The Root Of All Evil By Charles Dawkins

This video is neither support or to condemn the thought.It respects the content on the wake of atrocities prevalent under the name of belief.

The following link takes to the video/documentary.Please watch if you have 50 minutes of time.

Its unarguably a thought provoking video.

The Root Of All Evil

Dil To Pagal Hai - Accoustic Beginner Version

The Question is no more Is it Me or Is it You I guess its “US”

We have seen Bear, Lehman and Merrill perishing. Freddie, Fanny, AIG have just been rescued in time however it seems the help is still required for these companies to sustain further.

Huge Financial houses known to man are under threat. It seems like sooner or later every institution would get engulfed before the scope of the impact can be realized.

The latest talk of the town being Citibank. When Citi announced job cuts of 53,000 cutting down costs by 20% annually it send shocking waves into the market. Given the mammoth number it was more than a natural reaction for each employee to have questioned “Is it Me” or “Is it You”.

But this question perished in 2 days with Citi stock value dipping 20% on an average consecutively and saw itself at “3.77$”. The question has got drastically changed with this scenario. Its no more Me or You. Its “US”.

Though they are literally few options in these scenarios the coming week starting with Nov 24th shall definitely will be a tough & challenging week for the giant to see through.

Nations Finding Solace in Austerity

The great depression, credit crisis, the meltdown, recession, global financial turmoil, market crisis what ever may be the name whole thing boils down to increased chaos and uncertainty in terms of financial sector operations and all associated sectors which leaves very little scope for imagination.

Given the crisis world leaders, economists, analysts, high net worth individuals, venture capitalists all people from all streams are struggling to see the end of the tunnel.

One unanimous decision ever anybody could arrive was cutting down on expenses until things look ok. Operating costs have become a huge overhead when businesses are not meeting new customers & investors taking the capital out with lack of confidence. Markets mood is quite pessimistic and in many a cases over reaction is pulling the chords further.


I see nations cutting down on spending drastically. Interest rates being cut which helps cash ridden hungry markets a breather. Common man also has to adhere to Austere living. He in fact has to observe this mantra in true discipline and devotion since his job is under threat and chances of finding new are bleak. He has to be prudent in spending and have an eye on all the items which can wait and try and monitor all the areas of expenses to see if there is anything which can be cutback.

Opposite of Jhet - Assistant Jhet...

Well it was long back in May 2008 yet another long day at work was coming to an end,
I overheard one of my colleagues from other team asking her team member a question.

By the nature of the question it was quite straight forward what made it really interesting to quote at this moment was the reply & the context.

The question was "What is Opposite Of Jhet?"
Her team member to put an end to the turbulent struggle within his brain and given the fact he was also exhausted and thinking of hurrying home faster gave a firm reply Assistant Jhet.....or may be Senior Jhet.

That is it...all the people who heard burst into laughter.

The next day I did manage to research to get the opposite it was jhetani...
and so did others,every body had right answers but the reply lingered.

Hilarious instances with such a kinda genuineness remain cherish able for life time...

To Book Train Tickets Online for travel in INDIA

To Book Train Tickets Online for travel in INDIA.

use the following link Indian Railways

Global Imbalance An Imminent dollar Crisis

Highly Informative....recommend it...to chance upon...




You can read my casual draft on Onus to save US is onus... The above video is definitely a great support to my small writeup.

The Blue Eyed Shisha Girl....

Warning: Characters in the story are fictious any resemblance to any person is merely a coincidence and not intentional.

In the beautiful meadows of central Europe there used to be a bubbly girl Maggie. Her eyes were blue and elegantly intriguing. With light going attitude and a lovely nature, fascination to explore she was a delight to be with. Constant quest for new experiences has kept her on toes. Undoubtedly Maggie was a heartthrob.

Time and tide wait for none so did her age. Her propensity to find answers to her solitude has made her prepared. Being a natural explorer once she set out for Egypt. Passing through mighty pharoah’s, tedious camel rides and the adventurous desert experiences made her come alive. Amidst the traversal of such pleasurable experiences on one fine day her sight fell on a Shisha.

She couldn’t pull off her sight, as the Shisha was artistically colorful. She yielded to the price without much bargain as the temptation to acquire has overridden her senses. Maggie bought her favorite vanilla flavor for the shisha. She started spending days and nights shishaying dreaming about prince of her dreams. Shishaying helped her relax and she regretted the time she spent without the Shisha.

The Shisha was no normal antic piece It had a life in too. It understood the feelings of Maggie. It took no time to start admiring Maggie. One-day shisha has spoken to Maggie and said “ I cant withstand your feelings, neither can I help you All I can is I wish your dreams come true very soon”. Maggie was first amazed but was very happy with the empathy. With new found assurance and support she sailed through thick and thin effortlessly. This helped her recouping energies and worked hard to establish as a great painter. Maggies paintings were a reflection of her dreams and exploration of conflicts. She took Shisha with her wherever she went. Her reputation grew in no time as an artist. It was her dream come true when the handsome Prince of Wales came down to watch the art galleries put up for display. Both were love struck by Cupid at first sight. They exchanged vows and lived happily ever after. Maggie later became famous as the blue eyed Shisha princess.She never left the Shisha all her life.

Hey Euro R U Our Next Hero....

