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7 years, 4 months, 8 days later in the middle of the pandemic

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My resume claims I blog, um so opened my blog and oh I didn't post since 2014. Definitely something I can pick up while Im locked down. I wonder why I stopped blogging and after a deep retrospective, it hit me "Aha" back then facebook was not a place where you shit post your thoughts, so "You needed a blog."   Soooooo hows life been ever since? I got married, did a butt load of traveling, started reading philosophy, Oh Oh and started a travel music video page, will definitely spam about all that soon. Right now lets focus on the pandemic. I hope we survive this, I hope we rise strong. But once we do that how do we NOT lose our minds????? Heres some thoughts I collected  Be the good samaritan -  It has been more than a year, the pandemic has locked us down along with that it has locked a significant amount of the economy. Many have lost jobs, many are taking home less, many are having to spend more to eat the same amount of bread and many are having to just wait ...

BackPack Trip #1 : Thiruvanamalai, Senji, Pondy & Hogenekal

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Prelude The plan was a group of four in my car and follow this trail(as in map) to the falls. Start on a Sat morning 3'ish drive to Alamparai fort before the sunrise, then hold there till its 7'ish. Then to Senji for a  climb, up the hills then go to the Thiruvanamalai, at last Dharmapuri and crash for the night. Then the next day Hogenakal whole day and back home.First we picked 16-17th Weekend, but we found it was Karthikai Maha Deebam on 17th so we postponed it to 23rd-34th weekend. It was all set until Friday when half the crew abandoned. First guy dropped off claiming his boss wold allow a leave, the other got cought driving drunk so had to appear in court the next day, and one more just got sick in a matter of 3 minutes. Now to find a replacement Replace meant 2 guys ready with some cash, bag packed to stay away for 2 days in 6 hrs notice. We still called people. But then we had to CANCEL the plan ! The Leg Shake So it was just me and Subburam. So I rang him ...

Loosing Demons

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I been loosing demons, Between the paths of man and lord, Between despise and love, Between the time and space. Are they running away from me, Or is it me who's staying behind, Are they  being stolen from me, Or Am I eroded eternally. I shall stand, for my hold, I will hold, on my thought, Hunt is on and demons be, will caught, For he who lost his demons, lost his all.

Goa Road Trip: One Ford Ikon and Four Days

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Well there was no doubt as to what is the best way I could spend a long weekend of 4 days  in India. Goa. Having set the budget right, a car ready serviced, 15hrs drive across B'lore to Goa from Chennai was the only thing I thought of at least for the week before the trip. "It was not about the destination, neither was it about the journey, I was more like can I make it or not, I needed no better reason as there was only one way to find it out." The night before the trip I had rushed out of my house because I had realized that I dint have any stickers on my car, important indeed, hence stuck a "Why so serious?" with splash of joker on it. Well the next day bags packed, set to office waiting for 7 to come. 7 is when we leave. 9 was when we left. Nightlong drive pretty much lame. With the dawn the drive became what we were looking for, wind, mountains, green things that you dont see in cities and yeah empty roads, 6 lanes. Lunch was when we breath the air ...

Look what I found an old poem of mine "Engineering Paradise"

YEAR 1:  Been through the skies  his dreams in his eyes  they scream for heights  but he would compromise  once and for all   and then twice and then thrice  and they call  this the engineer's paradise.   YEAR 2:  What he's seen on the lines  on the books of a size  he could barely rejoice  all the dust and the noise  for a thousand falls  and a hopeless rise  and they call  this the engineer's paradise.   YEAR 3:  Slowly he likes through the time that he rides  cus this time he is used to the waves and the tides but despite  he is still with an upright wall  and they call this the engineer's paradise.   YEAR 4:  At last he decides  what he thinks provides  him the chance to glide  to his dreams full of skies  but this hall  of fame is a REALITY BIT...

Will half of Andhra Mess rename to "Telengana Mess" ??

Intro and Built Up 1000 suicides(theoretically yes, but mostly murdered), 100s of school/collage days ruined, lots of people fasting, lots beaten by cops and paramilitary. Dint pull much of India attention who were rejoicing Sunny wearing dress and Ponaam getting rid of it, but yes they did pulled some right strings in the center and now here we have the binary fission of Andhra Pradesh into two daughter states Telengana and Andhra Pradesh(Jr). Not we are still left with the big doubt. The Big Doubt Will half of Andhra Mess rename to "Telengana Mess" ?? Well this definitely is not a literal question. The point here being: Will this bring about difference in culture? Will this create a distance between the Telugu Speakers? Will there be a fight for resources and  power ? Will the people try to un-belong the current oneness to a new state of self representation? In simpler words is this partition going to be good or is it going to suck out ? The Binary Fission of...

Summing up life Until now

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I have been through many phases in my life in different cities and to best explain them I could sum them up in to three points to the best of my memory of things I did or that I liked or things that influenced me, They go like this: First School and Before that (Mumbai): - Roaming and wondering aimlessly - Lotta Bombay/Mumbai swear/cus words - Bollywood music Middle School Life Pt. 1 (Kolkatta): - Food, Sweets, Food, Sweets and more Food. - Arts ( Painting, Music, Creative Writing) - Ultadanga colony( Durga puja, Friends group, community meets) Middle School Life Pt. 2 (Patna): - Understanding the real meaning of diversity - Learned the importance of breaking rules - Importance of Indian history, Archaeology the real PATLIPUTHRA High School(Chennai): - Hate towards formal education, look for something beyond it, the importance of being well read and well in formed - The real love for Programming begins, "The GEEK Code begins" - Learned the truths be...