My answer for why you should marry me!!

I am an Engineer from an Indian Engineering College-  So this answers pretty much a lot!!

I am average/a bit better than average looking guy. Be safe that there is no girl who has a huge crush on me and I wouldn’t cheat on you. If not for my ethics, my looks also might not favor me J and, not bad either(in case you stop reading !!!)

I have an i-20, a flat, a 2 floor house, a site.(My father’s possession) A mid managerial position in an MNC with a reliable profile and quite good pay. You are secured.

I or my family is not looking for dowry. My dad too married without a rupee of dowry.(Relevant.India.)

I am a good cook. Will cook all that a normal housewife would cook. So, not depending on your cooking skills and flexible to eat whatever you cook with a grain of salt and love !

You needn’t do the household chores. A maid is already employed who does all that. You were most likely brought up like a princess and now will live the life of a Queen. #IAssure

I am a very good listener. Will listen to all that you say. Your neighbor’s friend’s puppy to your childhood crush to your grandfather’s old transistor to anything.. Your talk makes you even more cute.

I get intrigued by many topics- Finance, Relationships, Science, Travel, History, Music, Art, Economy, Entrepreneurship,  everything. So you will have a lot to speak to me.

I hate Cricket. Will never pesk you for the remote during a match. And if you watch, I will get back to blogging or accompany you.

When I am watching TV and my mom or brother come and sit with me, I’d turn off the TV and speak. If the TV was not named an Idiot box, I would have named it! So, the importance is always on you. Tv has the last preference.

You never have to take my permission to visit your parents. Just an intimation will do.

It’s a rule that you should NOT sacrifice your dreams/vision/passion. Will always support you in all your endeavours. Free to study further/work as long as you want/take off and pursue your interests like music/teaching/acting/guitar… basically live the life that you want to.

I am witty. Will make you smile even at your  aunt’s funeral.

I like playing the Violin, my mom Veena, my brother flute. I love guitar also. I listen to rock, Metal,Jazz, melody, Carnatic Classical. So your interests cannot be beyond my taste. You can listen to anything or  even be free from all the music!

Movie buff! Weekends are always occupied. No lazy sleepy weekends unless you want it :-p

Extremely caring. My mom and my ex are proofs. (Reference will be provided) :-p

I would love to travel the World and explore different places, culture, food. You have a great company.

My parents are extremely broad minded and liberal. You can continue to wear your skirt, have Chicken at a friend place, ice cream at 12 mid night, Raasta/CCD at 1am.. just anything.#Freedom.

If my mom asks me to take her to a friend’s place and you ask me for a movie at the same time, precedence will be given to you and my parents have the maturity to give precedence to a new entrant!(In case the reason is for a doc/imp function/ anything, scenarios can be discussed and options kept open)

You will continue to retain all your friends, meet them during a re-union, hang out with them whenever possible.

Most of all: You are what you are. You will retain your identity.

This is just a comprehensive list and points were compiled over a few years. True to the best of my knowledge and typed it without the influence of Alcohol.

This will be archived and a huge print out taken and hung on wall. Will promise to live by these.

Are you searching for me???? :-) :-)

My article on why Tollywood imports heroines from Mumbai

Yesterday i was watching the audio launch of the Telugu movie Uyyala Jampaala. Looks like a cute movie. There are quite few movies I easily get connected with. If you have watched the movie Ashta Chamma and the Telugu short films in YouTube by Mr.Productions, you would quite easily get associated. The feeling of seeing someone known  on the big screen, the feeling that someone has made it big after a lot of struggle is surreal.
Kudos to the Director and the lead hero Raj Tarun.

In the audio launch I felt something was badly missing. And I realized what I was missing till the movie's lead heroine gave entry. She is the lady who has ben in the Hindi soap Balika Vadhu which is dubbed in Telugu as Chinnari Pellikuturu. And, yeah I haven't ever watched any of these operas.
The director/producer don't know who said that he wanted this heroine as people have watched her in the serial and would come to the theater for her. And that she has a lot of fans.
Yes. He is right. This is quite possible. I know many who watch these serials and are big fans and know them by their serial character names.
ok. Fine. But why didn't they even get the hero from serials?
Why only import heroines from Mumbai?
Why not take the girls from Andhra itself?
And if you thought not many are pretty/act well in Andhra.. Look at this girl.
I find her very pretty.


