Same RAIN - I love & I hate

My mobile is set to sing “It’s my life” at 6 AM; me feeling lazy to wake up, press snooze and back to sleep. At 6:15 AM “It’s my life” again. I too reply back to my mobile “yeah it’s my life, now let me sleep” and press snooze. This continue one more time at 6:30 AM, I felt like thank god I am not married yet, else what would happen if my wife nag me like this and in frustration I shout “It’s my life”. But I have to wake up to work for kale kuave and meet many Moti and bhaisan which is our motivations in office.

Eyes are not open yet and I can hear tumbling sound of water on the terrace, trees are whistling and cool breeze. I can sense and feel. It is raining. Very first thought comes to mind is “Oh no, 150 bucks gone in air for auto just like puff from cigarette”. My nephew came dancing and singing because schools have declared holiday due to heavy rains. I complain why companies don’t declare holiday for us too. After all, company pays us and nephew pays to school.

Auto is one of the dangerous rides in city. Autowalas drive as if they are in Formula 1 track. Autowala with large moustache looks more like Local Gunda, Rowdy, and Rascalana. I am sure if this guy clean shaves his face, his wife won’t recognize him. What on earth inspired him for such mammoth style?

Marathon traffic makes me feel far yet nearer to office. Honking, motorcyclist scrolling their way like snake in between, and Masha Allah what to say about cyclist; they will carry cycle on shoulders and walk on jade way. Are they trying to prove that they have a bit element of Shaktiman? Pedestrians walk on road as if road is not road but footpath and other vehicle have to beg literally for way to move forward. And what else to add more agony, we have to see traffic mamu standing and looking Left-Right-Left as if he came here for sight seeing.

20 mins drive from my home to office on bike took almost 1 hour to reach office. “Gud morning Sir, I would be late by 10-15 mins due to rain and traffic.” was message I have typed and sent to my boss who again had forwarded same to his boss without editing. It was like “FYI” game in email; we all do in corporate mail.

Whole day, it was raining heavily. It is not that I have problem of getting wet while going home; actual and real problem is lake, swimming pool, ground water on road and phuwara peechkari of it will create nice design on shirt which guarantees of no colour loss while washing. I will kill Ariel if they come to me and say “Daag Acche Hai” & Surf Excel Blue “Red ko rakhe Red aur blue ko rakhe blue”; what the hell blue shirt is blue when it has brown colour dots design promises to be with you forever. It is not “Diamond Forever” but “Daag Forever”.

Is it I have forgotten the fun, excitement, aroma, masti, raindrops on face, etc which I use to do during my earlier life? This corporate life has made me so practical, materialistic and detached from nature. Corporate has entangled me with certain code of conduct. At end, I miss all that masti in rain. It is same rain I love and I hate.

Tere bigar mai na jee paoga, aise hi marr jaoga, meri maa

Nanhe nanhe nagmo mai, bahake bahake kadamo se mai aage chala,
Tujhse door hokar, himmat karke maine alvida kaha.
Mujh par beetin hui, kisko sunao, rehta ho jo mai akela
apne hi ghar mai, ghair bana diya hai, meri maa

Raat ke andhero mai, chadhar oodhe mai rehta saema sa
Kisko pukaro kisko bolo darr hai jo mujhe lagta
Apno se hi dara hua, apno ke liye hoon mai begana
Har askh ke aaiane mai dektha hoon tujhe, meri maa

Apno ne hi tuthraya, apno ne hi dil se nikal diya
Mera bhi dil hai, par ab yeh hai jo tuth gaya
Phir bhi jodhta ho, akele mai deta ho khudko dilasa,
teri tasveer ko dekh kar chup ho jata hoon, meri maa

Mere liye wo apne the, phir kyun mili mujhe yeh sila
apno ne hi zindagi ke safar mai, mera saath chod diya
apne hi ghar mai, gootha hoon jo roz mai akela
kuch nahi kehta par andar hi andar mai bikar jata hoon, meri maa

Khud se door karke, kya mila mujhe tu bata, meri maa
Tu bhi roothi hogi, mere liye tarasti hogi na, meri maa
Mai galat ho tho mujhse root jaana, mujhse baat mat karna, meri maa
Par Agle janam mai mujhe khudse door mat karna, meri maa
Tere bigar mai na jee paoga, aise hi marr jaoga, meri maa

Taare Zameen Par - Every Child is Special

A guy like me, who goes to sleep by 9 pm in this modern world, is prepared to watch “Taare Zameen Par” first day night show. Why night show is different story? Why so crazy for movie? Well answer is obvious, me being ardent fan of AAMIR. I was waiting very eagerly for this movie; honestly speaking not because of subject or matter but AAMIR (Actor), AAMIR (Director), AAMIR (Producer). What more would ardent fan want other than this?

We (me with my friends) reached theatre and grabbed the seat. I glued myself to seat. I will just watch, watch and watch movie.

Scrabble game was the first thing to come on screen then numbers and then symbols. Alphabets, numbers and symbols started having blast on screen. They were rushing, flying, scrolling, dancing and doing everything here, there and everywhere. No pixel of screen was left out, no corner was cornered. My mind was running more than 180 Km/per second though not able to interpret it. All of sudden; appears strict, adamant, khoshad teachers declaring result and one common name was being declared by all with disgust with flashing alert FAIL FAIL FAIL.

Story of same FAIL kid who is always fascinated with colour, world lively things, vast view of ocean or view from hill top, innocent to heart, true to himself, strong from inside; tries to study but can’t, never mind studies and always labeled as failure in class as well as home specially from his father. It hurts a lot when all your collegue see you as failure, dumb and tag you as loser. You have to face them everyday. Just imagine the same situation of this kid.

He loves his father a lot but his father is not concern at all and is totally blind towards his son. His mom and elder brother loves him as he is; cheerful, naughty, colourful, and innocent.

He is sent to boarding school to learn discipline, conduct and manner. He lives like body without soul, like “uski rangbari sapno ke duniya ab berang ho gaye”. Scene where he is standing near the car in which his mom, brother and father are leaving him behind at boarding school alone is very touching. No tears untill car went out of his sight; then the background touching song “tujhe pata hai na MA”. Scene like he is awake and missing his mom, crying in bathroom loudly really captures the heart and soul of us. He did bring tears to me. It touches so deeply that I felt to hug this kid and comfort him.

It was not like he don’t want to study but he is unable to read, write and study. He was suffering from dyslexia which his father doesn’t want to see it even after AAMIR (kids’ new art teacher) explains him everything. He thinks that all this is an excuse of not studying. Felt like to take out my shoes and throw at his face very hard. AAMIR understand the kid problem because he has undergone this disorder during his childhood days and is able to connect with kids’ agony, sadness, loneliness and everything.

