Saturday, April 29, 2006

For so long, was not able to write..so today thought of pening
Actually I thought abt some ironies while other day I was passing
in front of a wine store. It struck me that why a wine store is called
Wine store when they never sell wine n then as usual lodsa ironies came
into my mind.. which I though of sharing.
1.Why does our Sensex slides 200 points when itz announced by Metrological
Dept that rain this year will be short. My take is with dams n canal irrigation.Are
the farmers really dependent of monsoon and more to that our agriculture has
always shown negative growth. What is the big deal about?
2.Why do left have to oppose FDI in center for retail and real estate ?The same left
in West Bengal is scouting for FDI be it Salem Group or any other. Is the left
ideology only for namesake?
3.Why developed countries are so against globalization ? Be it opening up their
Service sector, farm subsidy or Mittal Arcelor issue ? Dont they realize present
Economy calls for borderless world and ultimately it contributes to their bottomline
Only.
4.Why do politics in India is practiced as it was practices 50 years ago based on
caste, creed, populism .Dont politicians realize to grow at 10% GDP they
have to talk about economics, development, growth instead of reservation.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Roller Coaster ride of Sensex

The wild gyrations of Sensex can give Maumit Khan(my fav) or any item gal dancer a run .When everybody thought Sensex is going hot with the release of Basic Instinct 2,it made everybody go down in knees in last 2 days.We humans have this uncanny neck of thinking that Sensex is where we can mint money , but to b honest with idea of making money in short time u may b better of investing in lottery then stocks.The lottery makes u loose 10 bugs but Sensex for unthoughfull investment in short time can make you go pauper. The age old theory says everything that goes up must also come down n somebody rightly said we notice the stocks when its time for it to come down. Some, common mistake we do is we all follow news n when we hear a good news we think its time to buy. But,why dnt we realize that when its time for us to buy the script is already in its high becoz of the FIIs n Mutual Funds n its time for them to dump .So, is the case that moment we buy the script it comes down n we start fretting over our luck .when do we realize its not luck , had we really made a sound investment ie a stock with good fundamentals and good news helping the bottom line of the company in long run,there is no need for us to panic .The company will always pick up in long run, itz a test of patience . Satyam made a nosedive of 80 rs in last couple of days.But my conviction is that 1 month target its surely going to break its 52 week high of 900.You cnt dump a stock which is growing QoQ at 35%.To b honest I myself is deeply invested in Satyam but fundamentals are strong which beckons the stock .The stock is trading at p/e of 22 compared to its peer Infi at 35.But,breadth of the market will be decided tomorrow with Infi coming out with its number and to go by roomers its going to be better the expectations with some bonus issue coming up for shareholders .I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow n hope market comes out of its hot gyrations n bull again takes up like the batting of Dhoni

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

World is Flat

Just today finished reading the book n must say....was an eye opener.itz a must read for all to let them know how the global business is changing and what are its repercussions in our life. Itz abt how the world is going flat coz of some incidence which took shape in past. The book talkes abt falling of Berlin wall, Netscape going public,Opensourcing,Offshoring,Outsourcing and Insourcing as the major reason of flatteners. The Friedman has completely instantiated the book with illustrations which makes the reading more interesting. He talkes about how true British company like Rolls Royce now is owned German automaker BMW which has its major work outsourced to worlds manufacturing hub China. He talkes abt how the division of labour is changing in present context with high end design being done in Taiwan, engineering being done in Russia, manufacturing being done in China n post production customer support is being done in India. He takes highly about India Software firms n how they are digitizin almost all the process by breaking it into Onsite Offshoring model. He supports the job loss coz of globalization by saying that in the end it creates value for the customer by right pricing and by boasting the companies revenue and makes it concentrate on its core competence. Friedman talks how a land of elephants n snake charmers have taken up the onus to automate the world. Though his major concerns are geopolitical tensions which arises coz of 9/11 or middle east crisis, but he concludes that immense prosperity the world is seeing for last decade is coz of globalization n its here to stay.So,better u align urself before u get out of the herd

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Land of no return!!!!!!!

