Merry Christmas...!!

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas....

May Lord Almighty gives you all his blessings and shower of happiness...

Harry

Life too is a game!!

When the Indian cricket team does well, the whole nation is in jubiliation. When it fails, the entire country goes into mourning. Heroes turn into villains overnight and again into heroes when they manage to win.

It is sad; the team not doing well, but a whole nation caught up in something so insignificant. Ours is a country with a tradition and culture that is well over 5000 years old. This culture was built upon the teaching that one should look at success and failures with equal equanimity. You may say, it is only a game. I tell you, your whole life is a game!

When you watch your team play poorly and you cringe as the wickets fall, it is only a game for you. So many things seem to be at stake; your pride, your money, your ego, for instance. You watch a movie. You know it is not real. Yet, you cry, you laugh, you jump and shout.. When the projection stops, all you have is a blank screen.

So is your life. Whatever you experience is another game or another movie. It is real when you experience it. It is very real when you experience, when you get hurt, when you get bleed and when you are in pain, when you see that the things which you had wished are fulfilling in front of your eyes when you see the things you never expected are in front of you.

When you treat life as a game, and the game too as a game, you truly start enjoying the experience. You can leave your emotions behind as the experience passes. Do not carry the emotions with you. It is that connection which really disturbs you. When you expect the team to win, they lose, you feel sorrow.

When you hope to get promoted, and your colleague is promoted instead, you feel sorrow, jealously and vengeance, all combined. The kernel of any success is the consistency. Better be honest to yourself.

The choice is yours, whether to watch the game knowing it is only a game and enjoying it, or to wallow in sorrow treating it as real.

Back to Biz....

Finally, I am through with CAT held on 19th Nov, 06. Though the CAT is always full of surprises, this year too, there were few surprises. The surprises range from the number of questions to the level of the questions. For the people,who have bit knowledge about CAT, lemme tell u,it is the exam just for 1300 seats of IIMs.
And the people appeared for it were 1,91,000. The numbers of applicants have been increasing year by year. This was my 3rd attempt at cracking CAT..yeh yeh…I am becoming a veteran in writing India’s biggest management exam. I had really spent many sleepless nights for snatching one of the IIM seats. But the outputs dint turn up very positive. I really grilled up in one of the three sections which may screw up my IIM call. I am really concerned. I dunno where I stand relatively among the whole CAT junta. But the preparation itself teaches me many things. Atleast, from my experience part, I would like to say that its not only hardwork which matters, instead it’s the smartwork which is more important than anything. The exam like CAT always believes in steering traditional talks. I have got to know that one needs to be the right person at the right time at the right place. I had stopped writing as well . I am sill not able to recover fully from the CAT shock. CAT was not less than any storm for me. I had quarantined myself from everything. The exam has really upset me and I don’t seem to be in the situation of getting IIM cal. May be the destiny has something good or may be bad for me. Lets c where I get dragged by it. But I am very much passionate to grapple with the upcoming and unpredictable challenges of life now. Twists and turns are the part and parcel of life. Now, I am back to biz of writing. So,thought of buzzing you guys with CAT ( the thing which is keeping me busy since last 2 years ). I hope it will leave me this time.

Happy Diwali......!!!!

Wishing all of you and ur family a Happy,Bright and Prosperous Diwali..!!..
I wish all of you a gr88 future ahead...!! :D
Keep smiling n shining..

Harry

On Cloud No.9!!

I m on cloud no.9..coz I m going to my home after 8 months..and am very much excited to be there..excited to spend time with my family members..Oh!! I m getting nostalgia..have done loads and loads of shopping..since last 10 days,I have been roaming in Delhi Markets to purchase the stuff which my family members like..Thou few months bak only, I have got a good salary hike, so,this time,I m not hesitant in buying anything..everything seems to be in my budget.Thank God, I wil be relieved from my office work for another 10 days..I will be relieved from the office meetings,presentations,targets,mails etc..
Well,I dnt like working neither I feel like writing..
Really really happy..:o)
U all njoy!! Happy weekend!!

