The workouts dint workout…...yet.

Survived almost an year without a mirror. Yes i did .Earlier (@ home) it
Was all-around shouting “KC” u have put on some kilos and there, I run to walk. The next day it says “oh dear so perfect u look” and I stop walking and wonder why were those idiots calling me fat.
Recently me and my roomy- Archy went and bought a half length mirror .Fortunately unfortunately it turned out to be a fallacy, as in the images look smaller than actual size. Hence even now we rely on Pantaloons /Lifestyle/OfficeLift. And they show the bitter truth. Time to do something.
Nothing can stop me from eating chocolates, sweets and all that junk. So we decided hmmm….not exactly “decided” just went and joined a Gym “Fit buzz”.

It’s all high tech in a posh locality, very near to the not-so posh locality, my apartment.Along with me joined Deeps and her friend (really lean people .They both add up to me.)

The first day, a new lady instructor volunteered to design my workouts. She asked me to try treadmill and then cycle and other such equipments with minimum effort levels. While Deeps instructor was very tough. Hehehe it should have been the other way round.

The second day I asked to change my instructor and got Deeps Instructor ( DI- since I don’t remember his name) .Gosh!! He made us workout beyond our limits and if we tried fiddling around with the settings he multiplied the speed limits. Within two days of attendance DI wanted to know each and every detail- where do u stay?, where r u from?, do u stay with ur parents ?, I am from Mumbai, I lost 25 kgs in 1 week.. blah blah……flirtuuuuu!! Who cares how many kgs u lost in wat time, wat I care is about how many I can loose.

Third day I got my old lady instructor (LI- I don’t remember her name either ) back, probably nobody there told her that I wanted to ditch her .Even I kept quite and thought lets continue.

Now starts the “War of the I’s”.DI’s classroom had all the thin girls , while LI’s kitty is filled with ppl like me .DI makes them do stretches, LI makes me do double stretches and more Abs…poor me .Their professional competition and we are the losers either ways. After all LI is new to the gym hence she needs to prove herself through somebody.

After long time we got the pleasure of bunking.

Of 20 days, I have attended only say 10 days. Now before anybody tries to make me realize that those 6000 bugs are being wasted, I have explanation. Fit buzz staff had holiday for that Diwali weekend. The next weekend my mom came so the “obedient daughter” needs to spend some time with her. Later Dad came. Once again the “obedient +caring+loving+etc” daughter needs to meet him, travel all the way to drdo colony and socialize. This consumed another few days. The next weekend was the big event “Hyd 10k run “(Sunday) ,need to take rest on sat as per “law of conservation of energy”. Skipped Monday which came after 10k Sunday .We thought must have burned enough calories and the body needs some rest. While the bunking story and self consoling explanation continues, we happen to try some spa facilities provided by them for “free”.
It’s like buy the tires for 4 lacs , with that the car is free.

All about gym no mention of the equipments .not fair! not fair!.
It has four Treadmills , 2 bikes , one stepper , a Rotex , (- all Cardio)& leg press , which I have tried .While rest which others have tried are abdominal crunch , leg extensions, leg curl , chest extension & dumble in all shapes and sizes .They all belong to the class of “Technogym made in Italy”.

My favorite is Rolex though it terrified me with the heart rate reading which varied from 0.00 to 170. Lately found I wasn’t holding the conducting plate/support properly.

The so called free spa offers Sauna (A sauna session can be a social affair in which the participants sit or recline in temperatures of over 80 °C (176 °F). This induces relaxation and promotes sweating.) , Steam and Jacuzzi (whirlpool bathtubs with water jets.)

We have tried Sauna which is a small wooden chamber near the locker rooms. The Locker room + Sauna chat session with Deeps resulted in eye-opening gyaan on something. No revealing of locker room chat here.

Now the big question did I loose any weight .Yes, around 1 kg …..haah it wont even take a day to gain it back and that day is gone.

While the bunking still continues……………………..

Gazal from Gandalf

Forgotten! Liked yet forgotten.

Got bored of all the songs on my system.Vaibh pointed to “Gandalf”, the server which also serves our entertainment hunger apart from the technical dependencies.

And there in kluelessdong internal reporter’s (past: klulessdong campaign manager’s) folder we found a treasure. An amazing Jagjit singh’s gazal which I loved, but somehow never persisted.

It’s not a typical one, !heavily loaded with Urdu words .It’s cute & simple to understand for aam junta.

Notice the way "bhool gaye " is used in 3rd and 4th line.I am loving it.
"Gun gunarahein hai hum,woh do liney ghadee ghadee".

Jab Saamnay Tum Aa Jaate Ho
(Duet Asha &Jagjit)
Debut music album of Riya Sen.

Here it goes.............................................

