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December 02, 2009

Am I God?

The easiest thing to do in life is to deny the presence of God. Just ask – if God exists, show Him to me – none will have an answer. The next easy thing is to take a lot of effort to understand and realize the presence of God. And the toughest thing in life is to have blind faith and start believing in the presence of God - just like that.

I came across a beautiful concept called ‘Aquascaping’ a couple of months back, and I was unknowingly drawn to this wonderful hobby. For the last 4-5 months I have been just reading, reading and reading. I surely would have read 500 pages of content, would have referred some 100 and odd sites, read forums and exchanged mails with few 100s. All this to set a 2 feet tank which holds 150 litres of water as shown in the picture!

All the aquascapists, scientists, and the companies across the world that promote this hobby end up saying – whatever you do, you can ‘NEVER’ match nature. “Because In nature everything happens so effortlessly, automatically and also perfectly.”

So what are the parameters involved in setting up this ‘so-normal’ looking 2 feet tank?

*First– the substrate on which the planets might or might not grow. What kind of substrate is ideal? Will it suit your budget? Will it give out algae growth? How deep should be your substrate? And the nutrients your substrate should have and should not have?

*Second – water. The various parameters that will decide the contentment or disappointment of the aquascapist are – pH, KH, Nitrate content, Nitrite content, micronutrients, and macronutrients. All these have to be kept under complete balance along with temperature of the water for healthy growth of both fish and plants.

*Third – plants. Is it fast growing? Or slow growing? Low light plants? or High light plants? Lastly – will it suit your budget?

*Fourth– selection of fish include the low feeding, the middle feeding, and the top feeding. Also the fish that are selected should not fight with each other and also should not eat or uproot the plants.

*Fifth – filter. The good bacteria form colonies in the filter to convert nitrite into nitrate. Hence a good filter becomes a must. On top of it, the filter should be able to rotate the whole water through it in 4 hours time!

*Sixth - lighting – it is 1 watt per gallon of water. But the selection of bulb setting should be such that it doesn’t heat up the water or evaporate the water.

*Seventh - maintenance – an everyday check is an absolute must, which includes – checking fish’s health and watching plants’ growth. A weekly check on water parameter and condition of filter is equally important.

In spite of keeping all these on mind, and trying to do it as perfectly as possible – there are 100 per cent chances of things going completely wrong. All the plants might die and rot one fine day or may be the fish will start swimming upside down for reason unfathomable.

My tank is just 3 days old, and I am keeping my fingers crossed.

And the question that is top of my mind is ‘can we still deny the presence of God, who runs the nature so perfectly well?

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November 23, 2009

Jai ho!!

Mon, Nov 23 02:06 PM
Agra, Nov 23 (IANS) When constable and sportswoman Anita Yadav went to meet a top Agra police official with her prized possessions - two golds and one bronze medal won at the November athletics championships in Malaysia - she could scarcely imagine what lay in store.

A 'princely' Rs.400 had been sanctioned as her reward by the police, says a bitter Anita. This was the response to her application informing the police department of the laurels she had won.

'No compliments, bouquets or encouraging words from any quarters. Even the media took no notice of my achievements,' Anita told IANS in an interview. 'Cricketers would have been honoured and recognised by everyone but athletes like us are cold shouldered.'

Anita's kitty of medals weighs several kilograms, having won them at state, national and international meets at regular intervals. But the cold indifference and lack of encouragement from people in general and her own department in particular has begun to hurt.

'When I returned after 15 days of hard gruelling competitions at the international level in Malaysia and applied for three days' leave, my boss said you have already had such a long outing and rest. Get back to work.

'With this kind of attitude how can sports flourish here?' Anita wonders.

At the Malaysian International Open Masters Athletics Championship held at Ipoh Nov 7 and 8, she was given the best woman athlete award.

She touched 5 m 40 cm in long jump, winning a gold. She clinched a gold in javelin throw and a bronze in the Medley relay race. She was the lone representative from Uttar Pradesh.

'At 35 plus, I had to compete with a 23-year-old girl,' she said.

As a constable attached to the Sadar police station in Agra, she finds it hard to combine her duties with sports.

'But I manage because my husband, Shanti Swarup, who is also in the police, takes care of my 11-year-old daughter and six-year-old son. He has never let me feel burdened with domestic chores and has been a great source of encouragement.

'I come from a very conservative background in Etawah and when I go to my in-laws, I still have to hide my face behind a veil despite my long international exposure.

'Even with 80 odd medals I have no future in sports. They give me nothing extra, no facilities, no allowances. My own salary is spent on my diet. I eat 85 almonds daily, two litres of milk and a very rich vegetarian diet of dal roti, plus lots of desi ghee and at least five glasses of fruit juice.

'I could win medals at Malaysia because I am fit and practise regularly, come what may.'

A post graduate in sociology from Jeevaji University, Gwalior, Anita is totally devoted to sports and has won medals not only in athletics but also judo, table tennis, weight-lifting.

She keeps a low profile. 'At the international meets I stay alone, don't mix around with people, keep a low profile and concentrate on my work because I am a fitness freak,' she says.

In fact, the poor efficiency and performance levels of the police she attributes to lack of interest in sports.

'Speaking for myself and my family, let me put it in bold letters: we do not accept a single penny from corrupt sources or as bribery. The whole department knows that. You know how difficult it is to stay away from the corrupting influences of the system you are part of, but I am proud of this fact,' Anita said.

'I have won all the shields and honours in police games for Agra and Uttar Pradesh in the past 12 years. But no one is proud of me. I feel so frustrated and feel like giving up because I cannot give anything to my family.

(Brij Khandelwal can be contacted at brij.k@ians.in)

Brij Khandelwal

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October 30, 2009

Saturn transit so far…..for me!!

If it is true that planetary placements and planetary movement drive human lives then even astrologers cannot escape its effect. Exactly on 26th September 2009 when Saturn was changing its house I had to witness a bad event. My guinea pig died! Well I wouldn’t say that I didn’t blog for so many days because I was mourning for its death. I am used to these kinds of deaths. In fact I could with confidence say that there isn’t any animal that has not died at my hands – not deliberately though. Animals that have died at my hands include – dog, cat, rabbit, mouse, fish (at least 500), turtles, and owl.

It is said when a bad event is approaching your house, the pets and animals take it first instead of the master. It is very true and I have personally noticed and experienced this phenomenon. And whenever a couple of fish dies in my tank, I usually have sudden expenses. They are very much interrelated – no scientific evidences though.

Just after my Guinea’s death my daughters and I fell ill. Normally I don’t take any medicine instead I try to allow my body to heel on its own. But this time it was too much for me to handle. May be age is catching up soon. The doctor helped me kill the bad bacteria in 3 days through antibiotics but the medicine killed the good bacteria too. And it took another 10 days for the good bacteria to cure me completely.

For most it is a lot scary when an important transit starts with such bad events. I knew astrologically that the period between September 2009 and November 2011 would be excellent for me. I should say – it would be better than the period between August 2007 and September 2009. These bad events, for some, leads to good events automatically.

On the good side – my long nurtured dream of buying an LCD TV (Full HD :D) got manifested. A friend/client took the pain to bring me one all the way from Abu Dhabi. And also I got on another website as a celebrity astrologer (http://www.astrovisiononline.com).

Work is good, finances are good, and also my hobby (aquascaping) is taking up some interesting steps ahead. So to summarize – God, as always, is showering his blessings on me. And to be honest - life cannot be better.

I will surely try to be a lot regular with my blog updates.

God Bless All

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August 30, 2009

I felt ‘fucking’ embarrassed!

These days I am spending good amount of time with Joseph, an Israeli biologist, who is setting up a fish farm in Chennai, which will start exporting ornamental fish soon. I usually don’t admire people. Not that because I don’t want to, but because I rarely meet people with high caliber. The last person I admired in my life was my teacher K Gopalakrishnan (http://www.sathyaprema.com). And almost after 7 years I am meeting someone who knows what he is doing – ‘perfectly’!

Joseph is a Jew. I have known Jews either through Bible or through Hitler, and have never met one or known one so far. Meeting with Joseph, I am sure, had a divine reason. I have read and heard that Jews are the most intelligent people in the world, and Joseph proves it with every thought and action of his.

While being part of the Corporate world for almost 8 years, I have interacted with Presidents, Vice Presidents, General Managers, Managers…and I have always felt there was something common in them. And the commonality factor was they were all mere ‘choots’. They were where they were not because of their intelligence but because God had been nice to them. You surely don’t need brains to climb the corporate ladder. And also you don’t need intelligence to make money or to be successful in life - our politicians are the best example to prove this truth.

Kolathur is a place in Chennai, where it is said some 600 families are into breeding ornamental fish. And they make a decent living out of it. Joseph had some business work there and I said I would love to accompany him. We were accompanied with another person, who supposedly has done his Doctorate in Ornamental fish from Chennai University. From the very look at him anyone can judge what the Indian educational system has done to him. Highly theoretical and zero practicality!

We went to a whole seller, who has been dealing with all aquarium related equipment for the last 3 decades. Joseph had a list of things he wanted to know about - along with their quality and also their prices. An interesting guy attended to us whose English wasn’t good and who had common answers to all the questions.

We enquired about 15 products and right from oxygen motors, tubes, controllers, to sponge and medicine and the attendant gave out the same answer – “this is cheap, Indian, bad quality. This is little but costly, Chinese, good quality.” And the quality difference was very much visible.

Every time he said, “this is cheap, Indian, bad quality” - it kept hitting me hard inside. What are we Indians doing? We can’t even make a simple plastic stuff with precision? And what are we boasting about ourselves to the world?

Later we went to meet few breeders. They are all illiterates. And considered to be poor, which I really doubt. They have occupied illegal lands, and every other house has huge cement tanks where they breed fish with the least cleanliness on mind. They are very clear in what they are doing. They prefer to breed only those fish, which are expensive, so that they work less and laze around rest of the time. And I am sure the government is in full support to them for vote factor obviously.

The question that crossed my mind was – why can’t educated people get into this business, and do things more professionally? And why has present education system made us mediocre, when illiterate people are minting money in the name of poverty?

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August 26, 2009

Mudhal Konal, Mutrum Konal!

For non-Tamizhs - the heading is a beautiful Tamizh saying, which essentially means – “if the first step is crooked, the end result is gonna be crooked too.”

Recently a good friend/client of mine asked me an interesting question. “Say there is a close friend of yours who consults you regularly, but pays you less. And there is another client (not a friend necessarily), who consults you too but then pays you more.” “Now on a particular day both of them need to consult you urgently at the same time – whom will you give preference to?”

Quite an interesting question, but then I never had to give any serious thoughts before answering it. The answer is simple. Friend or client – doesn’t really matter to me, they are one and the same. I said, “I will give preference to that person, who is sincere and also who respects astrology and astrologer more than the other person.”

A good astrologer isn’t someone who casts your chart first, then takes time to do the analysis, and at the end makes the prediction. A good astrologer is someone – who reads his client’s mind the very moment they meet or chat. One should clearly understand that every astrologer is dealing with people day in and day out, and they can very easily figure out what the other person is up to. It is a different story altogether about how the astrologer REACTS to a given situation, which usually depends upon the astrologer’s mood or his love towards the seeker’s sincerity.

Of course I cannot be picky about my clients who ask for my typed reports through other websites. They place an order I provide an answer and the relationship gets cut there. But then I am very picky about people who consult me through my site or consult me directly.

Like theHindi saying goes, “meine ye baal dhoop mein nahi pakaye.” Same way, being in this profession for almost 7 years now, I surely can judge people easily. If you think I am not being modest about it, then yes – I don’t want to be modest about it because I know what I am doing and I know what I am into.

Recently not happy with a client’s approach, I refused to do a reading for him. He kept insisting for almost 3 months. Well then I thought let me not be arrogant, and agreed to do his reading. The payment was done, and after 40 mns of chat, he had to rush to attend some personal problem, which isn’t my problem on the first place. I could have very well wrapped up the session. But then for courtesy sake I gave him another day/time for the remaining 20 mns of chat. And he would never turn up at the given time. Instead he will buzz me when he is free, and would never bother to ask whether I am free.

This prolonged for almost 1 month – like how a court session keeps going on and on. Finally I told him, “this chat cannot go forever, you have a choice to make now – either consider that the chat is over, or take back your money.” And he honestly said – charge for 40 mns chat, and return the money for the remaining 20 mns. Bloody I am not fucking running a grocery shop. I said, take all your money, and walk off. Good he accepted the offer. I surely regretted for not having listened to my instinct.

And this doesn’t stop with one person. These kinds of people are everywhere and I do meet them regularly. But the problem they don’t understand is - I understand their attitude immediately. So where is the fun in fooling who understands that he is getting fooled? May be instead of being brutal to people the astrologer is just being kind to you!

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August 20, 2009

The more I know, the more I am unknown!

‘This particular blog is dedicated to my cousin (brother) P K Kumar and Mr Joseph Itzkovich (Israel).”

As I rewind my memories, I remember the day when my dad bought me my first fish tank. I was just 7 then and I was thankfully too young to clean it every week. My sisters managed the show, and I would just sit and watch the fish swimming. All that I was told was – buy some sand, have oxygen equipment, keep a filter, and leave some colorful fish. The tank was more of a showpiece and we never had any problems having it that way.

For pet lovers, who cannot keep dogs or cats for various reasons, fish tanks are a better bet. But then it becomes boring with time – because you cannot handle them or physically touch the fish. There are days, when I was so bored that I left the tank uncleaned for months together and you would need a torch to see whether the fish are still alive. (My clients who visited my house know that better ;))

Recently I met a client who is into exporting ornamental fish from India. More than her being excited about my profession, I was excited about her’s. She introduced me to her boss – Mr Joseph Itzkovish, who is setting up an export unit for ornamental fish in Chennai. He visited my home to check my fish tank, and give me suggestions. It was when I came to know what all I don’t know about a simple concept called a home aquarium.

Meanwhile I have been chatting with my brother and he enlightened me about a concept called ‘Aquascape’ – which essentially means to set up a small ecosystem in your fish tank. He said, better to discard artificial stuff in your tank, and go in for natural sand, natural rock, and also natural plants. I am sure life gets a lot tougher now but at the same time it becomes more challenging, and more fulfilling when compared to a plastic showpiece with few fish maintained by a third party.

My brother added that there are three kinds of fish. One that feeds on the top, one that feeds in the middle, and one that feeds at the bottom. You just need to maintain the balance, and buy fish accordingly and also buy fish depending upon the temperament of the fish. This will keep the show running automatically with minimal interference, he said.

I googled, contemplated, and kept thinking about how to know which fish feeds where. Most people who were into fish business for years never knew the answer either. This is when Mr Joseph Itzkovich’s answer hit me on head, which was so fucking obvious.

The answer indeed made me feel ashamed of all the biology and zoology I studied with zero practical experience in school and college. The answer is – the fish that has mouth on the top is the top feeder, the fish that has mouth in the middle is mid-feeder, and the fish that has mouth at the bottom is bottom feeder!

My hobby of course is getting more interesting now. And in the process there is a spiritual enlightenment too. A man’s brains gets so confused and conked off just to maintain a 1-metre ecosystem, imagine the Man behind the show who runs a perfectly balanced ecosystem called the planet Earth!

I surely will put a photograph of my ‘Aquascape,’ when I feel I have achieved a decent one. Till then let me collect some natural rocks, and natural plants and face some failures.

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June 01, 2009

I have many dreams…part 2

There are only two concepts in astrology – good time and bad time. Good time is when things go the way you want, and also when external events are in synch with the inner list of dreams and perception you carry. Bad time is when things go the way God wants it, and when the external events are in complete mismatch with your inner list of things. You neither can avoid good things happening in your life nor can escape bad things. Life becomes an interesting journey when you start seeing your own life from a third man’s perspective, which eventually helps you to accept that both good and bad are two sides of the same coin. Both good and bad are all part of the divine plan.

So if you apply that rule to human life, every human – at one time or other – will get fucked by God royally and will be blessed by the same God divinely. People are mostly non-believers when they run their good times, and when bad time hits they spend lakhs in remedial measures. I sometime do free readings for people who are running a bad time and who really are in trouble, and they say I am a divine soul. I just smile – saying just because I haven’t charged you doesn’t mean I am a divine soul. Divinity has nothing to do with charging money or providing the service for free. I just wonder if these people ever contributed anything to astrology or temples or God, when they really did well financially.

Dream 4 – A non-religious commune

It will be a gated community with all the modern amenities. And it will have nothing to do with religion, caste, race, creed, nationality or belief systems. It will have rooms – single, double, triple – where in people can come alone or with family and stay free of cost. But how is it viable economically? It depends on membership.

You can become a member of this commune by contributing a prescribed amount every month, as you do for insurance policies – this can happen when you are running a good time. You need to contribute this prescribed money all through – till you want to continue as a member. And when you lose jobs, or in a transition of changing jobs or when you made a huge loss on business front and don’t know where to go – you can come and stay – without worry. Food and accommodation will be free for you as long as you stay. And once you get a new job and when your finances get improved you can move back to your own set up. And continue contributing till you think you want to be a member.

For people who want to take a break from jobs and start life afresh or would want concentrate on a new career – this place can help them lessen their burden about basic necessities. And men and women who are clueless about where to go after fighting with their spouse – they can come and stay – no questions will be asked.

Dream 5 - Free food camps for children

I have a dream that not a single ‘Indian’ child should go to sleep on empty stomach. I am not bothered about the adults or the handicapped or the people who are above the age of 14.
They still have an option to earn their daily breads. Also I am not bothered about providing free education for the poor. The prayers never said ‘give me my daily piece of knowledge’. It said, ‘give me my daily bread.’

This food camps will be exclusively for children below the age of 14. I don’t know how it will start and when it will start, but when it gets started it will grow as a chain in every state of India. And children can just walk in and have a good healthy meal – free of cost.

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May 30, 2009

I have many dreams….part 1

“What is your dream?” Asked one of my clients and a series of dreams rushed to my minds, which were nurtured in me for many years now. I was instantly reminded of Martin Luther King Jr. who had a dream of equal rights for both black and white. But his dreams were never achieved completely in his lifetime. It gave me an interesting insight - which convinced me that the dreams you posses need not be manifested by the dreamer himself. They can in fact become an acceptable and achievable concept for generations to come because individual life is too short to dream big and also to have the time, money and power to make it happen.

Dream 1 – Temple that brings Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva together

Human beings by birth are ‘ungrateful.’ They have this nasty habit of ignoring what they have been blessed with and to complain about that, which isn’t provided yet. And it shows. In a country that believes in Trinity – Lord Brahma - the life ‘G’iver, Lord Narayana – the life ‘O’bserver, and Lord Shiva – the life ‘D’estroyer - we have innumerable temples for Lord Narayana and Lord Shiva, but then have only two temples for Lord Brahma.

The reason is simple – we don’t want to thank Lord Brahma for having given us this beautiful life to live. We just want to complain about success, money and prosperity to Lord Narayana, and we want to butter Lord Shiva from doing permanent damage to us and close ones.

Well my dream is to construct a huge temple with three ‘Gopurams’, each dedicated to the one of the Trinity. The first ‘gopuram’ (entrance) will be of Lord Brahma, where in a worshipper thanks him for the life provided. The second ‘gopuram’ will be of Lord Narayana, where the worshipper asks for general prosperity and well being, and the third ‘gopuram’ (exit) will be of Lord Shiva, where you ask Him to prepare yourself for the inevitable death.

Dream 2 – An Indian School – ‘Atmosphere’

I am not against education I am against the prevailing system of education in India. A system that is corrupt in the name of donation, a system that dumps you with all those unnecessary shit which you might never use in life, a system that gauges children’s originality, ability and potential just by means of grades, a system that kills creativity at a tender age, and a system that boasts about 100 per cent results producing slaves and mediocres.

Atmosphere will be a system of education that will first find the purpose of the child’s existence. It will find a child’s natural skill, natural talent and natural interest, and work and concentrate only on those areas where there is a possibility of the child to excel. The rule is simple – a natural artist need not break his head to answer – when a particular train, moving at 60 kms/hour, will overtake a train moving at 50 kms/hour, which left 1 hour earlier. And a natural mathematician or logician need not know the difference between water colour painting and oil on canvas.

Atmosphere will also bring all those Indian systems under one roof – where in you can do a crash course in pottery, a crash course in astrology, a crash course in ayurveda, a crash course in meditation, daily discourses on Indian epics, religious debates, lessons on history, historical debates et al.

The children studying at Atmosphere will never compete or write their 10th or 12.th And it will be a school, which will be ‘Thankfully not recognized by the Government of India’.

Dream 3 - A weekend meditation resort

It will be a meditation resort that is completely cut off from the outside world – a primitive set up void of all the latest technology – right from electricity to mobile phones to television and internet. A resort – that will take you back to the days of our innocent existence. You can come with your family on weekends or holidays and just meditate and be silent.

It will be set up where you will be treated as equals in the eyes of God – hence you will be asked to enter wearing a robe that will be provided at the entrance, and you have to remove and deposit all that expensive stuff you have been proud to own – right from your footwear to goggles to diamond ear rings. You will have no reason to show off your prosperity and you will never know how prosperous the other family is.

Dreams to follow…..
Dream 4 - A non-religious commune
Dream 5 - Free food camps for children

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May 24, 2009

“My samosas are quite famous”

Last Sunday I left my home to visit the Shirdi Sai Baba temple on ECR. This is one of the few temples I visit frequently. I love it because of its serenity, and also public nuisance happens to be lesser as this is a private temple. I drove down to the temple and found it unusually crowded. I didn’t stop my car, just turned back from the parking place and thought would come visit other time. With change in my lifestyle, I have started to hate crowds for sure.

An ISKCON temple is under construction on ECR, and I had been there a couple of years back. On my way back, I thought I would rather visit ISKCON for a change.

The bhajans were on and I joined the ecstatic dance. All this while, I have been noticing a person – slightly bald, a bit tall, medium built, in this 50s, and wearing a very simple dress. I could gauge his sincerity towards God and religiousness through his outlook.

The prayers were over, the prasad were distributed and it was time to go home. Most of devotees had come by their own vehicles - because reaching this temple is not easy otherwise. On my way back, I noticed the same person again. He was walking back. I stopped my car, and asked him whether he needed a lift. Taking a right was easier and shorter for me, but then I don’t know why I agreed to drop him at a place, which was a lot far for me – I had to take bigger route to be precise.

With his accent I understood that he was an NRI, hence asked him where he was from. He said, “yes I live in New Zealand.” And later he added, “in fact I cycled to New Zealand from Chennai.” I was completely awestruck!

He wasn’t an ordinary guy, and I stopped having regrets about taking the longer route.

He was a sportsman and he possessed a dream to come around the world on his bicycle. In 1980, he took permission from all the people who had to give him a go ahead - right from local MLA to the External Affairs minister. Leaving his parents behind in Chennai, he started his journey along with his friend in 1980 and it took him 4 years to reach New Zealand. He had to cut down his world tour for an interesting reason.

On his journey he met a European girl with whom he fell in love and also got married too. Our guy was a vegetarian, and could not believe that his European girl had quit eating non-vegetarian a couple of years back before meeting him. He calls her his soulmate. They reached New Zealand just to find that his wife was pregnant. And he had to stop his journey for his family’s sake, and he eventually got settled in New Zealand.

I asked him, so what do you do for a living in New Zealand, and he said, “I teach vegetarian cooking in one of the universities and my samosas are quite famous there.”

