त्रिदल

ऑर्कट्वरच्या एका मित्रानं आशा बगेंचं "त्रिदल" वाच असं सुचवलं. आणि त्यानंतर बर्‍याच दिवसान्नी ते ग्रंथालयात सापडलं. अगदी पहील्या पानापासून ते शेवटच्या पानापर्यंत पुस्तक मस्तपैकी बांधून ठेवतं. साधारण ४-५ महीन्यांनंतर पुस्तक वाचलं हे... त्यामूळे मजा आली. बाकी आशाताईंनी अशा प्रकारे ते लिहीलयं की विचारुन सोय नाही. मस्तच लिहीलयं.

शारदा, श्रीनिवास आणि मंजू ही या कांदबरीतली प्रमुख पात्रं. पुस्तकाचं प्रत्येक पान शारदेनं व्यापलेलं आहे. शारदेचा स्वभाव जरा हेकेखोर, शांत आणि थोडा लहरी! हाच स्वभाव तिला स्वतःला जखडवून ठेवत असतो, तिला माहित असूनही! तिचा नवरा - श्रीनिवास, तिला शेवटपर्यंत साथ देतो, तिचा स्वभाव असा असूनही! मंजू - श्रीनिवासची बहीण आणि शारदेची कॉलेजपासूनची मैत्रीण, हिच्या मूळे शारदेचं पात्र जास्तीत जास्त वाचकापर्यंत पोचायला मदत होते. या तिघांविषयी जाम लिहावसं वाटतयं, पण मी का लिहू?? ते तुम्ही वाचा! (हाहा!!! मी शारदा झालोय का??)

माणसाचा स्वभाव कसा असतो आणि तो कालपरत्वे कसा बदलतो हे या कादंबरीत उत्तमरित्या आलयं.

अनायसे खुप काही शिकल्यासारखं वाटलं.

what if there is no RAIN....

then.. every lover will have to enjoy RAIN like this.. :D

baapppaa, tyanna akkal de!!!

... on my fb page!

HTMLs!!!

HTML - hyper text markup langauge!!
what a tedious job this is.. isnt it!!! but sum guys have taken this as their professional.. n having mastery on it.. Dont know how these guys manage to do HTMLs n coding!! Ridiculous!!! :D

Once there was lack of resources n i was doing the changes on a site.. The changes was changing a word / replacing a word throughout the site.. i know, u are thinking of just find the word n replace it with the another word.. but Situation was not that much easy. But was critical!! the problem was not getting solved just by finding n replacing it! i opened each n every HTML.. find the word n replaced it. i did that atleast of 15-20 pages!! :((. The very first time, i find how responsible job this is!!! For website design company, HTMLisers plays a great role. HTMLs are bridge between designs and browsers! Our designs got a window just because of HTMLs n good HTMLisers! We cant just design n release it for web. For a better site, proper HTMLs are essential. NO options!!

Anyways, the reason behind writing all this is..
last thursday, we have "HTMLs n it's problems" discussion topic at AnD meet. Naim, Ravish n Amit handled this. It was a great session. All spoke well.. n it was a great learning. They shared their views, thoughts, problems, solutions with us! There was a question-answer session also n very last question was asked by Abhishek (one of our sr. animators) n that was very amazzing..

He asked, "Why u likes to do HTMLs?" what a question this is!!! Who will take this tidious job as a profession?? But a reply we get on this is very mind blowing.. n truely winner! On this question Amit replied, " Do u like to solve quizes n puzzles??" Answer from our end was obviously "YESS!!". then Amit said, "here is our answer. we also love to solve quizes n puzzles.. n we just take this a profession. Your designs + forthcoming programming is quiz for us.. n we try to solve it in our ways.. through coding!!!"

What a brilliant answer!!!

meanwhile, check out Amit's latest status msg. on G-talk.. interesting!!! isnt it??

new colours!

NO rule!

a circle, a triangle & 5 lines!

shot at Jodhpur, Rajasthan!

बांदेकरांचा "पपॉमन्स्" !

हा ले़ख अख्ख्या महाराष्ट्राचे भावोजी "आदेश बांदेकर" यांच्या नावावर!!