Adios...tkcre u all..:)

"Sex is our text: quotes Generation next"

Last day, I met with one of my old friends. We met after 6 years. I was bit surprised the moment I saw him with a girl. I remember he was a guy who used to shy away from the girls. He never believed in female friendship. Anyways, he introduced me to a girl who was one of his girl friends. We three sat together for an hour, enquired about each other’s happenings and many other things. After coming back to room, I called up him and asked about the drastic change, which was evident in his personality. Whatever, that change had really upset me. He told me that he has changed himself a lot. He has started doing all the things, which he has never attempted or never dared to do. Now, he doesn’t run
away from girls. Instead, he feels that girl is one of the entertaining instruments. I am muddled. I don’t know whether sex is an art or it is a method of fulfilling your lust. I am sorry for wandering from the topic. I tell u the reason. Where is this world moving?? Sex is ubiquitous.
Boys go after the size of the boobs of girls. I agree that boobs are there to be seen. The Face doesn’t matter for them. The sex organs matter more for them. If a young woman has got big highs and lows, who cares for the face. Someone has rightly said, “Cover the face, fuck the base”. The boy will be ready to share bed with that girl. Boys keep changing the girl friends or maintaining relationships with different girls simultaneously. Many of you may be doing all this. God Knows. But, I part myself from this attitude. Obviously, I also consider the girls’ highs & lows. But this is not the only criteria for me while judging any girl. What matters for me is the sense of humor of a specific person. The presentability matters for me. No matter how good a girl is by face, how big highs and lows she possesses, if she has bad sense of humor, she fails in my criteria.

The girls are not lesser anywhere. Too much ambiguity in such sotta topics. Though I never reach on conclusions very early. Still, there is something, which is very much evident in girls’ attitude these days. Girls also keep changing their BFs on every second month. The mentality is the more you spend, the more you will be allowed in. Gals are ready to go upto any extent with those guys who really spend money on ‘em like anything. I never mind that. Even I never expect my partner to be virgin before marriage. Moreover, I feel that one should have sex very often. But there is something, which really bothers me all the time. Should I give it a name of ‘sex’ or a name of ‘lust’?

Whatever it is, but it exists everywhere. It’s in the corporate world, in the sports world, in the political world, and also in many other places. Some people do it without insistence and some do it with insistence. Some people are coerced to do this and some people wont let us to coerce them.
Is this the solution of everything? Is this the thing, which is taking the world forward? Have your handwork and persistence taken a rear seat?? OMG, so many interrogations….

Maintain the queue....

The scene was very much alike in New Delhi Railway Reservation Centre.There was pandemonium in the crowd. I got my tickets reserved last day after standing for almost 6 hrs.I waitied since morning 10.30 till evening 4'o clock. I really pissed off and was cursing myself why I have come so far from my hometown Calcutta.

Seriously,our whole life revolves around queues.Queues are ubiquitous.There are queues in hospotals, we see queues in the job interviews, we see queues for FIR registered in the police station, we face queues for enrolling into coaching classes,we experience queues for gals:)even queue for peeing....

The experiences of standing in the queue are really invaluable.

Jeff's Code....

I really don't know how much you enjoy my postings, but your comments always
encourage me that I should keep updating my blog. I work in an executive search firm. I don't know but I always get fascinated by this corporate world and obviously by the big corporates. I always wish to possess the qualities which they possess. I try to inculcate all those values which they carry. I always wanna be in a forward mode. Are these things so easy to practice it in your daily life?? Or should I say am I determined enough to carry on with such values?? Have I really made up myself for the genunity?? Anyways,lets not wander from the topic.

I am really impressed with the global Chief Technology Officer(CTO)of my company.
His name is Mr.Jeff Scherb. Whenever he comes to India,he comes with a new zeal. I dont know how he manages to keep smiling face all the time. Though he is at such a level, he doesn't get much time to do one-o-one interaction. But he has got such a magic which spreads such a passion throughout the whole office. Its simply awesome!!

Today,we had his presentation. We had arranged a townhall. Before it,we had his presentation. The topic was 'Jeff and His Journey'..Seriously,I am so charged up after listening Jeff that I am revising my goals. I am thinking whether I am in the right track where I dream to get into. I am managed to grab few of Jeff's Points which I like to share with you. Here it goes:

Plan your day before you start. How will you make a difference today?

