What according to you would be a glance into our future
Option A:
Option B:
Option C:
Correct Answer:
All the above
Option A:
Option B:
Option C:
Correct Answer:
All the above
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
A mail drafted on Friendship day
It was friendship day..
As usual I was very excited....I wished I was in college when we used to tie friendship bands and party with this excuse :)
It was 9am already and I was already half disappointed that he dint cal yet to wish me "Happy friendship day"
I was waiting for him to cal n wish first....coz he knew how much importance I give to these lil things.....I had always been waiting for such spl days...
I sneaked into his email account to see if he already checked his mails ( proves if he already got up or not :P)....that is when I found this in his latest drafts
"
As always, you are entitled to your opinion and this does not mean that I am trying to change your way of looking at the world in anyway. Its just that I was there where you are now and I feel I have evolved from that point on in such matters. I merely want to express what I went through before saying those terrible words “Happy Friendship day” today or for that matter “Happy mother’s day” or “Happy father’s day”, which I never did in my life.
Today I received some typical “happy friendship day” messages on facebook, gmail and orkut and all of them are from the same people who are not really my friends by any stretch of imagination. Them saying those words did not brighten my day in anyway the same way my actual friends not saying those words to me today did not lessen their relation with me.
Back in engineering, my group of friends never said those words to each other and if I say that to anybody, without a doubt anyone in my group would burst into immediate laughter. However, there were certain other groups in our college who tied friendship bands on the day, which made them the laughing stock for us. So, are they really kids and corny and cheesy in behavior compared to us and are we more evolved than them, is subjected to one’s own opinion. You may not find them cheesy and corny but what is not subjected to opinion and is a fact is that if at all there comes a dire need where you need to help your friend who is in your dire need, they would not take one step forward.
For some people, its just being hip and modern. The new generation who were brought up by the world of television and stupid corny romantic movies, easily buys into such things and if you apply your logic, which has been abandoned long ago, you will see where I am coming from. The need to express your feeling of friendship on friendship’s day OR the need to express your love by buying a gift on the Valentine’s day actually displays ones insecurity in the relation more than anything. To me that is disgusting. The funny part about it is most of us don’t even care to know where these dates came from and most likely they were invented by some random jerk in the last 20 or 30 years ago for some stupid reason that we could even care for and the gift card companies and corporates took the advantage and commercialize it in a way that you feel you are not modern until you follow the trend.
To me this not just a hip trend but a dangerous one. Humans have existed for millions of years and we have known records of human relations for at least thousands of years. This trend of celebrating friendship, love, brotherly and sisterly love (oh god save us from this stupidity) probably started in last few decades. So, what about our forefathers who did not know about such days. As the reach of media and corporate businesses has been expanding, the likelihood of this trend becoming a norm in the society is also increasing. In the next few decades, we will have whole generation which will be brought up in this trend. We will then reach a stage where people will actually be offended for not being greeted. Hopefully, I will die before this.
So, when someone tells me “happy friendship day”, I either see his/her insecurity or see the blatant ignorant and innocent consumer culture in him/her. And when I flinch just hearing those words, imagine me saying me those words.
I see this trend more popular in India than else where. Being one of the most dimwitted nations around the world, we blindly follow whatever West feeds us. One glance at youtube proves this. Just type in freindships day in the search box and you will see 9 out 10 videos being from our great nation."
I sat silent for a loong time after reading it....every word of it was true....I never really thought soo much about it anyday....all I wanted was an excuse for celebration.....I felt soo foolish after reading it.....it wasnt some discovery I dint know of, but somehow it shook me a bit......I felt soo bad that he had been thinking soo much that he even started to write abt it......but somehow I liked his way of thinking and made me happier to know this aspect of him.....i never knew that he was doing all such stuff only to make me happy all the while....felt really bad and guilty.....i was somehow moved a lot by reading it
My phone started ringing....It was him.....I picked up..
He greeted..." Happy friendship day ra bangaram"
PS: He never mentioned about the draft till date.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Oh Ya! My Thesis Acknowledgment :) :P
PS: This post was drafted in Nov 2010 but publishing it now. That explains how busy (lazy :P) i had been :).
