Travelling Times

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”       I am a 27-year old Engineering graduate from Kerala. I was born in Kerala but spent my childhood in the Middle-East, (to be specific) in Oman. I did my Engineering from Kerala in Electronics & Telecommunications. I started my career with Aditi Technologies as a technical recruiter. Over the past 6 years, I've been moving up the ladder and currently work as a Recruitment Manager for Avvas Infotech, a newbie in the consulting industry. My strengths include strong communication skills (written & spoken English), an aptitude for technology and consider recruitment as an art. As an individual, I used to blow off a very short fuse but I have managed to mellow down over the last couple of years at the professional front.      My hobbies include Reading books, watching English movies and following the EPL. I've been an athlete, cricketer and football...

" I know such English that I will leave the British behind. You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language. Bhairo becomes Byron because their minds are very narrow. In the year 1929 when India was playing Australia at the Melbourne stadium Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant were at the crease. Vijay Merchant told Vijay Hazare. look Vijay Hazare Sir , this is a very prestigious match and we must consider it very prestigiously. We must take this into consideration, the consideration that this is an important match and ultimately this consideration must end in a run. In the year 1979 when Pakistan was playing against India at the Wankhede stadium Wasim Raja and Wasim Bari were at the crease and they took the same consideration. Wasim Raja told Wasim Bari, look Wasim Bari, we must consider this consideration and considering that this is an important match we must put this consideration in...

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." - George Lorimer      There are two remarkable junctures in my life. When I was 4, my parents sent me to a playschool. The playschool wasn't anything like the modern-day, well-equipped montessori. The teacher was our neighbour who taught young kids the foundation of alphabets and numericals. More importantly, she ensured that the values of integrity, honesty, loyalty & hard-work were instilled in us (I can't thank her enough for honing my English accent). Years later, when I started my career with Aditi - a few additional values were imbibed. Socially conscious, people-driven, intense, creative & ethical.  Over the next 5 years, I built my own castle ensuring that every brick in the wall had those values in them.      I didn't realise o...

"I always turn to the sports section first.  The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures." ~Earl Warren       If there is one thing in the world that wakes me up at five or keeps me awake till three, the answer is sport (did someone guess Sneha?). Over the last 5 years, I've watched the combined lot of sport channels more than the rest of the 270 channels I subscribe for every month. Cricinfo.com, Espnstar.com & Premier League.com flood my browsing history as much as Facebook & blogger . My leisure time is spent on Fifa, Football Manager, Ashes 2009 (the versions vary every year) and International Cricket Captain. So, what is the verdict?      The best thing about sport (unlike life) is that our memories are short. Victories are savoured like yummy rasagullas, the sugary syrup trailing the initial saccharine. Defeats, on the other hand, linger only till the next vic...

“When a finger points to the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger” - Chinese Proverb      This is what happens when you don't listen to your elders. Almost a year back, I remember Mark Nicholas talking about Indian Cricketers making a foray into the glamorous world of Bollywood. He pin-pointed how Kohli had fast-tracked (the usage is so smart of me, no?) his way as a brand ambassador for sunglasses. His mom had mentioned on twitter (handle @I'mnotVirat'sMOM) how Virat loved movies, and would bunk classes to watch the latest releases. My trusted sources spotted him at the release of Patiala House (Dhoni has started getting him to bowl more often since then) & off-late for Rockstar. The way Ranbir wiggled his finger to the masses enthralled him, and Sydney proved the perfect stage to show-case his finger to the world*.      Anyways, he joins an elite list of cricketers to be associated with Sydney. His expression almost said, "Have I ...

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ― Mark Twain       Quite a pity that Mr. Twain lived in another era. An era sans Pamela Anderson or Sunny Leone (discount the fact that both appeared on Big Boss, they had more clothes on than most other times in their lives). Even now, I'd half-expect him to walk out of his grave and scrap this quote.      The media has found their latest scapegoat, an ignorant minister who delivered a sermon on "provocative dressing" (the denial has followed suit as well - media coverage two-two times). Especially, at this time of the year when the annual moral-policing membership is up for renewal  (remember the case of the pink panties Chaddis ). What do Indian women have to fear when their brothers & uncles are out to maintain their respectability*.      Coming back to the original point. It's a farce that during the middle-ages, women we...

"Tum logon ki, is duniya mein Har kadam pe, insaan galat Main sahi samajh ke jo bhi kahoon Tum kehte ho galat, main galat hoon phir kaun sahi.."      Happy New Year Folks! Hope everyone had a blast. I've been humming the song "Sadda Haq" from Rockstar for ever now. In fact, as I pen this post I'm listening to it. So, if the lyrics of the song irritates you, cover them with your palms (one above, one below; make sure that you don't do that with the content of my blog).        2012 is finally here. We're off to another year, a leap year - surely, we need to value the ones that come once in 4 years. It's also an Olympic year, with all the athletes (at least, the best ones; dope-free ones) headed to London.      It's also that time of the year where we make those little promises to ourselves, the secret ones and post them on twitter, facebook & linkedin (most people can access only linkedin at work, su...