Always exceed expectations! Deliver better, sooner, and when unexpected.
The better you get the more they expect

Take initiative! What's the worst that could happen?
If they fire you for initiative, you didn’t want to work there anyway.

A mistake is only a failure if you don’t learn from it.
Don’t be afraid to admit your mistakes. Be honest, no excuses!

Succeed by delivering results, not by politics.

Set your sights high, even if they don't have a vision you should.
Succeed in spite of your situation or your boss.

If you don't change something, nothing's going to change.

If they don't get it, ask first what you could have done to explain it better.
Corollary: Read everything you write from their point of view first.

Always treat people the way you’d like them to treat you.

Your career is yours to manage, don't wait for “them”.

Must watch "Lagey Raho Munnabhai"....

There are very few movies that really live up to the expectations..
"Lagay Raho Munnabhai” is one of them...The movie has really worked well for the viewers. The movie has come out with the nice pack of comedy of Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi aka Curcuit. The actress Vidya Balan has also acted very well with her new look. I have found the movie more rib-tickling and heartwarming than the original one. It was such in a flow that one won’t get bored till the end...The concept of the film itself is so refreshingly original. I guess this is the movie, which will get the ovation in the box- office. And it really deserves it...So, watch out the movie if you really want to have fun...!!!

Here I Am

This is the song which motivates me like anything. I dont know why is it so, but I really like the song.And this song is special to me because me and my roommate use to play the same in our terrace after having our dinner njoying the serenity of the night. Though he plays guitar, so Bryan Adams is like his second God.
Here it goes:

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world - it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day - it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am

Here we are - we've just begun
And after all this time - our time has come
Ya here we are - still goin' strong
Right here in the place where we belong

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true

Here I am - next to you
And suddenly the world is all brand new
Here I am - where I'm gonna stay
Now there's nothin standin in our way
Here I am - this is me

Off to Seclusion...

You guys must have got bored by now after seeing no developments n my blog.Though I do have lotta things to write, but I am not well. And even not going to office. I am down with cold,viral and too much weakness. I am taking medicines,but the results aren't showing very much +ve on my body. The things are not going very fine. I was a sort of sluggard when it comes to update my blog on a regular basis like Keshi, but I was very much regular in commenting on other blogs. I hope I will recover in few days and will be back with same passion,zeal and enthusiasm. But this viral has really secluded me from the rest of the world. Everything seems to be so dull. Sometimes I feel I have been lag behind and sometimes it seems that world is n't moving so fast. I really miss u guys specially Keshi,Ishi, Kulveer...Hope u all r doing well...

Vicissitudes

From last few days, I have been facing too many changes in life. The changes range from my personal life to professional life. I always use to say that change is the thing, which drives the world. And I believe everything undergoes through the changes.On my personal front, I am an ambivert. I don’t take much time to be amicable with you. Nope, I may take. For few people, I am an extrovert and for few I am an introvert. Anyways, I hardly get time to socialize. Hardly I get time to catch my friends. Few months ago, there was a time when all of my friends and me were unemployed and we used to dream working in an AC office. We used to dream that we will be earning and will avail each and every sale, which is very frequent in Delhi markets. One gets to see sale on every second month. But we are putting my fingers crossed when the time will come when all my plans will get materialized. I earn a decent amount what a fresher gets at a start. Initially, when I had joined my office, I used to be silent. And never used to talk to anyone. The time has gone when I used to get secluded from others. See the change. Now I don’t want to miss anything and always eager to be a part of each and every opportunity and initiative. Now I am a member of most of the committees of my office. My responsibilities have been increased. Initially, I was involved in a project. Now I am the responsible for four projects. The sense of accountability exists there. Initially I never want to feel the presence of appreciation or applause. Now I am ready to take every challenge. I have an appetite of appreciation. I keep my ‘can do’ attitude. Besides, I talk to all my colleagues. And I am the most talkative guy of my department. I am always open to learning and changes. But since last few days, my office has really made my life hell. I have been burdened with so many responsibilities that I hardly get time for my friends or my personal life. I was a voracious reader. Now I miss those days when I used to read books throughout the day. More and more books are getting added in my wish list. I am really waiting for the moment when I will be able to complete al of them. More than books, I am missing the news of the corporate world. I was a guy who used to update myself with each and every corporate happening. Now I just get a glimpse of what’s happening there.

