Dating in Workplace...

Recently while I was going through this website and noticed that the information posted in the site has got more relevance to our present day living. Also the point to be noted it was a kind of advice to workers who normally get tangled with rumours and certainly get spoilt in their lives. Eventhough the title seems little bit odd but the content seems good.

Just go through the same and make yourself prepared to face with intelligence if you have any :).

Dating

Note : Points mentioned in that website is relevant to US federal law, but nowadays it has become more applicable to our living coz of economic boom.

While you are away, movie stars are taking your women. Robert Redford is dating your girlfriend, Tom Selleck is kissing your lady, Bart Simpson is making love to your wife.

Baghdad Betty, Iraqi radio announcer, to gulf war troops

Never Smoke near your house!!

Story told by my friend :
He is a chain smoker and used to go to pettyshops to smoke. Once he smokes the smell should not come so he will get a betelnut or chewing gum to avoid being a suspect( Every dick and harry in town does that, just added little spice here). He is so frequent to these petty shops that once the shopkeeper sees his face automatically keeps one Wills flake and a betelnut.
Everything was going usual until one day his dad came along with him to this petty shop to get a betelnut and leaf. On seeing his face the shop owner automatically keeps the cigar. To his embarassment he could not tell the shop owner to hide the cigar.
His dad is a very stubborn guy and he still fears him a lot. It was such a moment he could not think what he has to do. Dad becomes suspicious on seeing this and asks him why the shop owner has kept the cigar on seein him. This guy feels that the world is goin to get over.

Continued in comments....

M.A.

One of my friends got degree in both Tamil and English. I was just boasting this to my friends that see how determined that guy was to get a degree in languages and was explaining about his temperament to achieve such distinction. While we were seriously discussing about this one of my friend told me that he too got such a degree. We were all perplexed as we had heard that the guy did his graduation in some other stream (Commerce).

Then one of my friends asked "Buddy! then you were supposed to have become a lecture in some college. Why you came into the IT field and making our lives miserable".

For that he replied "Did I say that I did graduation, my friends called me fondly M.A M.A (In tamil which means UNCLE) which is also a distinction right". After saying this he giggled.

We are still searching for that guy as he escaped from the clutches of our hands after this scene.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891

Count on your Enemies!

On birthday of Abimanyu's wife, he bought a gift for his wife and presented to her. The uniqueness of the gift is that it will tell which person/ thing is there in the person's mind. When abimanyu's wife looked into the present it showed Abimanyu coz she always think about him. At that time Balarama came and enquired whether he can check whats in his mind, it showed a battalion of army with he himself marchin in the front. Everyone was busy checkin what is in their mind but Krishna remained silent and not getting involved in this act. So Abimanyu tried Krishna and enquired him y not he. For that Krishna told if you people come to know who is the person in my mind always then you all will astonish. But people still persisted to show him. Finally Krishna agreed and sat infront of the gift, the gift shows the face of SHAKUNI. Everyone asked y him, for that Krishna told the following " you all people will think about me only when there is something good or bad happens in my life whereas SHAKUNI will always think about me on how to destroy me thats y he comes first".
"So count on your enemies you will become famous very quick."
Disclaimer: Not very sure whether this incident really happened in Mahabharatha, it was told by my friend and found to be interesting so posted this.

Hate the sin, Love the sinner

Mahatma Gandhi

Lights On! Start Camera! Action!

Recently i came across one of the beautiful site, explaining the nuances of photography. After seeing the website i was spellbounded as if just woken up by a dream. There is definitely a third eye needed to see the beautiful sceneries revolving around our every day aspects of life. Kudos to the photographer and definitely one should not forget that you need high resolution cameras to get those stills captured.

