Friday, May 24, 2013

BAAP RE BAAP

                                                             
Disclamer -- The following blog does not intend to hurt the feelings of any women dead or alive.

MAA , JANANI , MATA , MOM , MOTHER .... these words are synonymous to GOD .... Becoming a mother is the best feeling in this world ... a mother can sacrifice everything for a child ... these are very common beliefs ...and a lot has already been written about mothers and their love .....  This blog is not about the sacrifices of a mother .... but about the ones made by  FATHERS , DADS , BAAPS  of this world ....
Consider this ... if Michael schumacher wins an F1 race , he is the one who recieves millions of dollars and stands on the podium waving around .... but what about the poor guy who changed the tires of his car when it was in the pit stop ... does anyone even remember his name ... not exactly ..... you can compare a father to this guy  .... he is the one changin tires in the pit ..... not noticed by the crowd .... making sure every nut is bolted properly for the car  to finish the race ....
Every one knows about what a woman goes through during the 9 months (3 trimesters) of pregnancy .... well this blog will throw some light on what a man goes through during these phases .....
FIRST TRIMESTER -- The " mujhe kuch khatta khane ka mann kar raha hai " phase :
As soon as the news of a pregnancy beaks out the wife suddenly develops the most wierd cravings .... the wife says --- mujhe khatta nimbu ka achar khane ka mann kar raha hai ... and thus begins counter-strike .... objective - Aquire target -- Nimbu ka achar  and return in time before the mood swings .... The husband puts in  all his might .......fights  the traffic ... tackles the signals .... aquires the target ... and returns wounded ..... however in most likelihood the game  is already over before the husband reaches base ... the wife no longer craves for Khatta achar .... The mood is now for meetha gajar ka halwa ... 

SECOND TRIMESTER -- The " hormonal locha " phase :
Hormones are by far the biggest villians of any guy during the pregnancy phase .... scientists have spent their lives trying to find the side effects of hormonal changes in women during pregnancy but no one ever paid attention to the side effects it causes in men ..... headaches , fatigue , desire to kill , suicidal tendencies are just a few ....the scientist who finds a cure to balance these hormones wil surely be rewarded by the Nobel prize and a lot of duas/blessings from husbands all over the world ....

THIRD TRIMESTER -- The "beta iss samay sabse jyada khayal rakhne ki jaroorat hai" phase :
This is the time when every buzurg prani in the family questions the abilities  of a husband .... questions like ... bahu ka khayal rakh raha hai ki nahi ... jyada kaam toh nahi karva raha bahu se are quite common ... everyone seems to think that during this phase a husband turns into nana Patekar  .... shouting and screaming at his wife without reason ....once the phase with accusation stops the phase with vishesh tippanis/exclusive tips starts ..... every kaki , chachi , uncle , aunty has some tip ...the most hilarious one  ... maa ko jyada papite ya kele mat khilana ... bacha pet me slip ho sakta hai..... !!!!

POST PARTUM --  The "Arre mai itni moti lagne lagi hu" phase :
With all the happiness after child birth there is jst one issue with the new moms ... body wieght ... thus to loose that pregnancy wieght the mothers hit the gym and the poor fathers have to hit the kitchen to gain all the wieght lost running around in the last 9 months .....

Well at the end the only difference between the guy changing tires in an F1 and race a new dad is that the dad gets to hold the trophy once the race is finished.
And suddenly it all seems worth it ....... !!!!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

AMRICA AAKE KAISE .... JAIKISHEN BANA JACKSON ......

Disclaimer -- None of the thoughts in the blog intent to hurt any person , community or race .... please read with a light heart ....

I was afraid that adjusting in the great US of A for a mumbaikaar like me would be difficult but i soon realised that a simple set of translations could help me blend in.
Listing a few translations for the wannabe US immigrants ....  keep these in mind and u can become an American is just few days .......

1.Magga bana toilet paper --
The first rule of stating in US is that do not expect a Magga(sorry im not sure what it is called in englis)  in your bathroom  .... right from the time i sat in the Flight ..... toilet me magga dekhne ke liye aankhen taras gayi ...... even a 5star hotel cannot afford a magga in US .... Americans take the save water abhiyan very seriously so they believe in just dry cleaning .... 
but anyways they are cutting down trees for all the toilet paper ..... either way they are using an important natural resource for their daily morning needs .... !! 
so all the people travelling to US ... pls carry your own maggas..... !!!

