I am finally going...

I am going to Boston, USA next week for my new project assignment. I have heard it's a nice but expensive place. I'll be leaving very soon and gone for who knows how long. Am I excited & thrilled?? yes!! Am I sad & disappointed?? not really!! I have been waiting for this & trying quite hard for this from a long time. Things do not always turn the way you want or follow exactly your wishes. But that should never stop you from pursuing your dreams & goals. Things are not going to be easy even further, they never are. But as long & as hard it takes to achieve something, it makes you realize the true value & importance of it.

So I finally achieved this, that's what my friends said & I said... "itni shiddat se tumhein paani ki maine koshish ki hai, har lamhe ne mujhe tumse milaane ki saazish ki hai... agar kisi cheez ko poore dil se chaho, to saari kaaynaath tumke ussey milaane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai. Hamari filmoki tarah hamari assal jindagime bhi end tak sab thik ho jata “Happys Endings”.Aur agar end tak sab thik na ho to wo the end nahi hai dosto...". (I have tried so hard to get you, that every moment has conspired for me to find you. If you ask for something straight from your heart and you truly mean it & try for it, then the whole universe will drive you towards it & help you to achieve it. Like our movies, things turn fine by the end in our lives as well. And if things don't turn okay, then it's not 'the end'...)

(The movie... is still not over my friend!!) Picture, Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost...

3 mistakes of my life...

So... what am I talking about? Chetan Bhagat's book '3 mistakes of my life', which I read recently or "3 mistakes of my life". I am not sure, but for a start i'll talk of the book. I LIKED IT... now you might think that I like anything (I had enough praise for Inscrutable Americans, remember?), but it's not true. Actually I hardly like anything except myself, it really has to be good or even more for me to like it; this book was a good read though. As I said in my previous blog "the events which are news for many can change life of the people who are part of it"; a nice story of 3 friends whose life's go through several turmoils as per the event around them (9/11 attacks, Gujrat earthquakes, Godhra riots etc). I feel he has done a good job with of creativity and language of the story, like a bollywood masala movie.

As for me, I don't remember how many mistakes I have done... guess I haven't done any. Or at least I don't consider them mistakes. Those were decisions taken on those moments or driven by moments; I accept them and I am fine with it. I am what I am because of what I have been through and the decisions I have taken. Ummmm, they might be considered as mistakes if I am too analytical but I don't regret any of my actions yet. We are supposed to learn from our mistakes, but do we?? But all of us do mistakes; they make our life interesting. Most of the people keep repeating form mistakes without any learning.... and the ones who do are considered different & special!! Have you done any mistakes... or I should say would you like to share any?? Or your views about mistakes. Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

New York... & India's got Talent

Just to be clear, what I am talking about is not the city New York but the 2009 Indian Movie 'New York' released this week. I watched it today at Satyam Cineplex in Janakpuri (can you believe that the AC was not working through out the movie in a Housefull show of Rs 160 each, just terrible. I thought people used to go in AC theatres to even sleep in this damn heat of Delhi). After a long time I saw long queues for a movie ticket, I had to wait 45 mins in queue to get the ticket for 1.40 pm show. I couldn't watch the planned 12.30 pm show as I got on the ticket counter at 12.45, so no point missing the first 15 mins of movie (I had this friend in college who used to say that he can't watch a movie if he missed the numbering/credits). The movie was nice, I would give 3 out of 5. It's a story of 3 people of Indian descent in New York city whose lives change after the 9/11 attacks. Many Asian people were badly impacted all over the western world after those attacks, they were being eyed as villains all the time. Many innocent people were arrested by security agencies & harassed/tortured considering them as terrorist suspects. So this movie is a story of such people who turned into a terrorist or FBI agent & what happened to them after that. The first half of movie is fast paced & interesting compared to second part where the climax is not as striking as could have been considering the subject of the movie. The fun element of the college time or an Indian in US for 1st time could have been lil more but maybe the director wanted to stick to the topic. Good performances by Katrina (she has actually acted for the 1st time and spoke Hindi with accent which is not acting but her real style I guess), John (I have always liked him as an actor of caliber, but its lil funny when he says in a pure Indian accent that "I am an American") & Irrfan too. Neil (the guy hardly looks Inidan though) is really good, he has great range of facial expressions and has given a nice performance. Overall a nice Movie which shows how the events which are news for many can change life of teh people who are part of it, enjoy!! (FYI... I also need to watch X-Men 4, Terminator 4 & Transformer 2 sonn)

