June 21, 2005
The people behind Askenni.com’s resurrection!
“Askenni was ‘MY’ original idea. ‘I’ conceptualized it, ‘I’ designed it, and even the cool looking photograph was taken by ‘ME’. Wish I could say that with authority! But no, they aren’t true. There were loads of people who helped me immensely to make it what it is today. Few helped me directly & few indirectly. And this particular blog is dedicated to all those bloggers & non-bloggers who helped me to set my blog site right & make it look a bit professional.
Kamesh (Germany) – the software personnel
A week back I got a mail from one of my readers saying that my comment box wasn’t working & there is some bug on my site. I mailed back saying, I have blocked my comment feature deliberately because people have started selling Viagras, sex toys & condoms through my site. They were all spam mails from porn sites. Kamesh said, the latest Movable Type Publishing system has a spam blocker, and you can very well install that. I said, I am not technically literate, if you could help me then nothing like it. He agreed at once, and he took few hours to install the latest software, and gave my blogsite the new enhanced look. Majority of credit goes to him for converting Lalita Pawar to Aiswarya Rai. Thanks Kamesh!
I met him in Sify, and he is one of the best artists & designers I have ever met in my life. His desk was always filled with interesting art works he did using colour pencil, water colour, & crayons. Sometimes he just used a drop of ink to bring life onto canvas. I sent him a mail asking if he could help me with the top image. He readily agreed & within an hour he sent me 3 options! We have put the best on the top!
‘Centre Shock’ Ravi – the photographer
I was jealous about him – not for his looks of course, but for the gadgets he carried with him. He always had the latest mobile phone, the latest camera & the latest handy cam! Moreover he is an excellent photographer. I asked him if he could take some pictures of mine. We had a photo session on our office terrace and the outcome was the picture that I use in most of the sites – me looking benignly at the sky!
She always kept saying that your content is ok, but the design sucks. “Do something which interests people, and make them spend more time on your blog.” I agreed - a bit late though. She was the one who guided me about what section should come where on the site. Believe me she is a marketing person, who has a tremendous aesthetic sense.
Manoj Ass err… as Manoj
He was the project manager for Sify Blogs. And one of his works was to get people to use the blog interfaces. He walked across my desk once, and said, “Kennedi, why don’t you blog? In fact you can blog about astrology.” That was when it all started. From http://blogs.sify.com/thambig TO http://thambig.rediffblogs.com TO http://www.askenni.com!
I am still a bit irritated by these two guys. They helped me taking off, but switched off the propeller midway! It was like the alliance party pulling their support from the government & making it fall before the completion of tenure. But I surely need to thank them for they were the people who helped me registering my domain name, and also the ones who introduced me to the publishing system called Movable Type. God bless them.
Ben is an American working for vesana.com on whose server my site is hosted. He was the one who put his effort to put my database right, and also the one who moved my files from the old space to the new space.
Chota Rajan – bada blogger
I loved the way he used to get excited about writing a blog, and the way he used to visit each person’s desk asking them to read his blogs and leave a comment. May be he got the idea from the Naidu Hall guys, who used women to market their products. Brassieres weren’t common those days hence these women would go knocking each door and convince women to buy one. Today Naidu Hall is the largest seller of inner garment in Chennai, and Rajan is one of the popular bloggers!
If there is something I need to admire & thank Kiruba Shankar for – it would be his energy, his sincerity, devotion & also regularity in updating his blogs. You are awesome buddy!
The more I argue with him, the more I get ideas for my next blog. He is one devil’s advisor, and also a good friend of mine. We wouldn’t agree on anything, and that honestly prompts me to write more!
And last but not the least – I need to thank all my visitors & readers, who indeed happen to be the biggest motivating factor, which keeps me walking!
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June 20, 2005
Sentiments, Omens & Superstitions – part 2
Good time, astrologically, is when with less effort you achieve more results, and bad time is when you attain very less success even after 100 per cent struggle. There are two ways in which you can lead your life – one by surrendering to the existence, and another by putting effort. People who surrender to the existence always tend to get messages & signs through divine intervention which guide them & help them many a times. And people who put effort generally ignore these signs – in any case the outcome remains the same. Just that the former knows the outcome beforehand – hence the dejection is less, and the latter comes to know it much later – hence the disappointment is really high!
Here is the list of few omens & what they convey.
When you walk out of your house for an ‘important’ event…
*Check out who comes in the opposite direction when you step out – stop or delay going out if you see a dhobi (washer man/washerwoman), a widow, a single Brahmin (one who performs puja in temple), and a man/woman with folded hands or head down.
*Milkman/milk woman, 2 or more Brahmins together, married women, children, & cow are really good signs, while stepping out.
*Dropping your house keys or vehicle keys just while locking your house or starting your vehicle is a bad sign. You either delay, pray or get into your house and have a glass of water and then go out.
*Don’t enter your home once you have stepped out. It if is really important & urgent – go back sit for 5 minutes, drink a glass of water and then move out.
*Cat crossing your way is a bad sign, but you need not bother if it happens to be your pet.
When you talk about an important subject
*If the current goes off if you are starting to talk about a new business deal or an important decision about life – it is bad sign. You either stop the conversation or stop the decision you had taken.
*If lizards make sound when you are talking about some positive event, it is a good sign. The event will take place soon – like that of marriage, career shift, purchase of house et al
*Ringing of bells is also a good sign – like your clock, temples bells, or someone pressing you calling bell.
Disharmony at home
*Never allow children to play with the door latch (thappal in Tamil). This will create fights among family members.
*Breaking of any glass material on Tuesdays & Fridays is a bad sign. This will create unrest at home.
*Tortoise/turtles entering your house will lead to bad luck & change of residence (this came true for me twice).
*Death of pets will lead to major changes on the home front.
Other important omens
*Cockroaches seen flying in unusual places will bring news of death.
*Dogs howling facing the moon will bring bad news and news of death.
*Crow cawing outside your house will bring in guests & relatives.
*Dreams of death of close people are usually a good sign.
There are many more, will keep you posted.
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June 19, 2005
Sentiments, Omens & Superstitions – part 1
Sachin Tendulkar never removes his helmet till he hits a century. What if it rains and he is asked to go to the pavilion? He still doesn’t remove his helmet unless the match is called off completely. Mohinder Amarnath always had a red kerchief poking out of his pants whenever he came down to bat. Saurav Ganguly wears two different T-Shirts that carry different numbers – one while batting & another while fielding.
Most of us tend to believe in some kind of sentiments, omens & superstition, and usually refuse to accept it when we are in a crowd – for the fear that others would start doubting our self confidence level. It is perfectly ok. You need not come out & publish in the newspapers about your belief systems but then at least you need not make fun or laugh at the same system, which you believe in – just to prove to the people around that you belong to the new generation of rational thinking. You can have some kind of courtesy towards the Indian saints who discovered them for the benefit of mankind & also for the people who died of starvation to save those wonderful sciences.
Majority of my clients are from the IT industry and they have only one major request when they consult me. That I should not tell anybody that they consulted me. Of course I keep that as a complete secret – that is part of my professional ethics. And that is one of the reasons that you can find very few testimonials on my site, rest of my clients really mind their names getting published!
Omens are both good & bad, and honestly they don’t have any scientific explanations. Take a rose to a scientist and ask him to explain the same – he would say its scientific name, to which family it belongs, then he will talk about the stem and its purposes, then he will talk about calyx, then corolla, then andraecium & gynaecium. And now take the same rose to your beloved – she probably will kiss you for giving her one.
Different subjects have to be analyzed using different tools, and science isn’t the right device to explain the esoteric & occult sciences. If you apply logic to subjects like religion & divinity, then any religion would crumble down in seconds. Jesus was the only begotten son born to a virgin lady – what was Joseph doing all those years? Lord Shiva has the ganges flowing from his head – what is the logic? Mohammed was seen walking to the heaven from Mecca – can anyone walk in the clouds?
To be continued….
Debates are welcome, but I charge Rs 300 per 15 minutes!
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May 29, 2005
The day I wanted India to lose & astrology to win!
Handling the astrology portal was easier than the sceptics who were part of the company. Not that they never believed in astrology just that they never wanted to be seen or accepted as a believer. They presume that being a Marketing Manager or a Vice President of a big Corporate needs more of confidence & attitude than divine help. Ego hurts when a roadside astrologer predicts a promotion for you in a particular month because Saturn transits your 10th house, when you seem to nurse an illusionary thought that it was your hard effort, unique selling ideas & original marketing skills that got you the lift!
The match was a one dayer played between India & Australia, and our astrologer, who always had a 90 per cent consistency, predicted 1 hour prior to the toss that Australia will win the match. Now there are 50/50 chances for this prediction to come true. Any one can tell this but then who will come forward to announce it in public with authority, that too a person who had a 90 per cent consistency in his predictions?!
I published the story on the site, and ran across to my VP’s cabin to ask if we can showcase it on the homepage. The VP asked me, “what does our astrologer predict?” I said, “Australia will win the match.” He said, “that is not a prediction. Everybody knows it. Ask him to predict that India will win, and that is something we can flaunt about.” That was the dumbest feedback I ever got in my life. An astrologer can only PREDICT what is going to happen. It is not that whatever astrologers say WILL happen. People usually fail to understand this truth.
I came to my seat disappointed. Others were in a celebration mood. Indians were hitting like mad, and were on a rampage. And the chances of Australians winning the match were becoming lesser & lesser. People would look at me, and give me a sarcastic smile, as if I was the one who invented the science of astrology. One boundary by Indians & there would be laughters – Hey Kennedi! What happened to your prediction he he ho ho ha ha….
I sometimes found it really funny, why the whole organisation was against me and the astrology portal as a whole. It was like they were ready to run a brothel, but refused to sleep with the clients! They wanted page views, revenue, and advertisements but then won’t believe in the concept. From my meagre knowledge of marketing, I know one fact that until & unless you believe in your product you will never be able to sell it. Customers aren’t a set a fools to give you business just because you as a manager expect a salary hike this quarter.
It was a day-night match, and till I left my office Indians were ruling the show. Also I got a CC mail from one of the MBA chooths that our astrologer is taking us on a ride. I came home, and never before I had prayed that India should lose the match. I slept off. I didn’t know what had happened to the match. I checked the site the next day morning at my office, and read that the match was a close one where India had enough chances to win it but then Australians snatched the victory at the last moment. Out of the many, only 1 came across to my table to shake hands, and the rest I don’t know where they put their face to hide!
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May 24, 2005
What’s wrong in flaunting?
