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International Culinary Art

I tried the below varieties of culinary art in the recent past. I am not mentioning about the Indian food, which I love to great extent, other than that I tried below International  food tastes of course all of that I tried are veggies. Here is the order in which I prefer and few words about that country. Ethiopian : It is the only country in Africa which has alphabets. Its one of two countries in Africa, which is independent since long time. Earliest trace of human race is found here in the world. Injira is similar to Indian Dosa and it is Fantastic. I would love to eat this food again. Mexican: I liked Chipotle. Veggie rice bowl, taco, burrito are good. I can eat veggie rice bowl without getting bored. Italian: It doesn't need much introduction. I like Pasta,  Lasagna. Pasta prepared with  marinara sauce is my favorite in Italian dish. I like the American food chains like Pizza hut, Burger king, Sub way etc.,  Pakistani : I like the Bhaigan Bharta to a great e

India as a Soft Power

I watched Shashi Tharoor speech on India as a Soft Power, I liked it and here are some things which caught my attention. Elephent (India) and Tiger(China) are becoming next world power. We have worlds 4th largest Army. We will overtake china by 2034 in Population, becoming worlds number 1 in population. We have 5th largest economy in the world. We are growing constantly at 6.7%, when worlds largest economies are shrinking. Somehow this is not adding up to the soft power. Hollywood, Pepsi, Coke, McDonald's helped America become a soft power. They have done more than American Govt in making US soft power. Countries are judged on the popularity, communication, information, branding as soft power. We are larger than US in terms of Telecommunications. Once in India there was 8 years long wait time to get telephone connection. Now we are selling 15 million cell phones a year. Bollywood is slowly crawling to world cinema. "Kyon ki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi" is dubbed into

Why Not ME !!!

If Obama can send troops to Afghan for war and receive a peace prize. If KCR can do so called Fasting to death and get a state All Developed nations can escape from rigorous climate control rules Liberhan commission on Babri demolition can give his final report nearly after a decade. Why the hell I can't  get what I wanted :-) Looks like the year is closing with many surprises.  This is a funny and short story !!! Take it as a story only don't take it to heart or your dirty mind. One suggestion If you ever want to take something to heart, try taking it to your hand before :-)  let it be short and sweet story !!!

Separate State

I don't have any articles in the recent past. Well actually I am little busy in petty things like cooking and eating :-) Lets see what stuck my mind today. Its about separate state agitation in Southern part of India. Some people want separate state Telangana from  Andhra Pradesh --> India --> Asia, that is the farthest I can identify it globally. Some how I strongly believe the recent political turmoil in Andhra has to do with EX CM. Once the strong CM (he was good or bad) passed away, things are getting destabilized in Andhra. I personally believe, dividing country into smallest possible pieces will not get progress. We are still fighting with neighbor states to resolve Water Resources. One thing I can clearly understand from this issue is, its very easy to raise the sentiments of people. A politician can bring emotions out of people by quoting religion or region or language or caste etc., But unfortunately there is only one way to unite people i.e the intention to st

Geeta Jayanti

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Geeta is not my girl friend name, though Jayanti is my sir name. Its all about Bhagavad Geeta birth day on Nov 28th. In my earlier article I explained one of my favorite verse in Bhagavad Geeta, the link is as below: http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/08/qualities-of-stita-prajna-bhagavd-gita.html Today I will introduce another verse from third Chapter it is known as Karma Yoga (Eternal Duties of Human being). na hi kascit ksanam api jatu tisthaty akarma-krt karyate hy avasah karma sarvah prakriti-jair gunaih The meaning of this verse goes like this. One can not remain without engaging in activity anytime, even for a moment. Certainly all living entities are helplessly compelled to action by material nature. Krishna explains Arjuna, how he can not dis engage himself from duties. Happy Reading !!!

Vande Mataram

I don't want to be controversial, but I have right to express my opinion. I am reading many stories on objections from a community about singing VANDE MATARAM, National Song of India. (Not national anthem) I found some interesting things on it and I want to share it with my readers. One communal organization in India has declared ban against singing Vande Mataram, due to the song giving a notion of worshiping Mother India, which is unislamic. The song was written in 1876 and first it was sung on political meeting in 1896. The first two stanzas describe greatness of the country and later it will start comparing mother India to "Durg Matha". Please remember we are singing only first two stanzas. In 2003, ‏BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose ten most famous songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. According to BBC, people from 155 countries/island voted. Vande Mataram was second in top 10 songs. The Song: Va

Art of Living

I attended art of living session today, much awaited session on Breathing Exercise, Pranayam and Meditation. Thanks to Kapil for introducing me to some meditation techniques. For those who don't know, Art of Living was found by Sri Sri Ravishankar in 1981. It is serving in more than 150 countries. He developed Sudharshan Kriya, its a form of meditation. We Breath in immediately after birth and breath out at death. That is the importance of the breath. So in short breath is life. Emotions have close relation with breathing. Your breath will be shaky when you are unbalanced. When you are concentrating you will take deep breaths, when you are angry you will take short quick breaths. When you want to enjoy the sense of scent of a flower you will take deep breath. Mind oscillates between past and future. You can achieve more if your mind stays on present and with attention. Mind clings on to negative things quickly. Meditation means not just concentration, the effect of meditat

World Bank Stats

This article is mix of statistics on Growth in India and rest of the countries in the world with respect to debt. Some key World bank Stats on India that caught my eye are as follows: Growth Population Growth ( 2001- 2007) : 1.4% GDP Growth (2007- 2008): 9.0% Children Underweight (below 5 years): 46% India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies with average growth rates of 9% over the past four years. India emerged as a global player in information technology, business process outsourcing, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. GDP: As per 2005 statistics of World bank, US contributes to around 22% of global GDP, China is Second , India is 5th. Interestingly UK, Russia are next to India in the world GDP share. Debt: At the end of June 2009, the World Bank group had 61 active projects with a net commitment of about $14.9 billion. US has debt of $13.45 Trillions against GDP of $14.26 Trillions (90.8%) . UK, Switzerland have highest debt as per Debt to GDP ratio. Switzerland (4

Counter-Encounter 10

This is a short Counter - Encounter series dedicated to my "ANONYMOUS" friend. Who provided unrequested comments on my earlier blog post. My dearest friend says, someone can paint Hindu Deity in nude (that is called creativity), but I have to do investigation on his creativity before writing on him. Hats off to secularism in India. 1) India is a country where people have right to expression. A) Careful of what you speak, you might get a 'FATWA' ... 2) He is an 'Asset' to the county. A) I agree with the first three letters in that word ... 3) This mistake was done long time back. A) So what makes it right now ? 4) Creativity doesn't have any boundaries. A) Yes, it has no boundaries in Denmark also. Why the fuss about that ? 5) Clear thinking and fact finding before pointing fingers... A) Thank you for just pointing finger.

