The Thoughts of A Thoughtless Mind......

THE OLD WARNING STILL APPLIES!!!!!!!!

Hey world......... So the exercise regimen which I said I would keep you briefed is going on although no change is visible...... That may be due the fact that I eat more than I burn :-)... Anyway so what else is happening in this crazy world???? Let's see...... Cats won't shut up.... The people who hired me are more than a year ago are yet to give me any work and I'm looking for B-Schools who will let a madcap like me to do an MBA in their campus...... So what has changed since my last post....... Hmm... There has been another Hurricane in USA, There have been many more terrorist attacks all around the world, There has been a very public ugly spat between the captain and the coach in the most high profile ( although definitely not the best!!!!) cricket team in world (TEAM INDIA) which has been brushed under the rug very tactlessly by the board... You ask two people who accuse one another with some very serious allegations to work together, to just kiss and make up...... I'm sorry, that's not the way the world works... This is not some small school team or club team... Both people involved have huge reputations and even bigger egos.... Can these two guys work together..... I think not!!!! Look Ganguly (India's Captian) has not been at his explosive best for a couple of years now and his fitness is abysmal and he has not really lived up to his potential of late. Chappell(Coach) is new to the setup and wants to make a difference and show that he is the real deal... In an effort to do this he has taken some bold steps.... But I don't think any overdose is good for anybody... He is a tough Aussie with some tough ideas for the game in India, but he can't just dump all his ideas on the team in one go and expect them to take it all up and perform greatly... Ganguly's captaincy has taken a beating along with his loss in form... The man has becomes a slightly selfish player at times.... But this is not an accusation on the man who has taken this team to heights it has not seen ever!!! He has won many matches for the team not bothering about his personal records... But that is history...... Today the man seems to play for himself out there, I have no doubt in his talent and ability. But come on you can't play for personal landmarks all the time... Even if you do, after you reach it and decide to play for the team use some common sense...He seems to be a spent force in the game.... Maybe the coach should be given a fair run... We should try his methods... My feeling is that this is Ganguly's last chance... He bought himself a get out of jail free card with the centuary against Zim... If he does not perform in the next series he will be out of the team........ For his sake and for Indian cricket I hope he rediscovers his form because there is no one like him when he is in full flow and he is a better captain for it........ Here is hoping for the best for Indian cricket!!!!!! May they return to the form of 2003-04 and stay there........
(BTW: I am an avid Saurav Ganguly supporter so if my comments tend to give him last chance live with it!!!)
Rahul......

Knock Knock.........

STATUATORY WARNING: This Post consists of Insane Ramblings and Broken and Half Thoughts!!!! Has the ability to drive the sane insane, or If you have a sense of Humor.... Die of Laughter(realizing that someone can actually ramble on and on and on This way)


Good Morning World.............Anybody there? So what happened to the exercise routine???? I did it for three days and now I have not done it for three.... :-) Each and everytime I get up in the morning walk around my room for a minute nd find the most comfortable place to be my bed......... And off I am back to la la world........ dreaming away..... Hey I have an excuse... I'm injured!!! For those who don know me; I AM THE MOST ACCIDENT PRONE PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!! So injury cannot be an excuse 'caus I am all the time!!!! :-) Ok ok, not to sound too gory or morbid........ Never anything major, Thank God...... But I keep bumping into things wherever I go.... So I'm getting back to it today!!!!!! No excuses!!!

So Why is the blog called Knock Knock....... wouldn't Knockout be a better title seeing the current content of the blog?

1:"Knock Knock?"
2:"Who's There?"
1:"Exterminator!!!"
2:"Who? And Why the Hell Here?"
(Where is Here? Ans: My Brain!!! :-))
1:"I need to get rid of the boredom that has taken hold of my brain!!!!!!!!"
2:"Ok dude come on In..........." :-)

The Effects Of Boredom:

Insomnia associated with people who work is replaced with log hours of Sleep!!
Eating a lot!!
Pestering people with forwards!!!
Watching a whole lot of TV!!!
Cell Phone, Landline and DSL bills Skyrocket
Feel guity of sitting around all the time doing nothing but too lazy to do anything about it!!
It's a vicious cycle!!!!