After the World War II US Dollar has become the most favorable trading currency. US the only nation, which allowed convertibility to its dollar during the turbulent times of World War II, faired well in establishing itself as a reserve currency replacing Pound. Total trading volumes in US dollar was more than 48% placing it far above than any other global currency.

The formation of Euro has been a historic decision in global Currency market. Euro came into existence in 1999. Since its inception in 11 countries it has been a strong contender to USD. It’s pegged currently by 10 currencies. The growth of Euro was steady and gradual. Total trading volumes in Euro rose to 34%, which is, still less to USD trading volumes globally.

With weakened dollar values triggered by credit crisis Euro has been gaining a greater confidence. Euro zone currently consists of 15 countries with many more nations in the pipeline to join. A single currency across the member countries marked by lower interest rates has been a great impetus to business here. European Central bank has become a serious force to reckon to compete with Fed. Developing nations like China and India with substantial GDP’s are willing to hedge more on Euro.

If this were not enough US dollar is falling on its own performance succumbing to overseas burdens and stress back home.Equations at Wall Street have never changed so quickly in its history. This definitely is sending wrong signals and indications for worse times ahead.

Like the Pound was replaced with Dollar. …Probably it’s now Euro to take the reigns as a reserve currency.

Euro UR Our Next Hero..

References
St.Louis Business Institute Research, White Paper
Bloomberg, Reuters – Articles

Lehman couldn't BEAR This FALL.......

It was not long ago when 80+ year Bearsterns vanished away from WallStreet. Big financial houses were in the same falling spree. Good samaritan act by Fed has prevented Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae repeating a similar act.

Lehman Brothers showed symptoms that it was brewing up with credit problems...until last weekend it had to sink in to file a bankruptcy. It was pathetic to see a 158 year old instictuition crumble to pieces.

The mood in Wall Street touched bottom low and investors are helplessly seeking shelter in chaos.World markets are trying to shield the negativity to penetrate further. Hoping this can get better with right measures in place.

As the saying goes Time & Tide wait for none.....The Fall in NY wouldnt stop...................and yeah This Fall will definitely miss...BearSterns & Lehman Brothers....

Thanks Lehman & Bearsterns....for your visions and path breaking innovations in world finance they shall be treasured.

Sateesh reporting for GTIP......from NY....

Onus 2 save US is on evry one of us....

It seems with the turmoil in the wall street things are looking bleak in the US markets.

As this is not sufficient to make situations worse...huge financial instituitions are brimming with no better situation..

At this point what is that we learn out of this crisis? What happened to the so called risk management? The amount of
risk that has been thrown open into the markets Was it completely ignored and unhandled?

Haha since the system failed...everybody can bull it...for no credit...

Well the best thing about any crisis...is if we all come together...we can find a solution to fight...
Funding needs to come in all directions to stop overspreading panic...
Bank of England & European Central Bank are pooling
in 50+ billion emergency fund.Letz hope things get better with some results yet to be declared by Morgan Stanley & Goldman Sachs..

The onus is on every one of us...to be more responsible as a decision maker..lest negative ripple effects are a indispensable feature..

Sateesh reporting for..GTIP....From Wall Street...

UN...familiar familiar..ITY

As a child when we see this world with awe, everything is so unfamiliar.Mom becomes our first acquaintance and a starting point for harboring the feelings of familiarity.

With familiarity we are able to connect to people.Over time we make relationships out of it .I have seen people waging a constant battle with unfamiliarity until they get familiar with everything they are surrounded with.

Its far more interesting how each person reacts to unfamiliarity. Some may get into their shells and become silent and not accessible because they are so uncomfortable to unfamiliar surroundings whereas in some cases people who have been there in such situations are more open to it. They take it as a challenging and exciting phase of life. They see it as an opportunity to discover something new which can be a thrilling experience for a life time.

Whatever may be the case and the reaction which is got out of treading unfamiliar familiarity I strongly believe ………

………………Life is all about confronting unfamiliarity and getting familiar.
This is how we mature,evolve,learn and become more complete…. and each instanc turns out to be a memorable experience.

Are U A Statue Of Liberty

A Brief Glance at the Statue of Liberty day in day out through my window at work has been a brief pleasure I steal every day.

On long weekends I laugh at the thought....if the Statue is still there or not....

This seems to be interesting day after day people in New York with tons of emotions carrying through the newyork subways..many of them holding a starbucks/Dunkin coffee mug.. Its hillarious to watch people trying to balance themselves with one hand in the subway trains.

It doesnt matter whether you hold a torch or a cuppa for the day....I would say its a stupendous supporting gesture for statue of liberty.

So the question is Are U a Statue Of Liberty ? :)

Dont Tell Me Style.....

This is such a delight to watch,The grace in the walk,confidence in eyes and a subtle arrogance.

Madonna is 1000% right in saying none need to teach her about style...

Catch Don't Tell Me Style....by Madonna


4 Minutes To save this world..

The Last Samurai

Ken watanabe as Katsumoto yet another wonderful performance....Tom Cruise as Nathan. It was great to watch the discipline and dedication for one to become a perfectionist at service......Its The Samurai.....


Simon Graham: [narrating] They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.


More on IMDB

know more about Memoirs Of A Geisha..a must watch movie..