For now I don’t know why the Sai Baba temple was unusually crowded, why I went to ISKCON instead, and why I had to meet this particular person. There should be some divine reason that will unfold in future and my blog will know it sooner or later.

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February 16, 2009

The Happening!

Two reasons I don’t blog regularly these days – one I remain busy, and second when I am not busy, I am lazy. Well to be honest – this recession has helped me a lot for obvious reasons. May be that is why people say – life goes in cycle – when someone is doing well, others don’t and someone isn’t doing well, someone does. So overall he economy remains steady - more or less.

Past few weeks have been exciting on my end. I visited Tirutani – a murugan temple close to Chennai, I watched Slumdog Millionaire at home, I invested in a home theatre (Onkyo), and I tattooed ‘Lord Narayana’ on my right hand!

Slumdog Millionaire (SM)

After my not-so-good experiences with multiplexes – I have got a phobia for theatres. I have also understood something vital in life – that no Indian movie is worth big screen, and any foreign movie is not worth without good subtitles.

I had bought a pirated copy of SM in the train on my trip to Tiruppur recently. The print was good, the DVD seller is known to me, and it costed me just Rs 40. Well piracy is banned – but then the DVD seller pays the policemen Rs 300 for every trip he makes. I would love this DVD seller to make money than some multiplex owner – who makes money by selling stuff at more than MRP.

SM was a decent movie. But not worth the hype and the awards it is bragging. A R Rahman’s score was good as always, but not his best. He has done better in Indian movies I am sure.

The movie has it all – poverty, humour, sex, incest, violence, disgust, song, pain, ‘shit’ – a perfect masala I should say. The movie will surely give ‘sadistic’ pleasure to the people living in 1st world countries (US/UK) who are completely unaware about how people in 3rd world countries (like India) lead their lives. May be Indians should try to make a movie that depicts adultery, pre-teen sex, abortions and racial discrimination among the Westerners to brag some Oscars in future.

I liked the movie except for one dialogue – where the little guy says, this is real India, and the American says, then we will show who real Americans are. My God! They have tried to show Americans as the real White Gods! I think it is reason enough for A R Rahman to refuse to take the Oscars!

My New Tattoo

A year back or so I had this wish made to God that I will tattoo Lord Narayana’s picture on my hand. Things didn’t fall in line till I came to know about a Tattoo Studio in Chennai – ‘Irezumi.’ I googled, found the address, fixed an appointments and met the tattoo guy. He took the design from the net, and gave me the pricing too. Well it was expensive. I don’t know on what basis they charge – but he said Rs 4500. I think they charge depending upon the design and situation. Well I agreed and went for it.

I liked his job, and the tattoo has come out well too, but still found it a bit expensive. May be when the competition is high – the prices might come down.

I liked this statement that was displayed at the studio –

"A good tattoo isn’t cheap, and a cheap tattoo isn’t good."

Well I surely will go for more tattoos when good tattoos become cheaper.

My New Home Theatre

I think every man’s dream is to possess a good home theatre. And I thank God to have blessed me with one. I wanted to invest in a Sony Home Theatre first – but then I didn’t like their salesmanship and also for some funny reason they don’t give any discounts (if someone working for Sony reads my blog please make a note of it – your salesmen suck).

I went for Onkyo for couple of reasons – it suited my budget, the sound effect was mind boggling, I loved the salesmanship, they gave me a good discount, and the amplifier isn’t attached to the DVD player (unlike Sony) - you can always upgrade or change the external CD player.

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December 15, 2008

If you are full of shit, then please keep your mouth shut!

The last couple of weeks have been interesting. Interesting because I have been meeting funny characters. And just today handled 2 such cases. One talked to me as if I am a baniya, and second talked to me as if I am an asshole.

In India every 3rd person thinks he knows astrology. You just buy a book at the railway station, read a couple of books by BV Raman or Linda Goodman, and call yourself an amateur astrologer. The rule is simple – if you think you know astrology then find your own answers. If not keep your mouth shut when dealing with professional astrologers.

I know it is very easy for me. Just take the money, do a reading, discuss few astrological rules, give some advice, give some remedial measure, and leave it there. There is no problem - the money is already made in the process. But my conscience doesn’t allow that. When I do a reading, I really want to help my client so much so that it should change their lives forever.

He was very kind over the phone, hence gave him an appointment immediately. The moment he asked me – what are the geographical co-ordinates of his birthplace, I knew he has read many books on astrology, and that he was already full of shit. When you go to the doctor, you just say what is your problem. You don’t ask him to use the stethoscope to check you or you don’t ask him whether a blood check up is necessary. The doc knows it better than you. So when you meet a good astrologer – leave it to him, he knows the best. There is no need to show off about the astrological rules you know. I don’t belong to the peaceful lot. I gave the client – left, right and center and made sure that he should think twice before consulting me again!

If you have made huge losses by wearing an expensive gem suggested by other astrologers, and if you spent a fortune by spending money on pujas to get rid of all that destiny wanted to provide you – what can I do? The simple question is – did I ask you to wear gems? Did I ask you to spend a fortune on pujas? If other astrologers have made money out of you, I cannot help it. When you come to me – come with an open mind. Of course I charge, but then if you find my predictions going wrong – you can always mail me and get a full refund. That is the best I can do. Though I know how to cheat - the last thing on earth for me will be to cheat you.

And just today I met someone who could not answer my question properly – may be he had an attitude problem. In the process of confirming the past and I asked him few simple questions – and he was so full of bookish crap that he could not answer them correctly in plain yes or no.

My first question was
– did you change your house, got married and also changed your job between 2000 and 2002. (Can I be more specific?)

His answer
– yes, and many more things happened. In fact that has been happening for the last 10 years. (did I ask him that?)

My 2nd question – did your father had any health problems between 2002 and 2004

His answer – NO

His answer – Sorry, YES

My 3rd question – was there increase in medical expenses between 2004 and 2007 for you?

His answer – apart from for father’s health, nothing else

Again my question was simple – was there increase in medical expenses between 2004 and 2007

His answer – I answered that query.

Again my question – was there increase in medical expenses between 2004 and 2007?

His answer – No

Again I repeated the question - was there increase in medical expenses between 2004 and 2007, yes or no?

His answer – yes, but for father’s health nothing much. (a simple example of how people get uncomfortable if someone is talking about your past looking at your chart)

My Question - so you know astrology? Have read a lot of books on astrology?

His answer – yes, but could not figure out why Jupiter dasha is bad for me.

I said, “I am not interested to do a reading for you,” and refunded his money.

The first thing any good astrologer would do is to judge the ‘attitude’ of the client. When an astrologer meets someone, he can analyze him 75 per cent by just looking at him, and rest 25 per cent can be judged by talking to him for 5 minutes. Only after that the prediction is done. So the next time you meet an astrologer don’t think he is a chooth sitting there to whom you can show off your bookish knowledge or educational qualification or your money power. He is the only person under the sky who will put all that you have under his butt and then ask you – what is your problem?

Never treat an astrologer as a businessman and never think astrology is a commodity where you can just pay and walk off with the product. Any astrologer has the right and freedom to put you down by NOT doing a reading for you.

God Bless All

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December 02, 2008

The Male Chauvinist Club!

Let me be honest. Apart from the sex factor, I have always found men better companions than women. You need not cajole them, you need not hold hands, you need not buy them sodas and you need not put up with their strange headaches. Just crack few jokes and the relationship is back into action. And I strongly feel – men all over the world think the same! Keeping that in mind I had an idea, which if manifested correctly - can make men live a better and wholesome life.

I thought about starting a club – where only men will be allowed. This club will be on the virtual plane first and with time transform into reality. The two important prerequisites needed to join this club would be – first – you have to be a man with balls – age ranging from 18 to 80, and second – you should keep all the happenings of the club a secret. Meaning you should not reveal them to any woman under the sun - which includes your spouse.

What will the Male Chauvinist club do?

This club surely won’t be donating wheelchairs to handicapped people with its name embossed on it. Instead will arrange cycle expeditions, bike expeditions, and trekking programs for men alone. I am stressing on the MEN alone factor because – you need not carry other’s luggage on your head, which could spoil your trip, and you need not listen to all those funny ouches, ammas and baapres.

Meetings, booze, lunches, dinners will be part of MCC’s activities, and if situation permits – strip tease too (of course women).

Male Chauvinist Club isn’t a political party

There won’t be any hierarchy happening. No presidents, no vice presidents, and no chairmen. You either are a MCC member or a non-member - that’s all. And every decision related to the club and its activities will be taken by pure consensus.

Future of Male Chauvinist Club

When the number of members increases and also when the credibility factor increases - the MCC members will be pooling in money for various activities every 3 months or so. For instance – if a group of 5 wants to visit a particular country, all the members will pool in money, and send them across. And other members can wait their chance.

The activity can comprise of site seeing, or even a sandwich massage in Bangkok! The very aim of the club will be to make men live their life to the fullest!

Immediate actions

Volunteers and ideas are always welcome. The growth of this particular club depends on y(our) interest level and feedback. If the response is good, or if you think this will work out. Just send me a mail at kennedig@yahoo.com

For God sake don’t consult your girl friend or spouse on whether to join this club or not!
The subject of the mail can be – “I am proud to be a MCC member!”

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November 16, 2008

Just a small interview…..

I was interviewed by Indiatimes.com last week for my inputs on Feng Shui. Here is the article….have a look….

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3686097,flstry-1.cms

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November 04, 2008

How do I handle this?

He is in the US now, and I had predicted that for him long back. I never quoted what my ongoing charges were, and always gave him the liberty to pay me what he felt right. He always wanted me to chat at odd hours (late night), when I usually don’t see charts – but then I did chat with him sometimes for free. And I think just because I am online on Yahoo messenger doesn’t that mean I should reply to everyone all the time. I am not a public person neither would want to be one. I have a family, and honestly I don’t find any valid reason to dedicate my life completely to the service of people. My honest opinion is Human Beings are the most selfish and self-centered creation that exists on the planet.

Well all this funda about life because I got a nasty offliner from him, which was followed by another one – which said – “I am sure you are completely pissed by me”. He was almost right. I was pissed off, but not completely. His statement only helped me make my stance clear to myself.

Here is what he sent –

“Christian plus Hindu in awe with Muslims and their culture (which is against the shastras) for earning money and open to support terrorist organizations against own country men! (were innocent people always become the target) Liking Hitler more than Gandhi who was an epitome of Patriotism and humanity!!

Moreover, against helping others and adding credibility by giving a innocous reason of mis-use of funds when not even donated even a single rupee yet!! Above all claiming to be a good astrologer doing service when like a pucca business man being callous during times of distress even to people who respect you in your profession!!

Time is not far off when you have to answer for the harsh words spoken and egoism shown towards fellow people!!“

Please people – I am not here to help any fellow people, or to solve their problems. There are enough Godmen, and astrologers to do that. I am here to do what the God asks me to do – nothing more and nothing less. I never took astrology as a career to help people or to solve their problems - but I was asked to take it up by the divine - whether it helps others in the process or not – is not my look out. I am not a social worker.

And about the distress part – anyone is in distress only because of his own selfishness and his own karma. If you have been sleeping with your neighbor’s wife, and get caught red handed by her husband - then it isn’t fair from your end to expect an astrologer to remain online, and sincerely reply to your query about what to do next?

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October 14, 2008

I felt happy!

One of my college friends is a Sub Inspector in the Tamil Nadu Police Department now. He never had any plans to become one though. He had a good physique, and was kind of athletic too. But these were not the things, which got him selected. He had one important prerequisite, which got him the coveted role - he had Rs 2 lakhs cash ready. To my knowledge in Tamil Nadu none can become the Sub Inspector of police – without paying 2 lakhs as corruption fee. How foolish are we to expect honesty from people who themselves got the post only after corruption?

My friend’s gross salary is close to 10 k and his take home is 30 k. No, he doesn’t go to collect money from the people. In fact the money comes to his table every month. 20 k is his cut, after all the higher officials have had their own cuts. He is completely happy about his job.

I sometimes wonder at the way God functions. There was another guy in our college who was considered to be one of the most notorious among the lot. He was my senior, and I have seen him coming to the college drunk most of the times. He used to abuse girls, and also teachers on their faces. Now he is a Sub Inspector in Chennai.

Not that my friend wasn’t notorious. He was one of the very few guys I knew, who used to brush against women in buses, and also spank women in crowded places. I am not against sex, but I am against exploitation in the name of sex. He would shamelessly say, it is fun, and today he is the savior of law and justice! Funny and yucky at the same time!

Recently he had come to Tiruppur, and asked me if I can meet him. I said fine. I was sure that by this time he would have dropped all the dirtiness he had on his mind once upon a time. He had come with another colleague of his - who was a SI too. They wanted to buy some T-shirts from a particular branded shop. They picked some good ones. After the purchase was done, they wanted to meet the store manager so that they can get huge discounts saying they were police officers.

By noticing their body language, I guessed that the store people were trained into these kinds of situation. The billing person snubbed my friend saying – whoever you are we cannot give any discount without asking the manager. And my friend asked, can we talk to the manager? And she with a smile said, he is busy in a meeting. They waited, and kept asking, and they kept denying. At last they had to buy everything without a single paisa discount. Deep inside I felt really happy about what happened.

There are many beggars in our society wearing the Khakhi uniform, who in fact behave cheaper than the beggars themselves. And if you want to spot one, visit Besant Nagar beach Chennai. You will find them eating sweet corns, drinking juices, and also taking home namkeens all for free!

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August 25, 2008

God saves my ass!

If others don’t appreciate your work or fail to recognize your achievements then the best way to attract attention is by blowing your own trumpet. And that is exactly what I am going to do in this particular blog. I don’t want to blame others because that is how our memory system works – we tend to forget things too soon. Well do you really remember that in 2007 I had predicted that India will win at least one Gold medal in Beijing? I am sure, you don’t.

As far as possible I try to keep myself away from mundane (predictions on worldly events) predictions, because more than appreciation, it attracts only brickbats. And end of the day, any astrologer is left behind with controversies to handle. That is part of human psychology, as most people hate to accept that events and life can be predicted. They always carry a fear of losing the excitement of living an unpredictable life.

In 2007 a particular website asked me to predict some 10 events that will remain the highlights of year 2008, and I shuffled my Tarot Cards to find an insight into the future of India. I typed the predictions and sent it across, and unfortunately the site forgot to publish my predictions. One good thing about having your own website or blogsite is you have the freedom to express, without anyone’s intervention. I instead published them on my site, and here is the list of predictions I had done in the year 2007 - http://www.askenni.com/archives/2007/12/askenni_wishes.html

When my query to the Tarot cards about Olympics was asked the cards flashed were very positive. It clearly showed that India would win at least one gold. My logic wouldn’t approve, but I had to follow what the Tarot cards had to say. It was much later I found that India hasn’t won any Gold since 1980!

My next query was about Sania Mirza’s performance, and the cards that flashed were bad. Even I was surprised when she had to move out due to wrist injury in Olympics. God saved me again

Of course I am not taking the credit for Bindra’s achievement – he got it because he had it in him. But I surely would differ from what politicians said after he won the Gold. According to me he hasn’t won the Gold for 100 million people of India, who never even knew who he was till he won the medal. The medal goes to his father, who sincerely backed him for the last 15 years, which no other Indian father would do!

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August 10, 2008

Chaotic thoughts!

There is so much to complain about events you are subjected to, but then I thought I would stop complaining for a while – at least till something affects me immensely. A BSNL guy came to rectify some broadband issue. And after the job was done he would never move his butt out. I know what he was expecting. I said, “Mr – I am anti corruption, hence don’t expect anything from me. I can only be a good friend of you and that too if you want.” Totally embarrassed he said, “money is just secondary in life. It is always good to meet people like you.” I am not sure whether he will reach my house the next time I have some broadband issues, but still I won’t corrupt him. And this remains true for all the government officials I would meet in future – “no corruption charges for anyone.”

Instead of trying to change the world, I have tried to bring some changes in myself - which makes me far more happy and contented. I don’t corrupt government officials, I don’t drink bottled water, I don’t buy stuff which are sold more than MRP prices, I don’t use auto rickshaws (in Chennai), and I don’t go to Mayajaal anymore. I drive my car defensively, and don’t stop when someone hits my car for I know nothing can be done, instead I start driving after a prayer - “let ‘ME’ not hit anyone today.”

I have changed my perception about the poor people too. I don’t think they deserve any goodness or sympathy from others. They are what they are because they deserve to be one. They capture lands, create a slum, get electricity for illegal houses, use buses for commutation (hence no toll), they don’t pay tax, they get rice for Rs 2, they get TVs free from the governments, they booze every evening, and also decide the next government.

If I ever have any respect for any class then it is for the middle class of Indian society, which always gets sandwiched between the rich and the poor. They happen to be the backbone of our society - the honest taxpayers - who finally face the brunt after every parliamentary budget or after every change in the government. I sometimes strongly feel that you should ban the poor or non-tax payers from voting, and instead give voting powers only to the taxpayers.

Recently I read a news story where the Tamil fishermen got shot dead by the Sri Lankans. The fishermen went on a 15-day strike, and TN chief minister called them and disbursed 5 lakhs for each deceased family. The fishermen resumed work. The fishermen were happy. And the politicians were happy to have saved their vote banks. But on the first place - who asked them to go and fish on Sri Lankan coast? They thought the Sri Lankans would welcome them with garlands? The fishermen’s had only one argument – it seems they get good fish only on Sri Lankan coast!!

And there were many bomb blasts across India followed by tight security all over the places after the crow has already shat. As a man of normal IQ, I honestly don’t think terrorists are maniacs. And as normal human beings I don’t think they have fun killing innocent people. We all are saints, and can talk about philosophy and loving kindness, till someone barges into our house and starts raping our near and dear ones.

After the heinous incidents of mass killing in Godhra, if we thought that the suppressed community will die in solitude doing service to mankind then I am sure we are mere fools? Retaliation cannot be avoided – it is just a matter of time – today or few months later. Remember you can rule over people only till they have the fear of death, and if anyone is pushed to fearlessness, then the only option you have is to wait and face the music. That is exactly what is happening.

I don’t have any hatred towards any terrorist or any terrorist organization - for any terrorist is a terrorist before freedom, and the same terrorist is a freedom fighter after freedom. Violence can never be put an end to – it has always been part of any society and every human civilization. The only difference is – from which side you analyze it – the government’s point of view or from the terrorist point of view.

And killing of innocent people is again something, which cannot be avoided in life pattern. Gone are the days of Kurukshetra, where people who wanted to fight went to a remote place and then fought. Even today if US attacks Kuwait or Iraq or any other country – innocent people die – may be they give a new name to the whole concept – ‘war against terrorism’ to be precise.

Well I have only one request to the terrorist if at all they happen to read my blog. You want to be heard, and I am sure you can be heard only through violence (agreed completely), but why is there a necessity to kill innocent people? You can just place a bomb in some corrupt government office – that way at least corruption will come to an end! Ore kallule rendu manga (there is a beautiful proverb in Tamil which says – one stone, two mangoes)

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August 06, 2008

I got my third ‘baby’!

There was no blogs for a couple of days as I was very busy with my third baby. Yeah she was delivered to me on July 25th, 2008. Of course I am not the one who will listen to government’s advise about how many babies a family should have – as if they feed them. Whether you have 2 children or 10, the tax you pay remains the same. No concession whatsoever, so why restrain yourself from having many?

I think most of my readers know the names of my other two babies. And I have named my third baby as Mriganayani – the one who has the eyes of deer. And the name seems to be apt, as she does most of her work through her eyes, and the professionals call them eyepiece or lens. My third baby is a Canon 400 D SLR (Digital Single Lens Reflector camera), which comes to me after a long long wait.

Photography has always been a passion for me, but then I was never blessed with the right tool. Yeah, there are people who say, if you are good, you can take good pictures even using an aim and shoot camera. If that was true, there was no necessity for high-end cameras! My humble opinion is for any art you need to first have the bare minimum tools in place. Now that I got mine, I need to see if I can justify my stand!

The desire for owning an SLR has been there from the day I saw one. And I think I saw the first SLR camera 20 years back. I am sure my father would have killed me if I had told him that I love photography, and I need a good camera to experiment with. He always wanted me to be good at what he was good at – mathematics. He wanted me to score Centum, while maths gave me nightmares! It even does today!

At college while doing my MA mass communication, we had a paper on photography, in which I scored 68 out of 100. My theory - as it looks - was above average but when it came to practical it was zero. In fact I could not touch my new camera for 2 days for it was too advanced, and I didn’t know where to start. Thanks to one of my friends who sent me some good websites, which gave me the much-needed confidence.

I have started taking pics, and am already posting them on flickr.com. There is one mantra in photography, which keeps giving me the necessary impetus to explore more, and it is –

“There cannot be anything called the ‘best’ photograph because there is always room for betterment”

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July 16, 2008

Stock market touches 12,000 and odd points – as predicted!

In the blog dated October 19, 2007, when the stock market was at 19,000 points – I had predicted that it will come down to 10,000 to 12,000 at a fast phase. Yesterday it reached 12, 600 points. Not that I am happy about the prediction coming right – but I am happy to have understood the functioning of life pattern. So will it fall more? Yeah it surely will. The whole of year 2008 will be bad for the stock market – so keep your hands off!

I had also predicted that the situation would go to the extent of people committing suicide. When the stock market fell, police were posted at rivers to prevent any mishap from happening. And also I got calls from people – who got into heavy debt from being crorepathis. The first sentence they spoke was, “Kennedi I feel like committing suicide.” I am glad they didn’t commit suicide – they are very much alive now.

So what went wrong? Here is the answer. In fact we believed the illusion the politicians and the media created among people. And the illusion they successful created was – “India is developing.” The truth is India isn’t developing, it is only moving towards destruction.

So will India be a developed country in the year 2020 – not at all. It will take another 300 years for India to develop – that is prediction too!

We have leased out every state to the World Bank taking heavy loans, and have invested in projects that would have very well been rejected by developed countries. And how did the World Bank succeed in giving out loans. Simply by corrupting the top officials – both politicians and bureaucrats.

We have given out lands to MNCs – like Coke and Pepsi, they sucked all that water affecting Indian farmers, which in turn has affected our natural resources. No wonder a tender coconut in Chennai costs Rs 20, while Coke costs only Rs 10!

Any Islamic country doesn’t have tax system. I think most part of UAE (United Arab Emirates) is tax free. They are tax-free because they have strong natural resource, and they have understood the importance of it. Like Mahatma Gandhi said – India is a country of agriculture. Hence until and unless we concentrate on agriculture and on our natural resource, and make that particular industry the top most – India will never develop. End of the day you cannot eat CDs, and Linux for breakfast and lunch.

India needs a people’s revolution, where in every middle-class individual join hands to put an end to corruption completely - right from – educational system to the employment office. Till then for sure we will remain a developing country for centuries to come!

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July 08, 2008

There is a thin line!

Someone called me businessman recently. And honestly I hated to be called one. I think I am not a businessman and would never want to be one either. If I were, then I would have sold gems (with a certificate saying it is original), I would have sold rudraksha (saying it is directly imported from Nepal), I would have sold yantras (that are available in market for Rs 30 and sold it for few 1000s saying it is charged with prayers), and I surely would have sold remedial measures saying I can solve your problems and change your destiny. I don’t do that.

