A Cold Shoulder

As i crossed the GST road, a cab stopped near by and people were getting down . Two girls got down and were coming opposite to me. One face seemed to be familiar. It was my classmate till 10 th standard. By the look in her eyes, i could see that she also recognised me. But as we crossed, there was a blank expression in her face, ( i expected a small smile in her face ... ) . No words came to my mind and i could realize my face too went expression less. As we crossed each other, my hands raised out and said Hi in its own style ( a spontaneous unplanned reaction ...) . I felt she nodded her head in reply. I turned back again to see if she turns back stood few second watching... Alas my instincts failed me . . . She dint turn back and i was given a cold shoulder. What a change . . time has inflicted on us . . . 7 years enough for a good friend to give a cold shoulder. . .

LTTE- Tigers tamed

Last month, the world witnessed the downfall of one of the world's largest terrrorist organisation. It all started when Tamils in Sri Lanka were ill-treated, and Tamils started demanding equal rights for them . A Hero rose within them, Prabhakaran and all the people started following him like GOD, without the slightest idea of how he is going to lead them to a massacre. It all started as a freedom struggle, struggle for existance, a seperate land for tamils. With Tamil Nadu and Indian Government backing them, When the LTTE asked for financial aid from India to protect them from Srilankan army, India generously gave them aid to procure arms as well as military training.

The downfall of LTTE started in mid 90s, when Prabakaran ordered the killing of Rajiv Gandhi, in order to show their protest against IPKF . LTTE was immediately announced a terrorist organisation by United Nations and all aids to them were abruptly stopped by India. But that dint dither LTTE, who continued to get the aids, illegally from foreign nations.

LTTE were known for their excellent war stratergy, their guerilla warfare, which won them many wars against Sri Lankan army. There was a time, when it was feared LTTE could take over the entire Sri Lanka. As for the fall of every king and kingdom, here was Lt.Karuna, one of the most trusted member of LTTE turned against Prabhakaran, joined Sri Lankan government and exposed all the weakness of LTTE.

Mahela Rajapakshe, ordered a full scale war against LTTE, and vowed not to stop till LTTE is fully destroyed. With the inputs from Lt.Karuna, there was no stopping of Sri Lankan army, which plundered the cities under the control of LTTE.

Unable to withstand the ruthless attack of army, LTTE started retreating back into the jungles,and with the death of Prabhakaran, LTTE declared they had lost the war and laid down their weapons, not before leading to massacre of thousand of innocent Tamil Civilians, whom the LTTE used as a human shield.

LTTE as an organisation may have been destroyed, but the struggle for equal rights for Tamils would still be on... The whole world is watching what Rajapakshe would do for the tamils now...

First the IPL 2

The IPL 2 :-
Ipl-2 has given the people their money's and time's worth.. Wat an exciting finish in most of the matches, increasing 0ur tension and excitement... The smashing by Gilchrist in the semi final match, will always be remembered as his best innings ever, even over shadowing his world cup performance ... Delhi daredevils who were a nightmare to all the teams till then .. were ruthlessly tamed by a one man battalion... The final was equally thrilling.. with the match swinging to both teams... and finally falling in the hands of the the chargers... Chargers and challengers being the last 2 teams in IPL -1, clashing in finals, no wonder raises the doubts about match fixing and ipl organisers not getting the services of ICC regarding the match fixing, adds speculation to the issue raised by many people...The clashing of Chargers and Challengers, seems to draw similar lines with the India and Pakistan clashing in last year T20 world cup( the 2 teams were the underdogs while entering T20 and were in severe pressure to revive the pride after the 1st round exit in World cup held in West Indies ) ....

Well, the Ipl 2 has been a massive success...so as the fake ipl player... what surprises me is that, fake ipl player blog has been a huge success, but i never saw an google ad in that blog... But i heard from my friends, that he put a ad once and got severe anti-comments against it and removed it... Well, whats the need for him to create one such blog. One thing he achieved was the complete destruction of the team spirit inside KKR team and as a result leading to its worst performance.. The facts he put forth was entertaining, no doubt...One thing i feel wrong and bad about the fake ipl player is.. he has culled the very essence of sports.. the sportsmanship ...Either he has fallen prey for the money from outside to disrupt the team or trying to avenge the team for not taking him in....But at the end of the day... people enjoyed reading the blog and has been an instant hit, satisfying the inner desire of the people to know about the darker side of their stars of the cricketing world..

