Poem on Sales people and their lifestyle!

I got this forward from a friend who is working in the Sales team of an MNC! I absolutely loved the rhyme and the context! So thought of sharing it over on my blog. So here it goes:

Wo Dekho
1 Sales ka Banda ja raha hai.

Zindagi se Haara hua hai
Par "Customers" se Haar nahi manta.

Apni sales-pitch ki 1-1 Line isey Rati hui hai
Par Aaj Kon se Rang k Moze pehne hain, ye nahi janta.

Din Par Din 1 Excel File banata ja raha hai.

Wo Dekho
1 Sales ka Banda ja raha hai.

Das Hazaar Customers me se Achhe Customer Dhund lete hain lekin.

Naraaj biwi-bachhon ki Aankhon ki complain Dikhayi nahi deti.

PC pe Hazaar Windows Khuli hain
Par Dil ki Khidki pe Koi Dastak Sunayi nahi deti.

Saturday-Sunday nahata nahi
Weekdays ko Naha raha hai.

Wo Dekho
1 sales ka Banda ja raha hai.

Reporting karte karte,Pata hi nahi chala Boss
Kab Ma-Baap se bhi Bade ho gaye.

Kitabon me Gulab rakhne wala
Kab Cigarette k Dhuen me Kho gaya

Dil ki Zameen se
Armanon ki Vidayi ho gayi

Weekends pe Daru pi k Jo Jashn mana raha hai

Wo Dekho
1 Sales ka Banda ja raha hai...

Politicians are a filthy lot in India

I got this as a forward and have not verified the claims made herein. But, even if one of this is correct then its a shame on Indian politics.


In INDIA there is one place where you can get all food for very low price. Tea: Rs.1, Soup: Rs.5.50, Dhal: Rs.1.50, Meals: Rs.2, Chappathi: Rs.1, Chicken: Rs.24.50, Dosa: Rs.4, Fish: Rs.13, Veg Biriyani: Rs.8. These prices is only for poor people who earns very low. And that place is Indian Parliament canteen. These poor people's salary is minimum of Rs. One Lakh Per Month.

Olive Telecom's OlivePad reviewed and compared to Apple's iPad

Philips DVP3996 DVD Player

I had this great DVD Player for a while and all that I played with it were region free DVDs some pirated, some original or movies and music through the USB drive.

I was mighty happy with the way this DVD player performed.

It was very recently when I bought my new Home Theatre that I started buying new original, 5.1 hard-coded DVDs. The moment I inserted the very first disc all hell broke loose.

Error – Incorrect Region code

Of course we all have heard of it. But despite everything that I did I never located a way to change the region code to either code free or to an India region.

Guess who came to the rescue – Google!

I googled, browsed through a lot of websites only to find that nothing works for my Philips DVD player DVP 3996.

A couple of hours more and I finally found out that I need to enter a code on the ‘Preference’ page. But, inside the setup I could not find any mention of ‘Preference’.

Now I was dumb founded. I had the solution with me but had no clues on how to apply it. Another couple of hours went down the drain when I chanced upon the right way to unlock my Philips DVP3996 DVD Player.

I am mentioning the same here so that someone looking for it might be benefitted. Here they are:

1. Press Setup
2. Go to ‘Preference’ page
1. Preference Page is displayed only in the following two conditions

i. only when the tray is open; or

ii. there is no disc in the drive

3. Once you see the preference page do not click anything
4. Then enter 138931-current region shows on TV screen,
5. Use cursor to change the region to 0 [zero]
6. Press ok
7. Now play the same disc
8. It will ask for Password
9. The default password is ‘136900’

And Eureka!! All should be well!!

My New Home Theatre System

Just bought and installed my latest spanking new Home Theater System.

Although technically speaking this is not a home theatre system as it does not have a separate AVR (Audio Video Receiver).

