Home Sweet Home!!!

Well here I'm after a long time. Will not lie, I was lazy for quite some time. Never felt like writing anything. Also we were busy in house hunting. And FINALLY, got the dream house!!!!!

Few old pictures!

Well in my last post, I tried creating an album on my blog, which was pretty cool. So i thought why not create another one, with the old pictures of Sameer what I have. So here it is...

X-mas Party

Well it was really fun having a x-mas party at friend's place. It was awesome party, and offcourse we drank a lot. so here are few pictures for you guys to enjoy :)

Finnland Airport!

Here's Sameer enjoying his India trip. While going to India, we had a stop over at Helsinke airport, so he was all set to drive his car, which had 2 steering wheels :)

Back in US!

Well here I'm back in US again. Went to India for my brother's marriage. Will be posting pictures of marriage soon. But till then enjoy this video of Sameer, dancing on his chacha's sagan party. :)

Jai Sri Ram!

A good friend of mine(Mukesh Kachroo), just send me this funny thing, so thought of sharing with you all.



Sri Rama surveyed the Ramsetu and said, "Hanuman, how diligently you and your vanara sena built this bridge. How remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of time, considering that a bridge at Hyderabad built by Gammon using the latest technology collapsed the other day even before they could stick posters on its pillars."

Hanuman said humbly, "Lord, it is because of your grace. We just wrote your name on the rocks and threw them into the sea and they held up. No steel or cement was used. But Lord, why rake it up now?"Said Rama, "Well, Hanuman, some people down there want to demolish your bridge and construct a canal. The contract involves lots of money They will make money on demolition and more money on construction."

Hanuman asked, "Why don't we go down and present our case?"

"No," said Rama, "Times have changed. Historians will ask us to submit proof of our existence. Do we have a birth certificate, a school-leaving certificate or a driving license? As for address proof, the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is itself under litigation for over half a century. If I go dressed as usual, the ordi- nary people may recognise me but politicians will take me to be a lost Ramlila actor."

"But I built it! I'll swear on oath!"

"My dear Anjaniputra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the layout plan, the project details like financial outlay, how the project cost was met and the completion certificate. They may even want to see your engineering college degree."

"Lord, I don't understand. You have given darshan regularly to 'historical' figures like Surdas, Thyagaraja, Jayadeva and Tukaram, yet people disbelieve your existence? Should we replay the Ramayana on earth to set the government record straight?"

The Lord smiled. "It won't happen. Ravana is terrified that Karunanidhi will make a saint of him. And his mama Mareecha, who appeared as the golden deer to tempt Sita, refuses to step on earth for fear of Bollywood hunters. Let it be."

deal is DEAD

finally the ball has been dropped. Its now a fact that Indo-US nuclear will not go ahead. after showing all the courage, congress party finally gave in. this makes me think that after all, personal greed gets so high that people forget about nation at all. today we're riding on 8-9% growth rate, which means future is good, but how are we gonna survive at this rate without the energy security. Or are we (oooopsss... i mean the left parties of India) thinking about to repeat china mistake and blacken our skies overnight by using coal based energy.

frankly speaking, i have never been a congress supporter. I have always experienced that congress party is one of the most corrupt parties in India (which doesn't mean other parties are not) and also one of the parties which has always landed India into mess. but for some reason, i started developing some respect for Manmohan Singh and Congress party as how they made a stand against left. but in the end, its the same story repeated again and again.

Left parties are still day dreaming that one day they gonna see a red flags everywhere, and communism is the way forward, but they need to look around and see, China (whom they follow blindly) has also embraced capitalism. the only problem with left is that how can they align with US. these guys have rejected US even in there sleep. And now the govt. whom they support, is aligning or shall i say tilting towards US. So its an ideological question for them. (without any thought process involved)

As far as I can see, deal is DEAD. And so is India's energy security. The best option would be that Congress party should negotiate with BJP to support the deal. (after all some credit goes to Vajpayee govt. too, to get this deal done)

On second thought Congress asking for help from BJP!! (am i day dreaming now...?)