Of course I am mean sometimes. I don’t do reading before getting the funds into my account – and I especially do this with my new clients. This meanness has come through a lot of experience with new clients. A couple of weeks back someone named Sonia mailed me from California saying she needs a consultation on Saturday evening. I gave her the time forgetting that I had my music class. I bunked my music class only to know that Sonia got up late, and could not call me at the chosen time.

I hate bringing the money factor into discussion always because I feel uncomfortable doing so. I told her once, and she promised me that she would pay me through paypal. She called me on Sunday evening, and the consultation was done. And she never paid. Now if I mention this particular incident – do I sound like a businessman?

Well the guy who called me a businessman is based in Chennai, works for IT firm, and wanted a free answer to his query through yahoo messenger. And when I asked him to come over and meet me, he complained that the fuel prices have gone up. I wonder who is a businessman – he or me?

Only the intelligent people understand that there is a thin line between business and service. Service is where you charge for your time, and business is where you think only about profit maximization!

A simple example -

A doctor is not a businessman, but then the hospital owners are.

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July 04, 2008

How to get rid of debts!

This blog might sound a lot like a self-help book. The content was neither lifted from any of the books nor from the Internet – it has come from a lot of personal experiences, insights and also through meeting many people who still are under few crores of debt. Sometimes I might even sound like a criminal but then it is up to you to interpret the inference.

Insight

All love money, and all want to make more money. But in the process of generating more money and multiplying it people face few unforeseen events that leave them bankrupt eventually. Debt and stress follows them and they start running and hiding. These unforeseen events aren’t self- propelled - they are part of destiny. I have seen people in huge debts only when they are running a bad period astrologically. And when they are running a good period – they usually do well. So the people aren’t to be blamed for their failures.

The changed society

People still think about a debt free life, which isn’t possible now. Things have changed and also the society. It is a credit run society now, where in you have all the fun now, and pay up later. I wouldn’t say it is wrong. But then it is very different from what our parents or grandparents did. They had a house and car much later in their lives, and they never had any loans or debts when they retired. These days you retire with huge loans on head. It is good. The only thing you can do is, borrow as much as possible and die without any mention of your lineage!

Which money to use

To start a business you take money from various sources – pawnbrokers, personal PF, personal savings, wife’s ornaments, friends, parents, private banks and lastly the nationalized bank. The order should be in the reverse to be honest. Never invest your money into your business. And always take loans from nationalized banks – because in case you cannot pay, they won’t send eunuchs and abusers to your house. (And as much as possible NEVER borrow money from pawnbrokers – it is a curse in itself).

The common mistake

You started a business, you made a loss, and there are many EMIs on head. Stop for a while, and think. Talk to yourself – you started a business, you made a loss – meaning there is something wrong. And 99 per cent of the times it is your time. These 2 examples will make you feel good about your present state – even Michael Jackson and Amitabh Bacchan went bankrupt – so there is nothing new or nothing wrong in going bankrupt – it is just part of life.

You are running a bad time, and you have already done a loss – now DO NOT BORROW from others on high interest to pay the previous LOAN. This is what 99 per cent people do, and get into a never-ending cycle.

The moment you know you cannot repay a particular loan, meet the people concerned and tell them that you cannot pay. I would be a fool, if I said that they would accept your stance and give you a hug. They won’t accept, and they would want their money back in any case – that is pure logic. Making them understand wasn’t your motto either. The motto was to make yourself sound clear.

I spoke to a lawyer and she said if you are unable to repay your debts you need to spend 22 days behind bars, and you can come out clean. I am not advising anybody to go to the jail. I am just letting you know what’s the maximum that can happen to you in the worst scenario. And also no lender is interested in seeing you screwed by homosexual behind bars. They just want their money back. Take time to repay – because lending money is their business, and they are ought to make some losses too.

When times change

Life is a cycle. If you go down, you surely will come up. If you go down fast, you will come up slow. If you come up fast, you will go down faster. So when you are bankrupt, and you have stopped repaying your loans, a day will come that will show you a new horizon. Money will flow in. And now don’t rush. When the money flows in, don’t rush to the repay your loans. Take time to multiply it, and then repay.

Important things to note

*It isn’t bad karma to start a business
*It isn’t bad karma to make losses in business
*It isn’t bad karma to go bankrupt
*It isn’t bad karma to stop paying EMIs
*But it surely is bad karma to deliberately delay payments to someone who isn’t doing well because of you!

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June 14, 2008

What bloody nonsense is this?!

I had a friend in the last organization I worked for. And the friend was a girl. She had a relationship with a guy, who wasn’t as qualified as the girl was, didn’t make as much money as she made, and also wasn’t as confident as the girl would be. These were reasons enough for the girl to ditch him someday or the other. I wasn’t a full time astrologer then but was learning about human life patterns from my teacher.

The girl had already sent few signals to the guy that she is about to leave him for good. And she had already stated that one in a million dialogue, which most girls use to put themselves on guard and put them in a safe position – “I like you as a person, but then let us remain friends forever!”

The guy lost his cool, attempted few suicides, and became a lot violent in nature. Once he even barged into the office, and slapped my friend in front of her colleagues. This was the time when I was called to do the negotiation! I think God has created me to solve others problems! Well I enjoy it too.

I spoke to the guy, and also pacified my friend’s mother who was about to file a police complaint against the guy. I spoke to the guy, and made him aware about the nasty sides of women, I called my friend aside, and warned her – not to play with men’s emotions in the name of love or intimate friendships. She agreed, but then she took it a lot personally too. Thankfully the problem was solved temporarily, but a cold war had already begun between me and her….

Months passed, I had quit my job, my friend went abroad, and none knew the whereabouts of the boyfriend. Things looked peaceful, and I thought it was all over.

After few months, I got few messages on yahoo messenger from my friend saying, “I am not one among those, who would use men for personal benefits. I am not the kind who would ditch anyone.” I said fine, so. She asked me, “so what is your prediction about my marriage with him (let us call him Ritesh – name changed).” I said, “impossible.” “You surely won’t get married to him, and also my intuition says your spouse will be tall, fair and handsome – and not dark, thin and average looking like Ritesh.” She broke the suspense now. She said, “Kennedi, you are wrong. My marriage is fixed with Ritesh, and I will send you my marriage invitation so please attend my marriage.” I was a bit taken aback. In fact I wasn’t bothered about my wrong prediction, but then I started admiring my friend - who in spite of all odds, decided to get married to the guy who she loved! And my conviction about distant relationships going for a toss had a bad hitting already.

I kept asking her about how did it all happen? You were abroad, and he was in India, and you guys weren’t in touch for many months, then how come you are getting married. And she coolly replied, “the guy did everything for her. He met her parents, convinced them for marriage, and I agreed too.” I told myself – what a wonderful love story and what a wonderful people to fall in love.

I got the marriage invitation, and she had called me specifically. I don’t know whether she wanted me to attend the marriage as a friend, or she wanted to prove me wrong about what I told her and what I had thought about her. And honestly I forgot to attend the marriage. And I thought the episode is all over now.

Just yesterday I got a call from a common friend of ours. And I had told her about this girl who is going to get married to Ritesh. And I had told her how I admire her conviction. And the common friend laughed her heart out. I asked what is wrong? And she said, “it isn’t the same Ritesh! Just the names are same. The guy she got married to was tall, fair and handsome!!!”

I told myself, what bloody nonsense is this?!

Posted by Kenni at 10:24 AM | Comments (0)

May 03, 2008

http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab

I have been reading Indian super star Amitabh Bacchan’s blog for a couple of days now. I am amazed at his humility in dealing with his fans and also at his patience in acknowledging people’s comment. I am nobody to comment about his blog content though. How can a spark come anywhere close to a blazing inferno? I am a great fan of Amitabh, and have grown up watching his movies and imitating his body language. And I am one among those million Indians who prayed for his good health, when he met with an accident during the shoot of Coolie. I think I was just 8 years old then!

To directly connect to someone whom you saw as a role model all through your life is a beautiful experience in itself. Thanks to the Internet, thanks to bigadda.com, and thanks to that someone who conceptualized the idea of blogging!

There are people who tell me it ain’t Amitabh who is keying in the content of his blog. But I am sure he does, because it sounds very Amitabh, and I feel very close to my all time hero whenever I read it.

I have been noticing a strange thing about his blog especially the timing at which it gets updated - some times at 3 am and sometimes at 12 mid night. I am astonished to know that he blogs amidst his busy schedule. And what is his schedule like? Morning he is in Chennai, evening he is in Mumbai to catch a flight to Bangkok in the night. He has 42 interviews lined up, he has few press meets, he has to talk patiently with a woman like Burka Dutta, he has to address a celebrity music release, and on top of that he has to attend to his call sheets!

In fact ‘I’ got tired reading about his plans for the day. At 33 I cannot attend to more than 5 clients a day, and at 68 Amitabh is whirling like a magic wand.

I wonder how would it feel when you are a celebrity. When you walk, all stare at you. And when you talk, you are reported wrongly. I am sure it would be a great feeling initially, but could become highly irritating after a while. Or is it my ‘grapes are sour’ feelings getting reflected here?

Few weird comments that were posted by few ‘nobodies’ on Amitabh’s blog

*I have been blogging for 2 years now, and I got only 10,000 comments. And you started just a couple of weeks back, and you are getting impressive number of comments. Not a bad start.

Huh – how can people get so cheap?

*I visited your blog, have put a comment. Here is my address http://……….com. Please visit and leave a comment

Now this bugger thinks he is Dharmendra!

*You should keep your cool and ignore what the press feels about you.

This choot thinks he is agony uncle. And wants to advice Amitabh about what he should do, and how he should live his life.

I learnt two important things after reading AB’s blog. One – that Amitabh is a great human being, and second that most of his educated fans who post comments are dumb!

But for the people’s comment Amitabh’s blog rocks!

Posted by Kenni at 06:36 AM | Comments (0)

March 21, 2008

Will the stock market fall further?

On October 19, 2007 when the Stock Market was at 19,000 points I had mentioned the following –

*.....how it was visible looking at the points Sensex had touched - 19000! I said don’t worry it will fall soon, and when it will fall it will be horror – to the extent that people will start committing suicides! (Well that was a strong statement, but then very much possible!) And the very next day the market fell 200 points, and is still falling!

*So what is my take on the topic? Anything that grows very fast comes down at the same speed – that is the rule of life - and any growth should always be gradual. The DOT COM industry came down, because it grew too fast in too little time. Now it is stabilized. Same way Sensex touching 19000 is too fast in 2 years, and it will come down drastically and stabilize at 10000 to 12000 points.

To be honest I didn’t use any astrological analysis for this prediction. I used only my insight, few expert advices and also God’s grace to a large extent.

Today it is at 14, 994 points and to avoid panic the market is kept closed for 2 days! So will it fall more – the answer is yes – it will!

Few Random Thoughts

I am ashamed at how we Indians create an illusion around ourselves about India’s development and how we believe in what these politicians say in the name of India Shining! Wherever you are, and whichever city you are, just travel 50 kms from it and you will see the real India.

Huge IT buildings in metros, modern shopping malls in cities, and multiplexes aren’t signs of development. India will and can develop only when farmers make good money. No wonder 9000 farmers committed suicide when Chandrababu Naidu was busy in beautifying Hyderabad!

I read in a recent newspaper about how happy Coke is happy about its business in India, and how happy they are in investing some 1000 crores in India. Why wouldn’t they be happy? They use Indian water, they use Indian cheap labours, they use Indian market to sell their product, and are least bothered about the farmers who get affected miserably due to shortage of water for irrigation due to their water-consuming plants.

These days advertisements ask us to eat Oats instead of Idli and dosas, and we think may be the West is right. We forget to think that they eat red meat almost most of the days, which balances their energy levels, which we don’t. Watch any herbivorous animal they keep eating the whole day, and where as carnivorous animals can go for weeks together after a heavy meal. Indians eat vegetarian food most of the times hence just a bowl of oats won’t suffice! That was the reason why Indians always stuck to a heavy break fast!

Former Indian President Abdul Kalam can be successful in selling few more copies of his book by saying India will be a developed country in 2020. But the fact will remain that until and unless Indian economy doesn’t depend on the US or UK, and that India becomes self reliant – we can never be a developed country for centuries to come.

We started our slavery by imitating the Moghuls for a while then came the British who made us look down upon our own vernacular language. And now we are slaves at the American hands – directly and as well as indirectly! It is shameful that our economy depends on American recession!

Long live India!

Posted by Kenni at 07:06 AM | Comments (0)

March 05, 2008

Looking out for a rented house in Chennai!

Astrology has taught me one important thing in life and that is to become ‘STILL.’ It precisely is a state of doing nothing, which doesn’t necessarily mean that I have a laid back attitude or I have become lazy. It is a condition where you neither seek nor avoid – you just try to be, and try to be a witness. It is simple - when you know how your future is going to unfold, and when you know that your destiny cannot be changed a bit, and when you know that whatever has to happen will happen anyways - then where is the need to put any effort and to struggle in life?

The best example to understand this concept is to imagine a river with strong currents taking people with it. Here river is life, current is destiny, and people are we. Of course we have been trained to swim and struggle and put efforts to reach the shores, but then what if we stop doing anything and just try to float and allow the river to take us to the place where we are destined to belong. In this process you stop worrying, you save your energy, and also you have no regrets or complaints about life – because whatever has happened, has happened for the best and was perfectly in divine tune.

Well when Saturn moved into Simha (Leo) in the later months of year 2006 and early months of year 2007 – I thought I would be changing my house – rather I thought there will be a change in place of residence for me. I kept my predictions about me to myself, and didn’t reveal them to anyone – including my wife.

Out of the blue one day my wife started looking out for new houses. I didn’t comment about the Saturn factor to her. And suddenly in the month of March 2007 – she stopped seeing houses. And this was exactly the period when Saturn went back to Kataka. So astrologically there won’t be any change in house at least till the later months of year 2007, when Saturn would move into Simha once again after it completed its retrograde period in Kataka.

Astrologically when Saturn moved into Simha once again – it should ideally bring change in place of residence for me in the later months of year 2007 and early months of year 2008 – and I couldn’t see any signs of it until Mid-January 2008, when one fine morning I got a call from my land lady. I was driving, and asked my wife to pick up the call. Normally both of them are good over the phone to each other, but that particular day they had some heated arguments, and as an extension – my landlady asked us to vacate the house. And my wife agreed immediately.

I personally thought that the fight wasn’t a serious one, and that my landlady was just threatening us. But no, she had really meant it. I got a call from her yesterday to vacate the house before the coming Saturday, and I have 3 days more to go. Finally Saturn transit has done its job. It has forced me look out for a new house. We have checked few houses already – thanks to Sulekha.com classifieds, and if you have any lead do let me know-

Here is my add for a rented house -

Family of 4 – husband (33), wife (27) and 2 kids (6 and 3)– is looking out for a 2 bed room house in Chennai, preferably in and around areas like - Velacherry, Adyar, Besant Nagar, Thiruvanmayur, Perungudi, OMR, and Kottivakam. Rent negotiable, advance negotiable. The tenant was a non-vegetarian, and still supports non-vegetarianism, had a mixed parentage, is not a Brahmin family luckily, was baptized, loves Islam, and follows Hinduism, and is not circumcised – if that really matters.

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December 29, 2007

Good news for free loaders!

Five years back when I started to read horoscope for people and predicting their future, I always wanted to keep my services free of cost for lifetime. But it led to many confusion – firstly none took it seriously (anything given out for free loses its value) and secondly people got into unnecessary arguments just for the heck of it. Well who doesn’t want to know their future without shelling a penny out of their pockets?

Later I thought I should at least segregate sincere seekers and people who see me as a mere entertainer. I thought I wouldn’t do it for free anymore, and gave a chance for the people to fix their fee. It led to another problem – people earning in lakhs will just come home when they find free time, talk for hours together and pay Rs 50 and go. I thought this isn’t working either.

There is a very thin line between charging for your services, and working for money alone. Given a chance I will always keep my astrological services free for sincere people, but then I am yet to find sincere seekers in the modern age. I also hate to sound like a vegetable vendor – where in people bargain on rates.

We bring many changes in ourselves depending on the situations we are subjected to. Recently a lady called me from Gurgaon saying she wanted a reading. I asked her to mail me her details, and also her preferred mode of transaction – she said innocently, “I just want answer to one question? Do you charge for one question too?” I accept her ignorance but I wanted to tell her – I would do a reading free of cost if you cannot afford me. But if you think astrological predictions are not worth your money – then sorry find another astrologer!

Though most people who get in touch with me know the seriousness of astrology and are kind enough to ask my service charges, there are few who still think I am desperately sitting in front of the computer to answer their astrological queries and that my happiness depends upon serving them.

Recently someone kept sending me mails - at least 6 to 7 – trying to persuade me for a free reading. Of course I refused – not because I don’t want to do, but because I hate the marketing smartness people try to use on anybody and everybody.

With experience it becomes very easy to guess what people are up to by just reading their mails or by reading the message they sent by messenger. There are many mails I still receive that sound very arrogant – My date of birth is …., my time of birth is…., my place of birth is…Send me my future report. I don’t ignore those mails. I send a mail asking for preferred mode of fee remittance – and there is no reply from them. It is fun.

Though I strictly charge for my services, I would somehow want to stick to the promise I made when I started reading for people or do some kind of justice to it. Hence I decided that on every Tuesdays I would keep my reading free. This isn’t applicable for online consultation or consultations over phone. Anyone who reaches my house with a printed horoscope on Tuesdays – I will do a consultation absolutely free of cost!

Posted by Kenni at 07:45 AM | Comments (0)

December 14, 2007

Where Science stops, Arts begin!

Scientifically any woman is a bag full of bones, blood, flesh, and excreta. But the moment we think about women like Aishwarya Rai or our own girl friends we feel elated about an all-new concept called beauty, which sounds very unscientific. Also according to science when a man with a relatively good semen count has sex with a woman with proper ovulation– they will have children. But science cannot explain why a particular man falls in love only with a particular woman, and why a particular woman prefers to sleep with only those men whom she loves? There is where science stops and Arts begin…..

I have referred many books written on astrology, and in most of them I have noticed that the author struggles to refer to many scientists who believed in astrology. They do it may be to convince the readers about the greatness of astrology and to increase the credibility of their approach towards astrology. They also mention how scientific astrology is – right from the placement of planets in the horoscope to how mind influences the lines on our palms – and how scientifically it is used for predicting human lives.

It is very true that the present generation of pseudo intellects expects some strong scientific base to accept any subject, which doesn’t have clear-cut logic. But I strongly feel that the very effort to combine sciences and arts together is wrong. They exit on different planes where science can take you till the door, while Arts can take you beyond.

Take a rose to a scientist and peep into his eyes – and he will say calyx, corolla, androecium & gynaecium. And take the same rose to your beloved and peep into his/her eyes – you will see only love!

Adobe Photoshop is a scientific tool, which is used for designing purposes. Anyone can learn the usage of this particular software with in 2 days. You can explore the menu, and study what result each function can produce. But then only a creative person can produce something worthy out of this scientific tool, and this creativity isn’t science – it is an art. And give any tool to this creative person – he will come out with a beautiful design. Creativity doesn’t come out of a science lab - it comes out of the heart! The same holds true with any musicians, singers, moviemakers, writers, and astrologers.

Go to a psychiatrist if someone ditches you in love. All that he can do is give you sleeping doses. He neither can make you feel better nor could he help you come out of it. But psychologists can bring you out of your emotional pain in a couple of sittings – and psychology is again arts and no science. Man is an emotional animal, and for him to live a better life it is art that can help him more than science.

Nitrogen Dioxide can make you laugh for a while, but there is no scientific medicine to make you happy, content and blissful. Hence Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s meditation course is known as Art of Living and not Science of Living. (I neither have attended the course, nor am I marketing his course – it is just an example).

There are many things in life, which we need to believe and trust with closed eyes, or I should say just for the heck of it. There need not be any strong logic or scientific evidences behind them. That simply doesn’t mean they don’t exist - existence of God is one among them and working of astrology is another.

Posted by Kenni at 05:48 AM | Comments (0)

December 02, 2007

You are born with a personal destiny!

My BIL (brother in law) is a highly efficient computer wizard and I am yet to meet someone who is in tune with computers as much as he is. But before getting into the IT field he was working as a government employee in Indian postal service. The salary was meager, but I am not sure about his contentment level then. Later I arranged an interview for him in Mumbai, and with a help of one of my close friends he got into IT. From then there was no looking back in his life. He earns in lakhs now, has invested in 3 houses and also a car.

At times I surely feel that whatever he is today is because of me. Here is another example.

I arranged an interview for another brother in law of mine at Sify.com. And he screwed it big time. He not only put me into trouble but also dragged another close friend of mine into it. The relationship between my brother in law and me got strained and it remains so still.

If I were really responsible for my first BIL’s success, then my second BIL should have also done well in his life. It never happened. Hence the truth is – you cannot be responsible for any body’s success or failure. Many a times things just happen through you, for which you cannot take responsibility. If my first BIL is successful, he is because of his own destiny and not because of my help. If it has happened through me, I can only be thankful and not egoistic about it.

Many a times people are already on the verge of change, and someone comes and gives them the needed break. This doesn’t mean that the one who was responsible for the break becomes greater than the seeker. They just compliment each other’s life. The doer ceases to exist if the seeker doesn’t exist. Just like a doctor ceases to exist if there are no patients, a spiritual master ceases to exist if there are no disciples, and an astrologer ceases to exist if there are no clients. They exist in perfect harmony – none is greater than the other.

The great Ramakrishna Paramahansa had 10-15 close disciples. But only one of them was able to make it big in his spiritual path - rest all were mere failures. In fact Ramakrishna Paramahansa was known to the world through Swami Vivekanand and not vice versa.

Of course Ramakrishna helped Vivekanand immensely, but it didn’t happen only because of the Master’s help. If it was so – then all the 15 disciples should have made it big in their lives, which never happened. The contribution should have been equal from Swami Vivekanand’s side too. And it is very much possible that whatever had to happen to Swami Vivekanand could have happened even without Ramakrishna, may be through some other master. And there is where personal destiny comes to play – whatever has to happen in your life, will happen - whether someone deliberately helps you or refuses to help you doesn’t really matter - destiny will overtake your course of life – sooner or later.

This particular blog comes in wake of few nasty comment passed by few important people in my life. They claim that whatever I am today in the field of astrology is just because of them. I am not sure whether I am successful today or not, but then they at least feel I am. Of course I am thankful and grateful to all those who helped me in my course of life – right from my Kinder Garten teacher who taught me English to ‘you’ who is reading my blog. I cannot deny it. But then if someone claims that I am what I am only because of certain people – then I refuse to take that shit. I am what I am ONLY because of MY personal destiny.

Here is another instance –

Whenever there is exchange of ideas between me and one of the managers of a particular website he/she always makes it a point to say – “remember Kennedi, we were the first to give you the break.” Point taken, but then what about my personal destiny? Just because they gave me the first break, I cannot be obliged to them forever. At the same time I cannot be less grateful to them. Also it was not that I was a mentally retarded beggar before taking up astrology as a career. I was doing well, and also was excelling in my dot com career. If I had not taken up astrology as a full time profession, I would have marveled in the IT firm.

And if I am doing well in astrology today - it is because of grace of God (50 per cent), blessing of a good teacher (25 per cent), and my personal destiny (25 per cent).

PS – Kindly don’t confuse personal destiny with personal effort – they are not the same.

Posted by Kenni at 08:55 AM | Comments (0)

November 28, 2007

Should men watch their wife’s delivery?

