I first asked a girl out for a coffee and to my utter astonishment she said yes and then she was with me at a ice-cream parlor next day. Still remember the day when I first met this lovely girl whom I never thought I'll spend so much time with. Met Simar, who turned out to be a friend, a brother, a guide. We spent some great moments together.

And now I am here in my room packing my bags to embark on a new journey. A journey filled with enthusiasm. A journey to a place where I came from 3 yrs back, in search of new friends and to meet the ones I once spend all my time with.

Adieu Hyderabad !!! Noida here I come !!!

I am back

It's been a while when I wrote my last blog, but now I am back with a lot of things to share. Starting with the Indian cricket team, recent elections in Punjab, Bullish Sensex and the latest movie "Namaste London".

The recent elections in Punjab saw the state's Chief Minister Amrinder Singh led congress loss to Parkash Singh Badal led Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD). One of the factors to contributed to loss was inflation, which is not a boiling issue just in Punjab but in the whole nation. Congress govt. at the center should start thinking of some measures to reduce inflation, as this is going to hit them very soon.

I had a tough time watching the Sensex fell down few days back. But like all opportunists I played cool and bought some shares at a nice price. The result, I really feel pleased when I look my investment portfolio.

"Namaste London" starring Akhay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, was more like me watching one of my close neighborhood gabru jawan falling for an english mem. The movie reminded me of a lot of things, my village, punjabi culture, the way people are treated there and the best one, the way a guy looks at a girl, with his eyes in her eyes never to be taken away.

When hopes fell with wickets

Here comes the day everyone has been eagerly waiting for this year, India's first world cup match against the so called under dogs Bangladesh. Everyone expected India to win with a big margin here and there were no doubts of India not advancing to Super 8. The match started and India wickets started to fall like the recent fall in BSE. With every fall, whenever the new batsman came in, people had hopes that this one will last and then it was all the same sad story. First match gone and we were all caugh on camera burning effigies of Indian players for their dismal performance.

Second match we face Bermuda. Suddently every player in the Indian cricket team turns aggresive against the minnows and give the first timers a hard day on the field. India posted the highest ever score in World Cup history and Bermuda were beaten by a big margin.

Third match, the one that will decide India's future in this world cup. Thanks to early wickets we are able to restrict Sri Lanka to a decent today of 250 runs. But the all the aggresiveness shown in batting the other day was all gone. Everyone looked like he was trying his best not to stay on the wicket. I was then when hopes fell with wickets. The result we lost the crucial one.

Today is the all again an all-important match for the Indians. Not because our infamous heros we again on the field today but because it was the minnows against the minnows, Bangladesh Vs Bermuda. In case Bermuda wins this one Indian team is into the Super 8.

But after all this dismal performance in the tournament so far, does the Indian cricket team deserve a place in the Super 8. Looks like they are following our close neighbors, the Pakis and planning to come back home with them by the same flight :-).

New Celebrity on world map : Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty at Big Brother is what every other newspaper and magazine is talking about today. I know I am following the same thing as I write this one. The recent racial comments by members of the celebrity series have created a big uproar worldwide. It has once again brought to picture the ugly face of racial discrimination. On Miss Shetty's part, she has been paid a hefty sum for participating in this series and she has opted for take-shit-for-money by still being there, after showing off all that fuss over the TV. It is conspicuous to face such racism and everyone knows how bad racism is in UK. And then everywhere you see Jade Goody being called a harridan, spewing sewer-mouthed venom.

But what I feel is, Jody is a good mother for Shetty. After all, her comments enabled Shetty not only to win the series but also bag a number of offers from various agencies.

Are we in India not racial? Or is racism not there in the world? You give different names at different places. "Paki" in UK, "Nigger" in US.

Seasons

So here I am back in Hyderabad after spending 3 weeks at home in Delhi with my parents and my lovely sister. The whole city was covered with fog in the morning and late in the evenings. I had a great time at home spending my morning sitting in the sun, sipping coffee. Evenings, it was all moongfali and gacchhak(I got a few packets with me to Hyd as well) and razai and those never ending sas-bahu tv-shows. But now here in Hyd, with temperatures already touching 34 degrees during the day in January, don't know what the plight will be during May-June. I am back, back to my daily routine of home to office, office to home. Waiting for the long weekend when I can go out with friends and enjoy the scorching heat.