Airtel a company for married people.

I had applied for Airtel broadband connection last weekend. Well you know why Airtel.. coz i am bit crazy about them. They promised that the connection will be availabe from Monday (13th feb). It was not so. I was provided the application number, billing cycle, and telephone numberSo I visited them today afternoon. Unfortunately they came up with various excuses. First they said the address verification is not done, then they said.. its worng.. and the last thing they said its not for Bachelors.. By god, i have never heard such crazy thing, in my whole life. Not for bachelors. Its my appeal to all the readers.. do remember that Airtel is only for married guys..

First Week

One whole week of 2006 is gone. My appartment in Hyderabad, is now all set up to welcome my folks. Quite decked up. Hyderabad is also getting hot..day by day. I feel like roasted chicken in the afternoon, when I go for my lunch. After mid-night its too cold. Man what a bad climate. Too bad.

The PBD (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) just got over. Lot of VIP and NRI visited Hyderabad. The city looked like hell for the commoner's like us. Traffic jam.. traffic diversion...Well.. its India man.. cant help. This will go on till the month end. I think Indian govermnet should develop an Event City.. a city where all the VIP events should be held... man too much.

Back from Kolkata

Titir's marriage was fantastic.. really enjoyed it.. everything went well... me cambe back to Hyderabad today... trying to set in..

Saptami...the 7th day..

Today is the seventh day of Durga Pujo. Me going to Indira Park , in Hyderabad to have a look at the pujo.

Have a look at some of the idols (pratima).

Puja Approaching....

Hie folks its pooja time again. 3rd October is Mahalaya.. and after one week is the puja. This time will celebrate it at Hyderabad... happy puja to u all out there....

ExaminationI always kept pondering if IGNOU was as bad as people told me. My recent experience revealed it to be true. I was in Kolkata for the MCA viva, organised by the Regional Center. The external exainar is supposed to be some 'professor' from 'reputed university'.Let me describe the scenario.

As I enter the viva room, I see the 'professor' sitting in the room, with all our project reports stacked on the table beside him. He speaks in local bengali, and asks me to find my project report. Then he asks me to read aloud my enrolment number, my project report number and my porject name. After which he drops the report on the floor. Daam! Didnt even bother to read it once. My 12 months hard work.. developing an animation production software gone down the drain.

I prepare myself to face the first question. He asks his question. "Koto diye project ta kinecho?" ("How much did you spend to buy the project?"). God is this why I came down all the way from Hyderabad to appear in the viva ? Polietly I replied, " Kinini sir, nije baniyechi." ("Didn't buy it sir, developed it myself"). He was just not satisfied with the answer. He kept on telling that I bought it , and I kept on denying it. This really made me angry. Then when he saw that I was not accepting his view he went ahead with his next question. "MCA kore ki hobe, chakri toh aar pabe na. Ki bolo ?" ("What's the use of studying MCA, you wont get any job".). Again, I replied that I was already working. I kept on thinking from which planet he is . Has got no idea about computer science, no knowlegde and conducting the viva. God, am working as a production manager, providing consultanc in Hyderabad. What is this?

And that 'professor' kept on asking me such dump, stupid questions. At the end of the viva, he concluded that I really dont have any knowledge and signed off.

So, is this what our goverment wants. Mockery. Enjoying playing with students. We have a rocket scientist as our President, an economist as our Prime Minister. At the end a common Indian like me would like to ask can incidents make me say "Mera bharat mahan" ("India is great") ?

Visitng Kolkata

I will be on a days visit to Kolkata on 4th September. Will travel to and fro by train. Will be back in Hyderabad on 6th morning.
I will be boarding Faluknana today evening.

New Number

I got my new cell connection. The new number is 9866623354... Do update your address book.

Check this out...

Check out this website http://www.logogle.com/ . Its wonderful.

First ride in MMTS

Yesterday, was my first day in MMTS(Multi Modal Transport System), the first of its kind in Hyderabad. I travelled from Lakri-ka-pool station to Boraabonda Station. The train travells very slowly, but its fun.

In Hyderabad

Today is my 3rd day in office. Grasping stuff. Created a first draft and had the first discussion with boss. Lets see where things head towards.

Out of Kolkata...

At last am out of Kolkata. Again headed towards Hyderabad. Got a job there as Production Manager. Quite interesting, and seems great.

Howrah Bridge

A cargo steamer got stuck beneath Howrah Bridge. For the first time in its lifespan of 67 years such incdent happened. The gateway to Kolkata.. in torouble.. lot of people went to the spot.

Its really hot this summer...

It was really hot this summer in Kolkata. The temp went upto 40 degree, with all time high humidity. We are still wating for the rains...

Aaah... back from Mumbai......

Amu
Watched Amu at Nandan. The movie is based on 1984 Sikh riot. Konkona did a wonderful performance. A movie worth viewing.

Coming back
Today I am leaving. Boarding the train back to Kolkata. It was a nice trip. Meeting old people, and specially the care Sumona di and her family took had moved me a lot. This time leaving was more difficult than the previous time.

Sankranti
Today is Sankranti. We visited Balaji temple at Chirkoor. 'We' consist of Sumona di, Ananda and me. I have never been to that temple. Its far away from Hyderabad. Quite crowded. We offered our puja and by the time we reached back home it was evening.

Visiting Companies.
I visited lot of companies in and around Hyderabad. Lot of changes. Both in the city and with the companies. Few of them had a friendly approach, as they used to have before the change in goverment, but most of them were rude. That was quite a shock for me, as am not used to such rude behaviour in Hyderabad. The city seemed to loose its caring nature as well.

Reaching Hyderabad..
I was all excited. Comming to the city 11 months after I have left it was really wonderful. Yeah, I am back in Hyderabad. Good to see it again. I had dropped Sabyasachi in a hotel, and then got to didi's house. She was there to welcome me. We met after 11 months. Though I met Rajiv da in between, still meeting Sumona di was something different.