2.Pandu bana cop aur pauti bani ticket  --
U can never tell a firangi cop .... jau dya na kaka .... student aahe ......  he ghya  shambaarchi note ..... chai paani saathi ....... if u ever get caught in US for breaking
 a signal the only way to get away without a ticket (translation for Pauti)  is if the cop is a amchi maati amche manus from India ..... !!!!

3.1 rupye ka note bana 1 dollar bill --
When i was in India i would always ask the waiter for a bill .... the first time i ate in an American, i was really confused when the waiter asked me if i had a 20 dollar bill .......
so always remember to pay the bill with a 1 dollar bill ... !!!

4.Petrol bana Gas aur kilometer bana Mile --
Bachpan se we were taught ki petrol gaadi me daalo aur Gas kitchen ke cylinder me  .......  but these concepts will be shattered once u cross the US border ....
duniya ke is hisse me u take ur car to a gas station and not a petrol pump .... gaadi gasoline se chalti hai aur khana bijli par banta hai ....
Conversion Formula for ur reference --- 1 mile = 1.6 KM.

5.Kilo bana lbs  aur litre bana Gallon  --
My indian mind was always programmed to calculate wieght in Kilos and Litres .... so when my friend asked if i could carry a 5 gallon can of water  , shana banke i said ...usme kya hai i  used to carry 20 litres of water in India .... 5 gallon kya hai .... later i realised 5 gallons was more than 20 litres .... so for all the wannabe US travellers here is the conversion so u dont try and become a hero like me --
1 gallon = 3.784 Litres and 1 Lb = 0.45 Kg.

So all the Munnabhais coming to Amrica ..... do keep the above points in mind to have a safe and comfortable stay in Amrica ..... And all the experienced people in Amrica ...kindly send me any other tips which might be helpful  for me .....   !!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

AAJ TOWEL FIR SE BED PAR PADA HAI ... $#%#$

Warning - Views and opinions conveyed in the blog are purely fictional and were not written to harm/hurt/outrage any person dead or alive....!

I always thought that the key ingredients of a successfull marriage were - faith , trust ,understanding and respect.But i was wrong , the real ingredients which make a successfull marriage are - Towel , Socks, shaving cream , chappals and Deodrant.

Like every bollywood hero ....every husband has to face a few villians , so just comparing a few products which can cause terror in a guys life(post marriage) to bollywoods popular villians -

1.Gabbar -- Towel :
I returned form a hard days work , eagarly awaiting to eat a nice cooked meal ... as soon as i tasted the daal, i found there was no salt ... i complained to my wife ...the reply i got was ... "aaj subah fir se towel bed par pada tha ...ye uski saza hai" ..from that day on every time there is a button missing on my shirt or salt missing in the daal ..i first run to the bedroom and check if the towel is hung at the right place ... !!!

2.Mogambo -- Chappal :
Tarzan and Mogli had one thing thing in common except the shorts(chaddi)....They could roam about the Jungle without wearing Chappals ....
but this is one liberty a husband can never enjoy....he has to wear chappals even in the house ... failing to do so can result in disastrous consequences... !

3.Shakaal -- Shaving cream :
Gone are the days when a guy could go to college without shaving for a week.
After marriage if you forget to shave even for a day in the morning , you will become the most shabby person in the eyes of you wife by evening.
So for a lifetime of happiness , SHAVE DAILY ... !!


4.Daga aur Teja -- Rumaal(handkerchief) aur moje (Socks) :
These two small and tiny products cause a lot of trouble every morning .... No husband in the world can find a pair of socks or a handkerchief himself ...this superpower is gifted only to the wifes ...only they can locate the whereabouts of these tiny but imp products ... i have missed many imp meetings in the morning due to this inability to locate the rumaal and the moja at the right time ... !!


5.Crime master GOGO -- deodrant :
Already having a bath every day is a challenge and on top the use of the deodrant.
If you dont apply it twice you have to maintain a one hand distance thorughout the day.
I have never experienced the "AXE EFFECT" but surely have experienced the "NOT APPLYING AXE EFFECT" .... it's really dangerous....!


All said and done , Picture ke end me heroine ko khush karne ke liye villian ko toh harana hi padta hai....So guys ... keep fighting...!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

SOCHA NA THA ……

WARNING – Blog contains the usage of heavy duty techno jargon ….
MUaafi .. but pls read with someone from a slight IT background beside u…. !

