June 29, 2008

Him

Hate was not the word that she felt when she first met him. It was something more.Yet, she loved him. If her mind gave her repeated commands to hate him, her weak heart wanted her to love him. The more she wanted to hate him, the more she loved him. Without her knowing it. But deep inside, she knew what was happening and she tried her best not to push herself too bad. But couldn't .Something made her overlook his insanity and pride. He was not what she thought he was. Yet she loved him. Loved him in a sense she couldn't discern. If hating someone so strongly was called love,then she was loving him.

Now, solitary in her luxurious room that spoke volumes of her opulence, she tried not to think of the past. Yet, her mind wouldn't let her stay focussed. It was a kaleidoscopic vision and everything buzzed in, forcing her to shut her long eyelashes. Her egoistic mind and soul wouldn't want her thinking about the choice she had made. She kept mum, looking at nothing and yet, at everything all the while letting out small gasps of air. Her sensuous mouth was parted.When she felt hot tears gliding down her cheeks, all she did was keep still. She wanted to do nothing and yet, everything. But her body and soul were too proud that they wouldn't give the lachrymal glands full power. Her lips trembling and her stance too proud to let the world know she was what others were not, she rose with a sudden vigour that her whole body shuddered. She was not going to fall in this feeling what others termed as love. If she had been too severe on herself, she didn't show it. She was just her usual self again. She laughed out loud and the shrill cries emanated, ending up in a sudden burst of energy that made her feel claustrophobic. She was not going to feel anything for anybody. She repeatedly told herself and she wished she followed what she had in mind.

Violet couldn't watch the film anymore. What kind of a film had literally no dialogues?All right, it was her first film and she had thought it would be a blockbuster hit. She thought of the one name that she thought would make people flock to the theatre. Dylan McWright-the director.Dylan-the Legend. But she was wrong. And she had actually cried when she knew later on that the film was a box office disaster. She cringed inside and never wanted to be seen by people. A boisterous lady that she was, she couldn't but help being inside. She vowed never to act in a movie, as long as she was alive. This made her laugh even more. But in her hearts of hearts she knew that this had happened for a reason and the very thought that Dylan-the legend had actually proposed marriage to her, still made her blush to the roots of her auburn hair. It was a privilege. Dylan was still a hot property among girls and any girl would have said yes, under the circumstances.But she had not yet accepted to be his 'prospective' bride, not because of the reason that he was 50 and she, 20, but, for the reason that she was in love with 'him', the insane creature who she reportedly hated in the dumb movie. And Violet wanted to kill Dylan for not letting them even have a mild conversation in the goddamn movie, let alone have intimate scenes. But she didn't care about the movie anylonger, she and her him were going to unite in real life and that was all that mattered to her.

June 22, 2008

The Microblogging Era

Simce when did i start microblogging? don't really remember. But i can tell you something. Ever since i started microblogging, i have been a prolific blogger. For those of you who don't have the faintest idea idea as to what microblogging is, follow this link.

Well, let's leave the basic details which speak about the evolution of microblogging. All we care a dime in the world ia about networking-the quintessential term used in the blogging world. Micro blogging not only makes you blog-but also network with others. While the basic concern of evry one of us is traffic, social networking comes as a bonus point. Let me tell you this, if you thought i were an evangelist for the microblogging websites, forget it!

Well, i am basically on 3 great microblogging/ networking sites. I have been using twitter for a long time now and love it!But of late, twitter has been losing importance and is facing some problems. But however, i still like it- no matter how many websites pop up. Follow me on twitter now!

Well, there are some awesome plugins and websites that allow you to twit from your browser and desktop. After an extensive research, i have come up with the following links that will be useful for twitter.Enjoy!

Twitterfeed- where you can feed your blog to twitter

Quotably- where you can follow your conversations. While twitter is cluttered with all your contacts' posts, only your posts are visible here.

Twit this-When visitors to your weblog click on the Twit this button, it takes the url of the webpage and creates a short url.