What's In The Box

• Package Contents Speakers: 4 satellites, 1 center channel, 1 subwoofer
• 6-channel direct cable
• Digital SoundTouch™ control center
• Wireless remote control, batteries included
• User's manual
• 2 year limited warranty

Technical Specifications

• Total FTC power: 505 watts RMS
  Sub-woofer: 188 watts RMS (into 8 ohms, @ 100Hz, @ 10% THD)
  Satellites:
  Left/Right: 62 watts RMS x 2 (into 8 ohms, @ 1khz, @ 10% THD)
  Center: 69 watts RMS (into 8 ohms, @ 1kHz, @ 10% THD)
  Rear Left & Right: 62 watts RMS x 2 (into 8 ohms, @ 1kHz, @ 10% THD)
• Total Peak power: 1010 watts
• Maximum SPL: >115 dB
• Frequency response: 33 Hz — 20 kHz
• Amplifier: Ultra-linear, high-capacity analog
• Signal to noise ratio: >93.5 dB, typical 100
• Input impedance: 8,000 ohms
• Compatibility:
  PC/Mac
  CD
  MP3
  DVD
  PlayStation®
  Xbox®

My current Setup

• 32 inch Panasonic Viera LCD (am looking to upgrade to LED soon)
• Philips DVD Player
• Logitech Z 5500 5.1 speaker set

Moving on in Life

Yesterday life stood still for me! I thought, i evaluated! Yes, I was nervous, angry, hurt, indecisive for quite a while! Then i thought and thought hard and for long! I evaluated the pros and cons my shortcomings as a person and a lot of other things as well. This was when the indecisiveness started dissipating as if it were smoke and suddenly a gentle breeze started. I could suddenly see a light among the all encompassing darkness.

After all the thinking what happened is that i understood that my life has become too complicated and i started thinking in terms of simplifying my life. And as of where i stand today, i've decided to move on! Nothing is as grim as we think it to be! So all's well..moving on in life inspite and despite the consequences!

Indian Hackers..Did they do Right or Wrong?

I am sure that most know about the fact that on 26^th November 2010 a group of hackers who like to call themselves the ‘Indian Cyber Army’ hacked into a server that was hosting over 40 government of Paksitan websites including the ones related to defense. They went on to deface these sites. The reason cited was that it is an indication and a response to the terrorist event that occurred on 26^th November a year back and in common parlance referred to as 26/11.

I was contemplating whether this was good or was it bad.

My heart says ‘Yes’ it was bloody (please excuse me for using expletives but this is coming straight from my heart) damn good.

My brain says know. An eye for an eye will only blind the whole world and this might not be the most rational thing to do. There are some forums which I read and read a lot, if I may say. The popular notion there is that the response of the Indian Hackers ‘Indian Cyber Army’ is great and is something that the Indian government failed to did.

I am still undecided. But I pray for peace!

Secrets of Success in Corporate World Revealed - Must Look (in Hindi)

PS: I hope i am not doing any copyright violation. I got this email as a forward. I liked it and decided to upload it here. If there is anything wrong please let me know!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - (Millennium Trilogy Book 1)

A Review

Author: Stieg Larsson

608 pages

List Price: Rs. 350

My review of this book is right on. But before I shed more light on the same here is some background info on the author.

Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a Swedish writer and journalist who passed away in 2004. Prior to his death he finished three novels (Genre: detective novels) in his trilogy "The Millenium-series" all of which were published posthumously. They are:

1. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo",
2. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"

You can read more about the author here: http://www.stieglarsson.com/

Moving back to the book, I’d say that reading it is worth every penny invested in buying it.

The very first page will enchant you with the unsolved mystery of the flowers being sent to an old man for more than past 30 years of the days & times of the novel.

If you are already hooked on and you move on to the next couple of pages you will hear the story of a certain ‘Mikael Blomkvist’ who is one of the main characters of the novel. He is a financial journalist who is about to loose a case against a giant industrial conglomerate and is about to be sentenced to jail for libel.

As if this were not enough, the author throws another parallel story of a thin almost anorexic lady who is struggling to be sociable.

Then comes the show stopper an offer to investigate the disappearance of a young girl from a small island in Sweden more than 30 years back in history, a case police till date had not solved.

The simple yet nice way in which the stories became entangled to form a complex and then the appearance of the ‘Dragon Tattoo’.

From here on the story becomes so enchanting that keeping the book down will feel like it hurts. Trust me, I hated the idea of not having been able to finish the book in a weekend and then waking up to find a lot of pages left still and the clock showing Monday morning; absolutely hated the idea of going to office.

The only thing that I did not like was the unfolding of the final moments of the plot. It seemed kind of abrupt and was not at all subtle.

You read you decide! My rating 4.5 on 5.