Memoirs Of A Geisha

A touching narration of Chiyo turning out to Sayuri with the backdrop in Hanamachi.John Williams score is splendid, I feel like borrowing some British slang and call it as "Bloody Brilliance"

Ken Watanabe does it again.Young chiyo and the Chairman transforming scene was directed wonderfully.Pumpkin,Nobu san all crew have done great justice to their roles.Unarguably a must watch movie. You can find John Williams confluence/Themes on Memoirs Of Geisha in You tube.

Click here for more info on imdb

Wanna more info on Outsourced

Outsourced by John JeffCoat

On the wake of outsourcing penetrating into many business verticals it gets all the more interesting to see what happens next with profits shrinking to quite drastic proportions in the current times.Many alternative markets have popped up solely propelled by Operational Cost factor.

The movie deals about Outsourcing to India. Todd and Asha lead characters have done great job. Every character was backed up with good script. It threw light on Indo Amerian cultural differences in a comical way.Thumbs up to the director,writer for the narration being closer to reality.A delight to watch if you have 100 min to spare.

Link for more info on IMDB
Outsourced Movie

check my previous movie review on Casanova...

Woodside Balcony Spring Supper

Lovely spring night,
Fading Empire state light,
Having a large scoop of vanilla delight,
Cool breeze passing by amplifying this flight,
Up above I see no stars sight,
Thanks to the civilized minds gifting us this plight,
But yeah I see my inspiration elite,
Its the lovely moonlight,
children playing by though its not bright,
This is Woodside at its best,believe me and you would be right.

Thoughts I had while having dinner in the balcony,my woodside house.
Its a cherishable experience.

--Initial thoughts without the little poetic rhythm u see above--

Cool breeze passing by,
Lovely spring night,
gazing the empirestate building,
Having a large scoop of vanilla ice cream
Up above I see no stars
haha its all coz of pollution
But yeah I see my inspiration
Its the lovely moon
peeping through the branches
with the soothing smile in the form of moonlight
children playing by though its 10 in the night
This is Woodside at its best.
Its a cherishable experience.

Majority Minority

Haha its really crazy the way things happen when any minority reaches a majority and further by any chance they seize authority they still hate minority.

This is damn hilarious

Puerto rico Parade

New York's 5th Avenue Rocked to the tunes of the Puerto rican's.It was their national day.More than 2 million people have turned out ignoring the scorching sun.

Vibrant Floaters,Bands rocking people on the 5th Avenue stood hallmark of the parade.It was a nice thing to see people coming alive celebrating their culture and existence.


Few snaps of the parade,will upload the videos and link them.

Nippon Cha Cha Cha !!!

Want to know about human perfection,discipline,politeness personified,propensity towards honesty.There is no better place to refer with its Nippon.I know all you people who read through must be feeling I am throwing light on Sun.

Yes Its The Land Of Raising Sun....Nippon..JAPAN.

Konchiwa Japan,Genkii? (Hii Japan hruu doing?)

Shortly my Memoirs of Japan would surface in my blog.

New Soul By Yael Naim....

When I just dusted off my FM tuner and turned it on...I heard a very familiar voice going by....I am a new soul...came to this strange world .....and lo I remember it was my most favorite Mac advertisement. It wasn't ending at all....
I always liked the song was under the impression that Apple might have created a new tune...but then I immediately stopped the radio and searched in you tube and BINGO I find it in a single click...and more info on Google.

Ladies and Gentlemen I introduce to you all "Yael Naim..." a French Israeli singer.For acoustic guitar enthusiasts its a great song to learn.



want to download New Soul by Yael Naim( mp3 )

for lyrics of the song

Check my previous song review

Casanova....

Exquisite costume design,irresistible richness,magnificent architecture.... even the masks used were artistically chosen..,hundreds of violins in the backdrop.I would say....Casanova and Francesca's story is a viewers feast...

A must watch film if u are a fan of Venice,one of the best places you could dream spending your time while in Europe....

I bet you would be completely out of time...


want to know more about the movie

want to lead a beautiful life read more to get inspired...

Vita è bella, La

My first full length spanish movie,ofcourse...I took the help of english subtitles...
Vita è bella, La(Life is Beautiful) is an amazing script written,directed,acted by Roberto Benigni.

He definitely proved to the world with imagination,love and family one can make life beautiful.

Amazing comedy when Roberto Benigni acts as an inspector to meet his princess..



Tribute to his creativity when Roberto translates german for his kid Joshua...



Buenos dias Princesa!!



Movie trailer in English.......Life is beautiful



A must watch cinema...
Catch more info on imdb

Wanna check my prev movie review on Phantom Of The Opera...

The Phantom Of The Opera.....

Joel Schumaker and his team just mesmerized me with this musical sensation....this is indeed yearning me to go for opera more often.Amazing sets backed up with great music score and the dialogue....I should say Bravo..Stupenda!!!....like the Raoul and the Misseur in the movie.....The music is haunting...haha...I could hear Christine(Emmy Rossum)...singing

Think of Me....



Angel Of Music...



It was like The Phantom Of The Opera is there inside my mind.....



Unarguably.....It was indeed Music Of The Night



All I ask of you....



Wishing you were somehow here again....



