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Kirti Dhingra

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
December 22

Delhi Planet has arrived

 

 

The Indian Metropolis finally has it's own "Daily Planet". Delhi Planet was launched today in it's Christmas Theme and is set to rock the blogosphere ,with the most innovative content ever.

This blog will now be updated less frequently,and has moved to www.delhiplanet.com

December 01

Why we Follow Policies

 
I came across an interesting story explaining why people blindly follow procedures and policies without ever questioning them.
 
Here Goes,

Eight monkeys are put in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder; all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. Soon,none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.          

One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other monkeys are doing the obvious, but, undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why. However, he no longer attempts to climb the  ladder.                                            

A second original monkey is removed and replaced.

 The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey.                                           

One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced; eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.                                         

 AND THAT'S HOW VERY MANY COMPANY POLICIES & PROCEDURES GET ESTABLISHED.

November 27

Shah Rukh's Giving Away Crores

 

 Nope he isn't giving away his fortune in charity or donating it to someone, that's never gonna happen with SRK cause he's a very money minded person and has himself admitted that  he'd do any work if it paid him good money.

But yes ,come March 2007 and you would actually see him giving out crores in his new role as the Host of Kaun Banega Crorepati .  Sounds unbelievable ,but after playing BIG B's role in the new DON,he's again taking over from him in KBC. Unfortunately the BIG B could not make himself available for the rigourous shooting schedules of would be KBC 3.

Well SRK as the host of KBC 3 would bring about some freshness to the show and would definetly attract a large audience atleast for the first few weeks of the show.But whether SRK would be able to sustain audience interest in the show the way BIG B did remains to be seen. Interstingly Shah Rukh Khan began his career on Television in 1988 with the TV show Fauji and later on played a small role in the TV show Circus which proved to be a big hit. His debut film was "Deewana", but what brought him superstardom was his role in the movie Baazigar and Darr.

So for Khan hosting KBC 3 is like returning back to the medium from where he started his career. Well I really hope that this time I get a chance to come on the show and get my hands on the Rs 3 crore booty :-). Let's see what magic you can create Mr.Khan.


Picture Source : The Official Tag Heuer Site

November 16

I Believe I Can Fly

 

Source : http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rkelly/ibelieveican...

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
[1]
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, oh
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
[Repeat 1]
Hey, cuz I believe in me, oh
If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
[Repeat 1]
Hey, if I just spread my wings
I can fly
I can fly
I can fly, hey
If I just spread my wings
I can fly
Fly-eye-eye

November 05

India Rocked Back Then

There's no Denying the fact that India was one of the best countries of the world in the early 19th Century, and who knows what it would have been today, if it weren't for those Bloody Britishers.

I sometimes really feel that something needs to be done,to make people aware of the heritage and culture of this country .Extremist organizations like the RSS,Shiv Sena etc take advantage of the ignorance of the public and act as the moral police, when all they know is an iota of Indian Culture.

Here's a picture that will surely get you thinking.          

October 27

ARIses an acCENT

 
  ARICENT ,  that's the new name of the Communication Software company formerly known as Flextronics Software Systems,known as Hughes Software Systems before that. I think the record for maximum number of takeovers and rebranding must lie with this company, this is the 2nd new name in 2 years and this time it's a merger of 8 separate entities, each of whom had their own brand value prior to this merger.
 
It's gonna be a tough job for the Aricent Management to recreate the brand, as Branding is one thing that takes a lot of time to set in, especially for the not so well known organizations.The name ARICENT is the result of a Naming Competition held in the organization, some of the other suggested names were
 
  •   COMMILLE - COMunication for the MILLEnium
  •   NECTURE - conNECing the fuTURE
  •   CONVOBE - CONverging the glOBE
  •   GLOBAGE - GLOBal villAGE.  and many more

   Well here's wishing the Management of Aricent best of luck in their effort to create a Decent Brand which hopefully won't change again.

(P.S : that old names die hard is evident from this link, where the URL used is that of HSS while the company associated with it is Aricent)

 

  

October 17

Happy Diwali

The Festive Season has arrived, so here's wishing everyone a

 HAPPY DIWALI And A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
October 05

SledgeHammer Sreesanth

 
 Looks like our fiery fast bowler S.Sreesanth seems to have learnt a thing or two from the Aussies,cause he's sledging his own seniors of the Blue Billion. Here's an incident from the ongoing Challenger Trophy.
 