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whew... a lot of events has happened after my last post.. IPL, fake ipl player... end of LTTE ...
and suprise outcome of parliment elections... Every time i would plan to write something in my blog about those... but as expected the plans had never been executed... There are something in all these 3 which i felt, should be penned down..

Am I lonely ?

Every weekend will be a much awaited time for most of the people...But nowadays weekends are driving me crazy... I am surrounded by people who work 24x7 ...The friends with whom i spent time have all settled in bangalore ...I am feeling the theory of relativity as explained by Einstein "If you sit on a hot stove ...every second will be an hour... if you sit opposite to a pretty girl every hour is a second " I am so lucky that i come under category 1 ....
Am i missing something ....? Every weekend this question runs through my mind.....Some way or the other i feel i am missing something... but i am not able to find out what i miss....
Is it friends ? I miss all my friends even people from LKG ...All those 48 hours i just hope i would get a call from them...but i get none....except 1 of course...(who would be the first one to read this post :-) )
I just have a crazy doubt ...which i leave for time to tell me the answer......All my friends and people around me mean a lot to me....do i mean something for them... Will they miss me if i am not around.......Only time can answer this.....

Why this strange feeling

The time now is 2 A.M and i am not getting any sleep...So what? whats big in this ? Its is my normal daily routine...But today it isn't( yesterday) . Around 4 P.M, i along with 2 other team mates were called for a sudden meeting with my India Operations manager...You could have guessed what....We went to meet him....Our heart beat rate shooting to sky and adrenaline flowing...Manager says " So,how you guys doing ?" Our faces went blank ! He continues..." As you all see, considering the present situation we are at and taking in mind the future projects, the management has decided to .....move you 3 to testing team...." Whew! Thank my bright lucky stars ...I am saved .....
But this was not the kind of reaction, my friends gave...They were quite sad to leave the present job profile which they loved the most...
I started consoling one of my friend telling about the positives of moving to new team...we get a new laptop, our job is safe, punch dialogues like " Only Change is permanent in this world " and stuff...
But @ night when i went to bed, hoping to get a sound lengthy sleep ( from tomorrow it isnt going to be... since testing being daunting task..) to my surprise i coudnt sleep...My mind started thinking about the group which i may join...how it would be if i end up in a group which i dont like...and how it would be if other 2 end up in better group than mine... and all permutations and combinations .... u know.... all those strange negative thoughts....
My mind starting feeling the exact opposite of what i advised my friend...

Its always easy to say " God gives what is best for you...what you actually deserve...." Ya! its absolutely true..No doubt..But inorder to swallow that truth and fill your heart and mind with it ...its almost impossible...
When we achieve what we aimed...we feel that " I have achieved it due to my hard and smart work " But when we land in exact opposite place...We start doubting our own ability, curse our luck,and have the strange feelings and negative thoughts ....
Now, the time is 2.30 A.M and i am going back to my bed..hoping to get a decent sleep....
And Hoping that my fate will take me to new chapter of sunrise and bright sunshine .....

Good night and sweet dreams....

my year of 2008

2008 was supposed to be a very important period for me..but it turned out to be different... 2008 started with a huge hope of getting into a dream company( me being a final yr student @ 8th semester) .Friends started talking about companies, salaries shifting bases to bangalore and so on... days passed on... assessments came and went ... enjoyed staying @ friends's house..night studies ....gossips chit chats... Then came the semester exams... my tough days started here... My grand mother was counting her last days... she passed away peacefully a day before my last exam ... Then followed days of commotions and confusions... Attended few companies now and then...
Some companies tested my patience mainly tallika and ibm ... both giving me high hopes of getting placed ..but only to reject me after many weeks...
My brother's marriage was round the corner keeping my family members occupied most of the time...
Then came a sudden storm in my life, when i came out of Cypress interview in Bangalore, a call from unknown number, giving me the shock of my life....
The following weeks were the most painful days of my life... with yet another incident acting like adding salt to bruise...
It made me understand the real meaning of fraction of a second, our live's worth, meaning of sorrow and list goes on...
Finally got placed in core company (Force10 networks) found new friends, a new chapter in my career had started... and it goes on...

In total, 2008 was supposed to be a turning point in my life...In fact it was... but it came at the cost of my dear friend...

Hoping 2009 would be smooth...