Actor Kamal Hassan has a beautiful point to share. He says not able to flaunt your talent or achievement is a middle class attitude, and that people should come out to exhibit their geniuses to make it big in their lives. I totally agree with him. Women with good breasts flaunt them wearing a tight t-shirt, women with good butts flaunt it wearing tight fit jeans hence I thought why not I flaunt few astrological predictions that came true - which more than anyone else zapped me!
One of my closest friends working for Sify consulted me in January 2005 asking about when she will be changing her job. I analysed her chart to predict that she will have a major change in her career during the months of April & May 2005, and that she surely will change her job & will be going to a new company from the first week of June 2005.
Nothing happened till the 1st week of April. In the 2nd week, her boss calls her to tell her that people aren’t happy with her performance, and she better find another job. To be honest this person who was decently sacked was one of the very few talented people I met in my life. She was totally flabbergasted & was lost completely. If she puts her paper down in April, she still has 3 months to leave the office that will make it July 2005 She has a sitting with the HR and the HR relieves her of her duties in April itself paying her 3 months salary. She is jobless from May 1st, 2005 and sits at home. There are only 30 days for my prediction to come true. 15 days passes by, and she attends some 4 interview, and nothing materialises. I get a call on May 18th that she has received an offer letter, and the new company has asked her to join in the first week of June 2005!
One of my mates, now with Mindtree Consulting, is one of the worst sceptics I have come across. But by God’s grace most of my predictions come true in his case. In the initial period of year 2004, I had told him that the last 2 months of 2004 and early 2 months of year 2005 are important for him for a foreign assignment. In fact he had lost his passport during his previous trip, and was waiting for a duplicate copy. And as usual he never thought things will fall places. In mid-November his company asks if he is ready for a trip to the US, his Visa papers gets signed in December, he flies off to the US in January and is back in March 2005!
My wife never trusted my astrological skills bestowed upon me by my teacher & divine consciousness. Any day you always will have your worst critic at home. It is good in one way, and bad in another. She had a friend unmarried till the age of 30. No alliance worked out. And she called up my wife to ask me about her marriage prospects. In March 2005, I told her that she should definitely be getting married in the month of June 2005. Both my wife and her friend weren’t sure about what I was telling. Till March nothing seemed possible. An alliance came across, she got engaged in April, and she has sent us an invitation for her marriage that says her marriage date as June 2nd. Just writing this blog I got a call from her thanking me and my wife.
It indeed is an ecstatic feeling when people thank you for your services. More than that it is a divine feeling when your prediction comes true!!
Names of the clients are kept secretive for confidentiality purposes :D.
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May 11, 2005
I am back after a 5 months break!
I wanted to take a short break but then who can win over destiny. I am not sure whom should I blame for things going haphazard. Should I blame vesana.com (my site is hosted on their server), who took some 3 months to set my blog site right. Or should I blame my friend who stopped mailing me back - like yet another NRI - after moving to the US? Or should I blame the planet Saturn (Shani) which went on a ‘retrograde’ trip from Jan 2005 till May 2005 creating delay & postponement in many lives!
So here is the prediction for people who know me and for the people who were/are regular readers of my blog. During the period between January 2005 till April 2005, things would have been really slow & bad for most people. Events would have got postponed, and lives would have been very dull. Starting May 2005 – the planet Saturn gets back into Kataka (Cancer) sign, and this will speed up events. People expecting job change, salary hike, change of residence, marriage, overseas trips can expect positive news coming their way in the months of May 2005 & June 2005.
I am adding few more feedback in my testimonial section , check it out, and if you have any astrological query or if you want a detailed insight into ‘YOUR’ life do mail me at kennedig@yahoo.com – but this time the predictions aren’t free!
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February 09, 2005
I am back after a break!
I wanted to take a small break from writing blogs but now I realize that it is already 2 months, and it is high time I came back. Last 2 months were really vital for me. Few good events unfolded & few were really bad & disappointing.
Like Arnold says "I'll be baaaach!"
Let me start from the bad one – some assholes stole my 1 year old Labrador (named Venus) from my residence. I never thought people can get so sick that they start stealing animals for a living. I filed a police complaint and as expected none from the police station came to enquire. Probably they used my complaint letter to wipe their corrupt asses!
I suspect 2 people who would have done this nasty thing – one named Prabhakar who visited my house the same day morning to consult me for astrology. I wasn’t there at home. They were the people who asked my wife about the name & age of my dog. They said someone from Tidel Park, Chennai have sent them to meet me. If YOU are the one who referred them to me do let me know about their whereabouts, as they have not called me after that. They are just my primary SUSPECTS.
Now the good news - I am a panel astrologer on Indiainfo.com , and have started getting orders through them. Also I have started learning to play the Musical Keyboard, and today is my 3rd class & I am enjoying it. Who knows God might select me as the next A R Rahman of India!
Check out tomorrow’s blog to know ‘whether you can manifest your desires through efforts!’
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January 01, 2005
Wish 'YOU' a very Happy New Year!
I wish all my readers a very Happy New Year!
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December 17, 2004
I will take a small break!
Oops! The server space we had bought to host the site askenni.com has got over! May be I wrote too many things, and God wants me to shut my mouth for a while now. I will be taking a short break from writing blogs i.e., till we fix the issue of server space. You need not come to my site & get disappointed. Just post your mail ID in my comment link seen below and I will send you a mail when I am back into action.
Meanwhile yesterday’s blog 'Left for the day?' took you to a blank page
Click on the link provided, if at all you are interested to read :D.
Thanks for your love, hatred & support. Seeya soon!
Rgds
G. Kennedi
Astrologer
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December 06, 2004
December 6 – a day to be forgotten!
It is December 6th, and it brings to our memory the sick incident that was carried out by few uneducated & illiterates under the influence of few fundamentalists making the whole countrymen hang their heads in shame & disgust in front of the world! The plank of Hindutva made them win the elections too, and Vajpayee even completed his 5-year tenure. Was the temple build in his reign? No. May be Advani will use the same plank for the next election to come back to power!
I read a beautiful letter that was sent to the Hindu (newspaper) once, and surprisingly it was published too. It said, “few vegetarians of India, who hold on to powers, don’t have any rights to decide what the rest of the Indians should eat.” Agreed that the cow is holy (for few), but then what about chicken, goats, fish & pork? They are unholy? May be they were created when God was asleep.
If cow is sacred and it has been described in the scriptures that way, then even rats & rodents have a special place. They happen to be Lord Ganesha vahana. Then why does the government invest in crores on pesticides to kill them? And why does the municipality give you 25 paise per dead rat? Start considering rats also holy and stop killing them. 1 family, 1 child & 1 rat should be government’s next 5 year plan.
King Babar demolished a temple 400 years back and built a mosque there. May be it is true. But then the same Babaric I mean barbaric act need not be repeated now. Whether the mosque was used for prayers or not, whether muslims visited the place or not is none of our business. It was there & it should be there.
There are few who say, forget about religion. Build a hospital there. Why? In that case demolish all the sacred places of India and construct hospitals there.
Religion is a very personal search for Truth, and none has the right to disturb it. The destination is the same, but the ways of reaching Him is different. It is like people flying to Mumbai start killing people who travel to Mumbai by train, just because the path they chose is different. What difference does it make? Choosing a path to the divine is an individual decision. And no political party has any right on it.
If we have demolished the mosque, we are indebted to rebuild a mosque there & soothe the injuries we have inflicted on them. Let’s talk about Ram later! I am sure he won’t mind.
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November 24, 2004
Astrology is a 2-way process!
Any process in this world is two ways. From what I understand from life - for any event to take place or materialize two different entities or two different energy bodies are required. Nothing can exist in vacuum. For instance for love/sex to take place a man & a woman become necessary, in colleges professors need students to impart the crap they have learnt, and in divinity saints need disciples whom they can guide. The first entity could be in a physical form & the second could just exist in a thought form. This rule is perfect for people who meditate a lot or masturbate a lot. For them the second entity remains in the thought in the form of God & Goddesses or bombs & divas respectively.
Meeting an astrologer is also a process where two different people come together for understanding bigger truths about life. Astrologers aren’t God, they are just people who have been blessed or given an opportunity to learn a technique about predicting human lives. Hence, the bouquet & brickbat never reaches the astrologer in anyway. An astrologer ideally should thank God to have given him an opportunity to guide someone, rather taking full credit for the same.
In my experience as an astrologer, I found myself very lucky & also blessed to a very large extent. Whoever came to me had a wonderful chart, and they were in the midst of expecting a big change in their lives. The timing was so perfect that I had to tell them their prediction, which even otherwise would have taken place – and the credit went to me.
In astrology, as my teacher says, it is very dangerous to take credits for prediction for you never know when God walks down and gives you one tight slap.
The process of prediction is similar to the lessons taught at colleges. The professor gives the same information to all the students, now how the students are going to interpret them are going to remain different. Same way, in astrology good prediction depends upon how open a client is to this wonderful art & the astrologer. Even doctors say if the patients don’t adjust, they can’t do anything to help them out.
Here are few testimonials from 2 of my clients, let me start with NOT SO GOOD feedback, followed by a really good one…
This comment is from one of my clients who never believed that planets could influence life. She is more than 50 percent convinced that astrology does work, and it is just a matter of time for her to reach 90 per cent.
‘You have got the basics right. When someone is going through hell or having a great time - is something you can predict quite easily and pretty accurately. The place you go wrong is when you attempt telling people the actual event, which need not be true as in you said Manoj would lose his job but instead shit hit him from another angle altogether. Point remains that he got hit - but with what is where you went wrong.
Of course my only hope is that somewhere you are right. In the case of me getting a job, I am hoping you are right altogether.’
- By Kavitha Kalyan, Sify.com
This comment is from my friend/client whom I met 1 year back. In his case my prediction was on dot.
‘Kennedi was my colleague in office and I had approached him to seek some guidance on my career and had asked him on the growth plans on the same. This was in October 2003. Kenendi had told me that after a year i.e in November 2004 I would have a chance to go abroad and work. I had no intentions of the same and surprisingly I got an offer from a company based in
Malaysia in October 2004 and on November 2004 I landed base into Kuala Lumpur to handle Bueinss development for this organization across Malaysia. Kennedi has been absolutely accurate to mark this important event of my life and I would very strongly recommned his counselling to peeople. He has been gifted for this divine endeavour and I wish him all the best!!’
- Vishal Dhawan, ICICI Infotech, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Now the simple reason behind these two different opinions is that my first client was a skeptic when she came to me, and the second one was far more open to astrology.
