Aal izz well - izzn't it?

So the New Year 2010 has begun with great enthusiasm all around. Two “influential” movies were released in the last week of 2009 ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Avatar’ and I enjoyed both of them here in US with my friends! Initially I came out of the theater, actually thinking for a moment, that it was nothing less than an excellent movie…But managed to quickly resurrect my opinion. I am not completely writing it off here and the movie does have ample bright spots.
This is just my personal opinion that ‘3 idiots’ doesn’t deserve the hype and attention it is attracting. Nevertheless, it only once again affirmed to me that you can sell ANYTHING with persistent marketing and advertising. You can make people believe that what they just got is the best they have ever!! You can innovatively package a mediocre product and using all possible media hammering you can convincingly proclaim how it is the best!!! I am beleaguered to see how easily masses can be influenced if you manage to SPEAK UP!! All the Chetan Bhagat controversy around only added to the business making it the highest grossing Bollywood movie yet!
I don’t intend to take anybody’s side here – neither Chetan Bhagat nor the Movie producers. The movie producers are saying that they already have a contract and have paid for the movie script. Fair enough Huh…?! Wouldn’t it have been a nice goodwill gesture to express gratitude and declare that the movie was inspired by the book ‘Five point someone’? Instead they simply put his name in the credit roll at the end and it’s barely visible. Now Chetan Bhagat is agitated by this and is driven to speak up! Supposedly, because of the phenomenal success the movie has received! Isn't he only giving in to the mind game here? Instead, may be, he could have let others point out the similarities and accuse the producers of not showing the courtesy of giving due credit to Chetan Bhagat! Here was an opportunity for him to simply let be and enjoy the fact that those who have read the book will eventually understand “what percent” of the movie is based on it themselves. Rather he could bask in his writing abilities and the fact that he was acclaimed by everyone for sharing his story through the book, that he enjoyed doing it, that it was his launch pad for what he does best! How could he overlook the novelty – “strive for excellence and success will follow”!? Finally, in the end Aal izz well, izzn’t it?!! :) :) :)

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

I must admit right away that I am new to blogging and did start writing on 19th December 2009. Now what’s so special about 19th December? Well, 19th December is the day I turned Infoscion 4 years back. So I started blogging with all due enthusiasm and posted my first blog about a draft of the structure I intend to have here.
Carrying forward the enthusiasm I went on to write up and summarize some memories from my past 4 years in Infosys as my second blog. But alas, I couldn’t publish it – Some technical glitch on this site erased my draft before I could publish and I didn’t have a copy of it either. Grrr… And I was lazy enough not to retype everything again; but I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed writing down my memories from Infosys.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Everyone.
First of all I would like to thank the Almighty Omnipresent God for always being with me!

I would like to thank my parents and my family for always being there for me and guiding me; for making me the person I am today.

I would like to thank all my teachers who have taught me. There’s something to learn from everyone (I recall a learning experience from a ‘challenged’ person who taught me to appreciate others… more about this some other time) and I would like to thank All around me who have taught me so many important things and continue to teach me.

I want to thank All my friends for being there always, for tolerating me, for supporting me, listening to me… I know that’s what friends are supposed to do but I do want to Thank You from my heart and want You all to know that I value this bond very much.

Most importantly I would like to Thank Everyone who have been harsh to me, said bad things to me, pointed out my faults or done anything which does not feel good at first. I am not just saying all this for the sake of it but I do mean it. You all have made me tolerant, taught me to accept others as they are, made me learn few things faster and helped me grow. I believe everything happens for a purpose. I do not have any vengeance towards anyone; I only have gratitude for playing your part well and giving me an opportunity to learn from it.

I want to thank all those people who are invisible to me but without their contribution I would not be! Here I mean to thank everyone on this planet in past/present/future.
This includes the people who fought for India’s independence, who defend our country at this very moment.
This also includes helpful bacteria’s in my stomach that help digest the food I eat.
It’s a circle!

I am humbled entering in the New Year 2010 with hope and enthusiasm.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year 2010! May this year be a blessed one!
GOD SPEED!