Twitter Fox, Twit bin , Twitkit, Twitter Line, Twitter Grabber- extensions for your firefox browser with which you can update your twitter status and respond to others' tweets.

Tweetbar- an extension for firefox and flock which appears on the sidebar.

Twittytunes-a firefox extension which allows you to post your currently playing songs to twitter.

Twitterbar
- a firefox extension that allows you to tweet from your address bar.

Twitzer-If you want to post more than the 140 character limit at twitter, install this extension.

Twitturl-a firefox extension that allows you to post the current url of your firefox browser to twitter with one click.

Power twitter- An excellent extension of firefox that enhances twitter. You can actually embed videos from youtube, share photos from flickr and know the url behind the cloaked one.

Autopostr-It lets your twitter friends automamaticaly know you posted a new photo on flickr

Emailtwitter-allows you to post twitter updates and retrieve your twitter timeline via your cell phone or email enabled mobile device.

Group tweet-allows you to create a group send messages to each other via twitter that are displayed privately to only team members.

Live twitting- it is an easy way to cover conference sessions.

Secret tweet- allows anonymous twitter posting

Snap tweet- allows you to share flickr photos on twitter

Snitter- a twitter client for Mac and Windows

Tweet cube- allows you to upload and share files on twitter

Twhirl-a twitter client for Mac and windows

Tweetr- a twitter client for Mac and PC. ALso allows you to send files up to 10 MB

Twiddeo- allows you to embed videos on twitter

Twitplus-lets you share pictues and videos on twitter and also send files privately to your twitter friends.

Twitxr- share pictures and major updates from your mobile phone.

Tweet later- with this, you can schedule your twitter posts for the future.

Twitpic- lets you share pictures on twitter

Twitsay- you can now tweet an audio recording to twitter and have your followers listen to it.

Twits like me- lets you find people on twitter who share your interests

Twitter Cal-allows you to post events from your Google calender to your twitter account

Twitter gram- allows you to post mp3 on twitter

Twitterholic- displays the top 100 twitter users based on followers

Twitteroo-lets you update your twitter updates from your desktop

Twitterim- lets you twit via ICQ or WIndows live messenger

Twitter mail- you get an email address when you register. When you send an email to that address, the message will be posted on twitter.

Twitter lights-This tool allows you to highlight snippets of text from any webpage and send it to twitter.

Twitter share- This desktop based client lets you share videos, music pictures on twitter

Visual twitter- A global community of users answering the question "What are you doing?"

Tweet wire- TweetWire grabs the freshest links posted on Twitter and displays them Yahoo News page style.

Top tweet- displays the world's top twitter users, all in one page.

Twitterator- Twitterator enables you to follow a group of people

Twitter Digest- This tool allows you to subscribe to a message stream from a Twitter user of a group of users on the web or through an atom feed.

Twitter search, Tweet scan, Summize, Twitterment, twitterwho- twitter search engines

Twubble- lets you find people who share your interests

Twit buzz- A social bookmarking site for twitter, digg style.

Tweet Beep- Be the first to know who's twittering about you

Twit graph- provides graphs of your twitter usage.

Twitter Linkr-Shows you the popular links people are posting in Twitter.

24oclocks-shows your tweets displayed by the hour of the day

Tweetburner- lets you track what happens to the links you post on twitter

Twitter tools- a wordpress plugin that lets you integrate your wordpress blog with your twitter account

Wiiizzz- This service lists the audio tracks that have been shared on Twitter.

Twitturly-This service tracks the most linked to urls on Twitter , digg style

Tweetmeme- Displays popular topics on Twitter

itwtr- an open source twitter client for iphones

Twitter Fone- Send voices messages to your twitter account

Foamee- Foamee tracks who you owe a beer or coffee to.

Bkkeepr-lets you track the books you are reading, on twitter

Crowdstatus- lets you view the status of your twitter friends

@Answer me-is a little tool to help you track questions you ask on Twitter.