So getting a good prediction ultimately depends on the seeker’s openness and not astrologer’s perfection.
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November 23, 2004
How will the year 2005 be for you?
Want a detailed and customized prediction about your life for the year 2005? Click here!
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November 21, 2004
I am off to Tiruvannamalai!
Can astrologers predict for themselves? This is one question, which is put across to astrologers many a times. The answer, in my experience, is yes. Astrologers indeed can predict events for themselves just that they should stick to few religious disciplines, which are a must to remain in this divine profession.
In fact there are few astrologers who get insights into their own lives and the people who are closely knit to them even without checking their natal chart.
Though I get insights into lives, I am not perfect all the time. I have failed miserably a lot of times and have faced few embarrassing situations where the clients laughed on my face.
One of the insights I had recently was that I would quit my job and take up astrology as my full time profession. I had posted about this on Sify Blogs in March 2004, and I quit Sify in September 2004. And now with Rs 90 in my ICICI bank, I feel that I will invest in lands both for residential purpose and also to construct a temple in Tiruvannamalai – a land where India’s greatest saint Ramana Maharishi once lived.
Nope, this time I am not going there to see real estate possibilities, but I am taking my daughter for a consultation with a doctor there.
Will blog about my temple plan after I come back on Tuesday, Happy Blogging till then!
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November 15, 2004
Jayendra Saraswathi’s arrest – part of spiritual process!
Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Sarawati’s arrest on 11th November indeed is a feast for the skeptic media to prey upon for some new sensationalism. The 4th estate, which otherwise is busy infusing us with news about 500 and odd culprits sitting inside the parliament, has got some worthwhile news that can shake people’s trust and belief in religion and religious pursuits. The charge against the seer is that he had "played a significant" role in the murder of Sankararaman, Manager of Varadharaja Perumal Temple at Kancheepuram. I somehow wonder at the seer’s dumbness to have asked people to kill him in the temple premises, and leave enough evidences for the police to get him arrested! Any person with average IQ, before planning a murder would think about escaping from the crime, and the same not being followed by the enlightened soul is highly debatable.
Controversies are part of spiritual journey. The ones who never bother about sharing their religious experiences die without controversies in the foothills of the Himalayas, and the one who dedicates his time to help the ignorant faces the final axe.
Osho Rajneesh, considered to be one of the original thinkers of India, was arrested and humiliated by the US government during Ronald Reagan’s reign on charges of rape and murders, which supposedly took place in his Oregon Ashram. He was slow-poisoned and deported to India, later. His arrest of course shook the belief system of 10 million plus disciples he had across the world. The charges were baseless…..
Swami Prabhupada the one-man army behind the formation of the International Society of Krsna Consciousness (ISKCON) was not spared. There were charges of homosexuality, child molestations and cases of drug addictions taking place in his ashrams. Swami Prabhupada in fact spread Krishna Consciousness among Hippies to help them come out of their drug addiction, which eventually was misinterpreted as if ISKON disciples were drug addicts!
The most controversial Godman Chandraswamy was held on charges of Bofors. And it took 10 years for the court to prove him innocent. One of the other persons who was charge sheeted along with him died a natural death before the court could come out with its judgement.
Satguru Juggi Vasudev, a Mysore based industrialist who took up sanyas to invent his own ISHA yoga system, and who also formed his own commune in the footsteps of Vellingiri in Coimbatore, had to face charges of murder. He was accused of killing his wife by hitting on her skull - who in fact had died of kapala moksha! One of the few things, which are beyond Indian Penal Code…
‘India Today’ boasted about its report about Satya Sai Baba’s fraudulent activities few years back. And also there were shoot outs in Puttaparthi, a decade back. End result - all the charges were baseless, and there were no decrease in the number of people who believe in Godmen. The moral remains that - Truth always prevails - amidst controversies.
Aurobindo Ghosh never got into any major controversies when he was alive, except for the reason for appointing a French woman (Mother) as his successor!
Jesus was crucified to death, while Socrates and Meerabai were poisoned. Normal mortals can never understand what these enlightened people are up to, and how divine works through them.
Controversies are part of the spiritual journey these Godmen take up. Getting arrested as of today is considered to be the most humiliating thing a man can undergo, and this is how God tests the intensity of belief a sanyasi has in what he is doing.
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November 09, 2004
Wish you a safe and happy Diwali!
The festival of light is on and ASKENNI wishes one and all a very
‘Happy, prosperous and safe Diwali’!
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November 05, 2004
Begging – not an easy profession!
I was told that in one of the books written by Mark Tulley (BBC correspondent from India), he had mentioned about an incident that shook his perception about HAPPINESS. He saw few sanyasi beggars on the streets of Varanasi having an uproarious laughter, which he misses to see even in the highly paid Corporates of New York! He could not decipher the reason for their laughter – when they knew they had no bank balance, they had no investments, and they even didn’t know what was in store for them the next day!
We usually humiliate beggars by ignoring their presence who approach us, we try to scan his physical abilities, complain that he/she could very well work and earn money, and sometimes even yell at them with some advice - all for the that 1 rupee coin we are going to spare from our pocket! All because we think begging is the easiest thing to do on the planet, when it actually is not!
The first qualification to be a successful beggar is physical impairment. The person naturally should be one or he, at least should make himself look like one. ‘Stink’ is another prerequisite for being a good beggar, and it is not easy. A person at least should avoid taking bath for months together to create that natural stink. Is anyone game for the first round?
There are no ACs, no cushion seats, and no lunch or tea breaks. Most beggars sit at one single place the whole day in the scorching sun and during the winter too. Also there is very little hope for saving for the rainy day. Second round is yet another milestone to reach.
Not that every person whom the beggars approach donates. Out of 100 possible people probably 10 donate or even less. That is 10 per cent conversion rate. Just like the Eureka Forbes guys target is to knock 100 doors in a single day, the beggars also have their own target. And it is not easy to approach strangers - that too for money. You should have ‘ZERO’ ego to do this, and setting it to zero is indeed an Herculean task. The difference between other marketing guys like - the insurance agents, the credit card agents, and the beggars are they former give you headache forever and the latter give you some punyas (virtue)!
Politics? Of course there is immense politics in the begging industry just like in any IT or BPO companies. Beggars have their own specified areas, and they aren’t supposed to cross their limits to spread their wings. The only difference is they don’t have boss to appraise them – they report directly to the almighty!
So, the next time you think begging is the easiest thing to do – THINK AGAIN!
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October 31, 2004
Our trip to Delhi – a cool one, literally!
We are back in Chennai after our successful business meet in Delhi just to be welcomed by unexpectedly heavy rains in the city - of course a good nimitta (luck) to be blessed with. The travel was untiring and the stay was good. I was visiting Delhi after 8 years, and I found that nothing has changed. The same pretty babes, the same chilly breeze, the awesome food, and the same cheerful people – everything completely UNLIKE CHENNAI!
At the railway station there is a well-maintained pre-paid auto and taxi stand, you pay first and then use their services, rather wasting your energy and time bargaining. Of course, it is there, it was there, sometimes it is there and sometimes it isn’t – the presence of pre-paid auto stand in Chennai depends on which political party is in power. And I am yet to confirm during whose reign it is functional – the AIADMK or the DMK?
Delhiites have started using gas for most of their public transport vehicles, and the good news about them is – they are zero polluting. The roads are cleaner, the traffic is literate, and none rips as if he is the only person to have blessed with an engine.
The interesting thing I noticed about Delhiites is that most of them are service oriented, and are damn comfortable in communicating with people. They don’t mind to speak using their broken English and funny accent, and if they find it a bit problematic they very easily fall back on Hindi for rescue. This is one thing Chennaites need to learn from the Northies - that is there is nothing wrong in conversing in regional language, and that it is in no way a matter of pride to use English to communicate – because none cares about your vocabulary skills - it is all in the mind.
People’s behaviour to a very large extent depends on the climatic conditions they are subjected to. May be I found the Delhiites very cool, receptive, helping and fun loving because the temperature was just between 15-20 degrees and the winter had just started. It would be crazy on my part to expect the same kind of behaviour from Chennaites who get fried at 35 degrees Celsius - day in and day out - for all the 365 ¼ days!
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October 25, 2004
I am off to Delhi!
To be a woman entrepreneur was always my sister’s dream. We tried our luck in the year 2000 by investing in an in-house magazine for Chennai shopping mall ‘Spencer Plaza’, and incurred a loss of 1.5 lakh. That doesn’t stop her. This time she is starting a ‘Data Conversion Center’, and I am joining her as a consultant. As always we are starting this business with lot of hopes, and very little money! Hope things unfold according to God’s plan. I am off to Delhi for a week for a business meet and will be back only on 30th October. Till then Happy Blogging!
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October 15, 2004
How I got my first job?
He used to get up at 8 am, board the Mumbai’s crowded train at 9 am, reach the office at 10 am, work till 7 pm, reach home by 8 pm - rested for an hour and slept at 10 pm. Sundays were off, though it was just enough for him get over with his weeklong tiredness. My dad followed the same schedule from the day I know him, and when he got retired we were already out of his life. He slogged his life at MTNL for us, and once he had enough time we got busy with our jobs. He was indeed a workaholic and hardly had any time for the family. MTNL surely pays him off even today by crediting the monthly pension and by providing free phone facility. The choice left with me was should I follow his footsteps and pass it on the coming generation or break the pattern and become a detached wanderer. I thought latter was better, till I understood destiny has its own way of driving life through impulses – I had to go through the process too!
I always felt that deciding to go to work is a favour we do to companies, which I later realized that the truth is otherwise.
My internship at Zee TV Mumbai was good, and they had asked me to come back after I complete my MA course. I was under the impression that I will be given a red carpet welcome and people will long to greet me with open arms at Zee TV. To my dismay, the whole management had changed in 3 months and the new person hardly knew about me. He was in a hurry, and didn’t have enough time to listen to what exactly I was trying to say. He said come after 3 months let us see. I was completely shattered, and was waiting at the bus stop to catch a bus to go back. To my surprise, I saw the same person coming towards me. Aww, I was sure someone has told him about my potential, and that he has realized his folly of not recruiting me at Zee TV. I had a smile on my face waiting to greet him - and it was indeed the most short-lived smile I ever had. He collected a Manickchand Gutkha from the nearby pan shop, and pushed off, as if I never existed. Now I knew why he was in a hurry!