Bharat Ratna to Mr. Hussain ?

Some politicians in Govt, supporting Bharat Ratna for M F Hussain, I just searched on his profile and found that he is the communal crook with his art. This fellow drawn nude images of Hindu Deities Lakshmi, Parvathi, Sarswathi, Ganesh, Seetha and Hanuman etc., Isn't it a big list ? In fact he painted his mother and daughter with full clothes and Bharat Mata again nude. Well, the self supporting statement he gave for this is, Nudity represents Purity. Then, Mr Hussain, I can't wait to see purity of your Mother and Daughter. Contradicting to his own statement, In one of his interviews he said, he painted Hitler nude in a painting because he hates hitler. This man is awarded with Padma bushan and Padma Vibhushan, if i am not wrong. He is hiding in UAE or London to escape the legal suites against him. By the way, he served as Rajyasabha Member also. You can search in Internet and find his Nude work on goddesses. I don't want to make my blog more controversial by publishing th

Self Matters - I

I just started reading another book "Self Matters" By Phillip McGraw. So far interesting, while reading few books we feel the book is about us, this is one of such books. Some quotes I gather from that book are as follows, more to come once I finish the book. The life which is unexamined is not worth living. Write down the 10 Defining Moments, 7 Critical Choices, 5 Pivotal People in your life. Not so stupid anymore, Not so young anymore, not so naive anymore. I never live without passion and fire, just because it is secure. Are you just keeping on ? Life is a bitch and then you die. Passion, Excitement and Confidence are the important medicine you need every day. Don't live live defined from "outside in" rather live from "inside out". It takes so much energy to be what you are not. Be contagiously happy man. Break your fear and chase your dream, otherwise live life for the people around you. still more to come... Happy reading !!!

Counter-Encounter 9

Warning: This series is called Indecent answers for decent questions. 1) You are open guy? A) I don't agree, haven't you seen me wearing clothes. 2) Can we sit and discuss ? A) If you are girl, yes, we can do more than that. 3) You are smart enough A) That's more than complement or comment, I think that is abusing. 4) I understand that you are understanding, but don't know how far u understood and can understand my feelings. A) That's too much standing, can I sit. 5) Over all you are a good boy. A) If I want to be bad, I got to be good. 6) Do you like me or love me ? A) Which one takes me to bed quickly. 7) Hope you don't mind ? A) What are the options, If I mind. 8) Are you Romantic ? A) Yes, As romantic as Pope. 9) I think... A) Don't do what you can't do (thinking) 10) I want to be in Spain for my honey moon, how about you ? A) I think I am fine in any bedroom.

Winning -- Jack Welch

I Just finished one more book, "Winning" written by Jack Welch. For those who don't know Jack welch was the CEO of GE from 1981 to 2001, the market capitalization of GE raised from $14 Billion to $410 billion during his tenure. He adopted Six Sigma from Motorola and famous for his Appraisal policy. He suggests corporates to fire the bottom 10% and give more benefits to top 20%. Below are some of the quotes from his book Winning... ==================================================================================== What is mission ? What is Value ? What difference the difference makes ? Mission: What do you call Winning? Values: How you want to Win ? You have a choice, global recession can be treated with either Layoff's or Innovations. Just because you are the boss, doesn't mean you are the source of the knowledge. HIRING Hiring good people is hard, hiring great people is brutally hard. Rules of Hiring Integrity: Genuine of the candidate Intelligence: Maturity: co

Columbus Confused ...

It was 1492, Columbus was in search of India, which is rich of gold, pearls and spices. He started travelling west till he reaches Asia. After a long journey than expected he reached America and thought it was India. He read in history books that Indians are wheatish in color. But in the place he landed (America) all the people are red in color. So he called them Red Indians. That's history. Lets take a funny / Imaginary story , what happens if Columbus comes to America again. Its 2009, Columbus travelled all the way and reached an Island. This time he don't want to jump on to conclusion like earlier, he docked his ship and started roaming on the roads. He saw people in all colors, he recollected , if the people are in red it must be Native Americans. But he was not able to find a single native American. Though his sixth sense told it was the same America he discovered centuries back, he just want to confirm it. He thought of checking-in a hotel. He went near by "Motel 6&q

Horizons

"Change is calling where are you", this is the quote of the time for me. After spending one and half year in Chicago (Central America) and closely one and half year in Hartford (East Coast), now its time to visit Phoenix (West Coast). So the change is asking me to go to west coast of America from first week of Nov. Actually i completed visiting almost all the places in East and Central part of America. I never got a chance to visit the west coast. So lets see whats in store there. In my 25 years stay in India, I went out of state only twice. I haven't travelled more than 500 KM's any time. Now each year I am moving by at least 1500 KM's. Now the distance between the current place and new place is nearly 4000 KM's. Two things I learned in US are travelling and investing time in myself. Lets give a look at the places I visited so far in US 1. New york, New Jersey - two times 2. Niagara 3. St.Louis 4. Chicago - stayed here for one and half year 5. Washington DC -

Corporate Characters

This is the 100th article in my blog. Thank you for your comments and mails its really nice to hear such feedback. I just want discuss some of the typical corporate characters we meet in our day to day corporate life. This classification is broadly based on their work style. Headstrongers: These kind of people show their attitude at work with colleagues. They are egoistic and dominating. They think world is existing just because of them and they are powerful to do anything. Smarties: These kind of people don't really know how to work, but they manage well. They use good English skills to manage things and wrap troubles with vocabulary and make it light. Womanizers: These kind of people just women centric. All their focus is impressing women around. Always trying to prove themselves as hero. Parasites: These kind of people don't have any capability to work. They just depend on different people to complete the task. Can't handle a single task on their own. Boss shoe licks: T

