Thursday, June 07, 2007

Don't Look Here

I'm just passing by, the way you are...

posted by The Soulforged @ 6/07/2007 1 comments

Saturday, April 07, 2007

What Metal Band Are You?

Me -

What metal band are you?

Dissection

You are Dissection! You really detest the idea of organized religion, and speak out against it in your music. Your music rules, but your character is questionable. Your core member was arrested and convicted of murder, which really hurt your reputation. When he gets out, your band shall return!

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Cinni -
What metal band are you?

Metallica

You are Metallica! In your prime, your music ruled so much. What happened after the Black Album? You are the center of the Napster controversy, you stopped doing solos, your drums sound like trash cans, and your new bass player sucks. Get back on top of things, because people want the old you!

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posted by The Soulforged @ 4/07/2007 0 comments

Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Soul Re-forged

(or there and back again)

So there I was minding my own business, writing blogs, doing work, generally getting along with my life trying not to bother anybody. Then it came, out of the blue, disguised as a harmless meeting request. The disguise completely beguiled me and soon I was sucked into a vortex of workload. When I opened my eyes, I was in a strange world with strange people and stranger customs. still whirling in the vortex of office work, I saw ugly deadlines whizzing past jeering at me, some even dropped ugly stinkers. From far off I heard directors and program managers shooting lofty rhetoric at me. Some, I managed to duck but most hit me right on the face. There were towering infernos of issues burning all around me. Every once in a while one would explode into red hot escalations. I was blindly grabbing at the nothingness around me willing to latch on to anything that would stop this wild spinning. Something hit me and I held on to it with all my remaining strength. The spinning stopped, but I was not in familiar environs. Onsite, I was told the place was and there be monsters here I was warned. for three months I wandered in that civilized wilderness. occasionally attacked by savage client meetings as I slaved in the documentation factories till the time came when I got my chance to escape due to a fortuitous expiry of an I-94. When I returned, I was but a haggard remains of my former self. People had looked around for me, waited for me and finally stopped visiting my blog residence. No one asked where I've been. Apparently it was nothing unusual, they told me horror stories of men and women going through worse predicament. “You don’t have shoes,” they said, “others didn't even have feet.” Things had changed, I was branded for life, treated differently. Had things really changed? of course they had, its only that they had changed now to look like the burning hell I just came from. I realized it was no freak incident, I had unwittingly but willfully walked through the portal. My systems calmed down. I felt a little cooler, a couple of friendly sign-offs helped make things pleasant. Just when I thought I'd survive, attrition reared its ugly head and I was buried beneath its stinking filth again. but I had had enough. I decided to take charge of the situation. I would fight. I’d turn back to human again. I would live.

posted by The Soulforged @ 3/25/2007 1 comments

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Budget 2007

Check the highlights here...

http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/28bud4.htm

posted by The Soulforged @ 2/28/2007 0 comments

Monday, February 26, 2007

Railway Budget '07 - Main Points


  • Ladies above 45 years will have greater quota.

  • New rail lines to aid new steel & power plants.

  • No more wooden seats in trains.

  • 800 bogies to be added to popular trains.

  • Rail infrastructure revamp planned.

  • Huge investment for containers.

  • Wagon production up by 10%.

  • Fifty per cent fare concession for UPSC and other official examinees.

  • Changes in the design of compartments to help physically disabled.

  • Separate coach for vendors, milkmen and petty traders in passenger trains.

  • Coupon validating machines (CVMs), after its success in Mumbai, is to be introduced in Kolkata, Chennai

  • Mumbai to get smart card-based reservation system in Mumbai on trial basis

  • Six thousand automatic ticket vending machines to be set

  • up in next two years

  • Number of berths to be increased from 72 to 84 in sleeper

  • coaches.

  • Tickets to be sold at petrol pumps, ATM centres, etc

  • Ticket bookings and hotel bookings can be done through railway call centres to be set up

  • Railway interest surplus at Rs 10,227 crore

  • Freight earning s up 17% in Apr-Dec

  • Passenger traffic up 14% in Apr-Dec

  • 60 MT extra freight loading in 2007

  • To invest in 3 storey freight containers

  • 15 private container licence issued

  • Pipavah-Jaipur double-decker train to begin

  • Tariff discount to up high axle output; to explore independent private tariff agency.

  • Railways to reserve a quota of lower seats for senior citizens and for women aged more than 45 years.

  • 20-30 per cent increase in passenger traffic

  • All customer complaints to be disposed in three months

  • Fund balance at Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion)

  • Freight: Incremental loading of 60 million tonne this year

  • Cement steel traffic up by 20 to 30 per cent

  • High surplus recorded without load on common man

  • Plan to start three-storey container trains

  • Will invest massively in container operations over the next 5 years

  • Lalu claims container train experiment has been successful

  • Efforts to increase container traffic five-fold to 100 million tonnes by 2011-12

  • Each zone will have a SP grade officer to look into consumer complaints

  • New wagons to be replaced by new ones

  • To invest in improving infrastructure around railway stations

  • Wooden seats to be replaced by cushioned ones in ordinary class passenger trains from next fiscal.

  • Unreserved compartments in new trains to be increased from four to six

  • Freight revenues up 17 per cent, passenger revenues increase 14 per cent in April-December 2006

Source Rediff.com


posted by The Soulforged @ 2/26/2007 0 comments

Saturday, July 29, 2006

ET Cruiser

I sometimes wonder why the aliens in all our books, movies and games always come to Earth with malevolent intentions. With the probable exception of ET, they invariably approach stealthily and attack inexplicably without so much as a warning. Why wont they ever come in peace?

Imagine, a spaceship full of exotic alien species land with permission and address the citizens of the planet "We are a delegation from the tourism department of a far away galaxy and we are here to invite you to our lovely planets to enjoy our nice tropical beaches, scenic mountains and rich historical monuments. Here are our brochures. We are willing to conduct package tours from here. Let us know what you think. We also require franchisees so if you are interested please call the number on the brochures to make an appointment. We are at the Hilton for the whole week. Thank you!"

At worst, they buy your phone numbers from some spam house and set up a telemarketing center to annoy you at inappropriate hours.

Now, why can't a movie or a book ever be based on this premise? That would be a novelty from the 'Aliens attack and we fight back against all odds' rigmarole we usually get.

posted by The Soulforged @ 7/29/2006 2 comments

Monday, May 29, 2006

New Music Blog

Heck...I almost forgot to tell you...

There is a new blog in town started by my friend Krithika Kalyan and me. The subject is music (what else?).

The blog's called questionable motifs. Why? Take a guess!

Do check it out when you have the time.

Link

posted by The Soulforged @ 5/29/2006 0 comments