Travelicious

26th january our Republic Day and I felt like singing (Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara… Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta) -2 Mitti ki jo khushboo, tu kaise bhoolaayega Tu chaahe kahin jaaye, tu laut ke aayega Nayi nayi raahon mein, dabi dabi aahon mein Khoye khoye dilse tere, koyi ye kahega Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta (Hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…) Tujhse zindagi, hai ye keh rahi Sab toh paa liya, ab hai kya kami Yun toh saare sukh hai barse Par door tu hai apne gharse Aa laut chal tu ab diwaane Jahaan koyi toh tujhe apna maane Awaaz de tujhe bulaane, wahi des Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta (Hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…) Ye pal hai wahi, jis mein hai chhupi Koyi ek sadi, saari zindagi Tu na poochh raaste mein kaahe Aaye hain is tarha do raahein Tu hi toh hai raah jo sujhaaye Tu hi toh hai ab jo ye bataaye Chaahe toh kis disha

Tomorrow I am going to Tirumala Tirupati , the most sacred place in South India.Its the first time I am going there. The ancient and sacred temple of Sri Venkateswara is located on the seventh peak, Venkatachala (Venkata Hill) of the Tirupati Hill, and lies on the southern banks of Sri Swami Pushkarini. It is by the Lord’s presidency over Venkatachala, that He has received the appellation, Venkateswara (Lord of the Venkata Hill). He is also called the Lord of the Seven Hills. The temple of Sri Venkateswara has acquired unique sanctity in Indian religious lore. The Sastras, Puranas, Sthala Mahatyams and Alwar hymns unequivocally declare that, in the Kali Yuga, one can attain mukti, only by worshipping Venkata Nayaka or Sri Venkateswara. The benefits acquired by a pilgrimage to Venkatachala are mentioned in the Rig Veda and Asthadasa Puranas. In these epics, Sri Venkateswara is described as the great bestower of boons. There are several legends associated with the manifestation of the L

It’s gets so damn irritating to delete all the spam mails. Just yesterday a person’s computer (in our company) was infected with a virus when he opened a mail attachment name SeX.mpg . Such virus are created because 5 out of 10 will surely open an attachment named SeX.mpg. But what followed was chaos. Because who ever opened it, the virus automatically sent the message to all people in the address book. So here was the situation.Many people got the mails containing virus. What followed was foolishness. People started sending mails, with address all in the group , requesting “don’t send any further virus”. If that was not enough people replied to the above mails, with address all, requesting “don’t send any mails of requesting for don’t send any further virus”. Hence it became a vicious circle and my mail box was full within an hour.

Bangalore is a name that has acquired global importance. Its the face of India .It has also brought wealth and prosperity to many (but not for those who were ‘ bangalored ’). I was just 7 yrs old when I first visited Bangalore. It was the garden city of India. And now after fifteen years I came back. But this time not as a visitor, but for work. I am working in an IT company (like many) and earning my livelihood here. But it was a big disappointment for me when I saw Bangalore .It has given a heavy price for being the IT center of India. It is perfect example of what other metro cities had been witnessing for so many years. The influx of non natives. Who come here the opportunities that a city life has to offer. The government has failed badly in coping to this pressure. The infrastructure has been badly neglected. My stay at Bangalore has seen many up and downs. One of the nightmares had been finding a good place to live. Being a north India and that too a Punjabi had me searching f

Continuing from my earlier post I wanted to answer one more question which I strongly feel about. Why is India an undeveloped country even 50 years into Independence? At the time of our independence it was well accepted that for all of our misery,famines and poverty the British rule was responsible. As a consequence we developed a fear for all things foreign ( Xenophobia ). We adopted a policy which aimed at self reliance. Our exports which at the time of independence were 4.5% of world share dropped to .1 % in late 80’s. Gradually the standards of our industry had dropped to below world standards and even if we were to export our products were just not at par with other countries. All this time the government was sitting on its laurels of having made India a self reliant country in agriculture but it had all this time neglected education. This meant that many more generations even after independence will still be illiterate. Another fact in India being undeveloped has been our long he

Recently I was reading a book called India Unbound by Gurcharan Das .It really hit me hard when I learned some blunders committed by our great leaders .These blunders have left us backward even 50 years into independence. I was always skeptical about the so called socialism practiced by communists. But the book really reinforces my belief that it was one of the major reasons for our backwardness. Nehru after independence had adopted a mix economy design where capitalism and communism would coexist. But it really was a flawed design. It is well said that when an individual fails the whole family fails but when a leader fails the whole nation fails. Later is the case with us. Socialism means equality for all. But what equality is it talking about. Equality of oppurtuninty? The answer is big no. It talked about equality in terms of our living standards, how much we earn when we grow. Let us take a simple example of this flawed theory. Two people are born at the same time. In a socialist