Best Friend & Worest Enemy

He was the best friend for those who follow him and worest enemy for those who oppose him. When I was reading through the snippets of information about the deceased Andhra CM , YSR Reddy, I realised many things , any person will dream of having. He is adamant, dare to do, fights to any extent for the things he believe right. Think beyond what you think you can do, this line suites Mr. YSR. Some call this out of box thinking, but I call this dare to think. Some people can not come out of their framed mind to think beyond limits and to achieve that. This is true about everyone of us. Some of the innovative schemes he brought are not even thought as possible things. Irrigation project worth 1 Lakh Crores, Health Insurance for poor etc. He is a double edged sword concentrating on innovative schemes and development of people at the same time he is dare to hit opponents under belt. One thing I admire in him is, he never drops the ball , he takes it till the end whatever happens. People might

Counter - Encounter 8

Q) Can I marry you ? A) Rest of your life is going to circus Q) How is life ? A) Just getting little over bored with changes. Q) How can you upgrade life ? A) Crash and Reinstall. Q) Do you have any bad habits ? A) No I dont, but I lie often. Q) When did you meet her ? A) First she met me rest is history, then she started speaking, rest is mystery. Q) You cant convince my mom for our marriage ? A) Let me try I have the confidence that I can convince her for my marriage with her. So convincing her for our marriage is not big deal. Q) Matches are made in heaven ? A) Yes, the rest is hell Q) You talk less ? A) I didn't get a chance to speak. Q) Why can't you be good boy ? A) I tried, no body cares. Believe me Good boy Image doesnt work. Q) How are you doing ? A) Cant be any better.

Qualities of Stita Prajna - Bhagavd Gita

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Since my child hood I was trying to practice only one quality - 'Stita Prajna'. Ofcourse I am not able to conquer yet. I am sure I can do that, before dusk of my life. My mom told me If you can be 'Stita Prajna' you achieve everything in life. I never understood this though. If you dont know what does 'Stita Prajna' means, here is the meaning for you...The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity. Sri Krishna explained Arjuna in Bhagavd Gita about this quality in Second chapter. Arjun asks, Krishna why should I kill all my Relatives, Guru's, parent like people for just Kingdom. Then Lord Krishna told, The one who Refuse to fight for Righteous cause is also a traitor and incur sin. Then he asks Arjuna to be 'Stita Prajna'. That was the context. How can you become , what you want to be. Its not so easy. Especiall for a person who is moved to extremes quickly. I become happy or sad very quickly. Angry str

గెలుపు - ఓటమి

ఒడేందుకు ఆడకోయి బాటసారి గెల్పంత ముఖ్యం కాదోయి గెలుపు ఫై ఎవరికీ హక్కు లేదోయి ఇదే గెలుపు అని చెప్పింది ఎవరోయి గెలిచి ఓడిన వాడు చరిత్ర లో లేడా ఒడి గెలిచిన వాడిది ఓటమి కాదు కదా నీ ఓటమికి ఎదురు చూడని జనం లేరా నీ గెలుపుని చూసి ఈసడించు స్నేహితులు లేరా యుద్దానికి వెళ్ళే ముందు జబ్బ చరచకు విజయం తరువాత నువ్వు ఏమి చేసిన చెల్లు ఓటమికి కారణాలు ఎన్ని అయిన విజయానికి ఫలితం ఒక్కటే గెలిచి ఒడి ఏడ్చినా, ఒడి గెలిచి సంతసించిన ఫలితమొక్కటే కదా !!!

A Trap called Beauty !!!

She is awe stuck beauty. God must have spent several sleepless nights before making her. At the same time, Men on earth must be having sleepless nights because of her. May be because god was not able to resist himself and thought let me send her to earth before making any mistake. I bet you can't imagine that beauty. Some called her dumb stuck beautiful, some called her Drop dead beauty and some praised the art of god. She looked at me I stared at her. She smiled at me I laughed in response. She said Hi, Its a black out for me. I never know I am that lucky, my mom never told me. I just walked close to her and asked her 'How are you doing today ?'. She said wonderful. She asked me How are you doing today ? I said somewhere near to wonderful. She laughed, I felt Showers of flowers. I asked, where you are from ? She said, I am from Spain. I said I never know Spain was such a beautiful location. Showers of flowers, yes, that does mean she laughed again. She asked me , where you

గమ్యం చేరుకుంటా నిన్ను కలుసుకుంట

I just found this poetry , its just wonderful feelings of a painful heart !!! నువ్వు ఇచ్హిన గాయాలను కన్నీటి తో కుట్టుకున్న నువ్వు విసిరేసిన హృదయం ముక్కలను ఏరుకున్తున్న ప్రతి పగిలిన హృదయం ముక్కలో నిన్ను చూసి రోదిస్తున్న నువ్వు వదిలన జ్ఞాపకాలని సోదిస్తూ గుండెలవిసేలా విలపిస్తున్న ప్రపంచాన్ని జయించిన, నిన్ను కోల్పోయి ఓడిపోయనా నువ్వు కాదన్న హృదయం స్వర్గనిన భారమేనా నా జీవితం ప్రేమికులకి గునపతమేనా ఏది ఏమినా న జీవితపు పరుగు ఆపబోను సుమ !!! నేనెప్పుడు గెలుపు గుర్రాన్నే నా ఫై స్వారిని ఆస్వదిన్చావ్ నేనెప్పుడు జీవితపు బాటసరినే , నన్నుదారి మల్లించావ్ తప్పిపోయి నేనేడుస్తుంటే , నవ్వుకుంటూ నువ్వేల్లిపోయావ్ కచితమ్ గా గమ్యం చేరుకుంటా నిన్ను కలుసుకుంట

Counter - Encounter 7

Q) How can you be so stupid ? A) Its genetic I guess, why, you are jealous? Q) How was the meeting ? A) Well, there was a beginning, middle and ending. Q) Do you know where you are going ? A) You cant no where you are going, till you have been there. Q) Are you a good player ? A) It all depends on how well the other player is playing. Q) Which place you play in football ? A) Any place where there are no men. Q) Do you think you can do it ? A) You want me to do it or think, only one thing at a time. Q) If you ever be given a chance to become an animal, which animal you would be ? A) Women Q) Tell me something really funny ? A) You are Intelligent. Q) She is an innocent girl ? A) Girl or Innocent, one can not be both. Q) Did you ever cheated on your girl friend ? A) I am always on the receiving end of cheating. Never got a chance to see the other end. Q) What happens if every secret of yours gets disclosed ? A) At the least 10 wives will get divorced.

