What should i have majored in?

You scored as Philosophy.



You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher, you are contemplative and you enjoy thinking about the purpose for humanity's existence.

Philosophy ......................... 92%

Dance .............................. 83%


English ............................ 83%


Psychology ......................... 75%


Theater ............................ 67%


Journalism ......................... 67%


Anthropology........................ 67%


Sociology........................... 58%


Art ................................ 50%


Engineering ..................... 50%


Linguistics....................... 42%


Biology ........................ 33%


Mathematics...................... 33%


Chemistry ........................ 8%


Darn i should have done this exercise 10 years back, i would have given Aristotle run for his money:)

Anand writes a dark ,but a brilliant piece

Inside, a 8 x 10 space
compartmentalizes
bits of her existence

Inside, the bed
makes love
to the kuchha walls

Outside, the first train
heralds
the beginning of another unfortunate day

Inside, a blanket
serves
as a veil for her mating game

Within, a child is
immured
in a coop

Inside, a ruptured roof
announces
the advent of the monsoons

Here, sunlight
is
a distant dream

How the other half of my brain thinks

Well this post is to give justice to the other half of my brain (Well some of you may argue with, me having brain at all, but i like to beleive i do). When my brain is not occupied with thinking about lack of sleep, too much work ,and lack of love life , it does dwell into the matters of the world.

I have always since childhood taken keen interest in politics, poverty, globalization and such like. Not at a high intellectual level but on a high curiosity level. I remember i have always followed with keen interest election results, even when everyone around me wanted to watch something else.

So here are my ramblings on issues that are making headlines

Cartoon controversy- Whole of my family has an RSS leaning, so i have had rightish bias in me. But as i have become more mature i have shifted towards the center. I am not sure of the judgement of western media to publish those cartoons at this time, it was uncalled for. But that does not and should not take away there right to do so. bad or good they should be free to do that judgement. The reaction of the Islam world was expected and nothing suprising.

But i was more interested in how the indian government and indian liberals would react and again it was hardly surprising. The Indian government expressed its regret, my god for what and why? it has nothing to do with the state. Another familiar pattern is of those high handed so called liberals. Where are the mahesh bhatts, javed akthars, shabana azmis, arundathi roys who would go hammer and tongs about freedom of speech if a similar thing would have happened with Hindu gods. As Arun shourie said this is shallow liberalism of the kind "Weak to the strong, strong to the weak" which only gives fillip to Praveen tagodias and such like

My views on globalization will come soon, now have to run back to work..Sigh

Crib Sheet

1. Want to Learn to Swim, to rock climb, to bungy jump, to play guitar, to drive
2. Want to see the world especially whole of Africa and Southeast Asia
3. Want to find a purpose, a cause, an obsession, a passion , something i can die for
4. Want to love and be loved
5. Want to do something different, something crazy, something mad, something irrational
6. Want to direct a documentary and write a book

Ok enough work is calling..

I get quoted

By buddy vishal.. and on what? Well what else, about happiness, satisfaction and goals in life. On my last day in Chennai we drank to death (well almost) discussing this. As i say when in our lives will we enter the second halfof that movie Lakshya.. Sigh

Ramblings about office life

Its that time of the year again. November to January are the worst months of office life according to me. Its the time when the year's performances are evaluated and goodies or badies are doled out. The atmosphere during these two months completeley changes. Everyone looks, behaves and acts fake, rumours flow, bitching goes on as if there is no tommorow and asses are licked till the saliva in mouths dries up:)And it is during these times that i question myself, what i am doing in this orgnization or that matter any organization. I have worked in three firms till now and have had 3 performance aprriaisals. In the first i wasnt good enough, second i was good but not smart, and in the third and current i am both good and smart but.. i dunno. I have come to realize now that to grow in an organization Visibility is the key factor. Being great at your work matters but only that much, its the visibility that takes you the extra mile.

So after my third performance appraisal, i have found that i can never grow in an organization. I just cant go out of my way to tom tom myself. This may look like bitching of a loser, but its not. I admire no i am in even awe of people who are smart enough and grow in an organization, beleive me not everybody can do that.My point is some people by nature are not made for it, and i am one of them.

Then what i am doing working my ass off if i have realized this........... Hmmm i havent found still what i love to do. And till then i remain a nobody in a big organization.