2008 Insight

It has been a year when whole world will remember with historic events taking place from US Economic crisis to Mumbai 26/11 attacks to Israel/Hamas war. All these events have dominated whole of the year. First half of year was all about US Economic crisis which gave world jitters and analysts say that the worst is yet to come just imagine what is going to happen in 2009. US has been severally hit as most of its top investment banking companies (Lehman brothers) went bankrupt or merged then followed insurance companies(AIG) followed by the Automobile industry which is almost in dying state begging White house to bail them out.The most worrisome factor of all is the US unemployment rate which is now at 6.5 % is rising steadily.The ripple effect of US economic crisis went allover the globe sparing no country with some of the countries(Iceland,Pakistan) went bankrupt.World Bank says 2009 will be most crucial and expects the economic power shift from North America/Europe to China/India/Asia.Its has been a recession year for US/Europe/Japan where as all Asian economies are faring below than expected rate.If we put aside the World economy other factor which has dominated and is of concern is terrorism.The countries which are most effected from terrorism are Iraq,Pakistan,India.US/Bush foreign policy has to be blamed for rise of militancy in Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan which has spilled over India and Mumbai 26/11 attacks just proves how badly South-Asia has been effected by terrorism.Middle eastern crisis had also came into limelight with Iran President calling all its Muslim neighbours to group-up in wiping out Israel of the map.Israel-Hamas war is still continuing with Israel vowing to topple Hamas administration.Technology side Google continues to flex its muscle as a leading IT contender and Microsoft still maintining its strong position inspite of Lukewarm response to Windows Vista but news about its plan to Lay off its employees to maintain its profits is a cause of concern for the IT Industry.For India Satyam Computers has given rude shock to its investors in unfair practice of aquiring its family owned Maytas-Infrastructure.This move from the company was backfired from shareholders and demanded an enquiry as its sharevalue came down by 30 percent .Entertainment Industry particulary for Bollywood 2008 has been a above average year with couple of decent hits.Movie of the year in terms of box office revenue is Ghajini which is creating records almost every where thanks to Aamir Khan screen presence,director Murugadoss tight screenplay and producer Allu Aravind marketting strategy is sure to cross 100 crores gross by end of this week.Thats all for 2008 there are lot more to write but will take some other opportunity to present them with that I am ending this blog and wishing u a Happy and Prosperous New year 2009 !....Good Bye

Ghajini Mania

Well I have seen Ghajini (Hindi) which had Aamir Khan in lead and comparing it to its original version in Tamil which had Surya in lead i would say picture perfect.Director Murugadoss has got his logic's right to some extent in newer version and Aamir khan perfect body has taken movie to new heights other wise both of the actors(Surya and Aamir) were competent and last but not least Asin was also great in the movie.....I went shirtless not to imitate Aamir in Ghajini but yes i would definitely like to have perfect body like him in the movie.

My Journey to Hyderabad

Guys you might have heard about ABCD's(America Born Confused Desis) but there are so many ABCH's(Andhra Born Confused Hyderabadi) like me who are struggling up to adjust both the cultures and language dialects.My Dad (native of Secunderabad) worked for Vizag Steel Plant corporation and My mom(native of Hyderabad(Old City)) is Manager at FCI(Food corporation of India) when they got married they had to move from one place to other due to their official transfers,they had rough time for many years and only when i was born in Vizag they decided to stay back there but fortunately both of my sisters were born in Hyderabad and were raised up by grand parents for some time and why i said they are fortunate u will come to know by end of two parts.I started my school life at Visakha Valley(proud to say it was best school in Vizag at that time)where i moved along all kids of different sects(from punjabi to tamilians ) which was interesting and i liked it. Every thing used to go normal but when i get a chance to go to Hyderabad for summer holidays i get excited with joy at the same time one thing creeps up in my mind which is dialect(Hyderabadi accent of Telugu language).Hyderabad excitement was most memorable experience i ever had in my life and my obsession with that just went on .Before the journey plan was executed first thing i used to do is to get the latest Schedule (Time Table) of Trains and second thing is to be with my father on advising or demanding which train we should catch on.This process started when i was 5 years old till many years sometimes even now .I was very much fascinated towards trains and the first train i would enjoy most infact my entire family likes to travel is Godavari Express (Train Number(7007 up-7008 down) old now changed) from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad.First thing i do when i board the train is to grab the window seat at the cost of fighting with my sisters or making exchange with our companion.I make a cool offer to my sisters after fighting which they always agreed and then starts my world .I go around the compartment to get feel of the train and settle down with Britannia biscuit in hand at the window seat .Godavari express departure time is 4.25 p.m and any delay in departure used to irritate me.When the train starts my whole body shivers with joy and train bogies/coaches count program starts immediately before the train leaves the platform.I always feel proud of Goadavari express and i think it is the most prestigious train of Andhra Pradesh.Initial couple of hours of my journey i would run bogies count program for many times and side seeing till it becomes dark outside when i cannot see.Then I move my focus towards my family and fellow companion.Most scary part of the journey is when Godavari train runs on Godavari Bridge (on Godavari river near Rajhamundry) which is so long .