I was not sure where exactly I could get a job - in print, in ad agencies, in TV or in some PR firm. I thought I would apply everywhere. I handed over my resume personally to all the newspapers (The Indian Express, TOI, Asian Age, Mid-Day et al), magazines (Femina, Star Dust, Blitz et al), TV channels (Sony, Zee, ETV et al), advertising agencies (HTA, Lintas et al) and PR (Trikaya Grey et al) firms. Home TV was the only TV channel I could not get the address for, rest I had covered completely in Mumbai. It was after 1 year I came to know that Home TV was based in Delhi and not Mumbai!
None called me for any interview and it was already 1 month. No company, except for Trikaya Grey, had the courtesy to let me know that they didn’t find me suitable for the ROCKET SCIENCE work they do. I was getting desperate, and hated to take the second round of money from my dad for survival.
I came to know from one of my friends that Jetwings – the in-flight magazine of Jet Airways, needed some editors, and I met the proprietor directly. The interview went on well, and he said my experience is more suited for newspapers and not magazine and he could not take me. I was so desperate that I said, it is ok if you don’t pay me. I will come everyday – at least to learn things. Thankfully he said ok. And thus I became the first person in Mumbai to dispose my services free of cost.
The people were really good there, and the Editor was damn supportive. He asked me to keep trying for newspapers, which no boss will ever do. It was here where I saw an ad that The Indian Express Online Media needs sub-editors. I applied and I got through. I started off my career with 3 k per month, and the proprietor of Jetwings was kind enough to issue a cheque of 2 k for the time I spent in their office. I started my career with his blessings…
Do check out for few interesting interviews I attended
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October 12, 2004
What’s NOT in a name?
I came across an interesting incident a couple of weeks back. One of the astrologers was not getting enough orders through a particular astrology portal and the business team thought there could be an interesting reason behind it. He is a Christian by birth, and obviously he has a Christian name. And MOST Indians wouldn’t prefer to consult a Christian astrologer – and that was their argument. They called him up to ask him if he could change his name to a Hindu name, so that he can get good business. And thankfully he refused to do so.
At first, I thought the concept of people preferring others by their names and that religion is one of the prerequisite to determine the credibility of a person and his acceptance in the society were foolish. But then, my photographic memory helped me to extract some sense from what was happening around us, even when we flaunt about human consciousness, religious equality and IT revolution in the 21st century.
I always loved to have a beard, and I am having it since it started growing. I was looking out for a house, for my sister who had got a job in Chennai in 1997, along with the house broker. The broker kept staring at my face once in a while, and he could not resist himself from asking what he had on his mind. He shot the question – are you a Muslim? I usually get damn irritated when people ask me about my religion and caste. May be because I am not sure of both of them. I always try to exist as a HUMAN, and that is how I was trained to. I told the broker, “NO, I am not a Muslim.” Then he shot his second question, then? Are you a Christian? I said why do you ask these things? And he honestly confessed that I wouldn’t get a house if I happen to be either of them!
I was having an informal chat with a Tamil writer, who like any 3rd person on the street wanted to direct his own movie. He had some valid inputs that enlightened me to certain extent. He said the whole movie industry loves to be referred to as a Hindu body though we may call our country a secular country in the print. Hence, you cannot see many movies, which has hero or heroine having Christian or Muslim names as casts until and unless the story revolves around religious subject.
A Citibank Credit Card marketing guy barged into the Indian Express office to get guys to buy the cards. I had (still have) a very good friend named Masooma Colombowala, who incidentally was a Muslim. She was damn excited to get one Credit Card, and the guy rejected her application saying we don’t give cards to Muslims. And he justified his stand saying, we don’t even give credit cards to Shahrukh and Aamir Khan!!
The print media is called the 4th Estate, which is supposed to stand for justice always. I was personally taken aback, when my Mass Communication HOD told us that the leading newspaper of Tamil Nadu always prefers to take people from their particular community, and that 90 per cent of their employees belong to same caste.
None has to be blamed, for birds of feather always flock together!
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September 30, 2004
Why Sept 30, 2004 is important!
My 4¼-year stint at Sify comes to an end today. It would be a day when I will have to say a good bye to my identity as a Sifyite and also to my identity cards. For the last 4 days I didn’t get enough time to blog as I was busy transferring knowledge to the new person who will be taking charge of my responsibilities, and I wish him the very best in his new endeavour.
Do keep visiting my blog for some exciting and pulsating articles about insights into human lives and astrology.
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September 21, 2004
Interesting incidents with my clients!
One of my friend astrologers E K Dhilip Kumar , has started his own blog. I take this opportunity to welcome him to the bloggers community. And honestly he is one of the astrologers to have predicted that I will be a famous astrologer!
She came to me because she was not having a kid for a couple of years now (don’t get dirty thoughts). I checked her horoscope, and I found a very bad planetary combination for kids. I predicted that she wouldn’t be having kids for 5 years at least. I also convinced her that MIRACLES happen, and God’s decision is above all horoscopes. I gave her a mantra to chant, and asked her to pray with complete dedication. Just 2 weeks later, she came to me saying she is pregnant! I said that indeed is a miracle. And that was the last day she looked at my face.
I could not understand why she was avoiding me. Later I came to know that she wasn’t happy with my prediction because I had predicted that she will not have kids for 5 years. She graciously forgot about the other things I told her…the God part, and the mantra I had suggested.
There are others who indulge in unnecessary debates and challenges. One of the guys came to me asking whether he will buy a piece of land this year. And I predicted no. He bought the land, and came to me asking now tell me what you say? I didn’t understand what he was trying to prove.
Most people think that astrology is an art/science, which is invented by the astrologers themselves and that their predictions are based on their own theories. It isn’t true. Astrologers just have taken the time to understand the rules and combinations that are available in Indian scriptures. And they just do a reporting job. If certain rules don’t work in a person’s chart it isn’t astrologer’s problem. It is similar to a doctor’s profession if few medicines don’t work he cannot be held responsible for the same it is ultimately the seeker’s destiny.
Recently, I got a mail from one of my friends, saying his friend wanted a reading to be done by me. He sent me 4 questions – about career, marriage, wealth, and the first question was LET ME KNOW ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD. I was a bit irritated. You surely don’t go to a doctor and ask him to tell you about the illness you had last year, before you consult him. I took some time. I was meditating one day, and got an insight that he would have had problems with his parentage. His father either would have left the family or died when he was young. I made it a point that, I won’t open his horoscope, before I got a feedback on my first question. Incidentally, his father had left his family when he was young, and he wasn’t sure if he alive now. I passed my first test…the test of testing.
Most people believe that astrologers are a bunch of nuts who fool people by giving false hopes. My brother in law is a beautiful example to support this. He keeps telling me that he wants to become an astrologer soon, because there is good money in the business and that people are so easy to be fooled. Remember you cannot fool all the people all the time, and none has the time or money to get fooled by an astrologer.
People tend to believe in astrology or any other divine science only when they come to a point when they start accepting that few things are beyond their efforts. You slog your butt and your boss gets a promotion, you invest in the market with intelligence and you lose money without reason, the scan report said the kid is fine and you spend a fortune on its health, and there are many other reasons when people come to an astrologer – till then they are happy as a skeptic.
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September 20, 2004
So, what’s happening in my life?
I was contemplating about writing an article about ‘how to conquer the fear of an uncertain tomorrow’, which haunts all of us at any particular time. But before that I thought I would unburden myself with all that is happening in my life and all those thoughts that are keeping me busy these days. Honestly I feel like a liberated bird after I quit my job. I can see so many opportunities open, and so many new things I can do with my life – but whether I will succeed in achieving them is a BIG question.
As on date, my plan is to become a fulltime astro-internet consultant. Now what does that mean?
Astro – meaning a full time astrologer who will be predicting YOUR lives.
Internet – meaning I will be helping Internet companies to increase their page views, community base and revenue with my 7 years DOT COM experience.
I am in talks with few Astrology portals to be in their panel astrologers’ list, and also am in touch with a famous community driven website to plug an astrology sections to make it the BEST in India. Of course everything is in a nascent stage, and would take some more time to take the final shape.
I am joining hands with my sister in setting up a small BPO in Chennai, and also we are getting into the publishing industry. I am sure that is too much now…
On the home front my daughters are doing amazingly well, Venus (my Labrador) is growing, and as usual I am having good fights with my wife.
Thankfully, I have patched up with all those people at work (except few) with whom I had major conflicts in the last 6 months. And I am glad it happened – I honestly had to break this Karmic connection to set myself free.
My blogs are thankfully getting good page views, and I keep getting few clients for astrology through my blogs too.
As suggested by one of my chat friends (a Pakistani girl), I thought I would concentrate more on astrology on my blog than sex in the coming days, so that I look a bit professional, but that doesn’t mean I will stop blogging about sensual things in life.
Interestingly I saw my blog URL linked from a prostitute’s blog, hence thought would link her from mine too. Check my Left Navigation Bar under Links – and click on ‘A real sex worker’ for some honest confessions!
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September 02, 2004
Do we really need to take the inverted triangle seriously?
I had to attend a telephonic interview with a Pune-based company yesterday between 6 and 8 pm. I was well prepared. At 5 I got a call from my 2-year-old daughter asking me to take her to the beach. In fact I had promised to take her to the beach, while leaving the house in the morning – and she remembered it. The choices left were between an interview, which could get me a decent job and the smile that I can bring to my daughter’s face by keeping my promise. I decided to go with the latter.
There is a general myth that the wealth you posses is inversely proportional to the number of kids you have – meaning more the kids, less the money and vice versa. If that were the case, there wouldn’t had been rich people before the government brought in the family planning scheme. Also all the people who have less number of children would at least had their own house and a car. Even today you can see small families with 1 kid living in slums! The economic status of a person or a family is never based on the number of kids they have.
The famous BHA BHA BHA (Hindi version of NRI – Bharat se Bhaga Bharatiya) writer Deepak Chopra beautifully quotes that “If you want to EARN more, spend more”, this statement would sound illogic but makes immense sense when applied to real life. Same way, if an individual becomes RESPONSIBLE for more number of lives, he automatically gets a lift in his career and in his life - that is how the divine works.
The world may attribute the success of Dhirubhai Ambani as an outcome of his personal dreams and personal efforts, but his success was more due to the blessing and efforts of the people and family who worked for him - in one way he was responsible for millions of families directly and indirectly. This funda holds true with enlightened souls too. The saints who tried to change lives and bring happiness into others’ life are blessed with wealth and fame, and who doesn’t, attain moksha in unknown terrains of the Himalayas.