The Point Of No Return


A must watch movie.Above is the sequence in which the movie progresses.
link to IMDB for more info...Phantom Of The Opera....

want to check on my previous movie review...on
Captain Corelli's mandolin starring Nicolas Cage Penelope Cruz

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Just now saw Captain Corelli's Mandolin....
Its a moving story accompanied with electrifying romance,elegantly directed by john madden.The movies revolves around Cephallonia a beautiful island in Greece.I liked Penelope's histrionics for the first time. She was very natural.Nicolas Cage as always at his best.

In the whole movie I liked this dialog the most
"I am not a religious man but I believe this if there is a wound we must try to heal it.
If there is someone whose pain we can cure we must search till we find them,
If the gods have choosen that we should survive,It will be for a reason....."

All in all a great movie worth a watch at leisure.Thanks to the whole team who is part of the movie.It was nice.

want to know more about the movie
Captain Corelli's Mandolin...

Time is Precious...

4 Minutes by Madonna and Justin Timberlake...itz an awesome tune.I am spellbound the duo performance...One would want to be on the dance floor...immediately....

Hey Madonna how do u get to do such wonderful numbers....?

Musings before a Production Release

Streamlining processes has been a challenge over time however not impossible.It takes few bold decisions and relentless propensity in accomplishment.

I feel far more empowered how I can bring a difference in its entirety towards any task I take up.I am enjoying this bliss of being non-judgemental.There is a catch I am exploiting me until I discover happiness in every thing I do no matter what.

Musings before a Production cutover.

A must watch for Homosapiens and Humans as well...

Just see to History of any nation,it definitely has so many instances where it feels shy to away. Probably every part of the World has been trying to cover its ugly flashes of time by projecting its maturity how it has learned a lesson.

To just draw this point more justice I bring open an impeccable feature film which to my personal standards was scarier than any imaginable horrendous contexts life can throw.

Ladies and Gentlemen its 1947 Earth by Deepa Mehta.
Its a must watch film for all inhabitants under the sky and a mandatory prescription for the modern homosapiens so that they can admire and hopefully incline and evolve to a species called Human.This dosage can kill the gaining homosapien thoughts in U if you are currently a human :)

Wow...you reached till hear...Bravo!!! you were definitely humane to my writeup..well I got to give a present..

find more info on it at imdb

Thanks to my friend for suggesting this movie.

read more on a Stunning epic

Disturbing Korean OASIS...Fabulous Peruvian Jazz(Wkend May 10,11th 2008)

Alexander movie by Oliver Stone - Great new insight about the Alexander the great and all the soldiers,what they could have gone through,ups and lows of life in general.I would say an elegant movie with a stunning presentation on screen.

Globe Trekker - DVD Series This time its.... about Ireland.
Not as impressive as Scotland coverage still not bad.
Tori islands was nice basically an island with 125 people as inhabitants.

Hyderabad Nawabs - Not as great as Angrez but still a decent film to watch.

American Asian Heritage Week - As part of This I saw the Korean OASIS movie. It was a disturbing movie. A very bold love story. I must say spectacular histrionics.

Love story between a physically handicapped woman and a guy who was a convict with 3 cases against him.

May 11th 2008
Set out for attending a seminar on understanding Jewish culture after I reached the seminar by 5 minutes late I found the room was pretty dull and not interactive so peeped into a concert near by which I kept as a backup plan.

This turned out to be an excellent experience. True orchestration at work.
Hot Picks at Queens Library: Request Them and Get Them ... Afro-Peruvian & Brazilian Jazz With Corina Bartra [Add to My Events] A concert featuring ...


Then saw a short movie Weeki Watch girls good movie. Triggered my imaginations about why not a very short movie myself ???
wonderful
http://origin.www.atomfilms.com/film/weeki_wachee.jsp
weeki wachee girls
http://www.sirenstalefilms.com/about.html


Ofcourse bloggin the wkend stuff ...until late 1 pm eating into my weekday....Me to sleep Wish Me and U all A Great Productive Week.....

Pacha Rocks Me Again...April 26th,27th 2008

Vantage Point Movie wonderful movie after a very long time saw a movie which was so thrilling with the freshness of its take.Attended Sociedad Latina Party at Pachita.This time Samba Dance was the highlight.It was great the whole dance floor become all the more lively amidst Samba dancers and the vibrant music. Later shifted to Pacha until morning 6am.Pacha has amazing sound and lighting effects its a different experience altogether.All in all yet another nice weekend.

Bee Life,Classmates(April 19,20 Weekend)

Adding few things to Blog,Woodside Grocery Shopping.
Classmates Telugu movie(Good movie - nice reunion story of college alumni )
Appud Appudu (Telugu movie shreya reddy and raja) another (good one)
Nee Valle Nee Valle (Telugu yet other good movie)

Bee Life:Wonderful movie great imagination...and nice script

House Maintenance - haha cleaning...routine chores...
Oh yeah written few poems...will upload shortly...

Edison To Flushing Via Edinburgh(Weekend May 3,4, 2008)

Saturday May 3rd:Travel in New Jersey,Edison,Oaktree to Durham Woods Community,Royal Fields Community.Lunch at Dakshin.
Travel to New Jersey was great however travel back home in NY was lot more affable.
Saw a Telugu Movie titled Okka Mogadu.Movie was just fine.

Telugu : 8th largest spoken language in the world.