In this final climax scene where kid hands over his painting to AAMIR, goes slowly to see what AAMIR (his teacher) has painted; moved seeing painting of himself which makes him to cry. I bet on you if you have heart; your eyes too will fill with tears. And thus AAMIR succeeds in bringing colours again in kid's life.

AAMIR had brought every emotion lively on screen and made us feel exactly what Kid and AAMIR is feeling. AAMIR stands very higher than expected as an actor, producer as well as director. Kid is awesome and will touch millions of heart with his acting. Movie comes as a class of its own in today world of cinema. MUST WATCH MOVIE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HEART AND SOUL.

Battle of proverbs

Two old friends, famous for talking or conversing with proverbs during their college days; met each other after a decade in a very very busy market place.

Jayu: Long time, no see. How are you?
Veeru (mood of same proverb chat with old friend): As fresh as milk milked from cow. How are you?
Jayu (got the signal): Fit from the milk from that same cow. How did you recognize me in this crowd?
Veeru: Just like camel standing amidst of flock of sheep. How about you?
Jayu: Crows are everywhere and equally black.
Veeru: HAHHAHAHA…. I have heard that your mouth is as sharp as dagger but heart as soft as sponge.
Jayu: If you bow at all, bow low. Anyways, how is job?
Veeru: An overcrowded chicken farm produces fewer eggs. How about you?
Jayu: Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook. What exactly you do at job?
Veeru: Those who got free seats at play; will hiss first. Heard you are doing great at work, what is going on?
Jayu: Nothing great my friend. It is just behind an able man, there is always other able man who works for him. So got married? Heard she is beautiful.
Veeru: Yeah but it is like falling in ditch to become wiser. A beautiful woman without wisdom is like a pig with a golden ring in its nose. What you say?
Jayu: In my case, beggars can’t be chooser. My parents view is beauty is skin deep. How about you? Heard it was love marriage.
Veeru: Love is blind and I realized this just like the frog in well shaft seeing the sky and thinking this is world. How was your honeymoon?
Jayu: (sighs). We had bad experience. We can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them to drink. What about you? Where you went for honeymoon?
Veeru: Same is the case my friend. Atleast you had nice time together, in my case it was like Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth.
Jayu: Don’t be so upset. All that glitters is not gold. How is life?
Veeru: Life is like dream walking and going home is like death inviting
Jayu: So you are afraid of your wife? Is it?
Veeru: You can say so it is like once bitten by a snake, he/she is scared all his/her life at the mere sight of a rope
Jayu: About me, we dream different dream while on same bed.
Veeru: I can understand your problem. A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials
Jayu: Heard some years ago you were in financial crisis but today you are well doing and rich. Was it like Fool and money are soon parted after marriage?
Veeru: I was fool marrying her and spending money like water flowing but now my overweight wife and me being rich is same as a horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries. What you say?
Jayu: Yeah you are right, Money burns hole in your pocket.
Veeru: We both learned from our married life just like barber learns by shaving fools.
Jayu: Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone.
Veeru: Let’s have dinner together. It is better to eat soup with friends than steak with the enemy (wife).
Jayu: HAHAHA. Every dog has a day. Good idea !
Veeru: Be cautious later at home because longer the night last, more our dream will be.
Jayu: Yeah you are right. One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

After reaching hotel;

Veeru: Before ordering for dinner I would like to mention if you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time
Jayu: I understand only when all contribute their firewood they can build up a strong fire. Don’t worry we will contribute equally for our dinner bill.
Veeru: (seeing high rates of menu items) Jayu, it is better when we have only two pennies left in the pocket, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other (wife)
Jayu: You cannot have your cake and eat it too. (You cannot save money and enjoy having dinner at 5 star hotel)
Veeru: But remember rules, you should not change the horse in middle of the stream.

After having given the order to waiter;

Jayu: With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. Where is our order?
Veeru: We had ordered Chef Choice today. Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time

They had wonderful dinner and were about to depart for home.

Jayu: It’s too late now. Better plan an excuse for wife. When you fail to plan; you plan to fail.
Veeru: Yeah. Wise man thinks ahead. A Fool doesn’t and even brags about it.

Both reached home and well prepared wife had blast. Jayu calls Veeru and conversation over phone.

Jayu: It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. How about you? Hope you are fine.
Veeru: Today I realized why wise people says “Action speaks louder than words”
Jayu: Before I reached home, it is curiosity already killed the cat.
Veeru: In my case, I had lifted the stone only to drop at own feet.
Jayu: We should govern our family as we cook small fish – very gently. Is your wife cool now?
Veeru: How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water? What you did?
Jayu: Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away was best.
Veeru: It’s almost midnight. We should not cry over the split milk. Lets go for sleep now.
Jayu: Yeah. When in Rome, do as Roman do. Good Night.

Both went to sleep to wake up next day alive, fresh and fit.

Green or Red ! ! !

Oh God! When will the result declare? What will the result? How I have performed? Sigh…. Still 3 days to go... still 2 days left... one more day to wait… final decision day... nail biting... anxiety level touches sky... confusion in work, nervousness, wobbly hand……

You are in total mess, total confusion, unaware of path ahead and fingers crossed tightly. Head is spinning like roller-coaster and no focus is seen. So anxious to know what happen? Whether good or bad? Whether god has given you green or red signal? You can’t wait watching yellow signal for long. You are at cross road and have no clue about the way to move forward. Your patience is like cat hopping on hot tin roof.

There are times when each one of us counters with this situation…. be it admission, exam, entrance test, interview or many such things which is turning point of our life. So nervous yet excited to know the outcome of battle you have fought for life.

It is human to be anxious waiting for clue, result, impatient for way forward but we also have to be brave to face it with hope, determination to succeed. Hope a lot with life but don’t lose it when life does not favour for you. Whether you win or lose, excitement and hope should remain in your mind as well as in heart.

Reason to Smile

[1] Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving.
[2] Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
[3] Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband !
[4] I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
[5] A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms. [6] Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
[7] Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.
[8] You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it.
[9] Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
[10] Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. [11] Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.
[12] My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.
[13] Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
[14] Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.
[15] A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
[16] You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.
[17] It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
[18] Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.
[19] Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
[20] Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something
[21] They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak !
[22] Man : Is there any way for long life ? Dr : Get married. Man : Will it help ? Dr : No, but then the thought of long life will never come.
[23] Why do couples hold hands during their wedding ? It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins !
[24] Wife : Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do ? Husband : Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.
[25] It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered.
[26] There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.
[27] There is only one perfect wife in the world and every neighbor has it !