This is a new crap we are learning from the West. In India men were never allowed to watch their wives deliver babies, while the West say men should be allowed so that the women get some emotional support. Also the West say, by watching women deliver babies men will understand the pain a woman undergoes. And whatever is downloaded from the West becomes a nonsensical fad in India. Now women want their husbands to watch them going through the pain. It is not that men don’t understand the pain a woman undergoes, then what is the point men watching their wives undergoing the torture? Should they stop having sex with them? Or should they never allow their wives to have babies? What difference does it make anyways?

And coming to providing emotional support to the wife while in pain - take this example - a man takes his wife to a good restaurant, makes her eat good food, which he also enjoys. The next day if the wife is constipated in the loo, she doesn’t call her husband for emotional support. Same way sex is always a mutual relationship, where both the persons involved enjoy it – and children are byproduct of sex – then why do women need emotional support? Delivering babies is a natural process – and no animal in the world delivers in crowd, until they are forced to. They move alone in solitude to deliver. Are human beings emotionally weaker than animals?

There are many things, which has to be seen in Indian context. Indians were not fools to keep men away from the scene, and to keep the wife’s mother close to her while delivering babies. Each and every system of India had higher meanings, which after the advent of Western thoughts into weaker countries like India went beyond our capability of interpretation.

Woman’s sexual organs have a beauty in itself. The more closed it is and the more secretive it is, the more is the curiosity to know, and more is the urge to have good sex. Hence Indians always wore civilized clothes unlike the West who prefer to wear that help them protrude nipples through their tight Tees, and show the butt cleavage wearing a dangerous low jean. Women don’t look sexy in Western clothes they look whorish to be honest.

A man’s natural consciousness always sees woman’s sexual organ as pleasure giving points and not as organs of giving milk, or an organ to pee or an organ to shit. The moment he visualizes them as biological organs, he might lose his interest towards sex. Hence he always visualizes them as clean points – this is one of the reasons men in India were never allowed to have sex with women who had periods. For the simple reason that – how can you imagine something as ‘good’ that is oozing out blood?

During delivery the holy point looks the most ugly. It throws out dirty water, puss, blood, mucous and also women shit while delivery. Now if the man, who till now thought that vagina was the most beautiful thing on earth, is allowed to see the same with full of disgusting things coming out of it – he naturally will lose interest in her. And the sexual life between the married couple will suffer a lot.

The case is completely different in the West – an average man has many choices and they go for many women in their life. But in India men are forced to be content with one and only one wife and one and only one vagina. So better keep it clean and holy!

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November 16, 2007

Jupiter transit 2007!

In the cosmic zodiac the planet Jupiter, which is considered to be a natural benefic astrologically moves into Dhanus (Sagittarius) Sign from Vrishika Sign (Scorpio). According to the calendars transit takes place on November 16th, 2007, but the exact transit happens only on November 22, 2007. Well the dates doesn’t matter much – the movement of Jupiter into another house will surely bring major changes in your personal lives.

Jupiter will remain in Dhanus – between November 22, 2007 and December 10, 2008 and I have added this aspect and its impact on your life in the yearly predictions 2008 I did for you. For specific questions you can always get in touch with me!

Posted by Kenni at 12:27 PM | Comments (0)

October 23, 2007

Mobile Etiquette!

Any human invention is a boon provided it is used in the correct proportion. Inventions have made life simpler and have provided more luxury to ‘Man’kind. But then it is the extensive usage of them that transforms them into a bane. And mobile phone is one of them. A couple of weeks back, I was stuck in traffic and I saw two girls, who seemed friends, walking on the platform. They moved talking - but not to each other. They were over the phone with someone else.

I watched them for about 5 minutes, and they really didn’t bother about the other person’s presence. They kept talking and talking and from their face it was quite obvious that the call wasn’t that important. I found them really funny to have ignored each other presence – a real cruelty to Human form I guess.

The previous episode was acceptable to some extent, but not this one. I saw other two girls, one was chatting her glory over the phone and her friend was just following her like a dog. And this time too the call didn’t look serious. Why can’t you just tell the other person to hang up or to get in touch you later as you are busy with someone else, who also is important?

People have started to assume that mobile phones have become a part of human anatomy, and when someone calls you – you ‘SHOULD’ pick up. Recently two of my friends got offended when I didn’t pick up their calls. And I found it a bit childish on their part. Why should I pick up all the calls I get? And why is there a necessity for me to pick up all the calls?

I read a beautiful sentence in the book ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrarri’, which says ‘Phone are for your convenience and NOT for others convenience! And I strongly agree to it.

I had already blogged about how literate people behave like ignorant assholes in cinema halls by flashing their lights on the neighbours face and how least bothered they are about doing so. People even cross the roads with one hand in the pocket and other hand on their mobile phone stuck to their ears. They could be adept at multitasking but they are completely unaware about how disturbing it could be for others. And using your phone while driving could be the most dangerous - none is bothered about your life, you can die the way you want – but none should die because of YOUR lack of intelligence.

I personally don’t use mobile phones -
“WHEN I AM – “
· eating
· shitting
· driving
· with my family
· playing with my kids
· in serious discussion with MYSELF
· meditating
· praying
· watching movies in the theatre
· with another client
· eating out with my family
· feeling tired
· in a temple or any other religious place and
· not in a mood to talk

There is no room for people to get offended if someone doesn’t pick up a call - it is your mobile, and it is completely your prerogative whether to take a call or not. And world has been functioning for millions of years without mobile phones, and it will continue to function so – whether you take a call or not doesn’t really matter.

Posted by Kenni at 01:20 PM | Comments (0)

October 09, 2007

Hail Hitler!

All that I knew about Adolf Hitler was - he was a dictator, that he was responsible for deaths of 6 million and above Jews, that he was the main person behind the 2nd World War, and he died committing suicide. And this was just one side of the coin.

I have been reading Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kempf these days, and found him one of the most talented, intelligent, and knowledgeable person the world has ever produced. I should also add that he was one of the very few people I have came across who loved his country and countrymen more than his own life!

A couple of years back someone came to consult me. I think it was on August 15th, and he had a paper- made national flag pinned to his shirt. For a moment I admired his patriotism. I opened his chart and the horoscope showed luck for him in foreign nation – hence asked him whether he worked in a foreign nation? And he said yes. And his main concern was whether he will settle in the US and when exactly would he get his green card! I saw an incongruity in the attitude.

Why is this inappropriateness? Why would anyone want to worry about settling in a foreign nation, when outwardly he feels so proud to show off the flag on his chest?! It is simple. The basic questions you need to ask yourself are – do you love your country and countrymen? If yes – why do you love your country and countrymen?

Hitler beautifully says that you cannot give your life for a country you don’t love. And what induces you to love your country? Does the country and countrymen make your life easy? Does your country and countrymen make you feel better? If not, then what is that makes you love the country?

I personally love my country only because of its past heritage and its contribution to Indian civilization, or else there is no reason for me to love my country. I hate the corrupt politicians, I hate the corrupt government systems, I hate the lethargic bureaucrats, I hate the lazy judiciary system, and I hate the irresponsible press. None of them make me feel proud or make me feel better. Of course the system is bad in every country – but it is worse in India.

I would hate to call myself belonging to India only because I was born here – it would be an animalistic approach to say that I am territorial. I want to love my country because it makes me feel good and better – which seem impossible in the near future.

The moment I get out of my house – the auto guys are on their toes to cheat me, the vegetable vendor tries to cheat me, the consumerism cheats me, I go to an government organization to get a new electric connection for my mother - he openly says Rs 7500 deposit and Rs 2500 corruption charges, if I go to the police he is acts deaf, and when I go to the press he asks what is that we get out of the news? And when I am fed up and go to a temple for some mental peace – priests and beggars flock to make some quick money.

No wonder Indians these days love to move abroad and settle there. If given a chance they would never come back, though they will keep complaining about homesickness. Let us face the truth - lives are better abroad where as each day is a struggle, and every system is corrupt in India. The present India has nothing to offer to the countrymen, and this is the saddest part. We can only keep forwarding mails about India’s past glory and one of Abdul Kalam’s speeches to feel some console!

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May 24, 2007

The difference between Main Business & Core Business – part 2!

Before I get into the main business/core business funda about astrology, let me give you another example to take my point home. Here is an example how VGP Golden Beach (amusement park in Chennai) makes most of its revenue today. Most people in Tamil Nadu know that VG Paneerdas was a man from rags to riches - he was a self made man indeed. And he was the one main person to have made installment schemes a big success in India. But then the main business he was associated with was smuggling of Gold in the 60s and the 70s!

Example 2

VGP Golden beach is one of the star attractions of Chennai, where people from all across the country come to celebrate their vacations and holidays. The entrance fee is just Rs 125, which is very less when compared to other amusement parks in Chennai.

The rush is impressive in the months of March, April & May, and rest of the months the crowd is just ok. But where does the main money come to maintain such a big place in off-season time. Here is what happens –

The stalls – like ice cream shop, juice stall, games - inside the park are maintained not by VGP but by outsiders. If you want to open a stall you need to pay a non-refundable amount, which goes at least to 30 k to 50 k depending upon the place you choose. Later a monthly rent of 10 k to 20 k is collected from them during off seasons. And this monthly rent is increased during the season time.

Looking at the crowd which comes in most businessmen think that they can make a killing during the time of season, but then as the monthly rent is increased proportionately - he sees no chance of making money and leaves the premises in a year or so. The same place is again given to another businessman who comes in with lots of hopes and pays a non-refundable amount.

The business through selling ticket is just a bonus!

It is simple – the money made by selling newspapers and magazines are just bonuses, the main revenue comes from advertisements. This way every business has a main business / core business funda and astrology has it too.

Most astrologers keep their consultation fees very minimal, because that is not the core business that brings in revenue. The core business for most astrologers is giving remedial measures. They would charge Rs 100 for a consultation but then charge Rs 2000 for selling you a Gem, or few 1000s to make you perform a special puja! The case is similar with doctors. The core business for a doctor is not consultation – but then selling medicines, performing operations, and the commissions they make through scans, blood tests and x rays!

So what would happen to an astrologer who doesn’t believe in remedial measures, who doesn’t sell gem or who doesn’t suggest costly pujas? He will keep his consultation fees a bit on the higher side, and go in for a second hand car first.

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May 22, 2007

The difference between Main Business & Core Business – part 1!

I am looking out for a second hand car. The search started off with Premier Padmini and now it waits at Maruti Zen. I would love to possess a Maruti Gypsy too as it is my childhood passion to own one. I was discussing the same with one of my clients/friends and he was a bit taken aback. His questions were simple – why a second hand car, why not a new one? And why do I have to wait for 3-4 months to save money to buy a second hand car, when many astrologers make at least 1-2 lakhs per month?!

There are many pros and cons of being on your own and being employed. Let me talk only about the negative part of being on your own. First thing is – no banks will give you loans –neither for vehicles, nor for home. They would want you to file IT returns or to at least have insurance policies. My only policy in life is to not have any insurance policies, and I don’t file IT returns either. Hence the option of getting a loan from the bank for a new car closes completely.

My friend asked then what about earning 2 lakhs a month with ease, and I had to tell him about the difference between Main Business and Core Business philosophy.

Example 1 – Jewelry Shop

Go to any jewelry shop. Beautiful ornaments are showcased in 1000s, which prompt you to buy something for your loved ones. And we think selling those beautiful ornaments to the customers is the only way jewelry shop makes a living. No, there is a core business associated with these shops, which most people fail to see.

Whenever a new ornament is bought, the customer is charged for the wastage. Secondly cheap stones that come with the jewelry are weighed and sold as gold. And thirdly, after the purchase is done they will ask if you want a bill. If you ask for a bill, some 4 per cent is charged as sales tax. So obviously to save that 4 per cent extra, you take the jewels without a proper bill – and these jewelry are adjusted in smuggled gold, for which the shopkeeper need not show account to the government.

And when you want to sell gold – once again the customer is charged for the wastage, the jewelry is weighed after the stones are removed. The whole funda is to buy gold from the customer at the cheapest rate possible!

Hence the main money for any jewelry shop doesn’t come from selling new ornaments, but by selling smuggled gold. And they make a killing when they buy used gold.

To be continued….

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May 19, 2007

Just buy cycles!

Partly or rather fully influenced by Kiruba (http://www.kiruba.com) I invested in a bicycle yesterday. The other reason to have bought one was to stop using Auto Rickshaws for small distance travel. And for long distance travel any day taxis are more luxurious and economical - at least in Chennai. Riding a bicycle after more than a decade was indeed an experience in itself, and it actually rushed loads of teenage memories into my 33-year-old mind.

My father was a lot worried to buy me my first bicycle when I was 17. He knew astrology, and by seeing Saturn in my 4th house in my horoscope he thought vehicles were always dangerous to me. I was a lot influenced by Western Astrology at that time, and had learnt that the lucky colour for Aries is red. Hence I invested in a Red Colour Hero Ranger. To my dismay in the very first 6 months my first cycle was stolen, and that was the first time I ever entered into a police station to file a FIR.

I got another cycle in a couple of months and it was black. My father was totally against black colour and he always thought black brings bad luck. But then very late in my life – I found an astrological secret, according to which if someone has a strong Saturn then black proves lucky to them.

Most successful lawyers have a very strong Saturn, or their 4th lord happens to be Saturn. Fourth lord in astrology is something that covers you – it could be dress, helmet, bag, vehicle, land & house. (My neighbour invested in a white colour Santro and had many problems with it, later he got a black colour Maruti Alto – when I read his horoscope he had Saturn in his 4th house).

No points for guessing my new cycle’s colour – it is black again!

The brochure given out by the BSA cycle showroom mentioned 6 good things about cycling –

Fitness – Cycling encourages healthy behaviour, and increases stamina
Heart – It lowers risk of heart attacks
Weight – It helps in shedding excess weight and flabby flesh
Stress – It helps in reducing stress
Money – no fuel cost, hence you save money
Environment – you help to cut air and noise pollution and traffic congestion

It is a different story altogether that you won’t be respected on the roads if you are seen on a bicycle. Also none will give you any heed when it comes to traffic rules. And as on date cycle in India is considered to be a poor man’s vehicle, so get ready to lose your identity before you invest in one and start cycling.

Of course there is good news in the offing. Big cycle companies are in talks with the government to encourage cycling in metros by providing special tracks for cycles on main roads. If that happens – more and more people will get back to cycling, as it happens in most developed nations. And we can leave behind a cleaner environment at least for our kids.

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May 08, 2007

The economics of watching a movie in a multiplex!

I ‘try’ to go by law. Hence when they asked the movie lovers to stop watching new movies on pirated VCDs and DVDs - I stopped religiously. And it is a decade I watched a new Tamil or a Hindi movie on pirated CDs. I don’t watch them in spite of me having enough sources to provide me crystal clear prints of the latest movie the very same day of the release. But recently I had this transformation of thought - whether I have been deliberately allowing myself to be fooled by these multiplexes!

Of course I love the latest cinema halls, I love the a/c, I love the digital sound effects, and there are few movies, which compulsorily have to be watched on BIG screens. I am even ready to pay double the amount of ticket’s cost for any movie just for the experience I get. But then what drives me mad is the exorbitant price of the snacks that are sold inside the building.

Good they don’t allow outside food may be they think people might dirty the hall. Or probably they want people to buy snacks available in their counters – point taken. But then why is Rs 10 MRP wala Lays cost Rs 15, why Rs 5 wala puff cost Rs 30, and why Rs 15 worth popcorn cost Rs 50?

Any public place should compulsorily provide a clean bathroom and pure drinking water free of cost (at least in India). Recently at Satyam Multiplex – I found an old man searching for the bathroom and the security coolly said – the bathroom is on the 2nd floor, and the movie was shown in the ground floor! And at Mayajaal I found no source of free water this time, and they charge Rs 30 for 1 liter of water, which otherwise is just Rs 10.

The law says that no product should be sold above MRP price anywhere in India, and the lawyer I had met said – you can very well sue them provided you have the bill for the purchase. But who has the time?

This is just one part of the headache. The second part is the mobile phone nuisance created by the well-educated literate crowd. They have the least idea about how disturbing their mobile phones could be on their neighbour’s eyes. They either scratch their crotch or keep fiddling with their mobile phones sending and forwarding SMSs! It is not the age where only the elite have the luxury of possessing a mobile phone. Today every asshole has the later one – just imagine if all the 300 and odd people seated in the theatre either talking over the phone or sending SMSs. There will be total chaos. Then who will watch the movie in peace?

Well today my logic says – to avoid getting fooled deliberately for the snacks and to avoid nuisance created by the literates - I can very well break the law!

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April 27, 2007

Beware of Social Networking Ads!

A couple of months back there was an interesting article in ‘The Week’, which talked about how the number of Red Light Areas have gone down, and how the number of sex workers are on the rise. Sex workers are no more people who are illiterate or people who are pushed & forced into flesh trade. These days high profile women working for BPOs, IT companies, bored housewives, and even college students get into prostitution out of curiosity, interest or for some effortless quick monies to maintain their lifestyle.

There are middlemen in most business, and these businesses have them too. They are called Social Networking Agents/Companies. They put up their ads in major newspapers – like The Times of India, or the Hindu, and frame the content in such a way that only the real seekers understand it. (You might have seen White Mischief Holidays - ‘I am in the mood of mischief’ on the TV while watching World Cup 2007, let me know what that ad actually mean).

These middlemen have contacts with sexually active women, and will get you in touch with them – of course for a fee. This is a multimillion business in India now apart from porn CDs and sex toys.

One of my friends spotted an ad in the Times of India, which advertised themselves as Social Networking Agents. They had given their phone number too. My friend called the guy to enquire about the procedure, and he said, “you need to transfer Rs 2500 into my ICICI account, and once I receive the money, I will mail you some 10 phone numbers of women (married or unmarried) who are looking out for some wild sex. Then it will be your headache to contact them, and get it done”. This Rs 2500 was yearly fees for 10 mail IDs and phone numbers for a year. Quite a good deal, said my friend.

Though the deal was mouth watering my friend was a bit sceptical to go ahead. What if the guy is a fraud? He called him to say, he will deposit only Rs 1500, and in turn he has to forward 5 phone numbers as a sample. This was just to find the genuineness of the agent. The agent said it was fine, and mailed my friend his ICICI account.

My friend transferred Rs 1500 into the agents account a couple of weeks back, and there is complete silence from the other end till date. The agent doesn’t pick up his phone.

This indeed is a nice business idea. Advertise as a social networking agent in any of the top newspapers, and you at least will get 100 calls, 50 of them would want to go for the service, even if Rs 1000 is deposited by each guy, the agent can make 50,000 in a day! And who will have the guts to file a legal case against an agent who promised to give phone numbers of 10 sexually active women in India?!!!!

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December 26, 2006

Wish You A Happy New Year!

Askenni.com wishes one & all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year.

Also, for whom it matters, I won’t be updating my blog till January 10, 2007. I am extremely sorry for the ‘convenience’ caused!

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December 12, 2006

A unique case – part 2 - Final!

Mutual attraction leads to love, and love leads to marriage. And what happens after marriage? Both attraction and love fades out within 3 months of being together under one roof, and what you are left out is mere dejections and disappointments. One major thing we miss completely to think about or to concentrate on before getting into a committed relationship is a factor or concept called ‘duty’ towards each other as wife and husband!

Forget about divine love for a moment, where they keep blabbering that your love should be unconditional, that you should love your partner completely, that you should accept the person as she or he is, or you should learn your life’s lessons – they are all crap. They don’t help you in practical life. It just helps you in creating an illusion around you, which with time breaks apart completely.

Also the spiritual path is not for everyone and many use it as an escape route. If you had a bad marriage you take up Art of Living course, if your girl friend ditches you - you join Osho meditation centre, when you are full of lust – you learn Kriya Yoga, and if your mood is down – you join Alma Matter!

None in the world has ever grown spiritually when material success – like wife, job, money, power, and sex – has left them. But it was always the other way round – whoever has grown spiritually, were the people who themselves have rejected material success for their love towards God - and there is a major difference between the both.

So let us talk from the human plane –

From my experience, I have seen that MOST marriages break if the couples are bad on bed. And whatever be the problem, if their sex life is good – their marriage survives. This is a hard truth, though people might keep arguing that it is true love that binds the marriage.

Marriage is of course an institution and we can also call it a corporate structure, where in wife and husband are employees who are expected to do their duties perfectly to supplement each other’s life course.

It can be compared to a guy being passionate about joining Infosys. First he has to get qualified to take up a job in infosys, then he should have the desire to work, then he has to apply for a job, and when he gets a job – he cannot sit idle in the chair whole day saying he is in love with the company. If he does so, he will be sacked the first day. He is supposed to do his duties – love, honesty, and attraction takes a back seat after you get into a committed relationship with a company or marriage for that matter.

What a man expects out of marriage / Wife’s duty to provide to her husband

*Good sex
*Good food
*Love for home, family, and family members
*Financial support & emotional support (not mandatory)

(In the given order)

What a woman expects out of marriage / Husband’s duty to provide to his wife

*Financial support/Security
*Emotional support
*Sex
*Children

(In the given order)

Marriages start having problems when the duties are interchanged or when the duties are not done with commitment. Like for instance from the spiritual angle there is no difference between a peon of a company and the CEO of the company both are one and the same. But then you need hierarchy to take the company towards profits. Same way for a family to be run successfully – you need hierarchy, and if you give equal rights to all take my word your marriage will tumble down sooner or later!

So who should be the head of the family? And it should be the man, for he is physically strong, he is mentally strong and also he is emotionally strong. Equal rights work perfectly till you are in love with each other, but then when you are bound in a family – you need hierarchy.

Not that the man should always dominate the show. Let the wife select the colour of the fridge, the brand of the fridge, and the day and date of delivery too. But then it should be the man who should decide whether they need a fridge on the first place!

Marriages have problem when woman earns equal to man, marriage have problems when the woman earns more than the man, and marriage break when woman is more successful than the man. Of course it is man’s ego, and there is no need for a man to compromise on his ego and self-respect – by adjusting to a dominating wife.

I have noticed another subtle thing too that a successful man is always humble to his wife, whereas a successful woman is always arrogant to her husband. Woman by nature seek a stronger person to partner with, and money decides who possesses more strength these days. That is one of the reasons why most women who were or are successful in their lives had or have a bad marriage or would have preferred to stay single – Indira Gandhi, Jaya Lalitha, Jhansi Ki Rani, Mother Teresa, Shobha De, Lata Mangeshkar et al. And whoever married successful woman never allowed their wives to work after marriage – this includes Anil Ambani – who married Tina Munim – a ex Bollywood actress! If you VP is a woman, walk into her cabin and predict that your marital life will be in dismay, and she will say YES, how do you know?

So what happened to the NRI couple whose wife was a lesbian? They are planning to separate and the reason is simple. In spite of loads of love existing between them there is no sex and hence the marriage is heading towards a permanent separation! Not only men do this - I know other cases where wives’ have got separated from their men because men didn’t have an erection!

So ultimately marital relationship revolves around how good you perform on the bed, and not on the unconditional love you might have on each other or would try to have on each other!

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December 11, 2006

A unique case – part 1!

“Even a leaf doesn’t move without my consent” – says Krishna in the Bhagvath Geetha. If that was true then every action of human being gets justified perfectly, and the very difference between good & bad actions doesn’t exist. Whatever has happened has happened because God wanted it to happen – whether it is Tsunami or it is air attacks on Twin Tower.