There was a bit of drama during the first game of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy on Sunday night.Fast bowler S Sreesanth was involved in a skirmish with Harbhajan Singh during India Blues’ innings.

India Reds were a wicket-away from a well-deserved win when Harbhajan barged into Sreesanth while the bowler was returning to his mark. A few words were exchanged and both umpires had to intervene to separate the two. The reason for the off-spinner picking on him was learnt later.

In the dressing room, coach Lalchand Rajput read out the riot act to Sreesanth for getting involved in the scuffle.

"There was absolutely no need for him to do that. The team was in a winning position then why unnecessarily create a ruckus," said Rajput, clearly very agitated with the bowler.

Apparently, a source tells us that wasn’t the only issue.

Sreesanth had even sledged Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag early in the innings."After he was hit by Sehwag for a four, he went up to him and asked him why he can’t bat like that in international matches," the source said.

Sehwag, obviously lost his cool and pointed that out to the umpires. Later, Sreesanth dared to look Tendulkar in his eyes in his follow through after getting one past him.The next ball saw Tendulkar jumping out of his crease to smash a six, tennis style, over the bowler’s head. The source said, "Tendulkar went up to him and said, never again come that close to me."

Sreesanth went wicketless on the night conceding 58 runs in nine overs.

This really spices up the domestic cricket matches, which nobody watches anyway, although I really doubt that Sachin would have said anything like this.

September 24

Lage Raho - The Fever Continues

 

  Munnabhai fever continues especially with 2nd Oct, around the corner ,so just relax and enjoy Munna and Gang once again

PROFESSOR

Gandhi Jayanti ke baray mein kya jantey ho?

MUNNA BHAI

Gandhi bahut jabardast aadmi tha, Baap. Maa Kasam,

par apun ko yeh nehin malum ke yeh Jayanti kaun hai.

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CIRCUIT

Bhai, Bapu ne bola tha ke kabhi jhoot nehin bolna mangta hai.

Apun aaj se kabhi jhoot nehin bolega Bhai.

MUNNA BHAI

Aye Circuit, woh Sunita ka baap aya hai terayko dund rehla hai.

CIRCUIT

Bhai usko bolo apun gaon gaya hai, kheti karneko.

MUNNA BHAI

Par Circuit, abhi to tu bola kabhi jhoot nehin bolega.

CIRCUIT

Bhai, apun jhoot nehin bolega, par tum to bol sakta hai na.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MAMU

Chand toh raat ko nikalta hai,

aaj din mein kaise nikal aya?

GIRL

Ullu to raat ko bolta hai,

aaj din mein kaise bol pada?

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CIRCUIT

Bhai, woh apnay bachpan ka dost aarehla aaj raat ko dinner pe.

Mera sara chain collection apnay kamray mein chupa do na please.

MUNNABHAI

Kyun tera dost chor hai kya?

CIRCUIT

Nehin Bhai, woh apnay chain pechan lega.

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MAMU

Bhai, apnay ko char mahinay mein Tamil sikhna padega. Kuch upay batao.

MUNNA BHAI

Tamil kyun, aur char mahinay ka kya chakkar hai?

MAMU

Meinay ek Tamil baccha adopt kiya hai, aur woh char mahinay mein bolne

lagay ga.

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PROFESSOR

Akal badi ki bhais?

MUNNA BHAI

Bole toh pehlay date of birth bata mamu.

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MUNNA BHAI

Circuit, bole toh yeh Ford kya hai?

CIRCUIT

Bhai, gaadi hai.

MUNNA BHAI

Toh phir, yeh Oxford kya hai?

CIRCUIT

Bole toh, simple hai bhai, Ox mane Bael, Ford mane gaadi. Oxford bole

toh Baelgaadi.

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CIRCUIT

Aye Mamu, tereko papad aur jhapad mein pharak pata hai kya?

MAMU

Nehin.

CIRCUIT

To kha ke dekh le, pata chal jayega.

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MUNNA BHAI

Mamu, apun bachpan mein dus maley ke building se gir gaya tha.

