Im quite inspired by a certain someone who told me about his first hand experience at travelling to various parts of India all by himself on a quest for self discovery. He calls it travel therapy and swears by the fact that it works!
Here's how it works - Pack your essentials and leave. No bookings, no iternary, no plan. Just go with the flow, go where you feel like going.
For a change travel to a place where you want to go, not where you have to go.......
Sunday, June 24, 2007
What a woman wants in a man?
Well a person could earn a doctorate degree while researching on this subject, and yet he wouldn't be able to list down five universal characteristics that would make a woman want a man. However, an article in Times Life today by a certain Vinita Nangia (hope the name's right) has very well captured the essence of what a woman looks for in a man. And I couldn't agree more. According to her article, women are attracted to men who are attracted to her first and verbally express the effect their women have on them. And come to think of it, it really holds true. Looking at my track record, I've always liked men who were attracted to me first. More like, all the guys I've fallen for were head over heels in love with me first.
So all the guys who think women are too difficult to figure out, can take a tip or two from the article. It really works!
So all the guys who think women are too difficult to figure out, can take a tip or two from the article. It really works!
Ally McBeal
'Sometimes, when one holds out for everything, he walks away with nothing.'
Quite a statement, and so true. When you see some couples, wherein the girl is gorgeous and the guy is just an average joe, you wonder how on earth did a woman like that go for a guy like that! And then you realise that you cant walk around with a checklist, and only go out with a guy who gets a tick in all boxes in the list. And then that line from Ally Mc Beal starts making sense and you realise its time to exit from fairytale and enter reality.
But then, Harry a character from the series also asked " Should I marry someone not because she is the one, but because she is the only one."
And it makes me think, lets hold on to the fairytale a little longer......
Quite a statement, and so true. When you see some couples, wherein the girl is gorgeous and the guy is just an average joe, you wonder how on earth did a woman like that go for a guy like that! And then you realise that you cant walk around with a checklist, and only go out with a guy who gets a tick in all boxes in the list. And then that line from Ally Mc Beal starts making sense and you realise its time to exit from fairytale and enter reality.
But then, Harry a character from the series also asked " Should I marry someone not because she is the one, but because she is the only one."
And it makes me think, lets hold on to the fairytale a little longer......
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Rani Mukherjee & Aditya Chopra geting engaged?
The reigning queen of Bollywood, Rani Mukherjee could've got any man she desired. Yet she went fora married, average looking, but mr. moneybags Aditya Chopra. Aren't there any other rich but unmarried industrialists/ sports persons/ filmstars left in the world? From a population of billions, she had to pick Aditya Chopra and in the process, cause devastation in his marital life.
Rani Mukherjee was not the first one though. Bollywood leading ladies have always fancied married men. Whether it was Nargis who fell for Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini falling for Dharmendra, Sangeeta Bijlani for Azzharudin, or Rekha for Amitabh. What is it about married men that makes them so irresistible for these women? Forbidden fruit is yummier, is it !
Rani Mukherjee was not the first one though. Bollywood leading ladies have always fancied married men. Whether it was Nargis who fell for Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini falling for Dharmendra, Sangeeta Bijlani for Azzharudin, or Rekha for Amitabh. What is it about married men that makes them so irresistible for these women? Forbidden fruit is yummier, is it !
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Pratibha Patil, Who?
The most hyped candidate for the presidency elections is Ms. Pratibha Patil, the current governer of Rajasthan who has suddenly popped into the limelight thanks to Congress aka Sonia Gandhi.
Pratibha Patil suddenly has a lot of support in the form of Shiv Sena, Congress, etc etc.
It's great that we might finally have a woman president. But is it fair to compromise on the quality of the candidate just for the sake of uplifting the status of women (which may I add, I think is very superficial). A president is more like a ambassador of India to other countries. As a part of his/her job the president needs to visit various countries on official purposes. At such global events, she will be India's representative to the world. Can we allow a woman who is so media shy to actually represent India at a global platform. Dr. APJ Kalam was a class apart. A perfect ambassador to the world. I'm sure Ms. Pratibha Patil must be very intelligent, but its high time she displayed it to the public too!