Russian Pro Verbs

Here are some excellent Russian pro verbs / sayings translated in English. I picked some I liked, Happy Reading. You cannot break through a wall with your forehead. Take the bull by the horns. Stormy weather cannot stay all the time,the red sun will come out,too. The scythe ran into a stone. (Said of meeting of two persons who are a match for each other in cunning or power) Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle. Do not Carry rubbish out of your hut. Chickens are counted in autumn. Do not make an elephant out of a fly. A man should not be struck when he is down. Do not teach a pike to swim, a pike knows his own science The end is the crown of any work. There is no evil without good. The sun will shine into our yard too. After a storm (comes) fair weather, after sorrow (comes) joy All are not cooks that walk with long knives. All cats are grey at night. As is well that ends well One may make up a soft bed (for somebody), but still it will be

Weird Facts about your Body !!!

I just went through some websites and found some weird facts, really interesting. Storage capacity of brain in electronic terms is around 1000 Tera Bytes. The brain is much more active at the night rather than during day. 80% of the brain is water. The acid in your stomach is Strong enough to dissolve razor blade. Human body has 60,000 Miles of blood vessels. Women's heart beat faster than man. Women blink twice as many times as men do. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. Women are better smeller than man. Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is greatest. Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. Women burn fat more slowly than men, by a rate of about 50 calories a day Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

Counter - Encounter 6

Q) Who are you ? A) fellow like you Q) We should do something. A) we are doing , waiting. Q) Ask me a question ? A) Are you married or you are happy. Q) All good things come to those who wait. A) Ok, then wait and wait till you dont need it. Q) I open car door for my wife every time we go out. A) Either car must be new or your wife. Q) Optimistic says glass is half full, pesimistic says glass is half empty. Who are you, out of these two ? A) Realistic, who tells the fact that somebody has to wash the glass. Q) Take my advice. A) Why, you dont use it anyway. Q) I slept like a baby yesterday ? A) That means, woke up and cried every 3-4 hours, Q) How you spent your money ? A) I spent 50% of my money on women and Wine, rest I wasted. Q) I think my boss is stupid A) If he is smart, you wont have your job.

Funny experience !!!

She is damn cute, irresistible . One time life offer of driving her home. If She smiles the moon will surely shy away. First time I felt like the passenger seat in the car should not be adjacent but diagonal , so that we have less pressure on the neck. She said its a long day, I felt its short trip. Why the hell there is no traffic jam today on the road. I dusted out my brain which is not used since long time. A spark, alias thought. I said you must be feeling tired lets go and get a coffee. She is thinking, thinking, thinking.......and she said Yes. That's the first time I searched for Starbucks coffee like emergency, I got it. Looks like its my day. We went in, I offered her a seat. I quickly got two coffees , that's the fastest I can act. I was as fast as a Soldier in the war. Some tips for you, number of times she laughed at your joke, she inquired more about you, she surprised with what you said, she says WOW etc., add +1 point. Number of times she says leave that discu

ఓ కూనలమ్మ

This is collection of small poems by famous writer Arudra . I picked some of my favourite ones here... పిలిచినప్పుడు రాదు , వెదల గొట్టిన పోదు , వనితా తియ్యని చేదు, ఓ కూనలమ్మ వలస పోయిన వారు, తిరగెను పలుమారు, ప్రియమైన సొంతూరు ఓ కూనలమ్మ కావాలి బాబు తెల్లని చెర్మం లేకుంటే నీ ఖర్మం తెలుసుకో అసలు మర్మం ఓ కూనలమ్మ మరిది గీసిన గీత దాటింది సీత రాముడి గుండె కోత ఓ కూనలమ్మ పండులో రసముండు పడుచులో సోగాసుండు పైసలో జగముండు ఓ కూనలమ్మ

Actions - Reactions 12

Q) I can never understand nature ? A) Its pretty simple, there are many ways to die and only one to be born. Q) Do you make tasty food ? A) Food tastes good when made by other person. Q) Why do you stare at girls ? A) Staring at girls is not passion, its obsession. Q) You have done an appreciable job ? A) I don't understand complex English , tell me in simple $$$ terms Q) What is research ? A) If you don't know what you are doing, its called research. Q) Tell me shortcut for happy career ? A) Be a girl or be smart. Q) What do you think about American Marriages ? A) 50% of marriages end in divorce because 30% begin in pregnancy Q) Tell me about Indian Marriages. A) Its OK to loose, as long as it is for a good cause called marriage. Q) How to convince my boss ? A) Dazzle with intelligence or baffle with bullshit. Q) Can we reserve seat in Heaven ? A) Yes, If you have already gone through the hell called Marriage.

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Q) People say this is good for me. A) Don't keep important decisions for public opinion poll. Q) I can't take a decision. A) Then keep postponing it, until it is irrelevant. Q) I am flexible in deciding. A) Be flexible with the approach, not with the decision. Q) What's keeping you busy these days ? A) Stupid questions of the people. Q) I love partying. A) I too when others give it !!! Q) Does opportunity knock your door ? A) Nope, I went out, searched it, held the hand and dragged to my door. Q) You are lucky. A) Luck is what people would like to have, what you had. But don't want to struggle like you. Q) Are you Success or Failure ? A) Well, it all depends on marketing. Q) May god smile on you. A) Please tell him a joke. Q) Why kings in the history are so famous ? A) Because they had all the finest 3 W's. Women, Wealth and Wine.

