'Left'- The Heroes Of Indian Politics!

As we all know, CPI a.k.a Left is one of the most important political party in the country today,as it controls the strings of Indian Government. But sometimes I wonder if Left is worth so much attention. Whether it is Nuclear deal, petrol price hike or joint military exercises, they seem to have a view which is always contradictory to that of any educated rational person.
Left people argue that the nuclear deal is not on equal terms and India has made unnecessary concessions to US. I mean how do u expect a country, which has a GDP thirteen times that of India and is technologically 100 years ahead of us, to have a deal on equal terms.There are certain restrictions imposed on nuclear testing, but i don't understand the need of nuclear weapons in todays world scenario.No country in the world today has the guts to initiate a nuclear war.They say it is a matter of national security.First take some retaliatory action against Chinese forces who cross the border ten times a day and have already taken hundreds of kilometers of Indian territory. HAVE THE GUTS!!
Main objective of the government is to end the years long nuclear discrimination against India through this deal but these people don't seem to understand that.
Second issue that the Left is handling these days is inflation.They know the problem i.e inflation, everyone knows but do they have a solution? If the global prices of commodities rise what should the government do.Oil prices rose by 150% during the last six months but petrol price hike was a meager Rs 5.What else do you want a government to do?Moreover, when inflation reached 11% last week, inflation in food items accounted for only 1% of that.This means that inflation is not affecting the poor.Then why such hue and cry from the left?
Another point is, Left always seems to have problems when government talks of relations with US, whether its economic cooperation or military relations or the Israel issue.US is such a big power in todays world that maintaining healthy relations with it can only be beneficial for India.
Left has a different view point in this too.
Just look at the states ruled by left parties.West Bengal, where industrialization has just started on a large scale.Calcutta is nowhere compared to other metros.
Second is Kerala where most of the educated people migrate out in search of jobs.Third is Goa,which is famous only as a tourist destination, nothing else.
If India has to have a good future these communists should be exiled to China, so that the government can freely pursue its progressive policies without any problems with its allies.

Is The Naked Mile Possible In India..

Some days back, I was watching 'American Pie-5, The naked mile' on my friend's computer for the third time. Suddenly a question struck my mind. Is there any possibility that such an event can be organized in India? I know this sounds crazy now but some years down the line, it might turn into a reality, much to the delight of every single male in India.
However, there are number of issues to be addressed before you all enter that fantasy world. First point to be discussed is which city is the best to organize such an event?
We'll consider five cities one by one.
1) Chennai: If it takes place in Chennai(don't laugh), i don't want to imagine the chaos it will cause. It is not easy to estimate how many guys will be raped and how many will commit suicide. Not only the participating males, the onlookers will also die of heart attacks seeing chennai women naked.

2) Bangalore: Bangalore is not an option as it already has traffic problems and is too cramped to hold such an event.

3) Mumbai: It can definitely be organized in Mumbai but Shiv Sena will make sure that each male finishes the race with his vital organs cut off.

4) Calcutta: Calcutta is also an option but then the Left will withdraw its support from the government for letting such an event happen in its state. We should understand that naked mile is not worth an early election.

Only place left is Delhi and according to me, it is the best place to organize this event for the following reasons:
i) Percentage of babes and dudes in Delhi and surrounding areas is not even comparable to other parts of India( barring Mumbai which we have already discussed).

ii) Now if you know a bit of economics, Supply is defined as 'the quantity which is available and which the seller is willing to sell'. The 'willing' point here requires some attention if you are getting what i am trying to say. Delhi has the babes and dudes, that we all know but the main point is that they have the spirit and guts to pull it off.

iii) Being the Capital city of India, media coverage will be better in New Delhi. :)

So according to me, Delhi is best equipped to handle such an event. I am open to all of your views which can put as comments.

"Lungi"-The Next Best Thing To... Naked!

One of the most popular and commonly used garment in Southern India is 'Lungi'. It cuts across all economic and caste barriers and is used by one and all, be it a hindu or a muslim, a daily wage labourer or the owner of sarvana bhavan himself. There must be some concrete logic or reason behind the ubiquitous popularity of such a simple piece of cloth. If you haven't pondered over it, let me tell you lungi has numerous advantages over any other garment in the world and its utility can be compared to none. I would like to list out a few of them here:
Uses or Utilities:
1) First of all its primary use, which is to cover the lower half of the body as all of us know.