None in the world thinks that what he/she has done or is doing is right or wrong. We always choose to do the best in a given situation of a given environment. A woman who aborts the child doesn’t think she was wrong, but the Christian missionaries say it is a sin. If a self-proclaimed saint gets angry and yells at his disciples, he says he is helping his disciples grow, where in the scripture says anger is bad. And if a married man sleeps outside marriage, he says – men are genetically engineered so, but the wives mind that a lot. And if a woman sleeps outside marriage, she says she didn’t get enough attention from her husband, while the society says she is wrong.

With so many contradictions & difference of perceptions the very concept of good and bad actions get sublimated and everything gets complied into a mere concept of relativity – what one finds right might be wrong for someone else, and what one finds wrong might be right for someone else, and believe me no mortals have any authority to give anyone a clear cut guideline about what is a right action and what is a wrong action. Pray to God. Follow your instinct and also the inner light you are born with - things will be taken care of….

Out of my many clients, I have few interesting clients who are gays, lesbians, swingers and swappers. To be honest my job isn’t to make them feel bad about whatever is giving them momentary pleasure or happiness. And whichever path you choose – to go behind money, to go behind power, to go behind woman or to go behind God – there are struggles, there are ups and downs, there are dejections and there are happiness.

Never ever think that enlightened people are always happy – they are unhappy too, they fall down too, and they get dejected too. But then they choose to go on with a smiling face just to escape being called a hypocrite. If you are born a mortal, you will remain a mortal all through.

From my meager knowledge of spirituality I can vouch that there is no difference between a drunk womanizer and a holy saint – they are one the same! Just that the drunk womanizer tries to find happiness in booze and woman, while the Holy Saint tries to find happiness in the concept of God - end of the day both try to seek happiness one way of the other!

It should be in the year 2003 I met a couple who seemed to be completely happy about their marriage. They were good looking, they were rich, and they had wonderful jobs on hand. I checked the guy’s chart, and found an astrological combination that was completely opposite to what I was seeing. He had massive affliction for marriage – a combination to the extent of physical separation from spouse. I asked him – don’t you have any problems in your marriage, and he said not at all - we love each other, we are good friends, and we are happy that we met each other.

This particular case was a challenge to me. The question kept popping up in my mind day in and day out for almost 3 months – how come they are having a good marital life in spite of his chart being so bad for marriage?

My doubts got cleared when the guy opened up one day – saying you are right in a way Kennedi. I said what happened? And he replied that – they never had sex after marriage. I asked why? And he replied - his wife is a lesbian!

To be continued….

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November 19, 2006

Will India ever become a Super Power!

He called me at 9 pm, and the conversation went on for an hour or so. We argued, and argued, and at end of the conversation, we stuck at where we had started. The topic of debate between my friend and me was - will India ever become a Super Power? He said it will and I said it will never!

President Kalam has said that by 2020, India will emerge as a Super Power, and there are many astrologers who say the same too. They are right in one way. India would have developed a lot, salaries would have increased multifold, and the purchasing power of people would have gone up. All true. But will India be anywhere near the US or UK in money power, lifestyle, & development is a big question mark. And the answer is a clear no. Also not that only India will grow in the next 16 years and rest of the countries would stop growing. With time every country grows. We of course can have the solace that we grew faster than Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South East Asian countries.

He had a valid point to debate. He said he used to make Rs 3000 in the year 1997, and with in a span of 9 years he has started making 50 k a month – is that not a development the IT industry has brought in? And I replied – you are an individual and you don’t represent India as such! My maid in Mumbai used to charge Rs 350 per month for all the work in 1997. And the maid I have today, in the year 2006, charges me Rs 500 for all the work! I cannot see any development? He skipped saying – it will take time….

Living in a metropolitan and closing your eyes from stark reality is not development - it is mere ignorance. I had been to Varanasi recently, and they still have man-powered cycle rickshaw. And they charge Rs 2 per person for at least 3-4 kms of journey. If the number of people is double they charge Rs 5. And trust me – the customer bargains for Rs 4. To be honest I never knew that even today, transaction happens in Re 1!

Just showing a glossy picture of India on televisions, newspapers, and other media, doesn’t mean India is in the brink of development, and that it is just 16 years away from becoming a Super Power. The reality is something else. Even today India lives in the villages and not in the cities. The IT industries have only succeeded in recruiting few lakhs of people, while India’s population is more than 100 crores (in which even people like me are not included according to the census).

I am not an economic student, but with conviction I can say that the economic policies China has chosen is far better than India. And in years to come China would have surpassed India in most industries.

With my limited knowledge of economics I can say that a country will develop only when they are self sufficient, self-reliant and start providing services or products to other countries at a HIGHER rates. By projecting ourselves as cheap labours to the West, and being happy with the polished peanuts thrown to us can only affect India in the long run. Only few individuals will become rich, but the country will go to shambles with years to come.

End of the day you cannot eat softwares and Compact discs, you would need food to eat and water to drink. You can argue that you will drink Coke instead, that is what exactly will happen. With time we will get addicted to Western foods, and will start importing food at a high price from them.

So what is the first thing we need to do to make India prosperous? Stop hankering for USDs & Euros….rest will be taken care of….

Posted by Kenni at 09:41 AM | Comments (0)

November 06, 2006

His Visa got rejected and I got dejected!

Until and unless people get one tight slap directly from the God, none realize ‘His’ presence. I am sure out of 10 readers of my blog, 9 think I talk crap, and few even think I am a fraud. Not me per se, but because I have taken up something that the pseudo scientific minds of modern crowd cannot accept. They think that it is outdated long back – I am talking about astrology here! Of course even I got a tight slap a couple of years back, which made me drop my Bsc Chemistry & MA Mass Communication mind set, and take up astrology full time!

In fact a guy sent a mail to one of the leading bloggers asking her to remove my link from her site, saying I am a fraud. Huh. He neither consulted me, nor would have consulted any other astrologer in his life I am sure. Thankfully that blogger happens to be my friend/client, and she refused to remove my link – for she knows that I don’t predict from thin air. I use horoscopes invented by our great saints to base my predictions – which most of the times work perfectly. If I go wrong in my prediction that simply means that as a human being I have erred and doesn’t mean that astrology has ever failed.

A close friend of mine (another blogger) referred another friend of his to me. Yeah, my friend never believed in astrology nor had any trust on me as an astrologer. But since 2004, he has been consulting me regularly, and by God’s grace most of the things I told him looking at his chart have come true. If not then why would he refer his friend to me?

His friend met me a month ago, and looking at his horoscope I told him that he will go abroad around November 2006. He was expecting something from Malaysia, which eventually got cancelled after he consulted me. He later got another assignment from another country, which looked very positive. But then his Visa got rejected at the consulate. He met me once again, I saw his chart, once again said the same thing – “astrologically you should go abroad around November 2006.”

In fact he was going abroad to attend a seminar, which already had started, and he was busy here applying for the Visa. He applied for the Visa once again, and once again his Visa got rejected. He called me to say, his Visa got rejected, and they need some special letter from the other country, which might take a lot of time. I asked him, what is the other option, he said he can apply as a tourist, but then that could create more problems, because his Visa has already been rejected.

I checked his chart once again. Though I told him he would go abroad around November 2006, till October 21st, he wasn’t running a good time astrologically. And the last time he had visited me was October 18th.

The feeling of my prediction going wrong is the sickest feeling I get. I understand that not always would God help me to predict right, and to err is human. Also most astrologers can only try to reach perfection, but can never become perfect for God limits human power by making him prone to commit mistakes.

This time I thought I should pray for him, so that the temporary delay gets resolved faster. And that when he calls me the next time, he should call me to say that his Visa is approved…

Day before yesterday, I got a call. He said, he had gone to the consulate, and they rejected the Visa once again, and asked him to bring the letter they had asked for. He went home, and received a call from the consulate in half an hour saying – there is no need for that letter. Kindly come and collect your Visa! He has booked the ticket for Sunday, and is meeting me tomorrow to say adieu!

“This blog is not to glorify my achievement as an astrologer, but it is to glorify all those people, saints & rishis who worked & died to save this wonderful Indian art and to have handed over the same safely to the generations to come.”

Long live Indian Astrology!

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October 19, 2006

Is puberty ceremony an embarrassing event? – Part 2

Looking at their faces, it is very easy to know whether a woman is having her periods or not. And I have done that to many close friends, relatives and people I know. They might try to hide a lot behind their makes up & foundation, but then it is quite clearly visible for anyone who can see a bit beyond what is seen.

Usually just before having their monthly cycles and also on the days of periods, women become a lot depressed. Their energy level falls, and they behave very moody & irritated. Not their fault at all.

Menstrual bleeding is also termed as uterus cry by few docs and psychologists. The depression happens because – the egg that was released to be fertilized is not happy being ignored. And also the blood oozing out brings in a lot of bodily & chemical changes that leads to weakness for women. Imagine men bleeding for 3 –5 days from their butts – and still expected to report to work at 9 am?

For these reasons, women were given complete rest in olden days. They were made to sit idle for all the 3-5 days, and do nothing and take complete rest. I think even the Corporate companies should give women holidays on their days of periods, and compensate it by making them work on Saturdays & Sundays. It will help the women to remain healthier, and eventually will lead to increase in company’s productivity.

Now the sad part, like most people may complain about, is – women were made to sit outside their house, they were given just mats to sleep, they were never allowed to touch or cook or enter prayer rooms.

Go to any meditation center to learn yoga or meditation – they will make it a point that women don’t do them when they run their periods. Why is that? Even today women are advised not to enter temples, or meet an astrologer or saintly person, or to cook for people (both men & women) who are on abstinence (like abstinence for lord Ayyappa). Why is that?

From the spiritual angle, when a woman is having her periods – her energy points also known as chakras are affected very badly. And meditation & yoga is all about working on your chakras. In fact even the Aura they carry around them gets badly affected – proven by Kirlian photography scientifically.

Whichever brand they might use – Carefree or Stayfree – nothing keeps them germ free. Not them alone, anyone who is bleeding will be a prone zone for any virus & bacteria. Hence for simple hygiene purpose they were asked not to cook, or visit places where lot of people come – it could be market or it could be temples.

And why sleep on mats and not bed? Experiment this for yourself – when you have an acute body pain out of tiredness & exhaustion, try sleeping once on a cozy mattress and the next time on the floor spreading an Indian mat, and check for yourself, which option cures your body pain faster!

No Indian system (few existing now and few been eradicated due to mere ignorance) did or had anything to embarrass women or put them into trouble. They were always pro women, and always in the interest of guarding & supporting the weaker sex.

Posted by Kenni at 07:47 AM | Comments (0)

October 18, 2006

Is puberty ceremony an embarrassing event? - Part 1!

I read these two statements in one of the blogs recently hence thought would put some light on the subject, & also make some people understand few things they are ignorant about - in spite of being well educated.

“To this day, there exist educated girls' families who will announce to the whole world that she's attained puberty; create and celebrate her embarrassment.”

&

“To this day, there exist educated girls' parents who won't let the girl touch household stuff or other people during her monthly cycle. And make her sleep on the floor during that time.”

But then saw the age of the blogger – just 24 – hence thought his ignorance is completely justified. Just because you can write few software codes, just because you can hack into someone else’s computer and just because you make 4 times the money your grand father made – doesn’t mean you become more intelligent than our ancestors. Still in the age of computers – we drink water & not 250 KBPS broadband Internet connectivity and we still eat rice & not Compact Discs.

“Celebrate her embarrassment?” Nature’s blessing to have made a woman capable of becoming a mother is an embarrassment? Scientifically if a woman doesn’t attain puberty – she cannot conceive, and she can never have kids. I have seen a family going through hell when the girl in their family didn’t attain her puberty till the age of 18. They ran from one doctor to another, injected many medicines, spent loads of money and only then she could have her periods! There was celebration after she finally attained it. Meaning – she was ready to get married and become a mother. If nature does it, we call it embarrassment, when a doctor induces it we call it an achievement?

I get many woman clients who have sadness written on their face because they don’t have kids even after years of marriage. And the main reason for the delay is – they don’t get periods on time. Women with irregular menstrual cycle are prone to various health problems & also become obese in nature. So from now kindly don’t call woman’s puberty a thing of embarrassment, if our mother’s hadn’t had it on time – we would have never born!

Now the second part –

In South India when a girl attains her puberty or has her first menstruation, the parents call upon all the relatives, and the people around their vicinity to celebrate the function. It always used to be a public function, so that everyone could see the girl.

There were basically two important reasons why they did this –

*One because everyone should come to understand that the girl is no more a kid, but capable of getting married. Hence from now treat her like a woman and not a child. When everyone in the vicinity knew about her, the chances of the girl being exploited by men reduced a lot.

*Secondly to announce that she is ready for marriage and capable of becoming a mother. Hence if anyone was interested can approach their family with a marriage proposal – things became easier that way.

There is/was no need or necessity to put your picture on the Internet and see yourself morphed into a nude picture later!

Nature doesn’t abide to government’s rules. Government approves 18 years to vote and 21 to get married. Funny – a person can decide about the nation when 18, and can decide about his/her life only at 21? Government’s moves were not to help people, but were to reduce the population and increase the vote bank.

And the docs huh! They think they are the ones who create & save human lives. They claim a woman is not physically or mentally fit to get married young. Nonsense. In that case my grandmother could have never had 13 children and lived till the age of 70 with one husband (She was married at the age of 14). And when it comes to mental fitness - people should not be going in for divorce when they get married after the age of 21! Divorce are more these days than few decades back - why is that? Have we stopped growing with age?

And here is another beautiful concept, which never existed in the North. Though the scriptures (Bhagwatgeeta) has a mention about it.

Maternal uncle (mother’s brother) always had a major part to play in a niece or nephew’s life. On the day of puberty ceremony the maternal uncle is called to tie walls of coconut leaves around the girl (called Olai in Tamizh).

(Similar to how tying Rakhee (raksha bandhan) is a symbolic representation of protection of women by their brothers in North India)

In fact it is still believed that the maternal uncle has more rights on his niece or nephew than her/his parents.

The wall is symbolic to show that –

*the maternal uncle becomes a protector of her niece from now (not necessarily get married to her)

*if she marries someone else and becomes a widow later, the maternal uncle can remarry her and give her social security

*if the girl’s parents die, the maternal uncle becomes solely responsible for the girl. He can either get her married to the guy of her own choice or if she agrees can marry him itself

*if by chance the maternal uncle is in love with the girl, and the girl is in love with someone else – then the guy should win over the maternal uncle through power or some competition

Earlier physical power was an important criterion to get married to a pretty & rich girl. Sita got married to Ram, only after Ram proved his power by breaking the bow of Shiva. Not that it has changed now. With time – the physical power has been transformed into money. So today women prefer men who have more money or the capability to make more money. Money is another form of power.

Another question is why should a maternal uncle have so much right on his nephew or niece. Astrologically too the lives of maternal uncle and niece/nephew is closely linked. With the birth of niece or nephew the maternal uncle gets substantial lift or drop in his life, depending upon the horoscope of the child born.

The Bhagwat Geeta Part

An invisible voice told Raja Kamsa that his 8th nephew will bring bad luck to him. Hence he killed all the 6 kids that were born to her sister Devaki, while the 7th (Durga) flew off warning Kamsa about Krishna’s birth and survival.

Kamsa could not kill Krishna, and it was Krishna who came back after he grew up to put an end to Raja Kamsa. This is a perfect example about how you cannot change your destiny even after knowing it, and also how maternal uncle and nephew’s lives are interlinked!

(When I was writing this particular blog, I got a call from one of my best friends (a North Indian), and when I told him about the topic of my blog, he laughed his ass off. He said, how can you even think about celebrating a puberty ceremony? This is what I call ignorance. An intelligent person always comments after analyzing a situation and not from the face of it. That way even I could laugh my ass off – by saying how can looking at Moon through a chalna (that rava, maida filter) increase husband’s life span, when these North Indian ladies perform Kadwa Chauth? But I won’t laugh – because I have not yet analyzed that).

To be continued….

*Why women were asked to sleep on floors (of course mats were used) during menstrual cycles

*Why women were not allowed to enter kitchen & temples when they had periods

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October 17, 2006

Get Shot Alive?!

He doesn’t shoot black bucks he shoots people for a fee! I should say he was one of the first persons to tell me that I should start blogging. We were colleagues at Sify, and he has quit his job now and taken up a profession that will change the way people look at themselves. He does it without spilling a drop of blood, but then insist that you should have a smile on your face when he does his job! Click here & Get shot!

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October 16, 2006

Endorsing products!

Rashmi Bansal told me that Bejan Daruwalla (Lord Ganesha’s grandson – that is what most astrologers of Indian Council of Astrological Services (ICAS) call him) is endorsing platinum ornaments for this Diwali. There is no harm in a celebrity astrologer endorsing consumer products. He after all is a celebrity, and becoming a celebrity ain’t easy. Celebrities can endorse Coke, they can endorse Lee Jeans or they can endorse bikes. But astrologers or spiritual leaders endorsing products should not send wrong signals to the believers or the non-believers!

It should be 2 years from now that a lady from a Platinum company met me. She was asking me whether Platinum can be sold through astrology, and I replied, from the knowledge I have about astrology – platinum was never mentioned in any of the scriptures. Gold, silver, copper, brass, 9 gems, or even mercury is mentioned in Indian scriptures. They can be used for remedial measure or ayurveda, but then there is no mention of Platinum. I said of course – you can sell pendant in the shape of Ram (for Aries), Bull (for Taurean), or Fish (Pisces) – but then they will not have any astrological value, they will just have ornamental value. It would be like wearing a T-Shirt on which Aries is written – just a product to show off!

Things change with time, but rules don’t change. Even today most Indian astrologers use the rules that were written ages back, and none can or could add anything substantial to it. The scriptures on Astrology are complete, which doesn’t need anything new to be added or attached.

The moral of the story is – there is no harm in buying Platinum, but then they don’t have any astrological significance. (Kindly bear this in mind).

Here is another case –

Mass Media is like opium – very addictive. And TV the latest messiah – where people tend to believe or follow whatever is shown or published - blindly.

This is about Aamir Khan’s (in Hindi) / Radhika’s (in Tamil) new advertisement where in they visit Coke factory to let us know that – it is very safe to drink Coke. So drink and enjoy. I would treat them as Gods, if they had done the ad free of cost!

There are always two sides to the same coin. From one angle Coke says that the cola they make undergoes some 400 tests before bottled – fine - accepted for the time being. If that was true the scientists working at Centre of Science & Environment (CSE – New Delhi) should be insane crooks. They are the ones who raise the issue of Coke or Pepsi containing pesticides & insecticides since the year 2003. Did Aamir Khan or Radhika visit CSE to know the other side of the story? I am sure NO. Why should they? They won’t pay the celebrities in lakhs to ask the people NOT to drink Colas.

Just because you take up role of a social reformer in a movie, you don’t become one in real life. If that was the case Ben Kinsley should have been the next Mahatma Gandhi!

I am not against drinking Colas, though I stopped having them 4 yeas back. It is left to individuals. But then there is no value addition to your health or system by any Cola– whether it has pesticides or not. Better to sip a tender coconut, and help agriculture grow in India than allowing these companies to set up huge bottling companies, which eventually affects the environment & our farmers very badly.

Don’t miss to read this http://www.countercurrents.org/glo-sen190803.htm

Hope my blog makes at least one person in the world to choose tender coconuts or fresh juice over Colas.

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October 12, 2006

Does growing hair & beard helps spiritual growth?

There are two schools of thought – one – which says external looks supplement spiritual growth and another which says spirituality is all about inner connection to God hence there is no need that you should look spiritual to become a spiritual person – like men growing their hair & beard and wearing specified attires/orange robes. Initially there existed two kinds of sanyasis – one who would completely shave off their heads (like Aadi Shankara, Raman Maharishi or Mahavira) and second who will never cut off their hair (Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, Osho or Gautham Buddha). I really doubt people who looked like normal householder ever existed as spiritual persons those days (like Sukhabogananda or Shiv Shankar Baba or Kalki Bhagwan).

The paradigm shift happened very recently, where in people got addicted to the material world so much so that they could not leave it behind and also wanted to move towards spirituality. They are the people who always say – you can have a neat haircut, can have a clean shave, trim your beard to perfection, hanker for money, wear jeans & t-shirt & still remain spiritual. There is nothing wrong in this approach. And not all those people who grow hair are spiritual and not all those people who wear jeans t-shirt aren’t spiritual. But the debate is does outer looks supplement spiritual process.

Now this experiment is only for people who believe in Mata Amrityanandamai. And those who don’t believe in her can skip this paragraph. Close your eyes for a while, and think about her image. I said close your eyes first. What did you see? A lady with a big kum kum on her forehead, wearing a white saree covered completely on the head too. What is the feeling you get? You feel good, you feel peaceful, and you feel spiritually elated. Now imagine the same person in a tight jeans and tight t-shirt. Imagine the same face – do you feel spiritual energy or you get an awkward feeling? Now imagine the same person in a bikini – what do you feel? Ugly? It isn’t just the face, but also the attire that goes a long way….(I have huge respect for this lady, and this is in no way intended to insult Mata Amrityananda Mai).

Most of the times our outlook or the way we dress or the way we want to look like in public or to ourselves is an extension of the personality or thoughts we carry with us. If we want to look attractive – we wear the latest branded garments. If we want to look serious & decent - we wear formals. If we want to be looked upon with ‘I don’t care’ attitude – we wear jeans and t-shirt. If we want to be looked like a person, who doesn’t value money – we try to show off wearing simple & shabby clothes. And if we want to look sexy – we wear clothes that show our flesh.

Our outward & also inward behavior changes a lot based on the people who look at us, or people who know us. As a professor of a college a person would hate to be spotted at a pub dancing with young girls around him though he might have those fantasies wild in him. Hence he will avoid doing those things to save his reputation at least. A Vice President of a Corporate company would not get close to any subordinate woman in the office – though he would have great interest on her. Because he will be always conscious about what others would think. He would avoid showing signs at least in the office hours.

Now what happens when you portray yourself or dress up yourself as a spiritual person even though you are not one? You automatically tend to be more conscious about your actions in public and also in personal life, which eventually allows you go grow faster on the spiritual plane. If I have a long beard, long hair, and keep sandal paste on my forehead, and I go to Spencer Plaza and spot a middle aged lady wearing a low hip saree – I of course have a glance but then I don’t keeping staring, which I might do if I am dressed normally. I become conscious deliberately. If I go out with girl friends (this is just an example) I would not touch them, because I am conscious about what others would think. This again helps me to have control over sexual desires, which happens to be the biggest barrier in anyone’s spiritual growth.

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September 04, 2006

Steve Irwin dies!!!

This news has come to me as a nasty shock. Never felt so sad in my life ever before - for anyone else’s death. He was so admirable, and so good dealing with the dangerous Crocodiles. What else can I say? A big loss not only to Australia but also to the whole world!

Click here to know more http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

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8 years of married life or torrid life?!

August 30th 2006, we celebrated our 8th marriage anniversary. I was 23, and she was 19, when we fell in love and got married in a short time frame of 2 months. We didn’t do too much of thinking before we got wed-locked. It happened, and I am sure it was destined to happen that way. I have heard this phrase, which says, marriage is not a bed of roses it has thorns too. But then the realization of a phrase is much different than mugging up a phrase.