धमालच आहे! मला यांचे बोलणं जाम आवडतं!! "एकापेक्षा एक" मध्ये तर ह्यांचा "पपॉमन्स्" रॉकींग असतो! हो!! खरंच! त्यांना "परफॉर्मन्स्" हा शब्दच बोलता येत नाही. हवं तर "एकापेक्षा एक" बघा एकदा खास यासाठी! उगाचच आपण जास्त फेंडली (फ्रेंडली) आहोत, असा आव आणून सर्व स्पर्धकांशी बोलणार! त्यात खवचटपणा किती असतो, ते चाणाक्ष प्रेक्षकांना सांगायला नको! अगदी म्हागुरुंना सुध्दा!!

बायका जरा खाष्टच असतात असं ऍकून आहे! पण त्या सूध्दा यांना प्रत्युत्तर का देत नाहीत ते कळत नाही! मात्र "एकापेक्षा एक" च्या सेलिब्रीटी भागामध्ये अमॄता खानविलकरने एकदा चमत्कारच केला होता! हिचा "पपॉमन्स्" झाल्यावर यांनी तिला काहितरी विचारलं आणि त्याला उत्तर देण्याऐवजी ती चक्क त्यांना म्हणाली, "ते राहु द्या हो! आधी ज्युरींचं मत ऍकू या!" ते ही अगदी हात झिडकारुन! मला जाम मजा आली ते पहायला! म्हंजे कोणीतरी सापडला होता! :)

"पपॉमन्स्" झाल्यावर, उगाचच एखादा बिनडोक प्रश्न! "कसं झालं?", "का झालं?", "१००% दिलं असं वाटतयं का?" इ. उत्तरं तर यांना स्वतःलाही माहीत नसतात आणि कधी कधी तर समोरचा काय बोलतोय, याकडे दुर्लक्ष देऊन सरळ ज्युरींचं मत! ज्युरी आणि म्हागुरुंचं वक्तव्य चालु असताना यांचा चेहरा पहावा... नेहमी बारा वाजलेले!!!

एकदा पाहूणी कलाकार म्हणून कोणीतरी लहान मुलगी आली होती, तिचा "पपॉमन्स्" झाल्यावर, हे आले आणि यांनी तिला उचलून घेतलं आणि नेहमीप्रमाणे काहीतरी खवचट प्रश्न टाकला आणि त्यानंतर त्यांना कळलं की, अरे! हीला जास्त वेळ उचलून घेऊ शकत नाही आणि तसं केलं तर मग माईक कोण पकडणार? मग त्यांनी तिला उतरवलं आणि मग ते बसुन बोलले! त्यात ही नेहमी प्रमाणे, त्यांनी तिला उगाचच इकडचे-तिकडचे प्रश्न विचारले आणि नंतर काहि न सुचल्यावर, माझ्या आई मला माफ कर! असं बोलून थांबले!

अजून एक, कोणाला ही "पपॉमन्स्" साठी बोलवल्यावर, एक टुणकन् बेडूक उडी मारतात ते! म्हंजे या वाक्यानंतर, "आणि आता आप्ल्यासमोर येत आहे.. अमूक गावची तमूक" आणि लगेच छोटीशी बेडूक उडी मारुन स्क्रीनबाहेर!

असो! बांदेकरांविषयी कोण कधी लिहील का ते माहीत नाहि! विचार केला की आपणच सुरुवात करावी! :)

भावोजी रॉक्स! "टाळ्यांच्या कडकडाटात त्यांचं स्वागत करु या!"

ता. क. : मला हा ले़ख फक्त बांदेकरांचा "पपॉमन्स्" ह्या शब्दोच्चारामुळे लिहावसा वाटला. "किंबहुना" त्या शब्दोच्चारानेच भाग पाडलं म्हणू या!