There is another argument that you can give the best if you have less number of kids. Again it is a debatable issue. There is nothing that can be termed as best in this world. There are always better things to compensate for the best, and this is the power of Maya. It is not that if you have 2 kids you will put them in an Ooty convent, and if you had one you would put him in international school. How much ever kids you have, you will continue to follow the same pattern or system. It is like saying if you had prepared for 2 years to write the 10th exam, you would have passed with 95 percent marks when your capacity is only 75. You can never cross your ability of performance even if you try for 10 more years - you cannot beat your destiny.
So what is the moral of the story? Become responsible for more number of people’s life directly or indirectly and let the divine shower it blessing on you.
PS – for people who didn’t understand the heading – inverted triangle is a symbol for infertility used in the advertisement for FAMILY PLANNING.
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August 25, 2004
I need your help!
Dear Friend,
Yesterday was an interesting day for me. I had asked Askmen.com , one of world’s best portals for MEN, if I can contribute for their site and I have received a mail from them. They have asked me to send some samples on topics like - astrology, dating, sexuality, fashion, health and sports. As am sure everybody knows, I selected the first 3 topics to write about. Now my problem is what could be the topic that could interest most readers. And I need your help on the same. Please post your ideas as comment, or mail me your suggestions about the topic that relates to sexuality, dating and astrology, to kennedig@yahoo.com or you can send me an instant message by clicking the Y! icon provided on the left navigation bar.
Rgds
G. Kennedi
Editor – askenni.com
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August 18, 2004
Come on India we want a Gold now!
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore breaks the Olympics medal jinx by winning a silver medal for shooting in Athens - honestly I came to know his name only now. And am sure it is true for most people reading this blog. All had only a vague idea about the people who left to participate from India. I asked one of our sport editors to confirm the number, and he said 61 err 72. 72 I think! I stick to 72 and presume Malleshwari, Anju George, Kunjarani, Paes-Bhupathi and Dhanraj Pillai are the famous participants from among the team. They aren’t famous because of their potential, but are famous because they had proved their presence in the past by winning accolades…or else even their name would be in the forgotten list.
It is very easy to blame the performances of Indian players just sitting opposite idiot box. We hardly care to know about the hardships these people go through. I am not talking about their practice sessions; I am talking about the process of getting their names in the list.
Basically we are hypocrites who love to call ourselves patriots just because we love seeing Indians winning cricket matches. It isn’t the love for Indians or for Indian sports. It is honestly a love towards the gambling-kick we get watching the game, which that satisfy our killer instincts. Hence even after all those match-fixing episodes, we haven’t lost any interest in this particular betting game. If it were love for the country, we would probably have supported the Olympiads with the same passion and love. Also advertisers would have got the Olympiads to endorse their products.
Olympics are held every 4 years, and who sponsors the people who participate? Who feeds them with proteins and nutrients during practice session? You think the government? Government had refused taking Malleshwari to the last Olympics, just because it could not afford her with a chicken everyday. She managed to get into the list only after she accepted that she will manage chicken at her own expense. And we want her to lift weight and bring home gold???
Dhanraj Pillai once told the media that, “he will never allow his son to become a hockey player.” He was disappointed at the way they were received at the airport when they came back winning the Gold medal in one of the events. There was NONE at the airport.
And I myself have seen a killer example - a person who was Mr Madras, in 1998 delivers cooking cylinders today. That is the real picture of sports in India.
We have great dreams about Indian tennis players winning grand slam titles. Boris Beckar quit studies in 8th grade, just to become a tennis player. How many Indians would do that? And how many parents would want that to happen to their children? And will the government come to their rescue? The system even failed to take care of Premchand – Mr Universe. He had to set up a pani puri stall for his survival.
If we want Indians to win at Olympics or in any other events, we need to start the process today. We need to change our perceptions, and we need to contribute for them. Blaming the government won’t help. Someone should take the initiative of collecting the money, and sponsoring these sportsmen. Everyone should at least shell out Rs 100 every month from his pocket towards Indian sports, and a HONEST trust should be formed.
Of course I am neither interested in collecting the money nor forming the trust. I have other works in life and I am sure it is true with you too. And as far as Rs 100 is concerned, I will better watch Vasool Raja MBBS one more time rather than donating the same to the people who ENTERTAIN me only once in 4 years.
Come on Indians - we want a Gold now!!
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August 14, 2004
Flag Hoisting – the most embarrassing thing I ever did!
I read somewhere on the internet that beautiful girls like muscular men, and hence I enrolled myself in one the gyms close to my house, and started working out like mad. In spite of 6 months of vigorous work out at the health club not a single girl got attracted to me. I stopped. I stopped visiting that website again.
Thankfully I didn’t stop going to the gym. I started enjoying my exercises, and I found the place quite interesting. I made good friends, and I need to be grateful to my coach and gym owner to have helped me during the course.
They started loving my presence and would always look forward to hear to my gyaan on spirituality. A small crowd would form whenever I spoke about things, which most people didn’t understand –karma, destiny, divine plan, nirvana, kundalini and cosmic consciousness! It was plain love and interest initially, but gradually people started respecting me - all was fine till August 15, 2002!
I was at my gym on time, doing my arms that day. And I noticed others were kinda busy in getting things in place. I thought, may be, they were just cleaning the place, but later I realized they were organizing a flag hoisting ceremony.
Everything was ready - the flag, the music system, and the people. The gym owner called everyone to participate, and I went with others. It was happening outside the gym in front the main road, with some 100 passers by watching.
I have got a terrific stage fear since childhood hence I always hide myself from a crowd. I don’t know what went wrong with my gym owner? He walked across me and asked me to hoist the national flag. I said what? Are you crazy? He said you are the most respected person among the lot and we want you do the honour.
I was embarrassed to the core. I moved forward, and pulled the rope, the flowers showered on me, and I thought that was it - but no. They played the national anthem, and I was standing there saluting the flag on the mid road with some 100s watching me as if I was a celebrity.
I think I would have been the first Indian to hoist the Indian national flag without even brushing my teeth or taking a bath.
I stopped going to the gym! Jai Hind!
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July 15, 2004
I have joined the Tata, Birla list!
Huh! After 6 months of hard efforts, yahoo messenger chats, advises, debates and the long wait for our Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s interim budget I made up my mind. I finally invested in a Laptop and could join the list of Tatas and Birlas who use their notebook to do business.
Nah, I am not just talking about astrology - it isn’t a business for me, it just happens to be a service I can do for the people who want to know their future.
I have joined the yet-to-be Nasdaq listed company, which is into making websites for Indian conglomerates. I Zone, which Globalizes Your Dreams is the newest endeavor taken up by my sister, and I happen to be its consultant. I Zone was launched last month by two people with hell lot of experience, hope, confidence, a mobile phone and now a laptop. The magic is yet to BEGIN!
Buying a laptop wasn’t an easy decision. I got in touch with most experts in the market, and one among them was a smuggler. ( I really dunno how my friend and me happen to blog on the same topic most of the time. We honestly don’t discuss these things )
The smuggler gave me the best deal, so far. The configuration of the comp he provided was 90 k ka new Toshiba laptop for 44 k, which had 256 RAM, some 40 GB HDD, CD & DVD reader and writer. The deal was extremely mouth watering, but the process of taking it from him was a bit scary.
The Process to buy goods from a smuggler
*You need to meet him in person and hand over the cash beforehand
*You can take the delivery of the product after 6 hours
What happens behind the scene
*The smuggler has a deal with the customs’ guy, who have snatched the goods from the passengers
*He just pays the custom duty, some money to the officials, keeps a margin for himself, and walks off with the good
*He delivers the goods to you
Risk Involved
*You will never know the authenticity of the snatched goods
*You won’t get a guarantee or a bill
*You never can trust the smuggler completely
*And of course the legal issues
There is another way to get goods from the custom guys. They run auctions regularly, which they never advertise. There is a deal again with the buyers, and also they don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry to rush to the airport to buy things.
I obviously wanted to buy the laptop from the smuggler but then decided to go against it, because I thought it wasn’t morally right. Or may be I was too scared to hand over 44 k to him!
The decision of buying the Compaq Presario 2157 AT from a showroom, and not illegally was told to me by my wife. And this happens to be the first advice I have ever taken seriously, which has come from my better half!
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July 12, 2004
It happens only in India!
My sister had invited us for lunch on 10th June, and we (my wife, my daughter and me) were on our way on my bike. On the route we witnessed an accident. A bike had hit the back wheel of the tricycle that carried gas cylinders. The biker who had bad fall was limping to the sides of the road, and the cylinder guy was sitting on pavement rubbing his feet in real pain. From his expression it was clear that he indeed had a tremendous hit. I recognized him at once. I had met him some 2 years back.
Flashback - 2002
I had got too close with one of my friends (a girl) to an extent of having an extra marital affair. There was no hope, and I never wanted to break my marriage at any cost. And there was no point dragging a relationship, which had no future. Thankfully she got a new boy friend. At this juncture I never understood what should I be doing with my extra energy.
I learnt to swim, and also decided to join a Gym to build my body for a change. I started working out like crazy, and used to eat 8 eggs a day! I put on 10 kgs in 6 months, and I loved to look at myself in the mirror, which I usually don’t do.
I was pumping …I mean my triceps one evening, and a medium built person wearing a set of loose garments approached me. He started giving me gyaan about how it should be done exactly, and made me understand that I wasn’t doing it the right way. I am open for new ideas only when a person talking to me is intelligent that me. This guy indeed looked more knowledgeable. I had to take his advice, and it helped me too.
He went to the dressing room, and came back in his shorts. And what I could see…a terrific muscular body, each muscle protruding like the one’s I had seen only in some international posters! He demonstrated about how to work out, and taught me few important techniques too.
My time was up, and as usual I was having a chat with my gym owner (Ramesh) before I said a bye. Out of curiosity I asked Ramesh…has this person joined the gym recently? Ramesh was taken aback. He said no, he isn’t new. In fact he tried a lot to become a TC (ticket collector), but then he was asked to give 2 lakhs as bribe. He was from a poor family and he could not afford it. In fact he was Mr Madras in 1997 (winner of a body building competition). He asked me to guess his profession now. I had no clue…and he replied he delivers cylinders!
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July 09, 2004
The difference between love and marriage
Few are blessed people, as they tend to love someone else and marry someone else. And few carry a curse of marrying the same person they fall in love with. The former can at least be content with the illusion that his life would have been better if he had married the first one. While the latter has no other choice than to live with his beloved and experience all the unexpected pain, agony and turmoil…forever.