After saw Globe Trekker DVD series Tour to Scotland by one of my favorites ***Megan McCormick***. Awesome is the only word I have. Scottish Accent,Mighty William Wallace,Chocolate Puffs,An Escapade into trekking spots,The Glaswegian accent,International school of Pied Pipers,Scottish Music,Scottish folk dance,William Wallace...act,Cursed Castles...buy a DVD for yourself its a great personal collection.

Later tried hand on few Guitar chords....and learned a Hindi song....Tum Se Hi from the movie Jab We Met

May 4th 2008
It was early Sunday by then slept and got up at 12:15 in the afternoon and logged in from bed to check there was an interesting event in Flushing Auditorium

Hurried up got ready cooked lunch and was out by 1:35. Caught the international express train haha the 7 Train.....reached Flushing by 1:55 and 3 minutes later I find the destination.Exactly at 2 pm I was in Auditorium.

It was an event by Garth Edwin Sunderland from RAM part of Astoria Music Society.Random Access Music (RAM) is a consortium of NYC
composers who write fresh music for Queens audiences. RAM has given voice to a new generation of composers and introduced audiences to new trends.

Some tunes were amazing will upload shortly few snapshots of it.

Scotland Tour got reminded me of my hardcore gaming days....Ahh...I miss the Age Of Empires....(All u hardcore ...Gamers...understand....Age Of Empires,Age Of Mythology,The Castle Age..William Wallace Troops....). I thank Microsoft for this game... Its been more than 4 years that I left it.It was fun to plan strategies and when the brain cells exhaust use cheat codes and upgrade the level to Hard against 9 rivals)

My Flight to Moon Was...U Know A Kind Of Ok....

Suddenly felt bored...about Earth...I set out my Journey from here...



Gave a glance back at earth



The farther I went I felt earth lured me it was the most beautiful...thing in universe



Said Hii....to my neighbouring Galaxy


Then Reached onto Moon....

Thought Why not measure my weight...Took out my gadget



Awesome I weigh..only 3.8 pounds....I just got reminded I had to catch up a meeting in Downtown...Came back to my House...


Still in my mind the impression of beautiful earth remains.....I realized wherever we are whatever we do Its such a beautiful world....out we live in...Lets treasure it and pass it for future....as it is...

If possible do something Earth friendly....Thx for reading....






No Kidding...Wanna know how you can check ur weight on Moon its pretty simple......catch my AMNH special....

Net Party - I

Net Party,Young professionals meetup at Duvet,45 W 21st St (btwn 5th and 6th Aves).
April 16th 2008,9:14 pm

Coming soon more on Net Party....

Snap Details
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A60
Exposure: 1.0 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.4mm
Flash Used: No
Auto Timer:Yes

MOMA PART III

U can catch up with MOMA PART –II here...



The journey starts here...5th Avenue,50th Street & my favorite E Line



The Famous St.Thomas Church splendid monument on the way to MOMA



Entrance to Eternal Bliss



subtle evening sunrays tickling the Zara store At The Junction of 5th Avenue



sun light Gushing into 5th Avenue a beautiful thing to Gaze at

We are almost there....
11th Jan 2008-MOMA Journey Continues....

77 Water Street,Excellent View From My Office

camera:Canon Powershot A60
focal length:16.2mm
aperture:f/4.8
exposure time:0.001s(1/800)
taken on Feb 7th 2008 from the office window during lunch 2:11:39 pm



2:11:53pm

2:11:59pm

2:12:25 pm another helicopter on the helipad,This picture with a Tungsten filter and 2x zoomed out.

A Tribute To Wall Street

Camera:Canon Powershot A60
Aperture:f/2.8
Flash:Not Used
Focal Length:5.4mm

Snap took on Feb 5th at 9:30 pm while returning from work at Wall Street Subway(1,2,3 line)

One Of my Favorite snaps of the NY SUBWAY...

If Every Country is Developed what would be Next?

A sudden cloud of fear struck me with the thought if the whole world gets developed is it going to be monotonous...will things look the same spanning all nations. Though the thought is wonderful to dream.... my gut feeling says even before we can reach such a point we would definitely figure out a creative way to destroy some part of the world may be for a existing reason or a new reason out of the box.

I am now more contended and comfortable with the exemplary execution which can happen out of human stupidity.The impact is timeless,unimaginable.In some cases with cutting edge technologies and knowledge it can intensify the process. we shall surprise ourselves.

The Great Beer Famine

This is the real concern I am bogged down these days with the global warming in the rampage there is shortage of water in New Zealand,Australia as a result its effecting barley production which is a significant raw material for Beer Breweries. The situation is dampening in entire American region as well.

I foresee a huge Beer Famine in the making.This seems to be more serious than the huge recession clouds passing by me while I work in Wall Street.I appeal to all my beering fraternity to try ponder on while they have their next mug of beer.Its tough to imagine our future generations deprived of this privilege.

Three Cheers to beer at least we have found a reason to sacrifice some time to think about so called mother nature/earth.


Its APRIL 23rd Earth Day.....PLEASE LETS BE DETERMINED NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO.

