Race My Spirit v/s Living Extreme

Quite some time since my last post. Lots of bad things happened in the interim. The worst being shifting to an isolated new(well it happens to be the old)office. The worst part is, this all seems to be voluntary according to the people in the high ranks in office. Grrr.. May god save people who speak the truth. Also my roomie lost all his photos that were his priced possession, his memories that he cherished and wanted to hold on to for ever. The more you rely on the machines, the more you are playing with your fate. Why, even I recently had to face something with my hard drive getting booted down and refuses to be recognized. If it were to be entities, these data storing devices, they sure would fall in the category of zero trust entities.


Something good also happened in sports be it football, hockey and then finally cricket. More over we have entered our diamond jubilee year of our independence.Cheers to all and lets hope we see our Nation getting better and better with every passing day. It also reminds me of the first year at my college,because that was the year co-memorating the 60th year of the College. Its close to a decade now since that happened. Time sure does fly by.



Well this post is going to speak of my research on which bike to buy. I was torn apart between two machines. One claimed to race my spirits and the other claimed of living extreme. Well I m sure the guys wont have difficulty in making this one out. I shall list parameters in the order of priority what I could find.

V/s

1.Price

Both priced at almost the same level but living extremes weighs at least 1k more on your pocket. Well its insignificant since 1k is well worth the money to spend on a bike you want to go for, rather than compromising on it. Unicorn 65+ accessories work out close to 66 v/s Extreme 66+ accessories which are not very significant to me as of now.

2.Ergonomics

Well here both could be said to be equals, how ever I did not like the foot rest bend over concept while kicking the ignition. But this is taken over from legendary CBZ, but certainly doesnt please me. Who cares when there is a self starter for you one may think. But I love to kick it ;). I would say that HH did its job with a marvelous seating in extreme. One of the most comfortable I would say. Extreme is lighter in weight than the unicorn and very easy on your hands . Also zig zagging is an ease with the extreme. Very good at handling curves.

3. After sale service
Well this is one aspect i kept in mind since i donot want to be left out with no accessible authorized service centers around. In this regards Extreme scores well over Unicorn.

4. Power
No doubts, Extreme is claimed to be the most powerful engine in its segment. 14.4 vs 12.8 horses of Unicorn, you cannot ask for more. Nothing comes close to what this babe can produce.

5.Mileage

Well I have seen mixed reviews on this one. But I presume it will be in high 40's or early 50's. One of my good friend says that he is even got up to 56km pl on extreme. So I am optimist on this one. Though unicorn certainly claims better mileage than the extreme.

6. Aesthetics

Looks, well they do matter. And as an old saying goes, Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. But I certainly feel that HH could have done more justice to Extreme on this aspect. It sure is not a selling point for Extreme I would say.

7.Resale value

Well if you buy a vehicle, you dont decide to sell if just like that. But just in case you do, I feel that this bike will have an amazing resale value as I feel this is a cult bike. Atleast with regards to contemporary bikes that we have now. How ever I have not seen much ads sporting owners selling off their CBZ extreme in the classifieds. Its been close to year since its launch, which means that either the bike is not being sold or the owners are extremely satisfied with their machines they have. I see the latter as the obvious reason in this.That two thumbs up for Extreme.

Both Unicorn and Extreme come with Tuff up rear Tubes. Which means, less number of stops for puncture repairs. How ever both Unicorn and Extreme lack what the the Pulsar has, a digital speedo.That again is insignificant as far as I am concerned.Well I have decided to go live extreme. For simple reason, I loved the ride and other positives I noted in my list above.

These are my personal views. Now time for comments on the same. So dear blog readers, please feel free to post your comments on this. Happy blogging. :)

Hyderabadi Zafrani Pulav@ your service :) Part-2

My friend RAT thought this heading was appropriate if I had written a review about Cheeni Kum, which I did at the last para of the part 1 of this post. Well the post is a pulav ;), which is delicious dish which is enjoyable, which is what I intended the post to be with the heading other than referring to Cheeni Kum. Besides this is the first time i heard of such a pulav hehe. But I found the name catchy , and so its my title for this final part as well. I will come up with something else in the posts to come ahead. This one of course doesnt have any such reference to Cheeni Kum.

Well for those who thought i missed this one out, here is the second part of the pulav hehe.. Ughh!! please dont think that this is an attempt make a SOAP(well term used for those lengthy serials you see on tv) out of a blog. I am anti SOAP. Such a waste of time,money and human emotions to some extent. What crap!!! Anyways this is not to hurt any SOAP (well there is another meaning to in tech terms called Simple object access protocol) techies sentiments. Its technology concept and its my bread earner hehe.