Just Good Friends (Gal & Guy) ! ! ! !

Relationship which interest most to outside world is friendship and love. Most talked about, gossip, interesting talks, conversation, etc are about friendship and love. To add more spice in friendship relation is when gal and guy are involved. Love, of course; I shall assume it is between gal and guy. We find this relationship more happening topic for gossip or say most talked about in our day to day life. What are they up to? Where are they going? How was their date? What will be special today on occasion? etc…

There have been many such stories around you. I shall share few of them to make this topic more interesting (as I said, this relationship is more talked about and creates more curiosity to know more about couple whether friends or in love).

Akdoo as his friends call him. He is Jack of all trades but king of none. He has learned many lessons from defeats in life though determined to succeed at least once. Right from his school days, he was very much fantasized with gal and of course was friend of many. In each gal, he finds love without knowing meaning of love. It was mainly infatuation which drove him most towards them to propose. His friends always have curiosity with his relationship with girls. Whether it is just friendship or is more than friendship (love)? Whenever his friends ask him, he famous dialogue “I am not in picture” “We are just good friends” “Nothing like this going on”. He does not want to let the cat go out of box (secret) for world outside. He does not like to reveal his relationship with other gals. He use to leg pull others and having said something about him, he replies “I am not in picture” means he is not doing so and nor looking as girl as friend or as lover. What a bad liar! Everybody can see how many girls (in office, itself his friends can see more than 3 girls; god knows how many girls he is involved outside office) he is talking, chatting, sms, etc…. It is only that they (gals) take him as friends but this guy wants to go forward (for which he do not have guts).

Mougli was simple and straight forward guy. He did fall in love once and as this relationship couldn’t go further and was one sided. He began to create distance from gals. His friends know him like this but unaware of the twist in his life. Cinderella came in her life and changed his lifestyle completely. Bunking office, freak out at fast-food corners, beaches and even pubs. It all started with HI/HELLO type friends; gradually and slowly it is grew stronger and stronger. Things which he don’t even dare to do with us and are now normal for him when she is in his company and giving full attention to him and duo (couple) is alone and enjoying the moments. Though Cinderella has many suitors to woo her, Cinderella likes Mougli cutest and innocent face. His friend had cautioned our Mougli that though Cinderella likes him most and is fond of him; don’t misunderstand it with love. It is just friendship and not love and this friendship cannot go further for love bonding.

Pakdoo was guy who doesn’t cares and bother much for girl. He genuinely got into friendship with a girl and was trying to grow this relationship stronger but god had not paved his way through. He had mishap and with that relationship with gal went sour. He still repents and curse friend for that mishap which changed his life and also relationship with gal. Sometime later, he got mingled with new gal. Some feel jealous and some feel what is going on between them. They not only exchange mails but also sms (if got noticed by mail), chat regularly and even gifts nowadays. What to say about their friendship? So pure but “Dal mai kuch kala hai” is what his friends say. Our friend is getting more and more fond of her and has soft corner too. Everyone in office can guess what is going on? Where is going on? But yes, Pakdoo is cautious for moving forward in relationship. He says “She is just good friend of mine” though she has occupied special place in his heart.

Babloo, is famous in gals as his friend mentions. He do not discriminate any gals for friendship. He likes the companies of gals. But babloo says it is not so, they are friends and nothing more than that. If they likes chatting with me or talking with me what is my fault. He is Flirt number uno. He do not believe in love but yes, has more friends in gals than other his other friends. There had been many times where others have linked babloo with many gals because he talks, chat and keep good relationship with them. His friends are even trying to link with his married young looking instructor. Just a matter of second from the time, a gal name spelled out of his mouth; everybody near by is interested to know more about relationship and gal. Babloo statement is “we are good friends”. Of course, world sees him as Flirt and Casanova.

Let’s come back to our discussion from these fictitious 4 friends stories. Point here I would like to make is nowadays world sees two good friends (gal and guy) are searching love in each other which may not be true. It can happen that friendship ends with love but this is not true for other 98% of such duo friends. Some may try to find love in friend, some may assume love shown by friend which is not so, some flirts but not want to fall in love and some are genuine good friends.

Be honest with your opinion what you think when you see duo (gal and guy) a very good friends?

I, Me & Myself

I was browsing through my friend’s blog, their profiles at orkut, etc. I noticed one thing which I felt is missing with my blog website or my profile and that was “About Me” or “Brief about me” or “Lines for me” columns, so I decided to write something about me and narrate / describe myself to the world outside. I penned down few lines but then deleted it all lines. Writing about me would not be fair enough. I would rather let my friends & dear ones say, narrate, describe about REAL ME. I had quoted their views about me. (No editing done with their views).

My childhood friend, say langotiya yaar Nirmal (I call him Vicky) says “I have three words that perfectly describes you...Cool, calm and composed...A very gentle and soft spoken person you are...have so many sweet memories with you... hardly seen you losing your cool..Very difficult to extract any negative side of you…yes but would like you seeing talk more...and yes a little louder ;-)for past many months we have not been touch but I can easily call you as one of my closest without giving any second thought... :-)”

Yatin, We are friends since I came Chennai for college (PG Studies - BCA) writes “Abhishek - Being friends for 7 years(never realized it until now) I have shared great time and unforgettable moments with him, some of them being our first job, THE bus Vs kinetic war, fun & fare stall, day camps/dreaming at dukan, Ahmadabad trip esp., the train journey, nanihal-ethiraj, the list goes on...as I said unforgettable 7 years..Not much has changed - Golden Heart, Down to Earth, Big Ideas, Big Dreams, Focused on the Present, Very Creative, Very Competitive, Always There, Always Caring, Never Angry, Bad Liar, Bad Flirt, Still ^(11/25/07), Will to do Good for others, Will to be the Best describes his the best...Time passed, distance increased, little busy lately, but still dude, you are the best and my BFF(best friend forever!!) I will cherish the years spent with you for life and for someone like you who values others happiness more than his own; I know it means a lot... And yes, secondary profession for him - Aamir Khans duplicate (at least in his dreams :)”

Chanchal, sweetest friend of all. I met her at Tirupati Trip and came to know more about each other. She says "The cuttest, sweetest person i had ever met n luv's coy is really too good, n alws is ter wenever u need him n i really admire him as a person, has an awesome nature n keeps every1 hpy alws... all this is from herat "i mean all wat i have wriiten" n his passion is 1st day show of almost all the movies... meet him n u wil know wat a sweetheart he is... n the most important , he is my 1st CRUSH cant forget this... be with me forever... take care dear...."