Lexington Avenue Escalator to E line

On The Way Back home from Turkish Party at Lexington Avenue Station. Escalator to reach E line to Queens....
Note:The photograph was taken in a moving escalator in an auto mode with no image stabilization

Jenny's Birthday Bash,Latina Party @ Pachitha

Its Jenny's Birthday Bash at Pachita.An event organized and coordinated for Socieda Latina group.Understandably my first Latina party.Latina music was excellent.Though I could hardly relate to couple of tunes I enjoyed the freshness and the diversity in the music.I liked the dance floor too.Ah..my only complain initially was the decibel levels at which music was played haha...it felt like my ears were trying to escape the harsh sound waves hitting them.I helped them further by avoiding proximity to speakers all through the night.After the Party was over just glanced at Pacha downstairs but it was early morning so decided to taxi me back home.
Weekend March 19th,2008.

Turkish Party @ Euro Circle

It was March 18th got an invitation for Turkish party just when I set out of office towards home.I was excited since itz my first introduction to Turkish music and attending a party on a weekday.The ambiance was wonderful.The most interesting part of the party is the Belly Dance competition.
All people in the party were given a open invitation for participating in it however few participated. One participant was amazing and she was rightly chosen for the prize of 250$. It was a wonderful party and yeah I could click few good snaps at the party and on my way back through Lexington subway.I like the tunnel view photograph.

Sateesh....King Of Queens :)

Historical Meet Of Two INDIANS in TOKYO

MOMA - PART II

U can catch up with MOMA PART –I here...
After covering all the galleries I catched a Yugoslavian movie with English subtitles."The Dog Which ran behind the Train".The take of the movie,characters chosen were all very close to interior parts of Yugoslavia.Quite a different story lineup and with a sad ending.All in all it didn't seem fictional as it posed to be.If we compare with Hollywood or Bollywood(Indian cinema) its way behind the technical standards.

Here are few of the 100's of snaps I have shot at The Museum of Modern Art.If you happen to be in New York I would suggest never to miss a chance to glance upon this priceless treasure of art.

MOMA Part III follows....

MOMA PART - I

MOMA is the Museum Of Modern Art in 53rd street NewYork.E train by subway is easiest way to reach this.Its just 15 minutes for me from Roosevelt Avenue.If u have an appetite to art there is no second thinking about it.Great works by Picasso,Rousseau,Salvador Dali,Henri Matisse,Francis Bacon..hmm to my mind I could recollect only these but they are many famous contemporary works at display.

While I was watching one of the open exhibits in the museum I wished to click a picture of me with a giant spider formation & since I was not allowed to carry a tripod and had no aid to support my camera to auto shoot me,I took the help of a visitor who was clicking her kid with the spider...haha and this kid was not going away in-spite of calling twice.I told her to go ahead with the photo and later asked her if I can have another snap with the kid zoomed in.

This is the first one..See the kid...haha...he is looking at me with questions all over his face


and the next one here
2nd Photo..here..
In the second photo when I hug him he was expression less a little nervous,in fact I was nervous too you never know he can bang on my spects while I am posing a laugh in the snap but this man was pretty nice posed a great expression,later when I gave him over to his Mama he started a little smile. It was a huge transition for a tiny brain. Hey Dude....Lots of fun coming ahead be prepared, All The Very Best in your life :)

Will get back on what I did more in the MOMA tommorow.

Week End(April 12,13,14 2008)

Changing template has eaten more than 30 hours since saturday afternoon 2pm until sunday morning 4am and second round from sunday afternoon 2pm to monday night 2pm still there is lot of work to do since I dint wanted to use the normal 3 column template as seen in every page load else where.I got into the house on Friday evening 7pm and since then didn't even step out until Monday afternoon.I took a planned leave to take more time to add the new features to my blog.I am glad with the following things

• Template Change from black colour to new one


• Added social bookmarking icons


• trying to enhance read more tags


• Learned using online icon creators


• Learned using page load time and tweaking page to load faster from 0.75 sec to 0.38sec


• Some tips on ahref tag


• very shortly try bringing up my black template too


• A Floral Template on flowers

Thanks to blogger guide online.Its simply wonderful
Blogger Tips site...

Apart from this I caught up a telugu movie Navvu Navvinchu,english movie Doomsday,Kill Me Later,had a wonderful dinner in the balcony in my house out in the open moonlight hearing to bryan adams music,went to a temple 2 blocks away which has Sindhis,Punjabis,Hindus worship place and yeah went to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

Expressing Thru Photography is a Wonderful Art

Where iz My Mama...I got to go to MOMA....
wanna know more about this lovely kid & MOMA....cu all 2morow....until then take care bye..

Are We Selling our Bodies Infinitely?

Can we pose unrelated questions in a given situation?

When we are crazily dancing,drinking can we think of a kid crying in Somalia out of hunger(First of All Why the Hell should we think only at that point)

Even if we would,what is the benefit we get,so our brain immediately ignores it. (BENEFIT or PROFIT)

We dance until our body gets exhausted haha rather until our body permits. Then we rest the body for the trouble it has taken and get up after we feel better.