To begin with, this weekend has also gone before i realize it was a weekend. Thats the specialty of the weekend. Its such a necessity to recharge yourself before you start the grill called work. God bless who ever was the person who came up with the concept of weekend :). Well this weekend started with me writing up most of my previous blog, "Almost your devils advocate", and publishing the same on the next day. For date and time info, please refer the blogs hehe. Gasper was outta town and I actually had planned to go to RAT's place. But then this in born ability called laziness made me to stay out of traveling during the weekend. I actually hate doing that. Especially with this rick's around waiting to slit your throat with their exorbitant prices. I am no miser but I cant just pay more if I don't feel good about something. I am so craving for my bike to materialize soon. Thats another dilemma that I have at the moment. I might come up with a post for that as well sometime soon.

Besides that I did get lotsa sleep, something I love to get during my weekends. Also happened get VCD of one of the best Indian "cop movies" I have ever seen. Its a Tamil movie called kaaka kaaka. I would recommend this film to people who would love the movies that are edited well, have great liking for action and in your face attitude. Watch it with subtitles if you dont understand tamil, worth the watch. And music too is awesome. I can recollect very few cop movies that i liked, but the ones that stand out are definitely 1.Kaaka kaaka 2.Khaakee 3. Vetayaadu Velayadu. The last one I just recently happened to see. Its quite violent to the extent that you might actually get chills down the spine thinking about whats happened in the movie. The last one is more of a psycho thriller and not so outrightly recommended by me. Whereas the rest two are awesome cop movies. I was surprised that Raj Kumar Santoshi could come up with such a crafted work after all the earlier movies prior to Khakee. At least I don't remember any of his movies about cops prior to that. Definitely great work worth appreciating. Some great dialogues very well delivered by the BIG B.Casting is amazing in the movie. Both the movies are benchmarks to any persons wanting to make a good cop movie I feel.They are different and the best in their own ways. Sheer quality work.

Enough of movies. Thats it for now! I am glad my post "Almost your devils advocate" got some comments. Thanks to sandeku,RAT and Aru for that.Finally stay cheerful dear blog readers.. :) ciao.

Almost your devils advocate!!

After the zafrani pulav, I hope you got enough insight into whats going on with me these days. Well the idea was that I don't want to be posting serious posts always. This time around, I have decided to write something up which is a serious question I ask myself always.

Take a look around. How happy are you being at where you are? Thats the question one should keep asking oneself all through his life? That makes the fire ignite in you. That makes the person ambitious and that make a person successful. In this world though it is not possible for everyone to be happy. Because what make you happy need not necessarily make someone else happy. The sheer difference in interest makes it an impossible task. So, is there an middle path this? I wonder. If everything were to be perfect, there wouldn't be any competition, there wouldn't be any reasons for dis heartening. Seemingly impossible as it might, an adjustment needs to be accommodated for getting the middle path devised. Its as simple as no two similar poles can be together. The alignment in this case is for individual happiness, and when you try to pacify opposing interests, its going to be a very very difficult job. Be it enmity between nations, be it sectarian conflict, be it racism, be it anything that is wanting to dominance.

In the end, our happiness is at someone else's loss in some way or the other. But can we actually do anything . Let me rephrase that, would we want something like that to happen that we sacrifice our happiness for others.?If it were insignificant to one's life, it would definitely not matter. It all comes down to how humble you are in your life? Humble people dont really care much about what others think about them and they seek happiness in the most insignificant of things in life. Hence being successful and humble becomes that much difficult at the same time. The people who want to be successful are the ones whom I see as people who divide the lot wider. The more persons who aspire to be successful are bound to make decisions that hurt the weaker sections interests. This leads to disparity and conflicts and in turn competetion. Some people thrive on this. Like blood thirsty animals.

So the question remains, what do you want to be? A blood thirsty animal or a monk? Thats a question which will decide how we would mould ourselves in our lives. Perhaps a median between these to ways of life is the ideal answer. But hey its a matter of choice. You make your own ways.