For that you need to spend some bucks :)

Photos

People come into your life for a reason

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away Some times they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

How to create good work habits

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us: John Dryden (poet, critic).
Dryden couldn't have been more right.
Take a small action that you perform every day. Its cumulative effect (over days, weeks, months and years) could be huge.
Let's say, in 2001, you decided to read a new article related to your field of specialisation daily. By 2006, you would have read 1,825 articles by just devoting 10 minutes to this habit everyday. You would have also enhanced your level of knowledge, expertise and authority in your chosen field.
Avinash Johnson, 28, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology -- Kharagpur, has handled challenging assignments with General Electric during his stint with them. Now a senior software professional with Oracle, he has a high stress job with multiple demands on his time. According to Avinash, his life would be chaotic without good work habits. He zeroes in on four habits that have helped him the most.
1. Avinash religiously maintains a list of tasks to be done and sticks to it, updating the leftovers in the next day's list.
2. To handle the stress, he meditates for 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes after coming back from work.
3. He replies to e-mails immediately after reading them. This habit, he says was the hardest to develop, but is extremely rewarding. It saves him time; he does not have to go through the e-mail again, which he would have had to do if he replied later. It also reduces the clutter in his inbox -- and his mind.
4. Avinash does not carry work home, though he is always tempted to do so. This has helped him maintain the much-needed balance between work and life.

What is good?? What is bad??

Sometimes in life you have come across a situation wherein you dont know whether you are doing the good thing or bad thing.
It just arose me a question what is really good and what is bad...
To me in general there are no such things called good or bad.......infact, we have defined something as good, and something as bad........
what is natural?...had killing been so bad, why would nature itself be killing so many lives, and that too, with extreme of cruelty!!
but in the begining of society, we humans had to define something as good and something as bad, in order to maintain the similarity and to bound us in some rules, which is the essential factor for society.......then, after several centuries of practice, we considered them as "eternal good" and "eternal bad", that is called morality......
if i come to spirituality, then it had been said many times that, SINS lie in our mind.....nothing is real, the truth is emptiness......if i observe neutrally, if i be just witness of my acts, within a minute i'll come to know that, even "I" does not exist, even ego doesn't exist, how can other beliefs be real!!....

whatever we are doing in general life, we are unconscious, we are sleeping.......whether am praying, or am killing, am unconscious about the manifest truth!!...am unconscious coz i think am doing, and the reality is, it is being done!!....it is just happening to me, i m not doing....but, even if we hear and believe it, we never feel it...thats y we are unconscious....and if i am unconscious, whatever iam doing is a sin (as taoism says)....
meditate, .....these silly questions will be disappeared very soon

Be Right Back!!!.

Everyone would have used or would have come across with an acronym in your life.

Hey BTW where are you put up now???

Etho Americalaye piranthu valanthavannu manasula ninappu.. J. Valanthathu ennamo madasamy nagar , korukkupettai..

Sometimes you would have stuck without knowing what the person really intends to tell you by using these words. Anyway if the other guy is not known to you much you will simply keep that as a secret (chidambara rakasiyam) and wont reveal to him that you didn’t understand what he says. But sometimes it so happens that you need to reveal to him that you didn’t understand and you will be in a difficult situation if the other guys looks at you or tells like ( Enna itha kooda theriyalaya ayyo waste waste – unmai ennanna ithu mathiri blood niraya enakku nadanthu irukku). Do you want that kinda bizarre situation to happen in your life.

Herecomes the rescuer. http://www.acronymfinder.com

This website tells you all the acronyms that you would have come across in your life. Search this site and get yourself equipped to handle these kind of situations with ease.

Note: I can’t explain what is the meaning for acronym. Better you can buy Wren and Martin or 6th Std English Grammar he he heJ

PS: For those who is not able to catch what am trying to tell. Here are some of the examples of acronyms..
BRB, LOL, VOIP, PS……

What's your love story??

Interesting article i read in the net, thought i would like to share with you all.