Abstract of Acknowledgment :P
"I am thankful to all my cincinnati friends for making my stay at UC a cherishable one. Spl thanks to Aparna, Bharat, Deepika, Himaja, Raja and Sudhir for being a home away from home. Also spl thanks to Ravan for bearing with me and my silly doubts and helping me in getting going. I would like to thank my parents, my brother yashu, my bf kishan , for their support, encouragement and unwavering love are undeniably the bedrock upon which my life has been built. To these 4 ppl, I dedicate my thesis !!! "
Acknowledgment:
Today Nov 24th 2010 I am on the verge of completing my masters degree. This is the day, I feel a sense of achievement. This is the day I had been waiting all my life. This is the day, I wish I was with my parents to see the spark ( and/or tears) of pride in their eyes.
Landed in US in Aug 2007.....Past 3 yrs in United States has flown real fast....but it has taught me several things which I never hoped to ever learn in life.....comon I am not talking abt cooking and cleaning kinda stuff :P....serious ga cheptunte enti abba meeru :P...
I really cant forget the pangs of homesickness I felt for the first few months.....but by virtue of suppa7 gang, found a home away from home....found a family away from family....
The days at Cincinnati were super fun...the people amazing....i have learnt many things from each one of them.....n most importantly, as a group, we just rocked!....be it countless nightouts, potlucks, outings, trips, group assignments or just plain timepassing, everything was awesome.....without these guyz, things wouldnt have been the same....like it is said, life @ US is mainly defined by the roommates, I really feel that the reason for my enjoyable stay at UC is coz of my friends aka roomies Aparna, Bharat, Deepika, Himaja, Jayasree, Kalpana, Raja and Sudhir. (Sudhir dont feel bad, names are listed in alphabetical order :P hehe) . Time pass, watching movies, playing games (esp Klueless), chitchatting, or playing counterstrike :P, everything was just fun. As I type the words scioto/morgan and lookout apts, streams of memoies flood down my mind :((....How much I wish I could relive those moments with all of these guyz...my previous attempt to capture all the memories @ cincy is available here [1] ( Thesis writing effect :P)
My sincere thanks to all of you guyz for your support and love for the past years. Raja needs spl mention for really supporting me and also helping me out in many challenges in life and also in career. Really his guidance and friendship made a whole lot of difference to my life. Also I should be very thankful to Ravan for responding and reaching out a helping hand every single time I asked him dumb questions in Java :). Without his support my thesis would never have been finished. By support I mean both technical and moral :). Also I am extremely grateful to my roomies Rajini, Preethi, Harika and Anita for constanly scolding me to concentrate on thesis :P hehe. It really did help guyz ;). This acknowledgement would be incomplete without a spl mention of My sister Madhavi and my brother Naveen whose moral support always gives me a boost, My best friend Shravan for supporting me since past 10 years through thick and thin in life.
Most importantly I would like to thank my parents to whom this day would bring a spark of pride in their eyes. They are the reason for which I am here today. My brother Yashwanth who is more than just a brother or a friend or a twinsoul [2], [3]. My fiance Kishan whose moral support helped me focus on my work [4] . I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to these people for without these people I cannot imagine Life . To these 4 people, I dedicate my thesis. Lastly, I want to thank God for blessing me with everything I have asked for.
References:
[1] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2010/04/queen-citykind-size-memories.html
[2] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-chweeeeeeet-love.html
[3] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-about-being-twinsoula-bestfriend.html
[4] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2010/09/as-much-as-i-had-been-waiting-for-it.html
Abstract of Acknowledgment :P
"I am thankful to all my cincinnati friends for making my stay at UC a cherishable one. Spl thanks to Aparna, Bharat, Deepika, Himaja, Raja and Sudhir for being a home away from home. Also spl thanks to Ravan for bearing with me and my silly doubts and helping me in getting going. I would like to thank my parents, my brother yashu, my bf kishan , for their support, encouragement and unwavering love are undeniably the bedrock upon which my life has been built. To these 4 ppl, I dedicate my thesis !!! "
Acknowledgment:
Today Nov 24th 2010 I am on the verge of completing my masters degree. This is the day, I feel a sense of achievement. This is the day I had been waiting all my life. This is the day, I wish I was with my parents to see the spark ( and/or tears) of pride in their eyes.
Landed in US in Aug 2007.....Past 3 yrs in United States has flown real fast....but it has taught me several things which I never hoped to ever learn in life.....comon I am not talking abt cooking and cleaning kinda stuff :P....serious ga cheptunte enti abba meeru :P...
I really cant forget the pangs of homesickness I felt for the first few months.....but by virtue of suppa7 gang, found a home away from home....found a family away from family....