Hyderabadi Zafrani Pulav@ your service :) Part-1

Been a while since i posted my last blog. My coduguru was upset that i wasnt updating the same. The reason for this delay is sponsored by my internet service provider who had decided to log me off during the nights.Guess too much of download has had its impact on them to stop service from my account,considering we have downloaded close to 30 gigs over the past month and a half hehe. None the less I did actively pursue my fight with them over the phone every single day. Professionalism is an alien term for these guys it seems. Please somebody teach them!! Am I being too utopian, when I demand to be serviced better? But now things are up and running and my complaints have all vanished. :)

Anyways I had some wonderful days go by during one of which I got my confirmation at work. Phew !! What a relief.. Wait ! Did is say relief? It only bonds me stronger to the organization now. Fevicol ka mazboot jod. Tutega nahin. hehe. I mean to say, severing ties becomes that much more difficult now :D. But that certainly is not on my mind now, so that can take a back seat. Otherwise there have been turbulent times in the last few weeks, right from the rumours of the project getting scrapped to what not. But the ship is still sailing along, so I just hope that the worst is over for now. I know similar thing is bound to happen sometime in future as well. Maintaining focus becomes an issue when I over think on this issue. So I have decided not to wear that thinking cap for the time being. I also happened to have my first bit of conversation with the person I wished to, in the blog "About me" . Well if "wishing" can be termed as a conversation, then thats what I meant. But it hasnt moved any bit further than that. I am glad that it happened. I really hoped I could build up on that. But that is not to be :(. I hope I will get some better opportunities to share just more than a "wish" someday soon. :)

I also had some wonderful weekends gone by. Be it watching movie,hanging out with friends or watching Kimi in action this weekend. Now ,dont get any wrong ideas!! Kimi is in context with F1 races and nothing else :D. KD's show rocked \m/ last friday. It was the first time I saw his band, soon to be named Obsidion, perform. But it was definitely exhilarating stuff . Its really awesome what a guitar, drums and a keyboard can generate for you. Some great numbers played. Enjoyed every bit of it. I also happened to watch Cheeni Kum. Cute is the word I would use for this film. Hilarious, touching, and well fabricated movie. Loved Tabu in her role. She was awesome, by far the best of her I have seen since Virasat. The kid , sexy, in this movie has done amazingly well. I dont know her name btw, so I have used the name from the film. Big B has done his job in as graceful way as only he could do. The songs are melodious to say the least. Ilayraja has renedered some wonderful tunes. Batein Hawaein is my favourite song from the movie. Shreya Ghoshal has done what she does best. Continuinig to impress with her melodious voice. I bet she is the contemporary nightingale of the music industry. Its open to debate, but this is my blog so I get to voice my opinion here. Visited ISKCON on one of the weekends. I certainly dont get the divine feeling when I visit that place ever. Dont know why!! Its a modern day temple, with lot of eatouts and other commercial activity going on. What not in the name of GOD!!! This post has become huge , so I am stopping here. I think I will come up with another part of it to cover up what I left in the next post. Hope you enjoyed reading this one. Cheers. :)

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Ever had the feeling? That of losing something, of missing someone. I bet being humans we all would have gone through such things more or less often. That always brings up a sense of de javu in our minds invariably, the feeling of why did it have to happen with you? I remember such a void actually happen to me when i lost a friend of mine during my college days. So how do we need to tackle this? What would you do ? Its hard to digest the fact that the person with whom you went out and had breaks with, cut classes, enjoyed playing games will never be there for all that next time. Thats the closest I have felt to being void, that feeling of being nothing from inside. No matter how much ever practical you are , you cant help blaming or cursing the ultimate power in this world for that. Some people try to isolate themselves from others till they overcome the shock. I certainly feel that is not the way to go about it. The more you talk it out, the more you feel relieved believe me. And you have to see the greater picture in life. That of the life ahead. The more time you spend coming out of that shock, the more damage you are doing to yourself and the people around you. Picture this, a bubbly ,cheerful person turning sober for days and days together forgetting to even smile at the greatest of PJ's. Not pleasant huh?? You as a family or friend of that person in shock would be obviously sad . I know people can be selfish , even friends can in the contemporary world. But they will certainly not be amused at your state. Maybe they will carry your sorrow for sometime, but then they will move on with their lives. You have to be prepared for this. The only way you out of this is to move on with life. One of the best ways to do so, is by pursuing any of your passions which I understand some of them might need more than just your breaks to pursue. Thats just one of my suggestions.