Sameer talking

Sameer's first music video

Please enjoy Sameer's first music video. This is my first try, hope you guys like it :)

Sameer at Arkin's Birthday

enough is enough!

Well left is again up in arms with Congress over nuclear deal issue. Seems like left is always there to commit blunders in the history of India (details were in my previous post). I'm surprised the way they're opposing the deal. There are only 2 parties which seems to be benefited if this deal gets scrapped, Pakistan & China. And its well know from past that Communists still seems to follow China, and consider them as there masters. From there actions it has always been that CPI wants India to be a secondary power in Asia, and not be as powerful as China. Is this in national interest? But who thinks about nation anyway, they're busy doing there pity politics.

Was also surprised to read the comments from Mr. B Raman (former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India). He was describing that how Mr. Sitaram Yechury, raised hue & cry over the visa issue. He was describing that before Chinese president visit to India, a Chinese company won a contract for construction of gas pipeline and wanted to bring 1000 engineers from China. They requested visa for them, but home ministry & Intelligence Bureau was not clearing the matter. Indian govt. queried the Chinese company, that why can't they hire Indian Engg. here in India. On this Mr. Yechury pressurized the govt. so much, that in the end, they had to clear those 1000 visas. Would he have done the same thing, if US company wanted to bring those many people? I doubt! So basically there integrity is with China, not with India.

I think time has come when we need to decide who's with India and who's not. If someone is not, like the Left parties, they should better get visas for China and leave this place. We're bound to become a world power and no 'left' & 'right' can stop us.

Sameer calling wildlife!

Sameer feeding ducks!

Sameer having fun!

a day at johnson park

First of all I would like to thank my colleague (Dipankar Roy), who told me about Johnson Park. This is a park near our place in Piscataway. And the most wonderful part is, that it has a small petting zoo inside it. So we finally decided to take sameer to this park. It was really fun, as sameer was so happy to see all those animals, and fun part was that he starting feeding those ducks there & was actually chasing them later, in hope of catching one of them and giving them a hug. Over all it was quality time spent with family.

one more feather in cap!

So one more feather in his cap. The current president of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has been chosen for King Charles II medal. He'll be the second head of state getting this award, after Emperor of Japan. Moreover person like Kalam doesn't need any recognition, but truly he's the best president India had so far. He's one person who has put India on the world map, as he has always said "Strength respects Strength". He's the person behind India's strength today, specially if we're talking about military strength. Also he has a major role in igniting minds, I think the kind of interaction he has done with people of India during his tenure, no other president has done so far.

The only sad part is that he's not getting a second term as president of India.

doctor's oath

today's bhasmasur

Today it reminds of a story which I guess my grandparents as well as my parents use to tell me. It was a mythological story about 'Bhasmasur'. The story goes as following: -

Bhasmasur was a wicked devil who worshipped Lord Shiva for a long time. Lord was moved by his Tapasya and had to appear before him and grant him his wish. Bhasmasur asked for the ability that whenever he would put his hands on somebody’s head, the person should get burned off and turned into ashes. Lord Shiva did not realize the consequences and granted him the wish. As soon as he got the power, Mahisasur started off to test it on no one else but Lord Shiva himself. He started chasing him. Lord Shiva ran away from him, but Bhasmasur won’t give up. While running, Lord Shiva also appealed to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu realized the disaster that was facing the universe. He thought of a trick. He took the form of a very beautiful woman, called Mohini and went to Bhasmasur. Bhasmasur immediately fell for Mohini. He would do anything Mohini would do or say. She started dancing and Bhasmasur followed. In the course of dancing Mohini made a posture in which she put her hand on her head. Bhasmasur followed and turned himself into ashes due to the power he had recently gained.

Now cut to today's world, it seems like US is Lord Shiva who created a menace of Pakistan with the terror network, which turned against him itself, creating 9/11, and this 'bhasmasur' is still running after 'lord shiva' to destroy it. Lets see when 'lord vishnu' comes in form of 'mohini' to dismantle this terror network.

'Nation being taken for a ride'

I have been quite amazed that for so many years 'Abhishek Singhvi' (official spokesperson of Congress Party) has managed to remain at same position, despite his non-sense articles in media. Just few minutes back i have read his article in Hindustan Times, and i have been wondering to what level Congress party gone down.