Actions-Reactions 10

Here comes the 10Th round of Actions - Reactions, enjoy reading it !!! Q) Why women are always on demand ? A) They are like parking slots, good one's are taken and free one's are handicapped. Q) Why always good looking women get preference ? A) Its always better to be beautiful than intelligent. Q) I get so emotional when my girlfriend is not around. A) That emotion is called happiness. Enjoy it before your girl friend comes back. Q) Mine was love at first sight. A) you would have taken second look. Q) I am having a quite relationship with my girl friend ? A) Oh !!! you are not talking to each other. Q) Why people around me suggest to get married ? A) They might be jealous of your happiness. Q) Why cant you lend me one of your books ? A) Sure, any book other than my cheque book. Q) If you go back in time, who you wanted to be ? A) Babar Emperor, because he won most of the wars in the history and he has most number of wifes, he is the man !!! Q) What does education give to human

Actions - Reactions 9

Q) I love my wife even at old age. A) You must be archaeologist. Q) My girlfriend is devil ? A) I see redundancy in your statement. Q) I got a new car for my wife. A) That's great exchange offer Q) Have you taken IQ test ? A) Yes, I took one, but results were in negative. Q) Have an open mind ? A) I am afraid my brain will fall out. Q) I am bad at memory A) You should not worry as long as you are telling truth. Q) Why cant you do multitasking ? A) I screw one thing at a time. Q) What do you think of your girl friend ? A) She is alive, because it is illegal to shoot people. Q) Tell me about women ? A) There are several theories, but my experience is none of them work. Q) My girlfriend don't want to marry me and don't want to leave me as well ? A) As long as you are optimist, she will be opportunist.

Actions - Reactions 8

Q) Why you write this series Actions-Reactions. A) Because for every Action there is an equal and opposite Reaction. Q) what does this give ? A) A short sentence based on my long experience. Q) You need little improvement. A) May be my gene pool need chlorine wash. Q) you want to slip into something comfortable ? A) I don't want to go to coma now. Q) What are rules and exceptions ? A) Rules are for others and exceptions are for ourselves. Q) What is fine and what is tax ? A) A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. Q) Life is like a bird ? A) Yep, Its cute, until it shits on your head. Q) Are you unique ? A) Yes, I am Unique, just like everyone else. Q) I am working restless yet no satisfaction in life ? A) Ah ....you must be a software engineer.

Actions - Reactions 7

Q) I am bored with my 40 year old wife . A) You cant trade her for two twenty year old girls. So live with it. Q) Hardwork has future payoff A) Lazyness pays of NOW !!! Q) Do you think god loves me ? A) Yes he does, that's why he mad so many stupid people like you in this world. Q) Do you achieve your target always ? a) Yes, its pretty simple. Do what you want to do, whatever result you get, call that your target. Q) Children in dark makes accidents ? A) Actually its otherway around, Accidents in the dark make children. Q) Women should not have children after 35, what do you say ? A) yep, 35 children are enough. Q) How is your office ? A) Like hell with fluorescent lighting. Q) Explain me what is conscience ? A) Conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. Q) who are you ? A) I am a waste of two billion years of evolution. Q) My girl friend says, all her friends got tattos. A) Ask her to realize after 40 years we will have all old women running around with tatto

Action-Reaction 6

Here comes the new episode of Action-Reactions, this is dedicated to the people with girl friend. Its for fun, don't take it seriously, coz no body comes out of life alive........Happy reading !!! Q) Why do men like love at first site ? A) Because they know its all over, once she opens her mouth. Q) Why do men like smart women ? A) Because they are so rare. Q) What is the thinnest book in the world. A) Biography of a happy lover. Q) How do you feel when your girlfriend rejects you ? A) I feel under valued as per my current market value :-) Q) When we were together my girlfriend used to say, I die for you. A) Ask her to keep the promise now. Q) If you had will, you would have got your girl friend ? A) I had will, but she had another way. Q) I am looking for a good girl. A) Good girls are bad girls that never get caught. Q) Why you left your girlfriend and planning to marry someone else ? A) If I have to chose between two evils, I would prefer picking the one never tried before. Q) W

June is ending tomorrow !!!

Its so bad that June month, the month which I love most is ending tomorrow. Tomorrow is June 30th. I dont have power to grant one more day in June, I wish I could. I like June month, dont know why. Some how its special to me, so special. If my life is written as history June month will have the most of my feelings. I think I had everything which a man wishes in June. I was born in June. My first job started in June, first resignation, even second job also started in June and many more things like this :-). It looks like whatever I start in June, I will end in June. Having said that, with all respect to the month of June, I say bye bye to you June. Meet you again next year. But remember I miss you.

Counter - Encounter 5

Thank you for your nice complements on this series, that gives me the encouragement to continue this further....... You can't see good in any thing, are you pessimist ? No, Realist. Can you admit you have a problem ? No , I am not married yet. Its matter of prestige ? Take your prestige to the market and lets see how many eggs you get. My pain was your pleasure ? My pleasure paining you ? Are you a good guy ? There are only two good guys in the world, one who just born and the one who just died. Wish me happy birthday ? OK, you lost one more year of your life, now go and celebrate. Your astrology is not good. Go and ask God, I cant be responsible for his mistake. What are you doing ? Diving into my own destruction, want to Join ? What is most dangerous thing in life ? A smiling wife welcoming you at your door step, when you return home. Why you are continuously staring and smiling at her ? coz, When we meet next time she feels my face familiar :-)