Ok, New resolution....... Actually get up in the morning ( I just hope it works, The weather is just so awsome, all i want to do continue sleeping), Actually Exercise, Learn how to bag the cat, otherwise it will MEOW for another year!!!!, Eat in decent but not abnormally large quantities... and try and do something productive(All though I still don't know what that is!!!)

Will My New Resolution Work?
I'll Let you Know!!! (Starting Tomorrow September 11th...... What a day to Start.. :-)....)

P.S : This Blog Was Created to Demostrate the effects of boredom on a human brain!!!!!!!


Ok, Now something really serious!!!!!!!

My prayers go out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina!

But, what is going on in USA!!!!! People want to Help in the relief efforts and all you do is make them sit on their buts and eat...... Woah....... RED TAPE!!!....... You have a dedicated relief agency which has continually been undermined, and now brought under the jurisdiction of another agency!!! Wokay!!! Why on earth does the Superpower need aid from all over the world to deal with the relief efforts in one corner of the country!!!
Piece de Resistance: India "a developing nation" refused aid during the Tsunami and was not even offered aid during the Mumbai Floods. But, sent 5 Million Dollars of aid and medicines to help the relief effort. Anyway that is not the point, the point is the aid should reach the people of Louisiana, even if it dosen't come from their own government, atleast other countries in the world are looking out for them!!! Corruption exsists all over the world, Dont't let it get in the way of disaster management atleast!!! It will still happen, but atleast a decent portion of the aid should reach those who need it!!! Well we don live in Eutopia, so all we can do is hope and pray that the survivors get all the help they need!!!


Ok....... That's Enough for Now........

Rahul...........

My Blah.........

Goooood Morning,

I'm bored!!! So the exercise routines have begun and are going on... the only problem is I'm eating more than I'm exercising......... Treadmill seems the way to go for me..... I'm too god damn lazy to do anything else!!!! My training seems sooooooooo far away, cats are driving me nuts........ all they do is meow moew...... And literally this morning one damn cat was lookinbg and me and meowing.......... (For the uninitiated CAT is the exam that changes our lives...... It's the first hurdle to an MBA in India....... The only problem is that a million people write the exam and there are just a tenth of the number of seats available). So sorry guys I'm really farting today!!!!! I felt like bloging but no cluse what to say!!!!!! My body ain't killing me no more!!!! I' m actually able to exercise.... Halleleuiah!!!! :-)..... One of my good friends, actually challenged me to do his exercise routine !!!!!! I tried it... It can be done bugger!!!! But seriously awsomely streneous exercise routine dude!!!!! Wokay, dat's enough for today!!!!!! I'll end this torture...
See ya for now....... Bye.......

My First Tryst With Exercise After 4 Years.....

Ok............ Small background check about me..... I'm one lazy bum and also have a huge bum....
So i've been really jobless over the last 4 months......... Just been sitting at home and waiting to join work...... That's only 2 months away........ So just eating, sleeping, gaming and biking....... and I have put on a lot of weight.

So..... I've decied to exercise to try and shake off the weight!!!!! :-)
Well.......... My body is aching and the fact is i couldn't do 5 crunchs.......... I'm totally out of shape, So after today's exercise, one thing has come to me that it's gonna take a long long long long long time for me to get back into shape...... or to atlest to be able to do some kind of exercise without feeling paaaaaain..

So........ to all my friends have been telling me, 'Dude you getting fat', 'Rahul your growing sideways'....... I'm trying to get back into shape....... So, i'll continue my tryst with this crazy human desire to stay in shape!!!! ( Unless of course one day the world wakes up and decides that the best form is round!!!!! :-D )

Cheers

Rahul......................................

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY CRAZE ON INDIAN TELEVISION?

Indian television had caught a bug, the money bug. Indian Television began these game shows which offered their participants sums of money once unimaginable to the common man.

        It all began with the Hindi channel Star Plus. Introducing their copy of the American game show “Who wants to be a millionaire”, “Kaun Banega Crorepati” popularly known as KBC. It was hosted by the bollywood phenomenon Amitabh Bachchan. This show was an instant hit and so began the onslaught of game shows on to the Indian Television screen.

