The Com-box Rockstar

In a tenth standard class room, when a stressed up teacher queried the students about their favorite voices,just to kill time..There rose a quarrel between the students..the Rahmaniacs were fighting the SPBians and Bacchan loyalites..and amidst this chaos a lastbencher came out with a name that earned him lots of puzzled looks and rare smiles.

The name HARSHA BHOGLE,the lastbencher this freaky author.

I first came to know about this romantic, through the ubiquitous "HARSHA bring VARSHA" signboards flaunted to attract espn cameras when the Indian team was desperately in trouble.Was he the rain god?
If yes,Andhra would have never had floods and India would have been invincible..sorry guys Harsha's influence never ceases to die..

My friend once commented " I would enjoy watching a test match between Sussex and Nottingham if Harsha's on air". How true I ve always wondered..

Even in the never ending fights between our religion( sorry spiritualists I refer cricket) and the beautiful game,when Sachin and Maradona cancel out each other..One question would end the interminable debate..DO YOU HAVE A FOOTBALLING HARSHA? (No injustice intended to Andy gray)

It has always been tough to work towards success and glory in a chosen career.But to create a never existent career path leaving behind a IIM A placement check ,achieve success,motivate others towards it and make it the most desired career is a different ballgame all together.No wonder harsha said "I would never swap my job with anyone,except for SRK-he gets to dance with madhuri dixit!"

To tell the truth, I started listening to this guy because he loved Sachin and analyzed him best. Then along with the process of intellectual growth I reasoned and even criticized his thoughts, But my love for his word and listener-friendly commentary will always remain unchanged.

When fellow class mates were busy trying to woo girls with cheesy movie dialogs, I used Harsha one liners..It's for you to decide who got the girls. But I am sure I got more notorious attentions..Thanks dude..

Among the one liners my personal favorite is
In a match, dravid left a ball while batting. To this gavaskar, who was commenting alongside harsha was very impressed by the way he left the ball. He went on appreciating that for a minute or so. After this harsha's comment was, "Sunny, you nearly got an orgasm of happiness, didn't u!" & then both burst out into laughter!


Honestly I have never loved critics and always believed

'The best work of a critic is never an original.It is about someone else's thought' - Sushil

But if a critic or analyzer like harsha arrives.You are left with no choice but to change your ideology.

To sign off a few words to our thala
'Harsha, you ve never been the first five letters of your name to anyone, carry on the good work and continue to mesmerize the already hypnotized ones and also the not so fortunate others.You ve made baldness fashionable.Dont get me wrong but I love you by whatever little I know about you..
Hey harsha with or without hair you continue to rock,indeed you are the Com-box Rockstar'

quotes from The woman

For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between those who claimed that your life belongs to God and those who claimed that it belongs to your neighbors - between those who preached that the good is self-sacrifice for the sake of ghosts in heaven and those who preached that the good is self-sacrifice for the sake of incompetents on earth. And no one came to say that your life belongs to you and that the good is to live it.

“Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.”

Chennai : dil se

It all started when the British East India Company purchased two villages Madrasapatnam and Chennapatnam from the native Nayak rulers. This incidentally marked the birth of a city that is home to numerous enlightened spirits, techno geeks, automobile giants, corrupt politicians, the superkings and last but not the least the ambitious yet conservative Chennaiite.

Every new visitor to Chennai wonders why the city was not named after Mr. Anna, since (almost) everything in this city has been named after the former Chief Minister .Right from Anna International Airport to Anna University, not to forget the Anna zoological park and Anna salai. This endless list is still very much active.

When we describe other Indian cities we end up saying Mumbai to be fast yet uncertain, Kolkata as passionate yet crowded, Delhi as historic yet crime-torn etc. But it is extremely difficult to use concrete adjectives to describe Chennai, therein lies her beauty.

You may call her traditional, but don’t forget she is among the most tech-savvy cities in the country. You may consider her to be laid back and slow, but you would regret this statement after a ride in the ECR or after a weekend visit to T.Nagar. Chennai is and always will remain as the ‘city of in-betweens’. She is a unique mix of Tamil tradition and BPO culture just like a kollywood masala movie. The smell of steaming dosa with sambar, beauty of the Marina (willfully neglecting the desperate love birds), ambience of the Mylapore temple and San Thome church are symbols of this great city.

Despite her historic superiority and strategic location Chennai was trailing behind her other southern counterparts due to several reasons, but now her attempts of becoming a High-tech city are bearing fruit. With the IT corridor and Metro rail project underway, there will be no looking back.

Stinking rivers (better known as drainages), crowded roads, ever increasing real estate prices cannot possibly overshadow the peace and serenity one gets while living in this city. Life in Chennai is like listening to Rahman’s melody in an old radio (slightly disturbed yet providing eternal pleasure). With all these jewels in her closet it will take much more than the Tsunami waves, the moral police and the corrupt officials to dishonor this beautiful city.

In this uncertain life, I might end up in any other city miles from home, but I would certainly be proud of the fact that I was once part of Chennai and she will always be my first love.

‘Just like old wine, you seem to get better with time’

inspirations: ayn rand

I first of all came across this name when I was doing my first year, probably my friends thought I was too young to read about her philosophical,controversial views.

Just after reading the introduction of The Fountainhead something influenced me, the right word would be 'disturbed'. This woman meant sense. Through her books she asked me one question, I am still unable to answer. Do you live life according to your own wishes?

Her philosophy objectivism can never be completely correct, but as an Indian I feel we should learn a lot from it. No religion is 100% right, all have flaws. But here the truth is much bigger than the flaws. She through her characters inspires us to value our life, believe in our own truth, strive for it(only for it) and not to get influenced (+vely or -vely) by others.

Though characters like howard roark, john galt may look inhuman (they are), but they inspire you. I am sure that Rand's worst critic would have got inspired or atleast been jealous of her heroic characters. Empathy, common good are bad words and ego is man's greatest right according to her. Though this may sound nonsense to some, they sure are true. The heroes realize it, the weak understand it and protest against it.

Well she has become the topic for a final year engineering student's first blog post..You may understand her genius now. Though the world financial crisis hints at the end of capitalism, the legacy of ayn rand is here to stay..can't ignore it, cowards better run.

request: read The Fountainhead and get enlightened.