2) It can be used as a towel. All you need to do is to pull it upto your face and it turns into a towel.

3) In the night, it can be used as a bed sheet. Just remove it and spread it on your bed and enjoy a sound sleep.

4) No need to carry a handkerchief if you are wearing a lungi.

Advantages:
1) It can serve the purpose of both, full pants and the shorts and can be converted from one form to another within seconds. Just fold it up and it is ready to be used as shorts.

2) In Chennai quite a few people complain of allergies and infections due to excessive sweating. Lungi makes sure that you get all the air thats available outside. If we define a ratio or efficiency parameter,

h= air received/air available

Lungi tends to maximize this efficiency.

3) While pissing , you don't need to unzip or unbutton anything.Its too cumbersome. All you need to do is to fold it up and start.

4) Once you wash it, the drying time of lungi is about ten times less than a normal pair of jeans. Therefore its ready for use most of the time.

I am sure there must be some important points which i have missed out on. So if you have any more uses of lungi in your mind, feel free to write in the comments. I'll include them later. :)

Note: This blog is based on my experiences in Chennai.

Mumbai simmers!

One of the recent incident that's making news is Mr. Raj Thackeray's comments on how people who call Mumbai their home and who are from outside Maharastra should live, behave and show their love for Maharashtra. One can compare his thoughts to those of the western racist hooligans who attack Indians living in their country thinking outsiders are unduly interfering in their lives and taking up their jobs.
When we cannot tolerate our people from other states, how can we expect Americans to respect us there. The day is not far when Indian Govt will consider providing city specific ID cards to its citizens (practice followed in USSR in those dark communist days).
Look at The European Union, different countries, they don't have a common language , still all borders are open and here are the Indian politicians who are hell bent on proving that they are a bunch of incorrigible jokers.
Mr. Thackeray believes that Amitabh Bachchan has been loyal only to his native state UP and complains why didn't he choose Maharashtra to build a girl's school. If this was the case US Govt would have stopped thousands of Indians sending billions of dollars to India long back. Moreover, every individual has the right to choose the way he wants to spend his money.
Some one should tell this man(Raj Thackeray) to grow up and not to use his cheap gimmicks to come into lime light. It is indeed a mockery of law that one individual continues to give such irresponsible and foolish statements and still moves around without the fear of law.It is high time that such people should be arrested and put behind the bars to set an example for others who want to gain stardom and political fame by insulting other communities or by dividing people.

Fight is the word!!

The first thing that you realize when you enter IIT is life is not a cake walk, its tough, extremely tough. You have to fight it out for everything, right from reaching classes on bicycle to spending hours in fitting workshop doing labor work to having horrible mess food.If you understand a bit of economics, marginal effort for doing anything useful is extremely high. This is one of the reasons why most people in IIT refrain from doing useful things.:).
I used to plan and do things systematically when i came here initially, but lately i have become a big procrastinator and a true slacker.Part of the blame goes to the institute also as they push you to a limit where its difficult to survive without being lazy and without delaying things.
Fight is the word..you have to put fight, otherwise you are gone,you'll be nowhere.
Present fight what most people in my batch are facing is 'internship'. Foreign internships are banned, thanks to the sudden rush of patriotic hormones in our dean's blood. Its not like students are not getting interns but the fight needed by internship coordinators and students is too much for a 2 credit course.
its just one of the examples of the word 'fight' in IIT..You can only appreciate the word 'fight' once you have been through this IIT life.

just another day!