This weekend also marked the start of India's Got Talent (IGT) on Colors. It's Indian version of Got Talent Series like many other Indian version of American/European shows on Indian Television. Seems we can't come with our own original ideas & just love copying there shows like American Idol=Indian Idol; Dancing with Stars=Jhalak Dikhla Jaa; 30 Seconds to Fame=Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega; Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao=I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! and many others. But I like watching Talent & Reality Shows comapred to any saas-bahu drama or other stupid stuff. Even news channels have become drama with all of them accepting & promoting the INDIA TV format. IGT has Shekhar Kapur (he's an international celebrity so I like him but quite an emotional/dynamic guy. starts laughing or crying or acting hysterically at any moment), Sonali Bendre (you get old & useless then you become judge I guess. she definitely was very pretty but still... aren't you suppsoed to shine ur own career before jumping on others) & Kirron Kher (she's nice & Also Anupam Kher's wife) as judges and the 1st week was not bad. Hopefully the show will bring out some good talent of India.

So what do you think about the movie & these TV sh0ws, any comments/questions?? Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

good news, 500 more visits... bad news, Michael Jackson 's dead

Michael Jackson is dead... he was one of the most known foreigner celebrity in India. He even did a show in India in 1996, which was very popular I heard. Honestly, I was never a huge fan of Michael and I don't remember any of his songs, but even I tried to unsuccessfully imitate his moonwalk a few times like tons of us. He was definitely known as one of the greatest dancer too, and I do think he did it pretty well. And like many other celebrities, he had his share of good & bad in his life. But ultimately after he's gone, world has lost someone. May his soul rest in peace...

The cool thing is I had another 500 visits in less than a month. Since my previous blog when I had more than 1000 visits in less than 5 months, now I have more than 1500 visits in less than 6 months. 1000 visits in 5 months was cool but more than, but 500 visits in one month is just COOOOOOOOL. This is basically because of my "Fight against MAX" post & the June month Blogs. Thanks a lot readers... please let me know what do you like in my blogs & what you don't like much. Also let me know what more would you like to read & hear from me. I would be waiting to hear from you; till then friends/readers/critics/foes... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Happy B'day Maa... Happy Fathers Day Papa!!!!!

It was my mom's b'day and I was here to attend it after 3 years. My heartiest wishes & love for my dearest mom, one of the greatest person I know on this earth & admire the most. I think moms may be the best person for most of the kids in there life (until they grow up & other best half comes in, i guess u know what i mean. & the the holy fight of power/hold begins, lol!!). However my mom is really a great person... so much patience, love, caring, bearing and so much more. It's not easy to be even related/known to me, just imagine being my mom; I am not sure if even I could take it myself. But she has not just taken it, but done a great job of it. Thanks a lot Maa, for being my Maa... Happy Birthday!!

Yesterday was Fathers Day... I actually did not greet or give Fathers Day wishes to my Dad, but want to say something (have said so much for maa, how could i dare to leave Dad now). He is one of the coolest person & coolest dad I guess. My friends used to be scared of him when I was a kid; few thought he was very strict/harsh & others thought he was just too chatty, lol. My dad is kinda extremist, he has loved & cared for me extremely & could have been angry or mad at me at extremes too. But all of that has moulded me into whatever I am today, and I do think I am great... umm greatest... ahh better than the best!! Thanks a lot Dad & Happy Fathers Day!!

General Motors Diet Plan

This post comes atleast a week late (i know you guys were just waiting, lol), because I started the GM Diet Plan 2 weeks back & finished it a week back (& took a week to write this post too). It's not just that I was busy but I also wanted to validate the results, after a week of completion of diet plan (nice excuse, you can't beat that). The result is I had lost 3 KGs in a week & I have gained 1 KG back, so I am still down 2 KGs... not bad!! (& I have no intention of disclosing my past or current weight. You may just know that I looked awesome & now I look more more awesome). I am not going to strongly suggest this plan to anyone (maybe i don't want the whole world to get fit & awesome like me!!) but it's not bad and you may try it if you want to. May not work for you or might do wonders for you...

GM ( General Motor's ) Diet is a well known diet program designed to detoxify body & also for weight reduction. GM Diet is a 7 days diet program & it should be follow once in a month or in two months. GM diet is very effective if it is followed sincerely than the individual can loose up to 2-3 Kgs in a week. However after following GM diet one must take care of the diet because the person can regain weight within 2-3 days. However obese individuals who are suffering from Diabetes, hypertension or other heart problems should not go for GM Diet. I've heard that the program was developed in conjunction with a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. It was field tested at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by the Board of Directors, General Motors Corp. at a general meeting on August 15, 1985. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the foods eaten burn more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. Anytime during the diet plan,you should not feel hungry, eat the suggested food as much as you can.

1. Day 1 is a all fruit day except banana. Water-based fruits like watermelon & cantaloupes are better. You are preparing your system for the upcoming programme. Your only source of nutrition is fresh or canned fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food.
   