        Next in line was Zee TV’s  reply to KBC, “Sawal Dus Crore Ka”. Hosted by two more bollywood celebrities “Anupum Kher” and “Manisha Koirala”. Before the show was launched there was a lot of talk that it would destroy KBC, for it offered ten times more money. But that did not happen. “Sawal” was a huge flop and was soon scrapped. It showed that not only did money matter but also that the show had to be interesting as well, which it was not.

        It was then time for Sun TV to get into the act. With a Tamil runoff of KBC, “Kotteswaran” which did quite well in South India. The competition was  brewing up in South India as well, with other channels starting new shows, but none of them were able to stand up to Sun’s show.  

        A few more new shows came up. Sony TV’s “Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke” which was a fun game show where people could win anything: from money which was of course unlimited, to a car. This show did reasonably well with it’s very jovial presentation in keeping with the host Govinda’s style.

        All these shows kept bringing out special episodes in an attempt to stay fresh. Even the  very popular Hindi music show Close-up Antakshari which has been running for over five years caught this bug and introduced a new round called “Close-up Encounter” where the winner had a chance of winning up to 1.28 crores of rupees.

       

        After this the public was quite bored. Such shows kept coming and going. Jaya TV’s show starting “Kotteswari” a quiz show exclusively for women hosted by the Tamil movie star “Khusboo”. This show was aimed at giving competition to “Kotteswaran”. Star TV’s programme “Khulja sim sim” an advertising show where they gave away money for nothing ! Zee and Sony after scrapping their old shows tried to start many new shows which haven’t yet scorched the air.

        The only people who really enjoyed these shows I guess were the participants who became overnight celebrities and fulfilled lifelong dreams of being on television. But just like dreams they were soon forgotten. Harshvardan Navate is of course the only one in the entire lot to have gone down in Indian folklore as the first Television-Crorepati. As for Harshvardhan, an aspiring IAS student (before the show) was doing advertisements for Britannia and KBC soon after the show. Where is he now?         

Regardless of the number of programmes introduced, the Indian audience has shown that the show has to be interesting, informative and appealing in order to be a success. But today all these shows have faded away or have flopped. But all these shows on some level helped revive their Networks in some way or another.

But showbiz proved one thing. They can sell anything as long as they can make their audience dream.


Rahul.

The potential of the human race

The humans are a violent, greedy and self-centered race.

        We have only one planet to live on, “EARTH”. Today earth is in a sorry state thanks to wars, over consumption and senseless pollution.

        The humans have overused this planet’s limited resources. The realization that this planet is slowly dying has come quite late, already many species of plants and animals are extinct affecting the ecological balance. But the realization has come only for a few while the rest of the people still loot and plunder this planet. They don’t realize that their over consumption will kill their planet and if it dies it will take all of us with it. What we really need is another “green revolution”, what I mean is plant trees in order to increase the forest cover, reuse and recycle in order to reduce pollution.

A few steps are being taken in the right direction by a few organizations and we must help them by not promoting to pollution on our behalf.

        Conservation is fine, it could help revive our planet but there is a more serious matter we as a race have to address.

          We as a people have waged wars from time in memorial. Although at the moment it appears that steps are being taken towards world peace there still are problems, wars in today’s world have to be avoided for they are

Hi-tech and extremely destructive. The peacemakers have got into the act trying to make peace but the big problem is that “the peacemakers” are as well armed as the nations at war themselves, how can you advocate peace when you yourself have weapons of mass destruction. We have to disarm. Let’s try and solve our problems in a more civil manner rather than resorting to violence.

         

We are all Homo sapiens (humans) but we still categorize people on the basis of skin color, race and religion. But why? Are we  not a civilized race, why cant people follow what ever beliefs they please, why go to war over such ridiculous matters. I as a person believe that there is a little good in every person and that good can be brought out only if they are shown the good in the world.

          When you read this article you might think that this writer is a dreamer for he dreams of a perfect world. But, just think, it’s not impossible; we could live in a world where there is no unwanted violence and we all live in peace. With a little love and a lot of effort it could be a reality.

“Come on let’s make an effort to form a society webbed together in love”. 

           

(Note: The views expressed here are only that of that of the writer and editor of this article) 


Rahul