Gaurav, my room mate as well as batch mate during my MBA tenure at ITM - Bangalore says "Hmmm...what do i write bout you...One of the very few people i call friends.A Pure Heart...something rare these days.The Youngest in our batch,He's Got Gr8 Dreams (again something rare)and i see an enterpreneur in the making...Watch out for this guy..Lines for him...Manzilein unhi ki hoti hain,Jinke khawabon mein jaan hoti hai.Pankhon se kuch nahin hota, Hoslon se udan hoti hai.."

Shashank, my batch mate during MBA says "I used to call this guy PPT, Sarkar, GOGO GOVindaaaaaaaa, some many names for this guy bahut acha bacha hai yeh bahut sidha aur simple one of my gud friend from Bangalore , very emotional i like his innocence and simplicity please dont change ABHIshek Sorry PPT"

I got job at TVS-E through campus placement. Reema and I were in same trainee batch in TVS-E. Over period of time, we got together and become one of my close friend in TVS-E. She thinks "Life becomes a lot more easier if we have our wonderful friends to count on n abhi is jst one of them. He is so damn caring and understanding that you one does not need to think b4 seeking any help...he is jst thr next to u...lets me tell u d other side of him..he is d worst wen he calls early mrng on holidays jst to trouble u...let me tell 1 more thingwhich many of u mst have observed..he is d one who watches all new releases during the 1st 3 days n thn will call u n disclose all the suspense...sooooo mean..:(But he is a very cute frend(though a lil lesser than me..)..Be d same n keep rocking.Thx 4 being such a caring frend... :)"

I met Debdeep after few months of job; got synchronized well and easily and is now close friend of mine in TVS-E. He writes "The real cute face in our office.....KIDDO...as we call him...very soft spoken, well behaved guy with chocolatty face to potray his innocence.....can mesmerise any gal with his cute smile.....makes friendship with everyone especially gals...never discriminates them on any criteria......Has done full justice to his name...One problem....he is a confused kid...doesn't know wat actually he wants from life....i just hope...U achieve all those things watever u hv aspired for...wish u Best of Luck on all spheres of life"

Nimisha was from junior trainee batch. We were in same team (Channel Management) but later on she moved to BD team and then IT-SAP team but still we are good friend in TVS-E. She speaks “Abhishek...the kid in our floor..hmm what to mention about him...walks as though he would hurt the ground if he keeps his feet hard, would often look lost, keeps himself occupied on a mobile phone, wouldn't care what goes around him, seems to be very choosy, will just blush when talked about, will raise his eyebrow to express surprise, will finish his coffee and try to rush without giving a damn about others in the group, carries himself as a model and THE BEST PART..will take everything in a sporty manner.....!!!”


Santhosh Priya, I call her Priya. She is HR in our company and very good friend of mine. She writes "Luv Abhi –
A personality so lovable by all…
I always used to call you Bachu – where you wud have felt embarrassed…
But I have always found that innocence in you… which made me to call so.
Ur always my good Pal...
U have that impressing attitude of “Commitment “, which I always admire …
You are an Born Leader… but you have to attempt to develop the same…
Your creativity is one thing I love and keep it up buddy…
On the whole... You are one of my “Favorite Comrade”… who I can rely upon…"


This is REAL ME (in short) Innocent, down-to-earth, ambitious, Mr. flirt, Kiddo & Bachu, choosy, cute , soft spoken, confused, cool, bad liar, occupied & busy, understanding, creative, sidha aur simple, movie lover, Aamir crazy fan and many other such characters you find in me.

TVS iCARE - Part II

Look & Feel of TVS iCARE Center across India

TVS iCARE - Part I

Launch of TVS iCARE (service brand) across India was great intitiative taken by TVS-E Servicetec Limited which is wholly service company. It was for the first time in the history of TVS-E Servicetec Ltd, the concept of branded service center was implemented. Mr. Stephen Albert is the visionary behind the branding concept.

TVS iCARE Logo depicts in a graphic scheme the arms of a human clasped in closed loop indicating Care. iCARE –denotes the personalized attitude displayed by all in the service delivery chain. It emphasizes the fact that “I am Quick to respond” “I am Efficient in Service Delivery” & “I am completely capable of exceeding your expectations”


And hence “iCARE”


TVS iCARE Centers across India:
# Increases our Service brand visibility
# Creates uniform control & process in service operations
# Creates uniform & standardized infrastructure (Look & Feel Environment)
# Displays our commitment to service as a business
# Enhances Service credibility


Hats off to my boss (Stephen Albert) who had visualized, proposed and implemented TVS iCARE across India. His vision is to have uniformity (Look & Feel, Process, People) across all service center of TVS-E Servicetec. I am proud to be working with him. With all his guidance and support, we have rolled out more than 175 TVS iCARE centres in less than 9 months and planning to have 250 TVS iCARE centres by March 2008.

Great Thinkers - Great Thinking

Picture abhi bakki hai dost

Last week, I saw Om Shanti Om (popularly known as OSO) the Diwali damaka. Movie was fine and my opinion would be same as the Hero name in movie (OK). One dialogue drew my attention while watching the movie “Picture abhi bakki hai dost”. Hero says "life and story will never end with sad note."

Many times, life takes you towards rough road and makes you feel miserable; but this is not the end. As said “if story does not have happy ending, then the story is yet to end” rather say “if picture does not have happy ending, tho picture abhi bakki hai dost”. We have to take our life in positive manner and if you are going through tough tides of life; do not think that this is end of your life. Never put fullstop ( . ) in your life story. We have to keep in mind that happiness and sorrow are intregal part of life but both do not last forever.

Take life positively and live it to full; face the challenges, sorrow, and troubles and you shall be the winner of life. Have patience, determination and see changes coming in your life. There is lot to do in life and lot to face in life.

There are nice quotes about being happy, optimism, life etc.

1) “Never trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you”.

2) “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

3) “When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.” - Les Brown

4) “When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light” - H. K. Barclay

5) “The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.” - Elbert Hubbard

6) “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Confucius

Tring Tring…. Hi dear, how are you?

Tring Tring…. Hi dear, how are you? What’s up today? Blah blah blah blah…. Whether you are in theatre, restaurant, pub, holiday spot, driving car / bike or even in restroom, you can hear TRING TRING (or latest ringtone).

Mobile has become inevitable, inseparable and more than a necessity in life. We have become so dependent on mobile that contact numbers, birthdays, etc. which we can say on being ask for, in a matter of second in yesteryears. Now we don’t even remember such things. For contact number, we will search in our phonebook; for birthdays or such occasion dates, we will browse through calendar in our mobile phone.