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Being Spiritual Vs Being Religious

Recently I was going through the one of the person's profile in one of the community sites and I was struck by the word "Spiritual but not religious" in the religion column. I was pretty amazed by that and thinking how the person becomes religious and what makes him to pray to different gods eventhough the soul is only one. I was busy searching for answers and got some interesting facts abt that which i thought i would like to share.
Spirituality is, in a narrow sense, a concern with matters of the spirit. The spiritual, concerning as it does eternal verities regarding Man's ultimate nature, is often contrasted with the temporal or the worldly. The central defining characteristic of spirituality is a sense of connection to a much greater whole which includes an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence. As with some forms of religion, the emphasis of spirituality is often on personal experience. It may be an expression for life perceived as higher, more complex or more integrated with one's worldview, as contrasted with the merely sensual.
An important distinction needs to be made between spirituality in religion and spirituality as opposed to religion.
In recent years, spirituality in religion often carries connotations of the believer's faith being more personal, less dogmatic, more open to new ideas and myriad influences, and more pluralistic than the faiths of established religions. It also can connote the nature of a believer's personal relationship or "connection" with their god or belief system, as opposed to the general relationship with the Deity understood to be shared by all members of that faith.
Those who speak of spirituality as opposed to religion generally believe that there are many "spiritual paths" and that there is no objective truth about which is the best path to follow. Rather, adherents of this definition of the term emphasize the importance of finding one's own path to whatever-god-there-is, rather than following what others say works. The best way to describe this view is: the path which makes the most sense is the correct one (for oneself). Many adherents of orthodox religions who consider spirituality to be an aspect of their religious experience are more likely to contrast spirituality with secular "worldliness" than with the ritual expression of their religion.
Others of a more New Age disposition hold that spirituality is not religion, per se, but the active and vital connection to a force, spirit, or sense of the deep self. As cultural historian and yogi William Irwin Thompson put it, "Religion is not identical with spirituality; rather religion is the form spirituality takes in civilization." (1981, 31)

How to remember a list in order...

The Number/Rhyme technique is a very simple way of remembering lists in order.
It is an example of a peg system using - a system where information is 'pegged' to a known sequence (here the numbers one to ten) to create pegwords. By doing this you ensure that you do not forget any facts, as gaps in information are immediately obvious. It also makes remembering images easier as you always know part of the mnemonic images.
At a simple level you can use it to remember things such as a list of English Kings or American Presidents in their precise order. At a more advanced level it can be used, for example, to code lists of experiments to be recalled in a science exam. The technique works by helping you to build up pictures in your mind, in which you represent numbers by things that rhyme with the number. You can then link these pictures to images of the things to be remembered.
The usual rhyming scheme is:
Bun
Shoe
Tree
Paw
Hive
Bricks
Heaven
Gate
Line
Hen
If you find that these images do not attract you or stick in your mind, then change them for something more meaningful. Link these images to ones representing the things to be remembered. Often, the sillier the compound image, the more effectively you will remember it Continued in comments....

Jokes for the day!!!.Continued...

Porch
A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighbourhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs forher to do. "Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
The blonde said "How about 50 dollars?" The man agreed and told her that thepaint and other materials that she might need were in the garage.
The man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the wayaround the house?" The man replied, "She should, she was standing on it." A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered,"and had paint left over, so I gave it two coats." Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50.
"And by the way," the blonde added, "it's not a Porch, It's a Ferrari."

Jokes for the day!!!.

A Scottsman, a Chinaman, a Pom and an Aussie were in the pub debating whose country was the best.
The Scottsman reckoned his was the best, because we got the greenest grass.
The Pom reckoned his was the best because they had the most beautiful flag.
The Chinaman reckoned his was the best because of their Great Wall.
The Aussie said we're the best, 'cos we got the kangaroo, and that can jump over your great wall, crap on your grass and wipe it's ass with your flag!