I would take a break when my mother serves Pullihora(Lemon rice) and when my dinner is done i would get back to the Hot seat.Everything used to go well with dreams of enjoying with my Hyderabad cousins once i reach there and couple of songs imagining myself till Bezawada Station(Vijayawada) comes up around 12.30 A.M which i think is the rival to Vizag.My heart gets broken seeing that Vijayawada(Number 7) platform is very long than Godavari express and Vijayawada station contains more number of platforms than Vizag .Trains halts at Vijayawada for 20 minutes for Engine change and there comes my new feeling.Hyderabad-Vijayawada Route trains run with Electric engines so as Godavari express.When the train starts from vijayawada my excitement doubles with electric engine sound and the speed it runs at.This excitement goes on for some time till i go for nap for an hour and i woke up by the time train reaches Kazipet(Warangal Station).I get up and also disturb my sisters sleep by telling them Hyderabad is near around.

My journey to Hyderabad catches the highest excitement(Happiness at the best) when the trains reaches Hyderabad suburbs(Bibinagar-Ghatkesar) and when train reaches Secunderabad i would be busy seeing the platform and trains on adjacent platform and finally i would never miss to go and see the Electric engine along with my mom which carried Godavari express and with that my Train Journey to Hyderabad ends with my father calling on autowallah and auto uncle responding "Em Sir ekkada povaley"(sir where do you need to go?).

India and Israel

Well guys i have got Christmas break for twelve days and i want to use this opportunity to post all my views about India and Israel .After Mumbai 11/26 attacks India has allowed Israel intelligence agencies(Mossad) to share the platform along with Indian Intelligence agencies for investigating captured terrorist which is understandable because popular Jewish center was attacked and sizeable number of Israeli citizens were killed.Israel has always attracted me not just because of Jewish people's IQ levels which are highest among all human races or about Jewish scientists discoveries or inventions but also about the geographical location of Israel and current happenings in Israel which has lot of similarities with India.Some of the points from view about India-Israel similarities are as follows

1.India is multi-religious country so as Israel with their respective native religions(Hinduism for India and Judaism for Israel ) are dominant or in majority accounting 80% of their total population and Islam follows second with around 15% .Abrahamic religions(Judaism,Christianity,Islam and Bahai) originated or have important landmarks of religious importance in Israel in comparison all Dharmic religions(Hinduism,Buddhism,Sikhism,Jainism) have originated in India .

2.Both follow democracy and call themselves as secular state.

3.Both are sufferers of terrorist activities.

4.Israel neighbours are all Islamic nations (Egypt,Palestine,Syria,Saudi Arabia) so as India (Pakistan,Bangladesh,Afganistan).

5.Both have ancient civilizations .

Now a days these two countries are grouping together in every cause either for research in space ,defense collaboration and many more.India moving close with Israel can gain positive points at the same time can gain negative points by making more enemies(all Middle-eastern countries).