2. Day 2 is all vegetable day, boiled or cooked. Have one boiled potato for breakfast. This day starts with a fix of complex carbohydrates coupled with an oil dose. This is taken in the morning for energy and balance. The rest of day of vegetables which are virtually calorie free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
3. Day 3 you can have a mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet. No potatoes today. This day eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from the fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will still have cravings which should start to diminish by day four.
4. Day 4 is for Bananas & Milk. Eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. Bananas are there for the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the past three days.
5. Day 5 you start eating some food. Eat a bowl of brown rice and have beef/chicken (for vegeterians: Rajama/beans, chhole/chikpeas, paneer/cottage-cheese or Soya nuggets) combined with 6 tomatoes (must eat). The beef/chicken is for iron and proteins, the tomatoes are for digestion and fibre. Increase intake of water to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
   
6. Day 6 is similar to Day 5 diet except the 6 tomatoes. You can add raw/cooked vegetables too to your diet today. Iron and proteins from beef/chicken, Vitamins and fibre from vegetables. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination.
7. Day 7 will consist of food similar to Day 6and also fresh/real fruit juice. You have your system under control and it should thank you for the flushing and cleaning you just gave it.

G.M.'S Wonder Soup

The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. This recipe is not inflexible, you may substitute vegetables according to your taste. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to consume large quantities of this soup.

28 oz, Water, 6 Large Onions, 2 Green Peppers, Whole Tomatoes (fresh or canned), 1 Head Cabbage, 1 Bunch Celery, 4 Envelopes Lipton Onion Soup Mix, Herbs and Flavouring as desired.

Beverages you may consume while on the program :
Water (flavoured with lemon/lime if desired).
Club Soda is OK.
Black Coffee. No cream or cream substitute. No sugar or sweetness.
Black Tea = Herb or Leaf.
Absolutely nothing else except the fruit juices which are part of day seven. No fruit juices before day seven. Avoid any oil & sweets. During the first seven days you must abstain from all alcohol & smoking. You must drink 10 glasses of water each day. Try to honestly stick to the plan.

Taking care of your weight & health is very important at any age. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases (that should be scary enough). Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay (& excess weight doesn't looks good too, to most of us). Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint (now I feel like a doctor, yay!!). Some common tips in general for weight loss & good health:

• Drink warm water in place of usual/cold water.
• Avoid oil/oily food, excess fat & sweet as much as possible. You may start having fat-free & sugar-free food & stuff, it actually makes a difference.
  
• Mild exercise of 30-60 minutes, 4-5 times a week is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.

So, any suggestions or experiences you would like to share? Here are few links which I had consulted (1, 2, 3, 4) and a good diet-chart here. And you may also enjoy my celebrity-morphs & TRM blogs. Till then friends/readers/critics/foes... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Johnny Depp vs RAHUL vs Anthony Hopkins

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Heartless Hospitals & Doctors, the sad story continues...

please click here & read this post (including the comments) first and then continue...

In contrast to most of my other posts this is completely unplanned, so it is just what I feel right now. After all the comments I received on my blog I had to write this... The reason I had started blogging was not just for fun & leisure, or make it a diary entry of my life. I had a motive to express my opinion and bring up my voice on different issues and concerns. And I tried, atleast sometimes I did, like this one... And after hearing other people's story I feel terrible, its so sad what people have gone through. Not just government hospitals, but even private medical facilities are doing this and just trying to mint money. Many of us might have faced some or other, big or small issues with hospitals & doctors being victim of there carelessness, ignorance, greed and insensitivity. I think it's high time all these Hospitals & Doctors are mad accountable for there actions. I mean, there should be a measure of performance & quality based on the number of unsuccessful cases handled. I know that Doctors are not god and they can't fix everything, but unless they are measured on these scales & they have to face consequences of there actions in there career/business, they won't start acting right. Also the hospitals should not be paid any money in death cases, even if it does not makes there services better, this will atleast stop them from squeezing money out of dead bodies. This definitely needs to be well thought, but there has to be rating based on there performance...

One of my friend was recently saying to me that Doctors have to be very objective and treat there patient/subject as a mere object, so they don't feel any emotions and can treat them well. But as a human being should ever become so insensitive towards another human being, that all you can think is to reap money out of him until last drop of his blood? Wake up people and if you can't be a good Doctor, or even a GOOD human being... just try to become HUMAN, atleast!!!!

(Friends, get in touch with me and we can actually try to do something. You may Yahoo IM me or email me)

What's going on... Read 'Inscrutable Americans', had 'Foot-Corn Surgery'

That's the question I have all the time in my mind these days... what's going on?? There are times in your life when you don't know what's exactly happening with your life and you just get driven by whatever's happening around you. Is it the right thing to do?? Maybe or maybe not. But many times you do not even have an option to consider right or wrong, you just have to go with the flow of things thinking "it's happening for the best or atleast for a reason". And as I have said, the "reason" is in question; because unless I am able to understand the reason how can I be happy, or atleast satisfied... It seems asking for being satisfied is to much these days!!!!