Telugu Proverbs

Some excellent proverbs I liked in telugu.... Happy Reading !!! బతికి పట్నం చూడాలి...చచ్చి స్వర్గం చూడాలి బరితెగించిన కోడి బజార్లో గుడ్డెట్టినట్టు బొంకరా బొంకరా పోలిగా అంటే టంగుటూరి మిరియాలు తాడికాయంత అన్నాడట భోగం ఇల్లు తగలబడిపోతోందంటే గోచీలు విప్పుకుని పరుగెత్తారంట మంచోడు, మంచోడు అంటే, మంచమెక్కి ఏదో చేసాడంట మనిషి మర్మం, మాను చేవ బైటికి తెలియవు మందుకని పంపిస్తే మాసికం నాటికి వచ్చే రకం మాటకు మా ఇంటికి... కూటికి మీ ఇంటికి అన్నట్లు ముద్దొచ్చినప్పుడే, చంకనెక్కాలి మూరెడు పొంగటం ఎందుకు బారెడు కుంగటం ఎందుకు? రాజుని చూసిన కంటితో మొగుడిని చూస్తే, మొత్తబుద్ది అవుతుంది రావిచెట్టుకు ప్రదక్షిణాలు చేస్తే పిల్లలు పుడతారంటే చుట్టు చుట్టుకూ పొట్ట చూసుకుందట లంఖణం చెయ్యమంటేనే ఉపవాసానికి ఒప్పుకున్నట్టు వంగలేక మంగళవారం అన్నాడంట వినేవాడు వెధవ అయితె పంది కూడా పురాణం చెపుతుంది శుభం పలకరా పెళ్ళికొడకా అంటే పెళ్ళికొచ్చినోళ్లంతా నా పెద్దపెళ్లాలు అన్నాడట శాస్త్రం ప్రకారం చేస్తే కుక్క పిల్లలు పుట్టాయంట సత్రం భోజనం మఠం నిద్ర అన్నట్లు సూది కోసం సోది కెళితే పాత రంకంతా బయట పడిందిట పెళ్ళీకి పందిరి వెయ్యమంటే చావుకి పాడి

Counter - Encounter 4

Time for next episode of fun !!!! Q) what sign you born under ? A) No parking sign. Q) Are you good looking ? A) I am classically handsome :-) Q) Why you get so much angry ? A) Anger is misdirected passion Q) Why people are crazy about new technology ? A) New technology is like teenage girl, its attractive till it becomes old. Q) I am warning you not to do that ? A) I am programmer we dont care about warning, we bother about errors only. Q) What do you think of company latest statistics ? A) Lies are 3 kinds, lies , damn lies and statistics. Q) How to treat friends and enemies ? A) Keep friends close and enemies closer. Q) I lie frequently, my 1st brother is a chatterbox, 2nd brother always confuses others ? A) You can become Sales guy, your 1st brother has good manager material in him and your 2nd brother can succeed as HR. Q) How do you celebrate your birthday ? A) I don't have habit of celebrating mistakes. Q) Whats your age ? A) 18 (+ 10), 18 till I die. Q) My husband always th

Counter - Encounter -3

This girl is so cute Hope she stays cute , when grown up..... Are you romantic? Yep, as romantic as pope. Why you are looking so guilty ? Its my natural look. Why do you stare at woman ? That's god's way, that's why eyes are in front. You don't know how i am feeling like ? Feeling like paroled from marriage prison. ? I cook for health ? I cook to eat. Can I have that ? You can get it, if I don't want it. When are you planning to go to your house ? Until Red Cross says its safe to go. Money is not the only thing which gives happiness Yes, more money gives more happiness. Tell me two impossible things ? Passing boring time and getting back the lost time.

Our Iceberg is melting !!!

I just completed reading a wonderful book called 'Our Iceberg is Melting', Its really good book about 'change' written by John Kotter. After Kenneth Blanchard, this guy might be worth follwing. He has done so much scientific research on CHANGE. In this book he takes an example of Melting Iceberg and Penguins. The whole story is about how they managed change. A few penguin characters like 'NO NO', Alice, Fred represent the real time characters we have seen in our life. Here is the excerpt of the book for you at a glance: The 8 step process of successful change.... Set the stage 1. Create a Sense of Urgency. 2. Pull together the guiding team. Decide what to do 3. Develop the change vision and strategy : How can you make future a reality. Make it Happen 4. Communicate for understanding and Buy In. 5. Empower others to act 6. Produce short-term Wins 7. Don't let up (pause) Make it Stick 8. Create a new culture. Some nice one liners in the book are as follows Few

Save Trees

Its just not a slogan or thing of the past...its in action, where? in Hyderabad. We talk and keep listening about the real estate investment in hyderabad, we do know about the increase in population and pollution. But here is something the forest department is involved in along with R&B (Roads and Building) department. For road widening trees need to be cut, but then what about those trees? They become more or less a trash......Mr Ramdev, a local businessman, in love of nature thought of utilizing this big loss. Plants and seeds which take years to grow into a tree shouldn't be cut and wasted. They need to be reused. So he started with translocating and transplanting 200 such trees, which felled. Also for trees where trunks were damaged but branches are healthy where transplanted as well. It was a wonderful idea and trees got a new life with new leaves on it. Now for the next road stretch which is to be cleaned forest department along with R&B will credit the work to the hi

Counter-Encounter 2

You like driving ? No body hates going on road more than me you are on my way I am the way Where do you live ? I live in Heaven, why cant you come and make it hell. I think the theory behind this is..... You are a wonderful professor, but please shut up. what could have caused this? I don't have Sherlock Holmes in me. You have good memory ? My system hard drive is the only official source of my memory. Tell me about beautiful women ? Show me a beautiful women I will show you at least one man , tired of her. what is your experience ? I think I have enough experience to be with patience. With whom I can share my problems ? 20% don't care about your problem and the other 80% are happy you have it. What is super power? The power you get when some one is wrong.

Winners in IPL 2

I want to announce different winner for IPL-2, not any of the teams played in the tournament. Read till the end.... Every one knows, Deccan Chargers won the IPL 2. Feeling happy as a Hyderabadi. If you look at the number of wins they have in IPL 1 & 2, its 11 wins out of 30. But most importantly they won crucial matches. Rajasthan Royals has 18 wins out of 30 matches and topped the table. Leaving all the statistics, I want to announce different winner for IPL 2. Its not any of the teams participated in IPL. IPL 2 winners are as below: SONY : Earned Four Lakhs for each 10 seconds through advertisement. BCCI : $ 1.63 Billion as broadcasting rights. Franchise : Each team franchise minted crores in this season. For example Sharuk enjoying profits with sponsors like Nokia , Cooc-Cola and Five others. Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the costly brands in IPL 2, even though they won only 9 matches out of 30. Sponsors : It helped each sponsor in branding their products and for further marke

Counter-Encounter

Welcome to new series of Counter-Encounter Will this road take me Boston ? Nope, you have to go on your own. I think I can't do this any more What you think is right, but what you can DO is more than what you think. You wont get tired ? Until I am retired, by the way i am planning to retire 10 years after my death. Who is your Inspiration ? Anyone interesting or Disgusting. what you think about economist ? If you lay down all the economists in the world from end to the other end of the earth, they won't reach any conclusion. Its really paining work ? Do not consider painful what is good for you. I think its my fault meeting you ? Dont find faults, find remedy. What's your favourite subject ? History, This is the only subject teaches what not to do.