Given the assumption we have exploited our body on the name of ENJOYMENT/INDULGENCE we get up with a very tired feeling which we try to SHOWCASE to PEOPLE in fashionable terms as hangover.I dont know how did anyone get the right to exploit one's own body?(silly question)

BODY SHOPPING
We are primarily driven by desires. The commonality being HAPPINESS(Are we clear with what Happiness is or rather define it thru the life as time goes by,changing its definition?). To achieve rather discover Happiness they are plethora of options but in the process the body gets used/exploited. I havent heard of anybody who is healthy and rather not too old comically asking his body "Hey Body Can I go ahead I am trying to pursue this ambition/happiness?" . I guess is a big no. Its yes with people who are facing illness,physical disability,Old age. We go ahead with our Selfish motives taking it for granted with our bodies and go on and on until our body says back to us "look boss I am tired,I cant cooperate with you".

Some smart brains can understand this fact much earlier so they try install in some DISCIPLINE and are CONSCIOUS of their INDULGENCE (healthy) . They EXERCISE regularly to keep the body toned so that it can be used for longer time. Out of this discipline and exercise activity billions of people draw HAPPINESS feel happy for the very fact of their communication with body is great. Now this feel good factor can be used in many forms by the same person and rather many people use it many forms.

If people are not knowlegeable of this fact they would be made aware by the rest of the community. DISCIPLINE and EXERCISE find ACCEPTANCE from society.

To illustrate few benefits to which people use the feel good factor is to SELL it for entertainment,to ATTRACT people,to use it effectively for achieving their Selfish motives(Goals,Ambitions) etc.

Please note:This article doesnt want to say Selfishness,Enjoyment,Indulgence,Profit,showcasing is bad or good.

TIT FOR TACT
In the above 2 paragraphs I have empathized with the body saying we are being selfish in exploiting it to draw happiness it seems true to some extent but "Can we draw happiness without using our body?" rather "are we intelligeble enough to think apart from our body?". Probably this is all about Meditation to think away from body and find infinite enjoyment or bliss. However this seems boring because I cant SHOWCASE. In the first place people cant find it easily and even if they managed its a real tough process.Since I never experienced it I cant elaborate on this front.

since we are primarily drawing happiness out of the 5 senses of the body

· Eye - See

· Ear - Hear

· Skin - Touch

· Tongue - Taste

· Nose - Breathe

Out of this limited senses we have created a world of options to indulge our body. I feel to achieve these options man is relentlessly working hard. His entire journey is all about acquiring or experiencing these instruments of happiness. Since these are bodily driven , it gets entertained until the body entertains it. Rather to say it is temporary.

Once the instruments of happiness have been experienced or acquired they have to be SHOWCASED to people.

For example I enjoy music a lot so I keep hearing to music or playing music. Once the ear stops receiving its gone. I no longer can enjoy. Now I start showcasing to people my experiences "You know what when I hear this stuff it was Awesome,I felt like this blah,blah" etc

So I would rather say since body gives us limiting options of drawing happiness I would not empathize with it rather EXPLOIT it :) because in the end the "I RULES" over anything in this world so our body is no exception to that.

The Driving factors SUCCESS,WEALTH
People who are successful,wealthy are identified with the highest of these instruments of happiness. Arguably they would possess the best of the worlds comforts.

Please understand Success,Wealth is in no way related to HAPPINESS with the very fact many successful,wealthy people have woeful stories than the common man.

A world report portrays people in underdeveloped countries and developing nations are far more happier than the ones living in Developed geographies.Happiness is in being happy with what one has and Success is in achieving what he or she wants to do.

People who are SUCCESSFUL or WEALTHY
These people dictate rules of conduct for the society or rather society is comfortable accepting their decisions,imitating their methodologies etc(again no blames on being successful or wealthy).They can make out of the box decisions,unconventional which people are very comfortable following blindly.Its the mob mentality,go with the flow and later perish into oblivion.

The Motives of BUSINESS
By and large the BUSINESS OF BUSINESS IS TO DO BUSINESS. It demands profits,results. I cant imagine any product which is being sold or marketed has an altruistic nature. HIgh end products sold as a STATUS symbol and when things become common it is sold as luxury,convenience,necessity.

Trying to Understand THE LAND OF SPIRITUALITY,YOGIS
Me being from South Asia,to be precise INDIA.I am now all the more curious why were there so many YOGIS in INDIA and why not anyother place in the world? This is a mean attempt only out of imagination rather scientific or facts. I guess the Gangetic plain was one of the fertile regions in the world and the Aryans race was quite intelligent genetically so they didnt have to really worry about basic problems of inhabitation food,water and shelter and since the population at those times was very low no competition to prove etc. made them to think of the community rather than just themselves or a freedom to think above the body.This thinking and research in this direction has given the way to many sages and yogis.

Take for instance the amount of hardships an icelandic man or any human being who have inhabited in the Deserts has faced to get food.He can get ready to do anything to keep him alive since its hard for him to survive.There is hardly any room for thought out of his very existence.