Mr Singhvi pointed out that they rejected Kalam's second term because BJP never accepted congress offer for K.R. Naraynan. Are we talking about constructive politics or are we talking about some hooligans deciding on country's future? because this seems to be the case of hooligans or school going kids fighting for a candy. but basic question has still not been answered, that why Kalam's name was rejected? that too despite of fact that 90% people of this country wanted him as our president for second term. Congress party can right now ignore all polls conducted by media, but they gonna face the music very soon in 2009.

Second charge answered by Mr. Singhvi was about Ranji Patel who blamed that Pratibha Patil's brother is an accuse in murder case. The explanation given is that courts do not have the same view and now CBI is doing its job. Well for god sake Mr. Singhvi, we know how CBI works, the prime example is Bofor's case, and we have seen CBI & this govt. doing its best. Also why is it that now you remember to explain this to nation, why not when these charges were levelled?

Third, Mr. Singhvi has explained about the bank loan case. The first thing he tells this nation is that it was not 12 relatives but 6. Yeah!!.... like that makes any difference to us? The fact is that there were relatives involved in this whole scandal. Then with quite enthusiasm he tells nation that its nor 2.4 crore but just 32 lakh Rs. to be recovered, so he's telling the nation, that you cannot rob tax payers money if its 2.4 crore but its ok to rob nation for meager 32 Lacs. What a shameful explanation.

Fourth, he's trying to tell this nation that L.K Advani is also tainted and was holding an office of Deputy Prime Minister in Vajpayee Govt. So this again amounts to same hooliganism, that you had a tainted person, so we'll also do the same. When will congress party understand that what they're doing is insulting this nation. Its not a game between Congress & BJP or UPA & NDA, its a joke being played on nation by Congress party & specifically Sonia Gandhi.

In the end, Mr. Singhvi has given a long list of what all positions Ms. Pratibha Patil had worked till date. and then he has tried to compare it with B.S Shekhawat. Well all i can say and whole nation knows about it, that she was not congress's first choice. The choices for president were good old leaders of congress party who were rejected by Left. She was not even second or third choice by congress. Its just a luck or shall i say, ugly face of coalition politics that she's becoming the president of India. Because as such 80-90% of this country didn't even know about her few weeks back. And moreover please stop saying that you're empowering women, because if that was the case then women's bill would have been passed a decade earlier, so don't bull shit about this. She's just there because she can play as a puppet in the hands of Sonia Gandhi, like Mr. Manmohan Singh is doing.

I'll stop now, nothing to write, its a sad state of a nation being taken for a ride by these politicians. :(

'bapu' back in business

So again 'bapu' is back in business. Our politicians are very clever to play along with the sentiments of poor people. Everyone started screaming because so called letter written by gandhi was up for sale. This letter written by gandhi is a seven page original manuscript, which was about to be auctioned. But because govt. of India feels that gandhi only belongs to them so there were loud noises coming all way along. But what a hypocrisy! We're fighting for a letter just because it was written by gandhi, but what about the teaching of gandhi, which are not written anywhere but gandhi himself taught to world. Are we really following them? moreover the very politicians who came to power by naming gandhi, are the ones who are most corrupt.

Today govt. of India twisted an arm or two to make sure the letter is not for auction. How very ironical, that govt. machinery runs full swing for a piece of paper, but if it was to rescue some ordinary Indian citizen from some crisis, this govt. doesn't even bother to do anything. Imagine the level our politicians have gone, they can do everything to make sure the piece of crap comes back to India to rotten in some govt. files as 'archives' but when some brave men working in Afghanistan are kidnapped by terrorists, this govt. does nothing and let them die. Later on they are termed as 'shaheed'. This govt. can run pillar to post to save that paper (which might be useful in my toilet) but does nothing to take revenge of people who died in Mumbai train blasts, despite of knowing all the locations of terror camps across the border. I can give number of examples, but no use. all will fell on deaf ears.

And what else can i say, rest is to the people of this nation to decide, whom to give power, but the saddest part is that in the end, polling will be again done on basis of caste & religion.