Sometimes, my responsibilities seem beyond my capacity. I work for 13-14 hrs in a day. I have been working to gain an experience. So that when I will be doing MBA further, I can show my experience. But I really dunno where my life is moving. I have been quarantined from the outer world. I had promised my self that I would be blogging more often. But the things do not seem to be in the right direction. I couldn’t realize my capacity and had started taking every responsibility whatever was coming in my way. Even I can’t withdraw myself from the responsibilities, which I have been doing since last few months. Because I do not want to miss any chance which gives me recognition in the company. I am pretty greedy in this case. I do not know till how long I will be suffering with the same routine or schedule. I have tried lot many times to reschedule everything but my office hours ransack everything. Sometimes I feel I am not les than in any cage. God knows what the destiny has for me. Whether I will be able to achieve my long-term goals. Give me a break to think..…...probably it may work…...

The day has come....

I couldn’t resist myself from writing about the blog blockade. I am bit late in posting this.I cudn't make out last wk due to my excessive job resposibilities.Initially, I was able to access my blog and others blog. I thought the ban might not be on blogspot. I wasn’t so aware what’s happening, why is there so hue and cry against the government, what are Indian bloggers demanding to?? I had so many interrogations in my mind cos I was not getting time to read the newspaper due to my busy schedule from last few days. My job responsibilities are increasing day by day. Everybody needs to get his/her self-interest fulfilled. I wasn’t getting time to do blogging. From last two days, I have re-scheduled everything and have been experimenting with new schedule. But these two days have really made me sick. I am shocked to see the irrationality of our government, which keep continuing their ridiculous thinking. Is this the government, which is dreaming of crossing every hurdle to make an India a developed country?? This is the government which do not want to leave any stone unturned to see the developed picture of India whether in WTO, or in accusing Pakistan, or competing with China, or amazing the world with its limitless talent in software or computer.

Sometimes, all such expectations seem to be shattered. Sometimes, it questions me whether all such efforts of the government do really possess any substance, do the government really take care of the expectations of the people?? There are lots of interrogations. This is ridiculous when I have come to know that the government has banned somewhere more than 15 sites. The step has been taken following the last week’s Mumbai blast. The restrictions that have been made up by the government have been echoed with the views that the freedom of online information may be a possible threat to their security. Has the govt ever thought how one’s blog may be threat to their security or how can it be used by the terrorists?? Blog is just sharing your personal views on anything. This thing can be your personal life, your office life, your passion towards the sports, and your views on any happening. How can any blogger do harm to the Indian government?? There are so many sources in the Internet, which can be used by anyone anytime. Bloggers are affected. But so are ordinary netizens who like the conversations that many blogs and homepages enable; their freedom of speech has been abruptly curtailed.

India, the world's largest democracy, has generally eschewed efforts to block citizens from obtaining information or from expressing their views. Government has really gone crazy.

Instead I believe the govt should think rationale and sensible in this case. The dreams wont take you to heights until and unless you will start thinking in the right path.I don’t understand if the access to the blogs would serve the purpose.

I am able to post my articles through pkblogs.com.Thanks to pkblogs.com for such a great co-operation. At least I am able to put my points across. I have come to know that government has lifted the ban. Still, I am unable to access the blog. If the government has lifted the ban, I don’t know. Yep, if it is true, then it’s good. The government has acted sensibility at the last. And if not, then I pity on our government, which is derogating its value in view of all of the bloggers of India.

May God bless the developing India!!

Don’t give in to terror

On Tuesday, i.e., on 11th July 06 the city Mumbai has become a victim of terrorism. The terrorists are back on the track to shiver the shrill and speed of this modern world. The terrorists who planned Tuesday outrage obviously planned to cause the maximum possible loss of life. The local trains, which have been the most used transport of Mumbai junta, are jam-packed at this time of the day. It was, therefore, an act of despicable cruelty to set off synchronized explosions inside local trains at this time. The first blast was at 6:08 p.m followed by six others. The government is yet to identify the perpetrators.

