this makes me mad!

It is the system that pisses me..
This incident is a perfect illustration of our rotten system.
The system degrades a woman hundred times over than a sexual harresment
Making her recount her ordeal over and over again, and at the same time asking her to forgive and forget.
The guy who was the culprit....will do 15 days in jail or less depending on his paying capability....but the lady not only was harressed at night..but harressed in the police station too.....if she was not a HINDU journalist ..the FIR would have been very difficult to register.
I hate to imagine what happens to all the women in rural India who endure sexual harresment, but prefer to be silent.......because in a police station she will be ridiculed, if not blamed for the entire incident
Let alone register an FIR..she might be imprisoned under some pretext !

Found Anupam Kher's long lost brother in Kabul

kool clock

doesnt the clock look real cool?
hah! finally I am getting the hang of these stupid HTML.. "thing a me" s.

What's in a name anyway?

The sunday Newsline, from Indian Express, Delhi has a section called :"Small Talk..." this breaks encee's heart.....but he knows he has not "lifted" or was subconsciously influenced by the Express Group.

a nice name had he.
but change it I must !
..............................How about Captain Spark's dairy?
Dear eM( frau Inspi Ration) react you must..please!
But change I must...! ....must i?

in which i go back to school

The ball pen has been voted the best low cost innovation ever.( page 20 ,HT Feb 11,2005)
The other top five candidates:Paperclip, London Underground Metro Map, Condom,Velcro.
the ZIP, thePost it, Umbrellas, Flipflops , the Safety pin and Light bulb were other favorites.


This article brings back memories.
What is good design? ....................Is it form first or is it function? .....................is it the egg or the chicken?
(no I was not working in a poultry farm or own a hatchery, i went to a design school.)

Goodness...those were good times!
Under the thinking tree,......with a cutting Chai and a plate of Kanda and aloo Bhajia discussing Bullshit(form and function! Kurosawa and Ghatak! and who slept with whom!)
memories and memories and yet some more ................................memories!
And I find it really strange ,everything I think of the school I land up visiting.
....................................................................................................And I think a trip might be brewing for a story on the 15th.

Did I make the right choice to branch out of the eternal debate?
..............should I have been carrying on with the form and function ?
these are question which haunt me nowadays?
was it 6 years of wasted effort?
.....but I did have a good time! i did for sure !
Well that is what is important!

the HT article mentions Londons' Design Museum I am reminded of "Elan"!.....that was the most chaotic event we ever organised.And I guess was the worst part of my 6 year stay there.
i became a loner...a misfit! ....................................................and so full of myself and a mister know it all!
It took me 2 more years of solitude in the Capital ( sounds nice!) and a chance meeting with A to unlearn this (A aggred to marry me as a reward, i guess!). But she detests the school..and any people closely associated with that place.


Getting back to the school! we had this design exhibition somewhere in year 3 of my stay.And a gentleman , a guest faculty arrived from Londons' Design Museum to take a Course for us. It was a course where we switched disciplines. Not that we had much discipline 2 all....but the thought of doing things which we had seen others do, sounded great.So we were excited about this project.Mr..... was the co ordinator , choreographer etc etc.. of this project.
Our batch had to design the products..first, create a proper launching pad to exhibit the products....( create a show and an exhibition..invite the entire city too!) and document the entire show.
I am still ashamed of that lousy piece of work. But it was fun!


Is Mr. ....... still the cuartor of the museum? i forget the name....but i remember his "Dali "sh moustache and his crazy personality.

this post should be skiped by all you devoted readers.....( actually statistics show I have none...but what is the harm in hoping I have 15000 hits!)..maybe Madam eM or shall we call her "Inspi" Ration....could be a potential reader and a promoter!

Marketing.. dear Watson!....I need to market my work....i should become a "bazaru"...aadmi!
i need to sell my soul!
this is the same sad story of my life....marketing skills......zero!

i just had a crazy idea what I should post everyday. ( for some it might not seem crazy!) i shall write about a new person I have met everyday.Not necessarily i have to meet a brand new personality everday but i should talk about a new person. Now would that be interesting! doesnt sound so.....Shit!

encee2002
take a peek into my life!

encee2002
"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning."said Andy Warhol......this particular currency lost all its meaning...a dollar sold for 10,000Kabuli....was it because of these two ladies?

Piegon in a shoebox

.......a Piegon flew into our balcony last night......to die!The wife and I made a nice shoe box bed for it..packed it with newspapers and foam....( we could not make out what it was suffereing from...it kept dashing its wings and the neck turned in a funny angle.And @ 12'oclock we could not take it to Friendicos..)
The bird slept quitely whole night in the shoe box ...warm i guess .. and died early morning after fluttering its wings one last time.
When a bird dies, like us humans the eye remains open..the white protecting membrane does not cover the eyes...(I forget the name ..though!) and i could not close the eyelids like they do in the films..( do birds have eyelids?)but it felt sad.I believe in destiny...!
The bird could have been a late night snack for the neighbourhood cat...but it was meant to die in a shoebox.
Before setting out for office today, I dumped the shoebox in the dumpyard...but, now I am feeling shit!
Should I have buried it!...
.................................... now I believe in "Karma". Do you?

Dante's Inferno Test

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!

Second Level of Hell

You have come to a place mute of all light, where the wind bellows as the sea does in a tempest. This is the realm where the lustful spend eternity. Here, sinners are blown around endlessly by the unforgiving winds of unquenchable desire as punishment for their transgressions. The infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine, whirling them round, and smiting, it molests them. You have betrayed reason at the behest of your appetite for pleasure, and so here you are doomed to remain. Cleopatra and Helen of Troy are two that share in your fate.


Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Level Score
Purgatory Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo Low
Level 2 Very High
Level 3 Moderate
Level 4 Low
Level 5 High
Level 6 - The City of Dis High
Level 7 Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus High

Level descriptions: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html
Take the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv

Lady finger

yesterday i was stuck inside my car in the usual 6o'clock traffic jam @ Pragati Maidan, wondering when the damn Ring road traffic will stop...when i saw this girl floating in between cars. She had no left hand..a dangling rolled up left kurta sleeve!(was it left or right?...whatever!)
She was asking for money..almost everyone turned their face away..and she floated onto me.
Then i saw it...tiny fingers peeping under her dangling left kurta.She looked like Sanjeev Kapoor in Sholay! ( No i am not making fun @ one's disability but..the situation was really funny.) She knew I knew. Yet she came to my window to ask for money..she didnot care!
Then she carried forward floating onto the car behind me ..her tiny fingers dangling under her.
I was not upset that I did not notice it before...( i am stuck @ the same place everyday!) but what was funny was that she didnot care.
one confident woman she was...she cared nothing that she was caught!
cheers to her!

the piscean axis

today i found out who the piscean axis is!

an Ode to eM

a lot of inspirations from eM....
eM...,if u ever get to this post a big thank u to u for the influences.

Things I Have Done in 35 Years, 01 month!

Things I Have Done in 35 Years, 01 month!
(.... Red the ones you've done, blue the ones you want to!)
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive....
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (hope showers count)
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg.
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse (even if it was only £1)
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (there are sick days for sick people too?)
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetised your records (and CD's and tapes and and and...)70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog (double emphasis!)
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a cheque
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person or Member of Parliament
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over to be with the one you love
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologised to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested
(Copied shamelessly from eM.Who,copied shamelessly from fishboy Feel free to copy shamelessly from me!)

A clean slate..

hell!..this is my 3rd effort to publish my ramblings.I just finished throwing away posts from last couple of months.i dont feel good!
something is missing!