Aaina dekh ke bole yeh sanwarne wale
Ab to be-maut marenge mere marne wale

Dekhke tumko hosh mein aana bhool gaye
Yaad rahe tum aur zamaana bhool gaye

Jab saamne tum, aa jaate ho
Kya jaaniye kya ho jaata hai
Kuchh mil jaata hai, kuchh kho jaata hai
Kya jaaniye kya ho jaata hai

Chaaha tha yeh kahenge
Socha tha socha tha woh kahenge
Aaye woh saamne to, kuchh bhi na keh sake
Bas dekha kiye unhein hum

Dekh kar tujhko yakeen hota hai -2
Koi itna bhi haseen hota hai
Dekh paate hain kahan hum tumko dil kahin hosh kahin hota hai

Aa kar chale na jaana, aise nahin sataana
De kar hansi labon ko, aankhon ko mar rulaana
Dena na beqaraari dil ka karaar ban ke
Yaadon mein kho na jaana tum intezaar ban ke, intezar ban ke

Bhool kar tumko na jee payenge -2
Saath tum hogi jahan jayenge
Ham koi waqt nahin hain hamdam
Jab bulaaoge chale aayenge
jab saamne tum
Haa haa jab saamne tum, aa jaate ho
Kya jaaniye kya ho jaata hai
Kuchh mil jaata hai, kuchh kho jaata hai
Kya jaaniye kya ho jaata hai

No fun in reading the lyrics? Then Listen to it. The words take a new meaning when given some sur & taal. Those who are not impressed with the audio can try the video.

Real to Reel.

They all ran, wrapped in long meters of silk .Nandini for Samir , hitting everything which came on the way , all those brass articles, endless satin red curtains , through the huge mansion , burning her dupatta on the way.

Paro for Devadas in a red bordered white saree, rippling behind……calling “deva..oh deva re…deva….………..”.Again smashing the brass articles and yes there was some fire here as well , doing some burning admix those red curtains, through those twist and turns & long passages of the haveli.

Sakina for Imran( twice), this time the long hair waved along with the white Lahanga in the first sequence and a black one in the second shot with all that peacock blue backdrop , smoothly and swiftly towards her love. They all ran as if there is no tomorrow.

(Hope I could have created audio and visual effect with my writing L unfortunately I lack the skill.)

Well these are the common acts of some of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s creations with luxurious & magnificently detailed backdrops. Namely -Hum Dil De Chuke sanam , Devadas, his latest flop Saawariya.

If unable to recollect have a look at them on youtube. They all are similar.

Wonder why dint he made Michelle run in Black.
Movies were released, some appreciated, some bombed at box office and then gone. The Actress enacting the sequences changed from Ash to Sonam…..But what remained was the character. There’s a bit of Nandini, Paro ,Sakina in each other …at least till the characters were on the papers , in the scripts , in the mind.

Every Director’s or may be writer’s movies we see has something in common. I am not talking about the typical bollywood formulas or categories or camps or the style or the things which are retained deliberately or automatically. This is all about a personal touch, a deep unsaid emotion, an unfulfilled ambition, a message, a rebel, learning, preaching, an experience, a lost love, a dream…. Which the person was unable to live through in real life is portrayed in the reel life.

Yes , movie making is an industry, it is money making, and it is business,it's showbiz!!. But it is also an art –a craftsman’s creation, a visionary’s vision, a mother’s baby, a never ending search and drive for lost past & unseen future.

Residing in epicenter of “Malls”.

No this is not about the Mall culture of the metros or is it? Read on to find out while I myself will figure out while writing what this post ends up in.

Living in Begumpet/somajiguda/Banjarahills……. most of the It/BPO (highly paid labors) belonging to the rat race, live in these areas. They work on weekdays and the earnings are shelled out on weekends. Ya ya I knw what you guys are thinking, you don’t belong to this shopholic breed. Well who said junta goes to malls only to shell out money. We go for window shopping, “Bird watching”, AC ki hawa khane in those summer days, to kill time, R&D on a specific product etc…….

Fortunately-unfortunately “na illu Begumpet lo undi” .Towards right a few 100 meters is Shoppers Stop, towards my left just after crossing the bridge is Lifestyle. Slightly ahead of this is Hyderabad central….few more kilometers, Banjara hills road no.1, opposite TK is City centre..phew!! already four in a radius of …..Kms. (will calculate and fill in the blank).Anyways in Hyderabad kilometers don’t matter. The traffic jams makes all the difference in speed & time to reach the so called “near by” places.

Central is heavily rushed at any hour of the day as the PVR crowd is added to the other general mall crowd plus the huge eating joint crowd. You will find ((Shoppers Stop+Pantaloons+Lifestyle ) * products) @ Central.Yeah but if you are looking for a very specific piece in terms of size/color/variety this is NOT the place to look for.

Malls are not the place to shop for those people who have taken the decision and are very sure/keen of what they want in terms of all the specifications of the product. You may not find the right size if the color is there, or vice versa.