BLONDE JOKE OF THE YEAR
A man was in his front yard mowing grass when his attractive blond female neighbour came out of
the house and went straight to the mailbox. She opened it then slammed it shut stormed back into the house. A little later she came out of her house again went to the mailbox and again opened it, slammed
it shut again. Angrily, back into the house she went.As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn back she came out again, marched to the mail box,
opened it and then slammed it closed harder than ever.Puzzled by her actions the man asked her, "Is something wrong?"
To which she replied, "There certainly is!"
My stupid computer keeps saying',
"YOU'VE GOT MAIL."

Mozilla Firefox Vs IE...

Recent studies conducted by Netherlands based onestat.com has found that the Mozilla firefox is gainin popularity over the Microsoft based Internet explorer. Eventhough the % composition currently is 20:80 the fact is that in a month's time the % declined is 6%. So check out you might also start using mozilla firefox in the forthcoming years...
I was wondering why all of a sudden Internet explorer got tabs to visit different sites like Mozilla. may be this could be the reason. Survival of the fittest.. Anyways Microsoft is a biggie company so they definitely start working on the flaws available in their system and try to rectify the same. If that cannot be done then they definitely buy it.. wat say??

Cannavaro : Ball boy to captain....

Do you know who this guy is.. he is captain of Italian football team which has won the FIFA world cup 2006. Do you actually this guy was actually a ball boy when Italy was playing against Argentina at Naples durin the World Cup 1990. He was 16 at that time.
See how much transition has happened in the life of this guy.. Currently he has capped around 100 games next to Paolo maldini (126 caps) and Dino Zoff (112) for Italy..
Would he ever had imagined that this is goin to happen.. Becoming a captain of a football team and winning the world cup finals against the strong and intelligent team France.

Hard work always pays... He deserved for that.. and i feel he has reached his final destination..

Women more likely to stalk and attack their partners!!!

A new study has found that while women still remain the major victims of abuse, an increasing number of the so-called “weaker sex” is more likely than men to stalk, attack and psychologically abuse their partners. The study, by a team of researchers led by Angela Gover, a University of Florida criminologist, surveyed 2,500 students at UF and the University of South Carolina between August and December 2005. They found that in the 29% of people who physically assaulted their dates, 32% of women reported being the perpetrators of violence, as compared to 24% of men. Angela Gover said that the statistics showed a change in how women in relationships act. “We’re seeing women in relationships acting differently nowadays than we have in the past. The nature of criminality has been changing for females, and this change is reflected in intimate relationships as well,” she said. Another survey of 1,490 University of Florida students, found while 25% said they had been stalked during the past year, and 7% reported engaging in stalking, 58% of whom were female. However, the facts remain women made up the largest number of victims in both surveys, accounting for 70% of those being stalked. Today’s women are more likely to understand they have options instead of putting up with any kind of abuse could be another reason why women were turning violent. “Maybe some of these women have been abused by their partner for some time and they’re finally fighting back,” she said. “I think we may also be seeing sort of a new dynamic in dating relationships in terms of women feeling more empowered. They recognise they don’t have to be in a dating relationship forever,” she added. The researchers found child abuse was the single biggest determining factor for men and women becoming perpetrators or victims of dating violence or stalking. Even if one never personally experienced abuse, witnessing violence between one’s parents increased the likelihood of stalking or being stalked as a young adult and it made girls more susceptible to becoming victims of dating violence when they grew up.
Agencies

What propels you to plant a bomb!!!

Last week, there was violence in Mumbai. bomb blasts - seven of them! This Monday, the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh had struck again in the Dantewada belt. Israel is raining fire on Lebanon - My God! The list is endless. Death is becoming the most easily available commodity in today's world. The precious human life is becoming cheaper and cheaper each day. Nobody is ready to listen to the other. It is not that suddenly the violence has erupted out of nowhere. Since the time immemorial, life has always been a struggle and that has happened primarily because we have listened to the call of our instincts. In case of people, who have tried to stand up against these traits, such men have become immortal - be it a Buddha or a Jesus or anybody else.