One of the reasons why Jihad group carry out such attacks is, of course, to foment communal tensions. Anyways, the police and the wider intelligence need to step up their surveillance. And once India needs to improve upon the global community of the need to persuade Pakistan to dismantle its infrastructure of terror.

I believe all these perpetrators should be hanged publicly if they caught. I really feel like killing them. Why don't they give a thought that the people whom they are targeting are their brothers and sisters or like them a simple human being?? It is very much clear they do have an absence of fraternity. These terrorists do not believe in any religion neither they are with any religion. They are doing everything on the name of religion. They do not have any purpose except mass killings and to foment communal tensions. They do not understand the word of mouth. They wont understand until the same behaviouir or the same thing will be done with them. So the need of the hour is a quid pro quo.

P.S: May god bless the departed souls!!

Is Mumbai the world's rudest city?

I always distrust the surveys. I never believe in surveys because they never come up with the real picture. It is not the case of one or 2 surveys. Every person does have different perception. So it all depends on an individual how he perceives the surveys. In the same fashion,it all depends whether one gives damn to such surveys or not.
Recently, a survey has tagged Mumbai as the rudest city in the world. The survey has been conducted in the leading cities in 35 countries. The survey states that the culture of helping others, expressing gratitude which helped and taking politely are not part of everyday culture in Mumbai. The survey has been done by the pocket-magazine The Reader's Digest. New York has topped the list. The magazine says that New Yorkers believe in the shortness of life and are more caring. The city New York has trumped the other cities by garnering 80% rating for its kindness and courtesy. The city Sao Paulo has seconded the New York. The survey says in a place like Sau Paulo,even miscreants were found saying 'Thank You'.
I have been to the major metros of India. And i had never expected that Mumbai would get such a status ever. Even the people have never made me think towards this. Thank God,i dont give damn to such surveys. How can a person come to Moombai for a day or two and get into such a ridiculous verdict?? I had never expected that Mumbai manners lead the bottom league in city civility. The survey involved three basic tests — holding the door open for someone right behind you; helping a passers-by pick up a dropped newspaper or pile of documents; thanking shoppers after their retail experience.
Before accepting the verdict,lemme ask some questions from the magazine:
1.On what basis only 35 countries were selected? What were the criterias chosen in this survey? Why not other countries?
2.Why did the magazine select only Mumbai and not any other city of India?
3.How did its research team develop the questions which they considered as an indicator of rudeness?
Do you think this is an accurate finding - can Mumbai be the world's rudest city? Or, do you disagree? Which city is ruder, in your opinion?

Case of Gratification...

This is the word-gratification which is keeping the world going.Is it true??Everyone is trying to satisfy himself by some way or other. I believe in this materialistic world there are very few people who actually follow the path of self-realisation which take them to the world of gratification.Struggle always makes the person tough.Obviously the period of struggle is very much embarrasing.And a person makes a lot of mistakes.But years later these mistakes give a podium of experience which leads him to success.There is always different approach for doing different things.Sometimes one keeps trying for the things and years later he comes to know that it is not the actual job which gives him contentment.Let me come to the point.I have a habit of wandering from the main point.Please excuse me.

O.K."Please excuse me".These three words have reminded me of Mr.Bill Gates.Mr.Gates has decided to step down from the daily to daily activities of Microsoft by 2008.He will graually relinquish from his current role. In July 2008, he will become a part-time employee and chairman.He will step away from his daily responsibilities from the company which he co-founded some 30 years ago.According to him it is just the re-ordering of resposibilities and priorities.May be he has thought that this is the thing which is more on his favour or on the part of his contentment. May be this step of Mr.Gates inspire many of us who flow in the tide seeing others.
Is this the way to spend your life in achieving those for what you are not supposed to be here??Is this the right to get influenced by others and start following them aberrating the right track?? The point which i'm trying to make is that there are very very few people who really know what they want from life.It is considered a sacrilege if you say that you dont have a specific aim.Thats why i try to take the best out of every moment. I accept there is everything for which everyone is destined for.
I accept that there is different approach to do different things.Not everyone can do everything with the same competency .So,identify your strenghts and identify what you do well,and try to excel in that.
All the Best !!