There are situations where you are moving away from friends to have a talk over mobile and they feel that you are treating them as un-important (which is not so), you go crazy if you are not able to find misplaced mobile phone (if you lose purse, you wont mind but cell phone will make you like living dead body), you would be possessive if anyone is using your mobile phone, heart pumps out if mobile phone drops from your hand to hit ground and many other such incidents.

If I ask you question “5 Things you cannot live without”; I am sure that most of you would have mobile phone in list of top inseparable 5 things.

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar

At times you feel deserted in crowd; no colour touches your heart, world seems to be so silent, moron and clouded with sadness, eyes so occupied with tears which sinks you further in the sea of sorrow and shadow of darkness covers you completely. You are so aloof that even the thinnest ray of hope is not able to reach you. You are in the world of depression just bcos you have been cheated, back stabbed, insult, own mistake, love or embarrassment. AND all these is in your perception or misunderstanding or small matter or wrong assumption AND this goes for day or week or months or even years. Each day is new life and enjoy it to the full. You have to choose between positive and negative vibrations. You can be happy, joyful and making most out of life with positive vibration and can be sad, moron and dull with negative vibration. It all depends on how you handle all the negative vibration which have chain reaction from your heart to brain. For every negative thought touches you for which your reaction should be like “Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar”; positive aspect and vibration maintains your happiness and joy through out your new day life. So Cheers and don’t let small or even tiny negative vibration touch you and spoil your whole new day life. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF “DIL PE MAT LE YAAR”, CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY AND BE SURROUNDED WITH POSITIVE VIBRATIONS.

YOU ARE AN MBA

On every passing day, the statement “You are an MBA” is becoming stigma in our work-life and matter of pride in our society. What an irony! Stigma at work and Pride in society.

Scene 1: You have worked hard and given your best effort but your unsatisfied boss always wants something extra from you. You will wonder what is that so called extra, your boss expects from you because “You are an MBA”. This statement kills all the joy of achievement, excitement and hope same as you had given all that extra effort to make the evening more special and your girlfriend says “What is all this? Something else was expected from you. You should know what I want?”

Scene 2: If your boss has final down to point, you cannot convince him for reconsidering the options available even though you are hell bent for reconsideration. Only after facing the consequences of it, you are been tagged as “You are an MBA”; you should have convinced the management. It is like you have committed some crime by completing an MBA. If your girlfriend has decided for Chocó-coffee crunch with strawberry favour ice-cream and is not available then you cannot convince her to have something else but to get it for her from the heaven or hell.

Scene 3: You are a part of meeting. Everyone in the room is discussing on strategy. After hard brain storming session, your boss asks for your opinion and suggestion; and then your ideas is not given much importance or say your ideas seems not interesting to them. You get a punch of “You are an MBA”; you should give ideas out of the box. You will feel like MBA has made you a fool, who is standing amidst so-called themselves, wise people.

The word “MBA” itself creates lot of expectation in office as well as in society for example; You should know everything from rocket science to agriculture science, you can think very fast and differently, you can give ideas out of the box in a miniscule second, you can perform better and bigger than others, etc.

Prefix of “MBA” with your name takes you to higher grade and increases your brand equity in society class. “MBA” word becomes USP (Unique Selling Proposition) for a guy/gal in society.

Different people will have diversfying perspective for the same "You are an MBA". It is upto us how we take it in our life as stigma or as matter of pride. Every coin has two sides or say if sun rises in east, it sets in opposite direction; west.

"ONE TIGHT SLAP"

Dimly lit room decorated with roses; atmosphere filled with fragrance, bride dressed in beautiful red saree is eagerly waiting for her husband on beautifully decorated bed; red roses draws heart shape on bed sheet with surrounding pink roses scattered all over the bed, danglers of white, yellow, pink roses surrounding the pillars of bed. Glass of milk covered with nicely crafted silver plate is kept near the bed.

Groom dressed in beautiful embroidered white shinning sherwani, pink turban and holding royal sword in his hand, walks towards room accompanied by his friends. He is going through the world of feeling like Excitement, Tense, Nervous, Happiness, etc. and finally reaches at the room’s entrance door.

It is their much awaited first night. His friend encourages him to go inside and show her the real game. He goes inside the room, locks the door that even the ssscchrrr noise is not heard to anyone. Bride sees her husband from the nook of the eye corner and pulls her feet underneath of her red saree. She sees her husband, who in great excitement throws off his shoes to east, then the sherwani to west and then finally goes down his pant. Seeing her husband in brief and shorts, she gets the feeling of excitement but then to her horror; husband is enacting the famous Indian game “Kabaddi” “Kabaddi” “Kabaddi”, touches her quickly, before she could react he runs outside the room shouting “Hurrayyyyyy I won the game”. Embarrassed and astonished Dad gives him “ONE TIGHT SLAP”.
Red face with fingers mark, hiding left cheek with one hand; husband goes inside room quietly and locks the door. Astonished and angry by the foolish act of husband, Bride sees him coming near bed; and then she jumps off the bed, enact the same game in front of husband and everyone outside can hear another “ONE TIGHT SLAP”. Husband stands still with both cheeks red.

I thought to share this story so as to refresh our memories back to such situation where we felt to give “ONE TIGHT SLAP” or felt being a victim (though not been) or felt to give yourself.

What made me to write on this topic “ONE TIGHT SLAP”? Well friends it goes like this….
My friend Durgesh felt one of my blog “Rome was not built in a day” was dry, mere lecture, philosophy, not interesting and was a serious topic. I looked at his face; said to him "yeah it was and what I should have wrote for him to create interest in blog. Is it Roman girls dancing; Rome romance; Rome love culture; Roman queen; Rome beauty contest; etc… Idiot this is a serious topic and rather say famous proverb, and I have spent one whole day to write on it and it seems lecture, philosophy, etc. to you”. I felt giving him “ONE TIGHT SLAP”.

I thought to write something which would definitely make him interest to read. After lot of debate in mind, discussing lot with friends; new topic came to mind “Do the needful”. I felt excited to write blog. I went to his cubicle and said to him "I got a topic for new blog ‘Do the needful”. His face expression signaled me “Good one, Abhishek go ahead”.

I wrote blog on ‘Do the needful’. The very same day when I had publish it online, Durgesh was leaving for his hometown. After 4 days trip, he came back from his hometown. I went to his cubicle and said him to read my blog and comment on it. He visited my blog site but instead of reading blog; he preferred first to read the comment on my blog. I asked him why you want to read comment first and the blog itself. He replied “Popularity of blog depends of number of comments”. He was trying to pull my leg.