Saturdays are some of the better days of one's life in IIT. i crashed at 3 30 last night and put an 8 45 alarm thats because i love the breakfast served in mess on Saturdays. alarm bell rang and i put it off.eventually woke up at 11,borrowed newspaper from pyaare and skimmed it quickly.Chennai edition of Hindu looks more like a local newspaper with headlines such as 'two workers killed as mud caves in','two property tax assessors suspended','Stalin inaugurates bus stop model' and each page having at least two photos of either Karunanidhi or Jayalalitha. Only 3-4 pages are of actual relevance to common sensible man. some people here have even started taking TOI Mumbai edition which comes a day late and costs Rs 5.
anyways i finished up with my paper reading at around 12 and went to mess with phani.food tasted like rotten eggs and thats the time when you miss home the most.CAT class was supposed to start at 1 30, so i ate quickly without using much profanities against mess people.
Reached class on time and soon Mr. Raghunath started his non stop 2 hour quants lecture.god knows how does he remember those thousands of questions he covers in one class.i bet he can solve a CAT quants paper in less than 20 min.Speaks so loudly that you can actually feel your eardrums trembling.Eventually first class got over at 3 15 and without wasting time we went for tea at a nearby khokha.
Next class was for verbal ability and that lady lecturer pains us ad nauseam. She distributed some handouts involving some arbit exercises.huh that 2 hour period was painful.
By the end of class we stopped listening and were discussing who'll pay for todays cheese pav bhaji and corn.class got over and we were starving by that time.went to nilgiris and gulped our routine pav bhaji and american corn.
Returned to hostel at around 6 30, checked mail and went through some Mat lab slides.had dinner and returned back at around 9..since then farting here and there..
all in all, a routine day.nothing special happened.this is one of the major drawbacks of IIT life.when you sit at night and think of what all you did today..you cant think of anything useful..

our munnar trip!!

