Baar Baar Dekho disrupts India's sleep

Sleeping for a cause

Various incidents of abnormal sleeping patterns have been reported from various parts of the country. The one common thing about all the patients is that they all watched Baar Baar Dekho. 

Dr. Farci Gupta from Fortis Hospital, Noida spoke to our correspondent," Sleep disorder is not such a bad thing. Boozing will get them to sleep. But the problem here is the patients are trying to give up alcohol to avoid sleeping which is insane. We are trying to inject beer through saline and get them to sleep."

The families of the patients are severely worried. Mrs. Swapn Doshi agreed to talk to us. "We got married recently and were on honeymoon. Baar Baar Dekho was our first movie together. My husband started behaving strangely after the film got over. He cooked for me, washed my clothes and even did my facial. I thought the film did wonders to him. I was wrong. I woke in the middle of the following night and found him awake. When I asked him to sleep, he retorted saying he did not want to sleep and wake up to a five year old son.". And started crying aloud.

Mrs. Wudbe Maa has a different problem. Her husband has been sleeping continuously for the last 3 days. "I am three months pregnant. I wanted a handsome boy like Sidharth. So I insisted we watch that stupid film. And now my husband says not to wake him up till the baby becomes 5 years old."

Abnormal sleeping tendencies have also been reported from South. Mr. Sleepy Gowda at Sinfosys was assigned a critical bug to fix by his Manager on Monday. Mr. Gowda went to sleep in the hope of getting up after the issue gets fixed by his U.S. counterparts. The security woke him up the next day and asked him to vacate the company immediately.

Mr.Gowda though did not reach home immediately. He got stuck in traffic and went to sleep, hoping to wake up at home some day. He woke up after two days to find himself at the same spot with the same people.

Moral policing

Is moral policing required ?? Is it not restricting our right to freedom ? There has been a lot of hue and cry about this issue with the national media vehemetly opposing this. The answer is YES. Because we in India are bound by our morals more than any law. And degradation of morals is destruction of social order which any number of amendments to the existing laws would not be able to arrest.

But moral policing should not be reduced to finger pointing.  Neither should it be a way of branding people as moral and immoral. It ought to be a way of imposing self restraint even in the toughest of situations. Moral policemen are like rag-pickers.... who try to clean every one else's dirt and end up as the most untidy people in the society. I am sure none of us wants to be like that.


Lets not get any murkier. Its time for self introspection. Lets identify our short comings , humbly accept them and rectify them, lower the egos and enhance our dignity. It is this self obsessed strive for perfection from each and every individual , irrespective of gender, which is the need of the hour. The world around is an imperfect place. Let us compensate for that.

P.S :  You can find posts on similar topics at http://www.isb.edu/idiya/

For the heck of It....

Yup...so finally I get the time to be in this space again ! I am in a new job , at a new place and amongst new people.
The last post was about a new year resolution, and it took great resolve on my part to actually post that here. And two weeks into the new year, my resolution is not just broken....but thrashed to pieces. When you decide to skip a meal so that you can stay longer in your razai....you are not living an enviable life.
But then resolutions are not meant to be broken..they are supposed to be worked upon....and we have 365 days to do so. Anyway, living a good life being on your own is not easy.

For starters, I stay alone in a too-spacious-for-a-bachelor house. And the land lord seems to have lost his sleep, unable to find out the reasons for my "living-status" after months of thread bare analyses. My solitude has come at the cost of someone's sanity !

Is he single ?? If he is single, why is he staying alone ? Or...is he actually staying alone ??
Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.


The advanced cheques of a lakh rupees that I gave him are not making him feel any better. Not that it matters to me....even though he said ( seconds after after receiving the cheques ) that I was like his son. Costliest parents in the world !!

And it is not just the landlords who are perturbed. My servant maid keeps explaining me the financial benefits of having a room-mate. Her case studies can put IIMs to shame I tell you.

P.S: Pretty evident that I really dont have much to write,  other than the resolve to do so, and its all a part of the Grand New Year Resolution of mine. Blogging for the heck of it.....

WELCOME 2011.............

Wishing all the readers ( ?? )  a happy and prosperous new year... may all you guys be blessed with all the good things in life.... I for myself have resolved to be a better person and live a better life.........how simple :P

Vivaha Bhojanambu

Friend pelli… Thadepalli lo…  memu andaram maa maa maargaala lo ooru cherukunnam. Thana swagraamamu ayi nanduna  Sastry moham LED vale veligi pothundi.  Adi go…. adi choosaava… playground… nenu chinnappudu goli lu aadukunnanu… aa illu choosava… ground floor lo oka ammayi undedi… naa childhood crush…

“ aa chettu choosaraa… akkada memu cricket aadu kune vaallam… “,  antu chettu daggara ki theesukelladu sastry.  Chettu mundu unna matti vaipu teekshnanga choosaadu Vasu… “Batting pitch “ annadu. “ Kaadu ra… enda kaalam spinners ki, chali kaalam fast bowlers ki help untundi… varsha kalan lo gaddi molusthundi kabatti seam movement koda untundi….oka saari nenu ee pitch meeda thirty runs kottanu… appatlo nannu andaru Dinesh Karthik ani thega pogidesevaaru. “….ila thana paatha bangarulokam gurinchi maaku vivaristhunnadu sastry.  Sastry talent college lo choosina local candidate tho godava vaddu anukoni vaadi maata la ki un koduthu unnamu.