FYI... I read Inscrutable Americans (IA) by Anurag Mathur. It's a very nice book, i liked it. (I had also really liked 5 Point Someone & One Night @ Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat; infact I am also reading 3 Mistakes of My Life these days.) These books are basically based on author's personal experience/observation in usual life and they add some spice/fiction/literature it. And on some level we are able to connect or relate to that and find these stories very exotic & entertaining. That could be one reason I liked IA a lot, because I have had my enlightening experience of US of America & Americans (but nothing like Gopal please, even better!!). His way of writing is quite funny & sporty, also his understanding of both Indian & American culture/mindset makes the book really interesting, even the language used for both Indian (Gopal saying "and all that", lol) & American is cool. He has done a good job, I really liked the book & enjoyed reading it.

Next news is... I had foot-corn since many days and was in pain. Tried using foot-corn tape , but didn't help much. You have to put these medicinal tape for few days & it softens or actually melts your skin so u can scrap the corn; but it doesn't knows difference between skin & corn; spoiled my whole skin around the area. So finally had to visit Doctor, he gave some medicines & suggested surgery (his idea & chance of minting money from me I guess!!). It's a minor surgery done with local anesthesia (but even minor surgeries cost major money, now I realise); the corn is removed from root which ofcourse causes lots of pain (pain also because you have to pay for it) & bleeding (my heart was bleeding, ohh my money!!). As most of you might know that I hate seeing blood & all that so I didn't dare see anything. (I guess I have a phobia of needles/blades & i hate piercing, tattooing or mutilating your body in anyways unless for these surgeries & 'all that'). So I am in lot of pain right now and ofcourse it sucks.. hope I get well very soon!!

Any experiences with foot-corn, these books or just tell me 'what's going on??'. Also, enjoy my blogs about Old TV Days of DD & Obama's Cairo Speech. Till then friends & foes... keep reading, commenting and promoting (me & my blogs). This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

New TV Days... Cable/Satelite TV

(continued from last time, click here & read this first...)

Then came the first Hindi satellite channel "ZEE TV" which was broadcasted only at prime-time and rest of the day you could see a big Zee logo on the TV with random songs. The new favorites were Zee horror show, Snakes & Ladders and some others (which I don't remember). And with this the cable TV started creeping on us with Sony & Star coming in picture as well. Although I remember a certain time when DD2 again was becoming popular with an array of new shows like Dushman, Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, Superstars & many others but it didn't last long. Also the quality of shows on DD has highly deteriorated and most of them are not even worth considering. But all we see on Cable/Satellite channels now is some boring/stupid TV Serials and Reality-Shows/Talent-Hunts. All we see is people dancing, singing, comedy & other arts and most of the time its those serial actors competing & forgotten actors/celebs judging the shows. The results of these shows are mostly disappointing most of the public, inspite of the fact its claimed that they are selected by public voting. Like Baichung Bhutia won Jahalak Dikhla Ja-3 whereas I thought that either Gauhar Khan or Hard Kaur should have been the winner. Or Salman Khan won Dance India Dance who didn't do anything more than circus & acrobatics; but Jai, Siddhesh or Alisha deserved it better. The worst was the show Pehchaan Kaun where the worst copycat Rajat Bahagt who used to mimic Salman in Asrani style won, whereas Raja Sagoo who was not only doing Salman act well but many others, lost. Then There's MTV & Channel V kinda youth channel's which show Roadies & V-Gyan kinda shows which aren't bad but, I am not sure if they are good for young kids. Our parents used to stop us from watching those DD stuff but imagine the kids watching what all they show on TV these days!!

So friends & foes... keep reading, commenting and promoting. What do you think about days of TV now & then? Wanna share any memories?? Waiting to hear from you... This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Old TV Days... DD Days

Remember the good old days of Doordarshan... the only channel you could get was DD and that's all you could watch. I think we would be the only bunch of people or the generation who grew up on those amazing & educational/inspirational sort of entertainment. Waking up early Sunday mornings to watch Rangoli (i hardly wake up before 10-12 now!!). And the next on list were:
- Ramayan remember Dara Singh speaking shudh hindi in Punjabi Accent, always felt like he would say "Satshriakaal Ramji" just any time. The streets & markets used to get empty & peopel used to worship thereTV before putting the show on. Ther used to be gathering of whole village or colonys on people's home who had TV.