finally after days of waiting, planning and discussions 23rd january was here.it was time to leave the monotonous and mundane iit life at least for 4 days. the chatty bastard of our group i.e ravi decided to opt out at the last moment due to some health problems.god knows wat happened but symptoms indicate that its AIDS!! Rakshit, the crib gawd also stayed back,thanks to a stupid assignment given by his favorite prof.
we warmed up for the trip playing wing cricket..no points for guessing who dominated all the matches :). our dear friend and a responsible tranportation coord for saarang, Mr. Buyya arranged for a bus to get us to station and by 9 pm we were all sitting in our train to ernakulam.
we didnt waste any time and as soon as we got settled, cards came out and kinky started explaining us how to play poker. we played and chatted until one of the bouncers of 'tamil nadu police' ordered us to switch off the light..
all of us woke up and realized we were just 15-20 min to ernakulum.we got down,went straight to the waiting room and freshened up.meanwhile jaadu and kinky were feeling uneasy as they had run out of their milds stock and were unable to find it in nearby shops.finally they had to settle for something less(navy cut).we found a KTDC travel agency just outside railway station and hired a qualis after an hour of intense discussion with CKP being most tensed:)..
our first destination was vaikum back waters.we embarked on our journey to back waters and first stoppage was NM restaurant. god food sucked like hell..even the water.but nothing stopped phani and he feasted on his sambhar rice.digicams were out by this time and everyone was requesting each other to take one's solo pics. in the past year or so phani especially has become more interested in pics than he used to be. reason is well known!
it was hot and humid in ernakulum but we were in a different mood.we scrambled into our car after lunch and after an hour, we were there.
the whole scene was so serene and peaceful.everything was so green.we all were in complete bliss.our two hour boat ride started and we enjoyed it thoroughly.we took pics at every corner of our boat in different poses.here also phani was most enthusiastic about pics..this whole ashlesha episode is changing him dramatically.:)boat ride got over around 4 and we were on our way to thekkadi.
our driver suggested we should buy some hindi song cds and we got one.phani's mood was mostly extreme during the journey.in ernakulum he had just his shorts on and looked like a naked crow!as thekkadi approached he was all covered with pullovers and other clothes.people who have rarely crossed andhra borders are more prone to such problems.:)
another guy who was having a rough journey was manish..he had this throw up problem when he travels on road.we stopped at a shop to take some lemons for him but the lemons were more consumed by the other people than manish.
finally we reached thekkadi and took 2 rooms.rooms were decent for the money paid and moreover they had tv with star cricket coming.so we got to see highlights of sachin's innings of 4th test.jaadu and ckp went to bar and the rest of us for dinner after some rest.we took a long stroll on vacant thekkadi roads after dinner.when we reached hotel, we found jaadu n ckp were already there but not in fully concious state..ckp got psyched as kinky played with the light switch and jaadu was searching for reasons to bash someone.finally the liquor effect subsided and poker started..we played, watched highlights and chatted..it was interesting what a good weather and atmosphere can do to you.we were actually happier than we normally are with each other and were laughing more than we normally do..at 1am we decided to crash as we had to wake up early.
i was the first one to get up at 6 to watch sachin bat..once sachin and dhoni got out i crashed again.finally i woke up at 7 30 and was the first one to get ready.i tried to wake phani but he asked me to take his snap while he was in bed.hes weird sometimes!!
jaadu and me went to a nearby tea shop and had awesome masala tea with our dose of sutta.it was all foggy and smoke was coming out from our mouth even when we were not smoking.
we left hotel at 9 15 am to catch a 9 30 boat in periyar wildlife sanctuary.this was the most boring part of our trip..the boat moved at 2kmph through forests and there were no animals to see barring a group of elephants.everyone was getting pained.
the boat ride finished and we took a sigh of relief.we went for lunch at a marwari restaurant and consumed voraciously.
after lunch jaadu and phani went for massage and rest of us went to see a spice garden..but we were not willing to pay a ticket amount of rs 100 for seeing some stupid spices, half of which we didnt even recognize.so we came back to ur room.
jaadu and phani came back and we checked out of hotel at 3,had some light snacks n tea and started out journey to munnar.
scenery on our journey to munnar was completely out of the world.we were mesmerized by the natural beauty surrounding us.phani and manish again had trouble on the way.one was battling cold and the other his throw ups.
we reached munnar at around 8 30 pm and checked in to our hotel.that hotel looked a shady place but we didnt mind that as long as the place was cheap:).after freshening up we went for dinner at sarvana bhavan..had everything from dosai to idli to ghee roast to uttapam. after that took our dose of sutta and went to a church..too bad i thought! but couldnt help.i visited the church for the first time and that too after smoking (which i rarely do!).we roamed around munnar enjoying the soothing breeze.there are few moments like those in one's life.we went back to our room at arnd 11 30 and jumped on to play poker, watching fashion tv at the same time, ckp getting too excited with every model coming in lingerie! played till 1 and then crashed.
next day manish was first one to wake up and complete his toilet activities..we didnt have breakfast and straight way started as early as 8 30..first target was madipettu dam.on the way we stopped at echo point where phani pained us like hell buying arbit stuff for his sweetheart..finally we reached dam at 10 30 and went for paddle boating which forced us to remove all our jackets and sweaters.we were sweating heavily by the time we returned to the shore.but the scene was gorgeus here too..a huge lake surrounded by green mountains on all sides..
had breakfast cum lunch at a small shop.maggi and bread omlette made a good brunch.check out time from hotel was 12 pm, so we first went back to hotel,loaded our stuff on to the car and left for lakkam falls. stopped at tea museam on the way..had to take a rs 50 ticket which we realised later was not worth it..bhutia even took a book on 'how tea is made' or something like that for 50 bucks.:)
we stopped again on our way in the middle of tea plantation for a quick photo session.we were so engrossed by the beauty around that everybody wanted a solo pic of him in that awesome view.
finally we reached waterfalls at 2 30..it was another beautiful place.phani took off his clothes
as soon as we reached and went into the ice cold water.soon all of us followed but in a much civilised way than our earlier mate. we stayed there till 4 and then had snacks at a small shop nearby..
eventually we began our back journey to ernakulam at 4 30 ..again manish had problems and driver had to stop time and gain for him.had a quite journey as all of us were quite exhausted by now.we reached ernakulam at 9 ,cleared our bills with the travel agency by 9 30 and began searching for a hotel to spend the night. most of us were not that inclined to take a room as we had already spent much..so only bhutia, phani and ckp took the room and the rest of us decided to spend the night on the platform playing poker..we played and roamed around enthusiastically till 3 am but finally three days of hectic travelling and exhaustion was getting over us.we were now regretting not having taken the room.we somehow manged some sleep in the waiting room resting our heads on our bags!we got up at 7 30(didnt wake becoz we never slept) , completed our toilet activities , had a light breakfast and were ready for our train by 9.we boarded the train at 9 45 which was 30 min late.all of us crashed heavily as soon as we got on the train..again we woke up to play poker..time passed and we didnt realise we had reached chennai..
we got back to our hostel at around 12 to find a notice that conveyed 'monday was a non instructional day'!! we jumped with joy.
all in all ,this munnar trip was a fantastic experience which will live in our memories for our lifetime.