Food Feed-a service that helps you share your eating habits with everyone, from anywhere and can be integrated with twitter.

Innertwitter-Meditate by receiving chimes at regular intervals from InnerTwitter.

Microreviews-Reviews are collected from twitter and put together.

Commuter Feed-a service that lets you post reports on traffic and transit delays in your local area

Hahlo- manages your twitter account and gives a seperate profile page and rest of the twitter features

Loud twitter- lets you post your Twitter posts on your blog

My tweeple- Maintain your list of Twitter Following & Followers

Twitter wp sidebar widget- Customise the number of updates shown in your sidebar, individual links to each status update on Twitter, style your Twitterings using CSS, choose whether to display your Twitter name before each post and customise text between the post text and the relative time.

Twitt- twoo-Twitt-Twoo is a simple little plugin that will allow you to update your Twitter status right from your blog’s sidebar.

Simple Twitter- SimpleTwitter is a plug-in for WordPress which enables WordPress blog owners to easily add Twitter messages to their templates.

Post like a pirate- This tool converts your post into pirate-speak before posting it to Twitter.

RSS to twitter-(script)- PHP concatenates article title and tiny url to form a Twitter status message.The script grabs the link to the article and uses the TinyURL API to create a shortened URL.

Qwitter- designed to help you quit smoking.

Roll the dice- a twitter bot you can use to generate all sorts of random events

Tweet 2 Tweet-lets you put two Twitter screen names to see their conversation

Twee60- Twee60 will automatically tweet your Xbox Live status to all your followers.

Twit Response-lets you setup unlimited messages to be delivered to your twitter page when you want.

Straw Poll-you can follow the opnions of people on twitter

Twitter Me this- A random question is asked and if you are the first person to answer the question, $5 is paid.

Tweet140- length of your tweets is tracked and the greater the characters, the greater is your score.

Tweetgift-tweetgift is a simple way to show a little appreciation to a friend

Tweet shots-a service that enables you take a twitter tweet to tumblr or other blogs

Tweet wheel-Find out which of your twitter friends know each other

Tweet peak-create a group twitter feed for your community

Twitt poll-lets you twit your opinion

Twitter Answers-Ask questions and get answers using Twitter.

Twitter census-surveys for the twittersphere

Twitter comic book-this tool will create a comic strip for you based on your latest tweets, using Flickr pictures

Twitter karma-displays page navigation on followers/ following list

Twitter notes-lets you take notes anywhere using twitter

Twitter poster-generates a mosaic of user icons of those with a large number of followers on Twitter.

Twitter Snooze-If you have friends on Twitter who are updating every 10 seconds and are irritating the hell out of you, you can simply now snooze them away using this tool.

Xpenser-Record your expenses using Twitter.

Who should i follow?-lets you find interesting people on twitter

Twixxer- Share and view photos and videos on twitter

Twitter Ratio-shows the ratio of your followers to friends

Twit scoop-tells you what's hot on twitter

Twitter book-Allows an user to post on twitter as if he were bookmarking websites.

Flix pulse-Now you can rate movies on twitter

Twit Dir- a twitter directory

Viygo- Viygo is the intersection of space and time--a map of events creating a timeline for the world--from personal to public.It retrieves and displays time indexed data from twitter

Twitter badge-Flaunt off your twitter updates with this cool badge!

Ping twitter-Ping twitter allows you to update your twitter account when you publish a new blog post!

Pocket tweets-PocketTweets is a Web-based Twitter client for the Apple iPhone.

Twittories
- Twittories are stories composed 140 characters at a time by a diverse group of collaborators using Twitter to submit their entry.


Man, this is become very time consuming than i thought it would. SO, i am taking a break now!I have covered twitter alone. All other micro blogging sites and their extensions for web browsers will soon be written about. Till then, happy twittering!












June 15, 2008

The 3 mistakes of my life!