- Mahabharat every charcter unique & etched in our memories, starting from Mukesh Khanna as Bheeshm to Puneet Issar as Duryodhan & all others. And the ultimate, "main, samay hoon".
- Chandrakanta taught us about 'Aiyyari' & 'Yakkooooo', Kroor Singh was actually cool singh with spikey hair at that time which has become fashion now. Heard there's a movie coming with Amitabh & Abhishek.
- and 'all that' (this comes from my recent reading of Inscrutable Americans).
Other kids-favorites were:
- Sigma (A sci-fi show which I don't remember now except that we used to imitate some guy Shakti in School & Games. I dont remember much except that)
- Jungle Book jungle-jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai, chaddhi pehen ke phool khila hai-phool khila hai; and ofcourse Nana Patekar's voice as Sher Khan
- Betaal Pachisi indian version of Phantom, I guess the first Indian superhero with underwear outside pants!!
- Shaktimaan The 1st and Best Indian Hero till now. Mukesh Khanna was the superhero Shaktimaan but was more aweosme as Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Onkarnath Shastri, i still remember it!!
- Captain Vyom Milind Somen as Captain Vyom was cool & the special-effects were quite flashy too.
- Disney shows including Duck Tales & Talespin who can forget Uncle Scrooge and his swimming pool of dollars. Launch Pad always crashing & saying Mr McD. And the sweet Baloo & Ritika Malaingam of Talespin...
Also were the afternoon usuals like HeMan, SuperMan, Samurai, Chhutti-Chhutti (hahahehe, ho gai chhutti) etc. Wednesday Evenings were exclusively for Chitrahaar ofcourse, being the only second song program on TV. Rest of the days had there own favorites of Nukkad, Fauji, Circus (Shahrukh Khan the TV star), Malgudi Days (Swami & his frineds, singing ta-nana-tana-nana-naa), Karamchand (Pankaj Kapur with Sushmita Mukherjee as witty Kitty), Chanakya, Byomkesh Bakshi (India's bengali take on Sherlock Holmes with Rajit Kapur), Tahqeeqat (another take on Sherlock Holmes starring Vijay Anand & Saurabh Shukla,'smoking is bad for health'), Dekh Bhai Dekh (Shekhar Suman & Waheeda Rehman with many others. have heard they are making a movie on this), Tenaliraman, Tipu Sultan (Sanjay Khan did a wonder with this) and many others. And remember Kille Ka Rahasya (all i remember is watching it hidden in rajai & being scared all the time), the only horror show on TV and Surabhi (I remember Renuka Shanhe, we sent answers to some of there contest questions but never got prize) was the most informative of the lot. The shows had there fixed timings without any repeat telecasts and so we had to be on time and if you miss some you didn't even get Recap or Forecap. I don't think there were many commercials either except those lovely message-ads like "Surajk ek, chanda ek" & "Miley sur mera tumhara", i just loved all those. Ofcourse there weren't any daily soaps nor was the channel a 24 hour show. And comparing to what comes on TV now, it was way better stuff. But still parents were so strict in letting us watch even these stuff and always had a NO-NO for most of them. "This is not good for you, TV watching is not good.. study, or better play outside". LOLzzzzzzzzzzz

We used to have a BIG wooden box kinda TV (i guess it could actually fit in all the people used to show). Needed 2 people to lift it, but I was so excited when it came to our house more than 20 yrs back. The regulator kinda channel selector would have been annoying but who cared with just one channel on air. Beat it on the sides when it doesnt work and I guessyou may even use it as a couch or table, LOL. Anyways, remember the cool stuff from old DD Days which are etched in our memories, here's some which I remember:
- Nritya Ka Akhil Bhartiya Program biggest hindi sentence on TV- "aap to woh mengi wali tikiya... leti thi, magar wohi safedi aur wohi jhaag agar kam daamo mein miley to - koi yeh kyun le, woh naa le!!" & "Lifeboy hai jahan, tandarusti hai wahan"- Namskar, aap dekh rahe hain Hindi Samachaar like I tuned in to watch Michael Jackson Dancing, thanks for the information.- Rukaawat Ke Liye Khed Hai just AWESOME, could show up anytime!!

(to be continued, click here to read...)

More than 1000 visit...

in less than 5 months!!!! awesome... isn't it???? or you think it's too bad, not good enough... everyone has right to his/her opinion, but i am feeling HAPPY (not as when Santa & Banta were feeling Happy; Happy felt disgusted & he left!!)