And yeah I have seen her in many short films with the lead hero Raj Tarun.
Check out few of her  short films here and here

And now I must tell you about one more pretty girl- Shamin



This girl was my classmate. We've been lab partners also!
You must have seen her in few Serials. One serial that i happened to see her in is Santaan. Even this serial has been dubbed in Telugu and it comes at 10.30PM in Gemini TV. Name I forgot.

I am sure even she will be aspiring to be a heroine in Bollywood and be paired with Aamir Khan or Salman or anyone.
She might take the route Genelia, Shreya Saran, Ileana or other loads of heroines way by doing movies in the South and then probably settling here moving to Bollywood. For the money and love she gets in Tollywood very unlikely she would prefer Bollywood. However thats a different discussion.

We go to a movie, watch the beautiful heroines and register her name forever. We hardly realize the struggle they might have gone through to reach the eights.
So these are the two girls I have been seeing from long. I don't know how much they enjoyed their struggle, I don't even know if they are really aspiring to become heroines.

My question is why did the makers of Uyyala Jampaala  select a serial actress?

Looking at Shamin I feel Bombay imports are very hard working and dedicated and flexible.
No denying the same with Chandini also.

Apart from a reason that that the girl fit for the screen test, is there any other reason?

If both the girls above are trying for movies in Telugu, who has a better chance?
Who do I see first in the big screen?
The local Telugu Vizag beauty Chandini or my classmate Shamin?

I would love it if the film makers of Uyyala Jampala  tell me why they prefer Bombay girls and  Chandini or Shamin answering if they are aspiring for movies!

PS: I have spoken about only 2 girls and not about Raj Tarun or the Uyyala Jampaala heroine.
Its only because I am a big fan of these 2 girls(Ahem Ahem!!) and as a fan, I have a right to comment on them.. (Eh? :-p)

Waiting to see them in movies. All the best you ladies!!

An Amazing place called Shani Shingnapur

In the modern times where, together with the technology advances, crimes too become more sophisticated and the concerns for more and more security measures gains priority, is it possible to imagine a place where people live in harmony in no-door-no-locks-houses ? It may seem unbelievable but as a matter of fact, true! There is indeed a tiny hamlet where houses and other buildings like shops have no doors, and that place is in the country of countless legends and myths – India.

That peculiar place is ‘Shani Shingnapur’, a village located in Maharashtra state about 350 kilometers away from the state capital Mumbai and 60 kilometers from the popular pilgrim place Shirdi.  

 

 
The place where many go to get blessed by the Lord Shanishwara, the presiding deity of the temple at Shani Shingnapur is Lord Shanidev or Lord Shanishwara who is believed to be the personification of the planet Saturn. He is respected and is worshipped with a lot of devotion by his devotees. Millions of people from across the entire world come to Shani Shingnapur to get spiritual benefits. The deity is of black stone and this sight sends many devotees into frenzy.
In Shani Shingnapur village, people live in houses with no doors for generations! Here one can find only curtains (that is also rare) in the place of doors. The only temporary guard is barriers – that too to keep off stray animals. Here villagers get to their daily routines without bothering about their house’s security or fear of thieves. For them, everything is dedicated to the Lord Shani. The belief is, whoever steals anything from this place will incur the wrath of Shani God and will have to pay for his/her sins very dearly. When Shani Shingnapur natives go outside their village, they don’t ask their neighbors to keep vigil on their house & belongings. There is no Police station in this village too. They have no role here! 

 

 
 

 

In the 156-year history of village Shani Shingnapur in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra, residents have never installed doors to their houses. Nor do they have a fetish for keeping things locked. Even new constructions such as police stations, guest houses, resorts, telephone exchange and other government buildings follow the rule. The post boxes too have no doors, wire meshes with open designs stop the letters from tumbling out. In case residents want to hang curtains on the door openings it is mandatory that they should be transparent. Despite the changes in the intervening years, the estimated 6500 residents in this village live with the singular belief that Lord Shaneshwar (Saturn) protects them from thieves and other ills. Surprisingly, there is no such bar for those living outside the parameters of Shani Shingnapur. Visit any part of this village and even the most  plush bungalows follow the stated rule.


 

In January 2011, the United Commercial (UCO) Bank opened a 'lockless' branch in the village, the first of its kind in the country, taking note of the near-zero crime rate in the region. The local police were reported to be unhappy over this development and that it amounted to a breach of conditions, because the Central government of India has made it mandatory for all banks to have high security.The bank has doors,but they will always remain open. However, it was reported by the local legislator and the bank officials that adequate precautions were being taken for the safety of lockers and important documents.