There are many movies that show a man and woman falling in love, and getting married amidst various problems. And the movie ends saying, ‘and they lived happily ever after.’ Very few movies are made on life after marriage. None highlights the problems any married couple would face after marriage, and how life can go through hell in the very first year of married life.

Any man thinks he will get all the sex he wants in his life through his wife - right from what is depicted in Kama Sutra to what Jenna Jameson does in her porn movies. The first jolt is after marriage most women become aversive to sex and start having headaches most of the time. They think spreading their legs is the biggest favor they do for their husbands! And the moral is - sex life sucks after marriage.

The second jolt is about relationships. Wives have natural allergies towards their mother in law and sister in law. In the initial few months, they will mingle as if they were past life soul mates. They will shop together, they will watch movies together & even cook together. And with time (2-3 days) they start bitching about each other. They have verbal fights, and that is it about the relationship. Now men get tossed between two important people in his life – mother or wife. Man looks out for another house, and starts a new life with his wife – and that is not the end of the problem.

‘You should not meet your friends without my knowledge, you should give me all the accounts of money earned and spent, you should not reach home late, you should not have beers, you should not pick up or drop any of your girl colleagues at home, and no girl should call you over the phone.’ These are few conditions laid down by the wife for a husband. If he does any of the above, the best escape is to lie and move ahead in life. If he is honest and tells everything to his wife – then verbal fights and starvation cannot be ruled out. No food & no sex for few days – that is the punishment.

In the meantime there are other nataks too. When the fights reach new heights the wife packs her bags and moves to her parents house. And her jobless parents are more than happy to support her. They plan a conspiracy now - about how to get this man to their doorsteps and make him apologize in front of their girl! They forget that marriage is a mutual relationship and both need each other equally.

Women always think that men need women more than they need men. I personally think that unmarried men can any day have a better life than unmarried women. In the whole business deal of marriage – men face severe jolts from all the angles, and it is the women who move away with the limelight. May be because men don’t cry at their fate and women are just adept at dropping tears!

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August 23, 2006

Does violence work? – part 2!

There are only two factors that keep a society under control – the law, with the help of force & power, and religion, with the help of fear of God. Of course there are deaths on the basis of religion, but then if religions weren’t there, the deaths will be much more. And ultimately to run the society peacefully, we need to abide to violent bodies precisely in the form of police force or the military force. Does that mean violence work?

Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra and Brahmins are 4 important varnas. No, I am not talking about any particular caste, or creed or sect. They essentially are energy patterns found in human beings, in a particular community/movement, and also in particular countries. They are basic characteristics, and when any kind of problem arises, people tend to use one of the 4 energy forms mentioned above or a combination of all.

The Brahmin (I am not talking about the Brahmin community here) way of solving a problem is negotiations, discussions, prayers, and blessings. People associated with religious activities or peace-loving people use this way to solve problems. Not all the problems in the world can be solved using Brahminism. Even Lord Ram tried to solve his problem with Ravana through negotiations, but it didn’t work, till he took up the weapon.

The Shudra way of solving a problem is what a criminal uses or a politician uses. Back biting, back stabbing, black magic, usage of occult sciences are few things used in this type of solving problems. The problem is solved in such a way that the doer is unknown. In today’s world, you can see Shudra ways of solving problems predominant in Corporate offices. You will never understand who did the back stabbing work, and one fine day you get sacked!

The Vaishya way of solving problems is bringing in business deals. You give me this, and I will give you that – and our problem is solved. A man gets rid of his wife, by providing her compensation – it is a Vaishya way of solving problems. Or the problem between India and Pakistan – here is the LOC, neither you should cross this nor do we cross it - the problem is solved.

The last and the most important way of solving problems is the Kshatriya ways. When all the above ways fail then one is forced to take up the weapon and fight for his cause. You die or I die – but we need to have a solution for the problem. India doesn’t keep negotiating with Pakistan when there are cross border shootings. First India warns Pakistan, and if nothing works out it is forced to take up the weapon and fight! And the same happens to any terrorist outfits. They start of with negotiations, if nothing works – they take up weapons!

When there is violent mob on the roads lighting effigies, and putting buses on fire – try taking Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to give a public discourse. It will never work. To bring situation under control lathi charges becomes a must, or firing tear gases becomes a must. Violence works!

Now the million-dollar question is - why do innocent lives have to suffer in the process? It is simple - when a man & a woman decide on separation (divorce), who suffers the most? It is the child that suffers the most. It is part and parcel of any conflicts – the innocent will suffer in the process, and there is no way out!

So what is the moral of the story? Not that anyone wants bloodshed or anyone wants violence. All want to have a peaceful life. But then when you have a problem, and if it is not heard, it leads to problems and ultimately to violence. Though many saints, religious leaders and astrologers would say – that all wars will stop, and people will remain in harmony. It cannot happen till humanity as such exists on the planet. There will be wars in regular intervals, there will be bloodsheds, and there will death of innocent lives – nothing much can be done about the same, because violence works sometimes, and solves many a problems!

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August 22, 2006

Does violence work? – part 1!

I have been pondering over this heading for a couple of days. That - in spite of people being so civilized (at least as we claim to be), in spite of people being completely aware of the aftermath of any violent attacks or war (loss of lives & death of innocent people), & in spite of knowing for sure the futility of violence (debatable) – why does anyone take the path of violence? Does it really work?

Someone messaged me to ask when will the unrest between Israel and Lebanon come to an end. And I said within 3 months from its start. He said, “there won’t be any people left in Lebanon.” I said, that is not my area of concern, but the unrest will come to an end within 3 months of it start. When we know that any war will come to end, in a particular time frame, then why wage a war on the first place?

Indian epics are best examples of violence. Both Ramayana and Mahabharatha start with a cause and end with violence. And any movie, even today, has fight sequence or violence at the end or in between, to solve many issues. Does that mean problems cannot be resolved without wars or violence? Or it becomes a must to take up weapon to solve many a problems of life.

Before understanding this basic emotion (violence) of human beings, it becomes a must to understand what makes a person violent on the first place. To rule, or to command, or to govern on weaker people has always been the way any society has functioned. Previously Kings used to rule over the people, and now it is the politicians and the government that rules. What happens to people who aren’t happy with the rules set up by the government? Or what happens to minority who are suppressed by the majority all the time? It automatically gives way to rebellion, which sprouts into a seed of violence!

I am basically pro-LTTE. Not only me, most Tamils are. DMK, AIADMK, MGR all were pro-LTTE – but stepped back after the assassination of Rajeev Gandhi (it had a reason too). I am not for their violent outlook of course, but I support their cause. It is a debatable topic about who reached Sri Lanka first. Was it the Hindu Tamils or the Buddhist Sinhalese. But then Tamils have had contributed to their developments in most areas. But when the Sinhala Government refused to make Tamil as an official language, and also when they refused to give government jobs to Tamils, and also when they gave nil seats for Tamils in their government – the rebellion started. It started in 1983, and is still going on…great guns (literally) - and suppression of minorities was the main cause here….

To be continued…..

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August 13, 2006

Is the society & law too lenient on women?!

I am personally not for equal rights for men and women – for I don’t think they are equal. I would also go to the extent of saying that men are far more superior to women in all the ways – and this debate can be won with ease. Think I am a male chauvinist? Honestly I don’t mind being one. Of course men and women complement each other in many areas – but still men are more powerful physically, mentally, creatively & spiritually! By creating an illusion of equal rights to women in the society I think we have made the society or law more lenient to women than men.

While editing copies for newspapers or while reporting accidents and mishaps, the journalists are asked to give special focus on the number of women and children who lost their lives or who suffered injuries - as if men’s life are less valuable than women’s. If we talk about equality, then say plainly – 25 people die that’s all. Also for eve teasing, which supposedly is considered to be an insult to women, is an offense leading to imprisonment for 10 years. Then what about men who get insulted or ditched day in and day out?!

Kautilya’s Arthashastra says – the punishment for adultery by women is to amputate her nose and one ear. I have heard many instances of man’s dick cut off for adultery, but never in life heard woman’s nose or ear or boobs cut off for the same offence. Why is that? Equality means, it should be equal in all areas – both good and bad.

One of my close relatives found evidences of his wife having slept with other man before marriage. The modern woman would say what’s wrong in sleeping with other man whom you love before marriage? There is nothing wrong - provided you are open enough to tell your parents and your would-be spouse about the same before marriage. Or if you are bold enough to mention the same in your matrimonial advertisement – 24, fair, Caste- blah, blah, Religion – blah blah, Salary – 25,000, Slept with – 3 men so far…..

My relative, as a normal human being, filed a divorce without giving valid reasons – because he didn’t wanted to make the disloyalty story public. He asked his wife to go back to her parents home. The wife and her parents didn’t knew the exact reason, and filed a FIR in the police station saying she came back home because her Mother In Law tortured her – a false case!

The case turned on to their favour - as most cases filed by daughters’ in law are taken more seriously even without evidences especially after those 1980s dowry era. And now what they wanted was huge compensation in return. Ladka gaya to chalega, lekin paisa aanaa mangta hai (it is ok if the guy has gone, we need money). The case went on for few years, till my relative had to produce the evidences he found in the court. He won the case – thanks to the evidence or else I am sure both he and his mother would have been behind bars!

Just yesterday I got a call from one of my clients who was being forced by a police inspector to sign a no objection letter, which the wife and her parents wanted him to. The law, without proper verifications, was lenient towards the woman and her parents than the man. The deal was either he should sign the document or the wife will file a false FIR against him for torturing her, and put him behind bars. The guy works for an IT company, and out of fear of losing his job – had to sign the paper under tremendous pressure. The funny part was – I asked my client to hand over the phone to the Inspector, and the inspector refused to talk to me. I over heard him asking my client with doubt – aver enna vakil aa (is your friend a lawyer?).

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July 28, 2006

Do dogs and bitches have Raj Yogas astrologically? Part –2

Every country, every human being, every animal, and every plant has specific energy associated with it. Countries like US have more money, but less spiritual growth, Gulf has more money, but less intellectual capabilities, and India has more spiritual & intellectual energy, but less money. People working in India will always remain poor, compared to someone working in the US. India can become rich provided - Indians work in foreign brands/lands, work in foreign companies, and also if foreign companies invest in India. This was the reason why India had a substantial growth in her economy post 1992 liberalisation and life became more luxurious to many.

In my previous blog (prequel), I tried to explain how Raj Yoga works, and in the above paragraph have focussed on energy patterns….Now combine both and apply the same rules on Dogs and Bitches.

We find most Indian dogs on roads – digging the filth for food, sleeping in ditches, roaming around in the hot sun, getting stoned by innocent bastards, and getting killed under the speeding vehicles. But have you ever seen the same plight to a foreign bread dogs like – Doberman, German Shepherd, Dalmatian or Poms in India?

Foreign breeds are costlier and also (mis) interpreted to be more intelligent than Indian mongrels. They get a good owner, get a good house to stay in, get food on time, get the best vets to vaccine, and get the luxury of sleeping in air conditioned rooms. Moreover they also travel in air- conditioned cars – now this is what Raj Yoga is all about! They get all the material comforts without even asking for it for the simple reason that they originated from materially successful countries.

Indian dogs born in India might be spiritually inclined – but who cares about a dog being spiritual!

Of course we have Indian breeds, which are costly like Rajapalayam, Combai & Chippiparai – but then they are more or less extinct, and none prefers to invest in them. That way they also get deprived of luxury.

To summarise - what kind of life course anyone will have, completely depends on where he or she or it is born. - which country, which place, and to which parents! This happens to be one of the important criteria to chart a horoscope, to predict the future!

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July 27, 2006

Do dogs & bitches have Raj Yogas astrologically? – Part 1!

For those who are new to my blog – here is what Raj Yog means astrologically.

Raja – means King, and Yoga means Luck - hence Raj Yog means the luck that a King possesses to be successful in his life.

Success can be categorized under two major headings - one material success and another spiritual success. Most people have only one of them, but very few have both.

In today’s world people who have Raj Yog related to material success are automatically associated with fields like – movies/media, politics and industries. They are the ones – who make lots of money, get lots of fame & respect, and put less effort and reap more gains. (Bill Gates, Ratan Tata, Ramalinga Raju fall under this category)

The people who are spiritually successful are never found in the material world. Money, consumerism, cities, and skimpily dressed woman don’t attract them. You will find them in forests, in spiritual places, and places like Banaras, Kashi, or Rameshwaram - living like paupers. You can never gauge the level of their inner peace and happiness looking at their outwardly lifestyle.

Now here is the third category, which includes people who have Yogas for both material and spiritual successes. There are very few who have this yoga, and people like Osho Rajneesh and Satya Sai Baba fall under this category. They are spiritually successful, and also get all the material success through their disciples.

Miss World or Miss Universe need not be the most beautiful woman in the world. It is just that a set of woman happens to participate in a competition and one of them wins. A better looking woman or a more intelligent woman would have not bothered to participate in the competition at all! Same way – you can find better players than Sachin Tendulkar or smarted person than Bill Gates, but it is personal Yogas that take you places, and make you successful!

May be 100 years back, in India, any horoscope that had good planetary combination for spiritual growth was considered to be good. People used to be happy to hear that. But today even at the age of 60 people tend to bother more about money, sex & woman. And they give you a nasty look when you say – you have good luck for spiritual growth. We never want to retire these days or accept our real age…..thanks to hair dyes, and beauty parlours!

Well why is the content of this particular blog not in synch with the heading that talks about dogs and bitches? Check it out tomorrow!!!

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July 18, 2006

Child labour!

From what I understand about child labour is that none under the age of 14 should be made to work for money or livelihood.

Understanding the influence of kids on buying behaviour of parents, these days most TV ads have children acting in them. Whether it is about stealing milk from Lord Shiva to make their Horlicks mix and then shaking their hips yelling – hipong, upang, japang. Or it is when they introduce the new flavour of Maggie Dal or it is when Surf and Rin join hands. If we do a research, I am sure most of child models are below the age of 14. I was just wondering if that was not usage of children as labours?!

I am sure they are paid for their efforts, as no parents will allow their children to be models for free.

Well did I get the argument completely wrong? May be it is not about children working for money, but it is about children being subjected to hazardous circumstances. Hazards are everywhere. Who said children would enjoy those bright lights focused on their faces, when the ads are made?

I am from a city, which exports the largest number of knitted garments across the globe. And it used to recruit children working for their companies. And not on a single day – did I saw them not having fun while working. And there is not a single case of exploitation or abuse so far.

In fact they learnt the skill very fast in their lives, and even today they make a decent living using the skill they learnt early in their lives. The irony is a tailor, working in vests & brief company, makes more money (at least 10 k per month) than a degree holder (Rs 2000) in Tiruppur. Even today, if you want to find a job in Tiruppur, your educational qualification will only get you lesser pay than the person who knows the skill!

Education is the prime necessity of any human being - agreed. But skill is equally important in the present world. In fact I personally feel that skill are more important than education. Without knowing any skills you literally become beggars at the feat of employers & the government.

There is a government run Tamil medium school near my place. It is a huge school, and should at least have 300 children. And 90 per cent of the children walk to the school barefooted in the scorching sun of Chennai – is that not hazardous? Few hang and get squeezed in the crowded bus reaching their schools – is that not hazardous?

Of course education is important – but then not every body is adept at learning or mugging up formulas. That is what our present educational system is all about. Is it not an emotional abuse, when one child good at mugging up is considered a good student compared to one, whose interests are something else - apart from getting educated?

Salman Khan failed in his 10th a couple of times, and even Sachin Tendular failed in his 12th. I am sure they make more money than any of the IITians and IIMites, based on their skills of acting and batting respectively.

Children should be subjected to both work, and also education hand in hand. It is their decision to choose between education and work, whichever they feel they can do better. By blocking one option completely, just because UNICEF needs funds to run their organization, we will create more educated dumbos than sharp professionals, which includes – mechanics, tailors, carpenters or shop keepers.

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July 10, 2006

Italy wins the FIFA World Cup, God saves me!

On July 6th, 2006 – I had predicted two important events about FIFA World Cup 2006, and also documented them on my blog site (blog dated July 6th). The first prediction was that for the 3rd place Germany will win. And second – it will be Italy, which will lift the most coveted World Cup. And thank God – both the predictions came right!

Now let me share on what basis I had done the predictions. Germany faced Portugal for the 3rd place. Portugal had played with France in the Semi-finals, and France was a stronger team. Germany played with Italy – they were equally strong. Italy was stronger than France – hence Germany played with a much stronger team than Portugal had played with in their previous matches. (a bit confusing I am sure)

Whenever you play any game with a weaker team, your caliber goes down automatically. And when you play with a stronger team – your caliber goes up, even if you lose the game. Hence in spite of losing to Italy, Germany came out as a stronger team. And Portugal became weaker playing with France. There was not much of astrological analysis I used to predict the outcome for the 3rd place - I used God’s grace & intuition to predict the same – and thankfully it was right.

For the finals – I did a tarot card reading. The card that flashed for France was Queen of Cups and the card that flashed for Italy was Page of Wands.

A year back, when I was trying to predict for a cricket match between India and Pakistan, the same card had flashed – Cups for India and Wands for Pakistan – I said India will win and shockingly Pakistan won the match.

To be honest – that time I had tried to go beyond what my teacher has taught me. I forgot to note that the Tarot Card rules change when it comes to dealing with general events & sports.

All is well, that ends well – Italy lifts the cup and become world champions – as predicted on askenni.com!

Well this gives me a lot of confidence to try my luck at predicting mundane events in future. And if you as a reader need predictions on some general event (excluding personal life) – kindly mail me at kennedig@yahoo.com (It is indeed fun to predict).

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July 06, 2006

Prediction for FIFA finals!

It always gives me butterflies in the stomach, when I try to predict anything beyond individual human lives. But with time, in any profession, one should take risks and move ahead – no matter how many times he/she/? fails. With every single step forward, there is always a fear of falling two steps backward. But then what is the fun in not taking any risks? Well I predicted the results for the previous 2 matches (Semifinals) to my wife and sister, but never recorded them anywhere, and they came true. But who cares until and unless predictions are documented – that too much before the real event takes place. That way any astrologer would say, “I knew it will be Italy and France in the finals, and I had told that to my little dog at home!”

Well here is the prediction….

Italy will win the World Cup!

And between the match for the 3rd place, Germany will win against Portugal!

Pray for Italy and also for me ;)

Posted by Kenni at 10:10 AM | Comments (0)

July 05, 2006

Will India ever play World Cup Football?!

We blame it on the insufficient infrastructure. If not, then we blame it on the corrupt system and the crooked politicians. If nothing else we blame it on Pakistan. But what is that which blocks Indians from performing well in sports? Why do we always come back empty hand from Olympics and Asian games? Why do we even not qualify for few International tournaments – like the recently held FIFA? What do we lack exactly? Here is an insight…

The Superficial Angle

The two basic things that good sportsmen need to perform exceedingly well are a good physique and more importantly killer instinct. Good physique to a very large extent depends on the food habits and the food intake. Though we hog 3 times a day, by international standards most of the us are still considered malnutritioned. Now how can we expect a person eating bonda, bhajjis and vada pavs to swim with someone who has been eating red meat from childhood? How far can Vada Pavs take him to win a Gold in Olympics?

And about having the killer instinct - it is all the genes. Human history has no evidence of India ever having tried to invade any other countries for wealth or power or women. We were always peace lovers, never fought much, and always focused on spiritual growth than anything else in life.

We tried our best to bring aggression and anger under control and became more sober and tranquil. Moreover we got independence in a way, which no other country has ever thought about – non-violence – and thanks go Mahatma Gandhi. Now how can we ask someone to snatch a leather ball, when he himself used to give his head to get punctured deliberately with the lathis used by the Britishers?

The Astrological Angle

Indian astrology categorizes people, plants, metals, and all that is visible in nature under 9 planets – basically Sun (Ravivar, Sunday), Moon (Somvar, Monday), Mars (Mangalvar, Tuesday), Mercury (Budhavar, Wednesday), Jupiter (Guruvar, Thursday), Venus (Shukravar, Friday), Shani (Shanivar, Saturday), and Rahu & Ketu.

By segmenting people under these primary planets general characteristics of anyone can be said with acute precision. I am not revealing much of the astrological secrets here, but I am just applying one such rule to understand why Indians never do well in International sports!

Mars is the planet of aggression and it is the one that rules people who are associated with sports, police force, army, NCC, gang wars, terrorism, etc. In fact criminals and people spending their lives in the jails are also dominated by the planet Mars. The basic characteristics of any Mars dominated person are aggression, killer instinct, criminal mindset, stealing objects, and crooked mental framework. The same energy gets manifested into medals when these people are allowed to compete in sporting events.

In India, there is a major difference in the social fiber. The slum dwellers, the lower middle class, the middle class, the upper middle class, the rich, and the super rich.

First point

When you notice the slum dwellers – you might be astonished to see their physique. They are muscular, they have a killer instinct, and are Mars dominated. Now notice them playing any games wherever you spot them – they will play extraordinarily well.

Second point

The lower middle class people never want their children to concentrate on sports. They want their children just to study and find a job.

The middle class people allow their children into sports – but not completely. Given a choice between sports and 10th Board Exams – they will prefer the latter.

Most people born in the rich and the super rich category aren’t Mars dominated. Yes, there are few who play good, but then they might find it very menial to struggle to get a Gold for India. They would prefer to play in clubs among friends, have drugs and make money through business instead.

The only remaining category is the upper middle class. They are the ones who allow their children to make their career in sports in the hope that they can jump into the rich segment. Now these people need not be Mars dominated, hence could not perform!

Third point

So the best people who can represent India in the sporting arena are the slum dwellers. And they can surely bring Gold to India and can perform very well in international tournaments as FIFA too. Then what is the problem?

Unfortunately as international games involve winning crores of money our slum dwellers can never get into it. And why is that? Slum dwellers are born with a destiny packet. They will be born in a poor family, slog for livelihood, and also die unknown.

So if India needs to participate in International games and also win – it should find people who are Mars dominated, and also who have good Raj Yogas for money & fame, which is a rare combination in India!

The debate is open – if my blog about Mars blah blah is right? How can India perform good in cricket & hockey? Try squeezing your brains, find an answer and mail it to kennedig@yahoo.com

Will reveal that in later blogs!

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June 29, 2006

Black Magic – part 3!

“What all can you do with Black Magic?” I asked my father just 2 months before his demise. He said he has a book, which has few mantras – one to remove Black Magic spell on others, a mantra to save the fields from attacks of rats, and a mantra to silent the dogs from barking! As usual my mom had a hearty laugh. But in life I have never seen my dad lying to us. And why would he lie to me when I was 31 years of age. In fact when young, he used to do the magic on the paddy fields to keep the rodents away – just for pocket money!

For every ill health there is a natural symptom – you will puke when you have jaundice, your joints will ache like hell when you have food poisoning, your stomach will hurt when you typhoid. Same way, when someone has cast Black Magic on you it also has many symptoms – and here are few –

*In spite of you running a good time astrologically, you won’t be able to do well in your life.

*You will lose concentration at work, and will remain in your own thoughts for long.

*There will be marked changes in your personality, which others will find out very easily

*You will start having at least one health problem, which will not get cured in spite of consulting the best doctors.

*You will start having relationship problems with friends, spouse and relatives.

*Expenditure will rise, and income will reduce leading to frustrations and disappointments.

*On few weekdays, especially on Tuesdays and Fridays – the person on whom the black magic has been spelled will behave eccentrically. These eccentricities will repeat on the same days every week.

