Morning News

After early morning walk, I came back home to have tea and catch up with some news before work hijacks my day. With tea in my hand, I switched on the TV to get some news. I've had to surf for 5 channels before I got some serious morning news. Guest what? The the first news I got in the morning is about how mahendra singh dhoni got married, where his honeymoon would be and who is Yuvraj singh dating? There is a whole lot of news update to get from India and around the world, but can somebody tell where I can get them other than BBC and CNN? I'm just unable to accept the fact that I've to search to get some serious news. This questions how much freedom we have given our media? Or has media forgotten what its role in the society is? The majority of the news available in the media these days is not about national/international issue rather who is dating whom. What the celebrities are doing.The good old doordarshan news at 7am was seriously good for me. Finally I got hold of newspaper for some some serious news. Newspaper works for me :-)

I value the most - Rs 10 (Gol Gappa)

Gol Gappa for Rs 10 in Bangalore. Every time I see a Rs 10 note, nothing other than gol gappa comes to my mind. Its the so called street side pani puri. Its yummy, mouth watering, very tempting, thats all how I can describe it. Its yummy perhaps its made from tap water, perhaps its made on the streets, perhaps the guys preparing it prepares with his bare hands. Its yummy, mouth watering and very tempting perhaps its not very hygiene. On whole, its yummy :-).

Sunday Night Syndrome

Hmmm, the Sunday night syndrome has started haunting me too much. I observe a weird sleeping pattern. During the weekends(Friday night, Saturday night), I watch movies and go to bed. So essentially, I go to bed somewhere around 1 am. Now this timing gets carried over to Sunday night as well. I don't get sleep till 1 which makes it really really difficult to wake up early Monday morning :-(. I've got to get over the problem. Infact, this has been a problem for some of my colleagues as well.

Greatest chance for 3rd front

As the general elections are approaching, this is the greatest chance for a 3rd front to claim power at the center. We have seen the failing UPA administration. The UPA government has failed in many many issues, the prime being security. We've had so many lapses in security, the recent amongst them being the massive attack on Taj hotel in Mumbai. The government has even failed to get the Nuclear Deal through easily with their prime alliance partner Left front opposing the deal. They have clearly shown weakness for power by hanging onto the Left front. The United Progressive Alliance have clearly taken India a step back. I personally would like to see an alternative government at the center. The National Democratic Alliance composing mainly of BJP is surely an alternative to consider. The projected prime ministerial candidate LK Advani is surely one of the finest politicians in India today. The greatest negative for BJP is the infighting within the party. If voted to power, will they be able to put aside their differences and deliver what India needs? One thing is for sure thought, that NDA will be able to provide a better security for the country against the external forces in particular Taliban. However, there is growing sense of insecurity in bringing BJP to power. We could see more of mangalore incidents happening; more groups like Ram Sene might rise up. So this leaves the 3rd front comprising of what I call as miscellaneous parties of India as the second alternative. There is still no projected Prime Ministerial candidate announced yet from the 3rd front. I surely will not prefer and will not vote for a third front. There is every possibility of the BSP leader Mayawati emerging as the prime ministerial candidate from the front, which could the most horrible thing to ever happen to Indian politics. I don't see 3rd front coming to power with full majority. However, the parties will surely have a say in the government formation. The miscellaneous parties are going to eat into the votes of both BJP and Congress. The situation is very very interesting. After weighing through the available options and putting national security ahead of any internal problem, I would prefer NDA forming government at the center.

Can you pay me....without working for you

:-). That's exactly what i feel these days. Just want to sit at home without work but still earn money. Not that I don't like my job anymore, but the desire of not working is stronger than ever. The struggle to start the day is greater and always looking forward to evening, when I go home and do nothing. I guess not doing anything and sitting at home would surely be boring. But this is how i feel these days. On the lighter side I told my dad "Both of us will retire together" :-).

Can colleagues make close buddies?

Well, I've been wondering whether colleagues can make good buddies? I mean can you hit off a very good comfort level with colleagues? I have been fortunate to make some very good friends while I was working at Hewlett Packard. Not one, I've made four good buddies from HP. But in general, it is hard to make good friends while in office. We come across people from different backgrounds and different mindset at office. It is hard to find someone with the same wavelength as that of you. Most people I see keep to office more at a business level. Also, given the volatile nature of the our industry where a person stays with a company for not more than 4yrs (like me :-) ), it is hard to understand and to open up yourself to people within the small time span. I wonder if this thought of mine is same with most people or is it something only I've encountered or observed?

Some Useful tools

PDFTK:
The tools can be used to merge two or more PDF documents into a single PDF document. I found this really use. Here's the link to PDFTK

PS2PDF:
ps2pdf is a linux utility. I have cygwin installed on my windows system. The tools is pretty useful in converting a doc in ps format to PDF format. I found a very good article to generate PS file.. Once the PS file is generated, you can use ps2pdf to create the PDF files. :-)