Miracle?

Laloo's Railway budget may be very good. But, this is too much. Haan.

Strike of the Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri film industry is growing by leaps and bounds. But, this catchy ad from Maggi caught me totally off guard. Very catchy!

There is one more ad for which I could not locate a video was Brylcreem Gel. This one is based around Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Wiki is driving me insane.

What are the chances that you:
1. Randomly type Ras Malai in wikipedia
2. And, you would ACTUALLY get an article.

This actually happened!

And, knowing Google's struggle with Checkout service against PayPal; I wonder how well "Knoll" would do. Even if people are paid for Knoll contribution and you can download the entire Wikipedia (did I hear somebody whisper plagiarism) to your iPhone (that is if you can hold that size of info in your hand); I wonder aloud how well the idea kick.
Interesting info on Wikipedia's size.

I want my Zee TV: Money for nothing and Colors for free

Haan Haan meelord, I proudly claim to be a subscriber of Zee TV that shows all episodes of relationship between non-blood related women in the finest light of cat fight and inconspicuous conspiracy. Whether it is the battle of the Jethanis or the love of three betiyans. My best infotainment on Zee TV is Ravana and the Hindi News.



But the real bang for my buck came when Jayapradha was covered by Zee News. I never knew my TV could handle so many colors. Most surprising, all these colors could be dominated by one color - WHITE! Enter Jitendra my all white contrast!! More importantly this post is to salute the makers of Tohfa, the men who dared to bring all the flowing Binny sarees and color to screen in just one song and dance with all imaginable aerobic moves.

As if this was not enough, Rajababu sent an email with the best dance moves and full-throttle laden thursts with lyrics to match!

PS: Title is mocked down version of Dire Straits - I want my MTV

Today is my crack day ...

... with negative relation to controlled substance. First it was CS's email with English pics, hilarious. And then, Rediff posted this Bollywood's most absurd. Some of it are really riots.

I have been christened royal!

Not to clean the posterior oneself after the deed is done to me is the height of royalty and no I would not let any one ruffle my feathers from the wrong end. It is dear, and comes with fine prints. But, a bidet is an experience and my entry into the exclusive club of "royalty". My previous post should convey my fancy for this gadget.

After spending a month in India feeling the warmth of prosperity and development, it was time to scoot back into the western hemisphere with a layover in Seoul, S Korea. Had some plans of checking the entire city especially the Palace, but missed the opportunity but, did not miss the bidet! Courtsey: Seoul Royal Hotel.

What amazed me was the amount of detail and sophistication this thing had on it and then airline companies says they can't make airline seats more comfortable! This thing can be adjusted from an electronic panel that would digitally tell its state, set the temprature, give all options of "intensity", can do "root canal" cleansing as well and all this on the fly!!! I still wonder about the sophistication on this gizmo. Amazing!

Word of caution from the horses mouth, this experience can be uncomfortable.

Delhi has changed.

If San Jose, CA area is known as Silicon Valley because of it's high tech industry then Delhi is the city of bridges and construction.

There probably is no nook left in the city where one does not find construction happening. There can not be a bigger billboard screaming that this is the sign of prosperity. Who would have expected a sophisticated metro station in the middle of congested Chandni Chowk. Swelling with pride factor.

I can't aim no more.

After thousand hour wait at the carousel finally had all my baggage together and my bladder was at the verge of exploding and had to make a dash to whereelse .... mensroom.

In the rush did not realize; right when I relieved myself I realized, WTF!?!? In a country where the average height is probably 5'5" the urinals are located almost at 4' height. One has to know enough physics to compute the projectile's trajectory to find the right aim. And, me no good at this.

This was the first time I noticed this and it was stuck to my head and started comparing height of pretty much every thing that crossed my path *ahem* exceptions are always there. And, everything was higher than we normally find elsewhere.

Even taking a dump was a tip-toe affair considering the height. And, after all the intake you can imagine the number of visit takes an exponential upswing.

Disclaimer: Numbers may be exaggerated!
PS: I know I am kinda wierd to notice things like these but, what to do.

Million and one wet smooches

After almost two years I am here - Delhi. There is something about this place, the moment I step off the airplane (ya, I flew in) I felt this million and one wet smooches on every pore of my skin - it was the humidity! Nevertheless, it was refreshing considering the weather of Seattle, this was rejuvenating.

Walking to the baggage claim, something bugged the hell out of me and have to bitch about it. The airport's flooring has this expensive marble and there is one carousel for thousand and one flight that decide to arrive at the same time - midnight! How about a regular flooring and few extra carousel.

Note: I will be posting India visit in retrospect so expect posting that may not be in sequence.

No liquid on-board.

I would prefer a glider to this. Rest is self explained:

Fabmall acquires Indiaplaza.

Fabmall acquires Indiaplaza to create the world's largest India centeric e-commerce site (www.Indiaplaza.in). Quality will continue to suck and deliveries will be further delayed. (pun intended). But, the variety will remain as vast (that is positive.) and confusing (not so positive).