It has been more than a year since I have been blogging; 55 posts till now out of which 34 have been written in this year in less than 5 months. I had put the visitor map on Jan 09, 2009 and since then I have had more than 1000 visits from 47 countries (yeah, I just counted it now). More than half visits have been from my country (its India & not US) and more than 200 visits from US, rest from 45 other countries... WOW!! I am like super popular, LOL. In a world where bloggers are getting more than 1000 visits per day I am happy to get there in 5 months. I have done a lot to promote my blog too, because I think just making a good product is not good enough but marketing/selling it the right way is highly important (now you get free management gyan, should have been on TRM Blog). I have attached the blog link to my status at all my communicators, IMs, social networking sites & just anywhere also; I was actually even appreciated by few people for my ideas of promotion (just to get certain clicks/visits I do soooo much, ugh!!).

Here's link to my posts which have been highly popular (as I say). Read them & (you have to) enjoy them ...

• First Time!!!
• Four Times:
• I got my American Driving License!!
• I did SKYDIVING!!!
• Happy Thanksgiving... & IITF-2008
• My village trip adventure...
• When Indians return to India from US...
• ॐ नमः शिवाय... Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)???
• I am alone... मैं अकेला
• April Fool...
• When I lost my 5 rupees coin...
• Please VOTE... but I won't!
• Vodafone Zoozoo
• Rahul's magic worked for Congress/UPA... BJP/NDA pays
• Fight Against Max Hospital... just another chain-mail

I have asked you guys enough times to comment on my blog & all that, but most of you hardly do that (people call/msg me to tell me it was great but never comment. i have anonymous commenting enabled, so just comment people!!). I won't ask the same thing again this time but just want you guys to help me promote my blog too; spread it across & ask (force them... just go to there systems & open my blog, stand there until they read & save the link in fav too) others to read it too. Also read (& make other read as well) my other TRM blog too. So friends & foes... keep reading, commenting and promoting. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Fight Against Max Hospital... just another chain-mail????

I just hate these spams, chain-mails/sms, & forwarded junks (like everybody else loves it, ugh!!). Everyday in our mailbox, we see tons of mails sent by who-knows-who making stupid claims & providing weird information. On top of that, some of them warn you that if you do not follow the chain something BAD will happen to you. Which world are you living in people... must not be the same as I live in, because bad doesn't happens by not spamming other's inbox. I never forward these mails/sms and delete most of them without reading (which is strictly prohibited as per those mails; maybe that's the reason I am not happy these days!!) or send a strict reply warning the sender to never repeat it again (or something BAD will happen to him, lol). Certain mails provide you with stunning information which are mostly hoax/rumors & we spread them by forwarding it further without validations and believing them too...

So I received another forward recently from one of my friends titled "Fight Against MAX Hospital" with an attached presentation too. It was from some Deepika Manchanda from Wipro saying that her sister Nitika Manchanda (who was a Genpact employee) was ill-treated carelessly by MAX Healthcare, Pitampura (New Delhi, INDIA) which resulted in her death; and she wanted to spread this message across to fight against it. As usual I didn't just believe it; but I didn't delete the email either. I replied back to Deepika asking her about the facts; and she replied back confirming the story (it was on Hindustan Times too, click here). That's when I opened the presentation & had a look and read further details. Honestly, it was not surprising or shocking.. but highly disappointing, inappropriate, painful & shameful as well. This has not happened for the first time in India or the world, but its still very unfortunate...

Please have a look at the presentation/blog by clicking here for more details. It is the unfortunate story of Dr. Nitika Manchanda's death due to irresponsible behaviour & carelessness of Doctors/Hospital and seems Nitika died due to negligence of MAX hospital & its staff. As per latest update from Deepika; postmortem done at Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, does not conclusively say anything except Patechial rashes and hemorrhages all over her body. Final report would come after chemical analysis of blood and viscera examinations is what they are saying. After pressure from the Police Commissioner Delhi, DCP North West, Mr.Bundela is initiating the action for further enquiry ,after 20 days though. A dedicated blog "Fight-Against-MAX" has been created for this cause. Many of us have been victims to others carelessness & ignorance however we have mostly ignored it too. This is the time we should come up together and ignore the ignorance and fight for the cause. Medical professionals & any other people sitting at responsible positions should understand the importance of there role and should pay due attention to it. Someones stupid fault can make someones life faulty and bring it to an end; lets try to make sure this never happens again.

How about you, have you seen any similar cases? What do you think about this? Any other stories or views you might want to share... In the mean time, please keep blogging and keep reading & commenting on my blogs. This is RAHUL saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!