Clock was ticking as fast as my heart beats; I was eager to see his comment. He called me for lunch; the very first question I asked him was about blog. His reaction was “Hmmmm…. There is no punch in blog…. Nananannhhhhhhhhh wo mazza nahi hai …. Would have been better…… not that much interesting…….” Though this was his honest comments and views, I felt like to give him the taste of “ONE TIGHT SLAP”
Let’s take another story which goes like….
It was Mohit Birthday and we all were planning for party in evening. Everybody with great hope looked at me (being Chennaite) to suggest good hotel where we could have fun. After googling my mind for few minutes, brilliant (which I thought) hotel name“HOTEL CARNIVAL” came to my mind. The specialty of Hotel Carnival is that it is at roof-top and has rotating table. Everyone were excited to have dinner in to experience new concept of rotating table.

Everyone left in evening but I got struck in the meeting. Though explained him the location of hotel over phone, Durgesh called me 2-3 times. As soon as meeting got over, I called Mohit to inform that I will reach hotel within 45 minutes. I was half the way to home when I receive Mohit call; I picked the call to hear the shouting of all my friends “Hotel Carnival, which I had suggested is closed for past 3 months”. I was lucky for not being with them at that moment else I could have tasted “ONE TIGHT SLAP”.

I reached home and changed clothes. Ram called me and was trying to mimicry my boss voice and asking me "where am I going?" But I caught him. They were in Hotel Breeze. I went there and again it was like everyone wants to give me “ONE TIGHT SLAP” to have dress like superstar while they were in company uniform. It looked as if it was my birthday party and not Mohit’s party.

Now let’s take one more story.

I, Durgesh and Satish (My Boss) were having discussion with our President Rajesh regarding service reach across India. He showed us interactive map of India (precisely, click anywhere on map to have further details of our dealers). He instructed us to develop something similar for our service center details in such interactive map. Interactive Map which he showed to us was prepared in Macromedia Flash software; I was fighting with my mind whether same can be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint or not. He instructed us to outsource this job to external agency to prepare interactive map but then spontaneously I said “Sir, I can prepare this Microsoft PowerPoint. There is no need of external agency”. He gave me 2 days for it. I agreed and promised him to show it after 2 days.

I worked on it for whole weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and prepared it for Monday presentation. It is rightly said “Hard work pays off well”. Everyone appreciated my work on Monday and were also surprised to know that it was prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Story does not end here…
After few days, Satish explained to me what extra he requires in interactive map. He wants state-wise, district-wise and with the radar animating to show the particular town covering the surrounding towns. He told me "Abhishek, make it ready in 2 days". I replied “Sir, it is not possible in 2 days. It will take atleast 10-15 days to prepare it”. He said” Abhishek, I want it within one week”. I went to my friend cubicle begging him to give me “ONE TIGHT SLAP”. Why did I have taken this project? I would have been escaped if it was outsourced to external agency.

I took the project and worked for almost day – night for whole one week to complete each state, further detailing on each district of respective state and radar animation. I had to prepare different files for each state so as to keep master file to its minimum storage size. Final version of this reworked interactive map was again liked by everyone; even Board of Directors were impressed with it.

Story still does not end here…..

“Human beings are the most difficult creature on earth to make them satisfied”. Satish came to my cubicle and said “Abhishek, I do not want different files for state, why don’t you prepare it in single PowerPoint file”. I replied “Sir, I would have prepared but file storage size would be huge and it will take time to present the interactive map”. He said “Prepare it anyway”. This was the moment; I was scratching my hair, beating head with the walls, will pay my friends to give me “ONE TIGHT SLAP”. I am not getting anything in return; no promotion, no money for developing such presentation, no beautiful female secretary to assist me for this project then what on earth made me to take the initial project of interactive map? I have to work again for all states and district and prepare it from scratch.
These were the incidents which I recollect now gives me feeling of joy, fun time, de-stresses and refreshes mind for new fun ahead.

In precise, “ONE TIGHT SLAP” can be given to others or be victim of it or feel to give it to oneself. I just share few of my experience where these three words “ONE TIGHT SLAP” which seems to be violent but aren’t infact seems funny and enjoyable moments when we recollect such incidents later on in life. I am sure that you are also thinking of such incidents of “ONE TIGHT SLAP” and enjoying it now.
Statutory Warning: After reading this blog, you are mandate to leave a comment; else you may have the taste of "ONE TIGHT SLAP"

"Do the needful"

One fine morning around 8:20 am when I reached office reception, I saw a guy waiting near the glass door. He looked at me and said with a smile “Do the needful”. For a second, I couldn’t get him but then he was pointing his fingers towards my ID card to flash at entrance so that he can go through main glass door. I flashed ID card and we took staircase to go to our respective work floor. As soon as I reached first floor, I heard voice of same guy “if you won’t mind, “Do the needful” at second floor entrance gate too”. I won’t mind flashing ID card at second floor but instead made me to think more about these words “Do the needful”. My first conclusion was “Corporate way of asking favour”.

As usual (routine work in very first half an hour in office), I went to switch-on the lights C & D (which are above my cubicle); switch on computer and wait to complete its boot; and then browse through mailbox, note down the to-do list for the day, prepare the channel management scorecard for morning meeting with boss at 9 am.

At 9 am, my boss and channel management team (myself, Chirag, Praveen) met to review progress and discuss & plan for new initiative. Boss was explaining action points to be done by Praveen but seeing him blank, he said not to worry; Abhishek will “Do the needful” where ever you are struck. These 3 words again strike me “Do the needful”. I was trying to interpret the meaning of these words again; and came to second conclusion “Corporate way to ask help in work”.

We finished our discussion around 10 am and were on our way to respective cubicle; Chirag came to me and said “Abhishek, as you know I am new in this team and I am not able to get what our boss has said me to do, I mean what to start? How to start? Whom to contact? Etc. etc. so please “Do the needful”. Now what does it mean now? Was he asking me favour or asking me to help him? I got his message seeing his eyes filled with hope. So with this, I drew my third conclusion “Please complete the work (assignment or task) for me”. He thanked me and left towards his cubicle.