Allergic @&*($%&#

Excuse my hypocritical censoring of the title. I wanted to be little more hypocritical and add beeps but the technological handicap held me back. (Update: In yet another act of hypocrisy and prudeness, I have further censored the title. "Aligning my post with my original resolve to refrain from all profanities.")

My inspiration for this posting is this fudging post here. Below is a quote.

is baar censors ne kuchh nahii.n kaaTaa ... chaar gaaliyaa.N kaaTii.n; do m**darch*d kaaTe ek b*hench*d kaaTaa; ek aur gaalii kaaTii; aur jab usake liye hamane argument kiyaa ki sir ye aap kyo.n kaaT rahe ho Black Friday me.n se ... aise hii ye log baat karate the ... wo actually jab Tiger Memom kaa ghar jalataa hai puuraa maahiim jalaa duu.Ngaa m**darch*d kar ke ... wahaa.N beep aataa hai ... to chaar jagah beep aataa hai ... wo chaar gaaliyaa.N kaaTii hai.n ... aur jab hamane unako puuchhaa ki aapane ye kyo.n kaaTaa ... censor-waalo.n ne ... unakaa argument ye thaa ... counter-argument ... ki aap ko aThaarah ch**tye diye the na is baar?

What is hilarious is the bargain of 18 ch**tiya ... unbelievably LOL!
I am proponent of *responsible* free speech and yes, I do want to swear to my hearts content. But, "yeh hamare yahan nahin hota" attitude of censor board only shows a case of ED - Extreme Denial or is it just a juvenile prudeness of "meri mummy told me so"? I come from Delhi (FYI: India's capital) where swearing is as important as punctuations in archaic Victorian English (interstingly, Govt. Offices still use this too.). The remaining country is no different, yet use of "street language" is a big no no. An excellent piece of art like Omkara is phooh phoohed by my neighborhood aunties for its language but near naked song and dance aka item numbers, and violence is as normal as Adam and Eve's navel. To my non-Indian brethrens, NO, Indian's don't stop traffic and do a little song and dance everytime it rains.

Even though, I like free speech I add a little asterisk to it as *responsible*. Essentially, use your judgement *WHAT* to use, *HOW* to use and *WHEN* to use.

PS: There is a Brooklyn Qawalli Party (BQP)

Considering Airtel Call Home - STOP!

OK, so if you are considering switching to Airtel call home or join new just because they are offering 7.9 cents a minute. Hold your horse real tight and read further.

I made the mistake of jumping first and suffered big. First I am very keen to meet the Program manager, Project manager and the person who signed off on their website. The security (registration) is as if they are going to hold my future behind it and the user id is a randomly assigned number even major banks allow to pick a 5 character userid if it is available. The site did not allow me to login for almost 24 hours and it was picky thereafter as if the person authenticating me was on nicotine break. After all is done, tried calling got a long dead break and no response and could not use the line anyways. They use AJAX very nice BUT it is broken some of the places and can be very confusing! I could never register my phone numbers.

Finally, after all the huffs and puffs decided this is it. I am cancelling this. So, I call up the support that claims 24/7 support hehehehehehe ..... only if you are willing to hold 40 minutes! After 7 attempts, a carpal tunnel injury and endangering another tennis elbow I got through and on complaining about the wait, I was told - "it is because of high volume call", that was a big no no; it is the sign they are having more trouble than what I have imagined. The representative was friendly and nice though.

On the whole wait before you sign up, Airtel is a good company and is not inherited through generations so I am all for it. They are very disruptive and they have shaken Reliance India Call (I use this service). I uphold their jihad on price, kudos. It will take them some time to fix some of their website glitches. These glitches should have been caught long time back though, this is not some thing new and Airtel is big enough to do so. Something, seriously missing is easy dial feature capability to store numbers.

I did not face any such trouble with Reliance India Call and never had to call the support.

PS: Reliance is matching the deals with some good breaks.

Taj, man's greatest erection for a woman.

I know the title is not original. Most likely you would have seen it on million and one people's t-shirt with via-agra in the following (find similar t-shirts at indobundee). But, there is a reason to worry and hence this posting.

Manhood is shrinking and size does matter; at least in this regard. Here is the article. Click here.

Past, present, future and everything in the middle about the Taj.

Saree slaughter continues ...

The sexiness of saree just refuses to stop. Here is another set of pics augmenting my previous posting on the subject. This time it is the bollywood attack.
Previous post Ode to saree. Click here.
Links to pics. Click here.

PS: Saree is also spelled as Sari.

Ode to saree.

This has been way over due. Been thinking where should I start and till date I have not figured where I should start. In utter frustration of where to start I start here with no dramatics and opening lines. I have not even been able to find a decent picture of a woman clad in saree also spelt sari.

Cutting the chase, in two words I can tell you why I like saree - simplicity and versatility. It is amazing that five yards of cloth can be worn in so many variety. Lot of people in the west see it as a conservative Indian traditional dress but it is amazing how many different ways Saree can be worn. A saree can be worn in a graceful way or sexy or a siren or sultry or vixen.

Some pics of celebs/politicians in saree Click here.
Good collection of pics, instructions on how to wear saree and little history from an eBay store. Click here.
More history and info on saree Click here.