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After 2 years, I am not celebrating Memorial Day as I am in India today. Do I miss it?? Honestly, not the Memorial day but I do miss US. More than a year back I wrote my 1st blog when I was in India & then 2nd blog after I reached US... Yaadein!!!

kya kahu, kya naa kahu... say what

I haven't written about myself lately, so some of you people might be waiting to hear that (or some of you might be even happy for it!!). But I am not sure of what to say, because it seems I have nothing. People ask me that why I seem strange, what happened; and I have to say nothing happened & that's the problem that nothing's happening. I have so much in my mind, so much I want, so much I need to do... but nothing's happeneing (lots of happenings but nothings happening). It's like those points of our lives when everything seemes to be halted (and the worst is other's seem to be moving). Seems I have no clue what's going on & what do I need to do for things to change. Am I happy? Definitely not. This is the 1st time I have started to hate being in Delhi/India. Looks like an overstatement but that's how I feel these days...

Someone told me that in every few years in our lives there comes a slump period where we feel lost & things don't move well (as it happens in our economies too & we have the slump period of recession going on). But that's not a big deal considering many years of success & growth. I understand it; however I still feel that we can't just accept it & let it happen. We need to feel bad first and get concerned (& take tension), because unless we get concerned (& take tension) we don't seem to act. I want to act & I am trying to act, let's just see how soon I can achieve it. Afterall I am responsible for myself; we are our own responsibilities & we have to atke care of it ourselves. I am still surprised that where's all the fun & humor of my blogs lost, it seems its lost in me. But still I keep posting some interesting & funny slides etc. I wrote an excellent post on my TRM blog regarding "Stock Market is not a Zero Sum Game", read it. Alright friends & people, that's it for now. Please keep blogging and keep reading & commenting on my blogs. This is RAHUL saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!

And Enjoy this funny slideshow for some fun...

Time To Laugh... again

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Rahul's magic worked for Congress/UPA... BJP/NDA pays for what they didn't do

If you do not know, this Rahul is not me but Rahul Gandhi. Election Results swere declared today and Congress registered one of its biggest wins in recent times by getting almost 206 seats and UPA getting a clear majority as well. The youth leader in Rahul has definitely clicked well with youngsters and the Gandhi in his surname clicked well with the poor & masses. He does seems like an efficient leader and a high potential candidate for future PM (Prime Minister) as well. Although I think Rahul should wait for sometime to be PM, he should take some ministry & prove his credentials as an efficient leader & administrator. For a PM he needs more experience as well, PM is a big job afterall. Manmohan Singh is a nice person but not a great PM, we need to get someone better. However, I have a problem with this family politics, Sonia has clicked well because she's Gandhi & same applies to Rahul as well (till now). New people should get opportunity too... there are good people.. but they are not in politics as they think its too dirty... but someone has to get in that dirty ditch to try to clean it.

With NDA, BJP is still the second largest party which would be sitting in opposition but nothing else. They haven't done anything or any ground work in last 5 years, atleast that's how it seems to common people like us. As the second largest party you should do something for the nation and play a constructive/efficient opposition but they have been good for nothing. Also it seems there ground workers didn't work much for the party or the nation. Narendra Modi does seems like some hope for the party & may be good for nation too (but still I say that he needs to improve his image as a nationally accepted leader). I am glad that the 3rd & 4th front and the others didn't get much as it was quite important for us as a nation to get clearer judgement. This is a verdict against there bad choice of leaders & also towards hope for a stable government.

One last this which I have realised that I and many of us are not in favor or against any party and we don't need to be either. I am in favor of our country and whoever does well or is ready to try to do well is right for us. All I would still like is the right to elect leader of the nation directly; in such a big democracy we should be able to select & elect our Head of the Nation. That person should be the one whom we can proudly call our leader. Hopefully whoever will become leader (most probably Manmohan again though) now will try to do some good for the nation & not do anything like last 5 years. This is not the time to just sit idle & wait for something bad to happen & then try to correct it or just do nothing as atleast no bad happens. This is the time to step ahead & try to do something for the nation even if their are risks involved or anything. We have to become more aggressive & progressive to grow & become the BEST!!!

So what do you people think about direct elections for the Head of Nation? And how do you feel about Rahul or Modi? Any other views you might want to share... In the mean time, please keep blogging and keep reading & commenting on my blogs. This is RAHUL saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO, JAI HIND!!!!!

Vodafone Zoozoo

I have the same post on my other blog so please click the link below... see & enjoy, its pretty cool & awesome!!
http://tradingandriskmanagement.blogspot.com/2009/04/making-of-vodafone-zoozoo.html

Applications invited for Girlfriend!!!!

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Lets make India better... & Best!!!!