I was going through action points and prioritizing it according to its importance & due date for completion. As a channel management – executive, I got into work like follow-up with branches, status, rollout, appointment, etc. It was around 12:30 pm; I saw mail from my colleague Ashok (Logistic – Executive) requesting me to send him list of partners. I got irritated with this because day before yesterday, I have already sent him partner list. I called him up at his extension and said him calmly that required partner list already been forwarded to him day before yesterday. He replied “Abhishek, in two days there can be anything in list; I mean new appointment or de-listing partner”. I said “Ashok, there is no updation in list. The list which I have sent you is the updated one.” He replied “Abhishek, ‘Do the needful’ by resending it by mail”. Again ‘Do the needful’; I was trying to get his words “Do the needful by resending it by mail”. The list which I have sent earlier though it was updated, I have to resend it. In corporate, mail is strong communication as well as weapon and can put you in trouble if actions are not taken at appropriate time. I got the point and wrote fourth conclusion “Revert and provide what is required from you through mail; else you will be in trouble”

One of my friends, Mohit (business development – executive) called me for coffee around 3 pm evening. I went cafeteria and met him there. We were sipping our coffee and Mohit was grieving for something. After few minutes, he explained me that he got a mail with three simple words “Do the needful”; back of mind I was thinking my friend is too victim of these words. He said that he got a mail from one of his colleague with these simple three words “Do the needful” which meant him to complete the task for which he is not responsible nor he is suppose to do but just because his colleague had marked his boss mail id and he got mail from boss to complete this task (close this issue); he have to do this. My friend enlightened me with fifth conclusion “Somebody can get rid of their own responsibility by burdening your shoulders”

We were back to work after short coffee break. Preparing reports, presentation, follow-up, etc was keeping me busy and hour’s hand was moving like minutes. It was around 5:15 pm, I got a mail with some absurd subject and body of mail was only “Do the needful”. I looked up and trying to find face of god to say him “Do the needful”. Back to mail screen, I couldn’t understand what exactly am I suppose to do; then decided to read chain of mails and figure it out what action to be taken to close this issue. After reading series of mails, I got to know that there needs a change in partner address for which mail was being circulated around the globe and finally landed to my system PC mailbox. Interestingly, I called the guy who had sent me this mail and asked him “what am I suppose to do”. He replied “Abhishek, I just saw partner name and you being in channel management; I thought to forward it to you”. I kept the phone and was thinking “how lazy the person was! Without knowing what to be done or say who will be responsible person to close this issue; he had just sent mail saying “Do the needful”. I also agree with him, being it something about partner name and me as channel management - executive; he had sent mail to me but atleast would have read the mail and send me mail regarding issue. He had just blindly sent me the mail. This mail has sent one more signal to my brain stating sixth conclusion “If you are feeling lazy and don’t want to get into depth of issue, just forward mail to one of colleague who is in that specific department; and don’t worry as it will reach to the person who will close the issue”

With lots of “Do the needful” and many interpretation of it; I left for the day from office.

One may have different views or say different people may have same views for the same three words “Do the needful”. I am just sharing my views.

With this, I would also say you “Do the needful” and you would have got it right by leaving me comment on this blog.

ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

I was not able to find interesting topic after my wonderful adventurous trip to TADA Waterfall. No topic was making me interest untill I went to my proverbs section (I am fond of reading proverbs; captivating, catchy phrases with sensible meaning) to refresh my mind. I browsed through hundreds of proverb, short listing proverbs which interests me most, and then finally came down to this inspiring proverb “ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY”.

ROME is the capital of Italy; popularly known as “capital of world” ‘Eternal city” ‘City of seven hills”. In the founding myth of Rome, Romulus marked the outline of the city by a channel. Drawing this outline could have been done in a single day. Building the city, and expanding it to the metropolis it took a lot longer. Even though the idea of Rome was defended from day one, the reality of Rome took time to get into place; this city did not come into existence all of a sudden. It was founded in 753 B.C. Then Emperor Augustus and his successors added to its glory and grandeur till, at last, after several centuries, it became the world's most magnificent city. Thus origin of proverb “ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY”.

I am excited to write more about this phrase / proverb “ ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY” because it inspires us to constantly pursue our goals; work more harder; climb every small step of success ladder to reach much higher than sky to see yourself at “top of the world”. It is about patience, determination, commitment and passion to work hard without expecting results and success to come immediately and this will surely give you success which will be known to whole world.

History says itself and gives us lots of examples whether it is magnificent architecture, monument or people himself. It took thousands of skillful laborers and decades to build Taj Mahal; fame as No 1 rank in Seven Wonders of World. 8 year old boy started working at petrol pump worked hard for decades to become entrepreneur of No 1 petroleum refinery industries known as Reliance Industries. Yes, you guessed it right; I am talking about Dhirubhai Ambani who has created his vast empire of Reliance Industries in the field of petroleum, cloth, etc. This all did not happen in a single day or fortnight. It took decades of hardship to achieve their ambition, their dream they have seen.

We often think that we have work hard and we should get immediate results and deserve for success. We are wrong. Great things in life cannot achieve instantly nor does success come to your door knocking every evening. Keep in mind “Instant success achieved is of no value and fades away easily as the sun sets every evening.”

I see three aspects of this phrase / proverb “ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY”. First is the vision and dream to build; second is the plan and way to build and third is execution and working for decades to built ROME in such a magnificent way.

1) DREAM AND VISION: I do believe “Those who do not dream; cannot do anything new in life”. You cannot do or strive anything great unless you dream of it. You should dream and have vision to do something great (though it seems odd to world; you have pursue your dream).

2) PLAN TOWARDS GOAL: I would say “Every step kept forward is according to plan” military context. In military, every action taken towards goal is well-planned and always kept in mind. One wrong step taken can cost failure of whole system. It implies that we should make a proper plan before executing or jumping towards goal. We should plan accordingly to achieve our goal and which helps us to reach our goal.

3) EXECUTION AND WORK HARD: “Wherever you go, go with your heart”. Your plan and vision would seem odd to world but if you have faith and belief in your dream; work hard towards your goad with all determination and dedication. It may take decade to achieve your goal but keep in mind “Journey of thousand miles starts with single step”. Only Plan and no work will make give you fantasy of life being lived in a beautiful castle built up on ninth cloud.

“ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY” I would also say “NEITHER YOU CAME TO EXISTENCE IN SINGLE DAY”. By this I mean, one has keep patience, determination, dedication and work hard towards its goal. Success will knock your door surely. GIVE YOUR BEST FOR YOUR OWN FUTURE WHICH YOU HAVE START BUILDING FROM DAY 0.

TADA Waterfall

It was 5 AM on 18th August. Eyes were trying to wake up and get ready for the adventure waiting for the day. Struggling hard, got up and making sure that our F.R.I.E.N.D.S gang are also awake; called and informed to be ready by 6 AM. Qualis arrived at sharp 5:30 AM. I took extra clothes, camera and indispensable mobile phone.