Learning from Devils

Don't be afraid of the title, I just want to unveil the Notorious leadership styles of some of the evil characters in the history. They set an example to learn something from them. I know there are many things we can learn from positively successful people, but let me try these striking examples from Negative Characters in the history. Some of the characters I picked for this are as below One fought for his Region: LTTE Prabhakaran One fighting for his Religion: Osama Bin Laden (No Introduction needed) One fought for Money and Power: Pablo Escobar (Columbia drug lord) One Communist Agrarian Leader: Pol Pot(responsible for 2 Million Deaths) These are some leaders engraved their name in the history with RED BOLD letters. These people go to any extreme to do what they believe. The path they have chosen was wrong but not the core purpose. LTTE Prabhakaran: A person connected to the need of his region. For equal rights and separate identification of his region people,

Actions - Reactions V

After 4 episodes, here comes the 5Th aka Final episode of Actions - Reactions. It is just end of this series, I will come up with something new..... You are the problem ? Why can't you be solution, then. I hate you You reserve every right to hate me. It's your birth right. If I were you, I would have done it better If I were you, I don't comment like this. If you are matured, don't talk to me again. I am talking to you because, I am trying to groom unmatured like you. Follow your parents. In that case Abdul Kalam might landed up as another fisher man. Its not going to happen. Oh !!! I never know you were a fore teller. You are a spoiler Who told you that you are a scent. I don't believe strangers Every wife is not going to born along with her husband. When they meet for the first time they are strangers. You can't understand what i am going through. OK, Then i will Imagine. I don't want to talk to you Pleasure is all mine. Previous Parts. Part 1: http://jnsu

ACTIONS - REACTIONS IV

Here comes the Fourth version of ACTION - REACTIONS: Q) How is Swine Flu doing in US ? A) previously whenever I sneeze I used to say 'Excuse Me', now I am saying 'No need to panic, I don't have Swine'. Q) Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. A) Do you mind telling in plain English. Q) I hate politics at work ? A) Welcome to Earth, where were you working all these days , on Mars ??? Q) Nehru: Laziness is your enemy; Gandhi: Love your enemy; A) Love Laziness Q) Whats life in terms of cricket ? A) Till Marriage its like one day match, before kids its exciting like Twenty 20, After kids its Test match. Q) Why Divorce happens ? A) I guess Marriage is the main cause of Divorce. Q) How can I meet my expenses ? A) They are every where, you should be able to meet them. Q) Some day I will also become blogger like you ? A) Some day is not a day of the week. Q) Are you alive? A) I get mails therefore I am, I guess. Q) What makes great poet ? A) Love Failure.

Actions-Reactions III

Here comes the third one in a row, refer earlier version of ACTIONS-REACTIONS below ACTION-REACTIONS I : http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/04/actions-reactions.html ACTIONS REACTIONS II : http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/05/actions-reactions.html Q) My girl friend asks, do you love me ? A) Tell her, I love you when i don't hate you. Q) I love a girl, when can i propose her ? A) Go and Do it, what are you waiting for Chinese New Year ? Q) Love is Art or Science ? A) War is more of Art than Science , so as Love. Q) Swimming going to make me slim ? A) Then explain me whale. Q) What are corporate values ? A) Holy Crap Q) Are you No#1 in any thing ? A) In fact in many things, all it matters is you are looking from top or bottom. Q) How can i check if a S/W girl is good organizer of home or not ? A) Check her desktop, the way she keeps her desktop is the way she is going keep her home. Q) My boy friend hates Ice Cream ? A) Don't complain unless he hates you. Q) Are you F

Actions - Reactions

After a good response from reading community about the first version .... http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/04/actions-reactions.html Here comes the second version. Q) Manager asks his reportee: what you would like to be in next 5 years ? A) Your Manager :-) Q) I like my lover's sister more than her , what to do ? A) Looks like you are love with all the products of your Mother-in-law. Q) what you think you are up to? A) 5"9' i guess. Q) You are an Idiot ? A) Thanks for considering me into your group. Q) which one is good, Love Marriage OR Arranged Marriage ? A) Any one of them, not two of them . Q) Why most of your questions roam around girls ? A) Because .............girls are pretty for ever. Q) I like Action movies, why ? A) In movies you would like to see, what you can't do. Q) Whats the funniest thing in the world ? A) TRUTH Q) what you would do differently, if you were DHURYODHAN, in MAHABHARATH ? A) I might have given 5 villages as requested by Krishna for

Jury Duty

US Citizens must be familiar with Jury Duty. Its a new term for rest of us. This is creative idea. Citizens will be part of Law. How far its really required , still arguable. All US citizens must be part of Jury Duty. They will be attending in court for expressing their views on the case assigned to their group. A group of people will be selected as Jury group. They will be expressing their view on the case. If a citizen gets summon from court to attend the Jury and he skips without informing or invalid reason, he will be punished up to 5 days in jail or 1500 Cash. Citizens will be paid for attending the jury duty. Jury duty is assigned by state to the resident citizens of the state. Employer also needs to support employee Jury Duty. Juror may participate in Civil or Criminal case. For a criminal case all the Juror members need to arrive at consensus. If they don't come to consensus, Judge decision will be final. For a civil case majority of Juror decision is final. Its expensive a

శ్రీ శ్రీ

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నాకు నచ్చిన ఒక మహా కవి, శ్రీ శ్రీ. ఆయన రాసిన ఒక ఆణి ముత్యం.....