अजून एक ता. क. : हा ले़ख काही कारणास्तव मी पूर्ण टाकला नव्हता. पण कालचा / आजचा त्यांचा "पपॉमन्स्" पाहुन तिडीक गेली, डोक्यात आणि परत ही पोस्त टाकली!! भावोजी माफ करा! पण जे आहे ते आहे आणि ते तुम्ही स्वतः सुध्दा नाकारु शकत नाही!

events of february - JJ school of arts

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be there!!! will meet there!!
will be there on 22nd Feb. to enjoy the both!!

8 years of chase ends today!

finally!!! i met him today.. after 8 years

Vishwajeet... one of my best friends of college time.. we were in different collages.. but one coaching class! what a great time we had. that 3 years were really really marvelous!
we were not in contact since last 8 yrs! was trying to meet him but in vain.. 2 yrs back when i was at delhi, i got a gift for him - a mini chess-board... it was in drawer till today... n finallly, i brought that out... to gift him...

the chase is over!!!

i find it as a beginning now. Thanx alot Ajit.

just - my - type

Jakob Nylund has just launched Just—My—Type™ a vector illustrator fonts archive and a Formconspiracy project. Free fonts for everyone. And free to tweak, change, hate and like. The Pyramid font is gorgeous.

have a look at http://www.justmytype.org/

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i got this at...

http://netdiver.net/

morya!

We The People 0; Our Politicians 1

Date: Dec 3rd 2008
Place: Mumbai, Gateway of India, Taj Hotel, First big protest against what happened in Mumbai


Score: We The People 0;
Our Politicians 1


I want to keep this mail as short as possible, but I don't think I'll be able to. If any of you were affected by what happened, do take time to read this.

The power of the internet, SMSes and media brought together thousands of people lighting candles for the shaheed jawans and protesting against inept politicians. In no time, various groups of people and organizations came up with various ways to show their protest – be it through t-shirts or placards. I was there to witness it all.

For the first time in my life, I saw the voice of the people raised as one, asking for change. Fighting for change. The energy was tremendously positive. So much energy that at that moment we could have achieved anything, absolutely anything. I'd like to illustrate the energy, intensity and clarity of why we were there with one silly example:
when I first saw the crowd, I was afraid to enter especially since I was with a girl, knowing the kinds of things happen in crowds in parties or on the roads. But I was amazed to see thousands of young and beautiful boys and girls walking fearlessly, and not for a moment did I feel any girl would be unsafe here. In fact, it was my friend who forced me into the crowd. It didn't matter who in the crowd was Hindu or Muslim.
It was clear that religious divides matter only to the politicians.

But even after all this, I felt that at the end of the day the score stood the same: we the people 0; politicians 1.
I completely agree that although the nature of the protest was wonderful and unexpected, so many positive things came out.
But the next time we come together, our protest needs to be more focused. One error on our part and the politicians will win… again. Remember that they were sitting at home with a glass of whiskey, watching us on TV and laughing. They wanted this protest to center only around this single incident, and that's what we did. The energy was scattered and although the people were united, the unity needs a path.

Half the people there were shouting anti-Pakistan messages. Weren't we there to pay our homage to the soldiers and policemen who died to protect us? Most people were demanding better security measures like CCTVs, armed guards, better disaster management, more securities in malls and public places. etc.

How is this related to the larger problem of the citizens' apathy? We have taken too long to wake up. Why didn't we have such protests after the Godhra riots? Or after the train blasts?

How is this related to the larger problem of shoddy governance? What if tomorrow a poorly made bridge falls and the same number of people die? Isn't this too a failure of the government just like the terror attacks? The government will again wait for us to get angry enough to stage a protest before doing something about it. But what will they do? Order attacks on Pakistan? If so, will the people screaming at Gateway agree to stand and take the bullets?

The issue is not just terrorism, it is about the way we function at a fundamental level. Who does a quality check on the government's work?
Why have I never seen my local politicians? Why are there no periodical reviews of what they have achieved? Why aren't the politicians forced to confront the people of his constituency every 15 days and explain what he has done to improve their lives? What happens if he fails to do anything?

