Your day

Feel liberated,and break all barriers.Take charge,and be on top of this world.Shelve your worries,and pamper yourself with all you desire.Dream your

Posters and parties

Year-end pressures, escalations, backlogs and lotsa other things are eating into my time of late.

Dedicated to Tsunami survivors

What was once a child's glee,is now a parent's wail.What was once a tourist spot,is now a terror site.What

Aathi

No racy tracks, no lousy dapaankuthus, no power packed lyrics, no solo Shankar Mahadeven intro, and no anything that Vijay is associated with. Surprising.I

Famous Five

The secret communion finally took place after several days of precision planning. Having members from diverse fields was unintentional, but that’s how

Blogging vs writing an exam

When I had to take an exam yesterday where I had to answer questions that were purely theoretical for 2 long hours, I felt a little weird. Having finished

To my Chris Mom

Started our team meeting today with recitation of this poem which was later circulated to all teams on mail.I’ve faked a marriage that’s in news,I have

And this is how I got married...

Having left with no options to fake a real marriage, I decided to fake a marriage that never happened... And so, here's how I got married in style (A

Bride needed urgently

I need to get married. Not that I am desperate, but I am under certain pressure at work to complete this task. Considering the fact that finding a girl

Mask III

I was reminded yesterday of an incident that happened in my friend’s life 5 years back.He was climbing

Happy Birthday Thalaiva

I don’t remember since when, but seems like I have been crazy over Rajinikanth ever since. Be it his

Phew !

129600 seconds of selfless struggle.2160 minutes of mammoth effort.36 hours of unparalleled proficiency.1 1/2 days of diligent display.Well, for someone

Blogger Friend... Err... Friend Blogger

F below expands to FriendMe: Did you check out my latest post?F1 : Do you have anything better to talk about?Me: I mean, I think it is a nice one.F2

“TIDAL” Park – “I.T” is under water

Authored by Akshay Natarajan.Date : Dec 3, 2005Stormy, cloudy and rainy is how I would have described

And so, I have decided...

Mail responses get delayed.Work keeps piling up.Technologies remain unexplored.Coffee time with friends is missed.Project submissions remain pending.Time

Beware and be aware

Pic CourtesyUpdate : Vignesh has done a tamil translation of this poem here.The needle pricks him once.The

Snooze alarm

Cartoon courtesy : Offthemarkcartoons7.00 AM : Tring tring (the alarm goes off)I hit the snooze and

Meet Treat

Another meet and another opportunity to be with the blogging fraternity. So, would I wanna miss out on that ? While I would have loved to walk across

Without...

It is but natural for romance to follow romance !Without your smile,I would feel overcast.Without your touch,I would feel weak.Without your kiss,I would

Shocking Surprise

** This had to be based on a true story owing to official implications **It is almost about a month and a half since his manager moved into the same

House Arrest

** Trust me. This is really based on a true story **He has always lived his life like a prince in his private lair. The freshness of liberated air was

Broken Promises

I don’t make promises, at least not to everyone. And if I do make one, that person definitely carries a lot of significance in my life. It was about

Go-getter attitude

** Inspired by a true incident **The other day he was raving about how much of a flirt he had been in his younger days, and how much he continues to

No kidding

Pic courtesy : show.me.uk On my first day in school I remember how much I cried and how much I

Past, Present and Future

The one I hold dear to,are the memories,of our strolls, and tiffs,of our laughs, and tears,of our

Mailer Demon

Last Saturday our class at the college campus was postponed due to heavy rains. And so, we received a mail with the subject, “Business Ethics – Class

Hell aka Heaven

Ever since I bought a vehicle for myself, I have been going home for lunch. Sambhar/Rasam saadham, Thaiyir saadham and a grand finale of dairy milk is

SMS Scramble

Inspired by a true story, though the last part of it is pure imaginationHe gets a call at 9.30 AM waking him up from sleep. “Dude, have you reached office?

Feels good to be back

Finally feels good to be back to days of normal blogging. So much has happened that went unwritten on this page… The blogger’s meet to start with. For

What does it have to do with age... Hmph !

Two isolated incidents that happened within a span of two weeks1. Six of us met at GRT Grand Days (Coffee shop) for a friend’s birthday treat. During

Happy Birthday !!!