Nostradamus : World war III predictions revealed!!! - Book watch

Imagine knowing the secrets Nostradamus never intended humanity to decipher.

In May 2004, members of the Italian National Library in Rome made an amazing discovery. Buried in their archives was an unknown manuscript written by the famed prophet Michel de Notradame, or Nostradamus (1503-1566). This manuscript was handed down to his son and later donated to Pope Urban VIII. It did not surface again until now, almost four hundred years later.
Due to the pressure and scrutiny of the Inquisition, Nostradamus was forced to scramble both the meaning and the order of his quatrains. He made sure humanity would not be able to use them until we had become sophisticated enough to decode them. That time has finally arrived.
Using cutting-edge data mining techniques, Dr. Michael Rathford sifted this complex word puzzle searching for significant patterns and relationships. Almost immediately, he came up with the predictive model known as The Nostradamus Code.
When the prophecies-within-prophecies are deciphered, the timeline of World War III is revealed. You will read about Osama Bin Laden, the next major terrorist attack on the US, a confrontation between the US and Iran/North Korea, and great detail on the timing and course of World War III.

Want to know more details go to Nostradamus

Twenty Twenty World Cup.....

After much contemplation, deliberation and initial non-compliance, India has agreed to play the Twenty20 World Cup next year. Sure, it would not have been a financial success without India in the fray, but is that the only reason India has agreed to be part of this event? For one, India has not played many matches of this version and has no real base to create a team from. At the outset, it does seem like a pocket version of the one-day game, but closer only scrutiny shall reveal the real requirements. So from the current crop, who will be fit enough (technically, mentally, skill-wise) to fit in the Indian team for a Twenty20 game?
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Sachin Tendulkar is a name that springs to mind. He can bat (well, yeah!), bowl a bit, field well. Check!
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M S Dhoni is another name that seems a certainty. He can bat with some rather imposing results; well suited to this format and he also solves the problem of a ‘keeper. Double check!
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Mohd. Kaif is a certainty more for his fielding and energy than batting. But he can bat too. And after the series he had in the West Indies, this is perhaps the only playing XI he will be making it to.
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Yuvraj Singh is another certainty. He can bat, bowl and is an exceptional fielder. Perhaps there also may be a case of trying him out as captain in the version… a litmus test of sorts for bigger things to come.
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Virender Sehwag is someone who may feel this game is tailored for his approach. And if he and Dhoni are sent to open, who knows what score may show up after 20 overs!
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Harbhajan Singh may be a good bowler, but his style of bowling may just be marauded. To be honest, that’s the plan for any style of bowling, but spin will suffer more! Still, he would be a handy fellow to have in the XI.These guys apart, one does feel that Rahul Dravid, Wasim Jaffer and some of the more ‘technically sound’ players may not make the cut. And although Dravid himself has advocated a place for this version on the domestic stage, he may not stay in the team beyond a few token games. But coming back to the original question as to why the Indian board did a volte-face on this issue and suddenly decided to align with the interests of the ICC (International Cricket Council) on the Twenty20 game, the only reason that comes to mind is money. So in an already packed international calendar, don’t be surprised to find a few of Twenty20 games tucked away somewhere. And one hopes this does not become the norm for playing at neutral venues, much like ODIs currently are. This format, however, will be a huge success with television audiences since the games would almost always be played to suit primetime viewing (watch out saas-bahu soaps!) and the ad revenues that are generated could just skyrocket. But in all this, aren’t we forgetting something? What happens to the real deal? Test Cricket. With already eroding techniques and temperaments thanks to ODIs, the quality of Test Cricket has suffered. Sure there are more results and result-oriented play, but at the cost of technique and planning. And with a second World Cup in place already (Twenty20 and the ODI), what significance does the current ranking system of the ICC hold? Every two years, the top-ranked team is handed the Test Championship trophy but unfortunately, this is not a spectacle since the result is often a foregone conclusion. So perhaps there is also reason to re-look at the ICC’s Future Tours programme. Maybe there is scope to spin off a 10-12 team World Test League mixing players from various countries for a 2-year period and then having a Test Match World Cup (of countries) at multiple venues over 4 or 6 months. Both events, mind you, would not be connected. At least then, it would be an event. Otherwise, it won’t be too long before the viewer can no longer bear the “long-drawn” 5-day affair and decides to give it a miss. The point is to give all these Tests and ODIs a purpose. More than just Twenty20 Cricket, perhaps there is also need for Twenty20 vision from local boards and more importantly, the ICC.