People tend to fall in love when there is a hormonal imbalance in the chemistry of the body. Liking towards a person of opposite sex doesn’t depend upon caste, creed, money, power and religion. It depends solely on the level of individual desperation. Most love affairs are offshoots of circumstances. You tend to develop an interest towards a person who fills your vacuum of insecurity, dejection and loneliness. This liking gets transformed into love with time, and also when you are left with no other option. Ask yourself - whom will you choose if Jennifer Lopez walks across your desk and says she is interested in you - your girl friend or this Latin babe?
Love affairs need not necessarily lead to marriage. And in most cases it doesn’t. The factors that made no sense when during the rosy days dominates the most when it comes to getting wed locked.
Marriages are indeed a concept invented by man on the planet earth and the various factors that supplement the communion are – caste, creed, money, power, religion, ego, pride and what not. If ego and pride wasn’t included in the list, why would Mittal spend 250 crores in one single marriage and fly down Shahrukh & Amitabh for an entertainment show? And if other factors have lost their meanings in this IT driven 21st Century, then why does every matrimonial ad have caste, creed, salary and religion mentioned in it?
Love of course is a bed of roses but you realize the thorns only after getting married. The first 3 months are the best period after marriage, and after that the real fun starts. Both husband and wife, go on a different trip after marriage – the ego trip. They try to change few basic characteristics that in fact had impressed them once upon a time.
Two important things a man would want the woman to change after marriage
1) Dressing
The guy would have loved peeping into the cleavage of the girl when in love, but after marriage he would hate to see other men doing the same
2) Friendships
Men usually don’t like women to have too many friends. And would hate if their wives return home after having a good time with her friends. So the ORDER sent will be to reduce your friend’s circle
Few important things a woman would want the man to change after marriage
1) Quit smoking, drinking, eyeing on other women and all that you like OTHER than her
The oath taking ceremony to quit smoking starts from the day they fall in love. And that also happens to be the day when the guy starts lying to his girl friend.
2) Stop talking to all those breeds who wear salwar kameez and sarees
This list also includes your mom, sisters, aunty and all other relatives
3) Transfer of power & money
You could be running a BIG firm like Infosys with few 100s wishing you good morning in the office. But at home your wife expects it from you. Also you might take pride in your take home package, but end of the day you will be asked to give accounts for each penny spent.
4) Rule 2 of men’s list holds true for men themselves
5) Be a Jesus Christ
Women would do all the talking, induce all the fights, and create all the problems, but would expect men to come and apologize. Whatever happens, men always are expected to forget and forgive first!
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Posted by Kenni at 04:26 AM | Comments (6)
June 24, 2004
Why I don’t carry a mobile phone
People have called me a pervert, and I have been highly criticized for having a bit of outright sexual content without much of diplomacy in my blogs. But as expected my yesterday’s article on gay and lesbians got the maximum page views! End of the day the truth remains that people do love to read and indulge in sex but when it comes to accepting the fact they shy away.
Here are few reasons I don't carry a mobile phone....
Mobile phone is one of the best inventions mankind would have made in the 20th Century. It is a journey from fantasy to reality. It used to be a gadget in the US made Star Trek, and today it is in the reach of anyone who wants it. The only persons who don’t seem to carry mobile phones are beggars - rest all have it.
These are few reasons why I don’t carry a mobile phone –
*I don’t want to break my head in upgrading the ringtones after every music release.
*I don’t want to be cursed by the fellow riders/drivers, if I answer a call riding with a tilted neck.
*I don’t want to look like a hearing impaired with those wires and headphone hanging around.
*I don’t want be looked by few 100s in a theatre if my mobile glows in the dark, when the best scene of the movie is going on.
*I don’t want to lose my temper with those service providers whose only job is to make mistakes in telephone bills
*I don’t want to waste money on wireless communication, when my landline is just lying beside me
*I don’t want to compare my sizes with others…I am talking about mobile handsets.
*I don’t want to desert my wife and my daughter when we are at a hotel by answering to some stupid calls.
*I don’t want to show myself busy with the mobile phone games, I better would watch a chirping bird or a beautiful sunset.
*I don’t want to forget my mobile phone in the loo and search for the same everywhere.
*I don’t want people to look at me when I take the smallest thing out – am again talking about the mobile handset.
*I don’t want to be called from my office place asking about my pending jobs.
*I don’t carry a mobile phone because I don’t think I break a 1-crore deal everyday.
I read a news story few days back wherein a UK guy sued his employer just because he called him at the wrong time. What would this wrong time be? He was on the verge of shooting (hope you understand what am trying to say), and he got the call from his employer! That should be the LAST thing that should happen to me!
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June 05, 2004
My Mumbai Trip – A nostalgic disappointment!
I am back from Mumbai, this time with few good memories and few new realizations. I realized that human life is more or less like the Sixth Sense movie. We happen to concentrate on our career, wonder about our promotions, complaint about our nagging boss, laugh at the miniscule salary hikes, worry about the family and children’s life totally forgetting about another story that was running on the parallel track – we are ageing and each day we are getting closer to death.
Nothing has changed in Mumbai. The train timings are the same, the crowd remains the same, the directions are the same but for few new flyovers, the climate is the same – the only change I could find was that the people with whom I grew up have become old & worn out. Their hair has become gray, few have lost their hair, the eyes are sunk, and they have lost their charm. My neighBORES who used to run to catch the 8.15 ka fast local stay at home - thanks to the VRS scheme.
Many of my friends are getting into a new phase of their life, they are getting married this yearend.
Incidentally on the advice of one of my blog readers, I am midway through a book borrowed from my teacher. The book’s name is ‘Aghora’, which talks more about DEATH than anything else. The book is all about meditation. Meditation to be done sitting over the corpse in a smashan! The mouth of the corpse has to be filled with oil, and diya has to be lit. And if you are really interested, you need to sit over the corpse and chant the mantra given to you by your Aghora teacher. Many have soiled in their pants, and many have lost their lives out of cardiac arrest. Only few have reached or I should say succeeded in seeing the God in real flesh and blood!
I am 30, and I already feel am old. I am a bit afraid too - afraid about oldage and death. Of course, it is easy to say ‘enjoy till you are alive.’ But then you cannot go to a discotheque when you are 55 and above. All you have to do is lie there like a vegetable. Your grandchildren will care a damn if you say you had a company sponsored chauffer-driven car while young. Everything will lose its meaning - your education, your power, your knowledge and your relationships. And remember out of 100 crores only one can live a life like Amitabh Bacchan - who even at 62 has a nice time with the Bollywood heroines – of course on the silver screen.
You can ignore death, but Mahakala (the God of death) will never ignore you. He will visit when you least expect him - so be ready!
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May 13, 2004
Life and life’s pattern!
The Zen philosophy says ‘Empty yourself and let the divine flow through you’, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. I am in the process of emptying all that I have know, all that I have read, understood, discovered and invented so that when I leave my body there is nothing that I have held back.
The Zen philosophy says ‘Empty yourself and let the divine flow through you’, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. I am in the process of emptying all that I have know, all that I have read, understood, discovered and invented so that when I leave my body there is nothing that I have held back.
I have come across few people who hate to share the knowledge they possess. They think sharing few tips about Photoshop or guiding you through HTML editor could make their job look easy, and probably you will learn everything and become a challenge to them. Thank God Thomas Alva Edison never thought on similar lines; or else his house would have been the only house to have electricity and a light bulb.
The more you give/share, the more you get..that has always been the rule of life. And I learnt it from my astro-spiritual teacher. All that you know is borrowed, and when you die you need to leave it back. So what is yours? They are hard truth - NOTHING & NOTHINGNESS!
My sister had broken a deal with the Mayajaal (a multiplex in Chennai) people that I will be doing a Tarot card reading for the people who visit the multiplex during one of the festivals that took place in Jan 2004. I was given a cute traditionally designed stall, and I was all set to zap people with my astrological skill. But I never knew what was in store for me was an anti-climax.
A dark, 6-footer was the first guy to enter my stall and I can see the excitement on his face for the reading I am going to do. My sister was sitting beside me. I shuffled by cards and asked him few questions, and the conversation went as given below…
I: You would have done your degree in some arts group…true?
He: NO! I am a MTECH!
I: At present you will be having a lower segment car…true?
He: NO! I have 4 cars…Ikon, Sumo, Quallis, & Estate!
I: You would have had a love marriage..true?
He: NO! I had an arranged marriage!
My confidence was shattered completely, and I felt like a fool amidst my client and my sister. The first few questions are the most important part of any astrological consultation. If he fails to crack that, he loses the clients’ confidence at once..and whatever he predicts after that doesn’t hold ground.
I didn’t know what to do. I returned the money, and said I am sorry it isn’t working for you. He was completely upset, not more than me though, and left the place. I looked at my sister, and even she was completely lost. It is like you have taken the plunge middle of the sea and suddenly realize that you aren’t able to swim.
I recollected what my teacher had told me during my astro classes - whenever you are in trouble pray God, and things should be clear. I trusted him completely and did exactly what he said. I closed my eyes and started praying, and I got a magical insight. I started seeing human lives in patterns and it was like getting a crack code for new software.
I realized that the people who visited Mayajaal spending some Rs 250 per head should have particular life patterns, and I got the pattern right. 90 per cent of the people who visited Mayajaal that particular day had the following pattern…
*All of them had a dazzling career history they either were BIG businessmen or VPs of big companies. It was easy to differentiate between them too. A businessman would wear branded clothes in the most unconventional way, probably with his slippers on and not shoes. And the VP would not compromise on the way he carried himself. That was how I predicted the past, present and future of Infosys VP who sits in Bangalore.
*All of them had an arranged marriage, and most of their wives were housewives.
*Their life would have changed drastically after their marriage for the better. And they would have got a huge life in their career. And it was true for all the 150 people I did the reading for.
*They would have had children in the first 2 years of marriage, and at present would have 2 children for sure. Tarot cards helped me to tell the gender of the children in the right order.
*They would surely have a higher segment vehicle, and also house in a prime locality.
5 right things about the past, and people were already awestruck. Later I used my Tarot cards to predict about their future and suggested few tips to lead a great life. The best complement for an astrologer is when his clients bring others for the reading, and that happened too. Few people brought their friends and relatives for the reading…and I was really happy about what was happening. I should say it was a major hit at Mayajaal.
Since then wherever I plan to go to do a reading, I try analyzing the pattern in which people fall. It becomes easier to gain the confidence. Like for example 90 per cent of the people who are reading this blog should be net savvy or should be working for an IT company for sure ;).
Posted by Kenni at 03:21 AM | Comments (5)
Were Jesus Christ & Karna ALIENS?!
There is a subtle difference between loneliness and aloneness. Loneliness happens when people leave you alone and aloneness happens when you choose to be alone. And I have always been in love with aloneness…and that is when I get these vague thoughts that I blog on.