When I was in Hyderabad lesser known mortals made me realize that Chennai was a place where all the hardcores are being exiled for incarceration for rest of their life..and as the fate had for me I also had to borde for a voyage to Chennai.The day i landed here..life itself took a bitter struggle for existance with sun n humidity playing tactteam along with conspiracy by autowalas..n then when I went out to lease a house came questions...vegie???..which cast??...but someone rightly said ..where there is a will there is a way...like the allied POWS making an escape from nazi jails...I found out my saviour would b CAT05..but later did i realize i wll be fighting it out with 1.5 lacs..lesser known mortals who r also looking for their salavations...nwyas that is later part of my story....thankfully i cud shelter myself in a plush appartment....n slowly started making my stay from incarceration to stay of a joy...I statred realizing life in Chennai is also touched by as Friedman would call it "World is flat".....as Raj Aryan would say in Mohabaatein(though wrost ever movie..i saw..if after reading it planing to see..plz dnt).."Hawao ne rukh badal dia"...after my arrival here a big tower called ascendus came up..n more to blessing in disguse i have Nift next to my house(though m not lucky..!!!)...the food court of Ascendus is so much upshot that u literally feel the words of Raj Aryan..wat iz it?? crowd!!!!in halter tops,spagetti,skirts..oh god!!!!...next is beasent nagar beach...my saviour in weekend..i call it sastha n tikau..coz itz a beautifull beach n when ur broke u cn hang out without shelling...though my fav...iz ECR road...a road which has lodsa to explore..not so innocent as it looks..some underground stuff u wana know preosnally PM me...n then heppened diseal,platinum,zara,h20 etc...though i personally still complain there is lodsa to be improved in this front ..n wud be happy if someone....puts up something in OMR road...by the time I thought my Chennai exploration is over n its time for me to stop buying formals..n concentrate on my casuals...it was CAT05 out..making me shift to next version Cat06...one more year incarceration...but,now i would say this is not an incarceration..n m have started njoyin ..my 1 more stay here n hopefully in find my El Dorado this year....So,plz all the lesser known mortals..n if I hurt ur ego by saying this..then u all future of my country..plz prey for me n my search for El Dorado....

Monday, April 03, 2006

Music Revolution!!!!!!

What does a creative person do siting idle???I dnt know but i thought i will write my blog...n when it comes to writing something my brain starts taking 180 degree rotations on what..coz m not a scholar to preach on something neither do i like writing about my life nor me geek...but,thax god!!!i do have privilage of listening music in office n thought of writing another blog in music..actually i was wondering one day which way is the music scenerio changing Frank Sinatra,Chuck Berry,Elvis,Beatles,Ledd Zepp,Doors,Pink Floyd,Deff Leppard,Iron Maiden,GnR,Metallica,Nirvana,Linkin Park,System of Down...the music was eveloved over the age..intially started by Native Americans as blues...n then rock bands taking over from it for creating a cult movment of American Rock(popularized by Doors,Jefferson's Aeroplane) to Psychedellic movement to the head bangings of Maiden..it has always emerged as a revolution.It always created its own idiosyncrasy with an angst for anger...n then when everybody thought rock was dying it was guy from seattle "Kurt Cobain" singing "Rape Me"..again resurrected the movement n that was followed up by other bands Pearl Jam..but as the digitazion started taking place it caught up with the music also..now the digitized nu metal/alternatives started fusion of rock n hip hop n created a new cult of its own...n Linkin Park singing "in the end it does not even matter"....they have created a rage in new gen n itz showing how many ways the rock can be resurrected...the band like System of Down in this new genre is making me go crazy ...No one knows which was the golden age of rock..for some it was classical period of ledd zepp,kink..others glem rock GnR for some metal age of Mettalica for some Psycedellic rock of Pink Floyd for some itz the Nu metal...but whateva it is,my company gives me enough bandwidth to download songs in free time n experiment with my ears...n m have enjoyed the whole life cycle of rock music...my playlist has one track of all the bands mentioned to b played...a long journey from 60s to now....

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Monday Blues!!!!!!!!

What a pity it feels when u keep lying on ur bad and realize,its monday.The immediate things that start wondering in my mind .... formals,id card,traffic,morning heat,boss,computer screen n before i could go insane thinking..THANKS GOD!!!!!...its time for me to rush n slog it out...n m soon here siting in my cubicle ..but to beat the monday blues..today i thought of listening the Doors...the immortal sound of Jim Moriss..while listening to "light my fire" i really started wondering how high the life has been for Jim Moriss..the song has some lyrics "Girl,we couldn’t get much higher"...i thought does all prodigy has their own vices..for Moriss it was his high..but whateva!!!!..the guy has the voice which really takes u to a state of ecstasy without marizuana...the magic is his voice...when the track "LA Women" enqued next in my winamp started to play..i forgot its a monday today.Ray Manzerak was creating magic with his keyboard with Moriss complementing with his vocals.The starnge part about the band is it doesnt have any bass guitar,the base n rythm is being created by keyboards.I was also wondering how in nu metal/progressive rock age which has heavy distortion n digital mixing song of Moriss fits in..but i dnt know.....2 of its track was enough for me to get high without marijuana n get along with my work.I see l 10 more tracks enqueded in my Winamp of Doors..n thats enough for me to beat monday blues.HELLUVA!!!!!!!i found my anecdote for Monday Blues
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