People, ia m really fed up with the way indian authors spoil writing in the name of humour. I had earlier written about that a few months back.Well, recently i got a book from my cousin and heck, i couldn't read beyond a few pages. Well, you might all be intrigued who that author would be. It's Chetan Bhagat. If he thought his book were funny, i am sorry, it was not!He was good, if not better in his earlier novels but he's turned all stupid in his latest book, "The 3 mistakes of my life".While many seem to enjoy the novel, i don't. And as a reader of genuine humour, it makes me feel really very very bad and angry. Why spoil something thinking it would amaze people?Uh, huh!

If you thought i were doing this just for publicity, i don't really care. As a critic and a voracious reader, i know better as to who writes awesome stuff. Do i care if Chetan writes about sex as a scared thing or a casual thing?I don't ,really!Am i all victorian and conservative?Nope, i am not!I wouldn't call myself as that. Then why do i hate it?I don't know is the simple answer?Or am i opinionated?I don't know!And i don't care!~Period~

I am not berating all Indian authors, mind you. I might not have had the pleasure to read many authors but i request people out there to read sensible novels and not go behind flashy-gashy stuff. Please!

Well, the three mistakes i made in my precious life are

  • Reading Anurag Mathur's "The department of denials"
  • Reading Chetan Bhagat's "The three mistakes of my life"
  • Writing about this to reform people, well aware of the fact that that would not be possible. But i'll try, anyway!You can't stop me!
If people reckon the Chetans and Anurags of the world as being realistic and hilarious, what would they call Thomas Hardy s , RK Narayans and Somerset Maugham s of the world?Damn, why am i comparing those legends with these people?Perhaps i am wrong!Perhaps i shouldn't expect this much from these people or perhaps i am insane in the whole sane world which loves such humor or perhaps, whatever!

The road ahead

It's been about a month since i blogged and i was growing increasingly hypochondriacal!Well, yes, you guessed it right!I was busy(as always) and was preparing for my campus recruitments. Well, i have got placed in TCS(Tata Consultancy Services), a software company based in India and is spread across 47 countries.TCS is a member of the TATA group and it goes without saying that i am excited and thrilled!TCS was the first company that came to our college and of 860, they selected 170 and odds and i am proud that i am one among them.

Well, i actually had 3 rounds. The first was the aptitude round to test people's aptitude skills and the second, the Technical/HR round. The third's the MR (Management review) round. I just loved the technical interview part and i can't forget the experience and the fun i had, all my life.

First of all, I would like to thank God for his endless blessings and then, my folks, who have stood by me thru difficult times. And i would like to thank all who have directly or indirectly supported me and have been a constant source of inspiration.

Well, i really owe a lot to this friend of mine who is plain awesome. Well, to cut a long story short, she came to my college to train us and i saw a great friend in her. We shared common interests and she sent me a mail following a mail sent her, informing her of my placement. Just click on the image to view it big.

Sadly, i can't publish all the mails here. SO people, don't mistake me!This person really guided and moulded me!When people called me all over confident and stuff, she was the one who defended me and supported me!I owe her a lot!Thanks ma'am!

June 2, 2008

Save English!

It's high time we all did something to save the awesome language!Or, there are chances that the language would become extinct(nearly) in the near future. I request everybody out there to write a post on this and spread the "Save English" Campaign!The rate of deterioration is fast and we all must do something about it before the intruders succeed!Well, you may all wonder as to why i am giving this much of an importance!But people, this is serious!I am giving a few instances to let you know how the 'terrorists' advance day by day.While the article is meant to be satirical, it is not altogether fictitious.

A is a not-so-great friend of mine who i met recently at a friend's place. She is a beauty without brains and is plain stupid,to put it frankly. The dull conversation went thus:

A:Hey R, how are you doing?It's been ages since we met!What do you do now?

Me:Hi A, i have been doing blah, blah, blah!