This was during my college days when I had this thought whether Lord Jesus Christ & King Karna of Mahabharata fame were ALIENS because of few similar incidents that happened in their lives.
Kunti, the mother of Pandavas, was blessed with few prayers that when chanted would make her pregnant. Curiosity didn’t let Kunti keep her mouth shut, and just for experimenting sake she chanted Surya mantra when she still was a virgin. It is said, a bright light converged in front of Kunti and she became pregnant and thus Karna was conceived.
And the same event happened with our Virgin Lady too. When she conceived Jesus a similar white light was formed, called the Holy Spirit, which told both Mary and her husband Joseph that you are going to conceive the only begotten Son of God. What if the white lights that formed were ALIEN aircraft? As even today UFOs (unidentified flying objects) are considered to be too bright for human eyes. Could sound funny but still….
Karna was born with natural kavach and kundal (a chest guard and ear rings), while Jesus had extra ordinary powers. Jesus cured a blind person, a crippled man and also brought a dead man to life! These characteristics are a bit abnormal, which isn’t possible for normal human beings.
Both Karna & Jesus had unique incidents happening during their deaths too. Karna had a blessing that he would not die until he decides to leave his body. And Jesus could survive all the torture he was subjected to.
In the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Karna was lying completely injured breathing his last breaths, and lord Krishna in disguise as an old Brahmin approached him to donate his life. Karna at once understood it wasn’t a Brahmin but lord himself and told the old Brahmin that he surely will do but also would like to see the COMPLETE form of God. Krishna smiled and expanded himself to his real size. And it was so huge and so full of brightness that none other than Karna could see him. And Karna had left his body.
And what happened to Jesus Christ? He was presumed dead and was put in a cave on a Good Friday, and when his closest disciple reached his cave to pay their tribute he was found missing. It is said few people were able to see Jesus Christ walking towards the heaven, and again the whole scene was filled with bright light!
Now what if the light that converged during their deaths were Alien Aircrafts that came to take both Karna and lord Jesus back to their planet?
Comments are welcome!
Posted by Kenni at 03:18 AM | Comments (2)
What women want?!
Most theories say women fall for men who have - clean habits, a good sense of humour, ok looks, modesty, and a cool character. I don’t deny that at all. Women indeed enjoy the friendship or I should say companionship of men with the aforesaid attributes. It is all good till the relationship metamorphosis and leads towards a committed relationship a.k.a. marriage.
Most theories say women fall for men who have - clean habits, a good sense of humour, ok looks, modesty, and a cool character. I don’t deny that at all. Women indeed enjoy the friendship or I should say companionship of men with the aforesaid attributes. It is all good till the relationship metamorphosis and leads towards a committed relationship a.k.a. marriage.
Incidents like a stinking Nagma err stinking rich Nagma falling for a poor autorickshaw driver Rajini Kanth can take place only in moves like Badsha. To be honest I have never seen a similar episode in real life so far. Of course I have seen girls flirting with bus conductors, but how many of them come forward to take the relationship forward is any one’s guess.
Women have two other agendas, which they love to keep hidden and they are Power or/and Money. They prefer money for character and power for sense of humour.
This isn’t a new phenomenon. It is happening since ages. Even Lord Ram had to prove his mental & physical power by breaking the Shiva’s bow to get Sita.
Physical power got substituted with money in later centuries, and money became the most powerful tool for any man. Even today you can find only the rich and powerful men with the prettiest women, other of course compromise.
So guys don’t waste your time in reading those sick joke books to impress the women or in building a cool character. Just slog your butt off, and make some good money. Pretty women will come your way…
Posted by Kenni at 03:15 AM | Comments (4)
Prostitution - the oldest and the noblest?!!!
I have sincere adoration for sex workers, not for their beauty but for their honesty. At least they don’t lie or hide about what they do in their lives, unlike few women who sleep with someone else and marry someone else – and lie to their husbands forever!
These observations were made in Mumbai during my long walk from VT station (now renamed as CST) to my Indian Express office at Nariman Point (between 1997 and 2000)
The sex workers I was introduced in the movies were people who hated their profession and who always sobbed with a poignant flash back about how and why they got into this disgusting flesh trade.
But my observations were exactly opposite. In my experience of watching those beautiful angels, I never saw anyone unhappy about what they are doing! They have their own happy and sad moods as anyone else has in his or her profession.
I have sincere adoration for sex workers, not for their beauty but for their honesty. At least they don’t lie or hide about what they do in their lives, unlike few women who sleep with someone else and marry someone else – and lie to their husbands forever!
Sex workers have their own set of friends - the cab drivers, the agent and nearby shopkeepers. The agent is busy at 9 pm to get a customer for the girl, while she is busy playing chess or pakda pakdi with shopkeepers and the cab drivers. I couldn’t see a minutest feeling of lust in their relationship.
The agent gets a customer, and he is happy about it. He gets a revenue share on the same. The girl isn’t choosy about her customers. This time the customer is a 55-year old Marwadi, clad in white, mouth filled with pan masala, and who occupies ¾ of the taxi space. And the girl is just 14, puny and from her looks it is visible that she is from Tamil Nadu. The agent gets the money from the customer, puts her in the cab, talks to the cab driver and sways a bye. From now it is cab drivers responsibility to get the girl to her house after customer gets satisfied. After reaching home early in the morning, the girls sleep the whole day, have a good time with their colleagues, and in the evening get ready for another night. This time the customer could be a marketing guy from a MNC!
Survival isn’t easy for them at all. Sometimes they fail to get customers and sometimes they compromise on their rates. And sometimes they even compromise on the number of people per night! On top of this, they pay the policemen for using government’s space to display themselves. Failing, they are raided, jailed, beaten up and abused! And still they have a smile on their faces.
It is not that the government is unaware of this, but we need to thank them for not levying any tax on sex workers so far. And also why should we blame the government for everything? How many of us are ready to come forward to marry a prostitute and change their lives? Surely, I am not! Would you? Post a comment!
(I am sure my comment box is gonna show ZERO for sure)
PS – Unlike Mahatma Gandhi, who visited brothel thrice (please read his autobiography My Experiments with Truth before you get offended), I have not visited a brothel as yet. But would love to visit one, not to have a good time, but to know their lifestyle even better.
Posted by Kenni at 03:14 AM | Comments (6)
Fleeting thoughts on patriotism!
I am not a patriot. I deny being an entity of a particular country only because I was born there - that too without my consent!
I am not a patriot. I deny being an entity of a particular country only because I was born there - that too without my consent!
We are not what we think, but we are what the government wants us to be. We are programmed and perfectly conditioned so that we stop thinking, doubting and rebelling. And this mental conditioning starts from day 1 at our school.
The national anthem is forced into our minds, without even letting us know the real meaning of it. We are asked to intone illogical prayers, which reads, “India is my country, and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.” So whom should we marry when grown up?
We are asked to be obedient and listen to all that crappy and violent nursery rhymes, none of which were framed by locales. To be honest till date I have never met a guy whose name is Jack and a girl whose name is Jill, nor found someone who has curly hair, very fair, whose eyes are BLUE lovely too!
As we grow up we are taken into the wonderful world of history, which is highly debatable in any period of time. Gandhi’s Experiments with Truth is available for Rs 12 in any khadi store, but at the same time a book written by Nathuram Ghodse justifying the killing is banned in India! So when do we see the other side of the coin?
Only because few sick minded politicians thought of separating a piece of land by barbwires on religious differences, we start hating the complete genre for generations? Yesteryear brother becomes a neighborhood foe and a patriot who fought against the British for freedom becomes a terrorist - post 1947!
PS - The scribe believes in one human, one world philosophy and sincerely feels that all the geographical boundaries should be broken, for they all are man made which inflicts animalistic possessiveness for land a.k.a. patriotism!
Posted by Kenni at 03:12 AM | Comments (4)
Lose interest in pretty women in 5 minutes!
ONLY FOR GUYS!
Most men think that women are uncorrupt lovely angels directly downloaded from the heaven. Men drool; they waste their time, money, thoughts, and sometimes their lives just in the hope that leading a life with a beautiful woman could be the best experience they could ever witness. It isn’t true. Here is a revelation! Pretty women do belch, fart and shit as any man does, and also are the MOST nagging creatures God has ever created! And to be honest a woman is a liability forever.
ONLY FOR GUYS!
Most men think that women are uncorrupt lovely angels directly downloaded from the heaven. Men drool; they waste their time, money, thoughts, and sometimes their lives just in the hope that leading a life with a beautiful woman could be the best experience they could ever witness. It isn’t true. Here is a revelation! Pretty women do belch, fart and shit as any man does, and also are the MOST nagging creatures God has ever created! And to be honest a woman is a liability forever.
When Guatam Buddha came back enlightened to preach, after his 12 years exile, his wife came all dressed up to meet him. Buddha kept looking into her eyes, and she asked, “what do you feel looking at me.” And Buddha confessed, “I can just see a bag of skin filled with bones, blood and excreta!”
He was perfectly right. Women of course are needed for reproduction, but if you find your life revolving around them, then it is high time you pressed the panic button. Don’t allow yourself lead by the skin-deep beauty of women; rather you can spend your valuable time on other beautiful things around you.
Getting pretty women out of your mind isn’t an easy task. Here are few Buddhist Techniques and Indian Techniques that will help you in canceling the karmic connection and help you unburden your lustful feelings for the woman you have been salivating for a while.
Tip 1 – Keep staring, let your imagination go wild
Whenever you come across a pretty woman, fully packed with foundation, cream, powder and what not and drenched with deodorants, don’t take your eyes away. Keep staring, and let your imagination go wild. Reach all the NINE holes she has, and also think about the plain BIOLOGICAL purpose of each of them. You will immediately lose interest in that person. This is a Buddhist technique to avoid getting attracted to women unnecessarily.
PS - I am sure you don’t want me to explain each hole in detail. Also Lord Krishna’s flute, which has 9 holes, signifies the 9 holes of a human body.
Tip 2 – Think dirty
Have you ever wondered how Aishwarya Rai will look early in the morning with her hair full of oil, and unbrushed teeth, and constipated look? Women look good only when they make up, and the definition of make up is MAKING UP FOR SOMETHING that doesn’t exist. So, always try to see the woman MINUS make up, and I am sure you will not find any woman worth a second look.
Tip 3 – Add 30 to their age
Women look the best between 16 and 35. Just add 30 to their age, whenever you get interested or attracted to one of them or all of them. Skin wrinkles, and the beauty withers off as years pass by. Remember, even your grand ma would have looked like one Miss India once upon a time.