Heartless Delhi...

I have been living in the city of Delhi since last 2 years...and experiencing different things at different point of time...everything teaches me something...or u can say that the life here has made me like this only that i try to learn something new from everything...the city wont bereft u from anything..whatever u think,u wil find it here...the city gives u an opportunity to experiment with different things...the city is not so occupied like Moombai neither it is so cool like Hyderabad or Bangalore...
Last few days have realy shattered my views...i m xperiencing it like a hell..the xperience is resisting me to think anything good about Delhi...yup,i m talking about the weather here..
The capital of India seems to be a land locked city.The climate is very much peculiar.Both the summers and winters use to be at its heights.The temperature range varies from 45 degrees in summers to 4 degrees in winters.The winters are marked by mist and fog in the mornings. In summers the heat wave is immense and adequate precaution has to be taken before going out in the hot summer afternoons.Though i am an outsider i am not getting al the materialistic things which i had been getting in my home.And i have to think thousand times before venturing into something keeping in mind my monthly expenses.I can understand the hardship of an outsiders who are living so far from their parents,depriving themselves from the other worldly concerns,struggling hard to make their careers.If i go thru my personal experience,the climate never allows me to be honest to my schedule of doing anything.
The load shedding problem here never withdraws its participation from making the situation worse.The problem doesn't rest here.Let me summarise the situation.
What kind of city is Delhi? From the moment you step out on the roads to the moment when you think that you are in the privacy of your own room, Delhi invades you. As i have mentioned, the weather itself ready to kill u like anything. The auto wallah will fleece you, the bus conductor may just crack your head open with a crowbar, you will watch women being molested on the bus, you will see stupid men behind wheels kill each other on the roads due to rash driving, you will see the worst forms of exploitation of the poor and the powerless, politicians endorsing hatred and violence, you will come home to brown water gushing from your tap and you will sleep drenched in sweat because there is no electricity. This is an usual day in Delhi and none of this is unusual. This will happen to you almost every day.
So the way i had started perceiving Delhi has got changed.I dont have any appreciative regard for it.
I still regret that the glass buildings wont serve you anymore until and unless the government starts thinking of the very basic needs of human being.
Obviously it is a city of immigrants and living each day in Delhi is an act of survival.From my experience i can just say that it is becoming a city of everything and nothing.
The efforts should be from al the sides.The denizens should also make their efforts to keep the city clean and green.They should step up everything what they can do for the development of the city from all sides.
Efforts are always better than daydreaming.So what we see while dreaming,there is no harm in experimenting al the dreams.So keep thinking and keep dreaming.

Entreaty...

"Excess of everything is bad"... it is a great saying...but i dont think it is applicable everywhere..like excess of blogging is never bad...though i am not so regular in blogging,but i think whats the harm in confronting with the above saying...thats why i have decided that i wil be regular in blogging further...i believe i am not very good at writing,so i m faltered...
So, now onwards,you wil see me very active and lively in it....
And u guys keep giving me feedback how i can improve my writing-skills and would be able to write extremely good like u guys....and for this,you have to go thru my blog without loosing your patience in the middle of any of my articles....i know my writing-skills are horrible,but my efforts and your feedback wil obviously make it in a presentable form...

Da Vinci Controversy

Since the time i am in Delhi,i have become a movie-buff.I hardly miss any movie.I have started doing al the activities for which i had never prediliction to.I never knew that i will catch up the reading habit ever in my life.I never knew my weekend will be spend in the movie theatres.I never thought of catching up with my miserable writing skills.I have a wont of wandering from the main concern and u must forgive me for that.
There are things which always make you think to think something.When i was nascent in my reading habit,i read a book named 'the Da Vinci Code'.I really love that book and consider it to be my favourite one.My interest was getting intensified with every next page.In other words,the author Dan Brown has made my penchant to the reading side.NOw the movie is going to release on it.The movie is going to release worldwide on 19th of May.And i am very much excited for the movie,whether i have to miss my office.Well,most of the hindi movies give u headache.I should n't drift from the title.Let me introduce some of the facts of the book.