The days at Cincinnati were super fun...the people amazing....i have learnt many things from each one of them.....n most importantly, as a group, we just rocked!....be it countless nightouts, potlucks, outings, trips, group assignments or just plain timepassing, everything was awesome.....without these guyz, things wouldnt have been the same....like it is said, life @ US is mainly defined by the roommates, I really feel that the reason for my enjoyable stay at UC is coz of my friends aka roomies Aparna, Bharat, Deepika, Himaja, Jayasree, Kalpana, Raja and Sudhir. (Sudhir dont feel bad, names are listed in alphabetical order :P hehe) . Time pass, watching movies, playing games (esp Klueless), chitchatting, or playing counterstrike :P, everything was just fun. As I type the words scioto/morgan and lookout apts, streams of memoies flood down my mind :((....How much I wish I could relive those moments with all of these guyz...my previous attempt to capture all the memories @ cincy is available here [1] ( Thesis writing effect :P)
My sincere thanks to all of you guyz for your support and love for the past years. Raja needs spl mention for really supporting me and also helping me out in many challenges in life and also in career. Really his guidance and friendship made a whole lot of difference to my life. Also I should be very thankful to Ravan for responding and reaching out a helping hand every single time I asked him dumb questions in Java :). Without his support my thesis would never have been finished. By support I mean both technical and moral :). Also I am extremely grateful to my roomies Rajini, Preethi, Harika and Anita for constanly scolding me to concentrate on thesis :P hehe. It really did help guyz ;). This acknowledgement would be incomplete without a spl mention of My sister Madhavi and my brother Naveen whose moral support always gives me a boost, My best friend Shravan for supporting me since past 10 years through thick and thin in life.
Most importantly I would like to thank my parents to whom this day would bring a spark of pride in their eyes. They are the reason for which I am here today. My brother Yashwanth who is more than just a brother or a friend or a twinsoul [2], [3]. My fiance Kishan whose moral support helped me focus on my work [4] . I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to these people for without these people I cannot imagine Life . To these 4 people, I dedicate my thesis. Lastly, I want to thank God for blessing me with everything I have asked for.
References:
[1] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2010/04/queen-citykind-size-memories.html
[2] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-chweeeeeeet-love.html
[3] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-about-being-twinsoula-bestfriend.html
[4] http://k-harika.blogspot.com/2010/09/as-much-as-i-had-been-waiting-for-it.html
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My Wedding Invitation
Kishan and I are all set to get locked forever in the wedlock :)....
On Feb 20th, 11.39pm we take vows in presence of all our loved ones to celebrate the accomplishment of a beautiful dream and the beginning of a much more beautiful reality.
Your presence is most cherished on this occasion.
Youtube link :
Come, Share this moment with Us:
Being single was fun, but just not perfect
Yes, we are bored of our Solos, its time for a duet :)
Mind you, I dint fall for a single rose or a violet
He showered me with a love-filled basket :)
Finally, I have someone who would lend me his jacket
For I am truly his most valuable asset :P
Convinced our family and relatives cabinet
Extremely glad are they, for our new journey is onset
To catch me in a bride’s bonnet
And Well, to see the effect of my diet :P
Waiting for you, will be a beautiful banquet
Please be there on Feb, the 20th
Of course, there is no entry ticket :P
I m sure, your bonding with us will work like a magnet
Don’t you dare forget
Coz if you do, you would regret
What we would do is a secret
But surely, u will have to take a tablet :P
Being single was fun, but just not perfect
Yes, we are bored of our Solos, its time for a duet :)
Mind you, I dint fall for a single rose or a violet
He showered me with a love-filled basket :)
Finally, I have someone who would lend me his jacket
For I am truly his most valuable asset :P
Convinced our family and relatives cabinet
Extremely glad are they, for our new journey is onset
To catch me in a bride’s bonnet
And Well, to see the effect of my diet :P
Waiting for you, will be a beautiful banquet
Please be there on Feb, the 20th
Of course, there is no entry ticket :P
I m sure, your bonding with us will work like a magnet
Don’t you dare forget
Coz if you do, you would regret
What we would do is a secret
But surely, u will have to take a tablet :P
Wedding Events:
Pre-Wedding Reception :
Feb 20th, 7pm
Hotel Greenpark , Begumpet, Hyderabad
Wedding:
Feb 20th, 11:39pm
Hotel Greenpark , Begumpet, Hyderabad
Reception:
Reception:
Feb 22nd, 7pm
Hotel Swarna Palace, Near Challapalli Bunglow,
Governorpet, Vijayawada 
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