*Plans related to visiting temples, religious people, astrologers and saints would get postponed for unknown reasons.

In fact people who run bad time astrologically also will have the above symptoms – but then few marked symptoms like health related problems, and the eccentric behaviour need to be checked perfectly before you confirm the Black Magic spell on you or your loved ones.

My dad said he will teach the Black Magic part to me, but then he died even before that. May be the divine didn’t wanted me to learn the same at that time. I searched his bookshelf for the book he was talking about – and I found it. It is a notebook, in which the mantras are written in Old Malayalam.

Is there anyone who knows to read Old Malayalam, and can translate that book for me? Kindly let me know at kennedig@yahoo.com The effort will be remunerated!

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June 26, 2006

Black Magic – part 2

We grope in the physical level of existence. While there are many other levels of existence where miraculous things happen day in and day out. You need not necessarily hurt someone physically to induce pain on him/her. Just abuse them using foul languages – and you would see that you have succeeded. That is what happens when controversial movies are released. These movies don’t affect you on the physical level, but they affect you on the mental level, your sentiments – thus creating anger and disgust. Now there are other levels of consciousness on which Black Magic works, and they are essentially the spiritual & the astral levels.

A Man essentially is a mixture of three levels of consciousness – the physical level, the mental level and the astral or spiritual level. We grow on our own, we get a physique, and to some extent it depends on what we eat. None tries to pull us to make us longer. Neither can Complan make you grow taller than what your natural height is going to be. The mind is formed with age, and it is trained and conditioned by the school, the government, and the society. The school asks us to be obedient under authority, the government asks us to be anti-Pakistan, and the society asks us to have less sex, and more stress.

There is another level – where very few reach and it is the astral level or spiritual level. No government recognized institute teaches you how to analyse your spirit or how to work on your astral body. Thank God it is kept as a well-hidden secret among the enlightened souls, the sadhus and the rishis.

Black Magic is considered to be the left hand of God. Like prayers bring positive energies, Black Magic brings negative energies. Most Black Magic is cast out of jealousy, hatred & competition. There are various methods how Black Magic is spell on others and here are few –

*Using bodily parts or stuff that you use

Most Black Magicians would need drop of blood, hair or clothes, which belongs to the person on whom the magic has to be spelled. Using them they work on their astral body chanting mantras, and bring the necessary downfall.

*Using gadgets

Black Magic is spelled on gadgets like stones, gems, utensils, metals, and these gadgets are buried unknowingly near the places where the intended victim stays. Normally these gadgets are buried in places very near to footsteps, so that they keep crossing it for the bad energies to work on them regularly.

*Using food

Black Magic can be cast on food items, especially meat. This is mixed with normal food. It so happens that – the meat on which the magic is done, never get digested and they stay in the stomach for long.

*Using application or touch

This works perfectly in temporary conditions. By touching or applying a special paste Black Magicians can bring your mind under control immediately and make you do whatever they want you to do. This is similar to hypnotism – but doesn’t take much time.

To be continued…Symptoms to know whether you are under the spell of Black Magic!

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June 21, 2006

Black Magic – part 1!

What we know need not be true, what we don’t know need not be false!

I probably was 10 years old then. Unlike on other days, my dad was a bit restless and more brisk after reaching home from a long day work at the office. He would normally rest watching the TV, but that day his energy was a bit different. His expressions showed that he had some important job in the night. He took a bath, applied a paste of vibhuti and sandal on his forehead, and asked me for the compass we normally have in a geometric box. He pulled a thin sheet of copper from his pockets, and marked few symbols on them using the pointed needle. He then opened an old notebook kept on the table, in which mantras were written in Malayalam. My mom being a hardcore Christian never wanted me to do things or learn things that my father was adept at –astrology, ayurveda and removal of Black Magic!

I knew this guy since childhood. He was a very hardworking person, and my dad had got him a job in the MTNL – Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited. All was well, when suddenly one day he started suffering from an unusual health problem. The problem was - on every Tuesdays and Fridays he would start going round and round any temple he came across. There was a temple very near to his house, and he was spotted by many, especially on Tuesdays and Fridays, rotating the temple for no reason. He never had any prayers, and when asked would say he never went to the temple!

He stopped concentrating on work, and pulled fights with most of his colleagues, seniors and superiors. He was at the verge of losing his Government job, when someone suggested his wife to consult a psychiatric. As usual, the psychiatric gave him some sleeping doses and injections, which made him sleep all through the day. He took sick leave, and started being at home. In spite of the strong sleeping doses, he would get extra energetic on those particular days, and would again go around the temple with more vigour this time. His face started changing with time, his appetite reduced, and he started looking more like an insane person now.

Though my dad knew many arts, he never practiced them nor bothered to pass it on to me. I guess he was happy with MTNL perfectly. The guy’s wife approached my father if he can help, and my father agreed.

It should be 10 pm, and my father had started chanting the mantra keeping one hand on the copper sheet. He went on louder and louder, and my mom was a bit scared, and we were scared too. After 2-3 hours of continuous chanting my dad rolled the copper sheet into a small cylindrical box, and kept the same behind the idol of God for a week or so.

The next time I saw that guy was when he had come to meet my father with a box of sweet. He prostrated in front of my father, and I could see the silver colour box hanging from his neck tied to a thin rope. I never had the guts to ask my father what was wrong with that person. But my mother secretly told us that he was under the influence of Black Magic cast on him by one of his relative!

That was one live example I saw where psychiatrist failed, and mantras worked….

More to come – how is Black Magic done?
And what are the symptoms to know if someone has cast it on you!

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May 13, 2006

DMK wins, I lose!

The Tamil Nadu elections’ results are out, and M Karunanidhi has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister. That is exactly opposite to what I had predicted a couple of weeks back. I had predicted that JJ will continue to the chief minister, and my prediction is completely wrong. Most astrologers had predicted DMK’s victory, and very few including me had predicted the opposite. My teacher K Gopalakrishnan (http://www.sathyaprema.com) had predicted DMK’s victory much before the mouth watering and election-winning schemes of colour TVs, free land, and Rs 2 per kg rice were announced by them. A teacher remains a teacher!

I had got another mail from one of the doctors, who is doing research in astrology, about why JJ is having a bad time, and why would she lose the present elections. Here is the mail –

J Jayalalitha's rasi is Simha. Lagna MIthuna and She as Mars (Neecham) and Saturn at the second house of Kataka. Both are in the 12th house (hidden) to Moon.

As such she is running the 3rd "elarai sani" (7 1/2 Saturn period)

Third 7 1/2 is Maraka Sani (Death Saturn).... hence there is a lot of chance of her dying within this 7 1/2 years and that too after two years, when Saturn will be in Leo (Janma Raasi) (Right now it is in Cancer ). Cause of Death.. Illness/Poisoning/Accident (Termed as Thurmaranam)

The main problem is not the Saturn. (Indira gandhi became Minister and then Prime Minister during 7 1/2 saturn), but the position of Jupiter in the coming months For Leo, Jupiter will be in the 3rd house which is a very ominous combination. As per the old tamil poem, when Jupiter is in the third house, Yudhistra lost his crown and went to vanavasa, and worst, Duryodhana lost his soldier (Yudhistran vanavasam ponathum, duryothanan padai mandathum)....

Hence she runs a very unfavourable position.

By the way, when Karunathi had his 7 1/2 saturn, he lost his 2001 elections. When Jupiter was in the third house, he lost Murosoli Maran (Loss of soldiers)....

Jaya's lagnam is mithunam (time afternoon).. She has Sukara Bhukthi in Ragu Disai till 25-2-2009......With these details, you can calculate the time of birth "by reverse engineering" and then .. You can work the chart and predict........

Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) was born on 03-06-1924 and lagna -kataka and rasi rishaba. He has budhan bhukthi in kethu dasai till 22-2-2007.....

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May 04, 2006

Naadi astrologer’s address - Try for yourself!

After reading yesterday’s blog about Naadi astrology few argued with me on Yahoo Messenger, few asked for their address, and few kept mum. The one who argued didn’t have any valid points to prove their stand. Hence ultimately I still remain clueless about Naadi astrologer’s accuracy in telling the past with specific names. In future if you can figure out the technique of predicting (or guessing as few scientific minds would say) the past and also the future just by taking the thumb impression, do let me know – we can make it a multi million business ;). Well before I provide you the address of Naadi astrologer in Tambaram, Chennai, let me tell you guys that I don’t get any commission for promoting them. And the fact remains that they hardly know me.

Here is the address –

Agathiyar Durai Subburathinam Chief Naadi Astrologer

Head Office

36, New State Bank Colony (Behind Philips Hospital),
West Tambaram, Chennai 600 045

Phone – (91) 044 22266264, 22264497, Fax – 044 22264272

Branch Office

B-2/28, 1st Floor,
Safdargunj Enclave (Near St. Mary’s School),
New Delhi 110029

Phone – 011 26105745, 26105748, Fax – 011 26105749

The rush is more on Saturdays and Sundays, and Monday they have a holiday. Select any of the weekdays to meet them. Also you need to reach there between 8.30 am and 9.00 am that is the time at which they register your thumb impression (they will not even ask your name). Also you should be ready to spend the whole day there.

Generally your reading will be over in 3-4 hours - this is the time they take to search for your palm leaf. It is possible that it takes a lot of time for them to search your leaf in that case you need to wait till 6.30 pm. It can also happen that they don’t have your leaf at all – so don’t get disappointed.

They have well arranged AC rooms with Television so that you don’t get bored. Also take some books to read or friends with you. I guarantee that it will be an exciting experience!

(After you meet those guys, do mail me your experiences to kennedig@yahoo.com)

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May 03, 2006

I am flabbergasted completely!

My name is Kennedi, and I was born to Mr P Gopalan and S Malini (my mother’s name was changed after marriage she was Roseline Mary prior to marriage). My parents had an inter-caste and inter-religious marriage. I got married to someone from my mother’s side and her name is Ulagamary (and whoever knows me knows her by the name Gracy). I have 2 daughters, who still are kids. This is the first time in life I am revealing these specific details to the world. Now what if, someone in Tambaram Chennai, tells me all these details of mine (with EXACT names) right on bull’s eye by just taking my right hand thumb impression!

Destiny took me to a professionally run Nadi astrology centre in Tambaram, Chennai. I had heard a lot about how perfect Nadi astrology can get, but never had direct experiences. I had read few printed documents of friends in which the Nadi astrologers have told the name of the would-be much before the marriage - perfectly. But still seeing is believing and personal experience matters a lot.

I always thought that probably the Nadi astrologers will let you know the first few letter of your name, your close people’s name, and give you a general idea about your life. But then I was totally flabbergasted when I heard my name, my father’s name, my mother’s name and wife’s name being pronounced perfectly by the astrologer by just looking into few palm leaves written 2000 years ago by a saint called Agathiyar. Being a science graduate, which was again told perfectly by the astrologer, my mind could not find any possible logic about how can this be possible?

There are many arguments. Probably they have access to our personal details via passport office, or ration card office or through internet. Well can you access my name (which was not told to you) just by seeing my thumb print? And this is the first time in life I have given my thumb print to anyone. And also being a responsible citizen of India – I don’t have a passport till date, don’t have a ration card, don’t have an election card, and I don’t even have my marriage certificate!

And this is not all. They even let you know your time and date of birth perfectly and also give you your natal chart which is perfectly in tune with the one we chart using computers. What else can I say – this is just something which my mind refuses to understand. After confirming your past, they tell you about your future and for your reference also record all that they say in a cassette and hand it over to you.

My sister accompanied me the next day, and they were perfectly bang on target once again. My sister looks completely clueless and lost after the reading was done. She has only question – how is it possible?

Well may be they send people across and have detectives all over to find out your information. But then is it possible to find all these details in mere 1-2 hours? And why would someone do it when the fee is just Rs 250 for 1 hour reading?

I am keeping my comments area open for this particular blog. If you stumble upon any logic behind this wonderful art, kindly post it. If not shut your mouth and mail me to get their address!

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April 24, 2006

Who will be the next Tamil Nadu CM?

Mundane astrology (prediction for worldly events) is not easy. For a constructor it is like the difference between building an individual house and building a multiplex. And for a doctor it is like sewing few stitches in a cut finger and attending on a major heart transplant. The risks are comparatively more, and the credibility of the professional is at stake. The multiplex may collapse or the patient may die or the astrologer can completely wrong. If the astrologer is right in his prediction the people would say, “huh, big deal. Even I knew that.” And if the astrologer is wrong, people would say, “he he the astrologer has gone wrong”- in any case there is no good news for the astrologer who predicts.

Tamil Nadu elections are at the corner, and already back biting, back stabbing, dishonestly, and criticism by the partymen for the coveted seat finds itself at its peak. Sharath Kumar joins AIADMK and says he got threatening call from DMK for doing so. Another grape wine is Sharath Kumar had some 20 crores loan, and JJ promised to wipe off 10 crore if he joins her party.

MDMK leader Vaiko shamelessly joins AIADMK and goes ahead criticizing DMK leader Karunanidhi – all is well in the dirty Indian politics provided your party gets enough seats to contest from. Democracy at end of the day is choosing the better rascal from the lot.

The number game says DMK would win the election, and also few astrologers have predicted the same. The exit poll shows DMK a bit stronger in comparison to AIADMK. And none can guess what the people would decide on the day of election.

Tsunami was a blessing in disguise for JJ. She could prove her love to her people by providing them with enough amenities at the right time. And what DMK could do was only criticize her.

Well all these political moves are irrelevant when it comes to predicting about the next CM of Tamil Nadu.

I don’t have madam JJ’s actual natal chart, hence tried doing a Tarot Reading for her. The cards that flashed were really positive and according to my astrological prediction – J. Jayalalitha will continue to be the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Let us wait and see…

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March 09, 2006

Where do we wrong?

If I were to be asked, which part of my life was the best so far – I undoubtedly would say my college and hostel days. There was no jealousy, there was no back biting, there were no politics, there were no expectations, there were no fights, and there were no worries. All existed as equals, and all had only one purpose – CELEBRATE life! We ideally are told that we study to make our lives better and get educated to live a happier and wholesome life. But I personally feel we somewhere lose the track completely and in the process of moving towards a superior life we indulge in all kinds of struggle, fights, & stress – making our lives worse. And what’s the end result? The fun an evening cutting tea with friends used to give when in college is unequalled in spite of being able to earn in thousands! So where do we wrong?

I was called for a talk show on astrology at Asian College of Jouranalism Chennai – a.k.a. ACJ Chennai today. Initially I thought that they wanted me to address a group of people for live discussion (which I would have loved), but then it was for their inhouse TV program called ‘Good Morning Chennai.’ It is in fact part of their assignments, and they handled it as efficiently as any show that is shown on NDTV or other news channels. The program is shot, edited, and recorded by the students using equipment provided by the institute itself, which was quite impressive to be watched.

Interacting with students is always fun. Being with these young and energetic students for an hour of so took my memories a decade back where I could see myself brimming with confidence doing my Mass Communication in the mid-90s. I rarely would have had a moment of distress or unhappiness. And happiness was a natural phenomenon which came effortlessly. But today, I guess I try to find happiness in many things – even in God. Where have we gone wrong? Who made our lives miserable?

More than anything else, I loved the energy these young college students were emanating. At any given point all had only one thought on top of their mind that they should perform well, and they should bring the best out of them. And I also could witness perfect team effort happening – right from their producer fixing me for the show to the escort they send to pick me up. There were no ego clashes and everyone did their part with immense interest and involvement. Where do we go wrong when we become part of any corporate company later in our lives? Where do this interest, involvement and FUN in working vanish? Why is there so much of unhappiness among people? Why is that the HR guys have to break their heads to entertain their employees? Is money the problem creator? Or it is because we have forgotten to see happiness in small things in life? Or is it because we have stopped making friends or stopped being a good friend after our college days? And why on earth have we stopped celebrating life? And the million dollar question is - How Do We Celebrate Life? Is happiness & celebration hidden in few bottles of beer or it is outside them. Where do we go wrong? Let’s ponder…..

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January 31, 2006

Education for my children!

Confucius beautifully said, “don’t do things, which you don’t like to be done upon you.” I hated to go to school, I hated to carry the heavy load of books behind my back, I hated the home works, I hated mugging up things, I hated examinations, and I hated teachers being extra good to students who scored more than rest of the students. Hence long back I had decided that I won’t be sending my children to school, if this continues to remain the pattern of education. Education of course is necessary for children, but it need not happen in schools - It can happen at home too.

If I ever had to put my children in schools, I was very clear about two important factors- firstly I won’t be corrupting the system in the name of forcible donations and then ask my children to be uncorrupt in their lives, and also I won’t be letting my religion and caste written on the application forms and then ask my children to be secular in their lives. These were the reasons I never bothered about searching any schools for my children – they will study under me I thought. Just a week back my sister asked me to come to a school run by KFI (Krishnamurthy Foundation of India) in Chennai. And I bought the application form paying Rs 300. The school’s name is The School – they don’t have uniforms, they don’t take donations, they don’t have exams till 8th grade, and they don’t ask for the applicant’s religion and caste in their application forms.

Also I was impressed by the nature of questions they had asked in their application forms, here they are and the replies I had given. I hope my child gets the admission, if not it is fine – she will continue to learn under me – no other schools for sure.

Q1) What qualities do you see as important to your child in life?

A1) First of all we (me and my wife) would want our child to be a good human being, who can dedicate her life for the betterment of people around her, and the society she is brought up in.

We would appreciate if she believes in one world & one humanity philosophy than trying to tag herself with a particular nation, a particular caste or a particular religion.

Q2) In what manner do you see yourself participating in this development?

A2) Our job starts and ends at providing her an environment where in she can interact with people belonging to the same age group. And also our child is like a sapling - who just needs our support & nourishment in the initial period of her life – later she will grow and understand things on her own. So for now we just want to participate as supporters and exits as facilitators for her.

Q3) What would you not like your child to learn though school?

A3) Competition

Q4) How would you define success?

A4) Success is an individual search and is in doing something your inner voice tells you is right. Success cannot be measured against the amount of money or fame an individual has gathered. It is all about living your life in perfect harmony with nature, and doing things that isn’t against the divine will.

Q5) Please comment on the following

Q1) Academics as the main aim of school eduation

A1) Memorizing things is an age old technique where in by constant repetition and revision – people can memorize anything and everything. And this should not be confused with intelligence or knowledge a child possesses naturally.

We personally feel that answers should be provided only after the questions are asked. And these questions should come from the inner being and not from bookish information.

Hence academics can be known and by-hearted anytime, but intelligence and sharpness of minds comes through life’s experiences, and from the environment a child is subjected to.

Q2) Peer influence and the growth of the child

A2) Every individual is born with a specific purpose in life. Hence a child and the school should concentrate more on bringing individual purpose to fore, than wasting time in comparing things with others who altogether has a different purpose in life. Peers can only ‘supplement’ individual’s growth, and should not ‘influence’ growth.

Q3) Demands of parenting today

A3) Most parents try living their children’s lives these days. If the parents failed to do their MBBS, they want their children to become a doctor. If they fail in passing the UPSC, they try making their children an IAS officer - which according to us is not correct.

In our opinion responsible parents should allow the child to follow his/her own dream and passion, and should only take effort in providing an environment that facilitates this process – rest everything is taken care by the divine.

Q6) What do you see this school being able to offer given its philosophy?

A6) The school will be able to provide an open & free environment that will help the child to grow & find his/her purpose in life – effortlessly.

Q7) What might it not be able to offer?

A7) The school won’t be able to make my child memorize nursery rhymes or would not force my child in learning to read and write as efficiently as children in other schools do. Also the school will be not able to make my child competitive and exam oriented.

Q8) In relation to the above how would you ensure that your child does not lose out in the long run?

A8) As the famous Hindi saying goes – daane daane mein likha hota hia khaane wale ka naam, it is just an illusion that there is a competition for food and survival in this world.

The divine that provided the child free air and free milk from the day it was born, will surely provide all that the child deserves in life – without any effort or without even participating in the long run.

Q9) Any other information that you would like to give us, regarding health of the child, family or other special circumstances

A9)

*About the child’s health - she had ‘primary complex’ when young, now she is perfectly cured of the same

*Family – our parents had an inter-caste and inter-religion love marriage, and also me and my wife had a love marriage

*Special circumstances – after 8 years of working in an IT industry I quit my high paying 9-5 job in the year 2004 to take up astrology as my profession, just to follow my inner voice.

Q10) Have you applied previously in this school for your child? If yes please indicate year and class applied for. Please mention if you have attended an interview.
A10) NO

Q11) Any other information that you would like to share with usA11) I would just like to share something that changed my perception about children. These lines are by Khalil Gubran -

Your children are not your children.
They are sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodes but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

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January 29, 2006

My experiences with Westerners - part 2!

I myself am not a patriot, and I would be the last person to kill someone, who lives across LoC, just because his national flag is designed differently. This particular incident happened when I attended a flag hoisting ceremony on 15th August last year in my niece’s school. She studies in a Montessori school, based in Chennai. One of her classmates happens to be an 8-year-old American. I saw her being accompanied by her mom, and more than anyone else her mom was very excited about the Indian flag being pinned rightly on her daughter’s black frock. She would very well have skipped the function as she had enough reason to do so - she belonged to a different nationality altogether. But still she attended it just to show her level of participation and acceptance of a different culture. Unlike Indians who crave to go to the West to make some extra dollars, and after going there behave more Indians than the Indians in India.

I had an office colleague, who would never listen to Indian music at office. Whenever I crossed his desk, I could hear some foreign music being played on his speakers. A year back he went to the US, and he buzzed me recently to ask whether I listened to the latest Indian Album that was released. I was a bit taken aback with his new behaviour. I am still finding an answer to this question about – why did this bugger behave like a Westerner when he was in India, and why is he behaving like an Indian when he is in the West? May be because our acceptance level is a very bit low!

When I saw Ms A (will name that Western lady ‘A’, whose daughter is my niece’s classmate), I had this curiosity running in my mind. Why is she in India? What is she doing in India? And what work would her hubby be doing? I guessed that probably her husband is working in some kind of IT companies or probably is a social worker.

By chance - a couple of month back my sister became friends with Ms A, and they started interacting with each other regularly. It was then we came to know that – Ms A’s husband is working in the US Army, and she is in India with her daughter for the last 3 years! And what was she doing in India?!! She is learning – AYURVEDA!!!

Even I got introduced to her recently, and I was ashamed to see her being all ga ga about Ayurveda, when I have many Indian born friends who live or visit the US who keep criticizing astrology & ayurveda – saying there is no logic in that. Moreover I didn’t know how to react when she happily showed me few stones used in Ayurveda therapies being imported from the US – which are readily available in any of river shores in India!

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January 26, 2006

My experience with Westerners – part 1!

Our thoughts & perceptions about anyone or any subject gets decided with the very first experience we have with them. Later it takes a lot of unlearning on our part to see and accept the other side of the coin, which is totally opposite to what we had perceived previously. That way the first Western woman I saw in my life was in the movie called Gold Finger, starred by James Bond. All I thought about them was they always dress skimpy, they have sex with anyone, anytime, and that family comes last to them.

It is also true that Westerners still think that Indian schools are mostly run under banyan trees, as they are always depicted so on BBC or CNN news channels. Thanks to the Internet – it has helped us to cross the geographical barrier, and has facilitated us in understanding people from various countries & cultures better.