Pratibha Patil suddenly has a lot of support in the form of Shiv Sena, Congress, etc etc.
It's great that we might finally have a woman president. But is it fair to compromise on the quality of the candidate just for the sake of uplifting the status of women (which may I add, I think is very superficial). A president is more like a ambassador of India to other countries. As a part of his/her job the president needs to visit various countries on official purposes. At such global events, she will be India's representative to the world. Can we allow a woman who is so media shy to actually represent India at a global platform. Dr. APJ Kalam was a class apart. A perfect ambassador to the world. I'm sure Ms. Pratibha Patil must be very intelligent, but its high time she displayed it to the public too!
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Job = Money
Seems like I've been working for a decade now, but its hardly been two years since I first step into the big bad corporate world. I was myself bit by the creative/offbeat career bug when I started off. Well call it ignorance or immaturity, but I thought I was too smart to be doing a boring mechanised job inspite of being decently compensated. I wanted excitement, freshness and some kind of spontaniety in a job!
Whaaat?! Who's ever heard of a job being exciting !!!
Well, as a fresher I didn't know that! So I went hopping from one job to the other looking for the 'perfect one' ..... And Eureka!
I realised there is no such thing as an exciting job. After the first two months, the fancy wears off, any and every job seems mechanised and you feel reduced to a cog in the wheel. Ultimately what keeps you tied to the job is the money. Its a constant inflow of money, and no human (at least the ones I know) is strong enough to renounce wordly desires and tear his six-figure paycheque and toss them into the bin.
So, my young friends, as much as you feel like following your dreams and taking up a offbeat career that fulfills your creative instincts, giving an outlet to your over-secreting creative juices, remember me and my words.
A job is a lot like love. New love/first love/first job/new job is always exciting. However, after few months it becomes a routine, in a few years you feel stagnated and claustrophobic and are dying to get out of it. When you are going to feel pathetic and horrible any which way, might as well get a fat paycheque out of it, which you can use for some retail therapy !
Whaaat?! Who's ever heard of a job being exciting !!!
Well, as a fresher I didn't know that! So I went hopping from one job to the other looking for the 'perfect one' ..... And Eureka!
I realised there is no such thing as an exciting job. After the first two months, the fancy wears off, any and every job seems mechanised and you feel reduced to a cog in the wheel. Ultimately what keeps you tied to the job is the money. Its a constant inflow of money, and no human (at least the ones I know) is strong enough to renounce wordly desires and tear his six-figure paycheque and toss them into the bin.
So, my young friends, as much as you feel like following your dreams and taking up a offbeat career that fulfills your creative instincts, giving an outlet to your over-secreting creative juices, remember me and my words.
A job is a lot like love. New love/first love/first job/new job is always exciting. However, after few months it becomes a routine, in a few years you feel stagnated and claustrophobic and are dying to get out of it. When you are going to feel pathetic and horrible any which way, might as well get a fat paycheque out of it, which you can use for some retail therapy !
Marketing Idiots
This goes out to all those idiots who call themselves Marketing & Brand Managers and do not know a sheeet about Search Engine Marketing.
Search Engine Marketing professionals, commonly known as SEM guys or as one Mr. John calls them Sex - Search Engine Experts, are a rare breed mostly found staring into their computer screens, analysing and super analysing the slightest peak or fall in the cost of their campaign. A rise and fall of a rupee or half gives them sleepless nights and anxiety attacks. No, they're not geeks, I repeat they're not geeks. They're just overtly passionate about their work.
SEM falls into the purview of Performance based Marketing wherein you can track the ROI on your marketing efforts. They work on the 'Pull Strategy', wherein a marketer only spends his hard earned money on customers who want to know about his product and not on some random jerk who'll flip channels when his ad shows on television.