Jogi ki emi thochatledu… “ orei.. tiffin cheddam ra..” , annadu…

“Avunu raa. nenu kooda tea thaagali “, antu kadupu lo baadha ni okka sari kakkesaanu nenu.  “enduku le ra… mandapaaniki velthe valle pedathaaru gaa”, annadu Jumbo.  Vaadi maata ke fix aipoyi mandapaani ki vellam.

Mandapam antha janaala tho nindi povadam tho maku chivari row lo kurchi lu maathrame migilaayi. Enda lo thiragadam valla eppudu glamour tho niga niga laadi poye maa mohaalu konchem dull ga maarayi. Dantho memu pelli koduku vallam anna vishayam janaalu grahincha leka poyaaru. Food items ghuma ghuma laadi pothunnnayi.

Laddu, kova, halwa, juice….. ila inkenno. Balakrishna sneha ullal ni choosinattu memu vaati kesi choosthunnam. Kaani avi ma daaka raaledu.

“Manam bikku bikku na koorchunnam kabatte mana daaka emi raavatledu.. pose maaruddam”, annadu Jumbo. Andari lo telivi galla vaadu avvadam tho vaadi maata ki eduru undadu. Indra lo Chiranjeevi antha kaaka poyina konchem ade style lo korchunnam. Aina phalitham ledu.  Pepe jeans tea shirt vesukunna Vasu baga hurt aiyadu. “ I want to talk to Nellore Pedda Reddy right now… yes…” antu thana viswaroopanni choopinchaadu ( paathakulu pedardhaalu theeya raadu ).

Laabham ledani Jumbo pelli koduku ki phone chesaadu, “ Hello….. enti raa… food items anni baagunnaya…. Kummuthunnara…”, adigaadu PK( pelli koduku ).  Ekkado kaalindi maa andariki.

“ Ippudu kaasi yaatra jaruguthundi raa…. Aa tarvatha pelli.. so kaneesam oka aaru gantalu paduthundi annaaniki…kadupu ninda tiffin thinandi….”…

“Kaasi yathra ante mee baava maridi kallu kaduguthaadu gaa… snaanam elago cheyavu, kaneesam kallu aina sarigga kadiginchuko… notlo bellam pedathaaru tarvatha…konchem naku anthe…mottam kori keyaku… bedulu pudathaayi vedhava… aaru gantalu paduthunda antha aiye sariki…  aa purohithudiki katnam lo vaata istaanu anu.. tatkal lo avagodathaadu… leka pothe memu padukuntaamu.. pelli aiyaaka mammalni nidra lepu…. Aina pelli neku pasthulu maka...” antu kadupu lo kasi antha kakkesaamu .

Signal weak ga undadam valla PK emi vinalekapoyaadu. Kaani ma ghosha hall lo koorchunna andariki vinapadindi. Ventane 4 plates snacks and juices maku sanction aiyayi. Paruvu poindi anna baadha okati pakkana pedithe food mathram adirindi.

Keeping The Interest Alive..............

It has been long since I have posted something at this place but the world does not seem to be bothering too much. Anyway, without bothering too much about what exactly bothers the world, I just move on in desperation to write something...........

I have been following Pakistan's tour of England very closely and this implies a few things.

1.  I have nothing much to do these days.
2. Orkut scraps had died long back, eve(n) profile visits have stopped now.
3. India vs Sri Lanka test series is almost killing my interest in the game.

So coming back to Pakistan and its cricket, a few modifications in the rules of the game, essentially aimed
at the survival of Test Cricket in Pakistan :

1. Pak fielders donot have to catch the ball before it bounces on the ground. They can allow the
    ball to bounce once before catching to effect the dismissal of the batsman concerned.

2. The above rule applies to all the fielders except Kamran Akmal. ICC is not convinced about his
     ability to catch the ball on the first bounce. Hence the amendment for Kamran Akmal states that
     it is enough for Kamran Akmal to touch the ball with his gloves before the ball bounces twice, to
    effect the dismissal.

3. Its not mandatory for Pak batsmen to run between the wickets or clear the ropes to get some runs.
    Every ball they middle/edge/touch with the bat would give them a bonus run.

4. A Pak batsman must be dismissed twice to be sent to the pavilion. The first time he is genuinely dismissed,
    it will be referred to STEVE BUCKNOR, who is expected/supposed/assumed  to contradict it.
    ( This rule is Pak's version of UDRS. )

5.  Pakistan team is supposed to name a trump player every match, who would be retiring after that match.
     The score made by trump player would be doubled before adding it to the team score.

6. Once retired, a Pak player cannot represent Pakistan for the next 3 tests. This rule has been fomulated
    to avoid confusion vis-a-vis who retired when.

   After announcing the rules to the press, ICC Chief remarked :

  " I understand that these rules are not sufficient to ensure Pakistan beat Bangladesh. However I believe
  the only two brains in Pakistan, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, would teach the players to utilise them
  efficiently to reduce the margins of defeats. Because at the end the day,  CRICKET has to win. "

  P.S. :
  More importantly, the Pak players need to understand that retiring from the game is not the 
  same as tiring on the field, and coming out of retirement is not akin to coming out of the
  dressing room.  Mr Imran and Mr.Wasim should educate their fellow countrymen regarding 
  the nuances of tiring and re-tiring , going-in and coming-out of retirements.