The issues we were screaming about at Gateway are not the real issues.
We need to come up with a plan that puts pressure on the government to do their jobs and clearly tells them we won't listen to their bullshit anymore.

we get together with so much of energy but I guess we are still single man army. I thought the groups who are coming with number of people will have a plan and I guess they had also. I thought they will take other people together but not a single group came forward may be because it was first time and the situation was such that it didn’t worked out.
There was no action from them to collaborate with more people or other groups. Or as an individual I couldn’t relate to a single group and say yes we will be together and fight against terriosm against the politicians to bring the change. And I am sure this is same story with every individual person who came forward thinking he will do something that day.

And this is what made me say. Score: We the People:0 Our politicians: 1

I have great appreciation for the groups that formed on the 3rd dec. and I have no doubt about their efforts and planning I know how tough it must have been to bring together even a small number of people to join the protest. I know because I tried and didn't quite succeed. But next time all the groups need to join hands and form a unified force. And that’s where politicians ke dhoti gili hogi.
Once again remember we have to beat them in their own game

So to the next group of protesters getting together on Saturday or any other day, I would only say: please go with some focus. You will never again be part of a crowd that has the intensity and drive to achieve anything – so go with a purpose. Get everyone together

Remember, it's now or never.

Thanks

my thoughts on what next after 3rd Dec in my next mail

- Parag Gandhi

hws lfe aftr 26th?

Sunil asked, "hws lfe aftr 26th?" (on gtalk)
n i stunned!!

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new t-shirt

my new striped tee colours.. :)

when i saw this colours.. the very first question came in mind was that.. "why our clients dont like this colours..??"

konkan - episode - 003

more fotos...

At Sindhudurg Fort. The pink wallcolour with evening light looks damn good there. This house is opposite of Shivray Temple (it's Shivaji Maharaj's only one temple.)

Konkani Manus.. shaving in the morning.. shot at Malavan.

One of the Cashew Factories of Malavan.

From Tarkarli Creek Bridge, Vijaydurg-Reddi Road. Here is the first time, i felt, i should have a zoom lens.. :D

another senset!

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back with sum more fotos here...

From Bhaatye Bridge, Ratnagiri

Dr. Varsha... When we were sailing.. :).. yeah.. we were.. damn great experience that was..

the entrace of Dhootapaapeshwar Temple. This place is typical konkan.. unfortunately i didnt get chance to capture anything from gaav. :(

when we reached to Konkeshwar temple.. we found fishermen were getting fish.. wow what situation it was. we all shutterbugs just ran to click whatever we got. hahha!! enjoyed that place + clicking. This kid was helping them to collect fishes.. :)


Same beach.... this white colour of oar n the boat is really coool!! how's this in white..??

will be back with more 2 episodes.. :)

बाईकस्वार!

आत्ताच एक किस्सा घडला. आमच्या ऑफीससमोर एक कॉलेज आहे. सदैव तरुण मुला-मुलींची तिकडे रेंगळ असते. आता दुपारी तर जामच.असो.

एक बाईक स्वार, इम्प्रेशन पाडायला झकास पैकी बाईक भरधाव घेऊन गेला. अशा खडतर रस्त्यावर त्याने अशी बाईक हाकली म्हणून सारंगने आपल्या उजव्या हाताचं मधलं बोट उंचावून निषेध दर्शवला. बाईक बिघडली तर खर्च सारंग करणार का? म्हणून मी दुर्लक्ष केलं.

आणि यावर अमितचं मत : " हा वेडा एवढ्या जोरात का गेला? जोरात जाऊन काही उपयोग आहे का? ज्यांच्यावर इम्प्रेशन पाडायचयं त्यांना तर हा दिसला पण नसेल..!!!"

हा!! हा!!

काही बाईक स्वारांनी यामधून काहीतरी शिकावं म्हणून हा खटाटोप!

konkan - episode - 001

At last.. got sum time to sort out sum snaps.. :
posting first favorites here..

Day one of the trip - 24th Sept. 2008
On the way to Marleshwar Shankar Temple.
A brown pot with water
The tree reflection + a leaf + brown colour attracts me.. n i clicked.. :D
ohh.. yeah.. two fotos of same pot.. :)

hahah.. forgot to tell.. clicked with My Dear.. Canon 400D!!! luv it!! :D