Logon ki prem kahaniyan filmy hoti hai well ye wali thodi technical hai …..
The phases of the story are comparable to the start up process of an operating system …. so here goes --

THE BOOT UP --
The boot up of our Operation system was initiated by the leading ERP selling company called – SAP .
She wanted to pursue an SAP course and I was already into SAP – Just a co incidence…. !!
The boot up was quite smooth – I gave her tips on certifications and she asked questions regarding placements.etc
2 month down the line neither she got certified nor placed ….what happened --- we got engaged… !!!

HARDWARE and SOFTWARE compatibility Check ---
She(Software) was an MBA in Finance - accounting , ledgers , balance sheets , these were kids play for her.
My(Hardware) greatest Financial achievement was - opening an account in DEUTCHE BANK (apne ICIC ya SAHAKARI BANK jitna aasan nahi hota…!!)
We were trying to run WINDOWS VISTA 7 on a Celeron processor machine …. !
But still the hardware was able to take the load and the now runs like a Pentium core 2 duo processor ….

LOADING DRIVERS --
The DRIVERS of our OS were Facebook and Gtalk .
Thanks to the powerfull satellites and DB servers of these social networks , we never lost contact even after being 50000KM apart.
Well even the proposal was made in a small facebook chat window using COMIC SANS MS font …. !!

THE BUG FIXES and PATCH APPLICATIONS --
No love story is complete without the villain … Iss kahani me bhi the …..
NETWORK OUTAGES and POWER CUTS humari kahani ke mogambo aur shakal the …..
Ek baar toh I had to login remotely in her desktop to save her D:\ drive from getting full …. !
Hero ne heroine ke keemti laptop ki jaan bachai (srry for the HAM scene) … !

REGISTRY AND SYSTEM STARTUP --
After going thru the long process finally our OS is ready to start.
The pundits together with the stars (tare / sitare ) have registered the dates of the marriage .
BOOT COPMLETE LOADING OS - please press F9 to view system details ….. ;-)
Thanks to every chip in the circuit which helped to start up this operating system.

This operating system has been installed with the latest Anti virus softwares and cannot be hacked into by any MALWARE/ADDWARE/TROJAN.etc.
Even Bill gates multi million offer to buy the copyrights of this Operating system has been rejected....!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

HUM TOH CHALE PARDES ..HUM PARDESI HO GAYE....

Every techie dreams of an onsite trip in his career.
So does his mother, father, brother,grandmother,uncle and a dozen
more people connected to him.

Once the news breaks out the techie has to deal with two sets of preparations.
The official and the domestic.
The official ones are boring , visas , work permits, documents.... yaaawnnn....

The interesting ones are the domestic preparations.
The preparations can be compared to a bollywood movie being produced.
Starring - the parents, relatives and friends of the techie.

The phases -

THE SCRIPTWRITING AND COSTUME DESIGNING --

The scriptwriting does not consist of dialogues or lyrics, all it consists of are lists . .......so u have a list for the fooditems , the clothes,the travelling kits , the contact numbers of relatives and finally a list to check if the lists for all these things is completed....!!!


Costume designing is a time consuming activity ... the dialogue conversatoin with the salesman of an upmarket apparel brand would be --

"Bhaisaab humara ladka ABC infotech company ki taraf se germany ke Munich sehar me jaa raha hai ... wahan thand bohot hoti hai ... jara aise kapde dikhaiye jo wahan ki thand ke layak ho ..... " so now even the salesman knows the travel plan and company profile of the poor techie..!!

Even the Inner wear is bought with great detail .... so u have thermal inner wear, casual inner wear and even party inner wear...!! )

THE MARKETING AND PUBLICITY ---

The marketing and publicity is handled by the mothers and grandmothers....
They have a strong LAN(Ladies Area Network) via which the broadcast of the news starts in the morning with the doodhwala .... and then spreads like wild fire untill the watchman , the local dhobi , the maid- kamala bai are all up to date with the details of the city ,the country and the client for which the techie will be working for.....!!

ART DIRECTION ---

This is handled mainly by the elders - the Dadis and naanis ....
The common lines are --
"Hay ram .... videsh jaa raha hai .... kahan rahega ... kya khayega .... kaise nahayega ...bimar ho gaya toh .. ? mera toh jee bohot ghabra rha hai ....!!!!

THE EDITING --

The baggage always turns out to be more then the allowed weight in the airlines .
Thus starts the editing ....
The editing takes place a day before the premiere ..... the final products to be included in the journey are decided and the ones not required are cut......!!