6 AM First call to Debdeep, to be at Vadapalani Main Road; on the way I confirmed that Car has CD player. Deb came with huge bag of his size with lots of essential things inside. It would be good enough to say most important and essential bag (Bag full of biscuits, chip, and jam for our lunch at TADA Waterfall). Second call to Mohan, main culprit to delay the trip by half an hour. Deepak called me and was expecting us to have reached his house as decided. Culprit Mohan came in sight and was walking along with his friend Prashant. We left towards Deepak home around 6:30 AM. Third call to Deepak informing him that we are on the way to his house and not to worry much. Deepak and Divyanshu joined to complete our F.R.I.E.N.D.S gang. We planned to depart towards TADA at 6 AM, but thanks to our Mohan Smiling Face of gang; we departed at 7 AM.

Front seat near driver was occupied by me, middle row by Debdeep, Mohan and Prashant and Last Bencher were Deepak and Divyanshu. Thanks to traffic, we were able to cross the city limit within 45 minutes. We were having fun in car, music, gossip, company stories and love stories (developing, under-construction, work-in-progress, on-job, etc.). Bulls eyes Target were Mohan and me. We all were enjoying all of these. We had stop at town 25 Kms away from TADA, to have some breakfast (Dosa, Idli, Poori, and Tea). Debdeep and Prashant were refreshing themselves with their cigarettes.

We were on the way to TADA and were enjoying scenic views from both sides. Mountain, green fields, smooth road, etc. Climate too was supporting us and adding flavor to our joy and complements to the view, we were enjoying from car. Cool breeze, music, F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and smooth drive towards destination. What else one needs to enjoy trip like this!!!! It is just the beginning towards TADA. You can enjoy this atleast 8-10 Kms while driving towards TADA waterfalls.

Real ride begins when Qualis too has to struggle to drive further around 2-3 kms on rocky path. Trust me, you will enjoy this too. Finally we reached a point, where car cannot go further and you have start walking towards TADA waterfalls. There was cool stream flowing at starting point and it was nice scenic view. We all got ready with our bags.

Lights, Camera and Actions. Sounds like Film Locations; yeah true but not for film, it is for adventure trip to begin. Natural Light, Soothing Climate, Camera was ready with me and Action to start trekking. Trekking Action started by Debdeep. You have to see him to believe the way he was looking as if he had already jogged around 4-5 kms.

Way towards TADA waterfall is really adventurous; very thin lane guiding you the way. It is rocky thin lane, bushes, trees and huge rock either side. Some portion of path is like walking on the desert sand. You have to walk for around 2-3 kms to reach first rest point. Cool Streams flowing and enough space to have camp fire and take rest for while. Huge Rocks either side, forest environment, rattling sound of snakes. You will enjoy if anyone makes Tarzan or Adivasi culture voice in such atmosphere. Going through these environments, one may think whether they are on right track or lost in jungle. Songs like “Kadam Tu Badhai Ja” “Hain Yehi Raastha Hai Tera” “Do Pyar Karne Wale Jungle Main Kho Jaye” “Dheere Dheere Chalna” “Babuji Jera Dheere Chalo” “Phatli hai Kamar” would come to your mind and will refresh your minds while singing.

We were surprised to see one family selling water pouches, snacks, etc… They were around 5-6 kms away from the car (initial point from where we started walking towards TADA waterfalls) or say around 15-20 kms from nearby town. There is small temple of Shivji. This was our second rest point and having some channa packets, we again begin our trekking.

There was one point where we felt that this is final but I and deepak were much curious to know what is further and how to go further. We crack down the way to go further and lead our gang to come. It was climbing on huge rocks and reaching the other side of it. It was really good experience. Then came one small waterfall, we thought this would be final, but again we were curious to go further. I and Debdeep climb huge rocks whether to know is there anything or this is final destination. I and Debdeep climbed that rocks with great difficulty and infact we also have to shrunk ourselves and go in between of two huge rocks to reach other side. What we feel was like reaching heaven! What a view! Cool Stream with duo colour (blue initially and deep or say further ahead its colour was dark green). Water is as clear as Bisleri water. So Pure and clean!

This was final destination. We shouted out of excitement “At last we reach final destination of TADA Waterfalls” After walking for around 5-6 kms in around 3 hours, reaching here was heaven. One has to see it, feel it, enjoy it and believe it. We enjoyed cool water and refreshing ourselves inside the stream. It was deep further down. It would be more than 8 ft deep. After half an hour, we came out, get ready to start towards our car.

It was easy to climb rock and trek further on but while returning back, it would be difficult and one has to recollect the path. Deepak was excited to sit under the stream shower (waterfall). Initially we were reluctant because just now we have changed our clothes and again to go. It was tempting and we went to enjoy the shower. Word like “Wow” “Wonderful” “Mazaa Aa gaya” would come out of your mouth as soon as you are under the stream shower. Thanks to Deepak who persuaded us to enjoy this shower else we would not have experience such wonderful.

We came down and unpacked our most important bag (Debdeep Bag) to have snacks. Fun and interesting part of snacks was biscuit, Lays Chip and Jam. There was no bread. We enjoyed unique combination of Biscuit – Jam & Lays Chip – Jam. It do taste good, No one can eat just one. After snacks, we packed our bags, got ready and back to trekking down the rocks to reach our starting point where our car was parked. Mohan seems to be much tried; every now and then he loses balances on rock. Thank god, he did not hurt himself much.

We trekked down to the car and had great adventurous day. Hungry, tired yet enthusiastic. We went to same hotel (we went for breakfast) and had our lunch around 5 PM and non-stop to Chennai. We reached Chennai around 6 PM; dropped our gang F.R.I.E.N.D.S. members to their home.

Adventurous Day! Wonderful Day! Wow Day!

To keep our Trip memories fresh, I have posted photos online. View it @ http://picasaweb.google.com/bestabhi/TADATrip

Myself

Abhishek as known to outer world; and to my near and dear ones, I am Luv. Long way to go through this journey of life, and this million miles journey starts with single step towards it.

Proverbs

Senstence highlighted in blue colour is proverb and red colour is the meaning of proverb

1. Don't cry over spilt milk.
1. That problem is over - move on.
2. It never rains but it pours.
2. Bad things sometimes can get worse.
3. Don't count your chickens until they're hatched.
3. Wait for success to celebrate.
4. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
4. It is success only if it works.
5. He who laughs last - laughs best.
5. Don't gloat too soon.
6. He who hesitates is lost.
6. Don't pass up opportunities.
7. Look before you leap.
7. Use some caution before making a move.
8. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
8. One sure thing is better than two maybes.
9. When the cat's away the mice will play.
9. Some work only when the boss watches.
10. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
10. You won't grow old keeping busy.