What doesn’t meet the eye…but should have! (mine in particular)

No, this is not about some deep philosophical thought that I stumbled upon. This is not about human behavior and the workings of society. It’s much simpler and perhaps very trivial. So don’t let the heavy title make you think I’m trying to dissect the human race.

Until it was pointed out to me, I never really noticed it. And when I did, I was amazed at how such a small little adjustment could bring out such meaning. I’m talking about the FedEx logo. (Now that title, would get anyone thinking this post had something to do with anything but this! Remember, IRONY)

This might not be news to many, but in the FedEx logo, the E and the X are put together in such a way that the space between them makes a pointing arrow shape.(i have circled it in the image..)

I did not notice this. I liked the logo as it is with its pleasant color and clean font. The smoothness of the letters seemed good enough to me for a logo. But this subtle and clever little act made the FedEx logo all the more exciting. To me, it transformed the essence of the company from being a delivery service to a focused and determined organization.

There are so many things that we might miss out. We just overlook them and stick to what we “see”, rather than what we “perceive”. Keen observation is the key to acquiring deeper knowledge and better understanding.

I think I’ll try this philosophy on for size... 

May be, is this true love???

I don’t see the majority of the world's concept of love..



I feel like a true love is when,

A guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot…
Who calls you back when you hang up on him…
Who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep...
A boy who kisses your forehead…
Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats…
Who holds your hand in front of his friends…
Who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on…
The one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'…

I don’t judge that people can end judging extensive enough to love. After the new wears off, the verdict sets in. verdict will kill love all time. That is, if love exists at all.

Boring LIFE!!!

When people say "life is short". What the hell??? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!!!

Chetan Bhagat : 2 States: The Story of My Marriage - A Review

Actually I have read Chetan Bhagat “Five Point Someone” years before (I think I read that novel when I was doing 2nd yr college.. 2005..). After that I dint have chance to read any on his novels…

Last week my brother sent me “2 States – The story of my marriage” e-book via email..

The introduction of the story starts as:

Love marriages around the world are simple:

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married.

In India, there are a few more steps:

Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.

Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.

Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.

Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.

And 100% agree with him..

The story line is very simple and straight forward describing the happenings in Indian middle-class family..

 The novel evolves between Krish and Ananya who are from opposite poles and decide to get married. The story is about concept of marriage in India, you don't just marry the person.. You also have to marry the boy’s/girl’s family.

Krish Malhotra, a Punjabi guy with a hasty mother who can't think of anything but caloric food, gifts & money and the "value" of her son is outraged when she comes to know that her son has fallen in love with Ananya. Ananya Swaminathan is from an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family whose attitudes are traditional. The various plans and adjustments that the two of them make to get their families to accept them are quite entertaining.

The story is centered around Ahmadabad, Delhi and Chennai. Being a true Chennaiite I felt that Chetan Bhagat had exaggerate many characters of the Tamilians. In the beginning i found myself accepting some incidents in amusement, but there was an overdose of it. For example he derided the fact that people ate out of banana leaves and kept inquisitive if the leaf also should be eaten. I felt he was being a little regardless of being an IIT/IIM grad...

Chetan Bhagat had putted in extra amount of spices, to keep the readers enthusiastic on to it. The story looks too cinematic sometimes but 75 % of people know that these kind of situations do arise in India..

Altogether “2 States: The Story of My Marriage” is totally breezy to read. A story so vital to many of our life and the reactions are so typical of our parents..

Some may think that I’m flattering this book too exceedingly and some of you might even tell it is a dash of the Mill & Boon love stories but the point is that, the way he presented it was really good.

Its Bhogi!!!

Bogi festival or Bhogi is the first day of Pongal and is celebrated in honor of Lord Indra, "the God of Clouds and Rains". Lord Indra is worshiped for the abundance of harvest, thereby bringing plenty and prosperity to the land. Thus, this day is also known as Indran. On Bhogi all people clean out their homes from top to bottom, and collect all unwanted goods. This day is meant for domestic activities and of being together with the family members.

Bhogi  Celebration in my house....

My mom waked me in morning 4, to burn the waste things...
Then i went to sleep again..
I waked @ 7..& went to terrace..
It was very foggy.. it was like being in ooty or kodaikanal..(but the climate wasnt like that...)
I took these pix @ 7.30 a.m....


My neighbor compound....

My house terrace....

Our Bhogi burns...

& i took these pix @ 8.30.. while going to office.... & it was still Foggy!!!..
Welcome to Kumaran Nagar!!!!