Oh mermaid sans the fins,you stir up joy within.Oh malabar mannequin,my heart goes for a spin.Oh angel's

Sleepless awakening

Amid thousand faces, I keep searching hers,my eyes assiduously indulging in the hunt,deftly shifting their gaze when they find her face.Concentration

Snoozzzzzze

It all started with a Yawn.And so I fell horizontal.Quite naturally began to doze off.The zzzz slowly

Missing you

Like the sands of Sahara, arid andMissing the monsoons,Like the hours of darkness, murky andMissing

SMS - Simple Morning Sweetness

“All mornings are like paintings – You need little inspiration to get going, a smile to brighten it and a message from someone who cares to color your

Blink blink blink

While talking about an incident that happened to me once, Ravi suggested that I should probably post it in my blog… And so, here goes…I am bugged of

Long live Gaurav, long live Rashmi !

Some quotes from here:"Amongst all nations of the world perhaps the maximum abuse of democracy by individuals (rich/famous/politicians) takes place in

We will we will blog you !

Better late than never:I don't have anything against IIPM, nor do I have anything for Gaurav / Rashmi. However, what I do have is a common link between

Wanna dance. (?)

Unleashing the child within, by letting my energy reign,with glee and naive delight,I wanna dance in

The Dravid syndrome

When he reached 90, he got a little jittery. A failure would mean nothing, but he was keen on reaching

An arranged confusion

Two families gather, a guy and a girl meet, lot of discussions take place and finally everyone disperses. Few more days are spent in horoscopes, taking

GAJINI - My say

My suggestion to NayantaraAerobics in the morning, acting classes in the evening and a proper diet in between, just in case you are keen on not joining

Can you solve a puzzle?

I want to do something nice this weekend.But am not sure how I would be placed.And now, going crazy over the thought of a dull Sunday.True am game for

Reversal of roles

** Based on a true story **He is always used to giving instructions to the Auto wallahs. “Inga left”. “Inga right”. “Inga U-turn”. “Inga stop”. His instructions

Aiyoda

As soon as I read this couple of days back, I have been way too excited The last time I had such a

A letter to the Mahathma

Dear Father,“If they want to know real freedom, they have got to come to India. I am not arrogant.

Huh !!!!

** This is not a poem. So, read on **Assault on personal life,Attack on freedom of speech,Backstabbing on free will to express,Invasion into privacy,Onslaught

Beware AR Rehman

** Special report by our special correspondent **“Owing to debacles in recent finals, and the controversies that ensued, we have unanimously decided

A dissatisfied customer

Being in support for the last 4 years, I completely empathize with any customer-interfacing executive especially when it comes to dealing with customers

Remembering good 'ol days

Today one of my friends celebrates 5 year tenure at work. We had a small bouquet giving ceremony after barging into the conference room. In a way I was

A Happy Man he is today !

** Based on a true story **He does not remember his tricycle days, but he sure knows how he learnt riding the bicycle paying a rent of 50 paise per hour.

Seeing is believing

Finally the day has arrived.Moments of anxiety have ceased to exist.The need to follow up is no more.I can stop sounding so angry on the phone.Just few

Tag story

This is in response to Arathi's tag. It says I have to write a short story in 55 words. So here goes.He did not expect it from her despite her knowing

My Best Friend's Wedding

We have fallen in love with the same girl.We popularized a concept called “Dono Act” in SchoolWe went on stage for the teacher’s day function and gave

Light's off, camera, action !

** Based yet again on a true story **He always follows a checklist while starting the car.Switch on the cabin light, insert the key, turn on the car,

Pony Tale !

** Based on a true story **As he was walking through the crisscrossing aisles towards the exit he cast his eyes on her. Standing nearly about 25 feet

Blog breather

My blog life is a secret well protected from the knowledge of my folks at home. Sometimes I write things

Inspiration from bloghopping

Instant poems to me are elusive. Time and effort invested in writing a verse is always huge in my case. And so, when I wrote some lines instantaneously,

Rough Ride

** Based on a true story **Taking his brother’s car out all by himself for the first time, he felt a surge of liberty running through him. He wanted

Independence Day - Conclusion

With three of them being bit by leeches, we thought we had invited new inhabitants into our rooms.

Ovvoru pookalumey

Ovvoru pookalumey solkirathey Vaazhvendraal poaraadum poarkalamey Ovvoru vidiyalumey solkirathey Iravaanaal paghal ondru vandhidumey Nambikkai enbathu