The plot of the novel involves a conspiracy by the Catholic Church to cover up the "true" story of Jesus. The Vatican knows it is living a lie but does so to keep itself in power. The novel has helped generate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail(In Christian mythology , the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, cup or vessel used by Jesus at the Last Supper said to possess miraculous powers) legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity.
The book concerns the attempts of Robert Langdon , Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University , to solve the murder of renowned curator Jacques Sauniere of the Louvre Museum in Paris.The title of the novel refers, among other things, to the fact that Sauniere's body is found in the Denon Wing of the Louvre naked and posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a Pentagram drawn on his stomach in his own blood. The interpretation of hidden messages inside Leonardo's famous works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, figure prominently in the solution to the mystery.
The main conflict in the novel revolves around the solution to two mysteries:

What secret was Sauniere protecting that led to his murder?

Who is the mastermind behind his murder?

The novel has several concurrent storylines that follow different characters. Eventually all the storylines are brought together and resolved with the denouement.

The unraveling of the mystery requires the solution to a series of brain-teasers, including anagrams and number puzzles. The solution itself is found to be intimately connected with the possible location of the Holy Grail and to a mysterious society called the Priory of Sion , as well as to the Knights Templar.The story also involves a fictional rendition of the Catholic organization Opus Dei.

The book mentions that Jesus was married.It says that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus Christ and was in fact pregnant with his child at the time of his crucifixion and their descendants still survive in this world.
This fact has been disclosed in the book.Has all the prophets become iconoclastic,they would have started marrying.Though Christians use to follow Jesus was not married the contrary of which was mentioned in the book,Christian groups across the world stepped up protests against The Da Vinci Code film ahead of its global release last week.Fortunately,it is going to release today.
Lets see how well the movie has been prepared by Director Ron Howard.You too surely go and enjoy the movie.

P.S:Courtesy to P.R.Das Munshi and our Indian government that they have decided not to stop the movie.

These Online Communities..

Finally,i m in orkut.I knew about this community since long time bak but was not joining it.Because i dint want to add any such community in my favourite list.Dunno why but i cudn't resist myself from joining the same.Till last year i dint use to believe in such communities.The day i joined pagalguy,i started njoying it from the very first day.Its going to be a year for me to be a member of pagalguy(PG) and still i feel there r lot of threads and forums which are unexplored.I try my best to be in touch with each and every developments of PG,still i find myself very novice in it.And believe me the pagalguys of PG have made me think even i shud have one blog.Thanks to PG.

Now orkut is reminding my old days of PG.I had been postponing orkut for a long time b'coz i knew it will become an addiction for me.Whnevr i start using it,i dnt devote not less than an hr in it.On every new day i keep on searching my old friends.Through orkut,i get in touch with 8 of my school and college friends with whom i had lost contact.

These communities often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety...lol..:)

Our Campus Days....

Somehow got this urge to write something insane yet again.
Dunno why. But here goes...
Always wanted to rule the world. Still do. Even my SoP given in for my Bskool admissions talks about world domination. There is one thing I am very scared of. Thats being forgotten. Not now. But 800 years from now. 3000 years from now. I can't bare the thought that someone may actually forget that I existed. It is this thought that has given me a lot of sleepless nights. Ever since I got this thought into my head (I guess I was 4 years old then). I always support the underdog in any contest. ALWAYS. Somehow, this notion of one person against the rest always fascinates me. But again, this concept of a defeated hero does not cheer me up. The victor always rewrites history in a way such as to suit him. But that brings me back to my scary thoughts. What am I suposed to do that will make my name immortal. I have spent this much of my life looking for it. Just hope that I will not spend all my life looking for it, and end up not finding enough time to do it. Yesterday was a good day. Something made me really happy. It is surprising that...well, we will talk about that another time.