A:Know what?I am going to do my MS soon. I am taking my GRE classes now. Do you have any plans to do your MS, lady Shakespeare?

Me:(Irritated and annoyed by the nickname she had used. Had it been uttered by any other person, i wouldn't have minded. But the sardonic grin said it all.)No, in my humble opinion, GRE is a waste of time!(in my arrogant opinion,lady!)

A:(she gives me a not-so-friendly smile and continues)Hey R, i didn't know you even exist!Why didn't you come for my sister's marriage?

Me:(Whoa!so much for gre!it's existed,you moron!And you never cared to tell me that you had an equally stupid sis. Your parents are lucky souls)Oh, i happen to be very busy and would have been busy at the time of marriage (unlike you). I trust your sis does well.(do i care?)

A:Yea, she does. She's in Australia now(beams)Guess what?I went on a casual tour there and it was awesome!You should go there someday!(grins from ear-ear)

Me:That sounds cool!(yes, as simple as that)But i didn't forget to notice the stress on the word 'tour' which was a wrong pronunciation.She said tour like people say boar and soar.It's to-ur!

A:(obviously disappointed)hmmm, i have become a veracious reader nowadays!I have read all Dan Brown's works and am very gay!

Me:Oh, that's pretty good.(Since when did you start being truthful, the noun that doesn't exist in your lexicon?I wanted to say voracious, but held my tongue. Playing the i-am-dumb role is fun at times.So, you are gay, uh?I thought so)I happen to be a vuh-racious reader too!Since when did you start reading books?

A:Hmm,firstly,i read "Pride and prejudice" and thought i should read more books and that was a year and a half back.I have read a dozen books from then on. I have even red each and every book of Dan Brown!

Me:(Firstly?Each and every?OMG!I can't stand this!And she says she is doing her GRE!I almost wanted to say 'it's first' and 'it's either each or every:not both')Oh, that's great to hear!

A:(Angry and disappointed that i didn't praise her)Oh, ok, R, alright!We'll meet sometime later.I got to go real fast now. I am enthused that i have met you.Anyways, bye!

Me:(Freedom, at last) Sure, We'll meet sometime soon(and the day shall never come.i didn't know if she knew it but alright is not a word. I hoped she meant 'all right'.And also, the fact that real is a very weak substitute for 'very', which also happens to be a weak word. I don't think you lose anything when you say 'anyway' which is the correct word!)Bye, A, i had a jolly good time with you!(i trusted she know this was the way 'jolly should be used.)

Ok, people, i might have sounded very prejudiced in the above conversation but have no qualms, whatsoever. Taking GRE classes and using those words just for attention, is a base thing.Why use complex and pretentious words just to let people know you are a GRE geek?There are many out there who use unnecessary words in everyday conversation. Knowing them is one thing and using them in the midst of writing is another, but doing something just for the pomp of it will ruin the beauty of the language. And the next time you hear a person use words like this or speak words like firstly and secondly, tell them they are wrong. It's not wrong to make mistakes, everybody does mistakes. But what matters the most is learning from them.

I am requesting all bloggers out there, especially indian bloggers to write not to attract attention with your GRE words, but to love what you do-write.Use simple sentences and don't go for glitz and pomp. While most are proud that they have a great vocabulary, they don't quite care about the basic grammar and the pronunciation.I have a million instances to point out, but that would be beyond the scope of this blog post.So, i guess the above words will make you realize the truth.

I didn't write the above article to tease anyone in particular. Sadly, most think having a great vocabulary is what matters. Sorry to say, it doesn't. The use of words like 'scurrilous', ''irascible' , 'velleity', 'ineluctable' , 'uxorious' and the like will give the attention you badly want , but that won't last long. Of what use is an essay or an article that can't be understood by people?If you really want to exhibit your talent , then specify the meanings below your post or place hyper links that link to an online dictionary website. Think about this!

If you want to be part of the 'Save English' campaign,
please post an article on the same on your blog, linking to my post!

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