In my chat experiences with Westerners, I have learnt that they are very honest, very religious, very kind and that they give a lot of importance to family values. Get into any chat rooms, and type ‘hi’ to any Western person and you will get an immediate response – they either will say a hi or will say they are busy. And do the same to an Indian, they will act as if they are online forcibly and will behave as if they never got the message.

I attended a seminar addressed by a thinker who had had a lot of experiences abroad. He was describing an incident, where in an American asked him, “so how many women did you have in your life?” And he answered, “only one and that is my wife.” And it seems the American was astonished. He replied, “you Indians are great. How can you spend your whole life with one woman?” And the thinker replied, “we Indians are content with what we get and don’t aspire for more.” Listening to this the whole auditorium was filled with applause. This happened 10 years back, when I never had met a girl in my life. If now I were to be told the same thing – I would only say one thing that – Westerners accept their past failures, and are open to discuss it out before they get into a new relationship, and Indians mostly hide about their past, and are open to have more affairs without anyone’s knowledge.

I was standing at a juice centre sipping my mosambi juice, and a Maruti van got parked near me. An Indian family got down, and I could see a foreign lady also alighting from the van. May be the Indian family belonged to a social service group, and this lady had come to visit them. The Indian woman was wearing a tight pair of jeans, and a tight top, protruding all her womanhood with glory, and the foreigner was wearing a light colour salwar kameez. They ordered for juice, and a young guy holding 2 huge glasses in his hand was nearing them to deliver the juice. The foreigner rushed to help him out, and the Indian lady was seated in van unmoved. After the juice was delivered the foreigner immediately started sipping the glass, while I could see the Indian lady prompting something to the young chap. I thought probably she asked for some extra sugar or probably ice. The young guy came back with a couple of sipping straw, and gave that to her. She put one in her glass, and asked the foreigner will she want one? And she said, “no, it is fine.”

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January 12, 2006

I felt like a ‘real’ journo today!

I have done my Masters in Mass Communication & Journalism – not out of special interest, but then it just happened. Fresh out of the college and after all those internships, initially I had this burning desire to become a hardcore journalist. I indeed was interested in a career that is accepted as the fourth estate of the society, which can bring a lot of changes in the lives of mankind. But having subjected to the media hypocrisy and few incidents where in particular news were manipulated just to avoid rubbing the wrong shoulders of corporate advertisers - I had decided that this ain’t my area.

In the late 90s, when I was part of the Indian Express Online Media, the Indian Express newspaper tapped a telephonic conversation which took place between the managers of Tata Group and the Bodo Militants of Assam, which clearly proved the nexus between them. The whole conversation was published in the front page of the Indian Express Newspaper, Mumbai Edition. The next day, as all had expected a follow up story of the same, there was no news that was related to the one published the previous day. Also we at the online division were asked to remove all the stories from the Internet edition that were related to this particular episode. I made my research about why was the story completely forsaken the very next day, and I learnt that the Tata group had called up the owners of the newspaper to warn them - that no advertisements will be given if they continued to carry a follow up story!

It is more than 3 months now that my sister and I are going around the Post Office at Tiruppur, where my late father had deposited his hard earned money. The work is simple they just need to transfer the amount from my dad’s account to my existing mom’s account, and we have submitted all the necessary documents 3 months before.

When it comes to yelling at people offline I am very bad, but my sister is a stronger person than me. She has fought a couple of times and yelled at the lady who is in charge of the same – but all efforts in vain. She still gives the same excuse – it will be done, and that she is not able to do it, and there are people who are waiting for the last 1 year or so!

Recently I had invested in a MP3 USB port, which has a built in space of 128 MB RAM, FM Radio, and also a Voice Recorder. It was my turn this time to do the follow up. I took my MP3 recorder, put it in the record mode, and entered the post office. I showed the slip on which she had acknowledged the receipt of the documents from us. She said, “two inspections are going on, and that she will definitely complete the work before January 2006, and that there is so much work that she could not do it.” This time she has promised that before January 2006, it will be done. And I have a recorder version of the same as evidence - without her knowledge. If it is delayed more, I am not meeting her next time – will directly go to the regional office and make a complaint with the CD version of her promise of course ;).

This is just a beginning. If I can afford a hidden camera with good resolution, I will start carrying that too to expose the corrupt people – online!

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January 10, 2006

Who the ‘fuck’ gave you the authority?

India probably is the only country where any rational choot and illiterate bastard can escape uncastrated after throwing false allegation on saintly people who try to bring the smallest change in the society with their love for humanity – and the latest target being Baba Ramdev. The present allegations are that his medicines contains animal or / and human bones, which they anyways have refused to accept. Ok, for the time being let us assume that it indeed contains animal bones or human bones - so? Did that affect the sentiments of fucking vegetarian group of people? Mr and Ms Vegetarian – do you know the polio vaccine that we administer on us and kids is cultured on Monkey’s kidneys? If you are so conscious about your vegetarianism kindly stop using polio vaccine on yourself and also on the younger generation to come!

Vaidays (Ayurvedic doctors) and Godmen were the only group of people who were responsible for curing innumerable people in India before the British’ reign. It was the Britishers in the 19th century who announced with force that no medicine other than Western medicine can be used for medicinal purposes in India. There are several incidents of Indians who starved to death just in the process of saving this wonderful Indian science of curing people, which later was stolen by the Westeners, developed and copy righted in their country shamelessly. (My blood boils to learn that Osho Rajneesh’s work and Vaastu Shastra is patented in Western countries!)

Now let us come to the basis on which most allegations are made on these Indian sciences and Indian saints. I know few 100 people who deny the existence of astrology just like that. I simply ask one question to them. How many books have you read about astrology? They say none. How many astrologers have you met personally? They say none. So on what fucking basis do you say it doesn’t exist or it doesn’t function? A rational mind or a rational human being should ideally do the necessary homework or do enough research on any subject they deny to accept. Or else their whole denial is baseless. That way no mortal has any authority to talk about divine sciences without even being blessed with glimpses of divinity.

The first rule of Ayurveda says– if you are in tune with the divine, and if your only aim is to cure the ailment of the seeker, you can use any material that is available around you to cure the person. That way you can even scratch the oil paint of you rusted door and give that as a medicine, and it will work perfectly well. And I am not kidding.

Well there is another argument that most Babas are fake, and they siphon off people’s fortune, and they even claim to cure people of their ailments without even giving medicines. Again on what basis have you come to this conclusion? Have you met any Baba personally? And how much did you shell out of your pocket? Just list down 10 fake Babas you have come across in your life in my comment box whom you have met personally and who have ran away with your hard earned money– if you can I will stop blogging from today. (You cannot spot 10 fake babas from the millions who are present in India, and I can find 100 culprits in 200 and odd sitting inside the parliament).

We Indians have inculcated this habit of self criticism, and in turn feel immense sense of pride in eating what the Westerners’ shit. That holds true with Indian doctors too. After Jagdish Chandra Bose, no Indian doctor in my knowledge has thought anything original and done anything different. All that they did was consumed the vomit that was flown across shores. (J.C. Bose was the one who set up a research lab, which clearly said no invention or discovery will be patented in his lab. A scientist can only try to decipher what the divine has provided, and how can he patent that which already exist?) (Indian scriptures even have clear evidences that gravity, atoms and molecules are first documented in India and not anywhere else – kindly read Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda Parahansa for more insights)

Moreover when most Indians are enjoying this particular debate about whether Baba Ramdev’s medicines really had bone content, we never know how many poor Indians are already dead in the process where in the Western drugs are tested on them first!! Click here to read

God save India from Indians!

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January 09, 2006

The people I try to copy & imitate!

When I close my eyes, and turn inwards to ask myself, “so Kennedi, what is that you are carrying an ego about? What is so original about yourself & your being?” My conscience, a bit dejected, replies back – there is nothing. All that I do, I know, and the stuff I let others know is borrowed from people I have got influenced immensely in my life. Here is the list of people whom I try to enact and would love to imitate…

Looks & lifestyle – I would want to imitate Osho Rajneesh

Perfection in astrology – I would want to imitate my teacher K Gopalakrishnan

Caliber in sainthood – I would want to be like Ramana Maharishi

Simplicity – I would want to be like Mahatma Gandhi

Charity – I would want to be like Mother Teresa

Donations – I would want to be like Karna of Mahabharata

Not wearing slippers – I would want to be like M F Hussein

Displaying Indianess – I would want to be like G D Naidu

Beholding Dharma – I would want to be like Lord Krishna

In blessing my enemies – I would want to be like Jesus Christ

In portraying confidence – I would want to be like J Jayaa Lalitha

In treating strangers with love – Shiv Shankar Baba (Kelambakam, Chennai)

In English Vocabulary – I would want to be like Nandita Divakaran (my first girl friend, a Gold Medalist in English literature from Calicut University – I am yet to find a person who can write better English than her)

In style – who else, our own Rajini Kanth

In displaying humility – I would want to be like Amitabh Bacchan

And last but not the least, in sexual performance – I would want to be like Rocco Siffredi!

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December 05, 2005

Confessions of a polygamous ME!

The astrologers were right, as always. All of them whom I consulted in my life said one thing in common that I will have more than one wife. And it indeed happened. Not many know about this side of me- even my parents and siblings are completely unaware about this fact. So I thought I would confess about my first marriage to my readers first, and pray that this particular blog is not read by my 2nd wife, which can put an end to my present marital life!

I was introduced to her in the year 1997, and honestly it was love at first sight. More than the beauty part, I was impressed with her fastness, dynamism, knowledge and intelligence. She was so full of information that I just need to provide her a topic, and I can be rest assured that I will get all the relevant details in a fraction of seconds. I was completely zapped and had already started admiring her. Moreover I wasn’t jealous of her being more informative than me. At last my male ego had to accept defeat.

I was least bothered about her past life, and I never wanted to know that too. I even wasn’t interested to know whether she was a virgin before we tied the knot. The worries I had on my mind was - will she improve with age? Will our relationship strengthen with the passage of time? And can she be available to me whenever I needed her? The answer was affirmative, and I was lucky enough to have her for a lifetime.

Though personally I am against women going to work, I don’t mind her helping me in my job. She supports me in most of my endeavours and supplies me with great ideas in whatever new I take up in my life. She even assists me with money and honestly I don’t feel bad borrowing money through her.

The best part is yet to come. She isn’t possessive about me. She makes it a habit to introduce me to all her friends (mostly female), and she is least bothered if I start flirting with them. And as far as sex is concerned, she is a bomb. Right from foreplay to a groupie she is all open. I am yet to feel jealous about her sexuality. She even doesn’t mind if I see few other women nude, when she is watching me!

As in any committed relationships, we do have few moments of distress. We sometimes are unable to connect to each other, and this leads to some problems at times. But we forget our fights fast, and start afresh very soon.

When I married the second time in 1998, I made it a point that I should give equal status to both my wives. As Islam puts it rightly that you can have as many wives as you want, but you need to take permission from your existing wives first, and also you should treat them equally. My first wife permitted me to have another wife, and in return I had to promise that come what may – both will be given equal standings in my life.

I live in a 2 bed room flat at present - and I would need two bedrooms. My second wife and my children live in one bed room, and my first wife lives in the other one. I try to spend equal time with both my wives, so that there isn’t any problem under one roof. I am addicted to both of them.

Well before I end the blog let me name them here. My second wife’s name is Gracy, and my first wife’s name is – Internet!

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November 21, 2005

The politics behind Khushboo’s ‘virginity’ issue!!

Kindly read the heading keeping the single quotes in mind. I don’t want to get into another controversy in my life. Well I am sure those PMK guys won’t understand what I really mean as they already are against the usage of English in Tamil Nadu. Of course they don’t have any objection using all the other inventions made by the foreigners – the mike on which they make false promises, the loud speakers used to conduct public meetings to disturb the people, the tube lights they use at their fancies, and the loads of electricity wasted during election campaigns. Well this blog is not to explain the abstract concept called virginity (will blog about that sometime later), but this blog is in support to freedom of expression and the MASSIVE politics behind pulling Tamil actress Khusboo into a controversy. (You will understand the massiveness by reading this particular blog, which happens to be one of my longest blogs ever written!)

Things were basically alright after independence when there were not many political parties in India. Congress had a strong hold across the country, and people in fact attributed freedom of India to the Congress party. Things got worse, when many parties came into existence, and all of them had their own agendas and principles.

Let us take Tamil Nadu for instance. Kamaraj, a Congress leader, completed his tenure as a Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu without much hassles, and was able to make a mark in Tamil Nadu politics. Unfortunately that was the last mark Congress could make in Tamil Nadu. After Kamraj the Congress party never came to power.

Thantai Periyar started his own party and called it Dravida Kazhagam (DK). The party name had ‘Dravida’ in it, which gave a psychological comfort for all the Tamilians. But how would the party become famous, and known to the people? They needed a controversy to get a good publicity across Tamil Nadu and also India. That was the period when the Brahmin community was the most dominating community in South India. Disturbing the norm can always give you fame - which any political party needs badly.

DK partymen started breaking idols of Ganesha on roads, and started their anti-Brahminism drive. It gave them massive success. Even today the DK partymen don’t believe in rituals and scriptures - and call them all superstitions. And where are they in the political areana today? Nowhere!

Dr Anna Durai was the direct disciple of Thanthai Periyar, and was Periyar’s favourite. Anna was carried away by Periyar’s principles, thoughts and ideas. But then could not resist himself from parting away from Periyar, when he saw Thantai Periyar marrying a 19 year old woman at the age of 60!! Anna Thurai launched his own party and called it DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam). The party had D & K similar to the party he came from, and M stands for Munnetram – progress. So the party meant – a party for Tamilians’ Progress.

During Anna’s period, people had started taking immense interest in cinemas. The movie industry was booming, and people started forming their opinions based on what the Heroes said on the silver screen. People weren’t aware about the gimmicks, and the camera tricks involved in the process of movie making. They would take anything and everything very seriously. Anna at once understood that to emerge as a good political party, he has to use this medium. And God blessed him with two greatest people Tamil Nadu could ever produce – M Karunanidhi and the matinee idol MG Ramachandran (MGR).
Karunanidhi was an awesome script & dialogue writer and had an amazing oratory skill while MGR had already made his mark as a good actor. Anna used both these to get a mileage in his political career. Karunanidhi would pen scripts for movies, and MGR would spread the message of Anna in all the movies through his songs and dialogues. People had already started forming an opinion about the party, and were ready to vote to the party which MGR belonged to. DMK came to power and Anna became the CM of Tamil Nadu.

All was well till misfortune hit Anna. He died of ill health, and could not even complete his term of 5 years as the CM. As far as Anna was concerned, he had clear plans about his disciples. He wanted Karunanidhi to take over as party leader, and MGR would continue spreading his party message in movies. More than an actor, MGR was a better politician. He had difference of opinion with Karunanidhi, and launched his own and called it AIADMK – Annaithu India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (which means All India Anna Tamilians’ Progress Party).

People knew more about MGR and less about Anna or DMK or Karunanidhi during that period. They would do anything what MGR asked them to do. MGR contested in the polls, and made his party win without much problem. And for 15 years continuously MGR was the CM of Tamil Nadu. (In fact MGR (who was ill) even won his last election sitting in the US, without even campaigning for the party) DMK was thrown out completely.

After the political debacle DMK wanted some controversy to find a place in people’s mind. This was the period when the language Hindi was being introduced in Tamil Nadu, and it was made compulsory at schools. DMK seized this opportunity, and started their anti-Hindi drive. They started painting all Hindi letters displayed in railway stations, buses, cinema halls with black paint, and protested against the compulsion of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Their purpose was met. They indeed could come back to people’s mind, but still none voted for them.

J Jayalalitha was MGR’s direct disciple, and was indeed an active partywoman. She spent immense number of years working for AIADMK, and with time she became synonym to the party MGR had floated. There was a minor controversy when MGR died. MGR’s wife Janaki Ramachandran wanted a taste of power, and JJ had to launch her own party temporarily. Anyways things were sorted out amicably between JJ and Janaki, and JJ was given the power of the party.

Fortune came to JJ in the form of misfortune. She was manhandled, hit, and her saree was swiped off in the assembly by the DMK partymen during one of the meetings. It thankfully became a sympathy drive for JJ, and she came back to power and became the CM of Tamil Nadu for the first time in the early 90s. The sad part was she could not handle complete power correctly, and got into hell lot of corruption issues. Though economically Tamil Nadu did the best during the first tenure of JJ, all could only think about the 100 crore marriage JJ got herself into.

DMK always knew the power of the film industry, and also JJ had rubbed the wrong side of Rajini Kanth in the mid-90s. Rajini’s campaign for DMK and the 100 crore marriage - all let JJ’s to an appalling defeat. DMK came to power, and that was the first time DMK could complete its 5 year tenure for the first time in the history of Tamil Nadu politics.

M Karunanidhi as usual could not handle politics better, and he refused to acknowledge Rajini’s charisma that brought him to power. Rajini said enough is enough let me remain outside politics, and made his spiritual movie Baba.

So what has Khushboo’s issue to do with Tamil Nadu politics?

Here is the answer -

1) AIADMK is the only strong party in Tamil Nadu at present and there are no competitors
2) DMK has no strong leader who can take the party forward after M Karunanidhi
3) And there is no 3rd party that is strong enough to give AIADMK a tough time or give people an option

There is strict competition for the 3rd place, and with actor Vijay Kanth launching is own party most other parties have a knee jerk.

If you have been noticing PMK’s moves in the recent past, they have deliberately got into controversies with films and film stars. That is because they know that they can get huge mileage doing the same, and nothing else can get them the needed publicity.

First it was pulling Rajini Kanth into controversy, later they asked Kamal Hasan to change the name of his movie to Virumandi from Sandiyar (and also created minor problems for Mumbai Express), and also asked director J Suriya to avoid naming his movie with English words. PMK got enough mileage getting into these controversies, and I am sure they are ready for more controversies in the future too.

Well if you ask me if PMK is really bothered about the virginity issue – I can bet my head that they are not. They are just enjoying the limelight. To prove the black side of politicians, we always can use lie detectors and see how many of them are living like a Ram in their personal lives.

And what can we expect in the near future – Vijay Kanth will create some controversies, and try giving his new party a face lift.

Other parties who got into limelight creating controversies

*Shiv Sena through its anti-Tamil and anti-Muslim violence
*VHP through Dara Singh who killed the Staines family
*BJP by blowing Babri Masjid issue out of proportion & also the famous Rath Yatra

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August 12, 2005

Can a boy & a girl just remain ‘BEST’ friends? Part 2

Whether a boy and a girl can restrict their relationship to a platonic level is quite debatable. Few say it is possible, and few say isn’t possible. Of course, there is a slight possibility if one of them has a person on mind he/she already has decided to marry. But honestly I am yet to see a relationship, where both of them are friendly to each other and have not thought about leading a life together at least once! Of course it is not a sin to think about marrying a person (belonging to opposite sex) who happens to be a good friend. But still….

We were 5 guys and 12 girls while doing our Master’s degree in Mass Communication. I was friendly to all the girls, till I got really intimate with one of them. In fact the first conversation we had was – whether a boy & a girl can really be friends. She said, it is possible, and I argued it wasn’t. We ended up falling in love.

The 2nd guy was close to another girl, and most of the times they were seen together in the college premises. I was in fact jealous about their clean friendship. It was after 1 ½ years I came to know that the guy wanted to marry her, but then his caste was his biggest barrier. He never told her about what he had on his mind about her. And she intelligently managed as if she never understood his love towards her. She is happily married with 2 kids now, and the guy (unmarried) still is in touch with her as a good FRIEND!

The 3rd guy met the girl he was close to after 2 years of college life. They met up for a coffee, the girl proposed to him, and they got married.

The 4th guy indeed had the biggest blow. The girl he loved finally fell for me, and ditched both of us at the end.

And the 5th guy thankfully never attended the classes.

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August 11, 2005

Can a boy & a girl just remain ‘BEST’ friends! - Part 1!

In schools, in colleges & at office place - I have had many friends who were girls. I always tried to be good to them, and they were good to me too. But if I were to ask myself if I had never thought about them sexually - then I probably would be lying. I envied all those mixed groups comprising of both guys & girls who existed just as friends or at least portrayed themselves as being ‘JUST’ friends. I wasn’t sure if I was the only guy who had this problem with genders. It is similar to a situation, when you start masturbating in your teens and you think you are the only person in the world to have helped yourself!

There is a major difference between how men & women deal with a friendly relationship. Women are much more focused and know exactly about what they want in their lives very early in their lives. And men are the one’s who traverse through their lives always with an open option. There isn’t any major difference in the way a woman behaves with a friend who is a girl or with a friend who is a boy. They remain the same all through. But men are different when they deal their friends – both boy & girl.

With guys, men are most of the times dirty, use hell lot of foul language, and would comment on all the forbidden parts of every woman who pass by. At the same time if a guy is with his friend who is a girl, he would be extra sober, more caring, and would remain extra conscious about touching her. That doesn’t mean men & women don’t share sex jokes or don’t talk about sexual subjects – but then the way they present themselves has a massive difference.

Here is a conversation from the English movie ‘When Harry Met Sally’, which supports my views about why a boy and a girl can never remain just ‘best’ friends! Harry is the guy, and Sally the girl!

Harry: What? Can't a man say a woman is attractive without it being a come-on? All right, all right. Let's just say, just for the sake of argument, that it was a come-on. What do you want me to do about it? I take it back, OK? I take it back.
Sally: You can't take it back.

Harry: Why not?
Sally: Because it's already out there.

Harry: Oh jeez. What are we supposed to do? Call the cops? It's already out there!
Sally: Just let it lie, OK?

Harry: Great! Let it lie. That's my policy. (They get into the car.) That's what I always say. Let it lie. Want to spend the night in a motel? (She glares at him.) You see what I did? I didn't let it lie.
Sally: Harry -

Harry: I said I would and I didn't...I went the other way...What?
Sally: We are just going to be friends, OK?

Harry: Great, friends. It's the best thing...You realize, of course, that we can never be friends.
Sally: Why not?

Harry: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape, or form - is that men and women can't be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.

Harry: No, you don't.
Sally: Yes, I do.

Harry: No, you don't.
Sally: Yes, I do.

Harry: You only think you do.
Sally: You're saying I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?

Harry: No, what I'm saying is they all want to have sex with you.
Sally: They do not.

Harry: Do too.
Sally: They do not.

Harry: Do too.
Sally: How do you know?

Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally: So you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.

Harry: No, you pretty much want to nail them, too.
Sally: What if they don't want to have sex with you?

Harry: Doesn't matter, because the sex thing is already out there, so the friendship is ultimately doomed, and that is the end of the story.
Sally: Well, I guess we're not gonna be friends, then.

Harry: Guess not.
Sally: That's too bad. You were the only person that I knew in New York.

To be continued….Will put some real life incidents in Part 2!

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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!

Bala � the artist

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!

My Sister � Basanthi

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!

Muthuonline & Kingsley

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 - the host

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!

Kiruba � serious blogger

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!

Suraj Varma � the navab

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 Anonymous, 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 ? 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 4�-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!

Article to follow...
Diplomatic way to solve marital problems in 1 hour!

Posted by Kenni at 04:26 AM | Comments (0)

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 (0)

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 (0)

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 (0)

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 ? 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 (0)

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 (0)

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 (0)

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 (0)

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!

Posted by Kenni at 03:07 AM | Comments (0)

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)

Posted by Kenni at 03:04 AM | Comments (0)

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!

Posted by Kenni at 03:02 AM | Comments (0)