THE PREMIERE --

The premiere is totally star studded attended by the whos who of the family .....
The venue -- airport....
Even the techie is not aware about the outcome and is quite nervous ....
He sits in the corner awaiting the release of his movie ...... !!!!!

So all the the techies .. remember you are the superstar of this movie so do everything you can to make the movie a superhit .... for the sake of producer, director and all the cast and crew ...!!!!





Sunday, January 24, 2010

Beta.... hieght kitni hai tumhari ... ?

Marriages are made in heaven ..... thats what i was told always....untill recently i found out the truth ...... marriages(arranged that is) are made in the living room .............

The process of arranged marriages follows a similar track of interview rounds which were followed by the companies which came for campus interviews to our colleges --->

Venue -- Mama ka ghar /mausi ka ghar or worst ladki ka apna ghar.....

ROUND 1 --- the GD -- Group discussion --

This is the round where you thrown in front of an elite panel of judges comprising of - ladki ke tauji , ladki ke kaka sasur ,ladki ke mama, ladki ke mama ke sasur ,ladki ke behnoi ,ladki ke chacheri bhai ,ladki ke mamere bhai (srry got carried away...)

Two most difficult questions of this round which need thorough preparation and utter presence of mind are ->
1.Beta tumhari height kitni hai ?
2.Beta tumhara package kitna hai ?

No matter how hard you prepare and how well you research ,you will never be able to provide a satisfactory answer for the above questions to please the elite panel .
I have even tried to google the answer but in vain.

Next the elite panel then tries to establish a connection between the two families.
An extract from the conversation --
Raigad me bhagwandas zaveri ji ke baju wali kothi humari hai ..... arre wahi jahan kanta bai kaam karti hai ... ji haan .... arre wahi kanta bai toh humare yahan bhi bartan karti thi ..... chalo jana pehchana parivar mil gaya ... ab toh ye rishta pakka samjho ...... !!!!



ROUND 2 -- The PI -- personal interview --

The one on one round ....
One and only one question .
Boy to gurl -- what are ur hobbies ? hmmmm .... ummm ... nothin jus watchin movies listnin to songs......
Gurl to boy -- what are your hobbies ? hmmm....ummmm .... same ....
lambaaa sannnataaa ......
background music ---> pankhe ki awaaaz ........


ROUND 3 -- The technical round --

This is the round where the actual deal is finalised (Lene dene ki baatien)
Just like you discuss your package , gross income , take home and the notice period before you can resign with the HR. Similar topics are discussed in this round... except the resignation part .....!!!


Once you clear this round you are given the offer letter during sagai ki rasam and once you accept this offer letter .... you finally get the JOINING DATE ...... ;-0

P.S -- Im sure even the University toppers will have a tough time cracking these interviews...!!!

Friday, June 5, 2009

15 minute me aata hu ...ek jaroori call hai ...

Blog Rating -- highly cheap and crude .....
Strictly for the stall public and not for the classy balcony crowd....


With his cell phone in his hand my collegue said -- abe ek imp call marke aata hu ... server par dhyan rakhna .... and he went off dabbling somethin on his phone .... 5 mins later i went to the washroom to wash my face ... suddenly i heard the flush and out came the same collegue ... he had camouflaged his visit to the loo with the pertext of making a call .... thus i understood when some one in the office says i need to make an imp call and disappears for 15 mins ... u shd understand that the call is not frm a person but from nature itself .....


People will make all sorts of wierd excuses like i need to meet the HR or i need a coffee break or i m goin to meet a friend from the nieghbouring cubicle ... and the nxt thing you know they are out in the washroom attaining nirvana ..... it is like a sin to be caught going to the loo ... no one will ever announce proudly abt visiting the washroom .... it is absolutely " TABOOO TO GO TO THE LOO "(sorry for the bad rhyme).



In our offic even though you cannot see wat is going on inside the washroom you can hear everything as the walls are too thin. Everytime someone comes out the others look at him in disgust and mumble .. sheee how cheap ... wat a hiedious criminal ..... he was the one making all those ultrasonic explosions .The poor guy washes his hands and runs off never looking back ....I have even caught high position managers and clients running off after being embarressed .No one is spared.



Inside the washroom all corporates are equal and the"LAW OF THE LOO " clearly states that there is no discrimination on the basis of caste creed company role or seniority .Thus even a manger who is all bossy and well poised in the outside world has to wait in the queue for his turn.



So next time you hear someone saying i am going to make an imp call .... and disappears for 15 mins ... you shd understand his problem .... !!