ACTIONS -- REACTIONS

Q) What frightens you to death ? A) Two things 1. Women 2.Women. I am so scared so this made to my list twice. Q) What is Marriage ? A) Marriage is all about three subjects. Maths (Additions and Subtractions to your life and bank balance), Physics (Height, Weight, Color), Chemistry (How well you both can understand gel up well.) Q) Two persons you can never believe ? A) Media and Politician. Q) What you would like to see in this world, before you die ? A) A country starting with letter 'X'. There is a country starting with every other alphabet other than X. Q) Who is your first girl fried ? A) I could have told you, but she became my password, so I can't reveal it. Q)What is death? A) Will let you know as soon as I die. Q) How to avoid boring ? A) You can't avoid, it is part of life. Q) What is your view about a "Perfect Girl" ? A) Both words (Perfect, girl) are opposite to each other. Q) What is common between Ram and Ravan ? A) Both suffered in their life

Take Silver or Lead

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This article is about the Drug Cartels in the borders of USA and Mexico. I was watching a documentary on the drug cartels operating from Mexico in the border of Texas. Some of the stunning facts are as below..... America has less than 5% of population of the world, but it has half the drugs of the world quantity. There are tunnels in Mexico to Texas for drug trafficking and human trafficking. Each tunnel may take one year to build, but you will see profits within a week. Narco Terrorism, another name given to drug cartels, has corrupted almost 80% of Police, Politicians, Media and Judges in Mexico. Any social activist, journalist, politician or police officer raising voice or action against these drug cartels will be killed immediately. They offer to Take Silver or Lead ( Silver for Money, Lead for Bullet) to all officials. Several Presidential candidates, supreme court judges were killed in Columbia and Mexico because of the drug war. Mexico Military officials are also involved in t

Shoeism : A new way of protest

Shoeism, its not Gandhism or Maoism or Naxalism or Terrorism.....just SHOEISM. This the name i gave to the recent non conventional way of protesting. Advantages: Low cost (just it costs your shoe) Individual Identification in public and media Major chance of getting excused (2 out of 3 guys released without any imprisonment) Best Publicity and Marketing chances for your shoe Monetary Benefits offered in some cases What else you are waiting for throw your shoe at a famous personality and enjoy your publicity. Bush was the first one to taste this experience in Iraq. Followed by China Prime Minster in Germany. Last but not least Chidambaram, The Home Minister from India. What are common factors: All the three victims are politicians. All the source incidents were death of the people. (Killings of innocent citizens in Iraq, Tienanmen square killing in China, Riots against Sikhs in Delhi). Two of them were journalists and one was student. Is it wrong to throw shoe on face, to show your prot

Books I Read

Here is the list of books i read so far...... English: You can Win - Shiv khera Whale Done - Kenneth H. Blanchard and others Who Moved my cheese - Kenneth H. Blanchard The one minute manager - Kenneth H. Blanchard High performing Teams - Kenneth H. Blanchard The monk who sold his ferrari - Robin Sharma Wings of Fire - APJ Abdul Kalam Polyester Prince - Life Story of Dhirubhai Ambani White Tiger - Aravind Adiga My experiments with Truth - Gandhi Road Ahead - Bill Gates Winning - Jack Welch Wits and Wisdom of Warren Buffet A Game As Old As Empire - Book on Economic Hit Man Made in America - Sam Walton Strength Finder 2.0 - Tom rath. One minute manager - Ken blanchard Fierce conversation- Susan Scott Blitz scaling - Chris Yeh and Reid Hoffman Accelerate - Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Nicole Forsgren Lean In - sheryl sandberg Heart of Leader - Ken Blanchard Hooked - Nir eyal. Self matters - phillip mcgraw Gung ho - ken blanchard Self leadership - ken blanchard Ou

Quotes from Buffet

I came to know some things about Buffet while reading his book, here are they for you Lowest paid executive in the top 200 companies of the world. Just $100000 PA. Worlds most Successful investor, was rejected admission into Harvard. $30 Billion (Yes you read it correct, its B not M) charity to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. If you couldn't say something nice about a person, don't say anything. Its easier to create money than to spend it. In the event of crisis ignore this message. It takes 20 years to build reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. I watch my every move and i am not much impressed. I am sort of Republican on the production side and Democrat on the distribution side. Whats there in wine, 99% of it is in telling and 1% about drinking. Retirement plans ? 5 to 10 years after i die. Its hard to teach new dog old tricks... More to come in next blog post, happy reading !!!

What's in NANO ???

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Nano stands for superior technology and small in size. This is what this car depicts and hence the name is NANO. Its only available in Petrol version only, no Diesel or CNG versions available. Specifications: 624 CC engine 23.6 KM Mileage After exceeding 105 KM speed, it will automatically cut petrol supply. Tube less radial car tyres. 15 Litres petrol tank capacity. Available in Red, Blue, White, Yellow, Gold and silver colors. Warranty: 18 months or 24000 km whichever is earlier. Interior space for Nano 21% more than Maruti 800 in spite of the car being 8% shorter in length than Maruti 800. Rear seat 100% foldable It can run on Highways and Ghats as well. Image: Dis Advantages: No Alloy wheels. Rear and Front tyres are of different size. Spare tyre is for front tyres only. You can use it for rear tyre for a short while using extra care. Only front power windows. Non-AC can NOT be converted to AC car later. Provision for wiring Music system is there, no music system present. No pow

Road Ahead

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What's cooking ???, What else US public is angry over AIG bonuses and US Congress is fuming over the same and Media is busy in covering all this. Lobbyists you won , bailout money for bonus !!! The bonuses AIG paid are legal obligation for the company it seems. But where the money came from makes the difference. Its hard earned money of people paid in the form of tax to government is paid as bonus in millions of dollars. House is planning 90% tax on this bonus. Still 165 Millions of dollars in bonus....No comments !!! Bank of America another company which received bail out from US Treasury, paid more than 1 billion dollars in bonus to its employees. Citi, Morgan Stanley etc., are not revealing how much they paid on bonuses. This calls for more strict regulations on companies taking bail out. So US House may need to concentrate more on the Big Fishes (top executives) taking millions of dollars of tax money, rather than on small fishes (foreign workers) who are competing for job wit