five good things about Kolkata

1. i guess only in kolkata, you can find food stall which sells fish and rice at Rs. 20. i had gained 8kg weight but now i have lost. :D

2. All multiplexes have 50% discount on movie tickets for saturday/sunday morning shows. sometimes they have special offer of 50% discount on popcorn+coke. so good combo to catch each movie at less expense for office goers at every weekend.

3. travelling in bus is almost free. last time bus conductor charged Rs. 6.5 for travelling 18 kilometers in public bus. I am not going to talk about condition of bus. :)

4. salt lake city: this newly designed township may be overtly expensive there but the best place to live. distance between offices or malls or eateries is < 5 km. clean road is its USP.

5. goddess worship - here people worship only goddess. people believe more in feminine power.

five good things about Bangalore

1. intercity volvo bus service : the best thing about this bus is that its large glass-window allows you to have a completely different view of same city which happens to be very crowded.

2. tempature at night : i use blanket every night where as rest india is either too hot or too cold.

3. right mix of indians at workplace: if you go to Kolkata, you will find 80% bengalis. go to Delhi, 80% north indians. go to chennai, 90% south indians. but here you can expect indian diversity.

4. beer shops at every corner: it may be little controversial to announce as a good point but if you wish to grab few beers with your friends, then you don't have to walk more than 100 meters to find a beer shop near by your flat. Indirectly this fact proves that major consumer of wine and beer is educated class.

5. food: equal probability to find north and south delicacies at any place

five things people complain of me.

1. either i laugh at every joke or i laugh at something they don't find it good enough to laugh at.

2. my friend nishant says that i won't lose my weight because i eat like buffalo. it may not be true but he always finds me eating biryani whenever we go out. food-crush on biryani has ruined me.

3. what the hell i am doing in the same company from last 3 years ? pradeep is shocked!!!

4. my friends specially avoid to watch movie that i recommend. once i suggested 'pulp fiction', 'sweet november', 'devil's advocate' and more for friday's night.

5. i don't enjoy shit if i am in shit. it's true, when i started enjoying, life felt better.

a tribute to my grandfather

as a young man, he started his career as a small cereal food-grain seller in village. he didn't stop there. he made himself a reputed cereal food-grain business man in village and became known even in surrounding villages. once he told me that keeping secrecy of critical situation is very important to seal a good business deal. how he managed to buy a big mango orchid at cheap price from a landlord who urgently needed large sum. never invite competition when you are buying. he made fortune but at same time lost in bad deals too. Inspite he was educated up to class seven, he gave top priority to quality education. his personal drive for better education inspired many villagers to take education. after working for few years, finally he established a village high school so that more students can get education up to matriculation atleast. when he died, a large number of people from various villages irrespective of caste or personal conflict, came and attended funeral rite. grand-dad taught me one thing. 'making difference in society matters most. ' he is my hero.

why is terrorist Kasab still alive ?

terrorist Kasab has become more popular in India after his arrest in hotel Taj blast . everyday i find headline news related to daily activities of Kasab in top newspapers. most of news are completely non-sense such as 'he is facing mosquito problem in cells' or 'he is regretting today' or 'he wants to go to macca' but his statements have become center of attention. why is this animal still alive when it is very clear that he killed many top police officials ? it is complete shame to read or listen someone who mastreminded to kill whole hostel taj guests. why is the govenment taking more time to understand his case and his link to terror camps ? nothing new information is confirmed to come out of this case. It makes no point to make same noise to grab attention of other nations to pressurise pakistan for its global terror agenda. when someone is firing bullets on our house, we don't call neighbours. first we shoot.

five different ways to make your mom proud

1. talk less but listen more
2. share funny incidents to make mom laugh
3. extend both hands for help
4. get mom approval for your love
5. eat extra

note: please feel free to add more :)

negative vote will make democracy more meaningful

if the five-judge Bench favours the right to discard every candidate, our democracy will become more meaningful. The present system under Rule 49 (O) is of no help to anyone. In fact, it is contrary to the system of secret ballot as the voter has to identity herself to register unwillingness to vote. Negative votes also must be counted and if the majority prefers none of the candidates, re-election should be conducted barring rejected candidates. It’s the only way to clean our system.

written by
T V Tavindran, VIA EMAIL
(Source: Times of India, 26th feb 2009)

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dialogues

"What do you mean, I'm funny?...You mean the way I talk? What?...Funny how? I mean, what's funny about it?...But I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to f--kin' amuse you? What do you mean, funny? Funny how? How'm I funny??...How the f--k am I funny? What the f--k is so funny about me? Tell me? Tell me what's funny!..." Goodfellas

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"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton

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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie! Scarface

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My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison. The What is easy: recently I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery. That's also the When. As for the Why: beyond the obvious financial motivation, it's exceedingly simple... because I can. Which leaves us only with the How; and therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub. Inside Man

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People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the f*cking lot. RocknRolla

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“Psychologically, I'm very confused, but personally I feel just wonderful.” In the Good Old Summertime

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Don´t ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something? Go get it. Persuit of Happiness

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You Can't Handle The Truth. Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to. A Few Good Men

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Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was....a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says "Why so serious?" Comes at me with the knife,"Why so serious?" He sticks the blade in my mouth. "Lets put a smile on that face!" And..... Why so serious? The Dark knight

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Oh, I'm sorry! Did I break your concentration? Pulp Fiction

indian culture ???

some local moral sena decided to teach moral values and indian-ness on mass scale in Bangalore. so, what could be best occasion once a year to start their goondagiri ? Valentine Day!!! specially gals/females were tortured, smacked and humiliated if they were found with their boy friends. each such episode we had live on national television but moral sena had no fear of being thrashed by police lathi. alas!!! a political goonda declared his nation-wide mass-thrashing hate-drive in public, still he is scot-free with no police questioning. no major political party came forward with strong statement to protect the freedom of people. this situation was exactly similar to when north indians were thrown out of mumbai by MNS in recent time. my point is not to teach these goonda a lesson on Indian culture but i want to look at an event in broad perspective to understand ''why does such bullshit happen when we boast of good political leaders, courts and more aware citizens ?''