A controversial survey on India!!!!

India has been judged the sixth most dangerous country for children — even more dangerous than Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Myanmar, and Chechnya!


See comments for more details.....

A Letter from Mumbai...

Dear Terrorist,
Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you know how we passour life in Mumbai? How much it takes for us to earn that single rupee? If you wanted to give us a shock then we are sorry to say that you failed miserably in your ulterior motives. Better look elsewere, not here. We are not Hindus and Muslims or Gujaratis and Marathis or Punjabis and Bengaliies. Nor do we distinguish ourselves as owners or workers, govt. employees or private employees. WE ARE MUMBAIKERS (Bombay-ites, if you like). We will not allow you to disrupt our life like this. On the last few occassions when you struck (including the 7 deadly blasts in a single day killing over 250 people and injuring 500+ in 1993), we went to work next day in full strength. This time we cleared everything within a few hours and were back to normal - the vendors placing their next order, businessmen finalizing the next deals and the office workers rushing to catch the next train. (Yes the same train you targetted) Fathom this: Within 3 hours of the blasts, long queues of blood donating volunteers were seen outside various hospital, where most of the injured were admitted. By 12 midnight,the hospital had to issue a notification that blood banks were full and they didn't require any more blood. The next day, attendance at schools and office was close to 100%, trains & buses were packed to the brim, the crowds were back. The city has simply dusted itself off and moved one - perhaps with greater vigour. We are Mumbaikers and we live like brothers in times like this. So, do not dare to threaten us with your crackers. The spirit of Mumbai is very strong and can not be harmed. Please forward this to others. U never know, by chance it may come to hands of a terrorist in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq and he can then read this message which is specially meant for him!!! With Love,From the people of Mumbai (Bombay)

Importance of dying as a man

Recently, we read that the 57-year-old chief of Flextronics Software, Arun Kumar, passed away while on a trip to America. There were shock waves all around. People could pay tributes to him at online web sites. There were a quite a few people, who knew about him and his work, who paid rich tributes to that man. This event made me remember one line that our Hon. President, Dr. Abdul Kalam had once said: “How do you want the World to remember you, when you are not there any more?” In the Mahabharata, Vyaasa talks of an event, when all the five Pandavas, while in exile and wandering in the forest, were passing through a certain place which was haunted by a spirit. They were all thirsty and one by one, from Sahadev onwards, whoever drank water from the lake without answering the spirit’s queries, fainted. Till, at last, Yudhishthira himself came in search of water and found all his four brothers lying on the ground. Not realising what had happened to them, he also stepped in to the lake and he heard the spirit’s voice which dared him to drink the water before answering his questions. He was a patient man. So he started answering the questions. There were almost 127 questions that he asked and which Yudhishthira had answered beautifully, all compiled under the category called – Yaksh Prashna. In one of the questions, the spirit asks – what is the greatest surprise in this world? “That in this mortal world, every human being behaves as if he is immortal and will never die,” said Yudhishthira. This is probably the essence of all spiritualism. In its absence, I’m totally defenceless. I cannot defend and justify my actions. In such a situation, whatever responses are triggered, they almost symbolise the essence of that personality. Continued in comments......

Pattaya!!!!! Thailand!! Perfect Place for Bachelors!!

Backdrop from Office!!

Snap taken from the office.

Sceneries!!!.

Taken during the rainy season in Kerala!!!