Some more astounding facts about the village:

1. No shelter over Shani Maharaj - As per the instructions received from Shani Maharaj himself, there is no roof or temple built over his idol.

2. No doors or locks in houses - The most unique feature in Shingnapur that differentiated this village from any other place in the world is that there are no doors or locks to houses. The villagers firmly believe that Shani Maharaj protects them from thieves and wrong doers and they only have door frames and curtains in the place of doors and locks. There are several stories narrated by local villagers about how nobody in the village would dare to make an attempt to steal other's property and also about how when some outsiders have made an attempt to steal they have been punished by Shani Maharaj.

3. No branches grow over the Moolasthan - There was a neem tree that grew near the Moolasthan but everytime a branch grew near Shani Maharaj it would automatically break and fall down. Few years ago, this tree fell, and another fig tree has grown there. This too does not extend its branches up to the idol.

4. Water poured over the idol is cure for snakebite - In case of any incident of snakebite in the village, all that the villagers do is to bring the person in white clothes to the temple. A male relative in wet clothes performes abhishekam to the idol and the water is given to the person to drink. In a couple of hours, the person regains consciousness and is not affected by the poison.

5. Shani Maharaj's palanquin- Devotees worship Shani Maharaj's palanquin placed closed to the Moolasthan which has a huge wooden slipper in it. Several shops sell miniatures of this wooden slipper that people buy and take home as talisman.

6. Lamp that burns 24*7 - There is a lamp that burns through day and night in front of the moolasthan. 





So did you visit India? Taj Mahal? 
You wanted to see real India and all that they show you is Slum Kids... Right?





So now do you believe me it is incredible India !




Credits: Wiki,UndiscoveredIndianTreasures ,Google Images,  Abhishek from Incredible India.
 
 

 

Amazing application of Baye's Theorem- must read

I was wondering how these IIT guys get everything in life.
A seat in a prestigious college, an amazing career awaiting them, big money, success etc whic is common for most of the IIT'ians.

But how do they manage to date the prettiest babes?
NO. Its not always arranged marriage where its every girl's parents dream to have a son in law from an IIT.
Many get to date an awesome pretty girl while in college itself.
How do they do this? What do they have in IIT? Do they talk so well? May be not. And even if they do, come on how many non IIT'ians talk well and how many of them are able to successfully convert a stranger to a friend>> close friend>> lover>> wife?????
I mean IIT'ians have ZERO or very less failure rates.

So whats it?
Come on.. neither am i in IIT nor do i have a super girlfriend.
But i have on example to show you. The main reason for writing this post.

If a girl smiles at you, what is the probability that she likes you?
Try to answer before i give you an IIT'ian answer.

Have you heard of Baye's theorem?
Sounds familiar? Apply it here.



is what you want to know - the probability she likes you given the fact that she smiles at you.

is the probability that she will smile given that she sees someone she likes.

is the probability that she likes a random person.

is the probability that she will smile at a random person.

For example, suppose she just smiles at everyone. Then intuition says that fact that she smiles at you doesn't mean anything one way or another. Indeed, and , and we have



meaning that knowing that she smiles at you doesn't change anything.

At the other extreme, suppose she smiles at everyone she likes, and only those she likes. Then and .  Then we have



and she is certain to like you.

In the intermediate case, what you need to do is find the ratio of odds of smiling at people she likes to smiles in general, multiply by the percentage of people she likes, and there is your answer.

The more she smiles in general, the lower the chance she likes you. The more she smiles at people she likes, the better the chance. And of course the more people she likes, the better your chances are.


How did you feel reading so far?
Doesn't it seem like it is much easier to just enjoy the moment of the girl's smile and assume she likes me and continue to fantasize about her than to do all this non sense?
Hmmm true that for me.
The very reason why I am  not in IIT, why no US posting, no FIL desperately wanting me as his son in law :-)

Woh 4 log of the society your parents warned!