Going back home tomorrow. Feels gr88 to be going back our south campus days. Wanted to go back so as to be there to revive my CAT prep days.Well, regarding my frends, Ghiyaz has been much more than a frend to me,the guy who has really made me learnt that its not ur intellect,its not ur personality which will take u further bt it is one's attitude which take u fwd..Hemant who could easily be tricked during those days(our Akshay Kumar,gud frend of MAAL-sonika,the guy with whom i wanted to be always),
Sandy,who was the most hardworking but unfortunate guy of our group,the guy who has never left us alone by scoring 20s and 30s in the Mocks inspite of attempting maximum number of ques,the guy who has made me felt that CAT is not the ultimate destination,the guy who has made me felt that do ur work even everyone says that it is wrong...Chitra the fundu gal of our group,the gal who still manages to get time from her hectic schedule of presentations,quizzes to motivate me,the gal who has made our group to be proud of her,the gal who possesses the inverse relation b'ween her health and brain, and finally Harry,myself only,the guy who had the PR qualities without having PR degree, the guy who used to have an information of the notification of al the colleges, rest of the things u better know...
Despite the differrence in our brains, we never had any problems whatsoever. Oh, yes ghiyaz.. we did fight some good battles, with me always losing cause I can't bear to see u cry, but that is a part of any frendly relationship. THe worst part about staying in Delhi is that my frends r so far away in Goa,AHMEDABAD,West Delhi,Nainital.
Really miss u people a l0t.I always pray to god,plz help us in heightening the strenghth of our group...

My Sentiments

I remember when i was in my teens,i used to insist for those things what i used to like.I didn't want to understand whether that thing was in my parents capacity or not. It might be due to my childish nature or un maturity. And as far as wishes are concerned,i have got evrything in my life for what i have wished for.I have had got evrything what i insisted for. My obstinacy was not involved only my childish nature.It is also due to demo-effect.In other words,I used to insist for those things which any of my frends possessed. In other words,I used to insist for those things which might not be any use for me.I remember once i was in Asansol(Hometown) market with my dad.I insisted for a toy which i noticed while passing the toy shop.My dad couldn't buy me that thing,might be less amount of money in his pocket at that moment or due to any other reason.I busted out in front of everyone in the market.Might be due to immatureness that was dominating me at the moment.On the very same day,my dad went to the market and bought that toy for me.Seriuosly,I became enthusiastic at the moment.It supposed to be the happiest day of my life till that date.Everyone knows that a person's attitude doesn't remain same throughtout the life.As it is said,change is the thing which is taking the world forward.So,Sometimes it is an individual's effort how to adjust himself/herself towards these changes.Now,i don't use to insist to my parents because i have crossed the pre-maturity stage and experiencing the maturity stage of my life..The time is changed like the person's age.My mentality has been changed from any any small B-School to a Big B-School like my dreams.NOw see the changes,i ask my parents what they wish for.I insist my parents to share with me those things which they expect from me.I remember there is still an insistence,but this insistence is for those things which i wanna achieve in my life for them.I have been equipped with everything in my life and its all due to my parents.So friends, it is the time to use your strenghts in a synergical mode and try to do what you want to do for your parents. So,never blame your parents if you wont be able to do anything in your life.May be god has something else for you in your life.Put your efforts and see the fight between the destiny and your efforts.So,dare to put your efforts with inter dependence on your destiny.You know what life has taught me:I tried,I coudn't get thru,I tried again,and then also,i couldn't get thru,Thn i have got the clue,guess what??I will keep trying....."I cannot teach you anything,but i can make you learn something"....right??

Thinking about spirituality

Life is fraught with sorrows;we are, each of us, held in the solitude of an autonomous body, time passes, and what has been will never be again. Pain is the first experience of world-helplessness, and it never leaves us. We are angry about rippled from the comfortable womb, and as soon as that anger fades, distress comes to take its place. We live, however, in a time of increasing palliatives,it is easier than ever to decide what to feel and what not to feel.
Depression is not just a lot of pain,but too much pain can compost itself into depression.Grief is depression in proportion to circumstances, depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. There is a Russian expression;if u wake up feeling no pain,you know u'r dead.While life is not only about pain,the experience of pain,which is particular in its intensity, is one of the surest signs of the life force.