One of the most common reasons why we take such a long time is also because we are trying to fix our lives. Wondering how? Just take for example, you wake up in the morning, expecting a tea from your mom, then moving into the living room, switching on your TV to watch some program, then doing your daily activities just like an executable program runs. Getting the idea? Yeah the idea of being organized also means idea of being monotonous which is exactly what you expect out of your computer program. The more you are dependent on it, the more you feel miserable and helpless. And one particular element missing means the whole system goes haywire. What one needs to understand is that, we can be unorganized and still do our duties without fail. When I say unorganized , it doesn't mean skipping your duties,delaying your appointments or anything. Being unorganized means trying to prepare ourselves for the uncertainty.These things can happen, and happen only in life not in machines. If we start putting ourselves the way machines work, there is no uncertainty, there is no life,there is no fun.
So go ahead and push yourself ahead if you are stuck on to something because hey!! thats life. I have had my fixes in life but not anymore. I end this post here. Kindly do share your thoughts on this post. :)

Time

Its something we cant hold back. It wasn't until recently that i understood what this mean. It means you are losing your childhood, It means you are losing your youth, it means you are aging , it means you are running out of time with every passing moment. Its a strange feeling. There are so many things one would wish one could do. If only time could be turned around, we may think. But what you chose is how things shape out. There are so many possibilities in each decision we take in our daily lives. Thats when you start to believe in something called fate. Your instincts make you do things and the only thing you can do is rebut the very step that you took and try to come up with a better option.

I vividly remember a scene from one of my all time favorite movies, The matrix. Neo is asked by Morpheous "do you believe in fate?".. And Neo answers "No". The reason he cites is and I quote "I don't like the idea that I am not in control of my life". This is how an optimist would always think. But is it really the way it is? Well thats a thought to be pondered over. I don't think we could ever think that we would make all the right moves. After all we are all humans and to err is being ourselves, being human.

I have had regrets over certain decisions in life, but I have also made some good decisions in life. With time one gains in better understanding of our very own life. The way we fit into this world , into this system called society which has its own rules and semantics. Till we perfect the art of making the right decisions we are bound to make mistakes. And that art takes time. Some people are perfect that art too soon, some are not so lucky and some take a while to reach that stage. What one should understand though is that it is taking time. It is ticking your clock backwards. And there is nothing you can do about it. There is no reason to panic, there is no reason to be sad. The only thing we can do is make sure we live every moment of our lives. Existing is being zombie, living is for life. Time will keep running out, but you can do more in life. Time never stops for anyone but time can certainly be enjoyed in every happy moment we spend in our lives. So stay cheerful and happy and enjoy the time thats going by. Please do share your comments on the post and stay cheerful always.:)

This is me :)

People who know me can think of me the way they want to. This post is for those who don't know me with my perspective about me. Well to begin with, I am Mridul. Well my name means soft or tender literally which most of my friends disapprove of as they don't find me suiting that name. Hey! its their view, I am not questioning that. I am here to share what i think. Nobody can question that.

I would like to put myself as a simple, humble and a realistic person.I think thats a fair enough statement I would make about myself. To me family, friends and relatives matter to me the most in that order. I love my family, my source of courage and happiness followed very closely by my friends. I am very choosy in making friends, but I do have lot many friends most of whom I would have known for years and years. I have had privilege of studying in a college full of gems, both at heart and in life so far. I take pride having such friends. I just hope they find me as good as I find them. I have great friends dating back to my primary schooling days and I continue to make new ones as I move on in life. Right now I am in a dilemma.

I wish to be friends with someone , but that someone is eluding me. I have this eagerness to speak to that someone and get close but I am shy to start off. I hope I get enough courage to speak to that someone and make friends soon. This will be most understood by persons who are with me these day. The people whom I interact with the most these days. Well for those who don't know me, I would want that to be a mystery. And the person in question here , I wish knows this soon.

Moving on with my intro I love bit of everything. I love watching movies, listening to music.If I had to choose only 2 out of the rest of the options it would be movies, music always. I am quite passionate about these two things in life. I am more director specific in choosing movies to watch. But I can watch Aamir khan movies without any such inputs. He is very intelligent person when it comes to choosing the roles and he has proved that over the years. The only person who I think is versatile and does justice to his talent. All others are typecasted, cliched so to say. I love listening to songs. There are many favorites Lucky Ali, KK,Palash Sen, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam are few of the artists i love listening to and some English Bands like Metallica,Linkin Park,Evanescence to name a few.


I think I have shared enough of what I wanted to. I will keep posting something or the other to keep you guys busy reading my blogs. Do share your comments on this post.

My First Blog

So here i am. Finally blogging something. Let me hope that i can come up with something that is worth sharing and worth reading. I have to thank my codeguru for initiating his blogs followed by aru who has been insipirational with his blogs at times. Well for those who are wondering what my blog url name means, it is 'c'est la vie' which translates to 'Thats life'.