Tip 4 – Fall on their feet!
This is a very famous Indian method of seeing women as embodiment of goddesses. If you find your colleague or friend or a passer by very sexy and hot, just fall on their feet – not literally, but in your sub-conscious mind. Keep doing this to all the women you see, and believe me you will be able to cut the karmic connection in microseconds
Tip 5 – Go home, and help yourself
If none of the above tips make a difference in your life, the best is to go home, lock your room, or lock yourself in the bathroom, think about her and HELP yourself! Don’t think you are all alone in this project. I have lost interest in Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kournikova, and our own Silk Smitha by following Tip no 5! :D
All the best, and leave a comment!
Posted by Kenni at 03:10 AM | Comments (3)
Nobel prize? BIG deal!
There was a hell lot of hue and cry about Rabindranath Tagore’s missing Nobel Prize, which was found in a dustbin by a paper picker few days later. The episode took me few years back, when a funny incident forced me to read about Alfred Nobel – the inventor of the devastating DYNAMITE, which still is used in landmines that cripples few thousands every year!
There was a hell lot of hue and cry about Rabindranath Tagore’s missing Nobel Prize, which was found in a dustbin by a paper picker few days later. The episode took me few years back, when a funny incident forced me to read about Alfred Nobel – the inventor of the devastating DYNAMITE, which still is used in landmines that cripples few thousands every year!
The incident -
When world-renowned economist Amartya Sen, who guest appeared in India to provide panacea for India’s economical problem and disappeared in no time, was felicitated by Nobel Prize for Economics there was one person from Calcutta who filed a case in the court saying the award which Amartya Sen has got is NOT NOBEL PRIZE and that Nobel Prize for economics is not mentioned in Nobel’s Will at all! (This news was broadcast on NDTV, and I remember the sarcastic smile on Prannoy Roy’s face when he finished reading the news story). I was just wondering, what if the person who filed the case was right? And Yahoo Search helped me to get some vital information.
I got what I wanted. I hit on Nobel’s Will document which clearly read…
"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics ; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine ; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm, and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not."
And nowhere in Nobel’s will Economics was mentioned. Hence the person who filed the case was RIGHT!
Who was Alfred Nobel anyways?
Alfred Nobel was born the son of a Swedish construction worker in Stockholm, 1833. Seeing nothing left for him in Sweden, Immanuel (Nobel's father) and his family moved to St. Petersburg in Russia, where a factory was set up, making mines out of gunpowder, for use by the Russian Army during the Crimean War. The demand for this product was high, the business was booming and Alfred Nobel and the other children received an excellent private education whilst in Russia.
Back in Sweden, an explosion involving nitro-glycerine resulted in the death of his brother, convincing Alfred that a safer alternative must be developed. Eventually, he discovered that by mixing nitro-glycerine with silica, the end product could be moulded into cylinder shapes, and was not greatly affected by minor fluctuations in temperature and pressure.
In 1867 he patented the product, calling it dynamite. It was five times more powerful than ordinary gunpowder, and so very quickly became a sought after commodity in the world of mining and construction. Within a few years, Alfred Nobel had increased the production of dynamite from his factories dramatically, and showed his supreme skill as a businessman by being able to sell it all over the world.
There was another explosion in Nobel’s factory later, which killed 100s of employees, and people living in the proximity. This incident developed a guilt consciousness in Nobel, which later transformed him into a pacifist. This complex forced Nobel to drew up a will in later days of his life, he stated that he wished the majority of his nine million dollar fortune to be used to fund awards in different fields of study (Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Physiology and Medicine, Peace). He stated that the awards should be given to ‘those who have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind’.
So what’s the moral of the story?
Do we really need to look at Nobel Prize as the highest honour a person can receive, which was an offshoot of a bomb maker’s guilt that killed/kills and cripples people even today? Thank God Mother Teresa was not conferred with a Nobel Prize!
Posted by Kenni at 03:09 AM | Comments (3)
Colours and Human Mind!
My dad used to hate me for wearing black pants most of the time. He could not realize my logic behind wearing it - it suited most of the shirts I had, and also need not be washed for days together. He is a staunch believer of astrology, and always considered black to be bad.
My dad used to hate me for wearing black pants most of the time. He could not realize my logic behind wearing it - it suited most of the shirts I had, and also need not be washed for days together. He is a staunch believer of astrology, and always considered black to be bad.
I could keep pondering about the real essence and real meanings behind the usage of colours. Few questions that instantly struck me were - if black has to be considered a bad colour, why do Indians dye their hair black when they gray, why do Indians apply kajal that is black to their eyes, and the last thing that hit me the most was – I am dark myself, does that mean I am BAD?!
I observed few incidents happening around me. People in North India are clad in white when they attend a funeral, a widow in India is asked to wear a white saree, and also the spirits in India are considered to be white in colour (you can confirm this by watching few Ramsay production movies)! So, white was used to depict sadness in India.
Next I witnessed a funeral in an English movie and to my surprise I saw most people clad in black! And also Satan according to the Bible is considered to be black in colour. My next question was - on what basis do people consider a colour bad or good?
Thanks to my insight, I got an answer. People tend to consider things bad, what they actually aren’t. For instance, Indians considered themselves as dark people and hence they considered colour opposite to black as bad, and people living in the US considered themselves as White people and hence considered colour opposite to White as bad.
Hence Indian spirits are white in colour, and US satan is black in colour!
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Why men are better than women!
Reaching where man has already reached doesn’t make any woman equal to man. Whether it is reaching the top position in a Corporate company, or it is a journey to the moon, woman can come up in their lives only if two important men in their lives give them the needed freedom…their father and husband. End of the day, they still have to depend on men for freedom. This was the case and it will remain one forever!
Reaching where man has already reached doesn’t make any woman equal to man. Whether it is reaching the top position in a Corporate company, or it is a journey to the moon, woman can come up in their lives only if two important men in their lives give them the needed freedom…their father and husband. End of the day, they still have to depend on men for freedom. This was the case and it will remain one forever!
Men and women are on two different planes (I am not talking about airplanes), their purposes are different, their perceptions are different, and the reasons for their births are different. Just by making money equal to a man or more in this world, can never bring women to the cadre of a man! Remember you cannot pull a cart using cows. And also you can never milk a bull! (Comparison with animals could sound a bit weird, but scientifically human beings still belong to the animal family called Homo sapience!)
Men are more aggressive, physically strong, and also intellectually unbeatable when compared to women. Hence even in the 21st Century, the world could not produce a handful of talented women who could beat any man in any particular field. Men will always rule the world and women can only imitate to be a MAN!
Of course there are areas where women are unbeatable. Home making, bringing up children and gossips to name them few.
Pray for them to grow up and accept their womanhood rather than getting into an eternal trip of trying to be a MAN!
(These are my personal thoughts and any resemblance to women dead or alive is coincidental to an extent, and intentional to some extent)
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HOW TO GET OUT OF A LOVE RELATIONSHIP AFTER YOU ARE DITCHED!
If you are one of those men, who have been recently/decently ditched by the girl you loved the most? Then keep reading…here are few easy tips that will help you to come out of the relationship and make you ready for another relationship.
If you are one of those men, who have been recently/decently ditched by the girl you loved the most? Then keep reading…here are few easy tips that will help you to come out of the relationship and make you ready for another relationship.
There are many ways a girl will show you the door. And I will discuss about the signs of ditching in my next piece, meanwhile let me help you guys to stop worrying, and start living.
When you have reached the climax i.e., when your girl has told you that she can ONLY be your friend, and will remain a well wisher for life, and that she cannot commit anything for you, then it is high time you pull your socks and start following the tips given below…
Tip 1 – AVOID HER COMPLETELY
1) Just stop looking at your beloved FACE
2) Stop doing things for her like doing her assignment, or accompanying her to the shopping mall.
3) And stop worrying about her life.
NOTE – She will keep telling you that you are her best FRIEND, but just give a ball to those dialogues. Just AVOID HER by all means. I would suggest, don’t even call her, or mail her, or pick her call. Remove her name from your friends’ list both in mail and from any messenger service you use.
Tip 2 – TRY TO REDUCE THE PAIN
Remove the thought from you mind that you need to forget her COMPLETELY. It is just impossible to forget anyone permanently. Even forgetting the name of the first DOG you had in your life is not possible, then how can you forget the latest BITCH you had in life?
Go slow….and it takes time to reduce the intensity with which a broken relationship hurts.
Tip 3 – SET A TIME TO CRY
Tears will rush to your eyes at the most unexpected time, and everything around you will give you a nostalgic feeling, whether it is a movie song or a ice cream joint. It is normal.
Make it a point that you cry for her at least for 1-hour everyday. Set timing for yourself. Mmm may be evening 4-5 pm. Spread all the greeting cards she had given you, her bindi which you have kept safely in your wallet, her hair you thought worth saving, the bus tickets, the movie tickets, pictures et al on the floor. Set your alarm for 1 hour, and cry. Stick to one timing everyday.
After a month you will feel bored to cry for her, and you will have better things in life to do.
(Don’t think what am saying is funny. If you want to do the same thing in Osho’s ashram you need to pay Rs 2000 for 1 day just to cry…it is called Emotional Therapy)
TIP 4 – STOP TALKING ABOUT IT
Most men tend to create sympathy by talking about their broken love to their friends and other females in their lives, which is completely unnecessary.
*If you keep talking about your broken relationship with your male friends they will start treating you like an Insurance Agent.
*If you start talking about this to your female friends, they will become extra caring towards you, and the risk of falling for her will become high. I am sure you need to cure your first injury before you inflict yourself with another one.
TIP 5 – THE BEST PART - SUCCUMB TO PORN
Invest in a VCD player and get an Internet connection, because the best part is going to be revealed.
Start watching English porn movies as much as you can. Some 2 a day is ideal. (I am specific about English porn, because Indian porn movies will make you feel more dejected).
Watching beautiful female in action will give you the much needed energy boost, and will keep your mind and hand engaged. If you want, you can compare your beloved with Jenna Jameson. You will feel better if you do that, because Jenna Jameson any day is prettier than your beloved.
Check out some great porn sites men have invented to help men.
Succumbing to porn is a better option than to take up Cigarette smoking or drinks.
If you are able to follow all the 5 golden tips I have mentioned above, you will able to forget your girl in MAX 6 months, and will be able live life with a new zeal and enthusiasm.
Remember your life isn’t so bad that you need to spend thinking about a disloyal woman who used you as a DILDO!
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