It’s a place where one generally goes and picks up the stuff without deciding or one who knows “where“ to buy but not “why” to buy. I have been searching for “Mera wala Blue” casual shoes at all these places. Successfully found it at both shoppers & central but of 4 and 8 number sizes L that too single piece.

When it comes to trendy clothing, Lifestyle& City center is the place to look for. It does has all the fashionable chic clothes + the chics (good for guys) .The crowd also includes Ok type boys…Where do all the handsome looking men shop? We haven’t seen many..annnn!! I know now , probably we are too busy shopping and trying out stuff rather than looking here and there: D. but Central crowd always has a bunch of annoying lafangas sitting on seats of every floor who come just for bird watching.

The good fragrance of these malls is contributed by the perfume section kept at the entrance .Their price range goes beyond limits hence these sections are mostly empty. Just beside them will be the cosmetic+ Jewelry section with heavily make-uped layered sales girls.

The whole idea of super markets /malls or such places which keep all their goods on display has struck the right cord of today’s consumer and a marketing strategy which works very well. Earlier people used to prepare a shopping list before going to market and would buy the same from a shop where goods were taken out on demand. Now every product is visible to the consumer whether it’s needed or not, resulting in tempting customers to pick up stuff randomly. We end up buying more than what we actually need. (Considering the fact we have the money to buy.)

And if taking about malls how can one forget the multiplexes. During college days (that’s only 2 years back) watching a movie consumed 35(ticket -balcony was preferred) + 10(coke)+10(popcorn)+10 (bus/auto/transport)= 65 rupees.

And now we shell out 100(ticket)+100(coke&popcorn)+500(optional-after all you are in multiplex you might end up shopping some stuff or there is a super market attached to all so might be a grocery buy .Also people have their own addictions to buy books/cds/gadget..etc) whatever it sums up to=700 bugs
65 was spent once in say.three months and now movie watching has almost become a weekly business or at least monthly .

I think I can go on and on this; there are so many mall strategies yet to be told the 999 price tag and all …phew! Stop!

Those were the consumer behavioral norms of the past. These are the behavioral patterns of the generation pre-liberalization.

However, just as consumer mindsets and attitudes have taken a step change since the opening up of the economy and the advent of consumerism, so too have consumer behaviors seen a 'sea change' during the same period.

Peter Drucker said, "The purpose of business is to find a customer." Theodore Levitt elaborated that "the purpose of business is to create and keep a customer". However, today business is moving towards what Jason Jennings and Laurence Houghton said, "The purpose of business is to find, keep and grow the right customer.

This shouldn’t have been my first post

“Madam Apaka Dost Gaya” said the security guard of my office when I entered the galli towards foo (old office building name) with my eyes wandering left and right searching for buddy.
I was wondering...did any of my frens asked him to convey this..to me ? or did I asked somebody to wait…none

It only took a fraction of a minute to realize that he was taking about "Rocky" a growing pup in the vicinity of foo….me once again clarified…..”Dost gaya matlab?”
“Woh mar gaya Madam” he said….a strange feeling creped in me (only for a moment)…the same way I felt some 7 years back.

Rocky, contrary to his appearance (lean chap) was a peppy pup .Adopted couple of months ago. Eventually rather obviously we became friends to him.

Almost every day I used to meet him during my to&fro travel through those narrow gallis with all possible vehicles, to office. Jumpy creature he was. Always pouncing & wagging his tail. Peeping with his innocent eyes, towards the corner of the street. Well I am not that lucky :), he welcomed almost everybody in similar way. That’s what all pups do/need… attention & love. But poor guy was often tied up and left alone.

He looked shho shhweet (cutie pie) when sleeping .However when eating food….he meant only business “stop cuddling me u humans!!..cant u see i am busy eating .do not disturb” his facial expressions conveyed.

For couple of days he wasn’t seen at his usual places (tied to the gate of his owner’s house, or to a bike parked or to a tree opposite or roaming happily on the road without chain… yes have seen him free once.

In the recent past, when I and my team mates were going to new office building to submit some papers , I saw him lying all dull and inactive. He had flies all around , probably he vomited. I dint go near him. But once all my friends were gone, I went back and patted on his forehead. No response!.Surely he wasent well.
I thought he must have eaten grass =Dogs usually eat grass to vomit out the junk =.
The very next day he died..appeared he had consumed some poisonous stuff.

7 years back.
I was returning from school walking diagonally through the huge park towards my home. After reaching my building my eyes wandered all around.i called out sonuu..sonuu!! .one of my neighbors responded “Apake dost gayee”,
A bunch of street dogs attacked my cat.

Yesterday in the middle of night one of my college friend messages me “Hey we gotta a new pup and a kitten :) "

We all are part of the food chain. :)

THE END.

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