I have nothing to defend or to offend anyone, but its exciting to see that youth does thinks about voting and wants to talk about it. I did not vote this time, and I am not proud of it. I really wanted to vote but could not; I have an agenda behind not voting. Voting is our right & responsibility, with every big power comes big responsibilities and we should know how to use it in the right way. I am not sure if I can do it right, because I do not have an option to do right. I did my homework of collecting information & details about the parties & the candidates as well. You can check the candidate details on MYNETA & rest you can do by checking some first hand information; I did it & trust me the information you get is not very fruitful but mostly disappointing. And political parties have been trying to fool us always. Congress has a puppet PM & a ruling history of last 5 yrs or 60 yrs which is not very appreciable. There may be some hope in Rahul Gandhi but he still needs experience & should prove his worth first. BJP has been confused itself & confusing the voters too by not being sure what it wants to do & what party it is. Have you heard the stupid promises of increasing tax limits or paying lakh rupee to all girls and all that, you need to explain that how are you gonna do that?? I feel that Modi is a strong and efficient leader, however he needs to improve his image in nation's eyes. I don't think I need to say much about leaders like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh, Laloo Prasad, Paswan & others. These are the people who think of themselves as future PMs and we cant do much about it. Is it acceptable in a huge democracy that at the time of election we do not know who is gonna be the Leader of the nation & we do not even get to choose him. It all depends on coalitions & some greedy/shrewd politicians who'll decide the leader of our great nation. Due to all these VOTING campaigns and all that, voting has become a col phenomena but still we do not understand the importance & responsibility of our right to vote. You need to make sure that you vote for the right party & candidate, but where are the right party & candidates? And you don't get to select the leader of nation, I don't like it either. We already have election for Villages, Municipality, MLA, MP etc for local development & all that; however in a huge democracy like India, we should get the right to select the leader of our nation in national elections. And we should get the right to not vote & select no one. These things Will force the political parties and organisations to bring better leaders. And if they can't then we should come up & try to become better leaders for our nation.

I appreciate everyone's interest & concern for these issues and comments here, really excited to see it. It is definitely good to express your views and share opinions so we can think together and make right decisions. We know that our country needs improvement & needs a change. By voting or not voting, but we have to think of those ways and we have to bring that change as it is our right & responsibility. We can do it & we will do it. Thanks everyone & All the Best, to all of us & our nation... Jai Hind!!

Please VOTE... but I won't!!

You must have been hearing this a lot lately (the 1st part) by different ads/campaigns etc & promoted by many celebrities, so I had to chip-in too (I have responsibilities too as to-be-celebrity naa). Please do vote as it is very important for you to exercise your right of vote as a responsible citizen. That would be your small contribution towards the development of our nation by picking the right leaders who can lead our nation to growth & prosperity. It's a truth that every vote counts; specially when people are winning by a margin of few hundred votes or even less sometimes. So it's time to use your vote as weapon to fight against corruption, poverty, terrorism and everything else; your right vote will take the nation in the right direction... this is your chance to make the difference!! If you do not know about the candidate at your place or want to check any other then you can visit MY-NETA. For any queries about voting etc, you may visit JAAGO-RE.

However, I know you guys are more interested in listening to why I say 'I won't'... If you guys remember that I didn't vote last time in Delhi Elections (read here) and I am thinking about not voting this time as well. The motive behind voting is to make a difference & make things better... but it doesn't really seems that I have any option of making things any better. Most of the parties & candidates are corrupt, shrewd, uneducated, uncivilized & worthless, are they going to make things better for us & our nation? I can go & vote for the best of the worst, but are we incapable of getting few good people out of more than a billion population? We can't select 545 good people out of this billion+ population? Actually we can't, because we do not have option available to select. And we do not eve have an easy option to say that we don't want to select, there is Article 49-O/Form 17-A but doesn't do much. I might try to do this if it works, however have heard that electoral officer are not happy to do this as it causes too much paper work & all that (why don't they make a button for it on the EVM). Lets see what I'll do....

Anyways friends/foes/others... do try to go out & vote; if you are confused like me then go out & try to do the "not/cancelled vote", but do it. Sp, what do you think about this? And what are you planing to do? In the mean time, please keep blogging and keep reading & commenting on my blogs. This is RAHUL saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO, JAI HIND!!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was Dad & Mom's 30th marriage anniversary today; 30 long years of a beautiful relationship which is the reason of my existence and being. 30 years is a very long time, I haven't even seen or experienced that (means I am way younger than 30!!). Some of you may have (older folks!!) so you may understand the significance of this time, or maybe it looses its importance for some after so much time. It is definitely a special day for me & so it is for my parents. For someone who gets startled by the thought of being married, this is a great example to watch. But I don't follow examples, I like to set examples!!

I have never been against marriage as an Institution & a social & personal entity but you do not have to be against something to not do it. And some things happen only at there right time, they can never get there meaning if done early or late (but better late than never, or too early). I don't understand why others (including friends & relatives etc) get more concerned about your marriage than you. But why am I talking all this... I guess the thought of marriage makes me paranoid, lol. Congratulations & lots of love Dad & Mom, tons of my best wishes for you forever!!!