 

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Missionaries entry to my Village :(

I have spent most of my holidays in the village. Even to this day i often go there.
I have seen the transition of my village from a day when there were no roads, no electricity and now with Dish TV in every home and a Taxi stand also.
Earlier the low caste people(the untouchables lived on other side of the road and the village was on other side.
Of course they came to other side for shops, liquor, etc.. But never entered any home and never touched anyone.
Most of them worked to clean the septic tank in houses, fields, cattle razing etc..
All this 10 years ago..
Slowly things changed..
The untouchables started visiting the temple in the village, participated in village rituals(fair, procession of a deity etc), travelled to the nearby town in public transport( yes they were not allowed to use public transport also)
And this till few months ago.
Last month when i went to the village I saw many without the traditional Bindi( Vermilion powder on forehead) and lot of changes.
I learnt some saints had visited the village for 'prayers'
A home in the village was made a place to pray and some people came there and offered some teachings.
So now my village has Christians. These people did not even know what Christianity is.

People whom they saw as superior now look like a low class to them. And they now have the feeling of being in a 'superior' caste.

Epilogue:
Though i very strongly hate the caste system in India I do not find it wrong for some low caste to find a 'Well Learned Brahmin' superior.
I find my manager superior. I find my CEO superior. I find my Prime Minister superior.
Whats wrong in this?
The caste system was never based on Birth. It was based on the work.
So whats wrong when the Brahmins are seen as superior?
And never blame the Brahmins or Sudras for this untouchability, superiority and inferiority complex.

The reason for these is a separate post which is there in Quora.
We people have always been used for the rulers gain.
And now the Christians have made use of this caste system and converted them to Christianity.


PS: Complete own write up and no part is copy pasted from anywhere.
I could be extremely wrong and am open to comments and to correct myself.

Little known facts of Badass Chanakya

A thorn had pricked his foot once. After that instead of uprooting the tree, he poured buttermilk on the tree so that the ants will gather around tree and finish the tree to its last pieces. An unhappy royal minister saw this and introduced Chanakya to the Nanda king, knowing that Chanakya would not be treated well in the court. Insulted at the court, Chanakya untied the sikha (lock of hair) and swore that he would not tie it back till he destroyed the Nanda kingdom.

Chanakya met Chandragupta Maurya, a young man who too had deep personal grudges against the Nandas. Together they set about provoking the people of Magadha against Dhanananda and, as there happened to be many amongst the populace that Dhanananda had offended in some way, it was not long before they had managed to amass a considerable force. The new Mauryan Army was still numerically inferior to that of Dhanananda. Chānakya's initial attempt to overthrow Nanda failed, whereupon he comes across a mother scolding her child for burning himself by eating from the middle of a bun or bowl of porridge rather than the cooler edge. He realized his initial strategic error and, instead of attacking the heart of Nanda territory, slowly chips away at its edges. By 321 B.C. Chandragupta had succeeded the Nandas and the long reign of the Mauryans had begun.

The advent of the Mauryans brought them into conflict next with the Greek General Seleucus I Nicator, who had inherited both Alexander's Asian holdings and his ambitions. These, Chandragupta shattered in 303 B.C. The resulting treaty gave the loser 500 war-elephants and granted to the victorious Chandragupta the Seleucid Provinces of Trans-Indus (Afghanistan), Seleucus's daughter Helen in marriage, and the future court presence of the Seleucid Ambassador Megasthenes.

A rival king Malayaketu sought control of all the former Nanda territories. He was supported by Rakshasaa, the former Nanda minister, several of whose attempts to kill Chandragupta were foiled by Chanakya. As part of their game plan, Chanakya and Chandragupta faked a rift between themselves. As a sham, Chandragupta removed Chanakya from his ministerial post, while declaring that Rakshasa is better than him. Chanakya's agents in Malayaketu's court then turned the king against Rakshasa by suggesting that Rakshasa was poised to replace Chanakya in Chandragupta's court. The activities by Chanakya's spies further widened the rift between Malayaketu and Rakshasa. His agents also fooled Malayaketu into believing that five of his allies were planning to join Chandragupta, prompting Malayaketu to order their killings. In the end, Rakshasa ends up joining Chandragupta's side, and Malayaketu's coaliation is completely undone by Chanakya's strategy.

According to a popular legend mentioned in the Jain texts, Chanakya used to add small doses of poison to the food eaten by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya in order to make him immune to the poisoning attempts by the enemies.Unaware, Chandragupta once fed some of his food to his queen, Durdhara, who was seven days away from delivery. The queen, not immune to the poison, collapsed and died within a few minutes. In order to save the heir to the throne, Chanakya cut the queen's belly open and extracted the foetus just as she died. The baby was named Bindusara, because he was touched by a drop (bindu) of blood having poison.