With internet industry growing at phenomenol rates in India, its high time marketers here realised how to effectively conduct their business online and promote the same in a cost effective way. Gone are the days when a marketer printed an advertisement in the top-daily newspaper leading to huge amounts of media wastage and disinterested eyeballs. Today the online customer base can be precisely targeted, with customised communication and accurately determine the feasibility, reach and effectiveness of the marketing campaign.
SEM uses a combination of precisely targeted keywords and highly customised text ads to communicate to their target audience while they are searching for product-specific info on a search engine (like Google, Yahoo, Altavista etc.) Considering the fact that search engines like Google have become windows to the internet for a layman, targeted advertising on a media platform like that is the answer to every marketer's prayers.
To know more about the opportunities in this industry and how you can as a marketer cash in on this revolution, leave a comment with your email address. I'll be glad to answer any related questions.
Search Engine Marketing professionals, commonly known as SEM guys or as one Mr. John calls them Sex - Search Engine Experts, are a rare breed mostly found staring into their computer screens, analysing and super analysing the slightest peak or fall in the cost of their campaign. A rise and fall of a rupee or half gives them sleepless nights and anxiety attacks. No, they're not geeks, I repeat they're not geeks. They're just overtly passionate about their work.
SEM falls into the purview of Performance based Marketing wherein you can track the ROI on your marketing efforts. They work on the 'Pull Strategy', wherein a marketer only spends his hard earned money on customers who want to know about his product and not on some random jerk who'll flip channels when his ad shows on television.
With internet industry growing at phenomenol rates in India, its high time marketers here realised how to effectively conduct their business online and promote the same in a cost effective way. Gone are the days when a marketer printed an advertisement in the top-daily newspaper leading to huge amounts of media wastage and disinterested eyeballs. Today the online customer base can be precisely targeted, with customised communication and accurately determine the feasibility, reach and effectiveness of the marketing campaign.
SEM uses a combination of precisely targeted keywords and highly customised text ads to communicate to their target audience while they are searching for product-specific info on a search engine (like Google, Yahoo, Altavista etc.) Considering the fact that search engines like Google have become windows to the internet for a layman, targeted advertising on a media platform like that is the answer to every marketer's prayers.
To know more about the opportunities in this industry and how you can as a marketer cash in on this revolution, leave a comment with your email address. I'll be glad to answer any related questions.
Aerosmith in Bengawtever!
The latest to join the bandwagon of 'have been celebs' coming to India hoping to earn some money out of a concert.
I dont hate them. I love 'Crazy' and a few more of their songs. But I'm really pissed off that they decided to change the concert venue to Bangalore. My friends from Hyderabad finally decided to visit Bombay for the concert and after a few weeks I hear that the venue has been changed to frikkin Bengalluru ! The city doesn't even have a proper name, so what if they have lower taxes! I want my friends in Bombay......!!
So now the trip has been canned and if I want to see them I'll have to pack my bags and fly to Bangalore! Too much money will be spent for a band I dont even care that much about.
Come U2, anyday, anytime I won't think twice about flying to any feecking corner of the country!
But Aerosmith... hmm... will have to think about it !
I dont hate them. I love 'Crazy' and a few more of their songs. But I'm really pissed off that they decided to change the concert venue to Bangalore. My friends from Hyderabad finally decided to visit Bombay for the concert and after a few weeks I hear that the venue has been changed to frikkin Bengalluru ! The city doesn't even have a proper name, so what if they have lower taxes! I want my friends in Bombay......!!
So now the trip has been canned and if I want to see them I'll have to pack my bags and fly to Bangalore! Too much money will be spent for a band I dont even care that much about.
Come U2, anyday, anytime I won't think twice about flying to any feecking corner of the country!
But Aerosmith... hmm... will have to think about it !
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