MAMU

Aarey, phir kya hua. Bach gaya ki tapak gaya?

MUNNA BHAI

Yaad nehin hai yaar. Bahut purane baat hai.

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MUNNA BHAI

Mamu, tu kitna pada hai?

MAMU

B.A.

MUNNA BHAI

Sala, two akshar pada aur woh bhi ulta?

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MAMU

Oye, maar gayay yaar. Meri biwi aur premika saath saath aa rehla hai.

MAMU KA DOST

Arrey, mein bhi yehi bolnewala tha.

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CIRCUIT

Oye Short Circuit yeh light bulb pe baap ka naam kya likh raha hai?

SHORT CIRCUIT

Apun baap ka naam roshan kar rehle hai.

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PRINCIPAL

Agar koi ladka girls hostel mein gaya toh first time 100 Rs fine, 2nd

time 200 Rs. Fine and 3rd time 500.  

MUNNA BHAI  

Monthly paas ka kya lega Mamu

September 17

Munnabhai's Experiments With Truth

 
 
  Well Last Night I finally got a chance to catch the 2nd installment of the Munnabhai series which is the talk of the country right now, and needless to say that it truly rocks and this time the hype surrounding the movie doesn't let you down.Bollywood is finally coming of age and the highlight of 2006 has been that "movies with a message work", whether it be a RDB or an LRM(Lago Raho Munnabhai),if you make a movie that the audiences can connect with it'll surely work.
 
As is already to known to most people ,this time Munna and Circuit shed their Dadagiri in favor of "Gandhigiri",the new term coined in the film  that's taking the nation by storm,I just hope that this not a short lived phase and just like RDB made people raise their voices against the injustices of the Government this film brings out the better person in us. 
 
LRM is not only a rop-roaring laugh riot but also makes you think, Gandhi was a great man,like all great leaders he was full of confidence and knew the path that would lead to success, although not everything that he did was right but he was a daring person choosing the most unconventional of ways to win freedom for the Nation, and hasn't that method become synonymous with all kind of protests around the world.
 
 Here's where I felt that Gandhigiri Can be used
 
  • Always Speak The Truth : Poltics,The Corporate World ,Family Affairs aren't they full of lies and deceit, won't it be great if everyone could say the truth and could understand the other person's situation and not just think about himself. Your Boss won't make you work late on a regular basis,cause he needs to realise that even you have a life, your Wife won't crib about your mother cause she needs to realise that you can't make a choice between either of the two.
  • Non Violent Protests : Irrespective of whether they follow Gandhi or not, today's youth knows that Non Violence is the way to go, something that was seen recently in the various protests that took place in the country,like the jessica lall murder case or the Anti Reservation protests, this time our own government played the Brits and their behavior towards their own citizens was shameful. May be Rahul would be the new Gandhi that we're looking for.
  • "Head" Rules over " Arms" : "Arms"(weapons) can be used as a deterrent,but it's your head that'll win you battles. LRM brings into prespective that Gandhi was a great psychologist,  he knew how to use the other person's mind to his advantage. That's how his methods work. Keep making one realise that his acts are wrong , and eventually his conscience will screw his mind and make him do the right thing.
  • Have a Purpose to your life : There's probably a stage that comes in everyone's life , where one thinks " what's the purpose of this life", "What am i supposed to achieve in this birth of mine", some of us choose to ignore this voice and leave behind nothing,but those who chosse to hear it and act on it are the one's who achieve immortallity, so eventhough you may not know who Gandhi is, but you do know that he's the guy on Rs 500 currency note and the guy who gets you an off day from work on 2nd Oct.

 On the other hand one can't follow too much of Gandhigiri,cause the person might take you to be weak and feeble ,you start lacking the aggressive spirit and the Killer attitude , something I feel most Indians lack, especially the Indian Sports Teams. There's a fine line between being Non Violent and being taken for granted, probably why peeople feel that India and Pakistan would still have been one, had Gandhi not agreed to Jinaah's demands.

Finally kudos to the team of LRM and great work by Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi who's really  fabulous. Best of Luck to Sanjay for his trial and hope that we get to see the Third Installment soon. 
 
And Here's A Real Life Incident displaying the use of GandhiGiri.
 
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