The Backgound to this article
Hitting the Dance floor after Pragathi resorts Polaris Stream Outing in 2005. I was watching the thought provoking taare zameen par movie,In the middle I had to drop since I wanted to give me a chance as what people describe so much about Nightlife,Nightlife all the time.In Tokyo I never did since I was alone as I preferred to be. Here I have no option but to share. In a way its good its getting me to know people from different backgrounds.

one of my roomates birthday party was hosted in Lafayette Bar and Restaurant in the Downtown. Were there until 12:15 night until cake cutting then moved to a NightClub.Enjoyed dancing till morning 4:30 then went all the way to Astoria and ate in the Diner.I was the only crazy guy who ordered 2 scoops of icecream early in the morning at a freezing temperature of -6. haha again its the Tongue/taste. To wind it up completed the movie and as usual its another nice movie.
INTERESTING OBSERVATION:Do Something Completely Different or SURPRISE YOURSELF,It can trigger you a new experience and whole abundance of wonderful thoughts

Authored By :Challa Sateesh Kumar
Started :January 20th 2008(1:41 PM)
Revisited :January 27th 2008(10:15 PM)

Total Hours spent:4hrs

An Independance From Parenting

Parenting is very soon going to become an extinct commodity with the hectic lifestyles we lead as individuals. Part time mothers are the norm of the day; nothing against anybody it’s a mandatory feature as we see everybody wanting to be independent.

No matter how much I earn or my wife earns, even in the wildest of my dreams I don’t see me giving the amount of time I spent with my father and mother during my childhood. With changing times we also change. Probably human beings are the only animals changing so rapidly and eternally oblivious to the perils of their change, many a times its challenging the very existence of the planet they live on. Please note all advancements have not lead to the situations we are in, I mean there are many things where we have developed in the truest sense and it is obvious that it was realized only because of many souls putting into lot of work in their respective fields.This is all part of the big picture. Let this not sound satirical and see not things in Black or White but a region called grey, where the reality is.

Probably 19th and the 20th century has set a different rhythm on to the globe.21st century with this momentum has become a different breed altogether.
What we saw in the Americas or Europe in the early 1930’s has already become the default norm even in the family intensive societies of Asia. We are the most intelligent species, changed and re-organized family structure to gain more independence on ourselves, rather to say to shed responsibilities so that we can get along with our own wishes.

Nuclear families have become a norm and huge joint families have perished to the pressure and comfort of a nuclear family. It was the best strategy to break free from centralized control of family heads. Haha no body wants to live in hierarchy, every body needs democracy.
Now that we are nuclear, is this gonna help us trade into future. It’s a thumping NO. This can only go until we reach a single unit. We currently have no time to spend with our kids nor wife and worst with ourselves. We have come to a point where we need to schedule to see if we can accommodate to become parents. There is proper planning required and huge amount of TIME and MONEY involved. The combination of Money and Time is a rare commodity even if we are ok with it we are not comfortable to accept this fact since we got to do better year after year until our last breath. In the process we see raising a family as a huge burden and one of the toughest decisions to make as it demands our commitment 24 by 7 all through life. I sniff very soon our elegant advancements could empower us with an out of the box idea which currently is not perceivable by my brain for the obvious limitation it possess. This idea what I can see would help parenting an independent process. Probably enabling the child to grow on itself J there by giving us ample time to go on with our advancement.

Feelings I tried to jot down after I have seen the movie March Of the Penguins.
This is a thought provoking guide to parenting. It helps understand how Penguins decide to love in the harshest place on earth. Thanks to National Geographic society and all the people associated in making this movie a possibility.

Check the following links for more info.
Official site: http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/
Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Penguins

Aren't U Having A Telepathic Mind ?

There is an immense clarity in me that I can understand feelings,thoughts of people not through any communication received to any of my senses.It has happened to me at very few instances but when it happens with few people on almost consistent basis this makes me feel "The more I share the more I have" This is uninterrupted communication beating time hmm..also space(distance)....and of course physical barrier.Give it a thought this must be an inherent potential of every brain,probably this is why I am able to send and receive communication(thoughts and feelings).I communicate on a daily basis,day in day out independant of time and distance.

"Its undoubtedly a miracle The More We Share The More We Have" --Sateesh.

Cleopatra Stratan-Ghita

Check Romanian song Ghita by the wonder kid Cleopatra Stratan.I felt the english version not interesting as this one,especially when she pronounces laporkittar,brev...haha definitely great delight to hear and see.Unfortunately I have no idea of Romania,I heard these lyrics have been
sung for her boyfriend.People with Romanian background can add brief comments on the lyrics.
To read more info on this wonderkid in the wiki click on the title.

Easter Party at Raluca's Place

It was my first ever Easter party,arguably the best of all parties I've ever had,Thanks to the Host Raluca & the gracious company of Alena,Magdha,Anitta,Eleva,Natalia,Irene,Jayesh,Raj,Anand and Manav.Great questions and answers :0) let me tell though it was confusing nobody understanding anybody haha everyone thoroughly enjoyed the moments......Add more comments...
Event:Easter Party
Place:Forest Hills,Queens,NY

Speaking My Mind

This was interesting. I started a blog in March 2005.It had one line in it. After that I reconsidered to blog again in 2007 created a adsense account too but never updated any content.The third attempt came when I started thinking in the same lines in September 2007 but it was just for 2 days when I was in Jackson heights Roosevel avenue.This is my 4th attempt to get into blogging and I have spent more than 2 hours per day since March 18th. This time the urge to write and reach out to people has been inevitably high.

Selecting a template was one of the toughest things I faced,however I tried hand trying more than 20 templates before I narrowed down on this.

I am amazed at my thoughts which have such a great bandwidth ranging from a trivial nothing to a turbulent storm,I respect all of them since they all nurture me to evolve further.

To See a Rainbow I some how feel we definitely got to stand the RAIN.