My Pug Marks

Other not so important news is as follows. I am limping with a completely removed nail from the finger next to toe on my left foot, heat is getting unbearable as it is supposed to be, work is hectic as usual, I don't find time to exercise, I like to sleep more and I am hopelessly stuck in a rut of work-home routine with minor hiccups like the stupid freak toe injury. Pretty uneventful as usual. What we tend to forget while ranting like I just did is that these continuous monotonous processes in life are also the driving force for us to graduate to newer and widened laws of nature - even though we may tend to resist them. It is hard to realize the importance of these circles until you find few precious minutes for yourself to think and look around. There is nothing new with spring and summer. We hardly have spring season though - summer conquers spring quickly and brutally. I happened to be loitering around lackadaisically on the terrace and found the beautiful burnt orange on t...

We are common men, right? I mean, I don't think anyone visiting this little cyberspace of mine wouldn't want to be referred to as one. However, we Indians have a deeper imbibed meaning for the 3 words - The Common Man. The Common Man is the one immortalized by R.K. Laxman's comic strip. He represents the aspirations, problems, fears & tears of the silently suffering Indian in all the chaos, apathy, politics & the bureaucracy that our nation has come to represent. The Common Man at Worli Sea face I especially like this particular statue of the Common Man at the Worli Sea face in Mumbai.  If you happen to visit Mumbai, make sure you visit Worli Sea face. Cool evening winds with the mammoth sea are totally humbling. And then there is the Common Man standing there looking into eternity. Peace in chaos. 

I have reached to a stage in my work life where I can't recall being as busy ever before as I am now. Not in terms of repetitive work. Not in terms of spending long hours either (though there are hours at home...). It is purely in terms of there being so much to do that you want to do but just not have the time for it. This feeling is good! I definitely believe in smart work and it is always better to have more hours spent doing different things than spending fewer hours doing the same thing. It is the head that needs to be worked out and it definitely can stretch beyond how much you think it can take. Give it a shot while I get back from my writing break to some analytics data. :)

Yes, I had taken a big off from my blog. Yes, I am trying to start again - not that anyone missed me here! ;) A big credit goes to the spammer who has been commenting on a certain post of mine, constantly reminding me that I must come back and write. Just happened to watch this 'Harlem Shake' performed by Googlers at the Android Garden and thought it was cool. Can it be the next Gangnam Style? Watch out for the dude with the helmet on!

An attempt to profess my undying love for the car of my dreams. Even at the cost of sounding sissy. There, I said it. My dearest loveliest MINI, At the onset - I love you! I love you & did I say I love you?! Since the day I set my eyes on you - I have fallen head over heels in love with you. Yes, I love you. That was a glorious day when I started exploring www.miniusa.com  while working on your SEM account. I clearly remember it. It was almost the end of my working day when I received a request from my team in US to work on your account. I thank them tonnes! Over the next few days, I got a chance to witness your full glory. From Cooper Classic to trendy JCW - you truly are a beauty from the fairy tales. With that chassis, my oh my - who wouldn't want to own you forever? I went from a sane hard working guy to an obsessed & possessed lover. Watched you tonnes of times in The Italian Job . Watched your videos on YouTube. Consumed every page on you...

This thought experiment was grueling enough that I could hear the whining of my mental hard drive.  What exactly is business like?  Is it good to be business like?  Is it the new success mantra we swear by these days in the corporate world?  Does business like mean being all open and ready for business while you may be cursing the moron sitting in front of you under your breath?  Does it make you a moron if you think of the person in front of you was a moron since you may never know how incredibly talented he may turn out to be despite his rustic accent and antiquated non-corporate style?  Being suited and booted with an attitude is the only way that you can be business like or as Google's philosophy for being 'serious without wearing suits' works just fine?  Does it make a guy business like if he can talk to ten people from different strata and still actually truly be a moron? Does business like mean that you know the art to ...

As a ritual, I drop my wife to office every working day. As a ritual, we end up running 10-15 mins late. I am an owl type, hence mornings are usually slothfully slow for me. This irritates her. While she gets ready in 20 mins flat (5 minutes added, thankfully, because of the dressing table that we have now), I end up taking almost 50 mins. This also means she gets more time to sleep (aargh!). As we menace through the rough traffic & pot holed roads and reach her office, she says the same thing to me everyday. "Be good. Don't get angry!" I smile back and drive on to my office. I was wondering about this once. I was outraged for a bit - What does she mean? Am I a cruel heartless beast that she has to ask me to be good everyday? After calming down in an instant thinking she knows better, I gave it a deeper thought. In general, we forget to be good and get irritated with all the small and big things that happen to us or around us everyday. The roads are bad, the w...